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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show The Apprentice, bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the 2016 presidential election against Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. During his first presidency, Trump imposed a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, expanded the Mexico–United States border wall, and enforced a family separation policy on the border. He rolled back environmental and business regulations, signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and appointed three Supreme Court justices. He withdrew the U.S. from agreements on climate and trade, and started a trade war with China. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he downplayed its severity, contradicted health officials, and signed the CARES Act. After losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, Trump attempted to overturn the result, culminating in the January 6 Capitol attack in 2021. He was impeached twice—in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection—and acquitted by the Senate both times. In 2023, Trump was found liable in New York state civil cases for sexual abuse and defamation and for business fraud. In May 2024, he was found guilty in a New York state court on 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first U.S. president convicted of a felony. After winning the 2024 presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris, he was given a no-penalty sentence, and two federal felony indictments for retention of classified documents and obstruction of the 2020 election were dismissed without prejudice. Trump began his second presidency by initiating mass layoffs of federal workers. He imposed tariffs on nearly all countries at the highest level since the Great Depression and signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. His administration's actions—including the targeting of political opponents and civil society, restriction of transgender rights, mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, and extensive use of executive orders—have drawn over 550 lawsuits challenging their legality. In Latin America, he pursued a legally contested campaign to attack alleged drug traffickers, and ordered a military raid into Venezuela to capture the country's president. In F
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Trump “I’ve been interested in North Korea” 李 “I need to have a step-by-step approach”
Iran-US war latest: Swiss peace talks abruptly cancelled after Trump boasts of Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
❝Criminalizing dissent isn’t a sideshow. It’s central to the plan. They want to stop you from taking to the streets in massive numbers if and when they take illegal actions to keep the Republican Party in power. They are using these bogus indictments to lay the foundation for the solution that Vice President JD Vance proposed for Minneapolis back in January — to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in tanks.❞ https://www. inquirer.com/opinion/ice-minne apolis-15-indictments-trump-silencing-dissent-20260618.html
To further troll # Trump and # MAGA , multiple celebrities wore tan suits to the grand opening of the # Obama Presidential Center. https:// chicago.suntimes.com/fashion/2 026/06/18/revenge-of-the-tan-suit-at-the-obama-presidential
Indispensable commentary. The regime is trying to scare people from protesting. Now is the time to protest more. “They want you to shut up. They want you to stay in your home. And they want to make you very afraid — five months before an election that they are practically screaming they plan to do everything in their dictatorial powers to steal.” https://www. inquirer.com/opinion/ice-minne apolis-15-indictments-trump-silencing-dissent-20260618.html
Trump said to Zelenskyy: "You don't have the cards". Then Russia's entire oil industry was blown to pieces, Ukraine is now liberating territory, and Crimea has been logistically isolated. So no, not cards… but drones!
Good news! tRump tried to dismantle a critical ocean monitoring system used for climate data & storm forecasts. After fierce backlash from scientists & a bipartisan Senate bill, his administration was forced to reverse course. A reckless anti-science attack barely stopped in time https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j un/18/ocean-monitoring-system-reversal
FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine. https:// arstechnica.com/health/2026/06 /fda-advisors-unanimously-vote-to-approve-modernas-mrna-after-agency-drama/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Looking back, the transition from Obama to Trump was basically trading an iPhone for two styrofoam cups and a string. Unreal.
The evil economics this spring: — Trump starts a war with Iran — The oil price doubles — Trump uses the oil price as an excuse for lifting Russian oil sanctions — This helps Putin's economy — Putin fires more Iskander ballistic missiles at civilian targets in Ukraine (~$3 million per missile) — Ukraine spends more American patriot interceptor missiles (~$6 million per missile, typically two missiles per interception) — Europe buys more Patriot missiles for Ukraine — The US makes more money. 1/2
Trump “Affiliates with Apple, to design and produce semiconductor chips”
RE: https:// piaille.fr/@annekerleo/1167700 81511309790 This bill adopted by an alliance of the right and the far right in European Parliament is an absolute disaster for human rights. Under these new rules: • Refugees could be deported and detained for up to 30 months in detention centers (“return hubs”) located in Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Even if they have never even set foot in those countries. • Children could now be detained and deported alongside adults, also for up to 30 months, including if they are without family. • Raids could be allowed to target homes, hospitals, and even places of worship. With extended authority for seizing documents, imposing fines, and sending refugees to regular old jail in some member states. And again, remember: this bill — heavily inspired by Trump’s ICE methods — exists only because the right teamed up with the far right. And together, when they won the vote in Parliament, they clapped and chanted “Send them back”
Just a reminder that the author who ghost-wrote “The Art of the Deal” expressed regret for writing it once Trump turned to politics, apologized profusely for helping to create the illusion that Trump actually knew anything about deal-making, and argued that the book should be recategorized as fiction.
David Rothkopf: "Once, we had wars of choice. Today, we have wars of distraction. Call the catastrophically misguided wars in Iran and Venezuela the Epstein Wars. These were not wars fought to defend national security. They were not wars fought to advance national interests. They were wars conjured up not by generals or seasoned foreign policy advisors but by a frightened old man and his PR team to distract from a scandal he fears will be his undoing." # UsPol https://www. thedailybeast.com/donald-trump s-forever-wars-all-come-back-to-jeffrey-epstein/ 1/n
Top stars attend the Obama Center opening ceremony... Boycott Trump events one after another
Trump team’s answer to growing algae problem in Reflecting Pool: Bleach it
As Full MOU Text Revealed, Trump Justifies Ending War That Critics Said He Never Should Have Started
The U.S. Federal Reserve plans to raise interest rates within the year with a new leader... Trump is different from expectations
Buried evidence in Epstein files names Trump Tower as sex recruiter hunting ground
Death of woman released by # ICE on a winter day is now ruled a # homicide The grainy security footage from the Pittsburgh transit authority shows Daphy Michel seated on a steel bench. She had been released hours earlier from ICE custody, & temperatures that night would dip to freezing. The 31-year-old # asylum seeker wore only a hooded sweatshirt to keep herself warm. # law # Trump # immigration # ExtrajudicialKillings https://www. washingtonpost.com/immigration /2026/06/16/death-woman-released-by-ice-winter-day-is-now-ruled-homicide/
TRUMP “ISN’T THE END OF THE MOU...IF YOU’RE NOT IN THE HEART OF THE HEART, YOU’LL SEE IT AGAIN!”
NEW: More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access. https://www. propublica.org/article/snap-be nefits-children-food-stamps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post # News # Trump # Food # SNAP # Children # Kids # Poverty # USPolitics
The Trump regime's vicious and blatantly political prosecutions are a total abuse of power. Example: https:// talkingpointsmemo.com/news/min nesota-attorney-ice-protester-indictment It's vital that potential jurors learn of their own power: to deny convictions, to serve justice to these victims of a lawless government. https:// fija.org/library-and-resources /library/jury-nullification-faq/is-jury
Great news! Trump has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Supreme Leader of the Reflecting Pool Algae.
So to recap: — Russia owns Trump — China owns Trump — Israel owns Trump — Iran owns Trump — Epstein files cite him 1M+ times that we know of — Inflation is 40% higher than when Trump came in office — Unemployment is 9% higher than when Trump came in office Problem is—Trump doesn't care. Why? Because: — He's grifted billions in personal wealth — His Christian Nationalist base is happy Project 2025 is full speed ahead, & — His approval (39%) is still higher than Dem Party approval (36%)
Judge makes extra clear that '8647' flag-flyers aren't to be disturbed after Trump DOJ doesn't bother filing opposition
Trump admin helps xAI fight pollution lawsuit, says military needs Grok for war NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center. https:// arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 26/06/trump-admin-helps-xai-fight-pollution-lawsuit-says-military-needs-grok-for-war/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
RE: https:// wandering.shop/@cstross/116761 664692311394 In case you missed it, the England fans at the world cup are enthusiastically chanting: "He's fat, with piles He's in the Epstein files Trump the Cuunt Trump the Cuuuuuntt!!!" I want to know how the pearl-clutching republican senators are going to handle it if they win.
[Program] “Let’s lead to peace of mind, like the Middle East War”... Trump “Effect to solve the problem
The ballroom is a fiasco. The reflecting pool is a fiasco. The inflation is a fiasco. The federal deficit is a fiasco. The Iran war is a fiasco. So please remind me again what makes Trump such a “winner”?
WTAF?? # GiftArticle # ICE removed detainee # protections after outreach from top # private contractor In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit # GeoGroup ’s legal defense. # law # Trump # immigration # HumanRights # CivilRights # ForThePeopleByThePeople https:// wapo.st/4giIJjm
JD Vance pushed Trump to invoke Insurrection Act to crush Minneapolis protests, book claims
UFC champion says he has been banned from White House fight over criticisms of Trump
Sheryl Crow Slams Trump Administration for Staging UFC Fight at White House: ‘Disgraceful and Void of Decency’
Today we learned a 36-year-old white Texan man was caught in Bogota Colombia raping an adopted 7-year-old boy in broad daylight. Cops entered his apartment & also rescued 4-year-old & 15-year-old rape victims. Trump pushed the racist lie that Mexico is sending “rapists” to the USA. In reality—77.1% of CSAM distributors & 75.2% of CSAM producers are White. Not immigrants. Not Black or brown people. Not drag queens. White men—like Trump in the Epstein files. Every MAGA accusation is a confession.
This headline from the NY Times is exactly the kind of "both sides" bullshit that Big Journalism continues to do -- ALWAYS to the benefit of Trump and his party. The headline implies that Democrats also tried to take over the 250th anniversary events for their own partisan purposes. They did not.
Ian McKellen Roasted Trump on ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Set by Shouting ‘Mar-a-Lago!’ When Told to Hate What Magneto Is Destroying
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