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Trump Sued Over Truth Social Advance Access Sale

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“President Donald Trump was sued on Wednesday over the controversial sale of advance notifications of his posts on Truth Social,” CNBC reports.

“The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, notes that Trump’s posts on his own social media site often move financial markets.”

From the lawsuit: “‘President Donald Trump is charging $100,000 per month for advance access to his official government announcements on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. This scheme is extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional, and Plaintiffs bring this case to stop it.”

Russia May Escalate Sabotage in Baltic States, Poland

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“Russia may escalate attacks against the Baltic States and Poland, a European intelligence official said, amid rising concern that Moscow wants to further intimidate nations supporting Ukraine,” Bloomberg reports.

“There are indications that Russian intelligence and security services are looking at so-called hybrid warfare operations, which could include infrastructure sabotage or false-flag attacks.”

Trump’s New Strategy of Nothing

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Jonathan Lemire: “President Trump has been repeatedly stymied in his efforts to bring the Iran war to a close. Resuming a limited bombing campaign didn’t get it done. Neither did making apocalyptic threats to wipe out Iran’s entire civilization. Every time Trump touts a possible breakthrough in negotiations, the hard-liners in Tehran seem to delight in changing their terms and yanking away a possible deal. It’s like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown, except this time, the pigskin is the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Nothing has worked. So Trump’s new strategy is to try doing nothing, and see whether that works. The president is de-emphasizing both diplomacy and military action, and instead placing his faith in economic pressure, in the hope that time can accomplish what force could not.”


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Trump Seeks Immediate Halt to Judge’s Penalties

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“President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order imposing sanctions on him and his lawyers for how they handled his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service while he appeals that ruling,” Bloomberg reports.

“Trump is challenging a Miami judge’s findings that he brought the IRS case in ‘bad faith’ and reached a deal with the Justice Department to end the litigation that had no ‘basis in law.’ She barred Trump and federal agencies from referring to the terms — including immunity from tax audits for past filings — in any official proceedings and referred his personal attorneys for potential disciplinary action.”

A Playbook for Progressives

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Money can buy a lot in a Democratic primary. But it can’t necessarily buy credibility with Democratic voters.

Minnesota’s Senate primary offered the latest example.

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Hegseth Was with Trump On Secret Flight From Turkey

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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was with President Trump last month when he secretly took a different plane from the publicly identified Air Force One aircraft from the NATO summit,” CBS News reports.

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were on the decoy flight. The secretaries, who separated and maintained the line of succession, were aware the president was on another, secret plane.”

Another Warning Sign for Republicans

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One of the more interesting numbers from last night’s primaries came from Minnesota.

Roughly 677,000 voters participated in the Democratic Senate primary, compared with just 404,000 in the Republican primary — a stunning 67% turnout advantage for Democrats.

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Wisconsin Democrats Opt for Electability

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Charlie Sykes: “The vote was close, but the verdict unmistakable: DSA candidate Francesca Hong — she of ‘cancel Thanksgiving’ fame — was defeated by her normie challenger, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, despite her having led in polls by double digits.”

“In other words…”

“Wisconsin Democrats stared into the electoral abyss and decided, on second thought, they would rather actually win elections than take a chance on what David Axelrod memorably called ‘zany liberal, faculty lounge exotica.'”

Trump Says the Law Blocks Him From Third Term

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“President Donald Trump dismissed a question Tuesday night from a reporter about the possibility of him running for a third term in 2028, saying ‘the law is very strong.'” Fox News reports.

Said Trump: “Everybody asks me that question, and you know that the law is very strong on that. I’d love to run, but the law is very strong.”

Trump Claims His Plane Faced ‘Greater Risk’ Than Decoy

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“President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in ‌Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One,” Reuters reports.

“Following a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump was transferred from Air Force One to a military ​plane via a catering truck in an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat.”

New York Times: With Trump secretly evacuated, imperiled Air Force One became a flying decoy.

Trump to Spend $900 Million On White House Construction

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“President Donald Trump’s administration is ​set to spend at ‌least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds,” Reuters reports.

“Instead of securing ⁠money directly from Congress, the ​administration has gathered funding from ​other agencies and private donors and directed it to an account that ​holds a few million ​dollars for routine maintenance of the White ‌House.”

Darline Graham Faces an Uphill Battle in South Carolina

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“Notching a first-place primary finish with an endorsement from President Donald Trump seems like a surefire path to victory in a deep-red state — unless you’re headed into a GOP runoff in South Carolina in 2026,” Politico reports.

“Sen. Darline Graham scored her first ever electoral win as a political novice on Tuesday night, advancing to a runoff with Rep. Ralph Norman. Now comes the hard part.”

About Political Wire

Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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