Donald Trump’s first comments on Truth Social after the massive civil fraud verdict against him was announced are to complain about photos he claims were created with artificial intelligence that make him look fat.


Donald Trump’s first comments on Truth Social after the massive civil fraud verdict against him was announced are to complain about photos he claims were created with artificial intelligence that make him look fat.
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Punchbowl News: “Republicans know they have a big, beautiful problem: The centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s agenda is polling like garbage.” “Public surveys from this month paint a grim picture…
Bloomberg: “They spent years working toward a detente with their historical enemy. Now they’re contemplating a conflict that could jeopardize their oil infrastructure, hamper their ambitious economic plans and destabilize…
“Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has…
Tucker Carlson accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of being a “sleazy feline”: CRUZ: It’s interesting you’re trying to derail my questions by calling me an anti-Semite, which you are. CARLSON:…
CNN: “He might do it. But he might not. And you’ve got no idea whether he will. Then again, neither does he.” “Donald Trump’s riffing ahead of the most wrenching…
“So much of this is the same story told again. Once upon a time we didn’t know better, and we bought all the happy talk about Iraq. But every single…
Axios: “One key question is on President Trump’s mind these days, his advisers say: If the U.S. joins Israel’s war and drops its massive bunker busters, will they actually destroy…
“Some Senate Republicans wish President Trump would quit standing in the way of the TikTok ban,” Axios reports. Said Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS): “I’m not overly delighted. I don’t think…
“A brain drain hitting American universities is expected to gather pace before the start of the new academic year as funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom have led increasing…
Bloomberg: “There is no better barometer of global investors’ repudiation of President Donald Trump’s policies than the dollar. Since he took office, it’s lost more than 10% of its value…
The Economist: “When Israel launched its war on Iran on June 13th it did so on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a ‘point of…
Thomas Edsall: “In the five months Trump has held office in his second term, the number of impeachable offenses legal scholars estimate that he has already committed ranges from three…
Vice President J.D. Vance created a Bluesky account, using his first posts to troll Democrats over the Supreme Court decision on transgender care. Daily Beast: A wild number of people…
“Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership team believes that Senate Republicans’ proposed deeper cuts to Medicaid can’t pass the House,“ Punchbowl News reports. “Johnson wasn’t consulted on the Senate’s dramatic changes to…
“President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program,” the Wall…
A new Washington Post poll finds Americans opposing U.S. airstrikes against Iran by a 20 percentage-point margin — 45 percent to 25 percent — with a sizable 30 percent saying…
“Just months into the tenure of a new party leader, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee’s financial situation has grown so bleak that top officials have discussed whether they might…
“The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication,” the New York Times reports. “In clinical trials, the drug nearly eliminated HIV’s spread among people given…
“Nippon Steel has finalized its deal to buy 100% of US Steel, the iconic steelmaker that was once the world’s most valuable company and a cornerstone of American industrial might,”…
“President Donald Trump, who criticized his predecessor for allowing new wars to break out on his watch, is increasingly listening to a small group of Iran hawks who have been…
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Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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