Proving yet again that he’s nothing more than a snake oil peddling grifter who would gladly steal a starving widow’s last penny, Donald Trump is once again attempting to make money off another of his shitty products, and this time he’s using a photo of him with First Lady Jill Biden to do so.
The photo, which Trump shared on social media, shows Mrs. Biden sitting next to the president-elect during a weekend ceremony marking the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
That led the disgraced former/future president to post, “Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family.”
Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family. Go to https://t.co/8O1nm58fxA. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) December 8, 2024
Kinda makes you wonder if that “assassination attempt” on Donnie earlier this year in Pennsylvania was a staged event meant to boost his poll numbers and give him yet another way to make a buck.
One thing’s certain: Responses to Trump’s cologne post were overwhelmingly negative.
Well documented he literally smells like sweat and shit.
According to Donald Trump, he will immediately end birthright citizenship on “day one” of his administration, even though the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits such a move.
During an interview with Kristen Welker of NBC News, Trump was asked, “You’ve promised to end birthright citizenship on day one. Is that still your plan?”
“Yeah, absolutely,” Trump replied.
“The 14th Amendment, though, says that, quote, all persons born in the United States are citizens,” Welker explained. “Can you get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action?”
“Well, we’re going to have to get a change,” Trump responded. “We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.”
“Through an executive action?” Welker pressed.
“Well, if we can, through executive action. I was going to do it through executive action, but then we had to fix COVID first, to be honest with you. We have to end it.”
By way of explanation, birthright citizenship can indeed be found in the 14th Amendment, which reads:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.“
That could not possibly be any clearer. And that’s the way it’s supposed to be. There are not two classes of U.S. citizens. If you’re born on U.S. soil, you’re an American, no matter who your parents are or where they’re from.
Of course, as anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of the Constitution knows, Trump cannot end birthright citizenship via executive order or any other presidential action. That would require an amendment, which would have to be ratified by two-thirds of the states.
It’s also doubtful that even the six right-wing justices on the U.S. Supreme Court would agree to take away the right to be an American by birth.
Trump and his advisers may be able to pull the wool over the eyes of their poorly educated minions, but most Americans are not about to sit idly by and let would-be dictator Donald shred the law without putting up a fight.
Though we’ve seen Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, on several occasions with his father, he rarely speaks, which has led to speculation online regarding whether or not he’s afraid to speak or if he might have a speech impediment that could lead to embarrassment.
It turns out that Barron can speak, as he proved in a video making the rounds on social media.
The video clip comes from the documentary series, “Art of the Surge,” and it shows Barron greeting people.
“Hello, how are you? It’s very nice to see you. It’s very nice,” Barron, who’s a student at NYU, remarks.
Do Barron Trump’s speech pattern and mannerisms remind you of anyone? Many people noted that he was a carbon copy of his father while others said the Donald’s son comes across as downright creepy.
Carrying his two-year-old son on his shoulders as he walked through the halls of Congress on Thursday, Twitter/X CEO Elon Musk made it clear that he’s ready to slash just about every government program to the bone.
Even Social Security? Yep. Even Social Security.
According to Jake Johnson of Common Dreams, Republicans who met with Musk seem willing to help dismantle the social safety net that has existed since Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president.
On Thursday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) emerged from a meeting with Musk and Ramaswamy with the message that “nothing is sacrosanct.”
After airing Norman’s remarks, Fox Business reported that Musk and Ramaswamy told lawmakers that no federal program is safe from cuts, “and that includes Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) even suggested that he was open to touching the “third rail” of American politics and cutting the social safety net, telling NBC’s Julie Tsirkin “perhaps mandatory programs are areas that they’re looking to make cuts in, like Social Security, for example.”
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BREAKING: After meeting with Elon Musk, Republican leader Sen. John Thune announces plans to cut Social Security
Musk has also been making his plans clear on his social media platform, amplifying posts from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who has previously said he wants to “get rid of” Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Ramaswamy is also opposed to Social Security. During an interview on CNBC, he said that there are “hundreds of billions of dollars of savings to extract” from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. He alleges that all three suffer from massive waste, fraud, and abuse but refuses to provide details to support his accusations.
“People love to have lazy armchair discussions about, oh, are you going to make cuts to entitlements or not, when, in fact, the dirty little secret is that many of those entitlement dollars aren’t even going to people who they were supposed to be going to in the first place,” said Ramaswamy.
For his part, Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will not allow anyone to touch Social Security, but as Ryan Teague Beckwith of MSNBC wrote recently, Trump is known as a liar who cannot be trusted.
“Would Trump try to cut Social Security? It’s hard to say. Over the years, he has staked out every possible position on Social Security—sometimes within hours of each other.”
“So if Republicans—or Musk—decide to propose changes to Social Security benefits,” Beckwith adds, “it’s possible that he might go along with it.”
Possible? It’s almost guaranteed, because that way he and the Republicans can give more tax cuts to rich assholes like Musk and Ramaswamy, who appear to be controlling Trump whether he realizes it or not.
Though he attempts to present himself as an “alpha male,” Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth reportedly has his mother making phone calls to senators in a desperate attempt to save his fading chances of becoming the next Pentagon chief.
According to Mychael Schnell of The Hill, “Pete Hegseth told RSC [Republican Study Committee] members his mom has been making calls to senators on his behalf.”
Pete Hegseth told RSC members his mom has been making calls to senators on his behalf, per source.
Hegseth has been accused of abusing alcohol and allegedly raping a woman in 2017, both of which have some GOP senators suggesting that they may not be able to vote in favor of his confirmation. There are also whispers that the Trump team will soon demand that Hegseth withdraw his name from consideration.
Ironically, Hegseth’s mother, Penelope, suggested that her son was an “abuser of women” in 2018 as he was getting a divorce. She now claims he’s a “new person” who is “redeemed, forgiven, changed.”
The report that Hegseth’s mommy was trying to save his nomination led to a wave of mockery on social media, with one person noting, “Real men need their moms to call Senators for them.”
And then others joined the online fun.
He went home and told his mommy and now all you kids are gonna be in trouble!
— Jack’s House 🇺🇦Radio Free NAFO (@FluteMagician) December 4, 2024
