Trump snubs wounded soldiers during visit at Walter Reed: report

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Trump snubs wounded soldiers during visit at Walter Reed: report
A picture of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the day of his visit, in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

During his hospital visit earlier this week, Trump had the chance to mosey over and visit U.S. soldiers wounded in a war he started.

However, CBS investigative journalist Michael Kaplan reported that Trump snubbed 14 soldiers injured in the war in Iran who were staying at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The family of one of those soldiers and a military official told Kaplan about Trump's snub. However, Trump made time to visit with other U.S. service members on Tuesday, Kaplan reported.

"The White House said Mr. Trump met with service members during his six-month checkup," Kaplan wrote, noting that White House officials "repeatedly declined to say whether the president saw soldiers injured in Trump's military campaign in Iran."

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Stephen Colbert's MAGA-coded replacement flops in debut: report

Stephen Colbert wrapped up "The Late Show" last week after alleged pressure from President Donald Trump on his parent network, but his replacement isn't exactly filling the gap, according to new reporting.

The series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert drew more than 6.7 million viewers, according to reporting by The Daily Beast, which looked at Nielsen data.

The show filling Colbert's time slot on CBS, Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed," drew only 995,000 viewers with its first episode, The Daily Beast reported. Allen is the billionaire owner of the Allen Media Group.

Late-night talk shows hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon topped more than 1.5 million viewers on the same night that Comics Unleashed debuted, according to The Daily Beast, which noted that Kimmel aired a rerun that night.

According to The Daily Beast, even Colbert's YouTube channel is nearly outperforming Allen's show. Colbert's appearance on the public access TV show "Only in Monroe" drew 928,000 views on Colbert's YouTube, which doesn't include viewers who watched via other channels and platforms.

CBS announced earlier this year that Colbert's show would end this month, citing financial reasons. However, Colbert and multiple political analysts have suggested that Trump's criticisms of Colbert were the cause.

Bill Carter, a long-time late-night reporter, suggested on MS NOW that Trump was "personally involved" in Colbert's removal, Fox News reported.

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Trump discusses reflecting pool renovations during high-stakes Iran war meeting

President Donald Trump spent roughly 10 minutes of a high-stakes cabinet meeting Wednesday discussing his Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project, instead of focusing on delicate Iran war negotiations.

"From 1922 on, it really never worked," Trump told cabinet members, mistakingly referring to the the pool as a "reflecting lake," and an embarrassment, according to NPR.

Trump falsely claimed predecessors wasted "hundreds of millions" on the landmark, though the Obama administration spent $34 million on the last major 2012 renovation, and Former President Joe Biden shelved a comprehensive overhaul after bids exceeded $100 million without spending the money.

Trump credited his personal pool-building expertise, claiming he built hundreds of pools and crediting himself for selecting American flag blue for the basin— a choice triggering a lawsuit from the Cultural Landscape Foundation for violating the National Historic Preservation Act.

Trump estimated costs at $10-12 million, but federal records show the no-bid contract with Atlantic Industrial Coatings has climbed to $13.1 million.

The project ignores the pool's faulty filtration system causing decades-long leaks.

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'What the hell?' Gretchen Carlson unloads on Trump DOJ's latest 'retribution tour'

The Department of Justice's crusade against President Donald Trump's enemies left ex-Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson visibly upset as she spoke about it on CNN.

"What the hell is the Justice Department doing?" Carlson said, talking about the DOJ's new criminal investigation against E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexual abuse. "What are they actually doing for the citizens of the United States of America?"

Carlson mentioned her lawsuit ten years ago against Fox News for sexual harassment and stated that the issue reached a "personal level" for her.

"This is very personal to me that the president of the United States would be coming after somebody who had the courage to come forward," Carlson said. "As a nation, I think that every American should be just really pissed off."

Carlson was upset that the DOJ is "wasting time on cases that, according to legal experts, are not credible," and said the cases against Carroll and other Trump enemies are "all to fulfill the mission of one man called the president of the United States, who's on a retribution tour."

Carroll has twice won defamation lawsuits against Trump after he called her a liar and denied her allegations. The DOJ has also gone after former FBI Director James Comey, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and anti-ICE protesters.

She said, "There are a plethora of other cases" for the DOJ to look into, and believed other Americans should be asking, "What are we doing? What are our tax dollars paying for with this Department of Justice?"

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