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Dear Editor,
This is a short rundown of a few of Trump's activity this past week in no particular order.
1. The Defense Department granted Trump his wish to obtain though the country of Qater a "free" $400 million decked out jet that Qater had been trying to sell for over 5 years. The monstrosity is 13 years old, expensive to operate and the Qater government was waiting for some fool to accept this gift-enter Trump. It is estimated to cost upwards of $1 billion to retrofit to be used as Air Force One.
The kicker here is that when Trump leaves office, the jet will go to Trump's Presidential Library for his personal use. So, in essence the U.S. is stuck with a gigantic retrofitting bill of close to $1 billion taxpayer dollars and will probably take most of Trump's remaining term to complete just to have the plane de-retrofitted back to a private aircraft at probably taxpayer costs or the retrofitting will deliberately take too long to get it ready that it will be updated only for Trump's personal use. Does anyone see a problem with this financial boondoggle bribe?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/turning-qatari-747-air-force-one-cost-1-billion-take-years-experts-say-rcna206582
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299
2. Friday, Trump started the holiday weekend off with more tariffs. Just had to be sure he messed with the stock and bond markets another time. He has suggested a 50% new tariff on the European Union and a 25% tariff on Apple on June 1st. I think the Apple tariff may be the first one that our government extends to a private company. But why not?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr5xrygzk5o
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-stock-futures-flat-debt-worries-markets-mull-trumps-tax-bill-2025-05-23/
3. Trump ambushed the President of South Africa in the Oval Office at the behest of his buddy South African Elon Musk. This was a very inappropriate meeting where before the private meeting took place, Trump decided to accuse the South African government of the genocide of white Afrikaner farmers complete with a video and printed materials. Not only was this escapade an embarrassment to our country but the materials presented has proven to be inaccurate.
This is second time Trump has ambushed and publicly humiliated. the head of a country. Earlier this year, President Zelensky of the Ukraine was given the same treatment. Our country used to be respected and an Oval Office visit by another country's leader was regarded as a privilege and honor. That has now gone out the window to be replaced by an embarrassing ambush in public catering to Trump and his administration trying to humiliate our allies. Way to go!
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-23/south-africa-police-minister-says-trump-twisted-facts-to-push-baseless-genocide-claims
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-white-south-africans-refugees-immigration-racism-double-standard_n_6830ebe2e4b0b6e012c81112?origin=top-ad-recirc
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trumps-image-dead-white-farmers-came-reuters-footage-congo-not-south-africa-2025-05-2
4. To round out the week, Trump hosted a gala dinner at one of the Trump properties for the top investors into the Trump memecoin. Another event enriching himself by using the platform of the Presidency was on the agenda. Trump doesn't even hide his corruption. The Trump Organization, Don Jr., Eric, and Donald have made millions, probably billions making money off the Presidency. Kind of makes the complaints about President Biden and Hunter look really small now. Where are the concerns that our Presidency is being sold to highest bidders?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/influencer-who-attended-trump-s-memecoin-dinner-says-he-got-a-walmart-steak-and-no-access-to-the-president/ar-AA1F
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-memecoin-dinner-attending-crypto-what-to-know-2025-5
Just another week in Trump-land where corruption and impropriety are the goals.
Rosemary Schwartz
P.S.
A couple weeks ago, GS couldn't understand why many people have pointed out that Trump says some really strange things that calls into question his mental acuity, whether due to age or just plain nonsense. Saturday, Trump spoke at the West Point Graduation and gave an hour-long campaign speech airing his usual complaints instead of thoughtful and inspiring speech in honor of the graduates serving our country. Trump decided to dress for this solemn occasion with his Make America Great Again giant red cap. One particular strange rant we had heard before about was about Willaim Levitt. What this has to do with West Point graduates no one knows except to be wary of trophy wives which Trump knows something about.
Sage advice from Trump to West Point Graduates about William Levitt
"He (Levitt) sold this company and he had nothing to do," he told the future military leaders. "He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn't work out too well, but it doesn't -- and that doesn't work out too well, I must tell you."
"A lot of trophy wives doesn't work out. But it made them happy for a little while at least," he continued. "But he found a new wife, he sold his little boat and he got a big yacht; he had one of the biggest yachts anywhere in the world. He moved for a time to Monte Carlo, and he led the good life. and time went by and he got bored and 15 years later, the company that he sold to called him and they said, 'The housing business is not for us.'"
GS-please explain what this story has to do with West Point graduates. How can they use this story on the battlefield to stay alive?
I will add that Trump left as soon as he could after his speech. President Biden not only gave a serious speech but stayed an hour after to shake the over 1,000 West Point graduates in 2024 which is tradition for any President except Trump who had to go golfing.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-stayed-extra-hour-to-shake-hands-with-every-west-point-cadet-media-miss-it/ar-BB1nkKkO?ocid=BingNewsVerp
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Here's Biden the sharpest that anyone had seen him, running circles around everyone...this is a part of his speech...so eloquent. https://x.com/i/status/1794381438445318511
Biden, could have encouraged the kids in the military with his story of his uncle who served in the Army during World War II who may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane crashed off the coast of New Guinea...had he had another four years...of course, by now the cannibals might have eaten his whole family while they sat in the black jewish church he attended in his puerto rican neighborhood.
Being able to string sentences together is a small way of Making America Great Again...you guys couldn't even do that last term.
Biden’s speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSR0kpRQiZk
Trump’s speech
https://apnews.com/video/trump-hails-west-point-cadets-for-their-accomplishments-and-takes-credit-for-us-military-might-a4d5a3fc8f4e4cf6802aed324fdb6f55
Rosemary Schwartz
You accuse Trump's speech of being "self-aggrandizing, incoherent, self-pity, campaign speech," yet ignore the rants of Biden, bragging about wanting to take Trump out and beat him up, as if. Of the time he challenged an Iowa veteran to the same. THIS is the guy you want to tell me was presidential? I don't have time to track down every incoherent sentence he mumbled over four years.
Self pity? Tell me. How would you respond after four years of being targeted by Biden, being dragged into court with 30 year old claims and no proof of those claims, after laws being changed in New York so that a book keeping error brought another trial, your home being ransacked by the FBI, being shot at and hit once, almost a second time, and all the media will give him is the made up Steele dossiere for one and all kinds of made up crap. Debunked and all yet your side continues to quote it as if it were facts.
Have you heard the whole speech yourself? Did you hear the roaring cheers? something Biden NEVER got. The guy could show up WITHOUT a teleprompter, and still make sense. You haven't realized that Trump won because our country needed a strong leader.
The insults that my "comprehension skills are at risk" are not surprising. You say, "It is obvious that no matter what Trump says or does you will find a rational for the behavior." For the love of God, YOU asked ME what he meant, and I told you. Now you are angry that I did.
You are wrong about Biden having "age difficulties" as you called them, the guy was in full blown dementia from the start, and then you guys got angry when it was pointed out. Talk about a cult.
You asked, "Can you admit that Trump’s behavior and wild stories are a concern for his mental health or will you keep making excuses for his erratic behavior?" Ummm again, has Trump fed his family to cannibals yet? If the guy has mental issues, why is every country pandering to his tariff demands? Why did more than half the country vote for him in a landslide? I think it is you, my dear, who seems to lack a grasp on reality.
Trump has a lot to be bragging about, and in true Trump fashion his is. Why not? The media won't. You yourself can't even give him credit for ANYTHING.
A little biased on the facts there?
On another note, gas is cheaper now than it was four years ago. I wonder why? Probably because of what you call a crazy man in the White House.
Trump 2028!
Raw vote Votes
Trump 312 electoral 49.80% 77,302,580
Harris 226 electoral 48.82% 75,017,613
Stein- (Green Party) 862,049
Kennedy-(States were RFK jr. on ballot) 759,393
Oliver (Libertarian) 650,126
Other 649,541
Total all others 77,829,455
Difference more raw votes for anyone not Trump 526,875
So liddle Trump has been persecuted. Poor guy. Could it possibly be that Trump brought this all on my himself. In your rant back to me you failed to even discuss the first part of my article and all the corruption that is going on right under your nose. Is it ok with you that Trump will leave office with an over $400 million plane as a gift from another country? Don jr. and Eric are making billions off the presidency. According to republicans making money off your father’s presidency was really, really wrong but now it is ok? Trump has perverted the presidency my enriching himself and family. I guess that is ok I suppose Trump’s corruption will be also Biden’s fault! There are enough problems in world now, why do MAGA etc keeps obsessing over Biden? TRUMP is President.
DW NAH, no one’s reads this except when called out in her diatribe.
Who was REALLY running the country?
THAT is who is behind all of this mess.
So who was it?
Now the dingbat Jasmine Crockett is announcing like Fani Willis did before she was elected that she will go after Trump if the Democrats win the House or Senate in 2026. More lawfare.
And now I am done answering your crazy replies. Good grief woman.
as for readers, Maga trump supporters always have things to say--someone must be reading my articles thanks
Your so-called sources are Democrat propaganda. No leader, no direction, no solutions.
I don’t care what you read. My articles are not for you anyway. But admitting you do not read any of them forfeits your opinions from any consideration. You have just proved that your comments do not hold any validity and means that the only reason you comment is to devalue my opinions and nothing more. Thank you for telling the rest of my readers that you shown yourself as a bully and to discount anything you write.
Rosemary
You can argue as many times as you wish that Trump did not win in a landslide but again, that is not the reality.
Trump did not only win the electoral Vote, he also won the popular vote. He also won every swing state. Most of us call that a "landslide" win. Call it what you wish but the fact is, Trump won. Most of America is damn glad he did. The turn out was so big for Trump, it became too big for Democrats to cheat, again..