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'Real stable genius?' Meandering Trump ridiculed after off-script hour-long diatribe

President Donald Trump spoke for a little under an hour on Monday morning about the ongoing trade negotiations with China, the costs of pharmaceuticals, and other matters that left some viewers with many questions.

One professor addressed Trump's claim on Obamacare: “I made it work. I could have let it die, but I chose to make it work.”

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'Forced to back off': Even Fox News reporter rebuffs Trump’s latest economic move

Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino broke with MAGA over the weekend with an admission that President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to negotiate with China over reducing tariffs was a surrender.

“Both sides blinked,” Gasparino wrote on X Sunday, specifying that “I didn’t say we won.”

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'Dumbest statement': Critics 'dogpile' NYT reporter after bizarre definition of 'corrupt'

Critics pounced on a New York Times reporter's narrow definition of corruption as he published a new story on President Donald Trump's personal business dealings.

Investigative reporter Eric Lipton co-authored the new report on the president and his family marketing cryptocurrency and how those dealings have turned into a vehicle for foreign influence campaigns, which he described as "potentially corrupt" — and then provided his own interpretation of the term.

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'You should be embarrassed': Trump shames reporter for asking about $400M Qatar plane

As President Donald Trump signed an executive order to lower drug prices, an ABC reporter questioned the gift of a $400 million plane from Qatar which he is set to receive.

“What do you say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to you?” The reporter asked. “Why not leave it behind?”

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'Flat out wrong': Trump smacked down as he takes credit for saving Obamacare

President Donald Trump claimed Monday that Obamacare initially did not work — and its eventual success was all down to him.

“Ozempic costs 10 times more in the United States than in the rest of the developed world. Ten times more. Why? Why? What did we do? Suckers,” Trump said about the well-known weight loss drug as he announced an executive order involving prescription drug prices.

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Only 'stupid person' would turn down 'free plane' from Qatar: Trump

President Donald Trump responded to critics who say he should not accept a "free" Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar to serve as the new Air Force One.

During a White House press conference on drug prices, the president was asked if Qatar wanted anything in exchange for the airplane.

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Trump veers into erratic tale of 'seriously overweight' friend's 'damn fat drug' struggle

In an erratic soliloquy before he signed an executive order to bring down the price of prescription drugs, President Donald Trump took aim at the "fat shot drug" he said was an example of how Big Pharma inflates the cost of medications.

Trump was presumably talking about the popular GLP-1 drugs on the market under a variety of brand names.

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Trump admits flubbing figures in rambling trade war speech: 'I misunderstood'

President Donald Trump spoke Monday about negotiations with China that resulted in a dramatic step back from a tariff trade war — but in a rambling speech, he revealed the talks had left him confused.

First, he told the press, "Both sides now agreed to reduce the tariffs imposed. After April 2nd, to 10% for 90 days as negotiators continue." The date was more than a month in the past as he was talking May 12.

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MAGA loyalists draw up plans to rid senior Republicans of Senate seats: report

MAGA “loyalists” are making moves to oust senators who are not in line with President Donald Trump, according to an Axios report.

Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are all at risk of facing a primary challenge in 2026.

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'Entertainment person': Trump gives backhanded praise to celebrity admin picks​

President Donald Trump took time out of an announcement on medication prices to praise former television personalities Mehmet Oz and Jeanine Pirro.

On Monday, Trump made the remarks before signing an executive order on drug prices. Oz heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services while Pirro is expected to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

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'Putrid': CNN's John Berman stunned as ex-GOP spokesman attacks Trump for lack of taste

Pete Seat, a spokesperson for the George W. Bush administration, gave a stunning assessment of President Donald Trump's plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar that he wants to convert into a new Air Force One.

Trump made the announcement on Truth Social a day before he was set to head to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates Monday for his first international trip of his second administration.

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Ex-Republican warns MAGA faces 'gradual — then sudden — realization' Trump hurts them

Former Republican Rich Logis — executive director of the nonprofit Leaving MAGA — on Sunday unveiled 5 “critical guideposts” to reach loved ones who continue to support President Donald Trump, noting that in his own experience, “MAGA became all-consuming” until he “managed to find [his] way out … on [his] own.”

“It’s seemingly a daily occurrence to see testimonials from people who voted for Donald Trump but are now ready to renounce” his Make America Great Again movement, Logis wrote in Salon. “This buyer’s remorse is just beginning, and we need to provide an off-ramp for the increasingly uncertain.”

As Logis noted, “many people only care about something when it affects them personally” — and for Trump’s most fervent supporters, that realization could come in the form of deportations, tariffs or the president’s bucking of the Constitution.

For Logis, it’s best to avoid saying “I told you so” when speaking with disaffected Trump supporters.

“That may afford instant gratification, but it only strengthens an obsequious subservience to Trump,” Logis opined. The writer also suggested people interested in making inroads with Trump’s faithful should avoid referring to “MAGA as a cult, even if you believe that term fits.”

“MAGA people will shut down,” Logis noted.

The former Republican blamed support for Trump on “three primary reasons”: “Misinformation and disinformation; a tendency to believe the worst about the "other side"; and a profound misunderstanding of capitalism and free markets, which has created widespread financial dissatisfaction.”

“There will be a gradual, and then sudden, realization among many Trump voters that the chaos created, and havoc wreaked, by the likes of Trump … will harm lower-income and middle-class Americans, along with small business owners, worst of all,” Logis said.

The former Republican then offered his 5 “critical guideposts” to engaging Trump supporters:

1. "Search for relatability and common ground.”
2. “Don’t attack!”
3. “Introduce the possibility of reconciliation with their family and friends.”
4. “Rather than debating facts and policy, open up a respectful back and forth.”
5. “After you make some progress — which will likely take more than a single conversation — ask if they’re open to hearing about the regrets of former Trump supporters, which might include the work of our nonprofit.”

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'Damage is done': Expert warns Republican's bitter fight against loss now GOP's go-to move

Losing candidates could follow a playbook laid out by a defeated Republican North Carolina state supreme court hopeful who aggressively challenged his election loss for months.

Democrat Allison Riggs defeated Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes in November, but he waged a protracted fight to toss out 65,000 ballots cast by voters that his attorneys argued had not sufficiently proven their eligibility.The Guardian reported that future candidates could succeed in effectively changing election rules after the fact.

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