Trump mocks Japan about Pearl Harbor in response to question about Iran war

US president was meeting with Japanese PM when he said: ‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan?’

The Guardian
The more yall give in to thιngs lιke thιs, the more awful thιngs he'll do. Not that I care about that mf, but ιmagιne #obama requιrιng unιversιtιes to "pledge support" for hιm to get theιr fundιng? All sort of 'mιlιtιas' would suddenly become...actιve; screaming 'don't tred on me'. But bc some of yall mfs are contemptuous of anythιng related to educatιon, you don't care. The bully never stops with theιr 1st vιctιm. 🙄 #bullyinchief #trump #politics

EVEN MY LOCAL NEWS last night gave EXTENDED coverage to the #CharlieKirk assassination, barely mentioning what a RW provocateur was. Even interviewing a tearful local woman who credited herself with "discovering" him.

The way every Media outlet covered the man, you'd think he was Abraham Lincoln, not a RW muckraker who idolized the late #RushLimbaugh.

The #BullyInChief ordered all flags at half-staff and eulogized Kirk, decrying "demonizing those we disagree with." 🤦‍♂️
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sa_Cp9fwBoc

Trump makes Oval Office statement on Charlie Kirk’s death

YouTube

Trump Tariffs Live Updates: White House Announces New Rates for Dozens of Countries - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/31/us/trump-news

One big freaking mess... and king Donald is using the tariffs as his personal means of extortion and an offer they cannot refuse... this is not economy, it simply is political and economical terror.

#bullyinchief #trump #usp

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Announces Sweeping New Tariffs for Much of the World

The New York Times

#CharacteristicsOfFascism 14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

#Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of #citizenship

By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, March 25, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — "President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.

"The order says the U.S. has failed 'to enforce basic and necessary election protections' and calls on states to work with federal agencies to share voter lists and prosecute election crimes. It threatens to pull federal funding from states where election officials don’t comply."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#Authoritarianism #BullyInChief
#ElectionBarriers #Fascism #Fascist #USPol

Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the United States. Tuesday's order demands documentary proof of citizenship be added as a requirement for federal voter registration. It also requires that all ballots be received by Election Day throughout the country. The move is consistent with Trump's long history of railing against election processes. He often claims elections are being rigged, even before the results are known, and has waged battles against certain voting methods since he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden and falsely blamed it on widespread fraud. Trump said Tuesday that more election actions would be taken in coming weeks.

AP News

Like I said before, #Trump will use ANY excuse to withhold funding. And he has NOT restored #ColumbiaUniversity's funding yet, despite their caving to the #BullyInChief's demands! Today, it's #TransgenderAthletes and #FreePalestine #Protestors. Tomorrow it will be...? The capitulation has to stop NOW!

#Academia Confronts a Watershed Moment at Columbia, and the Right Revels

Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.

"The end is not clear. Columbia’s moves on Friday — revealed in a letter to the campus from the interim president, Dr. Katrina A. Armstrong — were essentially an opening bid in negotiations with the federal government to let the $400 million flow again. But the Trump administration has not publicly said what other concessions it might seek from Columbia or the dozens of other universities, from Hawaii to Harvard, that it has started to scrutinize since taking power on Jan. 20."

by Troy Closson, Alan Blinder and Katherine Rosman, March 22, 2025

"Many professors saw it as surrender, a reward to the Trump administration’s heavy hand. Conservative critics of academia celebrated it as an overdue, righteous reset by an Ivy League university.

"Columbia University’s concession on Friday to a roster of government demands as it sought to restore about $400 million in federal funding is being widely viewed as a watershed in Washington’s relationships with the nation’s colleges.

"By design, the consequences will be felt immediately on Columbia’s campus, where, for example, some security personnel will soon have arrest powers and an academic department that had drawn conservative scrutiny is expected to face stringent oversight. But they also stand to shape colleges far from Manhattan.

"'Columbia is folding and the other universities will follow suit,' Christopher Rufo, an activist and senior fellow at the #ManhattanInstitute, a conservative think tank, wrote on social media after the university’s announcement on Friday."

[...]

"Many worry that the administration’s pursuit of Columbia was a test drive — a way to gauge public reaction, assess the prospects of legal pushback and develop a precedent. On Wednesday, the administration seemed to bring another test case, saying it would withhold about $175 million from Penn because the university had allowed an openly transgender woman on its women’s swim team in 2022."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/nyregion/columbia-trump-concessions-watershed.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/xQeLn
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #HigherEducation #DumbingUsDown

Columbia University’s Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed

Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.

The New York Times

#trump attacks the weak

#BullyInChief

Ever notice who #trump attacks the most?
The weakest targets
Typical of a bully & very much typical of many of his supporters

#Politics #USpolitics #USpoli #enemywithin #internetBully #BullyInChief

Well, I think I've come up with my own nickname for the #BullyInChief -- #MadKingDonald!

#Trump is a #bully

We’ve seen this episode 100 times:
1. Child gets bullied incessantly
2. Child fantasizes about objects of revenge.
3. Child gains access highly lethal #firearms.
4. Child acts out fantasized revenge scenario.

It’s not a great logical leap to see taking out the #BullyInChief as the act of a #martyr
And, it’s all so sad.
But we encourage bullies in this country. We lionize bullies in this country. This country IS *bully personified* … while bristling with millions of easily accessed weapons.

And then we ignorantly lament “But why did this happen”???
You know exactly fucking why.

#uspol #KingBully