What do you if you involved in a sex scandal and are running a collapsing economy, and you are a tyrant? You wag-the-dog, start a war abroad, or commit some war-like act. That’s what Trump is doing in the case of Venezuela with his threats to bomb that country.
In addition to bolstering Trump’s strongman bona fides, such aggressive rhetoric is also a perfect vehicle for the president to drive the news cycle and to distract the American people. It feels like a decades-old cliche to talk about wagging the dog, but certainly, an attack on Venezuela would wag the dog.
Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country. pic.twitter.com/bw0vfwlm9R
Trump is posting photos of his love fest with Mamdani while MAGA is melting down online over the meeting. It’s just too funny. The Republicans are in complete shambles! pic.twitter.com/CY5a0ioJQl
President Trump warmed to New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, even declaring he would finally feel comfortable moving back to the city with the 34-year-old democratic socialist running city hall. “I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help him do a great job,” Trump said.… pic.twitter.com/ffM7ZHEktx
MBS had a journalist who was a U.S. resident murdered. Trump could care less, and even defames the victim:
BREAKING: The Washington Post unleashes a scathing takedown of Trump after he smeared their murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a playdate with the brutal Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
This is just a taste of what the history books will have to say about Donald…
On his first U.S. visit since the CIA found him responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, the Saudi crown prince met with Pres. Trump who defended him when pressed on the issue. @marykbruce reports. pic.twitter.com/az5ll03tQc
Now Saudi Arabia has bought a U.S. NATO-like national security agreement. Anything for that Saudi oil-money. Not America-first.
"I'm pleased to announce that we are taking our military cooperation to even greater heights by formally designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally." – President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸🇸🇦 pic.twitter.com/PXXGGCBPGU
Jake Tapper: "We're standing by to see the president and First Lady greet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Presumably, he's washed the blood off his hands…"
"Just to remind everybody, Trump's own CIA said that MBS ordered the murder and dismemberment of a Washington… pic.twitter.com/oevgay26eL
"It was even worse than I anticipated": Washington Post Global Opinions writer Jason Rezaian talks about President Trump's comments about the murder of his colleague at the Post, Jamal Khashoggi. pic.twitter.com/2mAkbwYM4B
BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump "knew about the girls" and referenced Mar-a-Lago, newly released emails by House Democrats show. https://t.co/Pjre4gDvLS
The Interview took place 10/31/25 with CBS correspondent Norah O’Donnell:
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, first of all, we get along great, and we always really have. We had the COVID moment, which was not– attractive as far as I was concerned. I wasn’t so happy. But outside of that, we have always had a great relationship. He’s a powerful man. He’s a strong man, a very powerful leader.
And– we’ve always– had the best of relationships, probably the best of– I could– I think I could speak for him, just about as good as it gets from his standpoint and from my standpoint. And having that is important because of the power of the two countries.
NORAH O’DONNELL: What did you get out of this deal that you wanted?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I got sort of everything that we wanted. We got– no rare earth threat. That’s gone, completely gone. We have tremendous amounts of– dollars pouring in– ’cause we have– very big tariffs, almost 50%. We never had anything in terms of tariffs, although I put tariffs on China, but Biden let it lapsed by the– by the fact that he gave exemptions on almost everything, which was just ridiculous.
Secretary of ‘War’, Pete Hegseth was caught wearing a tie that showed the colors of the Russian flag. And he was doing at the same time he was meeting with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Another image and a video of the US Secretary of Defense (or War) Pete Hegseth, wearing a tie with the Russian colours in a meeting the President of Ukraine. https://t.co/vZdMuoyoqGpic.twitter.com/PvI560F7rd
The White House on Tuesday denied a report claiming President Donald Trump is considering commuting music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison sentence as early as this week.
Earlier this month, Combs was convicted on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges after prosecutors said he ran a decades-long criminal enterprise that exploited women and laundered millions of dollars through his music businesses. He was sentenced to 50 months in prison following a high-profile trial in New York.
TMZ reported Monday that Trump was “vacillating” on whether to grant Combs clemency, citing a “high-ranking White House official.”
Trump is on record in considering Pardoning Diddy:
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
Trump also said that Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, had requested a pardon.
You thought Trump’s plans for Greenland were crazy. This is even more ludicrous. Except, it’s much more dangerous.
Cairo taking Trump’s call to accept Palestinians from Gaza seriously. It is braced for a suspension of the $1.3bn in US security assistance that it receives if the Trump tries to leverage the aid, Egyptian diplomat told MEEhttps://t.co/6DR2zXH1PA
NOW: "GAZA IS NOT FOR SALE!!!" Pro-Palestine Protesters react moments after President Trump announced that the U.S. will "take over" the Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/jmj8yMhuCg
Donald Trump just declared the U.S. will “own” Gaza. Drop Site’s Ryan Grim shares a quick reaction to the Trump and Netanyahu press conference today. pic.twitter.com/BDvD4QJRf2
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