Iran says the U.S. violated the hugely promoted ceasefire, and thus the war is not over. Once again Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, which many said would now be the weapon Iran has and would use again. Iran is bringing the U.S. to its knees over and over again.
Trump is mortified by the green, algae-blooming reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial, where the $14 million paint job is coming off. And now he’s, of course, blaming his enemies—ever the victim—claiming without evidence that it’s because of vandalism when it was likely the chemicals used to kill the algae bloom.
The Italian prime minister—whose party goes back to Mussolini’s fascists—had another break with Trump after he apparently made up a crazy story about her begging for a photo with him. He’s now pushed away his only friend in the EU, after Victor Orban’s loss.
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