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Humiliated Trump Tries to Steal Super Bowl Spotlight The president wasn’t in California for the highly anticipated event. President Donald Trump touted the supposed strength of America on Super Bowl Sunday—as he watched the game from the comfort of his Mar-a-Lago estate. “Enjoy the Super Bowl, America! Our Country is stronger, bigger, and better than ever before and, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” he wrote in a Truth Social post on Sunday. Trump, who has been booed at myriad sporting events—including last year’s Super Bowl—wasn’t at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Instead, he attended a watch party at his private Mar-a-Lago golf club in Palm Beach, Florida. The president had previously said he wanted to attend the game but that it was “just too far away.” “I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter,” he added. But Zeteo learned that Trump’s officials and advisers were privately concerned about Trump getting booed at the biggest television event of the year. Last year’s event drew an estimated 127.7 million viewers, Nielsen reported, with similar numbers expected this year. Viral clips of the president being loudly booed by tens of thousands of spectators would be “another thing we don’t want right now,” one Trump adviser told the outlet. But even from thousands of miles away, the president still managed to court controversy as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots, 29-13. For months, MAGA had been in full-on meltdown mode over the NFL’s choice of Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, 31, to headline the Super Bowl halftime performance. Born Benito Martinez Ocasio, Bad Bunny was Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2025 and made history at this year’s Grammy Awards when he won album of the year for his Spanish-language Debí Tirar Mas Fotos. His halftime performance pulled from the Debí Tirar Mas Fotos world tour and celebrated Latin American culture beneath a billboard that read, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” Trump called the performance a “slap in the face to our country.” “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” he complained in a Truth Social post. “It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence.” But unlike his speech at the Grammy’s, Bad Bunny’s performance didn’t explicitly denounce the president’s immigration policy. Instead, he invited the audience to rejoice in the pan-American culture the Trump administration has demonized and even drove home his point about love and unity with an actual wedding. Some of the president’s own supporters worried about him taking such an aggressive stand against the show, considering the administration is hemorrhaging support among Latinos, Politico reported. The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-tries-to-steal-super-bowl-spotlight/?

The Clear Labels Act Would Change What You Know About Your Prescription Medication Senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would require prescription drug labels to identify where the medication was made, adding momentum to a yearslong campaign to bring more transparency to the often elusive generic drug industry. https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-manufacturer-labels-us-senate-bill?

The Children of Dilley Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, with her mother for some 45 days when I managed to get inside to meet her. The staff brought everyone in the visiting room a boxed lunch from the cafeteria: a cup of yellowish stew and a hamburger patty in a plain bun. Ariana’s long black curls hung loosely around her face and she was wearing a government-issued gray sweatsuit. At first, she sat looking blankly down at the table. She poked at her food with a plastic fork and let her mother do most of the talking. https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children? “I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility A rainbow, a family portrait, a heart. These are the drawings found in handwritten letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters? Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump A library in rural Alaska needed help providing free Wi-Fi and getting kids to read. A children’s museum in Washington wanted to expand its Little Science Lab. And a World War I museum in Missouri had a raft of historic documents it needed to digitize. They received funding from a little-known federal agency before the Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to dismantle it last year. https://www.propublica.org/article/institute-of-museum-and-library-services-grant-guidelines-donald-trump?

Very interesting indeed!!

Do not click on the above link, if you want to have a good sleep tonight. It informs your of 14 ways in which much of the world population exists.

interesting... Insulin was first used in Toronto, the won an award for that and saved a lot of lives. They rejected patenting it because they wanted to make it so that all could afford it. those days of that type of medicine seem to have gone away, and greed has take over,

Insulin: How Does It Work? What Is Insulin? Insulin is a hormone your body makes that helps it control your blood sugar level and metabolism — the process that turns the food you eat into energy. https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/insulin-explained?

What Is an Autoimmune Disease? What's an Autoimmune Disease? Autoimmune diseases result when your immune system is overactive, causing it to attack and damage your body's own tissues. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/autoimmune-diseases? Foods and Drinks That Boost Your Immune System Medically Reviewed by Raja Durai Sam Nishanth, MD, MBBS on October 02, 2025 https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/ss/slideshow-immune-foods?

Things That Suppress Your Immune System Written by Paul Frysh Medically Reviewed by Poonam Sachdev on March 25, 2024 https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/ss/slideshow-how-you-suppress-immune-system? Prevent the Flu: Boost Your Immune System Looking for some ways to rev up your immune system so you don’t get the flu this year? That’s a great idea. When it’s working well, it can help you avoid illness. But if you let it get run down, you’re more likely to get sick. https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/use-your-immune-system-to-prevent-flu? What Not to Do When You're Immunocompromised Written by Alyson Powell Key Medically Reviewed by Poonam Sachdev on September 03, 2024 https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-what-not-to-do-immunocompromised?

What is even crazier is that Canada just made a down payment on 14 more F-35s https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-f35-purchase-components-9.7081240

I read a similar report on the APnews site today. This Epstein business reminds me of the McMartin nursery school debacle, years ago. Lives and businesses were destroyed, resources wasted, hysteria stoked. In the end, coached by mental health "professionals" it was determined that the children, nursery school age, fabricated the accusations of satanic ritual sexual abuse. These were really children, i.e., prepubescent kindergarteners. People are crying about the "children" Epstein supposedly abused and trafficked. They were not "children." Depending on the country or jurisdiction, they were well beyond the age of consent. In many countries of Asia and Europe, the age of consent is 14, 15. Japan, hardly a barbaric, backwards country, the age of consent is 13. The unfortunate accuser of Mountbatten-Windsor was 17 years old, hardly a child. Apparently she was "groomed" before the "abuse" started. Grooming is simply being nice to someone, treating them well. Of course, when an actual child is involved, that's a different matter. The word "raped" is tossed around, trivializing the experience of those who are actually, physically, violently, against their will, forced into a sexual act. That's rape. This young woman and her friends were not prepubescent adolescents. Very few, if any, were ,against their will, violently forced into anything. I favor the death penalty for actual rapists. ~50 years ago, when I was in junior high, sexual trysts among 14, 15 year olds were not unusual. The girls themselves often put the word out that they were available. They didn't require "grooming." Even primary school students were fooling around. Epstein was obviously a popular raconteur. Some of the people being dragged into this mess were accompanied by their wives when they attended Epstein's soirees. Guilt by association is the order of the day. The media insists on keeping this garbage before the public, another good reason that "freedom of the press" should be reinterpreted.

Billionaire Trump Boasts About His Economy While Normal People Panic Two-thirds of Americans say they’re “very concerned” about the price of housing, food, and consumer goods. President Donald Trump said he’s “very proud” of the economy and claimed to have “fixed” the affordability crisis—even as huge numbers of Americans struggle to pay for food and other basics. “The one thing that they don’t say anymore is ‘affordability,’ because I fixed the problem that they created,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News that aired before the Super Bowl on Sunday. Throughout much of his first year back in office, Trump blamed poor inflation and weak jobs numbers on the “mess” he claimed to have inherited from former President Joe Biden. But in Sunday’s interview, which was recorded at the White House last Wednesday, he told NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas that the country has finally entered the Trump economy. “I’m very proud of it,” he said. “You know we have a GDP of 5.6 [percent].” Gross domestic product is projected to grow by 2.3 percent for 2025, not 5.6 percent, the consulting firm EY reported in late January. A White House official told the Daily Beast in a statement that the president had been referring to the AtlantaFed’s GDP Now forecast for Q4 GDP growth, which originally forecast as high as 5.4 percent in January before being revised down to 4.2 percent this month. Last year’s growth was driven largely by AI-related investment, strong exports, and steady consumer spending, with the caveat that consumer spending is “heavily reliant” on increased borrowing and drawdowns of savings, according to EY. Under Trump, household debt has reached an all-time high, even higher than during the COVID-19 pandemic, and planned layoffs have reached their highest levels since the Great Recession. A Pew Research Center survey released this month found that 71 percent of Americans were “very concerned” about healthcare costs, and 66 percent were “very concerned” about the price of food and consumer goods. The price of housing and electricity was also a worry, with 62 percent and 51 percent of respondents reporting they were “very concerned” about the respective costs. More than half of respondents, or 52 percent, said the country was worse off thanks to Trump’s economic policies, while 19 percent said the president’s policies had “not had much effect” when it came to taming economic headwinds. The White House declined to comment on those concerns. “Q3 GDP growth came in at a full point higher than expectations, proof that President Trump has a stellar track record of proving the experts wrong,” the official said. Speaking to NBC, Trump said the economy in 2026 would “be even better.” “You know, we have hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into our country, actually trillions,” he said. “$18 trillion being invested in our country as we speak, and their factories and plants, and thousands of businesses being built all over the country.” The president has repeatedly claimed that he wielded the threat of tariffs to secure unprecedented investments in the U.S., though the conservative Cato Institute describes the brag as an “$18 trillion hoax.” “Not one of the several hundred economists in the White House and Cabinet agencies has even tried to explain what the number is supposed to measure or how it was fabricated,” economist Alan Reynolds wrote this month. “What could it possibly mean to say that Trump ‘brought in’ $18 trillion? That number is nearly as big as China’s GDP in an entire year. Where did it come from? Where has it gone?” Trump’s economy, however, is paying dividends for at least one group. In 2025, Trump’s policies fueled a surge in billionaires’ wealth, which reached record levels. https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-donald-trump-boasts-about-his-economy-while-normal-people-panic/?

Hypocrite Trump Busted Showing Bad Bunny’s Show at His Own Super Bowl Party The president apparently preferred the act he viciously trashed to MAGA star Kid Rock’s lip-syncing. Donald Trump has been caught red-handed screening Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show after roundly insisting he wanted nothing to do with it. Footage circulating online from what appears to be the president’s watch party at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, shows the Latin star’s performance blaring from several screens at the venue. Trump himself is seen in the clip, sitting at a table with Sen. Lindsey Graham. Real name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Bad Bunny headlined the NFL’s biggest annual event Sunday. A steadfast Trump critic, he sang mostly in Spanish throughout a performance that served to celebrate Latin culture and the Latin-American community, which the president has targeted as part of his immigration crackdown since assuming office again last year. Trump refused to attend Sunday’s match in person. “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice,” he said of the NFL’s decision to bill both Bad Bunny and anti-MAGA punk act Green Day. He added he would not be attending the event because it was, according to him, “just too far away.” His supporters have similarly raged against those artists. Late conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, even went so far as to put on an alternative showing, featuring pro-Trump rapper Kid Rock. That performance attracted only an estimated 5 million viewers against Bad Bunny’s 135 million, which has otherwise served to mark the Latin musician’s performance as the most watched NFL halftime show in history. “I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters last week. It is not clear if Trump also screened Kid Rock’s set at his golf course Sunday. The performance has been roundly mocked given that the MAGA rapper appeared to lip sync most, if not all, of his songs. The president’s Truth Social posts in the aftermath of the show reveal where his attention may have been directed. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” he wrote. “It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” he added. “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House and the Trump Organization for comment on this story. https://www.thedailybeast.com/hypocrite-donald-trump-busted-playing-bad-bunnys-nfl-halftime-show-at-his-own-super-bowl-party/? ps:What a hypocrite!!

Landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court began on Monday. https://apnews.com/article/meta-instagram-youtube-social-media-addiction-los-angeles-1b409b31438e5ba46e2e8c064229b51a?

US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic, freestyle skier Hunter Hess, “a real Loser” who perhaps should have stayed home. Read more. What to know: Trump’s comment came after reporters on Friday asked U.S. athletes at a news conference how they feel representing the country during the Trump administration's actions. Hess replied that he had mixed emotions since he doesn't agree with the situation, and that he is in Milan competing on behalf of everyone who helped get him to the Games. “Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.,” he said. Hess was the latest and most prominent example of U.S. Olympians at the Games inviting online backlash with their words. Figure skater Amber Glenn said the LGBTQ+ community has had a hard time during the Trump administration. She posted on Instagram that she had received “a scary amount of hate / threats for simply using my voice WHEN ASKED about how I feel.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Lindsey Vonn’s fall explained: A reverse banked section, an unfortunate bump and an inflated air bag WATCH: AP photojournalist gives account of Lindsey Vonn’s downhill crash at Winter Olympics 'Greenland Derby' against the US is a chance at the Olympics for Denmark to show its hockey growth

‘Take the vaccine, please,’ a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. Read more. Why this matters: An outbreak in South Carolina in the hundreds has surpassed the recorded case count in Texas’ 2025 outbreak, and there is also one on the Utah-Arizona border. Multiple other states have had confirmed cases this year. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Oz, whose boss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses,” Oz told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But measles is one you should get your vaccine.” The outbreaks have mostly impacted children and have come as infectious disease experts warn that rising public distrust of vaccines generally may be contributing to the spread of a disease once declared eradicated by public health officials. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Health costs are fueling voter stress and powering Democratic campaigns US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived Leadership changes in Minnesota follow tensions among agencies over immigration enforcement tactics Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked Police arrest protesters at Minneapolis federal building on 1-month anniversary of woman’s death Judge orders return of 3 deported families protected by family separation settlement Government must reach agreement on right to counsel for people at Minnesota ICE facility, judge says Judge orders Trump administration to restore funding for rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey Trump administration approves weed killer dicamba for two common genetically modified crops ‘Melania’ falls steeply on a quiet weekend in theaters

FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused multiple underage girls, they found scant evidence he led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an AP review of internal Justice Department records shows. Read more. Why this matters: The documents, which include police reports, FBI interview notes and prosecutor emails, provide the clearest picture to date of the investigation — and why U.S. authorities ultimately decided to close it without additional charges. While one Epstein victim made highly public claims that he “lent her” to his rich friends, agents couldn’t confirm that and found no other victims telling a similar story, the records said. Investigators who scoured Epstein’s bank records found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models — but no evidence that he was engaged in prostituting women to other men, prosecutors wrote. On Dec. 30, 2024, about three weeks before President Joe Biden left office, then-FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate reached out through subordinates to ask “whether our investigation to date indicates the ‘client list,’ often referred to in the media, does or does not exist,” according to an email summarizing his query. A day later, an FBI official replied that the case agent had confirmed no client list existed. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Prince William and Princess Catherine express deep concern for Epstein victims Norwegian ambassador resigns as she faces scrutiny over contacts with Epstein France's former culture minister resigns over Epstein-linked tax fraud investigation

Super Bowl Celebrations are underway in Seattle, Washington, after the Seahawks secured a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX. It's the second Super Bowl title for Seattle, which last won 12 years ago. Sunday's game was dominated by the Seahawks' outstanding defense, giving New England quarterback Drake Maye barely any time to breathe in the pocket. At halftime, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny delivered an energetic performance featuring his biggest hits, powerful imagery and theatrical nods to songs and symbols from throughout his Spanish-language catalog. Several huge stars, including Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, made appearances. Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks on winning the Superbowl!!

Another passage which emphasizes the importance of faith rather than works is "For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?" We obey the gospel, by believing it. Once we do that, we receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit leads us into righteousness. Note Psalm 32:8,9: 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. ]9 Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. It is God's plan for Himself to Guide us. Animals require outward control [like laws] God]s people are led by His Spirit. Unlike animals, we cannot be controlled by outward regalia such as bits, bridles, and laws. Our problems come from within. Inner change is required which is why theHS writes the laws upon our heart.

🥇 1 for the road: Team USA's ups and downs This composite image shows Lindsey Vonn crashing during the women's downhill race yesterday. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP MILAN, Italy — A day that began with Lindsey Vonn's painful screams after crashing in downhill skiing ended with cheers of jubilation as Team USA edged out Japan for gold in team figure skating, Axios' Ina Fried writes. Vonn, 41, was attempting a comeback despite a ruptured ACL but crashed shortly into her run and had to be airlifted to a hospital with a broken leg. Fellow American Breezy Johnson took the downhill gold, the first American to medal at this year's Winter Games. Team USA's Ilia Malinin lands a backflip on Saturday. Photo: HMB Media/Marc Niemeyer/Sipa US In figure skating, American Ilia Malinin clinched the team title for the U.S. after landing a backflip on one foot. Malinin is nicknamed the "Quad God" for his signature jump — a quadruple axel, a move that only he has completed in competition. U.S. figure skaters celebrate winning the gold in the team event. Photo: Ina Fried/Axios ⛸️ Worthy of your time: The Atlantic's Sally Jenkins writes (gift link) in a profile, "The Man Who Broke Physics," that Malinin represents an evolutionary leap in sport, on the order of magnitude of Simone Biles and Michael Phelps. Malinin's confidence would be insolent if his acrobatics weren't so astonishing. "I broke physics," he told me recently, only half-kidding during a conversation in the back hall of a practice rink in Leesburg, Virginia. "Now I think physics doesn't apply to me." Today's events ... Medal count.

🔌 AI fuels massive power demand surge Data: International Energy Agency. ("Other" includes cooling, heat pumps and other building needs.) Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Data centers are slated to account for 50% or so of U.S. power-demand growth for the rest of the decade, Axios' Ben Geman reports from a new International Energy Agency analysis. The AI-driven rise of huge data centers is a big reason IEA sees overall U.S. demand rising 2% annually on average from 2026–30. That's twice the pace from 2016–25. Keep reading ...

🏈 Silicon Valley Super Bowl Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold celebrates last night in Santa Clara, Calif. Photo: Matt Slocum/AP The Seattle Seahawks and their "Dark Side" defense — the best in the NFL — swamped the New England Patriots, 29-13, in Super Bowl LX (60) at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Defense and special teams dominated the game, which didn't see a touchdown until the fourth quarter. The Seahawks' Kenneth Walker became the first running back to win Super Bowl MVP in 28 years. 🗞️ The front page of The Boston Globe: "FROM MAGIC TO MISERY ... STUFFED AND STIFLED: A surprise season ended with a thud as Seattle's elite defense flattened the Patriots ... an old-fashioned Super Bowl beatdown." Even the weather forecast is headlined: "A bitter end." ESPN game recap ... Highlights ... Best defensive plays. Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP Bad Bunny crowd-surfs during the halftime show, performed almost entirely in Spanish. The 13-minute show featured Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and a real wedding. (YouTube) Via Truth Social Photo: Turning Point USA Kid Rock headlined Turning Point USA's rival "All American Halftime Show," which drew as many as 6.1 million concurrent YouTube viewers. Image: Dunkin' 📺 Nostalgic ads amid AI: Dunkin' ran an ad spoofing 1997's "Good Will Hunting," featuring Ben Affleck, Tom Brady and a host of '90s sitcom stars, including Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Jason Alexander and Alfonso Ribeiro. Watch "Good Will Dunkin'." Pokémon, which debuted in 1996, ran a spot celebrating its 30th anniversary. Watch it here. Ranking the ads: 1 (Squarespace) through 59 (Hims & Hers). NYT gift link.

🏠 America's record housing freeze Data: ATTOM. Chart: Axios Visuals U.S. homeowners are staying put for the longest time in at least 25 years, largely thanks to their low mortgage rates, Axios' Sami Sparber writes. Why it matters: That — along with still-high home prices and tight inventory — is keeping the housing market on ice. Sellers at the end of 2025 had owned their homes for an average of 8.6 years — a record in data going back to 2000, when the average was 4.2 years. Homeowner tenure has increased steadily in almost every major metro area over the past two decades, according to ATTOM, an industry data provider. It's especially "pronounced in coastal and Northeast metros, where tenure often exceeds a decade," ATTOM CEO Rob Barber tells Axios. 🔮 What's next: Some golden handcuffs are starting to come loose. For the first time since 2020, more homeowners have mortgage rates of 6% or higher than have rates below 3%, a new Realtor.com analysis finds. Keep reading.

⚖️ Legal world enters AI era Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios AI promises to make lawyers more productive, but there's a problem: Their clients are using it, too, Axios' Emily Peck writes. Why it matters: AI is creating new headaches for attorneys. They're worried about the fate of the billable hour — a reliable profit center for eons — and are perturbed by clients getting bad legal advice from chatbots. Dave Jochnowitz, a partner at the law firm Outten & Golden, says it's "like the WebMD effect on steroids," referring to how medical websites can give people a misguided impression. "ChatGPT is telling them: 'You got a killer case,'" Jochnowitz said. But the models don't always understand the full context, applicable laws or case history. 👓 Between the lines: The potential impact of AI on the industry was evident when shares of legal software companies, like LegalZoom and Thomson Reuters, fell sharply after Anthropic released a legal plug-in.

Trump's crypto revolt Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Trillions have vaporized from global crypto markets since October, plunging an ascendant industry championed by President Trump into a new bout of turmoil, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Why it matters: Crypto joins a growing number of segments of the Trump coalition — from Epstein-focused populists to farmers to Latino men — now questioning whether his return to power has delivered as promised. 🔎 Zoom in: The hyper-online, male-dominated crypto space embraced Trump's crypto Golden Age vision. Many crypto leaders swallowed their discomfort last year after Trump-branded meme coins generated massive profits for insiders — and left retail traders holding tokens that plummeted in value. The Trump family's crypto venture raked in hundreds of millions — including a secret investment by an Emirati royal who was lobbying the U.S. government for access to advanced AI chips. Those conflicts were largely waved off amid a steady stream of pro-crypto signals from Trump, including the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve and vows to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world." But industry-friendly legislation has stalled, in part because the White House rejected Democrats' demands to limit the Trump family's crypto profiteering. Then came last week's crash. Bitcoin erased all gains since Trump's election, going from $70,000 when he won to over $125,000 late last year, and now back around $70,000. Despite multiple factors driving bitcoin's downturn, the president once hailed as crypto's greatest ally has now become one of its most visible scapegoats. Data: CoinGecko. Chart: Axios Visuals 🖼️ The big picture: The backlash captures a deeper problem for Trump: Niche constituencies he courted in 2024 are growing disillusioned. Podcast populists: The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files and aggressive immigration enforcement has alienated some anti-establishment podcasters who helped shape his appeal to young men, including Joe Rogan and comedian Andrew Schulz. Nonwhite voters: Trump's support among Black and Latino Americans has slipped after he made major gains in 2024, as cost-of-living pressures squeeze these voters. Farmers: Even after Trump rolled out a $12 billion "bridge payment" to offset tariff-related losses, agricultural leaders warned last week of potential "widespread collapse" if Congress fails to act.