And when any White House experiences a humiliating defeat. And believe me, I've been part of those, the instinct is often most of the time to change the subject. I mean, roll out a new policy, hold a big event, make any announcement of any kind, basically to get people to talk about anything other than the absolute shellacking that you just took at the polls.
Israel attacked first. That attack was very, very powerful. I was very much in charge of that, Trump told reporters on Thursday. list of 3 itemsend of list When Israel attacked Iran first, that was a great day for Israel because that attack did more damage than the rest of them put together. His comments came as he called on Republicans to revoke the filibuster to pass laws in the Senate with a simple majority.
2025 has been an incredibly difficult year for the United States. And while Trump's been defunding reproductive health clinics and slashing , the Justice Department for his own petty fights, tapping neo-Nazi-wannabes to Democrat-led cities, and bulldozing down the White House, Democrats, in response, have done little more than to feebly point at the Constitution. But Tuesday night, the left enjoyed a rare moment of ~hope~, and swept all four major races.
It's going to be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York. Because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there.
More recently, Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?
This is a game that has been played for so long it's hard to find equilibrium: They say something outrageous-Steve Bannon asserts with confidence that there are plans afoot to get around the Constitution-then they walk it all back. I'm left wondering if we are just chasing after whatever bait they're throwing out there. In a sense, whether or not he actually seeks a third term is half the problem; subverting the election is another thing you're deeply concerned about.
The Chinese military is encroaching on Taiwan's sea lanes, its airspace, its cyberspace. I know you have said that Xi Jinping wouldn't dare move militarily on Taiwan while you're in office. But what if he does? Would you order U.S. Forces to defend Taiwan? You'll find out if it happens, Trump replied, coyly. And he understands the answer to that.
Democrats enabled Donald Trump to become president twice because of repetition compulsions that still propel the party's leaders undermining the party's potential to end the real-life nightmare of Maga control over the federal government. Scrutinizing how this century's Democratic leaders set the stage for Trump's electoral triumphs is crucial not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a vital focus on how such failures can be avoided in the future.
Enten told viewers that among Americans, Canada has a net popularity rating of 49 percent, compared to Trump's net popularity rating of minus 10 percent. "When you pick on Canada as the United States president, you are picking on a country that the American people adore... When you're going after Canada, you are going against someone who is far more popular than... Donald Trump," he said.
AI videos show Trump wearing a crown, piloting a jet and dumping feces on people protesting his leadership. Democratic leaders kneel before him as he waves a sword during a coronation-like scene. With AI, Trump quickly deploys stereotypes and false narratives in entertaining posts that memorably distill complicated issues into their basest political talking points, regardless of factual basis. Trump's openness in sharing AI posts is a presidential novelty, but it tracks with how he approaches this technology.
The headpiece Mr. Trump received is a replica of one of six gold crowns excavated from Gyeongju's royal tombs, alongside gilded jewelry, belts and other ornaments. The crown was excavated in 1973 from a tomb, known as the Cheonmachong, that researchers believe belonged to the 21st or 22nd Silla king. It is the "largest and most extravagant" of the six crowns, a spokesman for Mr. Lee told Mr. Trump during the ceremony.
A leader with few equals for bombast and bravado, Trump has been showered with praise and gestures of veneration throughout his five-day tour of the region, which culminated in Thursday's high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim praised Trump for his tenacity and courage in achieving the almost impossible task of securing a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.
President Donald Trump held a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Friday, just a few hours before funding for federal food assistance for millions of low-income Americans was set to lapse. Associated Press White House Correspondent Danny Kemp posted a photo from the party, showing guests decked out in Roaring '20s attire. The photo features Trump dressed in regular 2020s attire.
Trump's shameless corruption is not a deviation from American history but its fulfilment. Every era of American government has had its scandal. Trump's innovation is to make scandal itself a governing philosophy. Although it is tempting to see the Trump regime's corruption its open profiteering, its use of the state as an instrument of vengeance and self-enrichment as a perversion of American democracy, the truth is more unsettling: it's a mirror.
Last week, Steve Bannon, the far-right provocateur and one-time Donald Trump adviser, said in an interview with the Economist that the president would seek an unconstitutional third term. Trump is going to be president in 28, and people ought to just get accommodated with that, Bannon said. (He seemed to be referring to Trump winning the presidential election in 2028 Trump's current term will last through 20 January 2029.) At the appropriate time, we'll lay out what the plan is.
What's worse, the NBA Players cheating at cards, and probably much else, or the Democrats cheating on Elections, the president started his post off by asking. Trump said the answer is obvious when you consider what happened to our Country when Crooked Moron Joe Biden became President and Trump put that in quotes. We now know everything, Trump continued. I hope the DOJ pursue this with as much gusto' as befitting the biggest SCANDAL in American history!
Driving the news: Graham said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" that he thinks Trump has decided "it's time for" Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro "to go," calling land strikes a "real possibility." Worth noting: The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request to confirm whether such a briefing has been scheduled. Trump last week said his administration would "probably go back to Congress and explain exactly what we are doing" before launching land strikes, but added, "we don't have to do that."
I want to start because you're in my country, so I want to welcome you Mr. President, the Emir said while squeezing Trump's hand. And as soon as I found out that he's coming to refuel, I said, I'm not going to allow him to take off unless I come and say hello to him. So thank you very much, Mr. President. And it's always good to see you.
If there's a controversial statue commemorating a dead white supremacist out there, there's a good chance the president has gone to bat for it. Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments, Trump tweeted in 2017, in response to a push to remove Confederate monuments. You can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson who's next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Trump added.
"It's no secret that President Trump, once a Bitcoin skeptic, has become a full-blown convert and that he and his family are using crypto to enrich themselves. What far fewer people understand is how Trump's crypto ventures are structured on a corporate level. On the latest episode of Crypto Playbook (available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube), Fortune journalist Ben Weiss-who has covered the Trump crypto empire from the inside-broke down how it is in fact a stable of separate businesses."
A week before Trump's second term began, someone posted a video of moving trucks at the White House with the words: "Biden is moving out." The MAGA supporter tweeted, "Trump is taking the garbage out !" But now that food prices keep rising, she's tweeting very differently these days. Tagging the president, she said, "please help us seniors ! Could use some extra $$ the economy is killing us We voted for you."