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Political analysts and observers were aghast on Monday after a new report revealed that President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary has reached a new "height of criminality."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's stockbroker looked into purchasing a defense-related fund ahead of the Trump administration launching its self-described "excursion" in Iran, the Financial Times reported, citing "three people familiar with the matter."

President Donald Trump's threat to obliterate Iran's civilian infrastructure would almost certainly constitute a war crime, and may even backfire spectacularly, national security experts warned in a New York Times column published Monday.

Writing for the Times, W.J. Hennigan laid out the case that Trump's social media ultimatum threatening to destroy Iran's electrical generating plants, oil wells and desalination facilities if the regime doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz would violate the laws of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social platform Monday that appeared to show extensive AI-generated mockups of a massive skyscraper housing his presidential library.

The video, set to soaring music, appeared to show a tower with a slight resemblance to One World Trade Center, with "TRUMP" at the top, featuring a grand lobby with Air Force One and a replica of the enormous ballroom he is planning to build onto the White House.

President Donald Trump is starting to seem like "he wants to go home early" from work as troubles mount for his administration, according to one analyst.

Michael Popok, founder of the "Legal AF" podcast, argued in a new "hot take" video on Monday that Trump's decision to launch an "excursion" into Iran has caused some serious headaches for his administration. For instance, Popok noted that Trump has faced bipartisan pushback for his decision to coordinate bombing strikes across Iran with Israel. The fallout from the war has also hurt Trump's economy and made his effort to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell much more difficult.

The GOP just proved that it can't govern its way out of the party's latest "feckless crisis," according to one analyst.

Chris Lehmann, Washington, D.C. bureau chief for The Nation, argued in a new column that the airport crisis that unfolded last week revealed how the GOP's "rake-stepping" during the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has allowed President Donald Trump to take more power from Congress. He pointed to the administration sending ICE agents to ease airport wait times and to Trump's abrupt announcement that TSA workers would be paid before the final DHS funding deal was reached.

A Guardian columnist drew a devastating parallel between Donald Trump's increasingly erratic behavior and the cognitive decline that ultimately ended Joe Biden's political career, and asked why no one in Washington seems willing to say what millions of Americans suspect.

In a blistering column published Monday, Gaby Hinsliff catalogued a string of recent Trump episodes that raised eyebrows across the political spectrum: rambling about Sharpie pens in the middle of a war cabinet meeting, making a baffling Pearl Harbor joke in front of Japan's prime minister, and calling the Strait of Hormuz the "Strait of Trump," then insisting it was deliberate.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice "botched" the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and that the MAGA movement is keenly aware of their shortcomings.

Comer and Tapper discussed the way Trump's DOJ has handled the release of the files during an interview on CNN's "The Lead." Tapper asked Comer whether he has any confidence in the DOJ's compliance with a law Congress passed last year that required the agency to release all files in its possession by December 2025.

Another ally of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has found herself in legal jeopardy over delays in responding to a natural disaster, according to a new report.

Bloomberg reported on Monday that Kara Voorhies, who was installed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency by Noem's top advisor, Corey Lewandowski, is facing a DHS Inspector General probe into her role in responding to the deadly floods in Texas last year. Voorhies retained outsized influence on agency contracting and spending decisions while she worked at DHS, according to the report.

Observers were astounded on Monday after a new golden statue mocking President Donald Trump appeared on the National Mall.

The Washington Post reported that a golden toilet seat on a faux marble pedestal was installed on the mall, accompanied by a plaque reading "a Throne Fit for a King." It was built just days after more than 8 million people across the U.S. participated in the nationwide "No Kings" protest.

A figurehead of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement sounded off on Monday as the president's main crypto advisor's time in the administration came to an end.

Last week, Trump's crypto czar, David Sacks, announced that he planned to leave the administration. Sacks had served in the administration as a special government employee, which limited the time he could spend in government and imposed ethics constraints on his role, Axios reported.

President Donald Trump's latest threat against the Iranian regime is "extremely hard to justify" under international law, according to one expert.

Admiral James G. Stavridis told CNN's Abby Phillip on "The Arena" on Monday that Trump's threat to bomb Iran's water and energy infrastructure if the country does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be a difficult move to defend. Certain parts of the threat seem to align with international law, but attacking civilian infrastructure could extend the war in Iran for years to come, he added.

Conservative columnist SE Cupp shredded the Trump administration's latest "straw man" during a panel discussion on CNN.

For weeks, the Trump administration has shifted its story about why the U.S. bombed Iran in coordination with Israel, Cupp argued on "The Arena" with host Abby Phillip on Monday. The explanations have changed so frequently that White House officials like Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appear to be having a hard time keeping up, she added.