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Trump growing ‘increasingly irrelevant’ to Americans – and he ‘can’t stand it’: analyst

President Donald Trump launched into a social media frenzy Thursday on Christmas Day, but political analyst Jason Easley says Americans are tuning him out – and Trump “can’t stand it.”

Trump made well over 100 social media posts Thursday, including one lengthy rant against “losers” who were reporting on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier whose past relationship with Trump continues to plague his administration.

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'Touch some grass': Concern raised about Trump's mental state after Christmas meltdown

Donald Trump’s frantic posting on Truth Social started on Christmas Eve and went into overdrive on Christmas Day, which raised concerns on MS NOW on Friday morning.

As NBC News reported, “The president posted or reposted more than 100 times on his Truth Social website, in many cases amplifying messages disparaging perceived political foes.”

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‘Hard to think of anything more dangerous’: Trump’s latest move shocks legal expert

Legal expert Douglas Letter is sounding the alarm after the Trump administration’s new push to allow what he called “weapons of war” to be freely carried on the streets of Washington, D.C.

“It’s hard to think of anything that is more dangerous to the American people than assault weapons,” Letter said, speaking with Zeteo in its report this week.

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Author points to Trump's early venture as 'the smoking gun' on Epstein ties

Author and public speaker Steve Siebold made an explosive claim Thursday about President Donald Trump and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that a “smoking gun” may be buried in the history of beauty pageants once owned by Trump.

Trump has been under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks amid the ongoing release of files related to Epstein, the wealthy financier who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges and was known to have close ties with a number of powerful figures, including Trump.

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Smiles and denials: New details about Epstein's first suicide attempt emerge from files

Following his first reported suicide attempt, convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared to recover quickly and showed no visible distress during a subsequent prison interview, according to newly released files reviewed by the Washington Post.

The documents detail Epstein's first suicide attempt on July 23, 2019, when he was discovered on his cell floor with a makeshift orange noose around his neck. After staff members removed the noose and placed him in restraints, medical personnel noted redness and abrasions around his neck. Prison officials placed him on suicide watch with 15-minute observation intervals.

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Tariff-ravaged farmers exhausted with Trump using them as 'pawns': report

Donald Trump faces growing fury among farmers who, despite a promised bailout, fear they may face bankruptcy regardless of additional administration assistance.

In interviews with the Washington Post, farmers express quiet frustration over tariffs that have devastated their operations. One farmer who voted for Trump three times acknowledged, "For the most part, farmers — we've been willing to kind of go along. But I don't know about now."

According to Post reporter Cleve R. Wootson Jr., the $11 billion bailout represents a tacit admission that a year of Trump policies have destabilized the agricultural industry and threatened farmers' financial survival.

Iowa farmer Aaron Lehman, representing the fifth generation of his family in agriculture, expressed frustration: "What we're seeing right now is we've broken all of the trade structures without a real plan to put it back together in the right way. Farmers are willing to be a part of the solution, but I don't think they're willing just to be a pawn in a trade war that has no path or plan to get to true reform. That's the disappointing part, because we're not getting close to a fairer path."

Chad Hart, an agricultural economics professor at Iowa State University, warned that assistance is arriving too late to prevent further damage. "The hope for a quick turnaround is now gone. If you're holding out hope, that hope is now, at best, looking like it won't come until a year to three years down the road."

Tom Adam, president of the Iowa Soybean Association, concurred with Hart's assessment. "It's probably not going to be enough. It's not going to make a farmer wealthy by any means. And there will be some farms that may not make it through. Everyone's in a little different financial situation, but you can't rescue everyone. I've heard from many that are saying this could be their last year. Whether it's bankruptcy or whether they want to just try something else."

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Trump's Christmas comment about Epstein leads to brutal six-word reply by survivor

Donald Trump's Christmas day comments about Jeffrey Epstein aren't sitting well with a survivor of the deceased child sex abuser.

Trump on the holy day for Christians wrote, "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to 'drop him like a dog' when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so."

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'Holy projection': Internet erupts after Trump's Christmas Day screed

Political analysts and observers on Thursday chided President Donald Trump's dark screed against "sleazebags" and "losers."

Trump posted a holiday message on his Truth Social platform, where he decried how the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files have impacted his presidency, and attacked political enemies like the Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for forcing the administration to release the files. Trump also threatened that this year may be "the last Christmas" because of how he's been treated.

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'A major defeat': Legal expert surprised by Supreme Court's latest 'rebuke' of Trump

A legal expert said on Thursday that he was surprised by a recent Supreme Court ruling that could make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to achieve a key policy goal.

This week, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump cannot deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, arguing that he has not proven that appropriate conditions exist.

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'No line he can cross': Trump's niece reveals his 'obsession' has infected GOP

Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, revealed during a recent podcast interview that the president is driven by an "obsession" that appears to have infected the GOP.

President Trump has displayed some "completely indecent" behavior recently, according to his niece, including the mind-boggling statement he issued after director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle, were murdered in their Los Angeles home. Trump blamed Reiner's killing on "Trump Derangement Syndrome," a made-up disease Trump uses to demean his critics.

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'Enjoy what may be your last Christmas!' Trump attacks 'sleazebags' in dark holiday screed

President Donald Trump attacked people he described as "losers" and "sleazebags" in a dark screed on social media on Christmas night.

In the post, Trump attempted to distance himself from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, someone he has previously referred to as a close friend. This comes at a time when new revelations from recently released Epstein files show Trump rode on Epstein's private plane, dubbed the "Lolita Express," at least eight times. Other documents indicate Trump spent time at Epstein's home in New York City, and that the two men exchanged birthday pleasantries.

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Trump announces Christmas night strikes against ISIS in Nigeria

President Donald Trump announced on social media that the U.S. conducted a strike against ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas night.

"Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was."

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'Give us about three years': Jimmy Kimmel skewers Trump in Christmas plea to US allies

Late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel skewered President Donald Trump in his alternate Christmas address this year, a speech that read like a plea to U.S. allies.

Kimmel was invited to give a Christmas Day speech billed as an alternative to the Monarch's annual address in the United Kingdom. During the speech, he acknowledged the problems Trump has created in the U.S. and across the globe, and implored American allies not to give up on the U.S. The address aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day.

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