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Donald Trump posted an inscrutable message on Truth Social that seems like it may have been intended as a direct message.

The president-elect posted a short congratulatory message Friday morning directed at Fox News broadcasters Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt on their engagement, which he signed with his initials, and he followed up a short time later with a similarly constructed message, but the subject is not clear.

Ron Vitiello, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, claimed President-elect Donald Trump's proposed internment centers for immigrant families would be like a "really nice summer camp."

The Washington Post noted Thursday that Trump border czar Tom Homan intended to once again hold undocumented immigrant families with children in "soft-sided" tent structures.

Fox News pundit Jonathan Kott argued that President-elect Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal were just "ramblings" of "things he's seen online."

During a Thursday panel on Fox News, Kott responded to an anonymous lobbyist who claimed Democrats were ready for Biden to leave office.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch conservative, pushed back after Newsmax host Chris Salcedo argued that President Joe Biden's pardons and commutations should be revoked because he wasn't "of sound mind."

"Sir, Joe Biden is commuting sentences for inmates on death row," Salcedo told Paxton in a Christmas Eve interview. "Some have suggested that since Robert Hur determined that Joe Biden wasn't of sound mind to stand trial for the crimes he committed, you know, stealing classified information from this country for over four decades, that a challenge to these pardons could be made based on Joe Biden not being of sound mind."

Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, argued that a $419,470 cocaine study on rats was what was contributing "so much" to the U.S. national debt.

In a Tuesday interview on Fox News, Moore reacted to Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) annual "Festivus" list that complained about spending programs he opposed.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) faulted Barack Obama's former White House staffers after President Joe Biden declined to commute the death sentences for three federal inmates, including two racist murderers.

During a Christmas Eve interview with Fox News host John Roberts, Tenney griped about Democrats like Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who supports abortion rights but opposes the death penalty.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) wants donations after a House Ethics Committee report accused him of prostitution, having sex with a 17-year-old girl and using drugs.

A day after its release, Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reported that Gaetz was "fundraising off the Ethics Committee report."

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD), a member of the House Ethics Committee, said they released the report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) because it could be "important" to future employers. He also said the committee had "additional information" that could lead to criminal charges after the Justice Department initially decided not to proceed with a case against the Florida Republican.

In a Monday interview with CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane, Ivey outlined what investigators found when they looked into Gaetz.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reported without evidence that NBA star LeBron James "fled the country" last week even though the Los Angeles Lakers star played Saturday night in California.

"I got a call Wednesday while I was hiking up a mountain," Jones said Monday. "And they said, it's confirmed that a bunch of the Hollywood people are actually leaving the country because of the investigations of P. Diddy, Epstein, the pedophile rings."

A caller lobbed a sarcastic response at C-SPAN host Mimi Geerges after she corrected him by pointing out that President-elect Donald Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and not "rape."

During Monday's Washington Journal program, a Democratic caller from California named Joshua said he was concerned about Trump's nominations.

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon cited Jesus Christ to defend former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) after a House Ethics Committee report linked him to alleged sex and drug crimes.

On Monday, just days before Christmas, Bannon responded to an Ethics Committee report which accused Gaetz of purchasing illegal drugs and paying numerous women for sex — including a 17-year-old girl.

Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, defended the president-elect's desire to take over Greenland by arguing his boss was a "real estate master."

During a Monday interview on Newsmax, Lewandowski outlined some of Trump's expansionist plans for his next administration.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) attacked his Republican colleague, Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, for reportedly being found in an assisted living nursing home after she missed every vote since July 24.

During a Monday rant about a recent government funding bill, Burchett complained to Real America's Voice about spending to reconstruct Maryland's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed in a disaster earlier this year.