Trump Demands Praise in Maggie Haberman Tirade

President Trump posted an extended tirade on Truth Social attacking journalist Maggie Haberman for her forthcoming book “Regime Change,” co-written with New York Times reporter Jonathan Swan, which documents his second administration. The book details scenes of Trump supergluing gold Fabergés in the Oval Office, cabinet members discussing the Epstein files, and a White House bedroom scattered with fast food wrappers, among other unflattering portrayals.

Trump demanded the book include effusive praise that never materialized, complaining in all-caps that Haberman failed to write passages acknowledging his victory or apologizing for prior criticism. He demanded language such as “TRUMP IS THE BEST POLITICAL ATHLETE OF ALL TIME” and “CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE BEATEN US FOR 10 YEARS,” framing his expectation that media outlets capitulate to his narrative as a baseline journalistic duty.

In his post, Trump attacked Haberman personally, calling her “Maggot Hagerman,” and branded the New York Times “The Failing New York Times.” He also used the post to attack Democrats broadly, labeling them “Dumocrats” who “are, generally, stupid people” and baselessly accusing them of planning a transition to communism as the 2026 midterms approach. This follows a pattern of Trump demanding absolute verbal alignment from officials, expecting staff and media alike to repeat his exact phrasing without deviation.

The outburst reflects Trump’s documented obsession with controlling his public image and punishing journalists who document his conduct without flattery. Trump surrounds himself with enablers who provide constant positive reinforcement, and his anger at Haberman’s independent reporting underscores his intolerance for any account that does not present him as infallible or triumphant.



(Source: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-maggie-haberman-truth-social/)

Dr Oz becomes the latest MAHA advocate to post bizarre workout video: ‘Touch the toilet seat’ | The Independent

Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, posted a workout video on July 11 demonstrating squat technique by advising viewers to imagine sitting on a toilet seat. The 66-year-old, who serves as the latest Trump administration official promoting the Make America Healthy Again agenda, filmed the backyard demonstration on social media while momentarily losing balance during his demonstration.

Oz instructed viewers to avoid leaning forward during squats and to “sit back like your bottom is about to touch the toilet seat,” emphasizing proper form to prevent injury and engage correct muscle groups. He also recommended brisk walking for heart health, comparing arteries to a tube while slapping a children’s slide as a visual aid, and demonstrated pull-ups on a monkey bar without difficulty.

Social media users mocked Oz’s squat form and fitness advice. One commenter stated “This is not proper form for a squat in any capacity” and told Oz to “stick to selling snake oil.” Another user joked about an upcoming book titled “How to Look Like a Complete Dork in the Park,” reflecting widespread criticism of his demonstration.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has similarly posted numerous workout videos to promote MAHA initiatives, including pull-ups and push-ups alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in blue jeans, a 2024 helicopter jump into the Pacific Ocean with Navy SEALs, and a shirtless cold-water plunge and hot tub session with musician Kid Rock while drinking whole milk. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined the trend in December 2025, competing against Kennedy in a pull-up competition filmed near Ronald Reagan National Airport, where Kennedy completed approximately 20 pull-ups to Duffy’s 10.

Hegseth has also shared workout content focused on demonstrating physical capability with troops rather than offering fitness instruction, including weight-lifting sessions at Guantanamo Bay and running alongside service members. The administration’s fitness video campaign reflects broader efforts to project health and vigor through social media promotion.



(Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dr-oz-maha-workout-video-b3013231.html)ide service members. The administration’s fitness video campaign reflects broader efforts to project health and vigor through social media promotion.

Trump Commerce Grants UAE AI Chip Access After Sheikh’s Investment

The Trump administration’s Commerce Department granted the United Arab Emirates license-free access to critical U.S. artificial intelligence technology, including advanced semiconductor chips. The decision follows a $500 million investment by Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan in World Liberty Financial, a Trump family cryptocurrency venture, which Eric Trump finalized four days before the president’s inauguration.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren condemned the arrangement as a “corrupt deal” and demanded testimony from Commerce Department officials, citing direct national security threats. Warren argued that the preferential export control change violates U.S. security protocols and creates vulnerability to foreign adversaries, particularly China, given G42’s documented past collaborations with sanctioned technology firm Huawei.

The financial arrangement between the Trump family and the UAE official represents a direct conflict of interest, with Trump personally benefiting from cryptocurrency holdings tied to Tahnoon’s substantial investments. This deal follows the Trump family’s sale of a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million to representatives of the same Sheikh, demonstrating a pattern of financial entanglement between Trump’s personal wealth and U.S. technology policy decisions.

The Commerce Department’s action undermines established national security safeguards by providing a foreign nation unrestricted access to sensitive semiconductor technology without standard licensing requirements. This preferential treatment contradicts standard U.S. export control frameworks designed to prevent advanced chip technology from reaching potential adversaries.

The deal exemplifies how Trump uses presidential authority to enrich himself and his family while simultaneously compromising national security. The administration’s decision to grant technological privileges to a foreign investor who directly funded Trump family business interests demonstrates the weaponization of government power for personal financial gain.



(Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/trump-uae-investor-license-free-crypto-ai-chips-b3013179.html)

Trump DOJ Subpoenas NY Times Journalists Over Qatar Jet Report

Trump’s Justice Department issued subpoenas to multiple New York Times journalists, compelling their testimony before a federal grand jury in New York City on Wednesday. Federal agents delivered subpoenas to reporters’ homes, citing vague allegations of “alleged violation of federal criminal law,” following the Times’ reporting on security deficiencies in the Qatar-gifted Boeing 747 designated for presidential use, which lacks advanced security features standard to Air Force One.

The New York Times denounced the subpoenas as a “brazen act” designed to intimidate journalists and suppress reporting on matters of public interest. The administration provided no specific explanation for the criminal allegations or the targeting of individual reporters, leaving the stated basis for the grand jury investigation opaque.

This action exemplifies Trump’s documented pattern of weaponizing federal law enforcement against the press. The subpoenas represent a direct assault on First Amendment protections, using the machinery of criminal justice to silence coverage of presidential conduct and security vulnerabilities affecting national assets. The Qatari 747 arrangement itself reflects Trump’s corruption, accepting a foreign government gift to replace Air Force One, raising immediate questions about quid pro quo arrangements and Trump’s financial interests abroad.

The targeting of journalists represents an escalation in Trump’s authoritarian governance. By prosecuting the messengers rather than addressing the substantive security failures they reported, Trump demonstrates contempt for accountability and the constitutional safeguards protecting a free press from executive retaliation.



(Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/trump-new-york-times-reporters-qatari-air-force-one-b3013194.html)

‘Wow!’ Trump Wakes Up Basking In Glow of New Trump Airport

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation in March 2026 requiring Palm Beach County to rename its airport to President Donald J. Trump International Airport, triggering widespread backlash over the use of public funds for rebranding costs including new signage, uniforms, software updates, and airport identifier code changes. The Trump Organization has filed federal trademark applications claiming exclusive rights to the airport name and related merchandise, raising concerns about potential financial kickbacks to the Trump family through approved vendor requirements for branded goods.

Local residents and pilots filed lawsuits challenging the renaming as illegal, citing safety risks from the airport identifier code change and violations of local home rule authority. The legal action reflects substantial opposition to the rebranding initiative within the Palm Beach community and aviation sector, though the airport officially became the President Donald J. Trump International Airport in July 2026.

Trump responded to the renaming with social media posts on Saturday morning celebrating the airport change, describing Palm Beach as “a special place” and sharing photographs of the airport’s signage. The posts came hours after Trump had spent Friday night issuing threatening warnings about Iranian assassination plots, including claims he had ordered military strikes against Iran, demonstrating a sharp tonal shift in his public messaging.

Critics have characterized the renaming as a corruption scheme designed to benefit the Trump family financially while burdening taxpayers with millions in rebranding expenses. Legal experts and local opponents argue the arrangement creates pathways for Trump Organization profits through merchandise licensing and vendor approvals tied to the airport’s new branding identity.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/wow-trump-wakes-up-basking-in-glow-of-new-honor-after-going-to-bed-raging-about-assassination-plans/)

Trump Dismantles Bipartisan Elections Board Before Midterms

President Trump dismissed members of the Elections Assistance Commission, a bipartisan board created by Congress to strengthen election security following the 2000 election dispute. The action dismantled the panel’s independence just four months before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress, occurring shortly after the Supreme Court granted the president broad authority to reshape supposedly independent oversight boards.

The EAC maintains critical federal election infrastructure, including the federal voter registration form, voting system standards, accreditation of testing laboratories, distribution of federal election security funding, and publication of official election guidance. While states administer elections directly, the federal agency controls chokepoints that can influence registration processes, system certifications, funding distribution, and official determinations about election legitimacy. Trump’s removal of Democratic commissioners and the subsequent departure of Republican commissioners left every seat vacant, eliminating active bipartisan leadership capable of resisting White House directives or responding to election disputes independently.

The White House explicitly stated that the president may remove officials who are not “totally aligned” with his election security agenda, signaling that independent technical judgment is no longer acceptable for the position. This represents a fundamental shift from treating commissioners as neutral referees to demanding political loyalty to the president’s election claims. Career staff can continue routine operations under existing policies, but federal law requires at least three commissioners to approve major EAC actions, creating temporary paralysis that prevents the administration from immediately implementing new policies through the commission.

Trump has simultaneously ordered federal efforts to obtain state voter and citizenship information and directed the Justice Department to prioritize investigations into state and local officials allegedly providing ballots to ineligible voters. This reflects a broader strategy across multiple federal agencies to pressure states through registration requirements, voting system certifications, funding conditions, and legal challenges. A compliant EAC could produce ostensibly neutral technical justifications for these pressures, such as claiming particular state procedures fail to meet federal security standards, which could then be weaponized in litigation and certification disputes.

Democratic-backsliding researchers identify weakening or capture of election management bodies as an early warning sign of authoritarian erosion. The United States’ decentralized election system makes complete federal control difficult but creates multiple pressure points through which the administration can disrupt registration, certification, and legitimacy determinations. The authoritarian significance lies not in immediate vote manipulation but in removing institutional barriers to manufacturing disputes, creating uncertainty in closely divided states, and establishing a precedent that independent election officials must align with presidential election claims.



(Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/10/trump-guts-independent-elections-board-ahead-midterms/)

Bannon, Epshteyn Ran Extortion Scheme Against Left Leaning Law Firms At Trump Direction

The American Bar Association filed a court motion demanding the White House release communications involving Trump allies Steve Bannon and Boris Epshteyn related to Trump's attacks on law firms. The ABA is suing the Trump administration over what it calls a "law firm intimidation policy," alleging Trump weaponized executive orders to coerce firms into abandoning clients and causes he opposed and to abandon diversity initiatives.

Bannon publicly stated on his podcast that Trump intended to "put you out of business and bankrupt" major Washington law firms targeted by the administration. Epshteyn, Trump's personal lawyer, connected firms that capitulated to White House demands with the Commerce Department for trade deal work, according to reporting. The ABA alleges nine firms pledged nearly $1 billion in free legal services and agreed to abandon what Trump labeled "illegal" diversity recruiting in exchange for avoiding Trump-directed retaliation.

Steve Bannon, a convicted fraudster for his involvement in the 'We Build the Wall' LLC scam, defrauded Trump supporters out of their money under the pretense of supporting border wall construction. In addition to his fraudulent activities, Bannon was the Editor-in-Chief at Breitbart, where he collaborated with Milo Yiannopoulos in rebranding neo-Nazis as the Alt Right, further highlighting his controversial influence.

The Justice Department blocked the ABA from seeking information directly from Epshteyn and blocked his deposition, claiming the requests were unduly burdensome. The administration's obstruction of discovery reveals the extent to which Trump operatives orchestrated the coercion scheme and demonstrates the administration's determination to conceal the mechanics of its intimidation campaign against the legal profession.

Four firms that secured court orders striking down the executive orders against them await appellate review. The discovery dispute exposes behind-the-scenes coordination between Trump and his associates to weaponize the executive branch against law firms seen as hostile to his interests, a direct assault on the independence of the legal profession and separation of powers.

(Source: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/bannon-epshteyn-info-sought-in-suit-over-trump-war-on-law-firms)

Trump Demands the Supreme Court Give Him a Do-Over

President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court grant him a rehearing in the birthright citizenship case after the court rejected his executive order striking down citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants and visa holders. The 6-3 decision upheld the 14th Amendment’s clear language granting citizenship to all persons born in the United States, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the majority that the constitutional text is unambiguous. Trump’s demand for immediate rehearing follows his loss in Trump v. Barbara, where four justices signaled they do not believe the Constitution necessarily bestows citizenship on people born in the U.S., exposing the court’s extremist drift.

On Truth Social, Trump falsely claimed that billboards at the southern border advertise “birthright citizenship with deliveries starting at $4000,” asserting this constitutes a crime that invalidates the court’s ruling. Trump’s false characterization contradicts his own administration’s policies: in April 2026, he introduced a “gold card” visa for foreign nationals paying at least $1 million, which explicitly fast-tracks citizenship pathways for wealthy immigrants. This hypocrisy demonstrates Trump weaponizes the courts to circumvent constitutional protections when they conflict with his authoritarian agenda.

Trump’s demand for immediate rehearing and his subsequent pressure on Congress to overturn the 14th Amendment reflect his systematic assault on constitutional limits and independent judicial authority. His attacks on the Supreme Court’s decision, combined with his demands to remake institutions through loyalty purges and judicial remaking, advance his model of permanent executive power unchecked by law or democratic processes.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-demands-the-supreme-court-give-him-a-do-over-asks-for-a-rehearing-immediately/)its and independent judicial authority. His attacks on the Supreme Court’s decision, combined with his demands to remake institutions through loyalty purges and judicial remaking, advance his model of permanent executive power unchecked by law or democratic processes.

Trump Confuses Zelensky With Putin at NATO Summit

During a NATO summit press conference in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, President Trump directly confused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Russian President Vladimir Putin while standing beside Zelensky. Trump gestured toward Zelensky and asked reporters, “You have a question for President Putin, please?” demonstrating a fundamental failure to distinguish between the leaders of a U.S. ally and an adversary engaged in active conflict.

When reporters reacted with visible confusion, Trump attempted to obscure his error by speaking in circles rather than acknowledging the mistake. He repeated the request multiple times, saying “Do you have a question for President Putin — not Zelensky — Putin,” while continuing to gesture in a manner that suggested disorientation about who stood before him. This verbal scrambling revealed an inability or unwillingness to admit a basic cognitive lapse about two of the world’s most consequential geopolitical figures.

Trump then claimed to speak frequently with Putin about ending the Ukraine war, stating “I talk to him a lot” and asserting that Putin “wants to end the war.” This remark underscored Trump’s documented alignment with Russia’s strategic interests, consistent with his Ukraine peace plan acknowledged as a Russian wish list by U.S. senators who reviewed it. Trump contrasted his frequent Putin contact with minimal engagement with Zelensky, the leader of an invaded nation requesting American support.

The Zelensky-Putin confusion followed another severe gaffe minutes earlier in the same press conference, where Trump referred to “the Islamic Republic of Japan” firing missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier. These compounded errors at a NATO summit involving direct diplomatic engagement illustrated Trump’s erratic handling of critical international affairs and his apparent unfamiliarity with fundamental geopolitical facts, mirroring a pattern documented during previous NATO diplomatic engagements.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-appears-to-mistake-zelensky-for-putin-then-scrambles-to-cover-it-in-bizarre-moment/)

Trump Dementia Gaffes On Full Display At NATO Summit

During a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, Trump committed multiple significant verbal errors that underscored both his cognitive fitness and his dangerous mishandling of international affairs. Trump falsely claimed to have destroyed “every single bridge in Iran” and threatened Iranian infrastructure including electric plants and desalination facilities, escalating threats against a nation without congressional authorization or clear strategic justification. These statements contradicted established rules of engagement and revealed reckless military posturing at a critical diplomatic moment.

Trump confused Japan with Iran when recounting a military incident, stating the “Islamic Republic of Japan” fired 111 missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln. He also appeared to confuse Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference, asking Zelensky “You have a question for President Putin, please?” before correcting himself after media laughter. Both errors demonstrated alarming confusion about fundamental international relationships during active military conflict.

Trump misnamed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear agreement, as the “JCPOC” while attacking it as the “Obama Nuclear Waste Deal.” He repeated a false claim about his TikTok prominence, asserting he was “number one” on the platform and more popular than Taylor Swift, when Trump has 16 million followers compared to Swift’s 30 million and neither ranks in the platform’s top 10. Trump also referred to TikTok as “Tic Tac” despite using the correct name multiple times in the same remarks.

These gaffes mirror Trump’s established pattern of attacking NATO spending while courting authoritarian leaders and abandoning U.S. allies to appease despots. At 80 years old, Trump’s cognitive lapses during high-stakes diplomacy represent a direct threat to American security and international stability, compounding his documented history of reckless military decisions and alliance sabotage.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/watch-4-most-embarrassing-gaffes-from-trumps-nato-visit/)

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