... Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech ...

I think that it was good he gave the speech.

The speech and its presentation looked to me to be just more evidence of a possible deterioration of Pres Trump.

@#16 ... Thirteen months of slavish brown-nosing utterly wasted. ...

Exactly.

She likely destroyed her own reputation allowing herself to be such a toady to Pres Trump.

@# ... "I can't get a ballroom approved. It's pretty amazing, right?" ...

What is amazing to me about the ballroom fiasco is that Pres Trump apparently knew it would not be approved, so he just went ahead and tore down the East Wing of the White House so that there were few alternatives to what he wanted to do.

@#11 ... I don't know what Nixon was polling at that time though but I cannot imagine it was good. ...

@#9

In the 1972 election, fmr Pres Nixon won in 49 states.

Quite the turnaround --- from such a landslide victory to such a low approval rating.

... while the federal government focuses on military spending. ...

... and also focusing upon giving multi-trillion tax cuts to the wealthy ...

Also ...

Fmr AG Bondi likely allowed too much of the Epstein Files to be released.

More from the cited article ...

... Trump is reportedly considering replacing Bondi with Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin, according to the sources familiar with the matter. Trump held a meeting with Zeldin at the White House Tuesday to discuss wildfire and prevention, where talks of the transition also unfolded, according to an individual familiar with the meeting.

That source relayed to Fox News Digital that Zeldin would be a plausible replacement, adding that Trump could change his mind at any point.

The White House told Fox News that the pair still have a good relationship despite the ousting. ...

@#64 ... Only Eliminated category says it's conclusively not that weapon, and that doesn't seem to be what the defense is saying. ...

Wouldn't the prosecutor have to prove that is was that weapon?

Longer-term trend does not look good...

@#15 ... I'm able to judge the lack of character ...

So, self-nomination and determination of what others should view?

So funny.

What else yer got?

Pres Trump seems to be wanting, desperately, to just walk away from the disaster he caused, while blaming the effects of his actions on others.

But, it's the MidEast.

Will Pres Trump, on Wednesday (later today, at this writing) evening, just announce that he will have the US forces just leave Iran?

I wish I knew.

But there is one thing that I remember from my days of protesting the Vietnam War back in the day ...

My friends who were in favor of the war and I, who was not in favor of the war, agreed upon one quite significant point ...

We all wanted our troops to come back home safely.

I still have that opinion.

For some reason, the security software here prevents me from viewing archive.whatever sites.

But I did find this link, not sure if it is about the same article ...

@#21 ... We all know ...

Why does your current trolling alias seem to think it speaks for "we all?"

@#6 ... This is unreal in the middle of a war and a partial government shutdown. ...

An example of understatement as used in the English language.

@#11 ... Trust in U.S. news media has seen a steep, decades-long decline from over 70% in the 1970s to a record low of 28% by late 2025 ...

Seems to correlate to the rise of social media.

Thanks for proving my point.

@#2

Wow.

Wasn't the Heritage Foundation the driving force behind Project 2025?

@#4 ... remotely ...

I remain to be convinced of that.

@#9 ... His sole job is to to attend Cabinet meetings, and then, when it's his turn, tell Lewzer what an honor and privilege [it] is to serve under his greatness. And then say no more. ...

So... you've watched the broadcasts of the Cabinet meetings.

And, yep, agreement abounds.

@#82

So, your current trolling alias has nothing in response, beside the usual attack posture.

So, just trolling for replies I see.

Back when I used to run a message board (1990's or so), the message board was subject to what I now call "attacks" by troll farms.

At the time, there was a common concern that those random aliases who were polluting the message boards were paid by how many replies their comments received.

While, at the time, I did not buy into that theory, nowadays it is starting to look more accurate.

@#2 ... Is this really surprising? ...

In a word ... no.

Hungary's PM Orban seems to be controlled by Pres Putin even more so than Pres Trump.

i.e., fighting more for the interests of Russia than the EU.

Which is why the upcoming election will be interesting to watch.

@#7 ... Funding NTSB investigations? ...

So... looking for problems?

What is he doing to resolve the problems the investigations may discover?

OK, I found this ...