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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].”
1).
„ @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].”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Floyd Brown, a far-right political activist with a history of anti-gay rhetoric and promoting conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama,
@RonFilipkowski 2).
said he was fired from a senior leadership role he briefly held at the Kennedy Center – just hours after @CNN reached out with questions about his past statements.
@RonFilipkowski @CNN 3).
Brown’s past statements include calling homosexuality »a punishment« upon America and condemning the legality of gay sex. He has also falsely claimed that Obama is Muslim and promoted conspiracy theories about his birth documents [1].”