Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here’s what he’s proposed

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Trump’s newest order on birthright citizenship blocked in federal court

A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship. 

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/03/repub/trumps-newest-order-on-birthright-citizenship-blocked-in-federal-court/?

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Trump Admits Real Reason He’s Building Monuments to Himself

The president was shockingly candid about the sad reason he is remodeling much of the capital in his image.

President Donald Trump has made a stunning admission while revealing why he’s obsessed with remodeling Washington.

Trump, 80, has candidly told New York magazine that he is building monuments for himself and slapping his name everywhere because he knows that nobody else will do so when he is gone.

 

Reporter Ben Terris shared with Trump an attack line from Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, who says that Trump’s obsession with vanity projects stems from knowing he is the only person willing to memorialize him.

“That’s true,” Trump responded. “Nobody will do it once I’m gone. When I leave here, nobody will.”

That same report peeled back the curtain on Trump’s fixation with remodeling even as his approval rating craters to record lows, war with Iran has entered its sixth month, and gas and grocery prices remain higher than they were when he took office.

From the White House residence, the president can see the construction site of his new ballroom, which he tore down the entire East Wing for without permission. New York reports that he “often starts and ends his day by gazing out the window to check the progress.”

“He will call me at 9:30 at night and say, ‘I’m going to walk over and check the construction of the new ballroom,’” Eric Trump tells the magazine. Eric also said that his father is having “more fun building this ballroom than I can possibly tell you.”

Trump has also reportedly ordered a helicopter pilot to circle around Hains Point so he could see a golf course he’s planning to redevelop from a bird’s-eye view. These matters appear to be top of mind for Trump, who has brought up the topic of grass during 45 public events this term, or about once every 12 days, according to an Associated Press review last month.

The ballroom is just one of many Trump projects in MAGA 2.0.

At the White House alone, Trump has paved over Jackie Kennedy’s iconic Rose Garden to create a new patio, installed two massive flagpoles to tower over the executive residence, blinged up the Oval Office to rival Saddam Hussein’s palaces, defaced the White House’s iconic colonnade by making it a Presidential Walk of Fame, and even built a granite helipad on the South Lawn.

Elsewhere in D.C., Trump has botched a Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation, shamelessly slapped his name on the Kennedy Center, and intends to build a 250-foot-tall “Arc de Trump.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admits-real-reason-hes-building-monuments-to-himself/?

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Trump Fires Off Deranged Ultimatum in All-Caps Meltdown

The president threatened to stop trading with some countries if the Fed doesn’t cut interest rates.

Donald Trump’s crusade to cut interest rates took a bizarre new turn on Friday when he threatened to cut off trade with some unnamed countries if the Federal Reserve doesn’t do his bidding.

The president’s ultimatum came after the release of a surprisingly strong jobs report.

His brag about the better-than-expected jobs market on Truth Social quickly morphed into a capital-letter rant about why the United States doesn’t have the world’s lowest interest rates.

“Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and triple—And you haven’t seen anything yet! EMPLOYERS ADDED 162,000 JOB IN AUGUST,” he wrote.

“Lower the interest rates because the U.S.A. is a much stronger credit than it was just a short time ago! A STRONG COUNTRY MEANS A LOWER INTEREST RATE—IT’S A BETTER CREDIT…Very simple! We should have the LOWEST RATE of any country in the World, like ‘the old days.’ Without the United States agreeing to allow them their big surpluses, and we could stop that immediately, they would no longer be considered financially ELITE! LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT, which the U.S. Supreme Court, in its ridiculous and very costly Tariff decision, strongly acknowledged ‘the President’ has an absolute right to do."

Trump ramped up the pressure on his new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, to act and cut rates.

“IT’S BETTER THAN TARIFFS! The Fed Board, with its great new leader, must get smart—BE PATRIOTS for a change. High interest rates put the U.S.A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won’t allow that to happen!”

The countries the U.S. has a deficit with include China, Canada, Mexico, and European Union nations, with the goods-and-services gap widening to its biggest in 16 months in July.

Trump instituted his tariffs to try and close that gap, and hasn’t forgiven the Supreme Court for shutting them down.

Trump finally got his way and replaced Jerome Powell with Warsh, but the Fed has continued to resist the president’s demands for an interest cut, keeping rates steady since last December. Economists suggest the Fed may act as soon as later this month to counteract inflation.

Friday’s jobs report suggests that employers have moved past concerns about the Iran war and AI to grow the workforce.

The Labor Department reported an addition of 162,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate held firm at 4.1 percent, the same as July.

June and July job gains were revised up by 55,000.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-off-deranged-ultimatum-in-all-caps-meltdown/?

ps:What a pathetic fool!!!!!

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Trump Is Building More Than a Ballroom—He’s Claiming the White House Forever

He’s making himself permanent.

Big, sore-thumb, a--hole buildings have become Donald Trump’s signature brand, and part and parcel of his public identity. His aesthetic is not just about vulgarity, but an opposing force—so of course he would build in Washington. Of course, he would look to reconfigure the White House! The White House ballroom, however, will not be completed—if it’s completed—until the end of his term. So if he’s not going to be able to get much use out of it, what’s its real use? Just being able to build it, for one thing. Nothing motivates Trump so much as provoking a fight and then winning it (or just prolonging it). His skills here are relentlessness; his true pleasure, nearly in a sexual sense, comes with crushing his opponents, disregarding civility and the rules of the game. Plus, he has additional expertise when it comes to actually building something in the face of people trying to stop him. The more you build, the harder it is to stop you. Doing most of the things that presidents have to do on a daily basis—so boring!—doesn’t give him pleasure. He barely pays attention. But having a big building project restores him. His ballroom will tower over the White House. It will effectively be the White House. The perpetual Trump White House. Will anyone even remember what used to stand in its place?

ps:Just pathetic!!!!!