2 h. ago Donald Trump blasts ‘trophy wives’ in rant during life ‘tips’ ramble to graduates

US President Donald Trump was given a keynote address to graduates from West Point when he went on a bizarre tangent about a real estate developer who married a "trophy wife"

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5 h. ago Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the ‘great late’ Al Capone in politically

President praised his administration’s efforts to end DEI programs and crack down on immigration while addressing West Point’s Class of 2025

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12 h. ago Trump to address West Point graduates as he tries to impose agenda on military

President’s visit to military academy occurs as books are banned and clubs disbanded in line with anti-DEI policeDonald Trump will address graduates of West Point on Saturday, as his administration moves to implement a rightwing agenda at military service academies that has prompted the disbandment of student clubs, the removal of certain books and at least one faculty resignation.It will be the second time Trump has spoken to graduates of the United States Military Academy in upstate New York where the next generation of army leaders is educated, and offers the president an opportunity to stump for his defense policy. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Democrats invited accused terrorist killer's DAD to Trump address just weeks before heinous crime

The father of the accused gunman who shot and killed two Israeli staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum was a special guest of a Democratic congressman.

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34 h. ago Dad of DC shooting suspect attended Trump’s address to Congress in March as guest of a Democratic congressman

Eric Rodriguez, father of double murder suspect Elias Rodriguez, attended Donald Trump’s Joint Speech to Congress at invitation of Illinois representative

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2 w. ago Labor’s clean sweep in Australian election suggests young male voters are bucking global trends. But why?

Labor’s massive electoral victory goes against trends across parts of the west, Asia and Africa, in which young male voters are leaning towards the right See our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen UFC president Dana White appeared on stage for Donald Trump’s victory address, he credited a string of controversial male influencers – the Nelk Boys, Theo Von, Adin Ross and the “mighty and powerful” Joe Rogan – for the Republican win.Six months later, Anthony Albanese took Labor to a landslide victory in Australia, claiming the scalps of the Coalition and Greens leaders in the process.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Throngs of admirers fill an arena to get Warren Buffett's take on tariffs and Berkshire Hathaway

Thousands of Berkshire Hathaway investors have streamed into an arena hoping to hear Warren Buffett address what he thinks of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and explain why he is sitting on $347.7 billion cash

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3 w. ago Trump on the stump again in commencement address with rambling stories and trans slams

Trump told college grads: ‘I'd pay you a lot of money to have your age’

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3 w. ago After 100 days, Trump has destroyed Trumpism | Sidney Blumenthal

The president’s approach: tackle problems that don’t exist via policies that won’t workIn the 2024 election, Donald Trump eked out a narrow victory, by 1.5 percentage points nationally, the lowest popular vote margin in 56 years, since Richard Nixon’s wafer-thin win by 0.7 points in 1968. Trump claimed he had won an enormous historic mandate to impose a counterrevolution. “The American people have given us a mandate, a mandate like few people thought possible,” Trump boasted on 6 March in his address to the Congress.His election rested on two principal issues, immigration and inflation. He demonized immigrants (“poisoning the blood” of the country), raised the bogeyman of transgender people, and racialized the Democratic candidate, Vice-President Kamala Harris, whom he claimed had decided herself she was Black. In the minds of the marginal voters who swung to him, however, immigration and inflation were conflated, factors impinging on their standard of living and economic security. ...

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