Since the Trump cult is losing their mind over the "anonymous" source talking about Trump's condition, some background:
1) When you are the pooler for the day and put out a statement on background, you are not freelancing. That statement is an AUTHORIZED WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT.
2) Given THIS White House's track record for honesty, you as a journalist or news consumer have every reason to question its accuracy and the motive for putting it out.
This appears to be angering all the Christian Patriots with 8-digit numbers in their Twitter names.
Some Trump supporters are upset by use of the word "cult" above.
To be more precise: If you are more loyal to Trump personally than to the Republican Party; if you believe that he tells the truth and everyone else is lying; if you believe he is "draining the swamp"...
Well...
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Donald Trump is giving the commencement address at the United States Military Academy wearing his campaign hat.
Trump finished his meandering speech in which he attacked his predecessors, bragged about his election win, talked about trophy wives … then he left, claiming he had to deal with Russia and China.
It is traditional for the president at academy commencements to congratulate each cadet.
That part of the ceremony is now happening without him.
The president of the United States, from the moment he regained the office, has been step-by-step following the autocrat’s playbook. He has gone after universities for not obeying his decrees.
He has extorted law firms for having on staff, or just once-upon-a-time having had on staff, people who crossed him. He has targeted for prosecution former aides who challenged him. He has arrested a local judge for not helping him round up migrants for deportation.
Some years ago I needed a spare paddle for my self-steering gear. I was in Spain, but was on my way to Gibraltar so had it shipped to the marina I was going to tie up in.
NEW -- Kash Patel has hawked a sketchy supplement to undo the effects of the COVID vaccine, promoted the QAnon cult, spread Trump's lies about a stolen election, and already has a 60-name enemies list of Trump critics.
Soon he could the FBI director.
Should he win confirmation, it would put an end to the concept of the FBI as a non-political law enforcement agency, and unwind the reforms put in place after the abuses by J. Edgar Hoover.
Republicans and Democrats call him Trump's most dangerous pick.
Reading back through this before filing, I was taken aback that someone could do and say the things Patel has over the past years and STILL likely be the next FBI director.