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In fact, it was the Trump administration that first approached Qatar this winter about acquiring the plane through a sale after the pres. made clear to aides that he was upset about delays of two Boeing jets purchased during his first term for $3.9 billion, officials said.
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Discussion about the sale later evolved into Qatar agreeing to provide the plane as a gift, a development reported previously by CNN [1] and the NYT [2].”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Todd and Julie Chrisley were best known for their 10-season USA Today reality show »Chrisley Knows Best«. They were in prison for charges that include bank fraud and tax evasion.
@RonFilipkowski 2)
Todd Chrisley, 57, had been serving a 12-year sentence at a minimum-security men's federal prison in Florida. Julie Chrisley, 52, had been serving a seven-year sentence at a federal prison in Kentucky [1].” „The couple was also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution [2]”
@RonFilipkowski 3).
„Both were released on Wed., May 28, 2025, after the pardons from Mr. @realDonaldTrump [1].”
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„ @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Russiaʼs concern over the eastward enlargement of @NATO was fair and the U.S. did not want to see Ukraine in the U.S.-led military alliance.
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Asked by U.S. network @ABC [1], opens new tab News about a @Reuters report that Russia wanted a written pledge over @NATO not enlarging eastwards to include Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, Kellogg said:
– »Itʼs a fair concern«.”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„In 2017 [during @realDonaldTrump's first presidency], legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote that Leonard Leo was »responsible, to a considerable extent, for one third of the justices on the Supreme Court« [1].
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
The WaPo would later write that »few people outside government have more influence over judicial appointments now than Leo« [2].”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The U.S. has paused most [1] of its tariffs on China – which at one point totaled as high as 145% – as Beijing and Washington continue trade negotiations.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
Chinese-made goods now face a 30% tax upon entering the U.S.; China, in turn, now only imposes a 10% tariff on U.S. goods (@realDonaldTrump has also paused most of his so-called reciprocal tariffs against the rest of the world).
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 3).
Despite the pause, Trump’s statements are still generating uncertainty for governments and investors. On Friday, May 23, 2025, @realDonaldTrump promised to slap a 50% tariff on European goods by June 1, stating that negotiations were »going nowhere«.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„ @SecKennedy says his »Make America Healthy Again« Commission report harnesses »gold-standard« science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions.
@RonFilipkowski @SecKennedy 2).
Seven of the cited sources don't appear to exist at all [1]”.
„Dr. Katherine Keyes, a researcher cited in the report as a first author of a paper on rates of depression
@RonFilipkowski @SecKennedy 3).
and anxiety among teens during the pandemic, confirmed to ABC News that she did not write a paper cited in the report... [2].”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
The Cult of @realDonaldTrump [1]
On Friday, June 14, 2024, @RepGregSteube introduced a bill [2] „that would rename the waterways immediately surrounding the U.S.,
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump @RepGregSteube 2).
also known as the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), to the »Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.« [3].”
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump @RepGregSteube 3).
On Thurs., May 29, 2025, Congressman Steube introduced a bill [4] „to rename the Washington, D.C., subway system after @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and his MAGA slogan [5].”