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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
MIKEY SMITH: I followed Donald Trump around Scotland - and one thing was oddly missing
There was plenty of golf being played during his visit to the White House's Scottish branch office. But there was something - or someone - curiously conspicuous by their absence I've spent quite a lot of time looking at Donald Trump over a hedge this week - and one thing was curiously missing. There was plenty of golf being played during his visit to the White House's Scottish branch office. Some beautiful scenery. Some late-night Truth Social posts. But the faint smell of cigarette smoke and sound of raspy, Kentish laughter was absent. It's hard to say whether Nigel Farage's no-show at Turnberry this weekend was a snub by Trump to a man who's been slowly edging out of his orbit in the last few months. Alternatively, it could have been a calculated move by Farage because the US President's Epstein difficulties are - even by Nigel's standards - making him too toxic. If it's the latter, Trump will have done himself no favours today - but more of that later. Standing in front of a live TV camera with Donald Trump is always a risky move. So whatever possessed Keir Starmer to agree to do it twice in a day is quite beyond me. That said - other than a handful of awkward moments in what seemed like hours of on-camera questioning - Starmer seems to have emerged from his visit to Trumpworld, South Ayrshire, largely unscathed. Aside from the incredibly loud bagpipes drowning most of it out, his arrival at Turnberry could hardly have gone better. Trump praised the PM to the high heavens. And his wife. And his immigration policies. Trump offered to discuss scrapping tariffs on Scotch Whisky - even suggesting he could break a lifetime of sobriety by trying some for himself. There were some slightly awkward expressions when the President complained - again - that nobody had said thankyou for the aid the US had sent to Gaza. But Starmer seems to have convinced him to take our side rather than Benjamin Netanyahu's. "You have to get the kids fed," before moving on to "phase two" in Gaza. Phase two presumably meaning the conversion of Gaza into the Vegas of the Middle East, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. The sticky moments were very few. Trump branded Sadiq Khan a "nasty person" - probably giving an instant boost to his approval numbers in London, where Trump fans are few and far between. Nevertheless, it prompted Starmer, doing his best Hugh Grant, to lean towards the Donald, touch his arm and declare Sadiq a "friend". Nigel Farage only got the briefest of mentions - Trump called him a friend and said he was doing "very well." And then, after a weekend of (mostly) managing to avoid the E-word, it only took a couple of questions from the admitted media to set Trump off. "It's a hoax," he insisted of the files - suggesting that if anything in them makes him look bad, then it's "phony" and has been planted there by his enemies. But in the middle of all this there was a sliver of actual new information - potentially quite a significant one for people following this story. Trump claimed the reason he fell out with Epstein in the early 00s was because the notorious paedophile kept stealing his staff and he'd had enough of it. It may be entirely unrelated, but Epstein's most well-known victim, Virginia Giuffre, then 16, was working for Donald Trump at Mar A Lago in 2000 when she was recruited by Maxwell to be a 'masseuse' for Epstein. All that was left after the two rounds of grilling and a brief closed-doors meeting was to head to Prestwick airport and hop on Air Force One. Because not only is Starmer having a two-Trump press conference day, he's having a two-Trump golf courses day. The trip to Aberdeenshire will be his first aboard Trump's airborne White House. Hopefully he'll bring us back some of the infamous AF1 branded M&Ms.
NBC Sports
24-07-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
Adjusted D.C. stadium deal could be approved soon
The deal could soon be done. Apparently without anyone squeezing the Commanders to change their name. Via D.C. Council chairperson Phil Mendelson reached an agreement with the team to adjust the financial terms of the deal struck between the Commanders and Mayor Muriel Bowser. The revised agreement opens the door for D.C. Council to vote on the stadium proposal in 'a matter of days.' The vote is expected to happen after public hearings set for July 29 and 30. Bowser separately said she has no problem with the changes to the deal. Having a vote and having a successful vote are two different things. But implicit in the new reports is the notion that the changes to the deal are more likely to get it done. The goal is to get the stadium open by 2030. If the deal is approved by the end of the month, that timetable likely remains very realistic. Coincidentally or not, progress has been made in the aftermath of President Trump insisting that the team change its name, and then suggesting that he may refrain from helping the team get a deal done if it doesn't. Through it all, the Commanders have remained quiet. And while it appears a stadium deal may be finalized without the team being squeezed to change its name, it's safe to assume that the Commander-in-Chief will periodically rattle the R-word cage. If only to distract from the E-word.
CBC
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Why are artists like Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj still using the E-word today?
Social Sharing Warning: This article discusses an offensive term, which appears uncensored below. Recently, there have been two songs released that use the E-word, a term considered a racial slur by many Inuit. One song is by soca artist Trinidad Killa, featuring Nicki Minaj, which uses the term both in the title and in the song's audio via two separate voiceover drops from Minaj. The other is off of Grammy-winner Kendrick Lamar's latest album, GNX. But given how many Inuit have spoken out about the offensive term, why do popular artists continue to use it in their songs? Today on Commotion, Dr. Jay De Soca Prince, culture critic Sharine Taylor and Inuk writer Jamesie Fournier join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the history of the E-word in pop culture, and how the term's normalization continues to harm many Inuit. We've included some highlights below, edited for length and clarity. For the full discussion, listen and follow Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud on your favourite podcast player. WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube: Elamin: For folks who don't maybe know about the term's history, can you briefly explain why it's considered a racial slur within the Inuit diaspora? Jamesie: So I'm assuming a positive intent in all of this. I don't know Trinidad Killa, but he's misinformed. But, you know, he isn't the only one. "Eskimo" is an outsider colonial term imposed upon Inuit that has had negative effects. It is a stereotype packed with racist imagery. Some people think it harmless, yet it conjures up this image of the happy-go-lucky Eskimo that is harmful in its erasure. Elamin: That is also a word that I should say, until 2020, was the official name of Edmonton's CFL team. There are food, clothing companies that have profited off this word. Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song is probably the most famous example I can think of…. Bob Dylan has used it. A lot of other non-Inuit musicians have used it in their songs. What do you make of how pervasive the term is in pop culture? Jamesie: Well, it's somewhat disappointing because Inuit have never called ourselves "Eskimos." You know, we have a variety of names, none of which are "Eskimos." We are Inuit, Inuvialuit, Inupiaq, Yupik, and it just goes on, right? And it's just disappointing every time this issue comes up, because it's just so straightforward, right? Our own names mean basically the same thing; it's just "the people." So it's disrespectful when you call us by a name that isn't ours, right? Especially if you know otherwise. And when institutions or people with influence don't care, it sets the example that this type of ignorant, harmful behavior is acceptable — or even worse, that it's promoted against a certain group of people. Elamin: I think it is worth emphasizing here that there are sometimes debates within marginalized communities about whether a slur can be reclaimed or not, the obvious example being the N-word. But that does not end up giving outsiders the licence to participate in those debates, to use those slurs in any way. Trinidad Killa and Nicki Minaj are not the only artists to use the E-word here. Kendrick Lamar was called out for using it. He's got a song called wacced out murals …. Sharine, it has been a little bit over two months since the criticisms of Kendrick began. Kendrick has not really responded to any of those criticisms. We requested a statement from Trinidad Killa and Nicki Minaj about their use of the term. We didn't end up hearing back. What do you make of the silence around this? Sharine: Honestly, it's really, really unfortunate. Granted, as we discussed here, people may not be aware or know the history, but I feel confident with [the Trinidad Killa song's] growing popularity that it's definitely been flagged by now…. It's caused and is causing an immense amount of pain to Inuit. It's actually being reported that Nicki Minaj will release her verse once the song reaches 1 million views, I think, which it's recently done. So I'm hoping in the forthcoming lyrics that we don't hear the term at all. I think it would be a great move for all parties involved that while making music, you're not offending or isolating communities along the way for the sake of a hit. It's really not worth it. Elamin: Dr. Jay, what's not lost on me is that we have seen artists respond in really meaningful ways to these kinds of conversations. It's worth remembering that Lizzo, the Black Eyed Peas, GloRilla, they've all been called out for using insensitive terms in their songs. They were able to acknowledge that they did. They were able to record alternate versions. They released those alternate versions, and then they apologized, and then everybody kind of just moved on. It didn't remain a persistent kind of conversation. If Trinidad Killa was to remove all references of the slur in the song, do you see the song losing any kind of steam if he just changed the title? Jay: Yeah, definitely not. I think it would be an acknowledgment, and it might actually help the song reach even more people, because there would be a lot more people who would want to support the record because he made such a goodwill gesture. And I think it's the right thing to do. It's unfortunate that a lot of times artists are so caught up in their own world, and sometimes want to use negativity to further— because sometimes they say bad press is press. They just want to get out there. It's unfortunate that he hasn't responded to — whether it's your producers, I've personally reached out to them as well — there's just been no reply back for them to own up to it and just change the title. Nothing is going to change about the song. You've reproduced it. It's a hit. As Sharine has mentioned, people gravitate to the message in the song. It relates to so many people. There's no reason to have that as the title, which is going to offend so many of us.
