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Replying to @EricLDaugh
ā€œGolden Ageā€, ā€œIran is finishedā€, ā€œCuba will fallā€, ā€œmade peaceā€, ā€œISIS of the hemisphereā€ and ā€œlargest deal in historyā€ are political claims and flawed rhetoric. That is not a factual summary of Trump’s UN speech. It is a promotional rewrite that turns his opinions, boasts and predictions into facts. The UN does not ā€œignoreā€ persecution of Christians. UN experts publicly warned about killings, abductions, forced conversion and other abuses against Christian minorities in Nigeria in June 2026, while the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief conducted a country mission there that same month. Trump did demand that ICC members leave the Court. But calling it an ā€œanti American tribunal with no jurisdictionā€ is his political characterisation. The Rome Statute allows ICC jurisdiction in certain circumstances when alleged crimes occur on the territory of a member state, even when the accused is from a country that is not a member. Cuba ā€œwill fallā€ is a prediction, not an achievement. And its delegation walked out. Reuters did not report officials ā€œstorming out.ā€ Trump is correct that there is no general human right simply to enter another country unlawfully. But international refugee law also says qualifying refugees must not be punished merely for irregular entry when specified conditions are met. Pretending asylum law does not exist changes the legal picture completely. UNESCO does not control immigration policy or order countries to accept migrants. Its migration work largely concerns education, displaced people and cultural protection. Saying UNESCO is ā€œpushing mass migration that destroys Western culturesā€ is political rhetoric, not a description of its legal powers. Trump claimed he was the first to cut the UN budget by 15 percent. Yet António Guterres proposed a 15.1 percent reduction under the UN80 reform programme in 2025. UN budgets had also fallen before. The 2018 and 2019 budget was about 5 percent below the preceding biennium. The border reduction is real and substantial. ā€œZERO illegal aliens admittedā€ is not the same as zero illegal crossings. FactCheck found 9,295 apprehensions in July 2026 alone, plus documented people who crossed and evaded apprehension. What reached zero was releases of apprehended migrants into the United States under the previous system. ā€œWhile others talked peace, he MADE peaceā€ is a slogan, not an accounting of current conflicts. Russia and Ukraine are still at war, while Trump used the same UN speech to defend the US war against Iran and threaten to ā€œannihilate the Islamic Republicā€ if no agreement is reached. The claim that warnings about depleted US munitions were simply ā€œfakeā€ is also Trump's assertion. AP reported that defence experts had raised genuine concerns about US weapons stocks. The Venezuela oil agreement is real, but ā€œlargest oil deal in historyā€ is the Trump administration's description. The disclosed structure gives the US a 35 percent stake in the corporate parent and guaranteed access to 20 percent of production at cost from concessions covering about 65 billion barrels. That is rather different from America simply acquiring 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. The Greenland agreement is also real, but Denmark and Greenland explicitly say sovereignty remains Danish and Greenlandic self determination remains intact. It expands US military and security rights. It does not make Greenland American territory. And ā€œArtificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligenceā€ is a branding decision by Trump, not a scientific breakthrough. So yes, Trump said much of this. But saying something at the UN does not magically turn it into a verified fact.
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My prediction is that Wes Streeting told Starmer he is going to resign after the Kings speech.
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US troops are not in Germany to protect Germany. They’re there because the US needs bases to conduct operations beyond the North American continent. If Trump withdraws them, he will harm the United States, not Germany. It’s absurd how many Americans fail to grasp this.
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Why the hell are Wales wearing white?!?!?!?! #IREvWAL
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Bob retweeted
Replying to @GuntherEagleman
ā€œYes, Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War: four for college education and one medical for bone spurs in his heels in 1968. This was common for many at the time.ā€ So the coward who avoided going to the front lines now casts doubt on troops who gave their lives for their country in the fight alongside USA.
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Bob retweeted
Based on recent ICE data and analyses, the claim that 70% of ICE detainees have convictions or charges isn't supported—figures range from 27% (Cato) to 47% (CBS). For all ~12 million undocumented immigrants in the US, conviction rates are much lower, around 1-5% per studies from sources like the Migration Policy Institute.
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Bob retweeted
Due to Trump’s tariffs, last month was the largest spike in grocery prices in three years. So now this is what the Trump Administration suggests you can afford for a meal: ā€œa piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing.ā€
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
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Bob retweeted
Trump: All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? They are not able to find any. They don’t have windmills. I have told my people, we will not approve windmills. We will not approve any windmills in this country.
Community note
China has a massive & rapidly growing number of wind turbines, leading the world in installed capacity. Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hebei, and Gansu each host over 10,000 units. By the end of 2024, China's total wind power capacity exceeded 560 GW. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… wwindea.org/GlobalStatisti…. globalenergymonitor.org/report/chinas-…
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Bob retweeted
Dear @JDVance: As a congressional democrat, I will answer your question. The reason investigations are conducted before reflexively making a judgement is because no one knows all the facts in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy. You unfortunately have already concluded, without all the evidence, that the victim was a deranged leftist trying to run the officer over, and that the officer was defending himself. New evidence, however, suggests the victim was a U.S. citizen, a mother of three, a Christian and had recently dropped her child off at school. Additional video footage also suggests the second and third shots fired by the officer occurred when the officer was to the side of the vehicle as the car was driving away. Under the law each firing of the gun is analyzed separately. Witness testimony also suggests one of the ICE agents told the driver to MOVE, MOVE, MOVE. The driver may have been trying to comply with potentially conflicting instructions from different agents. Slow motion video from various angles also shows the vehicle appears to have been turning when the officer fired the first shot, and certainly that was the case by the second and third shots. Your reflexive never admit wrong approach is not only based on zero investigations, it also leads to increased risks to federal officers. The American people will get increasingly agitated and angry if they believe the Trump Administration will never hold anyone accountable ever. If you want to bring down the temperature, if you want to reduce the risks of violence against federal officers, then you need the American people to believe that you and the Administration will make decisions based on facts and will comply with the rule of law. It is also highly suspicious that the Administration is refusing to cooperate with local and state officials as they conduct their investigations. There is no reason to make the American people think there is some sort of coverup. Allow all the investigations to be conducted fairly and with transparency. So I respectfully request that you and the Administration stop pre-judging this case, and stop making incendiary or smear the victim comments that appear to be contradicted by additional new evidence. I also request that the federal officials cooperate with all the state and local officials. That is the American way, and will help calm the situation down.
Every congressional democrat and every democrat who's running for president should be asked a simple question: Do you think this officer was wrong in defending his life against a deranged leftist who tried to run him over? These people are going to try to arrest our law enforcement for doing their jobs. The least the media could do is ask them about it. nitter.net/i/status/2008975472391…
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BREAKING: BREAKING: 2016 video of Pete Hegseth exposes staggering hypocrisy: He said the military must refuse unlawful orders, the very stance he is now punishing Sen. Kelly for taking. Make sure everyone sees this.
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🚨NEW: Pete Hegseth is cutting Senator Mark Kelly’s military pension and demoting his rank as punishment for telling service-members to not follow illegal orders in a recent video. RETWEET if you stand with @CaptMarkKelly against Hegseth!
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Bob retweeted
Based on DOJ and Wikipedia records, Donald Trump has pardoned or commuted sentences for about 140 people convicted of fraud, money laundering, or drug smuggling/trafficking across both administrations. Roughly 90 in his first term (2017-2021) and 50 in his second (up to Dec 2025). Exact figures vary slightly due to overlapping convictions.
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Just a quick question from me here in Norway 🤷 how many times does Trump have to prove he's working for Russia before someone actually does something about it 🤷
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who laughed when Hillary Clinton told trump to his face that Putin wanted a puppet, and now watches his punk ass nod along to Moscow like she predicted. She didn’t miss. Not even a little.
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Bob retweeted
Replying to @bobsgray
Trump's pre-COVID economy saw record-low unemployment (3.5%) and stock market highs, but claims of it being the "greatest ever" are not fully accurate. GDP growth averaged 2.5%, below peaks like the 1960s (over 6%). Fact-checks from PolitiFact and others rate the absolute claim false, though some metrics were strong compared to recent eras. Stephen Moore has defended it in interviews, citing income gains, but official data shows a $1.4k median rise, not $5k as sometimes claimed.
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Rubio is completely twisting the facts. The EU fine has nothing to do with ā€œcensoring Americansā€ or going after U.S. citizens. The penalty was issued because X broke basic transparency and consumer-protection rules: selling misleading blue checkmarks, hiding required advertising data, and blocking researcher access. This is about a platform refusing to follow the same laws that Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, and every other major service must comply with in Europe. Turning a regulatory violation into an attack on ā€œAmerican peopleā€ is pure political shitshow, not reality.
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Bob retweeted
Latest independent polls on Trump's popularity (as of Nov 26, 2025): - Rasmussen: 46% approve, 51% disapprove. - Nate Silver average: 41.2% approve, 55.9% disapprove. - Reuters/Ipsos: 38% approve. - Emerson: 41% approve, 49% disapprove. Approval has trended downward recently, per aggregates. Sources include left, right, and center polling firms.
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⁦@DonaldTrump⁩ says he has ā€˜obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit - BBC News. Considering Trump lies every day on an industrial scale then his hypocrisy knows no bounds to get so offended when someone does it to him 🤔🤣🤔🤣🤔🤄🤄🤄 stocks.apple.com/AMpTVIIaJSt…
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The President has been community noted. How embarrassing!!
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What a fucking joke. The USA is a fucking JOKE at this point. Trump is confused, saluting when he didn't need to do so, and having to be shown the right way to walk by the PM of Japan. Does he even know where he's at?
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