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Donald Trump can never admit that he lost an election, anywhere, at any time, under any circumstance. And I’m not just talking about swing states like Georgia. Take California, for instance. In the 2024 presidential election, Trump lost California by 20 points. No shame in that, right? California is one of the most liberal states in the country, and is also the home state of his opponent, Kamala Harris. Of course Trump lost it. But according to Trump, he won California. Or rather, he lost California only because the election had been “rigged” against him. He not only won the state, he says he won it “by a lot.” In one sense such talk is so ridiculous as to be almost funny. In another sense, it has real consequences, because Republicans being Republicans, they are forced to pretend to believe whatever Trump tells them to believe. And here in Georgia, based on no more evidence than he had to claim that he won California, Trump continues to tell them that he won the state in 2020. S...

President Donald Trump took the world’s biggest military — bigger than the militaries of the next nine nations – and used it to litter Iran with fire and destruction. Roughly one month later Trump surrendered — while claiming he’d won. Iran surrendered no enriched uranium, accepted no new U.S. military bases and made no promises to permanently reopen the pivotal Strait of Hormuz. That’s … quite the win, said New York Times Columnist David French on Bulwark’s Wednesday podcast. “The incredible reporting from my colleagues in the newsroom indicates that basically, everyone in the room was telling him, ‘Netanyahu is feeding you false hope’ that our strikes will not, in fact, result in immediate regime change in Iran,” said French. “They warned that they will not immediately topple the regime, that Iran will lash out at its enemies. Iran will lash out in the Gulf. It will do something to the Strait of Hormuz. It will not be easy to reopen if Iran does it. And [Trump] just YOLOs it ...

President Donald Trump is importing steel to build the ballroom that a federal judge already told him is not allowed to proceed with construction — and, simultaneously, breaking a key America First promise. “President Trump has championed the U.S. steel industry, promising to strengthen it and to impose stiff tariffs on foreign metals to shield manufacturers from overseas competitors,” The New York Times reported on Wednesday . “Yet the White House has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for Mr. Trump’s $400 million ballroom project, according to two people familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and private conversations.” Specifically the White House tapped a Luxembourg-based steel maker known as ArcelorMittal to build the ballroom. While Trump has bragged that he would not charge taxpayers to build his ballroom, “the use of foreign steel for a ballroom built at the most recognizable building in the United St...

President Donald Trump has left America’s economy far worse off than it had been as a result of his war against Iran, according to a number of experts. “American consumers have started to feel their budgets squeezed beyond gas prices from the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, as energy costs have begun to pressure shipping, transportation, agriculture and airline prices,” wrote The Washington Post’s Rachel Lerman . “With President Donald Trump on Tuesday announcing a suspension of U.S. attacks on Iran for two weeks, the big question is: When will prices come down?” Lerman went on to review the various economic sectors negatively affected by the Iran war. While gas prices dipped in the immediate news of Trump’s ceasefire, “gas prices could take months to fall significantly,” Lerman reported. While gas prices may somewhat ease over time if the ceasefire holds, “significant energy price relief will depend on negotiations progressing and resumed normal levels of shipping through the Strait of ...

Former George Bush speechwriter David Frum says he’s read Trump’s vicious threats on social media, but what he hears is something significantly more squalid. “Here's how it looks to me: Trump is like a man who's got his coat stuck in a car door and is banging on the car to let the coat go,” Frum told MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace. “If you are going to fight Iran, you have to have a plan for what to do about that [Strait of Hormuz] choke point. I'm sure there are plans in drawers, but Donald Trump didn't have a plan, and he didn't have a plan because he had not got any political permission for this war.” Trump failed to approach Congress or the American people, said Frum, and warn them that “the price of gas may go up, but it's worth it.” This means Americans were caught off guard are now furious at the consequences — and Trump knows it. Now, gas prices predictably have risen past $4 a gallon in the U.S., with food prices and others threatening to follow ....