President Donald Trump said Thursday that a peace deal with Iran could be signed as early as this weekend in Europe, comments that mark the latest turn toward diplomacy after days of military strikes. Vice President JD Vance would attend the signing on behalf of the administration if a deal is reached, Trump said in […]
Former SEC chair, who has reportedly socialized and played golf with president, has questioned integrity of US elections Days before he was nominated as director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton discussed the potential of fraud in California’s elections, falsely saying the state’s laws left open the “opportunity for fraud”.Clayton, the US attorney for Manhattan and the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has a lengthy legal résumé in the private and public sector and a track record of unequivocal support for Donald Trump and his agenda. Continue reading...
Leading the beginning of the media event with an announcement of the Iran agreement, President Trump notes a signing event for the negotiated deal will likely take place in Europe attended by JD Vance. President Trump then moved quickly to the topic of an executive order opening fisheries for U.S. commercial fishing fleets, making announcements […] The post President Trump Holds an Oval Office Press Conference appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised the return of U.S. liquor to store shelves once a trade deal is reached, but President Donald Trump doesn’t seem to agree […]
Fox News hosted President Trump on Thursday to talk about the progress of the war in Iran, and he did the usual, which is to say he declared the war effectively complete, while at the same time acknowledging that it’s actually still ongoing. And then he dumped all over the admittedly fallacious news media for […]
President Donald Trump was mocked online Thursday after reversing course on attacking Iran.Trump backed down after saying Thursday morning on his Truth Social platform that he had ordered the U.S. military to hit Iran "very hard tonight," but then he changed his mind."Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening," Trump posted.The internet reacted to the president's move."TACO!" Stock trader Tom Hearden wrote on Bluesky."Taco Thursday, y'all," journalist and radio host Kai Ryssdal wrote on Bluesky."Trump cancels his Iran escalation and pulls back on Bill Pulte. Looks like we've got a 2-for-1 TACO Thursday special going on," columnist David Rothkopf wrote on Bluesky."Trump says he has called off continuing strikes on Iran, saying this time there is a deal & 'final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved.' He also says US naval blockade 'will remain in full force' until deal is signed," Abigail Hauslohner, Financial Times U.S.-Mideast foreign affairs correspondent, wrote on X."How many times are we going to do this," Tommy Vietor, co-host of Pod Save America and former Obama administration official, wrote on X.
Trump claims ending the Iran War will curb inflation, but several questions remain — including when the war will end.