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Likely mirroring unhappiness among American consumers who are already being impacted by Donald Trump’s unnecessary trade war, which has set off battles over tariffs, wealthy Americans who are supposed to make out better under the president’s recently signed megabill are instead giving him low marks.

According to a report from Newsweek, following his return to the Oval Office after four years in the wilderness, Trump sat at + 6 with 49 percent approving of his job performance among those polled earning yearly incomes of more than $100,000.

Donald Trump’s threat to sic his newly renamed “Department of War” on a U.S. city unleashed a torrent of outrage and anger on Saturday, with one longtime critic suggesting it is an impeachable offense.

After being quiet all morning, the president jumped on his Truth Social account to post a meme tied to “Apocalypse Now” with himself as Lieutenant Colonel William "Bill" Kilgore, played by actor Robert Duvall, known primarily for stating, “Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know, the gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like… victory."

World-renowned economist Paul Krugman sounded the alarm Saturday on President Donald Trump’s social media activity, calling many of the president’s online posts “horrifyingly irresponsible,” with many having led to real-world market dips.

“In the past, stagflation has been the result of external affects; war in the Middle East, things like that,” Krugman said, speaking on MSNBC with host Ali Velshi.

As part of a discussion about rumors of Donald Trump’s decline that flooded social media on Labor Day weekend, lawyer and podcaster Dean Obeidallah suggested there should be very real worries about the president's health after speaking with members of his family.

Appearing on MSNBC with host Ali Velshi, the commentator explained the most recent information about Trump’s health has come from Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), whose medical license has expired and whose judgment has long been questioned.

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks had the rug pulled out from under him after a military award ceremony previously scheduled to honor the actor as an “outstanding citizen” was cancelled, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

The alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point had planned to present Hanks with the Sylvanus Thayer Award, which has been presented by West Point alumni to non-West Point graduates since 1958, and is awarded to those who “exemplify” a devotion to West Point’s motto of “Duty, Honor, Country.”

President Donald Trump ramped up his threats to enact a federal takeover of Chicago, Illinois on Saturday after sharing an image on social media depicting an AI-generated version of himself standing in front the city’s skyline, with military helicopters flying overhead and flames burning in the background.

The image included the phrase ‘Chipocalypse Now,” a reference to the 1979 war film “Apocalypse Now,” and a quote that reads “I love the smell of deportations in the morning,” another reference to one of the film’s most notable lines: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”

As the 2026 midterm elections fast approach, President Donald Trump has mere “months” to stave off an electoral disaster for the Republican Party, according to one political scientist who warned Trump he's on a tight deadline.

“[Trump] has a few more months to figure out how he wants to impact public impressions of the economy before a frame gets drawn around the midterms, said political scientist Lanhee Chen, who also served as Mitt Romney’s senior advisor for his 2012 presidential bid, speaking with the Financial Times in a report published Saturday.

Donald Trump need only look in the mirror if he is upset with how the Labor Day weekend came to be filled with a hotbed of conspiracy rumors that he had died or was in such poor health that he couldn’t even post on Truth Social.

The president somewhat allayed speculation about his fate when he finally posted “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE”, but by that time the damage had been done and those who live in a conspiracy-filled world weren’t buying it.