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A very confused and agitated Donald Trump was asked by reporters this week if he was moving the tariff deadline from July 9th to August 1st, and he had no idea what the reporter was talking about. Instead of answering about the deadline - which he clearly did not know was being moved - Trump fumbled around and said that there will be tariffs, which…
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If Donald Trump had any sanity left, it all went out the window this week after his botched strike against Iran. The administration has scrambled to push a counter-narrative that everyone now knows is a complete farce, and Trump is losing his mind over this fallout. And for once, this isn't just about Trump's ego - it is about the ego of the entire…
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Donald Trump proudly proclaimed on Monday that he had worked out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran, and said that he believes it will last "forever." Forever is never as long as we'd like it to be, and the conflict almost immediately erupted in missile fire. Trump was furious that he was exposed as a bad negotiator, and in a profanity-laden …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene went ballistic on Donald Trump over the weekend for his decision to bomb Iran, potentially entering the United States in another Middle Eastern conflict based on lies. Greene went on an epic rant about how the US was never attacked by Iran and how there is no real justification for anything that's happening, clearly telling u…
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An official memo from the Trump administration is directing all would-be federal employees to draft an essay about how much they love Donald Trump as part of the hiring process. The federal government is currently on a hiring freeze that will expire on July 15th, and in order to make sure they only get Trump-loving applicants, they are requiring th…
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RFK, Jr.'s tenure at Health and Human Services is going from bad to worse, as he was busted AGAIN for putting fake studies in his recent MAHA report after he was supposed to remove them. To make matters worse, an old clip of him getting his butt handed to him on CNN has resurfaced and gone viral this week exposing him for being a massive liar. Dona…
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After Donald Trump very mildly attacked Vladimir Putin over the weekend, the Kremlin fired back and accused Trump of being "emotional" and having "emotional reactions" to what's happening around the world. In other words, Putin thinks that Trump is weak and acting like a child with his "emotional" reactions. This is a clear sign that Putin has no i…
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It turns out that making your most incompetent lawyer a US attorney so that she can go after your political enemies wasn't the smartest move. Alina Habba announced criminal charges against Democratic Congresswoman LaMonica McIver this week, but it was revealed at the time of the announcement that the charges hadn't actually been filed yet. It turns…
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Deutsche Bank, one of Donald Trump's go-to lenders for all of his businesses, warned this week that the US economy is suffering "death by a thousand cuts" from Trump's policies and those of the rest of the Republican Party. All of these small cuts are causing a massive bleed that is sending our economy into a downward spiral, and not a single Repub…
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Donald Trump's poll numbers in every category are worse than ever as Americans watch their president screw up every single thing that he touches. From the economy to immigration and everything in between, the public does not approve of what Trump is doing. And this constant negative feedback is starting to get to Trump as he lashes out more and mor…
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Just days after it was revealed that there are currently ZERO ships headed from China to US ports, Donald Trump announced that he was temporarily walking back his 145% tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the country. China is also reducing their tariffs on US goods, but details of the temporary reduction are scarce. Trump is being hit for backing …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene laid into Donald Trump's staffers during an interview this week, claiming that they are lying to him about world events and what he needs to be doing. She also took aim at her fellow Republicans in the House, effectively picking a fight with everyone. As usual, Greene is right to be angry, she's just completely wrong about wh…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hinting at aiming for a bigger and better position in the government for quite some time, but a new poll out of Georgia basically tells us that this will never happen. Out of the four possible Republican contenders for next year's Senate election, Greene came in DEAD LAST in polling, losing by double digits to her ri…
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Today marks Donald Trump's 100th day in office, and the damage that he's managed to cause in those 100 days is almost unimaginable. On every issue that matters to voters - from immigration to the economy to the environment - Trump is getting failing grades from the public as he and his wrecking ball crew destroy everything. And the administration i…
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A very panicked Donald Trump tried to con American workers into supporting his tariffs by telling them a string of lies over the weekend. Trump got on Truth Social and claimed that the tariffs could possibly eliminate ALL income taxes on people making under $200,000 a year, something that's not even remotely possible. Trump's tariffs are barely pul…
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Donald Trump hasn't even been in office for 100 days yet, and already the polling data proves that Americans hate every single thing that he is doing. From immigration to the environment, respecting the rule of law to the economy, Trump is underwater on every issue that actually matters to American voters. His overall approval rating is somehow eve…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene held a town hall this week that only took minutes to go completely off the rails. She ordered the numerous police officers present to forcibly remove protestors, stopping throughout her lies to tell officers who to grab. At one point, according to reports, one of the people being forcibly removed was even tased by police offi…
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During a back and forth with reporters for his meeting with the president of El Salvador, Donald Trump proved what a low class piece of trash he really is. He did this not only by slandering the man that he wrongfully deported, but also when he viciously attacked CNN reporter Kaitlin Collins. The man has no class at all, yet he likes to pretend tha…
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Donald Trump's physical results have left many people scratching their heads, as the doctor said that he is in perfect health in every possible way. But when you actually look at the report, it becomes obvious that Trump is a man that is on borrowed time, as the medications that he's taking are likely preventing a massive health event that could be…
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The US bond market began to crash this week in response to Donald Trump's tariffs, which is likely the reason that he decided to pause most of them for now. But the collapsing bond market also means something else - it means that Marjorie Taylor Greene's stock selloff and bond buying ended up backfiring on her. She moved her money out of the stock …
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Billionaires across the country are starting to express buyer's remorse for putting Donald Trump back in power. These billionaires are now watching as their fortunes disappear thanks to Trump's backwards trade policies, and they are now speaking out about how horrible this has been for them. But they can't feign ignorance on this one - Trump made i…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt decided that her best course of action was to mock a judge's ruling last week that instructed the Trump administration to immediately retrieve the innocent man that they sent to the prison in El Salvador. Leavitt claimed that the judge didn't have jurisdiction over El Salvador, which was not only rude bu…
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According to new reports this week, Donald Trump is preparing to cut Elon Musk loose a lot sooner than expected. Politico says that Trump has been informing his Cabinet members that Musk will not be around much longer, and the speculation is that it is because he has become incredibly toxic to the Republican Party. But Musk's toxicity isn't Trump's…
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Elon Musk got utterly humiliated this week when he failed to buy the seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But even before that defeat, many Republicans were already hoping to LOSE because they want Musk to go away for good. They might be able to get their wish now that Musk has proven to be more of a liability than an asset at this point. The Canad…
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Donald Trump is trying to convince the country that the economy is doing better than ever, but it doesn't look like anyone is buying that. At the same time that Trump was telling us that everything was fine, the stock market was crashing and banks were warning that a recession could be right around the corner. Donald Trump may have lost a very valu…
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Republicans in Alabama are starting to panic over several different Trump policies that are going to devastate their state. From education to farming to automobile manufacturing are all slated to take massive hits from Trump's policies, and Republicans in the Deep South are actually starting to speak out about how bad their state is about to get hi…
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A self-proclaimed "MAGA Junkie" admitted during a tearful interview that she now regrets voting for Donald Trump after her job at the US Treasury was terminated by Elon Musk and his DOGE force. The former Trump supporter admits that she was all-in on Trump, with flags, shirts, and other MAGA gear all over the place, but now she realizes that she me…
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Republican Congressman Don Bacon is not happy about the economic chaos that Donald Trump is causing, and he admitted during a CNN interview that he would like to take away Trump's power to enact tariffs. He specifically said that allowing Trump to do this at all was a "mistake." Those are strong words for a sitting Republican member of Congress, an…
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The news this week that top Trump cabinet officials accidentally added a reporter from The Atlantic to a Signal group text about secret war plans is the definitive proof that this administration is packed with the dumbest people in America. But in addition to being grossly incompetent, they are also clearly corrupt, as evidenced by their secret cha…
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Donald Trump had a complete meltdown over the most mundane issue imaginable over the weekend, when he got on Truth Social and whined like a baby about an official painting of him hanging in the Capitol Building in the state of Colorado. Trump complained that the artist made him look "distorted," but all the artist did was take away his giant wrinkl…
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A former Republican Congressman blasted Karoline Leavitt after her latest embarrassing gaffe during a press briefing this week where she falsely claimed that the judge that ruled against Trump over the weekend - James Boasberg - was a "Radical Left" Obama-appointee. David Jolly said that critical thinking has clearly died in this country, and that …
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts spoke out against Donald Trump's call to impeach Judge James Boasberg this week, saying that the judiciary has independence and that disagreements with rulings are what the appellate process is for, not impeachment. This very mild statement didn't sit well with MAGA world, and they are now going as far as to…
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During a press briefing this week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the administration is encouraging immigrants to "self deport" so that they don't end up in anymore "fun" videos like the ones the administration put out over the weekend showing immigrants being forcibly detained and restrained. She then proceeded to laugh at …
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The Trump administration was ordered by a federal judge over the weekend to immediately return hundreds of Venezuelan migrants that had been wrongfully deported after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, but his administration decided to completely ignore the court's order. In fact, they didn't just ignore it, they decided to openly mock it with St…
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Donald Trump has long lived in his own reality, even before becoming President, and the reason is because he made those around him terrified to give him bad news. And now that he's back in the Oval Office, the same thing is happening. Trump continues to insist that things are clearly much better than they actually are, and the only way he could gen…
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According to reports, the Trump administration is preparing to increase the US military's presence inside the country of Panama, specifically around the Panama Canal, and he's even ordered the military to craft plans to seize the canal "by force." As of now, there appears to be no immediate plan to do so, but that could all change in the very near …
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During a back and forth with reporters inside the Oval Office, Donald Trump said that he is going to levy more tariffs on Canadian goods on April 2nd, and then he openly admitted that it is going to cause some "disruptions" for American consumers. He then added "sorry", and immediately moved on to explain that we don't need goods from Canada and th…
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Donald Trump went completely insane on Thursday morning and threatened to levy tariffs of up to 200% against products coming into the United States from Europe. At this point it feels like Trump is actively trying to sabotage the US economy, as even Republican lawmakers are starting to warn that his trade war is ill-conceived and is causing irrepar…
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It turns out that not even Donald Trump himself is immune from his destruction of the US economy, as he has managed to wipe out billions of dollars from his own net worth in the stock market crash. Trump has lost roughly $2.5 billion since he took office as shares of the Trump Media and Technology Group have been on a steady downward slide. The sli…
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Donald Trump announced to his cabinet late last week that things are going to be different moving forward, and this warning was meant especially for Elon Musk. Trump and his team have been growing increasingly annoyed with what Musk is doing and the complete lack of oversight of his activities, so Trump has decided to shorten his leash and informed…
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During a press conference this past week, Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Donald Trump's post on Truth Social where he said that Canada could avoid the tariffs if they just became the 51st state of our country, and Leavitt appeared to confirm that this is Trump's stated goal. This actually goes against all of the other reason…
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Larry Kudlow, a former Trump economic advisor that now serves on the board of a pro-Trump Super PAC, told his Fox audience this week that they will just have to learn to deal with the suffering that comes along with Trump's policies. This came before Trump backtracked on his tariffs against Mexico, but that wouldn't have changed Kudlow's order to A…
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After speaking with the leaders of the major automakers in America, Donald Trump decided that he would give them a 30-day reprieve from the tariffs that he put in place earlier this week. Critics pounced on this move, accusing Trump of playing favorites and backtracking on his plan, but those criticisms miss the main point: Trump clearly knows that…
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Donald Trump's 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect on Tuesday, but the economic damage was already adding up before the tariffs even began. Trump posted on Truth Social that farmers are going to be selling more than ever because of the tariffs - which is a lie - and he then told us all to "have fun!" As he was typing that, the st…
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Republican Senator Roger Marshall held a town hall in his home state of Kansas over the weekend, and he ended up cutting the event very short after the questions got too hard for him to answer. The crowd was not happy from the start, and wanted answers on the cuts to Medicaid, cuts to veterans' care, and answers about what DOGE is actually doing. T…
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Over the weekend, a federal judge ruled that Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel was unlawful, and ordered that the head – Hampton Dellinger – be reinstated. The case is likely to head to the Supreme Court after this, but Judge Amy Berman Jackson absolutely torched the administration in her ruling, and that’s going to…
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Tommy Tuberville is undeniably the dumbest human being currently serving in the United States Senate, but that might not be giving him enough credit. There's a good chance that he might actually be the dumbest person in the entire country. During an appearance this week on Fox News, he forgot that triangles existed while discussing cuts to the Pent…
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Economists in both the United States and Europe are now warning that Donald Trump's policies and actions are about to cause a major recession - and it will be entirely his fault. The main driver at this point is actually not the tariffs or the mass deportations (although those are large factors, too.) The REAL problem we're about to have is potenti…
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During his first cabinet meeting that took place this week, Donald Trump decided that it would be smart to insult the entire country by referring to all of us as "bloated, fat, and disgusting." This is coming from a man that is known for eating fast food multiple times a day and who is visibly obese and admits that he never exercises. In spite of t…
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Viral images circulated around the internet this week showing a gigantic bruise on Donald Trump's right hand. The White House claims that the bruise is simply due to a day of "vigorous handshaking" by the President, but that excuse is nearly impossible to believe. There's likely a much more significant reason for the bruising, and those who know th…
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