Trump said he would be “mandatorily requesting” several Muslim nations sign the Abraham Accords and recognize Israel as part of any peace deal with Iran.
President Trump will undergo an annual dental and physical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday, according to the White House. The White House said this is a “routine” assessment in the president’s “regular preventative health care.” Trump will also greet service members and staff at the medical center during his visit. …
President Donald Trump is set to make a “rare trip” on Wednesday to the secluded presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland, the timing of which fueled speculation among onlookers.On Tuesday, Trump visited Walter Reed Medical Center for a medical and dental checkup, his third hospital visit in 13 months, sparking an online frenzy of sorts as observers questioned the condition of the president’s health. Roughly 24 hours later, the president will then depart to Camp David, first reported on by The New York Post, fueling even more speculation as to what may be behind the surprise trip.“Trump Cabinet meetings are basically somewhere between a pep rally and a cult worship ceremony,” wrote writer and political analyst Arieh Kovler Tuesday in a social media post on X. “They're completely devoid of content. So why move it to Camp David?”According to the Post, the “rare trip” to Camp David – the second such visit of his second term – will include all of the president’s top officials, including outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The meeting comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing – and strained – peace talks with Tehran, as well as directly after the president’s third hospital visit in 13 months.“Trump dislikes Camp David, avoids it, so why now?” reads a social media post published by the polling firm Rasmussen Reports. “Could there be foreign visitors coming who want no White House image association?”Ahead of Trump’s visit to Walter Reed, he unleashed a flurry of social media posts, touching on subjects from former President Barack Obama to Fox News. The aging president, who’s due to turn 80 next month, has faced mounting questions as to the state of his health.Trump dislikes Camp David, avoids it, so why now?Could there be foreign visitors coming who want no White House image association?Stay tuned ... https://t.co/rnRFrLt6be— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) May 26, 2026
I hope you’re all enjoying your Memorial Day weekend, even as we should all take a moment to honor our fallen soldiers accordingly. Much as something like Memorial Day shouldn’t be politicized, the reality is that the President of the United States is currently waging one of the most pointless and stupid wars in American… The post Trump just lost appeared first on Palmer Report.
When Donald Trump's critics compare his two presidencies, many of them argue that the second is much worse. Trump got a lot of pushback from traditional GOP conservatives he appointed to his first administration; this time, he is surrounded by MAGA loyalists who are more likely to praise him than challenge or question him. Now 16 months into his second presidency, Trump is, according to Salon's Chauncey DeVega, becoming even more brazen with his power grabs.A Washington Post report published on May 21, DeVega notes in Salon, demonstrates that "Trump's use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.""In Trump's first term, about 40 percent of his speeches contained at least one use of vulgarity," DeVega explains. "During just the first 16 months of his second term, that figure stands at 93 percent. The president's profane or insulting posts on social media have also tripled as compared to his first term. The barrages are coming much later; most of his posts are made between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., indicating the president, who has always been nocturnal, is even more so as he approaches his 80th birthday in June."DeVega continues, "His Truth Social posts are more self-referential and egomaniacal: in 2026, half of his posts have used first-person pronouns — sometimes more than 12 times in a single post. That is up from 30 percent from 2018. But this goes beyond numbers."The Salon journalist emphasizes that Trump's "vulgar behavior and cruelty are not incidental," but rather, are "structural and a defining feature of his policies." "Empowered by the Supreme Court's right-wing majority," DeVega warns, "the president has been elevated as America's first de facto king and aspiring dictator. His apparent desire to end real democracy and the rule of law — replacing it with competitive authoritarianism through the Big Lie, voter nullification, voter suppression, and the threat of the Insurrection Act and martial law — are accelerating features of his political project. Trump launched a war of choice against Iran and has repeatedly threatened to destroy its civilization — actions that are crimes against humanity."DeVega adds, "His administration is transparently corrupt and ethically compromised, with his personal and family wealth estimated to have grown by billions of dollars. The president is a crude racist who has shared an artificial intelligence-generated video of the Obamas as apes."Trump's actions, DeVega stresses, shouldn't be dismissed as simply "bad behavior," but rather, are "attacks on basic principles and norms of democracy.""Fascism and other forms of authoritarianism are, at their core, vulgar political systems and forms of crude power that rob entire populations and societies of dignity and agency," DeVega writes. "It is not a coincidence that Trump's language and behavior has coarsened in direct proportion to the acceleration of his authoritarian project."
The president's bad behavior Isn't incidental — it's the bedrock of his fascist project
President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Kevin Hassett claimed that American consumers are "optimistic" in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, prompting people to push back online.Hassett was responding to reports that skyrocketing gas prices amid the Iran war and the rising cost of living have sent consumer confidence plummeting. Earlier this month, he praised how credit card spending was "through the roof" for higher-priced gasoline."The thing that I've seen when I look at credit card data and other things that I can get for the private sector, is that while people have been spending more money at gas stations they've been spending more money on everything else, which means that they're very, very optimistic about the state of the economy — and they should be — if you look at GDP right now it's north of 4 percent," Hassett said. "And so despite this disruption, all the momentum that we've built with the Big Beautiful Bill and AI and everything else is really what the main economic story in the U.S. is."The internet didn't hold back from responding to Hassett's comments, with several political, economic and media experts weighing in."Americans are optimistically choosing between food and medicine," attorney and writer David R. Lurie wrote on Bluesky."Probably a top 5 entry in the Kevin Hassett hall of fame," reporter Jake Lahut, who covers the White House for New York Magazine, WIRED, Columbia Journalism Review and other outlets, wrote on Bluesky."When we stop beating you up, it's gonna feel GREAT," Village Voice writer Roy Edroso wrote on Bluesky."It is a day that ends in 'Y' so Hassett is out there lying on a national broadcast that consumers *love* the economy," Tahra Hoops, Director of Economic Analysis at tech industry trade group Chamber of Progress, wrote on X."Kevin is a firm believer in TALE: Trumpers Always Lie about Everything," Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, wrote on X."Sometimes I wonder how these people sleep at night being such shameless creatures with no self respect. It’s truly remarkable stuff," content creator and political commentator Chris Mowrey, who has more than 83,000 followers, wrote on X.sometimes I wonder how these people sleep at night being such shameless creatures with no self respect. It’s truly remarkable stuff https://t.co/GsFq56k3pT— Chris Mowrey (@chrisdmowrey) May 26, 2026
Iran said Tuesday that it would retaliate against violations of its ongoing ceasefire agreement, after US Central Command on Monday confirmed that it had launched strikes on Iranian vessels.
A lack of security clearance didn’t stop a former U.S. official from spouting off on negotiations in Iran, including his hopes to see them “break down” as […]