Nicole Charky-Chami

Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University. She has worked with the Los Angeles Times and Times Community News, Maria Shriver, Vertical Networks, attn:, Patch and City News Service. She is a Southern California native and Loyola University Chicago graduate.

'Can’t believe this is real!' Expert enraged by 'sickening' new White House website

A legal expert is enraged by the Trump White House's new Myspace spoof website launched during the government shutdown, saying "I can't believe this is real" and calling the move "disgusting."

Eliza Orlins, a public defender and former Manhattan district attorney candidate, said in an Instagram reel that the White House launched a page on its website called "Mysafespace" to attack Democrats and mock them with racist and sexist "jokes" about Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other leaders.

“The official White House website has launched something called 'mysafespace.' It’s hosted on the actual .gov website that your government tax dollars are paying for during the shutdown," Orlins said.

The site features fake profiles for Schumer, Jeffries, billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, "antifa" and others. It calls Jeffries "Temu Obama" and "sombrero guy," among other things, with a background covered in sombreros and showing him photoshopped wearing a sombrero in multiple pictures. It also has a top eight friends section — just like Myspace.

The "about me" section mocks Democrats, saying, "Hey we're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender for everyone, and handing out taxpayer benefits to illegal immigrants. We couldn't care less if our men and women in uniform get paid or if our neighborhoods are safe - we just love playing politics with people's livelihoods!!"

“And all this went live while the government is shut down and federal workers and members of the military aren't being paid," Orlins said.

Orlins questioned if the site is a violation of the Hatch Act, which forbids partisan activity in the federal workplace.

"The irony of this being posted on Whitehouse.gov now, while the president himself may be technically exempt from the Hatch Act, that doesn't mean that other people are. And who approved this? How much taxpayer money went into it? And think about the precedent it sets when the president is using whitehouse.gov to attack political opponents," she added.

"This is sickening... This absolutely crosses a line. I can't believe the callousness of this government as they refuse to fund SNAP for 40 million people, they triple, quadruple, quintuple people's health premiums for next year and take away Medicaid and Medicare for so many people. It's just disgusting and that your tax payer dollars are going to fund websites like this instead of funding the things that they should be funding," Orlins said.

Melania hit with brutal roast after husband insists ICE crackdowns aren’t tough enough

A California Democrat whose district and constituents have been targeted by ICE raids took a shot at first lady Melania Trump after President Donald Trump said that ICE should continue its aggressive policies, The Daily Beast reports Monday.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), who represents the Golden State's 34th District, wrote this on X:

"Haven't gone far enough?? Any further and ICE will be deporting Melania..."

Gomez was responding to Trump's comments about his cruel immigration policies — and how he thinks they could be harsher — in a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday.

Melania Trump was born in Slovenia and moved to the United States in 1996. She became a citizen in 2006, just a year after marrying Donald Trump. The 55-year-old first lady cannot be deported; however, her husband has suggested that he could fly American citizens to prisons abroad, including ones in El Salvador.

"Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?” CBS host Norah O'Donnell asked Trump.

“I think they haven’t gone far enough because we’ve been held back by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by [former presidents Joe] Biden and by [Barack] Obama," Trump responded.

“A lot of the people that your administration has arrested and deported aren’t violent criminals,” O'Donnell said. “[They are] landscapers, nannies, construction workers, the families of service members.”

The CBS host asked if he intended to deport people who do not have criminal records.

"We have to start off with a policy, and the policy has to be, you came into the country illegally, you’re going to go out. However, you’ve also seen—you’re going to go out. We’re going to work with you, and you’re going to come back into our country legally," Trump said.

'Biggest RINO': MAGA melts down as GOP candidate gets Trump's 'total endorsement'

President Donald Trump on Monday dropped a series of Truth Social posts adding endorsements for a slew of Republican candidates just hours before election day, including comments about one GOP incumbent that unleashed serious MAGA backlash.

House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), who is up for reelection in 2026, got a shoutout from the president.

"Congressman Tom Emmer is an America First Patriot who is a fantastic Champion for Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District! As the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom is doing a tremendous job advancing our America First Agenda. He is fighting tirelessly to Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Tom Emmer has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!

Emmer has faced criticism by MAGA Republicans in the past for not being sufficiently conservative.

He responded to the president's endorsement:

"Thank you, Mr. President!!!" Emmer wrote on X Monday.

But some observers, including MAGA fans, didn't hold back and responded to Emmer's endorsement from Trump:

"He hit the copy and paste button to all congressmen. Feel special," Rhett McDonald, basketball coach in Duluth, Minnesota, wrote on X.

"It's pathetic," Tom Evenstad, who describes himself as a Christian and a 2026 candidate for Minnesota governor, wrote on X. He also wrote: "Translation: Tom Emmer says and does whatever I tell him! I've even got a @tomemmer LEASH BECAUSE HE'S SO F---ING WHIPPED!!!"

"Do you ever take off your Trump knee pads?" User Big Smitty wrote on X.

"Let me remind you- your government is shut down and you've been on vacation for months while 100k Minnesotans are about to see their health costs skyrocket after you have huge tax breaks to the wealthy. Get back to work and off your phone," user Maplehood United, who describe themselves as an "annexation movement as we finally blur the borders with Saint Paul," wrote on X.

"He has no clue that you are THE BIGGEST RINO OUT THERE AND AS A MN I WILL NOT VOTE FOR YOU. YOU ARE ISRAEL FIRST AND RINO TO THE CORE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS," user American mama, self-described as mom, wife and Christian, wrote on X.

'Shockwaves': GOP pollster in awe as Republicans in for a 'bad day tomorrow'

An analyst Monday gave a stark warning ahead of the elections Tuesday, saying that voters are signaling they have had enough and are ready to say "to hell with you all."

President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit a second-term low: dropping to 63% among Americans disapproving of him and 37% approving of him, according to a new CNN poll released Monday, just ahead of the off-year election day. Democrats are also showing an advantage when it comes to motivation ahead of the elections, with 67% of Democratic leaning voters saying they are highly motivated to vote vs. 46% of Republican leaning voters saying they are motivated to cast their ballots.

"Republicans are going to have a bad day tomorrow," Frank Luntz, pollster and communications strategist, told CNN anchors Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar.

Many of the elections are local or statewide, he added. A key race on the West Coast has his attention.

"But the one that matters the most for the country is the vote in California, whether or not they're going to change the laws for redistricting," Luntz said. "And that could mean as much as a five-seat Democratic gain, five-seat Republican loss if [Gov.] Gavin Newsom is successful in his ballot initiative. At this point, I think he will be. And that's going to send shockwaves across the country as people begin to look at what's going to happen a year from now. I do believe Democrats win the governorship in New Jersey and Virginia, a socialist is going to be elected mayor of New York [City]. But the one that I'm going to be watching most carefully is California."

As the government shutdown drags out into its second month, Americans are tired of it. And that could be reflected in the election outcome, he added.

"And this is the breaking point. When you don't pay our men and women in uniform and they have to go without their weekly paychecks. And you start to have people who cannot afford their food and fuel, then it starts to have an impact. And then people start to say, 'Why is this happening?'" Luntz said.

"I believe that the shutdown is politically motivated," he added. "I believe that if they wanted to, they could find common ground, but they choose not to. And that is hurting the Republican brand, the Republican reputation. Their numbers are down. As you point out in your own polling, with Donald Trump. But the numbers that have fallen the worst, to my surprise, are the Democrats. Everyone is being hurt by this. Everyone's credibility and respect and looking at the government and the public just looks at this and says, 'Why? Why can't you find some agreement? Why can't you give? Can you? Why can't you cooperate?' And that's going to be a very big question. Wednesday and Thursday when this election is over. It is hurting the Republicans, but it seems to be hurting the Democrats even more."

Although it's difficult to predict what might happen next, redistricting is expected to impact the future.

"I'm going to be direct with you. The idea of changing the rules midway is abhorrent that these districts, the lines are drawn and they're supposed to sit for 10 years. And the fact that Republicans have changed the rules in Texas to change them in Ohio, they changed them in North Carolina. Democrats are trying to do the same. They filed lawsuits in New York. They're trying to win in California. It's going to undermine the faith and trust that we have in democracy. And I think it's one of the worst things that could be happening right now," Luntz said.

It's worrying to see the shifting attitudes towards government, especially amid a government shutdown, inflation, affordability and redistricting.

"And I look at this objectively as someone who measures public opinion and it is frightening how low these institutions, their credibility, how much they have fallen, and how the lack of belief and faith and trust in our democracy seems to be hitting an all-time low," Luntz said. "And I am concerned, and I'm hoping that the people who engage in this process pay attention, because we're reaching a breaking point, and it's coming. And after that breaking point, who knows? Who can predict what happens when the public finally says, 'To hell with you all?' And that's where we're heading right now."

'Not a Freudian slip': Analyst astonished by Trump's 'confession'

President Donald Trump just made an astonishing "confession" about pardons, an analyst flagged Monday.

In his Substack essay, Democratic strategist Mike Nellis, founder and chief strategy officer of Authentic, called out why Trump's response in a "60 Minutes" interview with journalist Norah O'Donnell was troubling and "the biggest story in the country."

Trump returned to CBS for the first time after suing and settling with the company. He claimed to "know nothing" about Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, despite the president having pardoned him after his company boosted the Trump family's crypto business.

"Let’s be clear: this wasn’t a Freudian slip. It wasn’t a mistake. It was a confession. Trump freed a crypto kingpin who pled guilty to fraud — just like he pardoned cop-beaters from January 6th, just like he pardoned drug dealers, sex offenders, and white-collar crooks — because he’s likely getting paid, one way or another, in this massive corruption scheme," Nellis writes.

Nellis points out how Republicans might have reacted if former President Joe Biden made a similar move.

"Can you imagine the reaction if Joe Biden said he pardoned someone because Hunter told him to? If Biden blindly freed a scammer based solely on his son’s recommendation — no due diligence, no second thought — conservative media would be frothing at the mouth. Republicans would launch twenty investigations before lunch. But with Trump? Shrugs. Silence from the MAGA influencers," Nellis writes.

Americans are fed up, the writer adds. And that is something Trump can't escape, especially ahead of election day.

"Trump’s a skilled liar, but he can’t gaslight people about the cost of living. This is daily reality for millions. And Democrats learned that the hard way last cycle. Now it’s Trump’s turn — tomorrow, in New Jersey, Virginia, and beyond. And again in two years, when voters boot the GOP from power," Nellis writes.

'Pathological liar!' Right-wing civil war breaks out in explosive feud over extremism

MAGA influencer Ben Shapiro criticized Tucker Carlson, calling him a "terrible friend," "intellectual coward," and “dishonest interlocutor,” as a MAGA feud heats up over the podcast host's decision to interview self-described white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

In his show on Monday, called “Tucker Carlson Sabotages America,” Shapiro said his friendship with the former Fox News anchor was over. He referred to how Tucker "decided that it was important not only to host 27-year-old Fuentes, but smooth over his views, water them down and make them far more palatable to a normal audience," The Daily Beast reports.

Shapiro shared clips from Fuentes and his shocking comments, including “a lot of women want to be raped" or that women shouldn't be in politics. He called Fuentes a "Hitler admirer" and "Holocaust denier," who spoke in favor of Jim Crow laws, saying the racist policies were "better for us."

Shapiro dedicated his entire show to calling out Carlson and "the twisted mind" of Fuentes.

“The issue here isn’t that Tucker Carlson had Nick Fuentes on his show last week,” Shapiro said. “He has every right to do that, of course. The issue here is that Tucker Carlson decided to normalize and fluff Nick Fuentes, and that the [Project 2025 authoring] Heritage Foundation then decided to robustly defend that performance.”

“Nick Fuentes’ philosophy is not fully formed,” Shapiro said. “It’s an incoherent stew of malignity, but that’s where Tucker Carlson enters the story. Now, since his exit from Fox News in 2023, when, of course, he was a very, very popular host, Tucker Carlson has turned himself into a conspiracist and a crank and a pathological liar.”

Some right-wing MAGA followers have denounced Carlson's decision, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

“If you sit there with someone who says Adolf Hitler was very, very cool and that their mission is to combat and defeat ‘global Jewry,’ and you say nothing, then you are a coward, and you are complicit in that evil,” Cruz said.

'Like bringing cash to a brothel': Trump’s $300M scandal sparks outrage

An analyst says that President Donald Trump's planned ballroom and the corrupt, private donations to fund it should outrage people, saying it's "like bringing a fistful of cash to a brothel."

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait described on Monday how "by traditional standards, this would constitute a massive scandal" and compared it to "a similar scandal" about a decade ago under the Clinton Foundation, and why the ballroom — expected to cost more than $300 million — is so different.

"The greatest difference is that Trump’s moves to benefit his friends and hurt his enemies are out in the open, which makes the quid pro quo element far cruder. If donating to a Clinton charity was like buying your date a nice dinner in the hopes of getting lucky, donating to a Trump charity is more like bringing a fistful of cash to a brothel," Chait writes.

"After the 43rd president left office, he established a charitable foundation to undertake good works: disaster relief, public health, and other largely uncontroversial endeavors," Chait writes.

"But the Clinton Foundation became a political liability after reports suggested that it created a potential conflict of interest. Bill Clinton may have retired from elected office, but Hillary Clinton harbored widely known ambitions to run in the future. So the wealthy people and companies that donated to the foundation might have been hoping for access to and gratitude from a potential future president."

The writer examines some of the recent praise of the president's ballroom plans, including recent editorials from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and New York Times writer Ross Douthat. These assessments each point to viewing the White House improvements as necessary.

He says that he can "sympathize with the mainstream media’s inability to properly capture the breadth of Trump’s misconduct. The dilemma is that holding Trump to the standards of a normal politician is impossible."

He calls out people who support the president's corrupt moves to gather private money to fund the space — and that destroying the East Wing isn't even the worst thing that Trump has done.

"Still, although holding Trump accountable to normal expectations of political decorum may be impossible, surely we don’t need to praise him for merely committing normal-size scandals. The people losing perspective here are not the ballroom’s critics, but its defenders," Chait writes.

GOP fears Jack Smith request will cause Trump vendetta to blow up in his face: report

The former special counsel Jack Smith has requested a public hearing before Congress — scaring Republicans who fear President Donald Trump's quest for vengeance is about to blow up in his face, according to a report.

Trump has maintained an obsession with humiliating and prosecuting his enemies. Generally, "his targets have not been in a position to inflict serious retributive pain on him," according to analysis by Glenn Thrush published Monday in The New York Times.

But Smith, who headed up investigations into Trump, is in a different position. He spent more than two years "aggressively collecting evidence to prove Mr. Trump mishandled classified documents and tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election." The former special counsel "appears eager to publicly challenge a foundational pillar of MAGA canon: that the president was a sinned-upon innocent who did nothing to deserve scrutiny, much less two prosecutions."

And among the GOP, some are worried.

"Some Republicans have privately expressed concern that Mr. Trump’s quest for vengeance could backfire by giving a credible anticorruption investigator an open mic," The Times reported.

Smith "has told people in his orbit that he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against Mr. Trump denied to him by the Supreme Court decision asserting broad presidential immunity from prosecution and adverse rulings from a Trump-appointed judge on the federal bench in Florida."

And although Trump "has been able to order up investigations of his political enemies like Ubers," this could present a different situation entirely.

So far, Smith's request for a public hearing has not drawn a response.

“Name the time and place,” Lanny Breuer, a lawyer in Smith's legal team, said in a statement. “Jack will be there.”

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is expected to issue a subpoena instead of accepting Smith's public hearing request, and in that case, Smith would most likely not defy that, the report stated. However, the Senate could give Smith a public hearing before he has to make that decision.

Trump caves in standoff over SNAP funding

The Trump administration caved on pulling Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding Monday and will partially fund the program after two judges ruled that the administration is required to fund it.

The administration is dipping into the SNAP contingency fund — about $4.5 billion — to cover about half of the benefits for November, CNN reported. It's unclear when people will receive these funds.

In two separate rulings Friday made just minutes apart, a federal judge in Rhode Island said in an emergency hearing that the Trump administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture must release close to $6 billion amid the ongoing government shutdown. A judge in Boston said the administration was required to fund the program.

The Rhode Island judge said the funding must be distributed "in a timely fashion," and the administration must deliver an update by noon on Monday.

The close to $6 billion will not cover all the expenses for the program, it costs about $9 billion per month, and the judge said that the agency will have to agree to look to supplement additional funding so Americans relying on the program will get the funds.

Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff

Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."

As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staffing shortages, Duffy said in an interview Monday with CNBC.

“If we thought that it was unsafe, we’ll shut the whole airspace down,” Duffy said.

Air traffic controllers are working without pay and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration moved to slow air traffic last week across many airports.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Friday, "A surge in callouts is straining staffing levels at multiple facilities, leading to widespread impacts" to half of its core 30 facilities facing staffing shortages. The agency also reported nearly 80% of its air traffic controllers were absent at its New York-area facilities.

"After 31 days without pay, air traffic controllers are under immense stress and fatigue," according to the FAA. "The shutdown must end so that these controllers receive the pay they’ve earned and travelers can avoid further disruptions and delays."

The FAA plans to reduce flow of air traffic to maintain safety while staffing shortages happen and could delay or cancel flights as a result.

Nancy Mace berates police and TSA during curse-laden airport meltdown: report

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost it and berated TSA agents during a meltdown at the Charleston International Airport on Thursday, according to reports.

Mace, who is running to be governor of South Carolina in 2026, "cursed at police officers, making repeated derogatory comments toward them, according to a Wired report published Friday after the organization issued a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain a police report.

"The report says that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor told officers that Mace had treated their staff similarly and that they would be reporting her to their superiors," WIRED reports.

Officers spoke with a TSA agent, who said “he was very upset with how she acted at the checkpoint.”

"This supervisor, according to the report, told the officers that Mace had 'talked to several TSA agents the same way' and that they would be 'submitting a report to his superiors about her unacceptable behavior.' TSA agents are not currently being fully paid, due to the ongoing government shutdown," Wired reports.

Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department police officers were reportedly told that Mace would arrive at the airport in a white BMW at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, and that they would escort her from the airport entry.

"Around 6:35, the report says, they were told she was running late; they never saw the car arrive," according to Wired.

When she arrived, she did not arrive in a white BMW, but instead in a gray or silver vehicle at 6:51 a.m.

"During the escort, Rep. Mace was talking loudly using profanity at times for others to hear,” according to a police report obtained by The State. “It appeared she was either dictating a message into her phone or talking to someone about the situation.”

In another, separate memo written by Officer Aaron Reed to a police lieutenant, Reed says Mace was “loudly cursing and making derogatory comments to us and about the department.”

Mace has taken to X to complain about the lack of security upon her arrival, sharing a surveillance video.

"And for the FAKE NEWS: This is the entrance ALL Members of Congress use at the airport. Are you going to write that Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott use the same entrance or no? Asking for a friend @postandcourier," Mace wrote.

'Everything he touches dies': Fury as Kennedy Center ticket sales collapse under Trump

Reactions mounted Friday over President Donald Trump's Kennedy Center takeover as ticket sales dive.

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts is experiencing a ticket sales collapse not seen since the year following the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, it's actually much worse, according to a Washington Post report published Friday.

Social media users reacted to the news:

"1) Take over Kennedy Center 2) Lose gobs of money (——> You are here)3) Book 6 Month Lee Greenwood Residency4) Make attendance mandatory under Federal law," NPR's Peter Sagal wrote on Bluesky.

"An excuse for Trump to tear down the Kennedy Center and build a Trump Center," Michael McDonald, political science professor at the University of Florida specializing in American elections, wrote on Bluesky.

"Now, Kennedy Center ticket sales are collapsing under politicized leadership. This is what happens when public culture is captured and hollowed out," Andrew Weinstein, former United States Public Delegate to United Nations and appointee under the Obama and Biden administrations, wrote on Bluesky.

"When Trump took over the Kennedy Center, his team accused it of not selling enough tickets and vowed to make it 'hot.' Instead, ticket sales under Trump have plummeted to their worst in years," Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MSNBC analyst, wrote on Bluesky.

"Add to this, tourism is down, business activity is down. Our capitol city is not flourishing," New York Times journalist and CNN contributor Lulu Garcia-Navarro wrote on X.

"It turns out that nobody wants to go to the Trump-Grenell Kennedy Center," Christopher Wiggins, senior national reporter for The Advocate, wrote on X.

"So much winning!! Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover," attorney and former public defender Frank Amari wrote on Bluesky.

"One thing about the Kennedy Center is the DC area has tons of other options for venues and stage shows, they're not the only joint in town. It's a pretty easy substitution if you don't want your night out to have him looming over it," the Unpopulist's Andy Craig, an expert on election law and electoral reform, wrote on Bluesky.

"Nothing new here. Everything he touches, dies," writer Diane Strickland wrote on Bluesky.

MAGA lawmaker gets snippy with CNN anchor: 'You interrupted me!'

A MAGA lawmaker got snippy with a CNN anchor during a live broadcast Friday, complaining, "You interrupted me!"

Assistant Whip Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) joined CNN's Brianna Keilar to discuss the ground stop at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport due to staffing shortages as the government shutdown drags on, and how FAA staffing problems have ended previous stalemates and forced the government to reopen.

Keilar moved the conversation to the subject of food stamp benefits, which two federal judges ruled Friday must be continued to be funded by the Trump administration and the U.S.Department of Agriculture, as the deadline for funding the program was slated to run out Saturday.

"The question I'm asking you, because you're a Republican and that is your party — and that is your party in the White House making that decision — do you think it's fair to just to the country's most needy as leverage?" Keilar asked.

"I was just about to answer when you interrupted me, because the blame is not just on this administration, because this administration is not the one that voted to shut down the government. It was the Senate Democrats that chose to," Malliotakis shot back.

"But what I'm simply saying is, if the Democrats are not going to vote to reopen the government, they want to continue using this leverage and inflict this type of pain in the American people unnecessarily. Then what I think the president and the administration should do is what they've done with the Women, Infants, and Children program," she said. "They were able to find some money to shift funds to continue that program, very critical for young families that I represent. They found funds from Pentagon research and development to be able to pay our military. And as I said earlier, they should do the same here, if given, which they seem to have received green lights from the judges to allow them to use it."

'Disgusting': Trump sparks outrage over 'tone deaf' marble bathroom boast

Brutal reactions rolled in Friday as people slammed President Donald Trump's social post bragging about the White House bathroom redesign, calling his post "tone deaf" and "disgusting."

Nearly 42 million Americans were at risk of going hungry as the Trump administration tried to decline using emergency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, food benefits. As this was going on, Trump shared photos of the new renovations, including a marble floor and walls, and golden bathroom fixtures and trash can. The bathroom is part of the Lincoln Bedroom, the guest suite at the White House once used by former President Abraham Lincoln as an office.

“The Refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House – Highly polished, Statuary marble!” Trump proudly boasted on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Social media users had quite a few things to say after seeing the president's post — noting the timing of it all:

"Millions of people are being kicked off of food assistance and millions can’t afford health care anymore. But don’t worry everyone! Trump got a new bathroom. So tone deaf, out of touch, and disgusting," Democratic influencer Harry Sisson writes on X.

"We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this. He is currently headed to Palm Beach for another golf weekend," MediasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski wrote on X.

"People can't afford food and their healthcare costs are tripling, and Trump is bragging that he remodeled his bathroom," Melanie D'Arrigo, president of the Campaign for New York Health, wrote on X.

"Gotta love the idea of Trump as working class hero as he smashes the East Wing for a gilded Ball Room, hocks a new marble bathroom and spends the weekend at Mar a Lago as families worry about affording food because he's choosing to stop SNAP benefits," Neera Tanden, former advisor to the president, wrote on X.

"Disgraceful and incredibly tone deaf. Millions of Americans will lose food aid tomorrow but Trump says, look at my cool new marble bathroom! So glad it’s 'highly polished.' I hate that dull marble look," Pam Fessler, former NPR News correspondent, wrote on X.

Trump hit with 2nd major ruling forcing him to use emergency money to fund SNAP

A second federal judge in Boston on Friday told the Trump administration they are required to use emergency funding to keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, food benefits going despite pushback from Trump.

The decisions were made just minutes apart after a federal judge in Rhode Island said in an emergency hearing that the Trump administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture must release close to $6 billion amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to CNN. The Rhode Island judge said the funding must be distributed "in a timely fashion," and the administration must deliver an update by noon on Monday.

Delays are still expected for SNAP recipients as states and the agency are distributing the funding.