How a real reporter asks a question.

a haggard-looking Trump on Iran: "They have a small percentage of missiles left. They have some of the launchers, missile launchers left."

Trump commends President Erdogan for "running such a successful company"

Trump and his flunkies assemble on stage

nothing should distract you from the fact that these people are very fucking bad at this. this sort of statement would’ve given a GOP strategist a coronary like five years ago. probably still does today. but the strategy is Trump now

THEY MADE CARTER SELL HIS FARM

This is how you ask a question

NEWSNATION: Do you think the American people and his constituents deserve more of an answer about McConnell's health? RNC CHAIR JOE GRUTERS: I think he deserves the time to recover and heal from whatever he is dealing with. I have full trust in him.

Remember when Biden called Zelensky “Putin” ONCE and it was a headline on every news site?

NEWSNATION: Are you worried the war in Iran and its economic fallout could hurt Republicans in the fall as you see how deeply unpopular it is? GRUTERS: No. The message has to be delivered that we don't know everything the president knows. Some temporary pain for long term gain. It's a wash.

get a load of the look on Zelenskyy's face as Trump calls him "President Putin"

Sen. Cramer endorses Trump making billions on crypto schemes while in office: "If we punished every POTUS who was successful at something & said they can't legislate, if they were a farmer like Jimmy Carter they can't sign a farm bill? There are lots of potential conflicts, but it's all about Trump"

Imagine waking up in Japan to news that you are now an Islamic Republic.

Honestly I really wish American reporters were more willing to ask Trump enablers "how do you live with the shame of this every day?"

The ALT text is 🔥

Guys—guys—I know nobody will want to hear this disturbing idea, but I'm beginning to think our president might not be all there.

a photo of this moment (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty)

This was perhaps the ultimate presidency-ending scandal when Joe Biden made the exact same, simple transposition mistake during what was otherwise a lengthy and detailed conversation about foreign affairs at a 2024 NATO summit.

KERNEN: Oil prices went up. Inflation is higher now than it was when the president came in. So the person on the street going into the voting booth has concerns about not being able to make ends meet McCLAIN: You're 100% right. I think most Americans understand we can't have Iran have a nuclear war

Bullying is all he knows. And it’s worked for him in other parts of his life. But brute bullying isn’t enough here. He’s on a world stage with skilled leaders—exposing weakness with every blast of bombast.

Grandpa has had a sustained meltdown this morning in Ankara at the NATO summit. It's all over the news around the world. And in the US, it's hardly being reported, other than by Aaron Rupar. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Meloni refuses to so much as look at Trump as he walks by her

Aaron's Alt Text is everything

One thing I miss about old Twitter was being able to say "AR stands for Assault Rifle" and having a bunch of gun nuts look up your home address because they were so mad

gramps is banged up (Rasit Aydogan/Anadolu via Getty)

Trump's face droops while he struggles to stay awake at the NATO summit (Burak Kara/Getty)

Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon: "The AR-15, the most commonly used rifle in the United States, is a semi-automatic weapon that is banned by these purported 'laws' and we believe the Supreme Court in this coming term is going to make it explicitly clear that these are permitted."

when you become president they tell you about the Secret Nations

American reporters watching this, shaking their heads in horror, no, no, you can’t ask this, no

⚠️ Iran military spokesperson responds to Trump’s remarks about Kharg Island:

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Trump points to the Syrian ruler and says, "if he came to Washington DC a year and a half ago, he'd fear for his life, because it was very dangerous ... we put the military in"

Donald Trump’s presidency is defined by destruction, chaos, illegal wars, and rising costs. He never had a serious plan for stopping his war. Senate Democrats remain united in our efforts to end this illegal war immediately and permanently.

Trump dismisses a $2 increase in oil prices as "very little" and says, "it's alright"

Trump: "They made up a phony word -- 'affordability.'"

Trump: "Inflation is way down. Everything is great. The prices are coming down."

Trump makes shit up: "We have the greatest economy we've ever had. $19.2 trillion is being invested right now in the United States."

Q: You have no plans to put boots on the ground on Iran? TRUMP: Why would I go in now? I'd go in when they're completely eliminated or an agreement is made

Trump on Iran: "We've already got the nuclear material"

Trump says oil prices might go up: "Maybe we'll do some other things that could lift it a little bit, but I don't think it's gonna lift it a lot at all"

Trump on Erdogan: "He's not a friend of Netanyahu, of Bibi. They don't get along I think. But for me, he's been great."

Rutte didn't answer the question.

Q: Are you going to remove Syria from the state sponsor of terrorism list? TRUMP: I think I will, yeah. Why wouldn't I?

"Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

cc: every Republican in Congress

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

When my Civ VI game gets really interesting

Mark Rutte endorses Trump striking Iran: "I think he was totally right last night ... to do these strikes obviously is completely the right thing to do, because this was Iran breaking the deal"

holy shit -- Mark Rutte says Trump is "right" about Greenland "When it comes to defense of the arctic, he absolutely was right, because there is a huge risk that Russia and China will gain more and more access to the arctic"

Trump is out here making up entirely new countries and it'll barely register, yet we got an entire news cycle about Biden mixing up the names of the Egyptian and Mexican presidents