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Trump draws comparisons to Marie Antoinette
as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency
https://apnews.com/article/trump-renovations-marie-antoinette-ballroom-affordability-midterms-5015c7f144fc3b…

Despite Marie Antoinette comparisons, Trump leans into opulence
President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents. He has celebrated renderings of his $400 million White House ballroom even during the war in Iran and a partial government shutdown. His administration is pushing ahead with plans to build a 250-foot Triumphal Arch near the Lincoln Memorial. Democrats say Trump is more interested in the gilded trappings of the pre…

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Heel goed.
Toekomstig premier Rob Jetten (D66) heeft de afgelopen jaren hard uitgehaald naar de Amerikaanse president Trump. Jetten noemde Trump een 'veroordeelde crimineel' en een 'gevaar voor de internationale veiligheid'. Als beoogd premier neemt hij de uitspraken niet terug.

Beoogd premier Jetten noemde Trump 'gevaar', 'crimineel' en 'vrouwenhater'
Toekomstig premier Rob Jetten (D66) heeft de afgelopen jaren hard uitgehaald naar de Amerikaanse president Trump. Jetten noemde Trump een 'veroordeelde crimineel' en een 'gevaar voor de internationale veiligheid'. Als beoogd premier neemt hij de uitspraken niet terug: "Ik denk dat ze in Amerika wel houden van directheid en duidelijkheid. Dat doen zij ook naar ons."

Den Vorwurf der Links-Lastigkeit der Medien gehört zum rechten Standard-Repertoire ...
Trump FTC Threatens Apple With A Fake Investigation Into Its Nonexistent ‘Liberal News Bias’ | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/trump-

Trump and Rubio blackmailing the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/health/zambia-hiv-aid-minerals-trump.html

No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia
A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”

Amid his lawsuit against the BBC, Trump accuses the broadcaster of using AI to tamper with his January 6 speech and criticizes its coverage of the war on Iran (The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-bbc-lawsuit…

Donald Trump launches scathing attack on ‘corrupt, fraudulent’ BBC amid $10bn defamation lawsuit
Donald Trump also criticised the BBC’s coverage of the US war on Iran as ‘so inaccurate’ and ‘unbelievable’

Trump’s Split with Meloni:
After President Trump launched a broadside against Pope Leo XIV,
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy rallied to the American pontiff’s defense.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/europe/…

Trump Breaks With Meloni, Italy’s Leader, Amid Dispute Over Pope and Iran
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.

As many others have noted , I am afraid Trump's truth social posts are mainly to influence financial and oil markets and it works. Trump and his friends can make enormous amounts of money with insider trading. Before Trump i already had a cynical view of the working of financial "markets' but that is only reinforced.
#trump

Trump administration deepens quest to stamp out the events of Jan. 6
Trump’s effort to reframe what happened on Jan. 6 appears, in many ways, to be an attempt to shape public perceptions.
The details of what happened that day remain accessible and documented in an expansive universe of videos, accounts and court filings.

The day he was inaugurated last year, Trump pardoned most Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom are now seeking elected office.
The president also commu…

Trump administration deepens quest to stamp out the events of Jan. 6
In his second term, the president has doubled down on efforts to reframe public perception of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in court and beyond.

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
Conservation and historical groups sued Tuesday,
challenging Trump administration orders removing exhibits on slavery, civil rights, Indigenous history and climate science from national parks.
A federal judge ordered restoration of an exhibit about enslaved people at George Washington’s Philadelphia home,
comparing the censorship to Orwell’s dystopian “1984.”
The removals exte…

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowledge, including about slavery and climate change.