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Trump, 80, Fantasizes About Dead President in Bizarre Posting Spree

As sailors endure grueling conditions aboard a carrier in his Iran war, Trump has been busy posting bizarre AI-generated fantasies on Truth Social.

President Donald Trump spent his Saturday living it up in a Truth Social fantasy world while thousands of American sailors continue to endure brutal conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier serving in his Iran war.

In four of his wild posts, Trump, 80, imagined himself showing off his new White House ballroom to the nation’s first president, George Washington, who has been dead for 227 years.

Trump’s tacky $400 million construction project is currently on hold after a federal appeals court ruled that the administration lacked the necessary congressional authority to move ahead with it.

Trump followed that up with a photo of him with the nation’s first president, both on horseback. Trump, wearing a suit and tie, sits astride a black horse beside Washington and his white mount.

In another AI-generated image, Trump and Washington are shown writing together on what appears to be a map.Trump also posted a shadowy photo of himself wearing a “TRUMP 2028″ hat with the caption “We are going to win.”In another message, Trump fondly reminisced about the time he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un enjoyed each other’s company, though they decidedly did not look that way in the photo. “Despite the unfriendly look on this particular picture, there are many where we’re smiling,” the president wrote. “Kim Jong Un and I get along GREAT!”

Trump furiously crammed several endorsements for Republican candidates into his twisted trip through history, as the party grows increasingly fearful of the midterm results.

When asked on Friday whether sailors’ family members were worried about conditions aboard the ship, Trump, who has never served in the military, flatly replied: “No, they’re not.”

When he was asked whether the deployment had gone on too long, given the conditions and mental health risks, the president responded: “No, no, no. Not nearly long enough.”

The wife of one of the crewmen on the ship told Jake Tapper in a phone interview on CNN on Friday that her husband’s experience was like being “stuck in a floating metal prison in the middle of the water, eating prison-like food with the same people in the same bunk beds in the same small quarters for 200 days, 250 days. You start to go a little insane.”

At least two desperate sailors have attempted to jump overboard, while another soldier actually did (and was rescued).

Regarding Trump’s callous dismissal of the conditions the sailors are enduring, the woman, whose identity was not revealed, said: “I don’t think the man thinks before he talks. Try to redeem yourself at least a little bit,” she said of Trump.

“Have some sympathy, some empathy, take some accountability for what’s going on with your military, your ship, your war,” she continued. “It’s infuriating.”

On Friday, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said the USS Abraham Lincoln will “return home soon as part of its scheduled rotation.” He didn’t specify the timeline.

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ps:What a joke!!!!!

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Top College Calls BS on Trumpy Justice’s Self-Pitying Smear

A Supreme Court justice’s claims were swiftly shut down by an elite university.

A George H. W. Bush-appointed Supreme Court justice claimed that a prestigious university was “off limits” to conservatives like him—but quickly got shut down.

Clarence Thomas, 78, suggested that places like Stanford Law School are unwelcoming to him. He made the remarks at a forum hosted by Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University.

“You know, I have never been to Stanford Law School,” he said. “Never been. That’s the reality. That’s the world we’re in. Because there’s certain places that are just presumptively off limits. This is the way it works.”

“I mean, I’ve been to Yale Law School, but that’s the way it works. And to say it isn’t is to lie, okay? So you don’t get [in], and even if you do, it comes with all this attendant animosity and negativity,” he continued. “In other words, to make it unpalatable. So this person, we’ll allow here, but this person’s views are unpalatable. Whereas if you’re agreed with, it’s sweetened up and it’s rose petals and, ‘This is presumptively the right idea.’”

Thomas claimed that the ideas of thinkers like the economist Thomas Sowell, who were critical in shaping his views, would never reach the younger generation if it wasn’t for YouTube. The forum centered around the legacy of Sowell, a prominent Black conservative intellectual.

“What these kids are getting is all that stuff [that] is not there,” he said. ”It’s just on YouTube. It’s available to everybody, and they get to make up their own mind. The five of them or whatever can sit together and decide whether they agree without all this negative trapping.”

But the high-ranking university was quick to call Clarence’s bluff.

“We would be honored to host Justice Thomas at Stanford Law School,” a Stanford spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

“The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, directed by Professor Michael McConnell, former Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, regularly hosts members of the judiciary on campus,” the spokesperson added. “Our students and faculty would welcome the opportunity to hear from Justice Thomas and engage with his perspectives on the Court, the Constitution, and the law.”

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to make clear which president appointed Thomas.

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ps:How pathetic!!

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Trump to Splurge Billions on Deranged 1940s Obsession

The president’s aesthetic preferences are stalling the rollout of a naval carrier class.

Donald Trump, 80, is demanding changes to the Navy’s new aircraft carriers that could cost billions of dollars and delay the rollout of the much needed vessels.

Officials told The Washington Post the Navy has been forced to consider changes to the Ford class aircraft carriers because Trump doesn’t like their current “look.”

The changes would constitute a major ship redesign that would involve moving the tower that serves as the carrier’s command center closer to the middle of the ship, officials said, in order to “resemble older vessels,” like those used in World War II.

The potential redesign is estimated to cost billions more and take years longer than the current budgeted Ford class rollout.

The change was attempted during the first Trump administration but never carried out due to a study that warned of the high costs and subsequent delays.

“It came back that the cost and time to do so would just be extraordinary,” a former official said.

But according to the officials, the president is determined to have his way and has again asked for a review.

The Navy’s most recent shipbuilding plan is for 10 Ford class ships, at a cost of $22 billion each.

There is currently just one Ford class carrier in service—the USS Gerald R. Ford, but there are three more in various stages of construction—the USS John F. Kennedy is undergoing sea trials, and two more are being built.

On Thursday, Trump signed a national security memorandum that also called for reverting the catapult on the carriers that help propel fighter jets off the ship’s deck back to the previous steam-powered design, another change that will cost time and money.

The USS Gerald R. Ford has an electromagnetic catapult, one of many new technologies that contributed to the 17-year build time for the ship.

According to the Navy’s own website, Naval Air Systems Command, the electromagnetic catapults are more reliable and efficient than the steam powered ones, and make for a “quieter and cooler work and living spaces for Sailors.”

They are also cheaper over time, allow for “expanded operational capability” and “higher launch energy capacity” than the old steam catapult.

According to the Post, changing the placement of the island is also seen by officials as an unwanted throwback to a less safe and efficient time.

The Pentagon referred The Daily Beast to the White House, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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ps:Pathetic!!!!!

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Trump’s Own Aides Admit He’s Lost Interest in His Job

The president’s aides say he does not like hitting the campaign trail unless it’s to get himself elected.

President Donald Trump’s aides admit that their boss has little interest in traveling across the country to prop up weak GOP candidates for the midterms, a new report alleges.

Anonymous aides tell CNN that Trump will finally embark on a long-awaited tour to energize MAGA voters—but that traveling across the country to stump for other politicians is not a part of the job he enjoys.

“He loves to travel, but he hates to travel,” an aide told the outlet.

They added, “Once he’s traveling, he’s like: ‘Why am I doing this? I want to be doing other things.’”

The report on Trump’s reluctance to hit the campaign trail comes as he finally gave the OK for Republicans to use millions from his personal PAC to support vulnerable Republican candidates in November, as fears grow that the GOP will lose its majorities in both chambers.

“Without a doubt, we’ve got to make sure we get some of these voters who show up for Donald Trump in presidential elections to show up for these congressionals,” an adviser told the network.

Yet, GOP lawmakers also worry that Trump could become a liability heading into the midterms, as Republican voters are increasingly frustrated with the president over the war in Iran and his lack of concern for the affordability crisis and rising gas prices.

Reached for comment, White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told the Daily Beast that “President Trump is the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party who is committed to maintaining Republicans’ majority in Congress.”

Despite Trump’s high disapproval ratings over his handling of the economy, the president has told Punchbowl News plainly that he will not take the blame if his party loses in November.

“The question is, will they vote?” he said, before supplying his own answer: “They’re angry at Republicans, but they’re not angry at me.”

Trump spoke in Long Island, New York, on Friday in an effort to boost his party’s chances in the elections, including those of his gubernatorial pick, Bruce Blakeman, who is challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

But during the law-and-order rally with New York police officers, Trump repeatedly fixated on the “young, beautiful girls” he sees at the White House rather than focusing on domestic policy. He also appeared to forget the name of Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican candidate for New York attorney general—whom he has endorsed—as the woman he had “just met.”

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has reportedly told staffers to keep steering Trump back to the issue voters find most important: affordability. Staying on topic has proven to be difficult for Trump, who is often more interested in discussing his construction projects—such as the so-called Arc de Trump, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and his White House ballroom.

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US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. The Department of Defense Education Activity operates about 160 schools across 11 countries and educates roughly 70,000 students who are children of active-duty military or civilian service members. Conservatives have eyed the schools — which, unlike most public schools, are run by the federal government — as a testing ground for reshaping education. Read more.

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Trump blames vandals for damaged grass where he held July 4 celebration President Donald Trump posted a photo on social media showing a once-grassy area by the World War II Memorial now patchy and brown. Trump did not say why he believes it’s the work of vandals instead of trampled turf from the Independence Day festivities. Read more.

Why this matters: Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damage to his renovation projects in the nation’s capital, often without evidence and sometimes despite opposing accounts from his officials. Trump lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro this month after her office concluded that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of poor construction and not the work of vandals, as Trump claimed. Authorities on Friday announced an arrest in connection with vandalism at the World War II Memorial.

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