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Trump 'booed off the stage' while promoting his golden sneakers: reports

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Trump 'booed off the stage' while promoting his golden sneakers: reports
President Trump concludes his campaign speech at the rally in the Bojangle's Coliseum. (Jeffery Edwards / Shutterstock.com)

Donald Trump on Saturday was reportedly booed off stage while promoting his new golden sneakers at "Sneaker Con," an event in Philadelphia.

The former president was ridiculed mercilessly by political experts and internet users for the controversial fundraising attempt, with President Joe Biden's campaign joking that the sneakers are the closest Trump will ever come to "Air Force Ones." Some MAGA influencers, however, were excited to buy a pair of the limited items to support the ex-president.

But later in the speech, there was a moment of consistent booing that at least appears to be aimed at the former president.

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"A lot of emotion. There's a lot of emotion in this room. Thank you," he says over the loud boos. "The nice thing is... we have lines... I want to thank Chase and I want to thank Allen. But we have lines going all around the block." He then continued speaking over them.

Social media users were quick to mock the ex-president's awkward moment.

"HA!! Trump got booed off the stage at Sneakercon in Philadelphia, PA today. His handlers did not vet this well," @Laurieluvsmolly wrote.

"Lol Fraud trump is booed heartily in #Philly. I've never been prouder," user Brian Lane added.

Baldy Banks wrote, "Orange Jesus was booed off stage in Philly this afternoon. This might’ve been the shortest appearance ever for him."

Ernest Owens, an award-winning journalist, added, "Okay, Philly. Y'all representing correctly. Trump getting booed is the correct response."

Another user compared the move to a past mistake of the Trump team.

"Trump getting booed at a sneaker convention lands very close to the four seasons total landscaping conference in vibes," @girldrawsghosts wrote on Saturday.

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'Not for the peasants': Trump skewered online for golfing amid government shutdown

Donald Trump was skewered by critics for spending his Saturday golfing while the federal government was shut down.

As the U.S. completed its fourth day of the 2025 federal shutdown, the president was golfing in Virginia. The news spread like wildfire on social media, with critics from all over weighing in.

HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte said, "It is the fourth day of the government shutdown but DO NOT WORRY! It is not adversely affecting the president."

"He is on the golf course, the 73rd time in this second term," he added.

MAGA satire account Cuckturd chimed in, "Trump closed down all National Parks, but approved continued funding for his golf expenses. Recreation for me, but not for the peasants that pay the bills."

Former MSNBC personality Keith Olbermann also added, "Again: Trump hasn't been SEEN or HEARD live, in real time, since Tuesday. Supposedly golfing today. Press pool literally prevented from seeing him."

Ex-prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said, "Our dementia-addled President In Name Only hacks it up on the golf course again this weekend while rage-boy Gestapo Miller seethes and plots the 4th Reich."

PatriotTakes, which says it's "dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy," even posted a video of the golf excursion.

"Video of Trump golfing at his Virginia golf club today," according to the group. "This is what he was doing instead of working to keep the government open."

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'A Trump appointee!!' Internet erupts over judge's major takedown of president's big plans

Donald Trump was shot down by a judge he appointed, causing critics to celebrate online.

Raw Story reported on the "bombshell ruling," in which Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, ruled that Trump's National Guard call-up to Portland was based on false claims about unrest in the liberal city.

That ruling made waves on X.

Liberal commentator Ed Krassenstein said, "BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut (appointed by Trump) has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the administration’s attempt to deploy 200 Oregon National Guard soldiers to Portland."

"A Trump Appointee!!" he then added. "She says this is executive overreach."

Dem Senator Chris Murphy flagged a particular quote from the opinion:

“'This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,' wrote U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee," Murphy wrote.

Conservative commentator Bill Kristol chimed in, "Judge Immergut is a Republican and a 2019 Trump appointee."

Writer Nancy Rommelmann said, "I was at the courthouse yesterday when the state argued to halt the deployment to ICE of the National Guard."

"I sensed Judge Immergut (a Trump appointee) would agree, mostly because the gov’t didn’t put forth any evidence that ICE thought help was necessary," she added.

The popular Protect Kamala Harris account wrote, "NEW: Federal Judge Karin Immergut has blocked Trump’s deployment of troops in Portland, Oregon. RETWEET to thank Judge Immergut for standing up for our democracy!"

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield celebrated the legal win, saying Saturday, "The court agreed with our position. Today's ruling is a healthy check on the president. It reaffirms what we already knew: Portland is not the president's war-torn fantasy."

"Our city is not ravaged, and there is no rebellion," he then added. "The president must demonstrate an actual threat based on real facts if he wants to put the National Guard on our streets. Members of the Oregon National Guard are not a tool for him to use in his political theater."

Retired military officer issues Pete Hegseth a stark warning: 'Ignore at your own peril'

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth must realize his key warrior ethos is off base, or face "peril," according to a retired military officer on Saturday.

Robert McTague, a retired military officer who did two tours in Iraq, and also served in Kuwait, Qatar, Korea, Croatia, Romania, and Turkey, said that Hegseth "comes across as a bit of a car salesman" in his pitch before top generals from around the world.

Regarding some of Hegseth's proposals, McTague found that they weren't cost efficient.

"I have no freaking idea where he thinks he’s going to get all the money to build these extra platforms he mentioned—more troops (super expensive), more munitions, more drones, more Patriots, more submarines, more B-21 bombers— we’re talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in new expenditures, at least," he wrote.

McTague went on to note that Hegseth neglected a key part of what makes the military not a meritocracy.

"The single biggest counter-merit thing I ever saw in the military was nepotism (some of it mind-bogglingly egregious). But I didn’t hear one mention of that in this speech," he wrote on Saturday. "Maybe it’s because all those Civil War legacy families in the Army from the former Confederacy would scream bloody murder."

"But probably the biggest issue," McTague said, was "with Hegseth opening the door on leader behavior."

"First, the idea that the modern military has castrated itself and can longer yell, enforce punishment, etc. is hogwash. There was a survey once of hundreds of members of something like 50 or 70 consecutive classes at West Point. Interestingly (and probably predictably), the vast majority of those surveyed, in every single class, was thoroughly convinced that the class after them—not years or decade, one—had it easier than they did," he wrote.

The retired official added, "I think the whole 'we need to be able to kill things' message and tone were misleading, childish, and misguided, with subtle notes of fashy (will to power, y’all) and here’s why: We live in a frighteningly complex world, with layers and layers of things that, no matter how much will and savagery you want to muster, matter. Ignore at your own peril. Ask Bibi."

"And this idea that our military has failed (um, when?) because we couldn’t be bada-- enough is entirely fictional. Ask the Russians how that whole 'We don’t give a f---, kill with impunity' thing is going for them right now," he said. "Bad strategic decisions aren’t bad because we never truly invested in killing our way out of the problem."

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