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'Let's just be clear!' CNN host gets stern as former Trump official protests fact check

Economist Stephen Moore, who served as senior economic advisor during Donald Trump's first term, appeared on CNN to support the president's claim that the latest job report put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was "rigged" against him.

Trump fired BLS head Erika McEntarfer over the lackluster jobs report last week, and posted to Truth Social Monday claiming, "Last weeks [sic] Job’s [sic] Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior to the Presidential Election were Rigged. That’s why, in both cases, there was massive, record setting revisions, in favor of the Radical Left Democrats."

Moore agreed that the numbers coming out are "just not accurate, and there are a lot of reasons for that, but they're getting worse and worse in each passing month and each passing year."

Moore added that he would have fired McEntarfer "not for political reasons, but just because I don't think they're doing a very good job."

"These are probably the most closely watched numbers that come out each month as a barometer for how the economy is doing," Moore continued. "We want accuracy, and right now, we're not getting accuracy. These revisions are larger than they've ever been before, and that means we're just not doing it very well."

But host Breanna Keilar jumped in, saying, "So, we should note that actually downward revisions have been, on average, smaller since 2003. You've noted before that survey responses have decreased, but the initial jobs reports have actually been more accurate than 2003. And I just want to note that what the president is saying —"

Moore started to protest, but Keilar persisted.

"Stephen, let's just be clear what the president is saying here. It's something different. You know revisions — Stephen, can we just get to the heart of this matter? Because revisions are not unusual."

Watch the clip below via CNN.

'Lunacy': MAGA fans freak out over Trump nuclear threat

Social media blew up Friday as MAGA supporters reacted to President Donald Trump's nuclear threat against Russia over comments made by Dmitry Medvedev.

Medvedev, the former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Russian Federation's security council, sent a message to Trump this week reminding him "that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort."

On Truth Social, Trump wrote Friday, "Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump wrote, adding, "Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances."

Although many MAGA commentators supported the president's move, still others were alarmed by it.

"This is lunacy," wrote @andrewmaga84.

@SimonSaysKnow, whose followers include Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), wrote, "This is how wars are started."

Author Juanita Broaddrick expressed her shock to her nearly two million followers, "Whoa!!! Always scary when you hear about any confrontations with Russia."

The account of @unbaffle_me was concerned that Trump gave away too much national security information in his post.

"How often do we make public where and when we position our nuclear submarines? I can tell you - never. Absolutely never," they wrote.

Commentator Fake Vivek agreed, posting, "We shouldn’t be announcing any strategic moves to the world."

Trump supporter @JamesKInFlorida wrote, "More broken promises."

@professornez simply wrote, "HOLY...."

"This is f----- absurd. He said he’d end the Ukraine Russia conflict before he even took office. This puts American lives at risk," wrote political commentator @DMichaelTripi.

Retired newsman Kurt Schemers lamented, "....so it begins."

On Truth Social, Trump supporter @brookstucker wrote, "the question is...War, who is it good for?..." while self-described MAGA supporter @abdulalitpp wrote, "Mr President it's not a good idea to fight with Russia. Thank you for attention to this matter. Peace."

'It’s just better!' Trump wins back MAGA with 'cane sugar Coke' announcement

President Donald Trump took a break from insulting his MAGA followers Wednesday to shift the country's focus to his beverage company of choice.

Trump started his day posting two Truth Social screeds calling his own base "stupid" and "weaklings" for believing what he termed "the Epstein hoax." By the end of the day, however, his tone had substantially softened.

Although the president has been known to drink several Diet Cokes in a day, Trump gleefully made the cane sugar announcement to his 10 million followers on Truth Social.

"I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so," Trump wrote . "I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by them — You’ll see. It’s just better!"

MAGA seemed to forget all about Trump's earlier name-calling and celebrated his Coke announcement with fanfare.

"WOW! I never thought this could be done. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!" wrote MAGA influencer Bo Loudon.

The account of MAGA Voice wrote, "President Trump has PERSONALLY convinced Coca-Cola to use REAL Cane Sugar. IT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. FINALLY.

MAGA influencer @HansMahncke wrote, "Only Trump could walk into the room and rewrite the Coca-Cola formula."

Political commentator Ian Jaeger called the announcement "HUGE!" while self-described "January 6th political prisoner" Anthony Constantino wrote, "Which cola do you support? I’m with @CocaCola. MAHA!"

RedWavePress posted, "Make America Healthy Again!" while the account of @ZaidJilani took "health" out of the equation altogether, posting, "Coca Cola is not healthy for you no matter what they put in it. Drink sparkling water."


'Angrier by the minute': Trump's insults 'not going to sit well' with MAGA base

CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump was getting "angrier by the minute" over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, as evidenced by Wednesday's attack on his own MAGA base.

During an Oval Office meeting with the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Trump chastised "stupid Republicans" who "fell for the Epstein hoax." His attack followed a morning Truth Social rant, in which Trump blamed his "PAST supporters" for buying into "this 'bull----,' hook, line, and sinker."

"Just because President Trump himself wasn't the biggest proponent or perpetuator of these Epstein conspiracy theories, he did put three of the most vocal people who had said that they wanted to release this list into top jobs within his administration," Holmes said. "Of course, being Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and FBI Director Kash Patel. Now you see him completely backing away from this and also really doing it with a slap in the face to some of his most ardent supporters."

Holmes added that "you can see how much angrier he's getting by the minute over this Epstein coverage."

Holmes disavowed the notion that the Epstein conspiracy theorists were "just some fringe part of his base," and called his words "deeply insulting to the people who put him in office."

"That is clearly not going to sit well, despite where this ends, because obviously we can't again predict where this goes," Holmes said. "But that is not the message that these people who helped him get elected want to hear."

Watch the clip below via CNN.

New Trump threat poised to send medication prices soaring

At a cabinet meeting Tuesday, President Donald Trump floated the idea of imposing a 200% tariff rate on pharmaceuticals, which could cause the cost of medications to skyrocket.

"We'll be announcing something very soon on pharmaceuticals," Trump said. "We're gonna give people about a year, a year-and-a-half to come in, and after that, they're gonna be tariffed if they have to bring the pharmaceuticals into the country — the drugs and other things into the country — they're going to be tariffed at a very high rate, like 200 percent. We'll give them a certain period of time to get their act together."

Forbes reported that the enormous tariff rate, "could affect some $200 billion in imports and raise prices on Americans’ medications if it takes effect."

In May, Trump signed an executive order, which he touted as "one of the most consequential executive orders in our country's history," that he claimed would lower drug prices by "30% to 80%."

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, "I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World. Our Country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare Costs will be reduced by numbers never even thought of before. Additionally, on top of everything else, the United States will save TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS."

It wasn't clear how Trump's executive order from May would interact with a 200% tariff rate if it were implemented a year from now.

Watch the clip below via The White House.

'SleazeBags': Trump rages over report of 'dishonesty' that was proven in court

In his latest attack on the press, Donald Trump called out another reporter by name for writing unflattering investigative pieces on the president and his business ventures.

Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday, "Not that it really matters, but a terribly untalented writer for badly failing Forbes Magazine, Dan Alexander, who probably can’t get a meaningful job in the business, has written so inaccurately about me that it is ridiculous."

Alexander's latest article focused on the Trump Organization's "dishonesty" over the size of its properties — an issue that was central to New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit against Trump in 2024 that resulted in a $355 million judgment against him, effectively barring him from doing business in the state.

"Donald Trump spent so many years lying about the square footage of his properties that his own company did not even seem sure of their true size," the article began.

Another recent article dealt with Trump's "crypto venture," with Alexander writing, "While the MAGA faithful continues throwing money at Trump’s crypto projects, the first family appears to be walking off with some of its profits."

And still another focused on Trump's youngest son, Barron, with the title, "How Barron Trump May Have Earned $40 Million From His Dad's Crypto Venture."

The president's post continued, "Many others also, the media is mostly Fake News, but Forbes doesn’t even try to get things right. I haven’t spoken to these SleazeBags in years, they don’t want the facts, and they’re so inaccurate (purposely!) about everything. I would have thought Forbes would be DEAD by now, but it continues to hang around like a bad disease. Isn’t it owned by a hostile nation? Anyway, that’s what happens when you have bad reporters with evil intentions. Eventually the publication dies. I’ve happily seen it over, and over, again!"

Last week, Trump demanded that CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand be thrown out "like a dog" for "lying" on the Iran "Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit 'pay dirt' — TOTAL OBLITERATION!"

'Must be ready': Trump leans on GOP lawmakers as megabill deadline looms

As the clock ticks down for Congress to pass Donald Trump's megabill that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed would be passed by July 4, the president is leaning hard on Senate Republicans to get the job done.

"The Great Republicans in the U.S. Senate are working all weekend to finish our 'ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social before listing the litany of benefits to average Americans.

"We are on the precipice of delivering Massive General Tax Cuts, NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR SENIORS, Permanently Securing our Borders, an even Bigger and More Powerful Military (I rebuilt it during my First Term, and it is already the Best, but we will make it BETTER!), unleashing our American Economy, dominating the Energy Market, creating Jobs, and getting money back to American Families."

Trump made no mention of the contentious issues of cutting Medicaid or offering tax cuts for the wealthy, and increasing the federal debt by trillions. He then put House Republicans on notice.

"The House of Representatives must be ready to send it to my desk before July 4th — We can get it done. It will be a wonderful Celebration for our Country, which is right now, 'The Hottest Country anywhere in the World' — And to think, just last year, we were a laughingstock. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

New anti-Trump opinion causes MAGA meltdown: 'John Roberts is squarely to blame'

MAGA attorney Mike Davis started a MAGA meltdown when he blamed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for a lower court ruling he claimed gave undocumented migrants "due process rights."

Davis's denunciation referenced a ruling by Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines that upheld a 21-day notice period for migrants to challenge their deportations instead of the mere seven days currently allotted by the Trump administration.

Davis posted to Truth Social, "We The People never agreed to give illegal aliens—especially foreign terrorists—constitutional due-process rights related to their expulsion. Not at our founding. Not after the Civil War. Not in any Congress since then. Certainly not after the last election. This is a serious and unacceptable violation of our sovereign rights. John Roberts and his Supreme Court colleagues are squarely to blame."

Davis's post linked to MAGA journalist Julie Kelly who declared, "Federal judges continue a make-it-up-as-we-go-along 'due process' approach after SCOTUS claimed illegals covered under Alien Enemies Act are entitled to proper notice and relief," adding, "Quite the mess SCOTUS has made."

The account of @JennyRain responded to Davis, "Domestic terrorism. When are these traitors going to jail? At what point do we have to stand up as a country and demand our justice department do something about these traitors? We only have 4 years to clean this mess up!"

@lynneastwood1 called for immigrant supporters to be punished, writing, "How about deporting the ones who want to keep them here deported along side the criminal illegals."

"The founding fathers also created the second amendment to secure a free state from foreign propensities, the[y] also did not imagine Nine Supreme Court Judges passing constitutional amendments without the consent of the people," wrote @burnt_toast1.

@Tuppjoan posted, "Mike Davis is totally correct!! Due process is pushed to cause us to have to have many years to deport illegals!!! Only legals have a right to due process of the law!!!!"

'It went unheard': Expert says Trump ignored a court's 'warning not to overstep'

President Donald Trump touted his "big win" in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over his federalization of the National Guard, but he neglected to mention one key provision that warned him to tread carefully, according to former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance.

Thursday night, the Ninth Circuit issued an emergency stay of a judge's order that control of the California National Guard should be returned to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

Newsom sued the government after Trump federalized the National Guard and sent troops to Los Angeles against Newsom's wishes, a move that hasn't happened in the United States since 1965.

Trump's victory post on Truth Social claimed, "The Judges obviously realized that Gavin Newscum is incompetent and ill prepared, but this is much bigger than Gavin, because all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done."

"Except that’s not exactly what the opinion said," Vance wrote in a new Substack article, stating, "The basis for their decision was more limited than the government’s broad claims of presidential power."

Vance conceded that the decision "is a win for Trump" but added that "the panel disagreed with him on a key issue."

In court, "Trump argued the courts have no ability to review his decision about whether to federalize the Guard," Vance wrote. But the court disagreed "with Defendants’ primary argument that the President’s decision to federalize members of the California National Guard...is completely insulated from judicial review.”

The ruling said “courts may at least review the President’s determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law within a ‘range of honest judgment.’”

Vance called the court's language "a warning to the president not to overstep. But based on his social media post, it went unheard."

For now, "the California National Guard troops Trump federalized remain under his control pending the appeal in this case," Vance wrote.

Read the Substack article here.




'Total control': Trump post demolishes official US stance on Iran attacks

President Donald Trump made a Truth Social claim on Tuesday that implied the U.S. is now working with Israel against Iran.

"We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran," the president wrote. "Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American-made, conceived, and manufactured 'stuff.' Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA."

America's official stance, however, is that it is not directly involved in the conflict.

CNN's Jeff Zeleny said Trump's post "certainly implies that the United States is working in a partnership in cooperation with Israel. And now, this is the most declarative thing that the president has said yet about the question that is hanging over this entire debate here at the White House."

Watch the clip below via CNN.

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