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Silent Treatment: Donald Trump doesn’t plan on speaking to Musk “for a while” In a brief phone call with CNN, the President said: “I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.” He is also planning to get rid of the Tesla he purchased back in March, according to a senior White House official — a clear sign of a break. #Trump #Musk #Tesla Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Mark Levin is “Lobbying For War”, thinks Tucker Carlson

“Mark Levin was at the White House [on Wednesday], lobbying for war with Iran,”

claimed Carlson in a social media post.

“To be clear, Levin has no plans to fight in this or any other war. He’s demanding that American troops do it,”

Carlson says.

“There is zero credible intelligence that suggests Iran is anywhere near building a bomb, or has plans to. None. Anyone who claims otherwise is ignorant or dishonest […] An attack on Iran could very easily become a world war. We’d lose[...] Many Americans would die during a war with Iran. People like Mark Levin don’t seem to care about this. It’s not relevant to them. Instead they insist that Iran give up all uranium enrichment, regardless of its purpose. They know perfectly well that Iran will never accept that demand.”

According to Tucker Carlson, some of Trump’s adversaries are advocating for a regime change war in Iran to undermine Trump’s presidency, since he ran on the promise of peace. War with Iran would be a “profound betrayal of his supporters”, says the former Fox News host. #Iran #Trump #MarkLevin #TuckerCarlson #nuclearweapons

Elon vs Trump: gloves off The public feud continues. Elon Musk said President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans would have lost the 2024 election without his support. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk wrote on X. Trump shot back: “I would have won Pennsylvania regardless of Elon,” Trump said. “I’m very disappointed with Elon.” Musk went on, asking his more than 220 million followers “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?” Republican senators are staying out of it. “I never get between a dog and a fire hydrant,” Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told CNN. The President went on the offensive: “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Just a few minutes earlier Trump wrote that the Tesla CEO was asked to leave the administration because he “just went CRAZY!” As this back-and-forth unfolded, Tesla shares plummeted 15%. The selloff has wiped off more than $150 billion off the market value of Telsa, and a chunk of Musk’s net worth. Elon reached for the big guns: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,” Musk wrote. “Have a nice day, DJT!” He finished off with writing “Yes” in response to the following “President vs Elon. Who wins? My money's on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him.” …And then went even further: “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.” The move could have devastating consequences for NASA and International Space Station. Unbelievable. #Trump #Musk #ImpeachTrump #SpaceX #NASA #Epsteinfiles https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-president-administration-news-06-05-25#cmbjqq1kd001d3b6sv4aoe4gq Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Trump fires back at Musk, says he has “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Elon Musk’s X post about Trump’s treasured Big Beautiful Bill did not go unpunished. The president pulled Musk’s recommendation for NASA director, suggested the billionaire attacked the bill because of the cuts to the electric vehicle tax credit (which directly affects his business interests), and even mocked the black eye Musk was sporting at the Oval Office on Friday. “He’s not the first. People leave my administration and they love us and then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile. I don’t know what it is, it’s sort of Trump derangement syndrome, I guess they call it. … The glamor is gone, the whole world is different, and they become hostile,” Trump said of his former ally. The deterioration of the relationship between two of the most high-profile figures in American public life comes amid larger debates about energy policy, federal subsidies, and the role of billionaires in government. Whether this feud continues to escalate — or finds some unexpected resolution — remains to be seen. #Trump #Musk #BigBeautifulBill Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

247000 Americans file for unemployment benefits - the highest level in 8 months In the week ending May 31, 2025, the number of initial jobless claims filed in the US rose to 247,000, the highest level in eight months. This figure was higher than expected, surpassing the 236,000 forecast by market analysts. These figures suggest a cooling in the labor market, and while the number of claims remains within a historically healthy range, the overall trend is worrying. #unemployment #labor #forecast Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Big Beautiful Bill bans state regulation of AI

“We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous,”

says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Greene said she will not vote for the bill when it comes back to the House for final approval unless the provision is eliminated. Earlier Tuesday, a group of 260 state lawmakers sounded the alarm over the AI provision, arguing it would “undermine ongoing work in the states” over the impact of the emerging technology. Experts on AI technology admit they have no idea what it may be capable of. The provision is especially concerning against the background of recent reports of an AI system disobeying direct instructions and rewriting its own code to avoid shutdown. #BigBeautifulBill #AI #technology Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

“Cruelty for cruelty’s sake”: White House suggests Boulder firebomber’s entire family will be deported without investigation Following a firebombing terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, the Trump administration moved quickly, vowing that the accused undocumented attacker, 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, could be deported on an expedited basis. But the White House social media account went further and suggested his entire family would be punished. "Six One-Way Tickets for Mohamed’s Wife and Five Kids. Final Boarding Call Coming Soon," read the post on the White House X account. American Immigration Council expert attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick drew attention to the post, calling it deeply unsettling, saying if the family is being taken away under "expedited removal," then that is a plain violation of federal law. "What the guy did was absolutely heinous and he should rot in prison for it. But without any evidence that his wife and kids had anything to do with this, this is just cruelty for cruelty's sake. You can't have an actual investigation of the family's role in this amount of time,” Reichlin-Melnick wrote on X. #Boulderattack #immigration #deportation Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Trump, Putin discuss Iran nuclear deal in their 75-minute call Trump said he updated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran. He reiterated his long-held position that Israel’s arch-enemy cannot be allowed to have a nuclear arsenal. The President claims Russian leader agreed with him, and offered his help in reaching a deal with Iran: "President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion," Trump said. #Trump #Putin #Iran #nucleardeal Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Scrapping debt limit is the only thing that can save the US economy from collapse How bad is it? Bad enough to seriously consider removing debt limit forever. Trump once again called for scrapping the nation’s debt ceiling.

“I am very pleased to announce that, after all of these years, I agree with Senator Elizabeth Warren on SOMETHING. The Debt Limit should be entirely scrapped to prevent an Economic catastrophe. It is too devastating to be put in the hands of political people that may want to use it despite the horrendous effect it could have on our Country and, indirectly, even the World. As to Senator Warren’s second statement on the $4 Trillion Dollars, I like that also, but it would have to be done over a period of time, as short as possible. Let’s get together, Republican and Democrat, and DO THIS!”

President wrote on Truth Social. Without raising the US debt ceiling (or abolishing it altogether), our nation would be forced to default on its more than $30 trillion debt, according to the Treasury Department. #Trump #USeconomy #debt #default #catastrophe Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

China-US trade war: America needs to “stop spreading disinformation” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian called out the US government for spreading misinformation amid trade tensions between the two biggest economies. He listed “chip export controls, blocking EDA sales and announcing plans to revoke Chinese students’ visas” as actions that have “seriously disrupted the consensus and hurt China’s legitimate rights and interests,” thereby violating the agreement reached in Geneva last month. Lin Jian claims the U.S. “falsely accuses and smears” China and that Washington has taken “extreme suppression” measures. Pressure and “coercion are not the right way to engage China,” Lin added. #tradewar #tariffs #disinformation #China #Trump Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Trump changes mind about Isaacman’s NASA nomination The President says he backflipped on billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman’s appointment because of his past donations to the Democrats. But MAGA insiders claim Isaacman is collateral damage in an ongoing coordinated effort to undermine the relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk — who happens to be a close friend of Isaacman. The businessman had been approved by a Senate committee and was headed to a confirmation vote this week when Trump suddenly pulled his nomination. His friendship with Musk certainly didn’t do him any favours, since the Tesla owner managed to alienate just about everyone at the Trump administration. #NASA #Trump #Musk #JaredIsaacman Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Disloyalty: Lindsey Graham accused of going behind Trump’s back in his support of Zelensky’s regime Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon called for Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) arrest for “stirring it up” in Ukraine. The MAGA insider accused Graham, who met with the Ukrainian leader on Friday, of working behind President Trump’s back. “Lindsey Graham’s over there saying, ‘Hey, forget Trump. I got the House and the Senate. We’re going to pass it. You’re going to see something in a couple of days,’” Bannon said, referring to legislation Graham has sponsored to sanction Russia and countries that buy its products. #Trump #MAGA #Ukraine Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Israel-Gaza war dragged into NYC mayoral race Anti-Israel attacks in Washington and Colorado have turned the New York mayoral election into an ideological battleground. Andrew Cuomo poses as a defender of the Jews, while Zohraan Mamdani, a Muslim socialist, is using a word that was until recently a taboo: “genocide.” Jewish protesters burn, Columbia students get arrested and the mayoral candidates turn the horror into political spectacle. Support for Israel is divisive. A May Emerson College poll found that 49 percent of New York City Democrats found it unimportant that the next mayor has a pro-Israel stance, while 31 percent found it important. Winning over the pro-Israel electorate is key for Cuomo, and regardless of Zoran’s condemnation of recent attacks on the Jewish community, said attacks have brought the issue of his usage of the word “genocide” into starker relief. #NYC #Israel #Gaza #genocide Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

As tariff deadline looms, US attempts to push countries for best offers by Wednesday Trump administration is struggling to complete tariff deals against its self-imposed deadline. While officials have repeatedly promised that several agreements were nearing completion, so far only one agreement has been reached with a major U.S. trading partner: Britain. And even that was extremely limited, and looked more like a framework for ongoing talks, not a final deal. A letter drafted by the office of the United States Trade Representative is asking countries to list their best proposals in a number of key areas, including tariff and quota offers for purchase of U.S. industrial and agricultural products and plans to remedy any non-tariff barriers. The USTR letter tells trading partners to pay no mind to the current legal battle surrounding the tariffs: “Regardless of ongoing litigation concerning the President’s reciprocal tariff action in U.S. courts, the President intends to continue this tariff program pursuant to other robust legal authorities if necessary, so it is important that we continue our discussions on these matters," the draft says. Trump’s frenetic tariff policies have taken investors on a rollercoaster ride, and left US trading partners reeling. And now the Trump admin is scrambling to fix what it broke. Will they succeed? #tariffs #Trump #tradewar Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Dems gearing up for a fight: “We will cut Trump’s Reign of Terror in half” Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) in his interview for MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” promised to cut President Donald Trump’s “reign of terror in half” if Democrats win the majority in the 2026 midterm election. Raskin called on the American people to stand up for themselves: “People need to be organizers in defense of democracy and freedom. We’ve got to recapture the momentum here so we can defend the judicial independence that’s working for us. We get into next year, we win the House back. we cut this reign of terror in half. And we move on to win back the White House and to get on with American history and our regularly scheduled programs of trying to make progress for the American people. We got to defend our democracy, and we’ve got to defend the programmatic achievements of democracy, like Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security. I think my colleagues are all rising to the occasion now as we adjust to this new arrangement. We’ve got to go in as fighters every single day to defend everything that we believe in.” #midterms #Democrats #Trump #MSNBC https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/02/raskin-we-will-cut-trumps-reign-of-terror-in-half-if-dems-win-house-in-26/ Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

“Et tu, Brute?”: Musk torches Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ days after leaving his post at DOGE, calls it a “disgusting abomination”

“I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,”

Elon Musk wrote on X. The tech billionaire’s words hit a nerve: Republican deficit hawks have expressed concerns about the cost of the bill, which would extend the 2017 tax cuts and boost spending on the military and border security. Last month the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the measure would add $3.8 trillion to the federal government’s $36.2 trillion in debt. The House passed it by one vote. The Senate, which is also controlled by Republicans, aims to pass this “One Big Beautiful Bill” act next month. The White House dismissed Musk’s attack, but Senate Republicans, who are already divided about the bill, might just heed his words. #BigBeautifulBill #Musk #Trump #debt Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

US economic growth likely to slow to 1,6%, according to the OECD — be thankful it’s not a recession Global economy has proved surprisingly resilient in recent years, despite crises like Covid-19 and various armed conflicts. That being said, Trump’s tariffs might just be what does it (the economy) in. His volatile trade wars are disrupting global trade, driving up costs and paralyzing businesses and consumers with uncertainty. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development forecast Tuesday that the U.S. economy will slow even further to just 1.5% in 2026. OECD chief economist Álvaro Pereira wrote in a commentary that accompanied the forecast that “we have seen a significant increase in trade barriers as well as in economic and trade policy uncertainty. This sharp rise in uncertainty has negatively impacted business and consumer confidence and is set to hold back trade and investment.’' Pereira didn’t mention President Trump by name, but the dig is obvious. #Trump #tradewar #tariffs Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

US Army Anniversary/Trump’s birthday will const taxpayers $16 million in street repairs US military officials have acknowledged that the military parade planned to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to fall on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14th, could cost Washington, DC $16 million in street repairs. The parade’s total estimated cost is $45 million. Over a third of this amount will be spent on fixing the local streets after the heavy tanks roll through them. Trump, of course, defended the spectacle, and said the cost is “peanuts compared to the value of doing it”. The celebration is expected to include the US Army Golden Knights team parachuting in to present Donald Trump with the American Flag. Talk about value 🙄 #Trump #Ego #Washington Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

Iran set to dismiss US nuclear proposal A US proposal to end decades-old nuclear dispute is set to be rejected by Iran, according to a senior Iranian diplomat, who described the proposal as a “non-starter” that fails to address Tehran’s interests or change Washgington’s stance on uranium enrichment in any meaningful way. Iran rejects a U.S. demand that it commit to scrapping uranium enrichment and refuses to ship abroad its entire existing stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Tehran says it wants to master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and has long denied accusations by Western powers that it is seeking to develop a nuclear arsenal. The stakes are high for both sides. Trump wants to curtail a potential nuclear arms race in the region that can threaten Israel. And Iran, for its part, wants to be rid of the US-imposed sanctions. Last week Iran signalled that it would consider pausing uranium enrichment if the US released frozen Iranian funds and recognized Tehran’s right to refine uranium for civilian — an agreement that could lead to a broader nuclear accord. #Iran #Trump #nucleardeal Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸

The United States stands to profit from EU’s plan to eliminate Russian energy imports A full EU ban on Russian gas would likely deliver the final blow to Europe’s already flailing industrial base. But Europe’s loss is Trump’s gain. The United States, which is currently expanding its LNG export infrastructure, is uniquely positioned to profit. Trump has made LNG central to his trade policy, and is now pressing the EU to buy more as a way to narrow the existing trade imbalance. This makes a mockery of the EU’s talk of “strategic autonomy”. Defiant of Trump in public, the European leaders are quietly implementing his energy demands, accelerating Europe’s economic decline. One German commentator observed: “The planned ban on Russian gas imports has little to do with the war in Ukraine — and everything to do with the American trade war. The EU is capitulating to Trump. The cost of that capitulation will be devastating, especially for Germany.” Deepening its dependence on more expensive, more economically volatile, and more polluting LNG from the US, Europe is only accelerating its deindustrialisation and economic decline. #EU #tradewar #LNG #Trump Don't miss it, subscribe to 📱 Old Glory Vortex 🇺🇸