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- White House Staff Reportedly Monitored Trump’s Trash Because ‘He Was Sometim...
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin An excerpt from The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s upcoming book, published on Thursday by the Daily Mail, revealed that White House staff allegedly needed to monitor President Donald Trump’s trash after it was discovered that “he was sometimes throwing out” sterling silver utensils. The snippet came from Swan and Haberman’s new book on the first 14 months of Trump’s first term, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump. According to them, staffers responsible for maintaining the president’s private quarters were dealing with a variety of unusual housekeeping challenges. “A nighttime snacker, the President would frequently leave an array of empty potato chip bags, Starbucks wrappers, and ice cream cartons in the trash, or on the floor,” they wrote. That habit reportedly prompted closer scrutiny of the trash after aides realized valuable White House items were disappearing along with the food waste. “The staff had to begin monitoring the trash after it was discovered he was sometimes throwing out White House sterling silver utensils,” Haberman and Swan added. Also in the Daily Mail exclusive, the pair describe his intense interest in redecorating his private living space — at times competing with First Lady Melania Trump — and recount concerns among staff over a carpeted bathroom that allegedly required frequent attention. “Once, when staff gently reminded the President that he was taking things from the Center Hall his wife had personally selected, he made clear he didn’t care,” they wrote. “He seemed almost to be competing with her – determined to have the better room.” The journalists added, “The President’s redecorating generated such a flurry of activity that staff often felt caught between the two Trumps, who were the only presidential couple to regularly use and maintain separate bedrooms since Richard and Pat Nixon.” Of his required carpeted bathroom, Haberman and Swan detailed, “The portion nearest the shower would often be soaked through; the staff was never quite sure why, but they worried about mold growing underneath.”The post White House Staff Reportedly Monitored Trump’s Trash Because ‘He Was Sometimes Throwing Out’ High-End Silverware first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.12 hours ago - Trump Reportedly Bragged About Being More Powerful Than Hitler by Citing ‘Hist...
On Wednesday, CNN’s Jamie Gangel discussed new reporting from The New York Times’ Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman that detailed an instance in which President Donald Trump allegedly bragged about being more powerful than Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin — citing a “historian” who turned out to be former professional golfer Gary Player’s caddie. The snippet came from Swan and Haberman’s new book on the first 14 months of Trump’s first term, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump. “In March, Maggie and Jonathan Swan go to the Oval Office for a formal sit-down interview with the president,” explained Gangel. “He’s very proud that some presidential historian has given him this document, which he says shows he’s more powerful than Hitler and Stalin and Attila the Hun — I’m not sure why you’d want that comparison.” She continued: And he’s proudly reading it and showing it to them, and they can’t figure out who the presidential historian is. And they start searching. Name doesn’t show up. But the president had said that this historian was a friend of former Hall of Fame golfer Gary Player. So, they search Gary Player, the historian. The “historian” is Gary Player’s former caddie and confidant. Also revealed in the upcoming book and discussed by CNN on Thursday are new details on Trump’s Oval Office makeover. Reading a quote from the novel, CNN’s Phil Mattingly recited, “One morning, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked into the Oval Office and found Trump ‘clutching a tube of superglue and attempting to affix gold decorations to the marble fireplace mantel.'” Gangel added another quote, reading, “As he was known to prefer his own aesthetic handiwork to anyone else’s, the sight of the president squeezing glue onto gilded appliqués and mounting them on the wall himself surprised no one in his inner circle.” Watch the full clip above via CNN.The post Trump Reportedly Bragged About Being More Powerful Than Hitler by Citing ‘Historian’ Who Turned Out Be Gary Player’s Caddie first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.13 hours ago - Trump Claims He Got ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From IranPresident Donald Trump told Marc Caputo of Axios on Thursday that the U.S. had bombarded Iran into “unconditional surrender.” His remarks came a day after he signed a memo of understanding meant to end the current war. Pundits and politicians from across the political spectrum have panned the deal as being too lenient on Iran. Some of the loudest criticisms have come from the right. Fox News host Mark Levin called it “unthinkable,” while his Fox colleague Trey Gowdy said the deal will make Iran “richer.” Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Trump is getting “very poor advice.” The arrangement, which could ultimately end the war, contains 14 provisions, which require Iran to allow ships to travel freely through the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. to cease its naval blockade of the country, and Iran to have access to at least $300 billion in financing. In the interview, Caputo asked Trump what he had learned about presidential power: CAPUTO: What have you learned about, not just the exercise of power, but the limits on your power as a result of the conflict? TRUMP: There are no limits. CAPUTO: No limits? TRUMP: No, none. I haven’t learned that lesson yet. I know there are. But you know, there are no limits. We defeated them totally militarily. […] CAPUTO: At the beginning of the conflict, you had talked about, you only wanted unconditional surrender. And– TRUMP: Well– CAPUTO: The [memorandum of understanding] doesn’t look like unconditional surrender. TRUMP: Well, it really probably is unconditional surrender. CAPUTO: It is? TRUMP: I think so. Unconditional surrender is when one or more parties in a war surrender without receiving anything in exchange and fully submit to the other side. On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance, who helped negotiate the deal, offered a stinging rebuke to the agreement’s critics, particularly those in the Israeli government, which launched the war with the U.S. in February. “Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time, Vance said. “And he happens to be the head of state of the world superpower. If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.” Watch above via Axios and CNN.The post Trump Claims He Got ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From… [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago
- Air Force Base Hit by Flu Outbreak After Pete Hegseth Ends Vaccine Mandate
AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko A flu outbreak has swept through an Air Force basic training facility in Texas just two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended the military’s longstanding requirement that service members receive annual flu vaccinations, according to a Thursday report from ABC News. Per the scoop, at least 159 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio, have contracted influenza in recent weeks. Two recruits have been hospitalized, though sources familiar with the situation told the network the actual number of cases and hospitalizations could be higher. The Air Force confirmed the outbreak in a statement to ABC, describing it as a “localized influenza outbreak among trainees at Basic Military Training.” “Medical professionals and Public Health officials have implemented mitigation measures to isolate and treat symptomatic trainees to reduce further exposure and continue to monitor the situation,” the statement said. “Medical personnel are also monitoring trainees who were in close contact with sick members in case they become symptomatic.” It added that affected recruits are receiving treatment, including antiviral medication, and that they will return to training “once they are cleared by medical professionals.” The outbreak follows a policy change announced by Hegseth in April, making the flu vaccine voluntary for military personnel. The shot had previously been required across the armed forces. At the time, Hegseth characterized the mandate as “overly broad and not rational.” “Our new policy is simple: If you, an American warrior entrusted to defend this nation, believe that the flu vaccine is in your best interest, then you are free to take it; you should. But we will not force you,” he said at the time. ABC reported that flu vaccination rates among recruits at the San Antonio training base have dropped to roughly 40% since the mandate was lifted. Before the policy change, compliance was nearly universal.The post Air Force Base Hit by Flu Outbreak After Pete Hegseth Ends Vaccine Mandate first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago - ‘The Algae Seems To Be Winning’: Trump’s New Reflecting Pool Paint Is Peel...A major algae bloom and peeling paint are already plaguing President Donald Trump’s new Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after its completion, with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl writing via X on Thursday, “The algae seems to be winning.” According to The Washington Post, the algae bloom is the largest “at any recorded point in the month of June for at least five years.” It comes as the memorial just underwent a $14 million renovation, with Trump complaining in June that its water was “filthy dirty.” Alongside pictures of floating pieces of paint and National Park Service employees on clean-up duty, Karl wrote of their efforts, “So far, the algae seems to be winning. As for the American flag blue paint, it’s starting to peel from the bottom of the pool — a short-lived $14 million paint job.” National Park Service employees and contractors to trying hard to clean the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial. So far the algae seems to be winning. As for the American flag blue paint, it’s starting to peel from the bottom of the pool — a short-lived $14 million paint job. pic.twitter.com/32cGQqLXaQ — Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) June 18, 2026 Also on Thursday, MS NOW’s John Heilemann chimed in, describing a recent visit to the memorial. “I took my malaria pills before I went down there,” he told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace and Cornell Belcher of the pool’s swampy nature. “And went down like, you know, mosquito-netted. Fairly soon, there are gonna be, like, alligators and crocodiles and like, you know, hippopotamuses are gonna be breeding because that swamp situation is so bad.” He continued: And it’s such a great metaphor for the whole Trump administration because it’s like, having this crazy idée fixe where we’re gonna do this thing — number one. Number two — doing it really just because, “I got a pool guy! I wanna write him a contract for a few million dollars.” Dismissing any expert who said, you know, “The blue is gonna absorb more heat and there’s gonna be an environmental problem that’s gonna lead to this algae bloom.” He was told that. People were like, you know, “This is gonna be a problem.” He didn’t listen to them. Watch the full clip above via MS NOW.The post ‘The Algae Seems To Be Winning’: Trump’s New Reflecting Pool Paint Is Peeling Off first appeared… [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago
- UFC Fighter Who Called Michelle Obama a Man Posts ‘Apology’ That Seems to Be...
Alex Brandon/AP photo UFC fighter Josh Hokit posted on his Instagram account what appeared at first glance to be an apology for comments he made calling former First Lady Michelle Obama a man, but it seems like it might in fact be more trolling. The controversy arose from the moments just after Hokit won his match Sunday evening at the “UFC Freedom 250” event held on the White House South Lawn on the same day as President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. After the heavyweight fighter won via TKO, leaving his undefeated UFC career intact, he had a triumphant interview with podcaster Joe Rogan. “And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?” Hokit yelled as a grinning Rogan held the microphone and the crowd offered a mixture of cheers and boos. Hokit got a lot of swift and loud condemnation, including from UFC President Dana White, who emphasized he supported free speech, “but I hate that kind of nonsense,” and was “completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families.” Barstool’s Dave Portnoy blasted Hokit for being among the “idiots” and “lunatics” who give UFC a bad name, and called on Trump to denounce what he’d said — but thus far, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung just dodged the question when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper, only offering praise for Hokit’s prowess in the octagon. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld defended Hokit’s comments by downplaying it as the fighter just being a “troll,” and added that the right enjoyed it when the left was “upset.” On Thursday, Hokit shared an image he posted as a Story on his Instagram account. Such posts will usually expire after 24 hours, but a screenshot is below. Screenshot via Instagram. The image showed Hokit and Obama smiling at each other and a caption that said, “I spoke with former first lady Michelle Obama to apologize for my distasteful comments following my win. I have pledged $50,000 of my earnings to the Obama Foundation. I will be an active spokesman for Black Women in America.” The post originally came from the Show Me The Money podcast, an account that literally says “Don’t take us too seriously” in the bio. (The @showmethemoneypod username can be seen in the lower left corner of the above screenshot and the live version of the Story includes a link to the post. A Community Note on this… [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago
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