Trump unveils new Air Force One, a $400 million plane gifted by Qatar
"This is considered the world's most luxurious plane," the president said in front of the enormous new jet.

Democratic political strategist James Carville warned President Donald Trump that the knives would be out after this fall's midterm elections.The veteran political operative was discussing the forthcoming book "Regime Change" by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan on his "Politics War Room" podcast, and he said the depth of their reporting showed the White House was leaking."Don't trust anybody," Carville cautioned the president. "They got tapes – everybody. Everybody in the administration is sh--ing all over you, and they're just getting warmed up."The White House could become a pit of vipers in the second half of the 80-year-old president's second term, Carville said."The other effect that comes after November is these people will realize that their careers are, for all intents and purposes, gone," he said. "No one's going to want to hire anybody out of the Trump administration, and the way that you get right with history is start leaking and you position yourself as a person that tried to tell them. That's the only future you have. Leak like a sieve, leak like a broken faucet – leak everywhere. You're already leaking. Everybody's leaking on you. Everybody's leaking on everybody else.""Trust no one," Carville added. "That's my message to anybody that works in this administration, and if I'll give you one piece of advice, Donald Trump, everybody is out for you, even your own people. Be scared. Be very afraid. That's what I see." - YouTube youtu.be
"This is considered the world's most luxurious plane," the president said in front of the enormous new jet.
President Donald Trump on Friday displayed the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new US presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.
Pro-MAGA influencers erupted in outrage after CNN tested the bright green water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which President Donald Trump recently renovated.Trump ordered the landmark repainted "American flag blue" for $14.2 million — far exceeding his initial $2 million estimate. Algae turned the water green within days of the pool being refilled in early June.CNN sampled the water and had it independently tested, finding phosphate levels far higher than recommended for a pool holding 6.5 million gallons."They are having a field day out here," an algae specialist told the network.Florida's Voice chief content officer Eric Daugherty griped on X that "CNN is digging deeper into water color than they dug into hundreds of billions of fraud" — a post that racked up 2 million views."Pond scum gets the full investigative treatment," Benny Johnson, host of The Benny Show and a Turning Point USA contributor, fumed on X. "Massive fraud against the American taxpayer? Crickets."Kristin Sokoloff, co-host of the Dirtyside of Leadership podcast, was blunter. "CNN [is] obsessed with Reflecting Pool paint while America burns," she posted.Retired Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, a RedState columnist, mocked the network as "that crack journalistic enterprise that liberals and airports live on.""If only they cared this much about Hunter's laptop," Newsmax host Rob Schmitt snapped on X.
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice thrashed a federal judge in a new court filing for demanding that DOJ officials and two Trump cabinet secretaries officially declare that Trump's "anti-weaponization" slush fund is officially dead. Last month, the Trump administration announced plans to create a $1.776 billion fund to pay claims from people who allege they were wrongfully prosecuted by the federal government. Several of Trump's allies, including formerly convicted members of the Proud Boys, declared that they would seek restitution from the fund, which sparked significant bipartisan pushback. Political analysts and experts have described the fund as a "slush fund" because the Trump DOJ would have full control over who is eligible for payments, and the legal paperwork establishing the fund states that the federal government bears no responsibility if crimes are committed by people who receive payments. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told the House and Senate judiciary committees that the administration is no longer pursuing the fund, but has refused to put that in writing. On Friday, the Trump DOJ told a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia that it won't abide by a demand to declare the fund dead. The DOJ argued in the filing that multiple Trump administration officials have said the fund is not moving forward, and those past statements should satisfy the court's demand. It also attached a copy of Blanche's testimony to Congress as evidence of its claims. "Such declarations are unnecessary, and the compelled testimony of senior officials from the Executive Branch implicates serious separation of powers concerns," the DOJ wrote in its filing. "Nor is there any basis for the court to compel testimony from the Associate Attorney General and two Cabinet members. The point of Article III limitations on judicial review is to prevent such overreach," it added.
A U.S.-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was set to take effect Friday as talks with Iran scheduled for Switzerland were abruptly postponed.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a former close ally of President Trump’s, took the side of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday after the European leader strongly rejected Trump’s claim that she “begged” him for a photo this week. “I believe @GiorgiaMeloni, she’s great!” Greene wrote on social media, adding, “Trump lies. Constantly.”…
President Donald Trump expressed confidence in the prospect of keeping Israel from attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon after the United States made substantial progress to end the Iran war this week. Asked if he will be able to control Israel to prevent a future outbreak in the war, the president replied, “Yeah, I will be.” “They […]
President Donald Trump turned his back on Vice President JD Vance in anger last summer after he suggested softening parts of a speech about U.S. strikes on Iran, according to a book from New York Times reporters.In "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," obtained by Politico, New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reported that Vance, an Iraq War veteran and longtime skeptic of foreign interventions, appeared "anxious" to aides the night Operation Midnight Hammer commenced.Vance suggested edits to soften Trump's remarks, but the president snapped, "I know what I'm doing," the authors wrote. They added that Trump then turned away from Vance without responding further, appearing irritated by what they describe as Vance's "second-guessing."A senior White House official disputed the account, speaking on condition of anonymity. "You'd think they would have checked their sources before putting false claims like these on paper," the official said, denying that Trump ever turned his back on Vance and calling the book's version of events a mischaracterization.The episode is one of several tensions between Trump and Vance detailed in the book. Separately, the authors report that Trump was angry with Vance for not immediately echoing his claim that Iran's nuclear program had been "totally obliterated."“Trump told one associate, ‘Everyone needs to say ... “obliterated," the authors wrote. "'That’s the word. Everyone just needs to copy what I say. Obliterated. Obliterated.’”Vance had instead told ABC News he wasn't sure of the distinction between "severely damaged" and "obliterated," though he later adopted Trump's preferred language in a Fox News appearance the next day.White House spokesperson Anna Kelly defended Vance in a statement, calling him "an incredibly trusted and talented member" of Trump's national security team and pointing to his role leading negotiations on the memorandum of understanding that ended the Iran conflict.The book also reportedly described Trump as genuinely impressed by Vance, frequently telling associates it was notable that Vance got into Yale without wealthy family backing.