Skip to content

thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org

Trusted news at #1 place

  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

Home - Real Clear Politics - Trump Embarrasses Himself and the United States

Posted in
  • Real Clear Politics

Trump Embarrasses Himself and the United States

by The editor•24 September 2025•Posted inReal Clear Politics

In 2018, officials at the U.N. laughed at Trump because they thought he was kidding. In 2025, they stopped laughing because they know he isn’t kidding.

The editor
More by The editor

You might also like

‘Department of War’: Lee and Steube Bill To Rename DoD

Mamdani Is a Grave Threat, Detrimental for Democratic Party

Powell’s Last-Ditch Effort at Economic Sabotage

Post navigation

Previous Article Previous article:
Look Under the Hood of Antifa, You’ll Find Soros, ActBlue
Next Article Next article:
Google Censorship: A Quick ‘We’re Sorry’ Won’t Cut It

The Atlantic

  • How Charlie Kirk’s Death Will Change His Message

    For a case study in how martyrdom can transform a firebrand, look to Malcolm X.

  • When Child Death Was Everywhere

    RFK Jr.’s health policies stem from the idea that the past holds the secret to health and happiness.

  • Brendan Carr’s Half-Empty Threat

    The FCC can do plenty of damage to free expression—even without revoking licenses.

  • Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise

    For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.

  • Stephen Miller’s Hypocrisy Is Right There in His Speech

    In the White House adviser’s view, violent rhetoric is allowed only when he and Trump are the ones spewing it.

Talking Points Memo

  • Every Living Former Fed Chair is Urging the Supreme Court to Stop Trump from Removing Lisa Cook

    Every living former Federal Reserve Chair, from Alan Greenspan to Janet Yellen, signed on to an amicus brief urging the...

  • White House Tries to Smush Dems’ Backbone With Threats of Mass Firings During Gov’t Shutdown

    Democrats are using what little power they have in the Senate as a government shutdown nears to hold the Trump...

  • RFK Jr. Finally Gets Around to Bringing His War on Medical Science to Abortion

    In a way, it’s surprising it took this long.  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. finally acceded...

  • Let It Begin — The Real Fights Are Finally Coming Into View

    I have a growing sense of optimism about the political situation in the United States. But it’s not necessarily because...

  • Listen To This: Cancelling Disney+ Is The Best Disinfectant

    Kate and Josh talk Kimmel’s return, the corruption of the White House and how regular people keep smacking down Trump’s...

Fox News

  • Trump blasts Rep. Jasmine Crockett as ‘low IQ,’ jokes Somalia should ‘take back’ Ilhan Omar

    President Donald Trump criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett as “low IQ" and joked Somalia should “take back" Rep. Ilhan Omar during an Oval Office signing ceremony Thursday.

  • Teen pleads guilty to DOGE staffer beating that sparked DC National Guard deployment

    A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to the beating of an ex-DOGE staffer earlier that sparked President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to restore order to the city.

  • Fox News Politics Newsletter: Zelenskyy questions effectiveness of UN amid global conflict

    Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

  • Top GOP lawmaker reveals most 'significant challenge' impacting Ukraine against Russia

    Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, calls for sweeping sanctions on Russia after a Ukraine visit, warning Moscow’s industrial power is fueling the war against Ukraine.

  • Speaker Johnson flips script on Dem leaders with staunch warning against government shutdown

    Republicans and Democrats are continuing to trade blows ahead of a potential partial government shutdown next week, including a staunch warning from Speaker Johnson.

The Hill

  • LA response to deadly wildfires slowed by staffing shortages, delayed alerts: Report

    An independent review found that Los Angeles County’s response to January’s devastating wildfires was marred by issues with alert and evacuation protocols. The review, conducted by consulting firm McChrystal Group and commissioned by county supervisors, found that “a series of weaknesses, including outdated policies, inconsistent practices, and communications vulnerabilities,” led to an ineffective response to...

  • Former Trump antitrust chief joins Paramount after merger with rival

    The head of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division during President Trump’s first term, Makan Delrahim, joined Paramount Global on Thursday after the company merged with rival Skydance two months ago. Delrahim will serve as the company's chief legal officer, beginning on Oct. 6, and will oversee all “legal, regulatory, compliance and public policy matters,”...

  • Newsom tweaks Trump over UN escalator

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took aim at President Trump on Thursday for airing his frustrations about a broken escalator while addressing the United Nations this week. In a facetious post on the social platform X, Newsom posted a 7-second video of a gold-rimmed escalator, which appeared to be stalled. “A REAL DISGRACE,” Newsom wrote...

  • Grassley raises alarm about soybean farmers, Argentina 'bailout'

    Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday American farmers have been overshadowed and outsold by Argentinian soybean production, and he slammed the Trump administration for agreeing to soften the South American country’s economic hardship. Argentina recently suspended its 26 percent export tax on soybeans, an opportunity used by China to purchase more than 1 million tons...

  • Death row inmates commuted by Biden to be moved to supermax prisons

    Dozens of prisoners who were on federal death row but had their sentences commuted under former President Biden will be moved to supermax prisons, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Biden, just a month before leaving office, commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, moving the classification from execution to life without...

Categories

  • Adventure
  • Architecture
  • Astronomy
  • BBC US politics
  • Beauty
  • CNN
  • Democracy matters – defending democracy
  • Fashion
  • Featured articles
  • FiveThirtyEight
  • Food
  • Fox news
  • Just security
  • Movie Stuff
  • NPR
  • Painters Matter
  • Politico
  • Politics Matters
  • Real Clear Politics
  • Talking Points Memo
  • The Atlantic
  • The Guardian
  • The Hill
  • Travel

  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

Find Us

This is a good place to read all your sources at just one stop.

Address
123 Main Street
New York, NY 10001

Hours
Monday–Friday: 5:00AM–5:00PM
Saturday & Sunday: Only urgent matters

The abouve looks good so I left it there, like I would be running a regular physical operation as well ,-)

You can reach me at editor@thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org

The Guardian

  • White House tells agencies to prepare for firings if government shuts down

    Democrats accuse Trump of intimidation tactics after memo outlines much more aggressive step than previous shutdownsThe White House is telling federal agencies to prepare large-scale firings of workers if the government shuts down next week in a partisan fight over spending plans – prompting the Democrats to accuse Donald Trump of intimidation tactics.In a memo released on Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose funding would lapse next week, is not otherwise funded and is “not consistent with the president’s priorities”. Continue reading...

  • Lisa Cook urges supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to fire her from Fed board

    Cook’s lawyers say president’s unprecedented move would destroy Fed’s independence and disrupt financial marketsFederal Reserve governor Lisa Cook urged the US supreme court on Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her, telling the justices the Republican president’s unprecedented move would destroy the central bank’s independence and disrupt financial markets.Lawyers for Cook filed a written response opposing the justice department’s 18 September emergency request to lift a federal judge’s order that blocked Trump from immediately removing Cook, an appointee of Democratic former president Joe Biden, while her legal challenge continues. Continue reading...

  • George Soros foundation hits back at Trump after report that DoJ plans to target group

    New York Times reports justice department is pushing attorneys to investigate as Trump ramps up attack on rivalsThe Open Society Foundations (OSF), the major philanthropic group funded by George Soros, has criticized the Trump administration for “politically motivated attacks on civil society” after a report that the justice department had instructed federal prosecutors to come up with plans to investigate the charity.The New York Times reported on Thursday that a lawyer in the office of Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, sent a memo to several federal prosecutors in attorney’s offices in California, New York, Washington DC, Chicago and Detroit, offering a range of charges to consider against the group. Those charges included racketeering, arson, wire fraud and material support for terrorism, the newspaper reported. Continue reading...

  • US authorities remove Trump-Epstein statue from National Mall

    Interior department says National Park Service removed statue of pair holding hands because of incorrect permitAn impromptu statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was unceremoniously removed from the National Mall in Washington just a day after a group of anonymous artists erected it there.The piece showed the president and the late convicted sex offender, who were friends in the past, looking joyful together, with wide grins and feet kicked back. Continue reading...

  • Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension

    Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night showA group of Disney investors is asking the company to turn over documents related to the company’s decision to temporarily suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, amid charges the media company may have been “complicit in succumbing” to media censorship.The investors, composed of lawyers for the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders, noted that Disney’s stock “suffered significant declines in response to the company’s abrupt decision to suspend Mr. Kimmel and his show”, it said in a letter to Disney. Continue reading...

Politico

  • Nexstar, joining Sinclair, will preempt Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show

    The broadcasting group will effectively pull Kimmel’s show from more than 30 ABC affiliates as the program is set to resume airing Tuesday night.

  • Democrats hit vulnerable Republicans with $3M ad blitz on tariffs and shutdown politics

    The ads go after 10 vulnerable House Republicans on cost-of-living increases and cuts to Medicaid.

  • Disney says Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday

    Kimmel was suspended last week for comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk.

  • From Biden to Buttigieg: All the Democrats Kamala Harris slams in her new memoir

    She bluntly describes the failings of a slew of colleagues.

  • Weighted vest women are the 2026 swing voters

    Meet the new midterm swing voters: They broke for Donald Trump in 2024, they're a toss-up for 2026 — and they're wearing weighted vests all over your neighborhood.

NPR

  • New threats from the White House as a government shutdown looms

    If the government shuts down next week, the White House said it will look for ways to permanently eliminate some federal workers, rather than just temporarily send them home on unpaid leave.

  • DNC Chair says special elections show Democrats are winning, even when they lose

    DNC Chair Ken Martin says recent special election results show Democrats are on the right track for 2026, and tells detractors to "stop bitching" and help the party's efforts.

  • Trump is accusing the U.N. of 'sabotage.' The U.N. says Trump's team is to blame

    Trump says three "sinister events" disrupted his speech: a frozen escalator, a broken teleprompter and a too-quiet sound system. The U.N. says Trump's team is at fault, but it opened an investigation.

  • VIDEO: Trump and scientists disagree on Tylenol and autism. Who do Americans believe?

    President Trump linked Tylenol to autism despite little medical evidence. How are Americans meant to make important decisions about their health at this confusing moment?

  • Former special counsel Jack Smith warns that rule of law is 'under attack'

    In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

Five Thirty Eight

  • What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry

    Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he’s directing three House committees to start investigating whether President Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s business dealings overseas. McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,” saying that the Biden administration

  • The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump

    The second Republican presidential primary debate is less than two weeks away, so time is running out for GOP contenders to meet the Republican National Committee’s qualification criteria. To make the Sept. 27 debate, each candidate must have at least 3 percent support in two qualifying national polls, or at least 3 percent in one

  • The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans

    On Wednesday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection in 2024. On the surface, the electoral impact of Romney’s decision is minimal — his seat should stay safely in Republican hands. But it’s still notable because it represents the departure of one of the few remaining Republican senators who had a

  • Why ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working For Biden

    Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): For a long time, the economy has been seen as a big liability for President Biden in his reelection bid. Inflation soared in 2021 and 2022, culminating at a rate of 9.1 percent last June. The same

  • Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color

    Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll

Painte

Paul Klee

Paul Klee

24 April 202330 December 2024
Michael Parkes

Michael Parkes

24 April 202312 July 2025
Wassily Kandinsky, 1903, The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter)

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

20 December 202012 July 2025
Copyright © 2025 thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org.
Powered by WordPress and HybridMag.
  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org

Trusted news at #1 place

  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

bladibla

Scroll Up