Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Trump Welcomes Saudi Arabian Dictator with Open Arms
Trump Lauds Saudi Prince in Lavish Visit, Brushing Off Journalist’s Killing
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump rejected a U.S. intelligence report finding that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the murder of a journalist.
A screenshot taken from this article. | President Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia, in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times
President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s autocratic leader, to the White House on Tuesday, hailing him as a protector of human rights and a frequent phone friend. And in a remarkable Oval Office outburst, Mr. Trump defended him against a U.S. intelligence report that he had ordered the murder of a journalist.
It was a chummy scene that underscored the president’s desire to maintain strong relations with Saudi Arabia during a tumultuous period in the Middle East. Mr. Trump’s defense of his guest obscured the crown prince’s role in cracking down on domestic dissent and in the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018.
“We’ve been really good friends for a long period of time,” Mr. Trump told reporters, cabinet officials and members of the Saudi delegation who had gathered there. “We’ve always been on the same side of every issue.”
The 42-minute appearance contained plenty of talk about business deals and diplomatic partnerships, as well as a presidential fit over pointed questions from reporters that was striking even for Mr. Trump, who is no stranger to televised dramatics. As he berated a reporter for asking about Mr. Khashoggi’s murder and about people who have accused the Saudi government of supporting the hijackers behind the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Trump brushed off the killing, appearing even more agitated about the question than his guest of honor. » | Katie Rogers | Reporting from Washington | Published: Tuesday, November 18, 3035. Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s autocratic leader, to the White House on Tuesday, hailing him as a protector of human rights and a frequent phone friend. And in a remarkable Oval Office outburst, Mr. Trump defended him against a U.S. intelligence report that he had ordered the murder of a journalist.
It was a chummy scene that underscored the president’s desire to maintain strong relations with Saudi Arabia during a tumultuous period in the Middle East. Mr. Trump’s defense of his guest obscured the crown prince’s role in cracking down on domestic dissent and in the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018.
“We’ve been really good friends for a long period of time,” Mr. Trump told reporters, cabinet officials and members of the Saudi delegation who had gathered there. “We’ve always been on the same side of every issue.”
The 42-minute appearance contained plenty of talk about business deals and diplomatic partnerships, as well as a presidential fit over pointed questions from reporters that was striking even for Mr. Trump, who is no stranger to televised dramatics. As he berated a reporter for asking about Mr. Khashoggi’s murder and about people who have accused the Saudi government of supporting the hijackers behind the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Trump brushed off the killing, appearing even more agitated about the question than his guest of honor. » | Katie Rogers | Reporting from Washington | Published: Tuesday, November 18, 3035. Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Thursday, November 06, 2025
NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Demolishing Democracy
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Who's Really Paying for Trump's White House Ballroom?
Naff is as naff does! — © Mark Alexander
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Trump Demolishes 123-year-old White House East Wing for a Ballroom without Permission or Permits
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Truth To Power: The Truth about Trump's "Epstein Wing" Ballroom
Oct 25, 2025 | Donald Trump’s turning the White House into his own private event venue — knocking down part of the historic East Wing to build a $250 million ballroom nobody asked for. It’s the perfect metaphor for everything he’s done to America’s democracy: tacky, self-glorifying, and corrupt.
Trump’s latest vanity project isn’t just about bad taste — it’s about autocracy as performance art. From his “Arc de Trump” to hosting the G20 at his own resort, this is politics as theatre, where public office becomes private profit, truth becomes optional, and democracy becomes a stage set.
Meanwhile, in Britain, Nigel Farage is auditioning for the same role. Will the UK follow the same path? Or will voters see the Trump Show for what it really is: a demolition of democracy, one chandelier at a time?
Donald Trump is FAKE. Everything about him is fake. He's got fake blond hair, fake 'tanned, orange skin, false teeth, and just about everything he utters is less than truthful. How Americans were stupid enough to re-elect this imposter, I can neither imagine nor comprehend. What I do comprehend, though, is this: They have done themselves, and the rest of us, a great disservice. We all have to suffer through the consequences of their folly and poor judgment. — © Mark Alexander
Trump’s latest vanity project isn’t just about bad taste — it’s about autocracy as performance art. From his “Arc de Trump” to hosting the G20 at his own resort, this is politics as theatre, where public office becomes private profit, truth becomes optional, and democracy becomes a stage set.
Meanwhile, in Britain, Nigel Farage is auditioning for the same role. Will the UK follow the same path? Or will voters see the Trump Show for what it really is: a demolition of democracy, one chandelier at a time?
Donald Trump is FAKE. Everything about him is fake. He's got fake blond hair, fake 'tanned, orange skin, false teeth, and just about everything he utters is less than truthful. How Americans were stupid enough to re-elect this imposter, I can neither imagine nor comprehend. What I do comprehend, though, is this: They have done themselves, and the rest of us, a great disservice. We all have to suffer through the consequences of their folly and poor judgment. — © Mark Alexander
Friday, October 24, 2025
Extreme Makeover: Authoritarian Edition
A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Critics are outraged over President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change.
The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans on official tours, the site of offices for every first lady for nearly a half century and the home of calligraphers who prepared thousands of invitations for White House state dinners, disappeared into a pile of rubble on Thursday. It had stood for 123 years.
Built in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration as an entryway for guests arriving in carriages, and rebuilt in the 1940s during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, the East Wing met its end under orders from President Trump. He dismissed it this week as “a very small building” that was in the way of his planned 90,000-square-foot, $300 million ballroom.
A New York Times analysis of satellite imagery showed that the demolition included the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the East Colonnade, which connected the East Wing to the White House and included the president’s theater.
The East Wing’s destruction prompted outrage from preservationists and Democrats, and mourning from those who once worked there. » | Elisabeth Bumiller | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, October 23, 2025
More criminal activity! Sheer vandalism. The destruction of the American story. Replacing dignified history with naffness and bling. This could raise laughs in a Reality TV show, but in real life it’s heartbreaking. — © Mark Alexander
The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans on official tours, the site of offices for every first lady for nearly a half century and the home of calligraphers who prepared thousands of invitations for White House state dinners, disappeared into a pile of rubble on Thursday. It had stood for 123 years.
Built in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration as an entryway for guests arriving in carriages, and rebuilt in the 1940s during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, the East Wing met its end under orders from President Trump. He dismissed it this week as “a very small building” that was in the way of his planned 90,000-square-foot, $300 million ballroom.
A New York Times analysis of satellite imagery showed that the demolition included the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the East Colonnade, which connected the East Wing to the White House and included the president’s theater.
The East Wing’s destruction prompted outrage from preservationists and Democrats, and mourning from those who once worked there. » | Elisabeth Bumiller | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, October 23, 2025
More criminal activity! Sheer vandalism. The destruction of the American story. Replacing dignified history with naffness and bling. This could raise laughs in a Reality TV show, but in real life it’s heartbreaking. — © Mark Alexander
Thursday, October 23, 2025
White House East Wing to Be Fully Torn Down for Trump Ballroom
This is VANDALISM! — © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Trump’s $250 Million White House Ballroom: Power, Ego, and Outrage - But Where’s Congress?
Oct 21, 2025 | Donald Trump is tearing down part of the White House to build a $250 million ballroom, a move that’s sparking outrage, disbelief, and serious questions about presidential power.
Why is Congress silent while a historic part of America’s most iconic building is being destroyed?
Why is Congress silent while a historic part of America’s most iconic building is being destroyed?
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
THE NEW YORK TIMES: On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
It was the last Wednesday in July, and many of Washington’s top players were hanging out at the Ned, a private club around the corner from the White House.
The Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, was waiting for an elevator in the lobby when he bumped into Dr. Mehmet Oz, the surgeon turned daytime TV star now in charge of Medicare and Medicaid. Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, was bouncing around the Library bar upstairs. Scott Bessent, the secretary of the Treasury, was wandering around up there too.
Sitting in a brown leather armchair in the center of this social whirl was a high-ranking official at the Department of Energy named Charles Moran. His abstruse-sounding title is associate administrator for external affairs for the National Nuclear Security Administration. What this means is that he works in the part of the Energy Department that develops, tests and keeps safe America’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
But that’s not why administration officials kept approaching his armchair to schmooze, or why some of the cabinet secretaries at the Ned that night seemed to be so chummy with him.
Mr. Moran, 44, is the pasha of a new power tribe in the capital: the gay men of the Trump administration.
These are the A-Gays. They’re (mostly) out, they’re proud (to work for President Trump) and they have big jobs inside (or alongside) this administration. They wield influence all over town, from the Pentagon to the State Department to the White House to the Kennedy Center.
“We’re like Visa,” Mr. Moran said. “Everywhere you want to be.”
He sipped a dirty vodka martini and surveyed the room. Two Republican men waved at him from across the club. “Both gay,” he explained. This was also true of the middle-aged Trump appointee who ambled over a moment later to catch up. But apparently not so of the young-looking White House aide who approached a few minutes after that. “Straight as an arrow,” Mr. Moran said as the aide walked away. » | Shawn McCreesh | Shawn McCreesh is a White House correspondent. He reported from Washington. | Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Updated Wednesday, August 27, 2025
It was the last Wednesday in July, and many of Washington’s top players were hanging out at the Ned, a private club around the corner from the White House.
The Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, was waiting for an elevator in the lobby when he bumped into Dr. Mehmet Oz, the surgeon turned daytime TV star now in charge of Medicare and Medicaid. Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, was bouncing around the Library bar upstairs. Scott Bessent, the secretary of the Treasury, was wandering around up there too.
Sitting in a brown leather armchair in the center of this social whirl was a high-ranking official at the Department of Energy named Charles Moran. His abstruse-sounding title is associate administrator for external affairs for the National Nuclear Security Administration. What this means is that he works in the part of the Energy Department that develops, tests and keeps safe America’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
But that’s not why administration officials kept approaching his armchair to schmooze, or why some of the cabinet secretaries at the Ned that night seemed to be so chummy with him.
Mr. Moran, 44, is the pasha of a new power tribe in the capital: the gay men of the Trump administration.
These are the A-Gays. They’re (mostly) out, they’re proud (to work for President Trump) and they have big jobs inside (or alongside) this administration. They wield influence all over town, from the Pentagon to the State Department to the White House to the Kennedy Center.
“We’re like Visa,” Mr. Moran said. “Everywhere you want to be.”
He sipped a dirty vodka martini and surveyed the room. Two Republican men waved at him from across the club. “Both gay,” he explained. This was also true of the middle-aged Trump appointee who ambled over a moment later to catch up. But apparently not so of the young-looking White House aide who approached a few minutes after that. “Straight as an arrow,” Mr. Moran said as the aide walked away. » | Shawn McCreesh | Shawn McCreesh is a White House correspondent. He reported from Washington. | Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Updated Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Monday, August 04, 2025
Friday, August 01, 2025
Trump's Planned Ballroom Addition Is a DISGRACE to the White House
I hope Trump has better taste in ballrooms than he has in offices! All those faux gold spangles, baubles and beads with which he has adorned The Oval Office have made the place look like the parlour in Madame Lolita’s bordello! 😊 – © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Nicolle Wallace: ‘Trump Turned the White House Lawn into a Tesla Showroom’
Friday, February 28, 2025
BREAKING: Trump Tells Zelenskyy He's 'Gambling with World War III' in Tense Exchange
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Jordanian King Rebuffs Trump Proposal to Displace Palestinians in Gaza
THE NEW YORK TIMES: His pushback came after President Trump insisted Tuesday that the United States has the authority to “take” Gaza.
A screenshot taken from this article in today’s New York Times. | King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Trump meeting at the White House on Tuesday. | Eric Lee/The New York Times
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday rebuffed President Trump’s proposal for his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza, saying that he remained opposed to a plan Mr. Trump has laid out to clear the territory so the United States can seize control of it.
During a “constructive” meeting with the U.S. president at the White House, King Abdullah said, he “reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”
“This is the unified Arab position,” he stated in a post on social media after the meeting. “Rebuilding Gaza without displacing the Palestinians and addressing the dire humanitarian situation should be the priority for all.”
His statement came hours after Mr. Trump insisted the United States had the authority to “take” Gaza, part of an effort to pressure the leader of Jordan and other Arab nations to embrace a forced removal, which has drawn widespread condemnation. » | Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman | Reporting from Washington | Tuesday, February 11, 2025
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday rebuffed President Trump’s proposal for his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza, saying that he remained opposed to a plan Mr. Trump has laid out to clear the territory so the United States can seize control of it.
During a “constructive” meeting with the U.S. president at the White House, King Abdullah said, he “reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”
“This is the unified Arab position,” he stated in a post on social media after the meeting. “Rebuilding Gaza without displacing the Palestinians and addressing the dire humanitarian situation should be the priority for all.”
His statement came hours after Mr. Trump insisted the United States had the authority to “take” Gaza, part of an effort to pressure the leader of Jordan and other Arab nations to embrace a forced removal, which has drawn widespread condemnation. » | Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman | Reporting from Washington | Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Saturday, November 02, 2024
The Lincoln Project: The West Wing
Nov 2, 2024 | The award-winning cast of The West Wing reunited to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President in a new ad created in partnership with the Lincoln Project.
Thank you Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Josh Malina, Mary McCormack, and Richard Schiff for lending your voices.
Thank you Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Josh Malina, Mary McCormack, and Richard Schiff for lending your voices.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Steve Schmidt Explains Why Jared Kushner Should Never Go Back to The White House | The Warning
Saturday, November 18, 2023
White House Condemns Elon Musk for 'Antisemitic' Post | DW News
Nov 17, 2023 | The war in the Middle East has opened the flood gates of disinformation and false claims on social media. And much of the criticism has been directed at the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, owned by the controversial billionaire Elon Musk.
Since aquiring Twitter a year ago, Musk has allowed conspiracy theories and hate speech to thrive. And that's having consequences.
Today, the EU Commission announced it was stopping all advertising on X. It has already launched an investigation into hate speech on the social media site. Also today, the White House condemned Elon Musk for what it called "the abhorrent promotion" of anti-Semitism. That was in reaction to a tweet posted by Musk endorsing a conspiracy theory that Jewish communities push "hatred against Whites".
The White House invoked the 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburg synagogue posting this: "It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
Advertisers Flee X as Outcry Over Musk’s Endorsement of Antisemitic Post Grows: Disney, Apple, Paramount and Lionsgate halted marketing on X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk faced a furor over antisemitic abuse on his social media platform. »
Since aquiring Twitter a year ago, Musk has allowed conspiracy theories and hate speech to thrive. And that's having consequences.
Today, the EU Commission announced it was stopping all advertising on X. It has already launched an investigation into hate speech on the social media site. Also today, the White House condemned Elon Musk for what it called "the abhorrent promotion" of anti-Semitism. That was in reaction to a tweet posted by Musk endorsing a conspiracy theory that Jewish communities push "hatred against Whites".
The White House invoked the 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburg synagogue posting this: "It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
Advertisers Flee X as Outcry Over Musk’s Endorsement of Antisemitic Post Grows: Disney, Apple, Paramount and Lionsgate halted marketing on X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk faced a furor over antisemitic abuse on his social media platform. »
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