"Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life," Trump told his 87 million Twitter followers.
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He repeated the message during a video address he posted after being airlifted back to the White House from Walter Reed Hospital.
"One thing that's for certain, don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it. You're going to beat it, we have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines," Trump argued, despite the death over over 210,000 Americans.
"Don't let it dominate, don't let it take over your lives, don't let that happen," Trump instructed. "I know there's a risk, there's a danger, but that's okay."
That message was set to sad music by the Lincoln Project while photos of coffins were shown on-screen.
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer sparred with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Sunday over the Israel-Hamas war after Loomer posted on social media about one of Khanna's recent speaking engagements.
Khanna spoke on Saturday at the 45th ArabCon, a convention organized by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Dearborn, Michigan. Loomer said in a post on X that Khanna should either "apologize or resign" for speaking at the conference, which she said was attended by "pro-jihadists."
"Why did you speak at a pro-jihad conference in Dearborn, Michigan, where supporters of Islamic terror gathered to celebrate October 7th and promote HAMAS?" Loomer posted on X.
Khanna responded in a post on X by telling Loomer that he "called the Hamas Oct 7 terrorist attacks horrific & called for the unconditional release of hostages."
"I vehemently disagree with anyone who excuses or minimizes that. Now do you condemn Netanyahu's ongoing killing of women and children in Gaza @LauraLoomer?" Khanna posted.
Loomer argued that she doesn't think Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded forcefully enough to the attack on October 7, 2023, and that she does not feel sorry for Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli forces.
"So you believe...that it is fine to kill women and children in Gaza who are not part of Hamas' brigades and battalions?" Khanna responded.
Loomer accused Khanna of "gaslighting" to excuse terrorism.
"You are gaslighting the American people to give an excuse to Islamic terror," Loomer posted. "Yes, women and children can be terrorists. And yes, women and children in Gaza who support HAMAS are terrorists unworthy of my sympathy."
Political observers mocked a social media post by President Donald Trump on Sunday in which the president bragged about the "24 karat gold" decorations in the Oval Office.
"Some of the highest quality 24 Karat Gold used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House," Trumpwrote on Truth Social. "Foreign Leaders, and everyone else, 'freak out' when they see the quality and beauty. Best Oval Office ever, in terms of success and look!!!"
Trump's post received a barrage of mockery on other social media platforms.
"He cut healthcare for 15 million Americans because it was 'wasteful spending,'" Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director of Campaign for New York Health, posted on X.
"When he promised to 'lower costs,' he meant 'use your money to buy tacky gold decor,'" J.J. Abbott, former communications officer for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, posted on X.
"Cool story, but when are we going to afford beef again?" journalist Ron Filipkowski posted on X.
"I think Trump has seen the tweets pointing out you can buy the shit he’s put in the Oval Office at Home Depot," journalist Matt Novak posted on Bluesky.
President Donald Trump's idea to give American farmers a bailout using the money the government has collected from its tariff policies was slammed by a former GOP analyst on Sunday.
Tim Miller, host of The Bulwark's eponymous podcast, discussed Trump's bailout idea during a new episode of "Bulwark Takes" on Sunday. Miller described the policy proposal as "the stupidest policy that I think I've ever seen" and expressed surprise at Sen. John Thune (R-SD) for defending the proposal during an interview on CNN.
"These tariffs, which were supposed to bring about a golden age, are supposed to help rural America in particular, supposed to help the forgotten man," Miller said. "To have them within nine months be such a catastrophe that you have to do a taxpayer-funded bailout to help the people that you f----- over because your policy was so stupid. I mean, that is like a land speed record for policy disaster."
Trump said on Thursday that he is considering giving farmers a cut of the tariff revenue his administration has raised to help struggling farmers, especially soybean growers. Some Republicans like Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have pushed back against the plan, calling on Trump to instead re-negotiate a trade deal with China, which is the primary buyer of American soybeans.
During Trump's first administration, he approved a $23 billion bailout for farmers impacted by his trade war with China.
"Tariffs caused a trade war; trade war caused escalating conflict economically, and one of the many results is that farmers in [Thune's] state can't sell their product, can't sell their soybeans," Miller said. "And as a result, you and I are going to have to pay them."
"We're going to take some of that tariff money that we made, and we're going to give it to our farmers who are, for a little while, going to be hurt until the tariffs kick in to their benefit," he added. "I cannot overstate: this is the stupidest policy that I think I've ever seen."
