The G7 was originally constructed as an assembly for the U.S, Japan, Canada, Germany, Italy, France and the U.K. However, in the past several years it is abandoned it’s limited economic purpose and agenda and morphed into an assembly of nations far beyond the original intent. Now we watch the ridiculous assemblies of dozens of […] The post President Trump Attends G7 Summit in France – This One Will Be Ridiculous appeared first on The Last Refuge.
President Donald Trump did not appear willing to extend his current trip to Evian, France, for the G7 summit to attend the official signing of the memorandum of understanding with Iran on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. “Well, it depends,” Trump told reporters during a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. “JD is […]
A new trans-Atlantic trade showdown is brewing as President Donald Trump threatens to impose 100% tariffs on French wine unless France abandons its digital tax on U.S. technology companies. Trump told the New York Post he warned French President Emmanuel Macron that the 3% tech levy could come at a steep cost, putting billions of […]
From the athletes to the Octagon Girls, the Freedom 250 Flag Day event was a fashion show in red, white and blue.
Vice President JD Vance backed down on a "boneheaded" remark that came back to haunt him on the campaign trail in 2024.The vice president admitted to making a mistake by slandering Kamala Harris and other Democratic women as "childless cat ladies" during a 2021 appearance on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, according to his forthcoming memoir, “Communion,” reported NBC News.“One of the dumbest things I ever said came when I argued that ‘childless cat ladies’ across the Democrat Party were running our country into the ground,” Vance writes in the book, according to a copy obtained by the network. “The comment caused two firestorms: the first when I made it, the second years later during a political campaign. It was a boneheaded comment, intentionally (and successfully) provocative rather than illuminating.”The comments came to light shortly after Donald Trump named him as running mate, but Vance refused to apologize or express regret for the partisan insult.“I have a lot of regrets,” Vance said at the time, “but making a joke three years ago is not at the top 10 of the list.”His about-face comes in a chapter in the book about meeting with Pope Francis before his death last year and covers his Christian views on immigration and abortion.“And that brings me to another lesson of the faith for Christian statesmen,” Vance wrote. “It’s okay to admit error.”Vance also discusses how the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who had been a close friend, was directly related to second lady Usha Vance's pregnancy.“As my wife held Charlie Kirk’s widow on the first day of her terrible sorrow, Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids with Charlie,” Vance wrote. “But something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. One life was stolen from us, but another was given.”
On Monday, a top Fox News columnist apologized for defending President Donald Trump’s decision to host a cage fight on the White House lawn. The change of heart came, he said, after a fighter’s offensive statement about former First Lady Michelle Obama.“I’ve defended the administration’s America 250 plans, because I trusted they really would be non partisan, really would bring us together,” David Marcus posted on Monday. “But I was wrong." Marcus posted this over a retweet of his own from Sunday evening, which declared, “The fighter yelling ‘Michelle Obama is a man,’ at an official White House event to honor America is utterly unacceptable and the administration should [denounce] it in no uncertain terms.”He was referring to a post-fight interview with Joe Rogan in which UFC fighter Josh Hokit randomly taunted, “And lastly — Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?” Michelle Obama has frequently been the target of this and other racist statements, though they are typically relegated to online posts and far-right rally rants rather than at White House events honoring the nation. Hokit’s words drew a smattering of laughter, and Rogan moved on without addressing the remark.“I feel betrayed,” Marcus said in another post. “I believed these would be non partisan celebrations.” He wasn’t the only one angered by Hokit’s comment. “I don't care what you think about the Obamas or anything,” said Trump voter and Barstool Sports host Dave Portnoy. “That has to be an immediate denounce.” “What a disgrace,” posted Robert Griffin III, a former NFL quarterback and a UFC fan. “It takes a really small man to use his biggest moment to attack a woman by calling her a man. Especially with the history behind calling black women men.”UFC CEO Dana White stopped short of condemning the comment, in a text to Time Magazine saying, “I understand that the Obamas are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families. Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.” As of this writing, there has been no denouncement from the White House, which has repeatedly sidestepped the question.Many of Marcus’ followers expressed surprise at his anger over the matter, prompting him to elaborate on his outrage. “Maybe it’s because I produced theater for so long, but this is hard for me to forgive,” he noted. “Between this and the Kennedy Center some people are getting the keys to this stuff that don’t know how to drive the car.”When another commenter tried to argue that Marcus was taking the matter too seriously, the Fox columnist’s response was simple: “America only gets one 250th birthday.”
Multiple world leaders are prepared to greet each other in Evian-les-Bains, France, for the 52nd G7 Summit on Monday. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders allied with Ukraine are expected to be in attendance for the three-day summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be there, since Russia was ousted from […]
Both President Trump and Vice President Vance electronically signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran on Sunday, while Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, signed for the Iranian side, senior U.S. officials said Monday. The details of the memorandum will be released in 24 to 48 hours, the officials said. The agreement is…
The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement Sunday to bring about an end to the war, which one Iranian official involved in the negotiations credited, in part, to Tehran’s unorthodox approach to addressing what they considered to be President Donald Trump’s “mental illness.”Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill shared a startling revelation last week that Iranian negotiators had recruited psychologists to help navigate what they believed was Trump’s “impaired mental state.” And on Monday, Scahill provided an update on Iran’s unique approach to the negotiations, which he said Tehran partially credited for Sunday’s success.“Senior Iranian psychologists began working with the negotiating team to try to cater the messages that the Iranians were sending via mediators back to Donald Trump to try to take into account what they say as his specific mental illness and mental deficiencies,” Scahill said in an interview with Democracy Now published on Monday.“Almost quite clinically, they said [they] began to see this process yielding results as [they] worked with psychologists to send these communications to Donald Trump, and they credit that, in part, with getting to this point where Trump finally accepted some version of his manufactured and almost entirely false victory narrative.”Trump’s cognitive function has come under renewed scrutiny during his second term in office, with The Washington Post reporting last week that the president was assessed by 22 medical specialists during his most recent medical checkup, a figure “nearly double the number of specialists who assessed Trump for his past medical checkups as president.” The president has also been spotted appearing to doze off during important meetings.