Donald Trump's Tacky Rose Garden Patio Decor Looks Very, Very Familiar
It went from looking like this:
To this:
He even included American flag sewer drains (right next to the Presidential seal... hmmm)!
As this person says, "It looks like a food court. During Covid."
Well, he's added more patio furniture and umbrellas!
Here it is:
And another angle:
A quick search would show that those umbrellas appear to be the same ones he has in Mar-a-Lago:
He's truly turning the White House into his own mini Mar-a-Lago.
This person said, "It looks like every local New Jersey town pool."
Another person said it reminded them of a Cheesecake Factory.
We have lots of comparisons to picnic areas at water parks.
Another person said it was "giving museum cafe."
And this person compared it to "The outdoor seating of a college campus panera bread."
'Order 36? Number 36? Roast beef on ciabatta? Order 36!'
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CNN
13 minutes ago
- CNN
Republicans reprise anti-transgender ‘Kamala is for they/them' ads for the midterms
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The ad's tagline mocked the pronouns used by non-binary individuals, saying 'Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you.' Widely cited by strategists in both parties as having shaped the campaign, that ad is now being mimicked in North Carolina and another competitive Senate contest in Georgia. Trans and gender identity issues have also come up in this year's race for Virginia governor. One ad attacking Sen. Jon Ossoff aired during a basketball game and referenced the broadcast. 'Man-to-man defense isn't woke enough for Ossoff – he's playing for they/them. Call and tell Sen. Ossoff, stop dunking on defenseless girls,' said the ad, from an affiliate of SLF and backed by more than $350,000. Chris LaCivita, Trump's 2024 co-campaign manager and an architect of the 'Kamala is for they/them' ads, said it made sense for Republicans to bring back messaging they see as driving a wedge between Democrats and key voting blocs. 'The purpose of the ads in the 2024 campaign was built around the need to increase our vote share with men, Hispanics, and moms. The ads in question - there were three - achieved the results that we were looking for,' said LaCivita in an email. 'That's what is playing out right now across the country, in Senate, House and gubernatorial races.' Democrats argue that Republicans are using the issue as a distraction. 'Republicans have given in to the most extreme fringes of their party by abandoning pocketbook issues in favor of an anti-freedom agenda that is obsessed with letting politicians make decisions that should be left to parents and doctors,' said Viet Shelton, a spokesperson for the Democrats' House campaign arm, in a statement. 'Rather than getting involved in personal matters, House Republicans should perhaps spend their time expanding the middle class, lowering costs, and protecting freedoms.' 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Newsweek
14 minutes ago
- Newsweek
How Ukraine's Critical 'Fortress Belt' Could Be Lost Under Putin's Demands
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Ukrainian troops search for Russian reconnaissance devices using anti-aircraft FPV drones on July 18, 2025 in Donetsk Region, near Kostiantynivka Frontline, Ukraine. Ukrainian troops search for Russian reconnaissance devices using anti-aircraft FPV drones on July 18, 2025 in Donetsk Region, near Kostiantynivka Frontline, It Matters The fortress belt is made up of four large cities and other towns that run north to south over 30 miles along Donetsk's H-20 Kostyantynivka-Slovyansk highway and has proved to be an obstacle to Russian territorial ambitions since 2014. Trump has said peace talks in Alaska on August 15 would likely discussing "some swapping of territories." Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has repeatedly rejected this move, citing the Ukrainian Constitution but the ISW report outlines its battlefield implications. 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Washington Post
14 minutes ago
- Washington Post
A growing disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street over tariffs
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On Thursday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he expects the number to reach $50 billion a month. Those costs will inevitably be passed along through the supply chain to businesses and their consumers. Americans now face an average tax rate on imports of 18.6 percent, according to the Yale Budget Lab, the highest since 1933. Caterpillar illustrates the catawampus psychology of the market. The maker of heavy-duty equipment has long been a bellwether for the industrial economy. On paper, it's the kind of company Trump wants to help by bringing more manufacturing to America. But the firm warned on Monday that new tariffs will cost its bottom line between $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion this year, including as much as $500 million in the third quarter. Yet Caterpillar stock lost only 3 percent for the week, buoyed by hopes that spending on infrastructure and AI data centers will offset the tariff hit. Part of the disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street is the K-shaped nature of the economy. While the investor class is thriving at the top, the bottom keeps getting squeezed. Tariffs disproportionately hurt the poor. An Associated Press-NORC poll released Monday showed that 53 percent of Americans say the cost of groceries is a 'major source of stress' in their life, and about 3 in 10 U.S. adults are using 'buy now, pay later' services, another red flag. Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week because he didn't like a bad jobs report is no sign of confidence in the economy's health. Yet the markets mostly yawned as fresh evidence of fragility flowed in: The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to 1.97 million at the end of July, the highest level since during the pandemic in 2021. The economy grew in the first half of the year at an annual rate of 1.2 percent, compared to 2.4 percent in the second half of 2024. The trade deals Trump has announced are based on little more than handshakes. They often seem designed more for flashy headlines than fine print. No formal texts have been made public. Historically, trade agreements take teams of lawyers months or years to hash out. By comparison, these are slapdash. Even after announcing what Trump referred to as the largest deals ever, negotiators for the European Union, Japan and South Korea continued haggling with their U.S. counterparts for carveouts and exemptions. By not being set in stone, the talks remain uncomfortably open ended for importers and exporters trying to make budgets. One sweetener that has been getting Trump to yes are what the president calls 'signing bonuses,' which amount to promises of future investment in the United States. 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