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Donald Trump declares ‘National Scallops Day’ with wild swipe at Obama | World | News

Donald Trump declares ‘National Scallops Day’ with wild swipe at Obama | World | News

Donald Trump has declared ‘National Scallops Day’ before taking aim at Barack Obama and Joe Biden (Image: Getty) Donald Trump has announced ‘National Scallops Day’ and declaring himself the “Fishermen’s Friend”, while also taking a brutal swipe at Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The US President ended his lengthy post on Truth Social by urging the public to vote for the Republican Party in the upcoming midterm elections, claiming: “Because if the Communists get in, you’ll never fish again!” The proclamation came as Trump celebrated a decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to reopen the Northern Edge of Georges Bank to commercial scallop fishing. In his post, Trump said the move would “fulfil the dream” of America’s fishermen and claimed it would result in “millions more pounds of beautiful Wild Scallops a year on the kitchen table of Americans”, while creating jobs in Norfolk, Virginia, Cape May, New Jersey, New Bedford, Massachusetts and other communities along the East Coast. The President accused the administrations of Barack Obama and Joe Biden of treating …

BBC Reporter Says Trump’s Decision To Go To War In Iran Is ‘Coming Back To Haunt Him’

BBC Reporter Says Trump’s Decision To Go To War In Iran Is ‘Coming Back To Haunt Him’

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) via Associated Press A BBC reporter has said Donald Trump’s decision to go to war in Iran is “coming back to haunt him” as crunch elections loom in November. Washington correspondent Tom Simons’s comments came after the US House of Representatives voted to make it harder for the conflict to continue. It would require Trump to get the US Congress’s approval before carrying out any more military operations in the region. Four Republicans backed the move, which Simons said “shows the level of concern within some parts” of the party about the war. A ceasefire has been in place since April, but there is still no sign of a permanent peace deal. Speaking on Radio 4′s Today programme, Simons said: “Some might argue that when both sides have armed forces policing various blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, and the ceasefire has been broken a few times on each side, it is still very …

Jack Schlossberg Is the Clout Candidate for New York’s Young Professionals

Jack Schlossberg Is the Clout Candidate for New York’s Young Professionals

Leah Cumming, a furniture designer, hosted a meet and greet with the candidate in April at her Chelsea pad. It was a pizza, wine, and cake night for around 70 people. Guests stood and sat around Cumming’s living room as the candidate spoke to the crew of mostly late 20-somethings and early 30-somethings for about 20 minutes. By the end, his button-down shirt had come untucked as he worked the room. It felt “social” and “not too, too political,” says Lilly Sisto, a 30-year-old influencer who attended. “Super casual.” “Make America Great Again” animated a swath of working class voters who were typically disengaged from politics. By way of response, Schlossberg offers his “Believe in Something Again,” a slogan he hopes will unlock a coalition of big-city professionals, Fashion Institute of Technology matriculators, and real-life Gossip Girl types. Their interest in the bakeoff to succeed 78-year-old Jerry Nadler in Congress often revolves around one person. “I think they’re all irrelevant,” says one young Schlossberg organizer about the candidates in the race who aren’t TikTok-massive descendants …

Trump Will Take Control of the Midterms–If This Florida Lawyer Gets His Way

Trump Will Take Control of the Midterms–If This Florida Lawyer Gets His Way

Loomer has gone from incendiary far-right provocateur to informal Trump adviser and loyalty enforcer, digging through the backgrounds of political officials in search of insufficient fealty to the MAGA cause and using social media to scorch her targets. Last year Loomer’s accusations appeared to trigger the dismissal of General Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency. Ticktin’s style is considerably more mild-mannered, and he claims that the changes he’s pushing, including banning voting machines and mail-in ballots, wouldn’t be all that disruptive or difficult to implement. “We already have paper ballots,” he says. “The main change is the ballots would be hand-counted in public. If we don’t, the machines take over, and the machines can determine the outcome of the election. From a Democrat point of view, they’re gonna want the machines.” Ticktin, in the wake of the 2008 subprime collapse, handled major mortgage-fraud cases, and he has won a settlement for a family whose mortally injured son’s organs were harvested without proper permission. He is currently representing Tina Peters, the former Colorado …

Karl Rove: Americans Are ‘Tiring’ Of Donald Trump’s Antics

Karl Rove: Americans Are ‘Tiring’ Of Donald Trump’s Antics

Veteran Republican strategist Karl Rove worries President Donald Trump is tied to a losing strategy right now, but thinks it’s possible for him to sway public opinion in his direction before the 2026 midterm elections. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal published on Monday, Rove wrote that, “There are signs that the public is tiring of his hyperbole and insatiable desire for retribution. Increasingly, they may hear only the offensive or cruel things he says.” “Has the president convinced himself that he doesn’t need to sell his policies and actions?” he asked. “It appears that he believes he can will people into agreeing with him by claiming his achievements are the biggest, best and most amazing in American history.” Republican strategist Karl Rove, here at the 2024 Atlantic Festival that September, shared his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s midterm election challenges in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal published Monday. Paul Morigi via Getty Images Rove, who was a top adviser for President George W. Bush and is a frequent critic of …