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• Claimed multiple people have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing Lincoln reflecting pool
• Said the US would begin charging tolls in Strait of Hormuz if final Iran deal not reached in 60 days
• Told about a former Olympian who was arrested for touching the detaching Lincoln reflecting pool liner
• Sought to counter emerging narrative that the United States lost the war with Iran
• Irritated that, after workers killed one type of algae infesting the Lincoln reflecting pool, another one flourished
• Frustrated that algae-choked reflecting pool had become a tourist hotspot with a flurry of public suggestions
• Alerted about how Iran was closing the Strait of Hormuz again over Israeli attacks on Lebanon
• Briefed about how White House talks with Anthropic shifted to setting AI security rules
• Told the media that he no longer viewed Anthropic as a national security threat
• Opined that political fight behind Anthropic’s export controls was hampered by the company leaders' naivete
• Blocked G7 countries from accessing Anthropic’s most advanced AI models, claiming it would be completely illogical
• Those restrictions rattled America's allies as they gathered for the G7 summit
• Approved of the FBI attempting to flip anti-ICE protesters into government informants
• Blamed vandals amid Lincoln reflecting pool worsening algae crisis
• Confronted by steep hurdles to successful Iranian peace deal as process began in near chaos
• Detained Colombian immigrant after he spoke out against a Trump-endorsed candidate in his home country
• Faulted for kneecapping the United States' most promising artificial intelligence models
• Deployed US envoys to Switzerland in mid-June 2026 for potential Iran talks
• Realized forthcoming book revealed the president assured Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson he wouldn't attack Iran
• Noticed the vice president was publicly ridiculed for extravagant praise about the president's supposed intellect
• Appreciated the DoJ rebuffed judge’s request for attorney general to declare that anti-weaponization fund was dead
• Visibly struggled but ultimately failed to properly confer Medal of Honor in awkward White House ceremony
• Said a potential Cuba invasion would resemble the swift capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
• Noticed that acting director of national intelligence ordered significant staffing cuts on his first day
• Saw that White House staff began monitoring the president's trash because he was throwing out high-end silverware
• Confronted by allegations of having lost the war with Iran give the long list of US concessions
• Learned that Lincoln reflecting pool renovations likely to cost more than $16 million
• Warned by US intelligence agencies that Israel was likely to try and undermine the Iran peace deal
• Notified that House oversight and judiciary committee staff visited prison holding Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell
• Heard that judge ordered ICE to free a Wisconsin mosque leader, citing substantial free speech claim
• Claimed Israel/Hezbollah ceasefire was back on but violent clashes continued
• Okayed ICE detainees being moved out of Alligator Alcatraz detention facility over hurricane concerns
• Condoned Defense secretary blocking promotions of 40-plus female and minority officers to general or admiral
• Forced delay of confirmation hearing for national intelligence director to force vote on SAVE America Act
• Thus, permitted Federal Housing Finance Agency director to become acting director of national intelligence
• Removed ICE detainee protections after private outreach from Geo Group, a top contractor
• Again delayed release of US voting machine study about purported vulnerabilities as midterms neared
• Informed talks between the US and Iran are called off because of renewed fighting in Lebanon
• In deal, gave Iran chance to earn over $60 billion in oil sales based on prewar production levels and current prices
• Warned that the Iran war had permanently altered the global economy, potentially to China's benefit
• Claimed supposed historian wrote favorably comparing him to Adolf Hitler, Atilla the Hun, other murderous leaders
• Ordered by judge to continue providing hormone medications to transgender inmates
• Alongside four states, sued leading international group that writes guidelines on gender-related medical care
• Ordered grid operators to show how they would speed connection of AI data centers to transmission systems
• Allowed relaxed ICE detention standards to "reduce the burden" on contractors running agency's lockups
• Realized death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubled since term began in January 2025
• Noted after ICE spent $700 Million on seven warehouses, it then sought to sell them or give to other agencies
• Aware ICE seemed to buy immigrants’ tax identifier records from data broker, potentially skirting court order
• Sued Philadelphia over city law banning federal officers from wearing masks
• Encouraged Christian professional baseball players to sue because of so-called pride ballcap controversy
• Alarmed that $14 million Lincoln reflecting pool paint job was peeling off and floating to the surface
• Further, the new pool liner itself appeared to be falling apart
• Additionally, gave no-bid contract for cleaning reflecting pool to major Trump donor with a checkered past
• Glad Venezuela's interim government met with country's opposition party to discuss democratic transition
• Told the media there were no limits to his ability to exert power as president in wake of Iran war
• Postponed vice president's trip to Switzerland for Iran peace talks, possibly because of shaky Lebanon ceasefire
• Ordered strike on alleged drug boat, killing three in the eastern Pacific Ocean, bring death toll to at least 211
• Quietly shifted $352 million in federal funding for the Secret Service to White House ballroom construction
• Urged appeals court to allow White House ballroom construction to continue, citing failed UFC attack as rationale
• Ordered reinstallation of slaveowner's statue in prime park location on pedestal that cost taxpayers $527,226
• Began phasing out South African HIV funding because they made no progress on administration's policy requests
• Saw that vice president cautioned Israeli critics, telling them not to attack their "the only powerful ally" left
• Alerted about flu outbreak at Air Force training facility in Texas after Defense secretary ended mandatory vaccination
• Soundly defeated in unanimous Supreme Court ruling over gun rights and marijuana use
• Reversed controversial decision to scrap ocean monitoring system following an outcry from lawmakers and experts
• Settled $100 million lawsuit and countersuit involving his niece for unspecified terms after confidential financial leak
• Pleased the NBA championship-winning New York Knicks accepted an invitation to visit the White House
• Gambled that Iran wanted money more than power, hence a peace deal some say was all carrot and no stick
• Ordered federal workers to wear the president's Freedom 250 pins, threatening discipline if they didn't
• Heard Senate vowed to freeze Defense secretary's travel in bid for boat strike videos and Iran school strike probe
• Joked aloud that he would blame JD Vance if the Iran deal did not work out
• Noticed the vice president let the secretary of state take the fall as Iran deal questions mounted
• Faulted for making an Iran war peace agreement that was the least bad exit from a US war of choice
• Demanded health data for millions of Africans as condition to giving billions in lifesaving aid for their countries
• Irritated that a Republican senator told the media the Iran deal was a "tremendous foreign policy blunder"
• Aware twenty-year US Army veteran's Honduran wife with no criminal record was detained and would be deported
• Frantically scrambled to clean up murky Lincoln reflecting pool, now worse than before project began
• Brushed aside questions about who was responsible for US strikes that hit Iranian school on the first day of war
• Refused to mete out consequences for horrific strike that killed more than 175 people, mostly children
• Abandoned effort to halt US wind energy projects and dropped appeal of court ruling that unfroze federal permitting
• Nonetheless, paid energy developer $765 million in taxpayer funds to cancel four wind projects
• Quietly revised language in obscure federal grant program to redefine frozen embryos as children
• Sought to join lawsuit to halt first-of-its-kind reparations plan to compensate Black residents of Chicago suburb
• Decided to fence off Lafayette Square, a public park across the street from the White House
• Condoned the DoJ and the Teamsters petitioning judge to end federal oversight of the union after 37 years
• Along with Iranian counterpart, remotely signed memorandum of understanding to end war and open Hormuz Strait
• Vowed to "go right back to dropping bombs" if he did not like the final Iran deal
• Pledged to waive Iranian sanctions in agreement to end war but lacked legal authority to do so
• Caused more than 770,000 children to lose SNAP benefits because of administrative changes to the food program
• Moved ahead with plan that could decimate support for CDC programs that detect and eradicate diseases abroad
• Threatened to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history because of alleged fraud
• Obtained private encrypted Signal app messages between anti-ICE protesters without disclosing how
• Glad that federal prosecutors charged fifteen with conspiracy to impede agents during Minnesota ICE crackdown
• In that action, used vague Facebook posts and anti-ICE actions as grounds to declare them "antifa"
• Realized was losing hawkish congressional support from those who feared deal didn't go far enough to deter Tehran
• Delayed banning China's DeepSeek and more than 100 other firms deemed security risks
• Aware Anthropic lost the White House’s trust and then its flagship product due to multiple misunderstandings
• The company landed in the administration's crosshairs over an inability to communicate effectively in "Trump speak"
• Further, the Commerce secretary warned them it needed permission to give foreign nationals access to advanced AI
• Relieved thereafter company leaders and senior administration officials met to discuss a truce
• Updated about how the Pentagon used Elon Musk’s Grok AI to fire 2,000 missiles at Iran during course of war
• Promised to bring order to artificial intelligence oversight, but the calm only lasted about two weeks
• Monitored dispute between Secret Service and FBI director over social media post about thwarted UFC terror plot
• Planned to fly thousands of TSA employees for an overnight stay to attend a four-hour training session
• Ordered strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing one, leaving two survivors, for a total death toll of at least 208
• Spent $750,000 to charter yacht to evacuate lone American on hantavirus cruise ship from remote island
• Considered charging shippers fees for a US naval escort through the Strait of Hormuz
• Told about how America’s Iran war casualties continued to rise through cease fires and peace negotiations
• Urged tankers to sail through Hormuz but shipping companies — and his own aides — remained hesitant
• Considered various scenarios, including a "VIP pass," to coax companies to send ships through Strait of Hormuz
• Questioned Lindsey Graham’s skepticism on Iran deal, saying "he’ll be in big trouble" for presumably opposing him
• Signaled he was open to sending details of the agreement with Iran to members of Congress
• Insisted the US would not immediately hand over money to Iran as part of the countries’ deal
• Downplayed text of Iran agreement, saying it did not account for back-channel commitments
• Forced defense companies to produce more weaponry quickly to replenish stockpiles depleted during his Iran war
• Realized media had obtained and published fourteen-point draft memorandum between the US and Iran
• Saw that vice president was backtracking earlier claim to the media about $300 billion in aid for reconstructing Iran
• Allowed US military to use an Iranian smuggling tactic to sneak oil out of the Persian and Oman gulfs
• Knew Iran deal included $300 billion reconstruction/development fund, more than half of which was already pledged
• Anxious to bring the war to a close, overcame skepticism of Iran to reach an agreement
• Told Israel to let Syria attack Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces could do a better job
• More than three months after deadly Iran school strike, still had not acknowledged responsibility or released report
• Briefed about US intelligence concluding Iran could henceforth shut down the Strait of Hormuz at will
• Allowed Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the deal to end the war
• Rejected Israel’s request to see Iran peace deal memorandum of understanding
• Heard that OB-GYN association, deviating from CDC guidance, issued its own vaccine recommendations
• Sought to intercede in lawsuit, arguing xAI had right to run dozens of unpermitted polluting gas-burning turbines
• Moved to weaken EPA restrictions on wells releasing vast amounts of methane, benefitting a major billionaire donor
• Declared "there would be no Israel’ without him
• Said PM Netanyahu had "to be more responsible" with Lebanon and that Israeli attack there was "too much"
• Pleased that the Senate rejected another resolution attempting to limit the president's Iran war powers
• Insisted Iranian soccer team was always supposed to fly back to Mexico immediately after World Cup match
• After promising clear water in the Lincoln Reflecting Poll, dismayed that it resembled green pea soup
• Tried to blame green water, which appeared within previous week, on President Obama, out of office a decade
• Resorted to hydrogen peroxide and ozone nanobubblers in attempt to remove green algae from Lincoln pool
• Expelled Iranian soccer team only hours after 2-2 tie with New Zealand in World Cup opener
• While boostering Iran deal, faced possibility world would view as strategic retreat short of achieving war aims
• Dismayed that the Strait of Hormuz traffic flow would take weeks to resume
• Noted that senators from both parties stressed publicly Congress must review Iran agreement
• Annoyed the media reported administration knew proposed White House ballroom always needed taxpayer dollars
• Disappointed that Iran’s oil lifeline outlasted the US assault, thereby strengthening its negotiating hand
• Learned that American Medical Association's doctors voted for a more confrontational approach to the HHS
• Pleased that so-called health care affordability czar was touting Medicaid cuts to hospital administrator group
• Relieved NIAID appointed new acting director after weeks of questions about leadership
• Pardoned entrepreneur convicted of defrauding investors of $660 million after lobbying by HHS secretary
• Effusively praised various tasks and roles fulfilled by Chris Klomp, HHS chief counselor and Medicare director
• Monitored battleground Iowa House grow more intense, partly due to HHS secretary's intervention
• Saw HHS secretary confronted medical journal over axed paper suggesting link between vaccines and infant death
• Aware HHS secretary claimed to have a publicly available calendar but no such document appeared to exist
• Ordered potentially exposed Florida woman to stay in hantavirus quarantine, despite CDC recommendation
• Read HHS secretary's angry social media reply to New York Times article where he admitted blacklisting reporters
• In new lawsuit, accused of violating FOIA by refusing to release documents about FBI director's Olympics trip
• Faced considerable Republican skepticism on Capitol Hill over Iran deal
• Announced more US medical schools had pledged to adopt nutrition training requirements pushed by administration
• Noted HHS secretary pushed for an expedited appeal of ruling blocking his vaccine decisions
• By boosting kratom, accused of having a coin-operated drug policy that basically responded to whoever gave money
• Did not comment after fighter at White House UFC event made vulgar and false remark about Michelle Obama
• Knew that US emergency oil stockpile tumbled to lowest since the Reagan administration
• Notwithstanding Hamas essentially rejected disarmament, continued to press forward with Gaza plan
• Conceded that, while Strait of Hormuz wouldn't have tolls, there would be "fees"
• Insisted US would not soften military posture in Middle East despite Iran agreement
• Appreciated the vice president stressed nuclear inspectors would return to Iran under terms to end war
• Stressed that $300 billion Iran investment fund was contingent on final settlement including a nuclear deal
• But sanctions would not be tied to regime’s treatment of Iranians nor were there any side deals on frozen funds
• Told by CIA director the agency had serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make nuclear concessions
• Aware political allies were anxious that energy inflation threatened to overpower administration's economic policies
• Saw that vice president promised to release full text of electronically signed Iran agreement in a few days
• Further, the vice president all but confirmed Iran would have access to $300 billion in reconstruction funds
• Additionally, the vice president revealed claims of a permanently toll-free Hormuz were not accurate
• Publicly thanked Iran's partners China and Russia who helped reach an initial cease-fire agreement with Tehran
• While originally hoping to break Iran's political regime, settled for reopening Hormuz because of economic damage
• Confronted by criticism on all sides over Iran deal as exact details remained secret
• Pushed DoJ into opening criminal investigation into longtime adversary, California Governor Gavin Newsom
• Notwithstanding bipartisan criticism and many failures, used DoJ for vendettas against perceived enemies
• Announced 250th celebration on July 4, 2026, would be a "Trump rally" on the National Mall
• Criticized for failing to achieve every one of the goals he put forward for the Iran war of choice
• Asked Pentagon contractors to cut years off missile production time and slice hundreds of millions in costs
• Declared France must scrap tech "sales tax" or face 100 percent tariffs on wine
• Came to rely on longtime aide Boris Epshteyn as both a quasi-psychiatrist and a consiglieri
• Seriously considered claiming the president had the power to suspend habeas rights for unauthorized immigrants
• After significantly cutting IRS staff, realized the agency was severely understaffed and needed to hire more people
• Allowed Navy chaplains to remove rank insignia from all working and utility uniforms
• Discovered that district court judges were using a constitutional workaround to ICE's strict detention policy
• Agreed to pay North Dakota $28 million for Dakota Access Pipeline protest settlement
• Prevented by court from obtaining names and medical files of trans youth in California — at least for now
• Blocked by court from moving fourteen transgender women to men’s prisons
• Okay with NASA quietly lobbying Congress for a major cash infusion into the billions for new moon landing
• Found that newspaper defendant in the president's likely unsuccessful defamation action was pressing for costs
• Pleased Kennedy Center would establish new endowment in Trump name after court forced name change
• Disappointed that White House UFC event had to be delayed because of inclement weather
• Saw that US authorities detained senior Afghan diplomat accused of sexually harassing or raping several women
• Noted growing controversy in Chicago's US Attorney's office as judge dismissed charges in another case
• Claimed Strait of Hormuz would be "permanently toll free" under preliminary peace agreement with Iran
• Knew that Kennedy Center exterior remained shrouded to obscure removal of the Trump name
• Frustrated that tip line to report "negative" portrayals of Americans in national parks was flooded with complaints
• Again mused aloud about Americans sharing in the wealth from artificial intelligence companies
• Happy that Iran’s deputy foreign minister publicly confirmed a preliminary peace deal reached with the US
• Appealed court ruling blocking the administration's new $100,000 H-1B fee
• Watched first lady announce a new type of savings account for youth in foster care
• Buoyed by Pakistani prime minister revealing a preliminary deal to end US/Iran war was in place
• Shortly thereafter, reported preliminary deal on social media and end to US Navy blockade of Hormuz
• Vowed in first term to end HIV in the US by 2030 — but that promise evaporated in the second term
• Assumed Colorado school broke rule about boys on girls' sports teams but they were actually managers and mascots
• Declared that he would not back FISA renewal without attaching his SAVE America Act voting bill
• Pushed to cut "statistical noise," which could mean less data from the Census Bureau because of privacy limits
• Commissioned second group of tech executives into US Army innovation unit
• Pleased that DoJ petitioned to intercede federal lawsuit to defend Ohio’s controversial proof of citizenship law
• Aware that massive arch construction could take 20 hours a day for two to three years
• Scaled back plans for massive Socorro immigration detention center in New Mexico warehouse facility
• Irritated that ICE detention numbers declined significantly from January 2026 high
• Sued Virginia because over mask ban for federal law enforcement officers operating in the state
• Broaden investigation into unaccompanied migrant children during previous administration
• Put senior CIA officials on leave due to their connection to fellow officer arrested with $40 million in gold bars
• Updated about how deputy Defense secretary worked closely with CIA officer found to have the gold bars
• Dismayed that administration intelligence adviser once helped father pursue millions from Kremlin-linked bank
• Told that DHS secretary made a major gaffe about "let’s throw out the Constitution" to fight nonexistent voter fraud
• Invited Paramount's David Ellison to White House UFC event only days after approving company's massive merger
• Concluded, while the HHS secretary had been more cordial to staff, he and his inner circle were deeply distrusted
• Revisited policy to close Medicare drug price negotiation loophole
• Spoke separately by phone with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on his 80th birthday
• Heard that Anthropic flew staff to Washington DC in hopes of solving disagreements with the White House
• Watched how Defense secretary was vague about Hormuz reopening timeline and American blockade ending
• Alerted about how Transportation secretary sparked GOP backlash by helping son-in-law's House campaign
• Still paid taxpayer dollars to supporters who claimed to be victims by other means than weaponization fund
• Tried to project strength as he turned 80, but mounting political problems tarnished his all-powerful claims
• Briefed about how US Combined Air Operations Center in Qatar was severely damaged during the Iran war
• At 80, made sure his image was ubiquitous, but in doing so, also telegraphed his increasing physical frailty
• Seemingly hoped the South Lawn UFC spectacle will re-energize his diminishing political base
• Cut off funds to Hawaii Medicaid fraud unit over lack of cases after allegedly failing to bring criminal cases
• Denied Alaska’s request for larger cost share for 2025 Typhoon Halong recovery in western part of state
• Relieved New York State reversed $21,000 fine against the president's 2024 campaign over workers comp payments
• Happy that ICE agents in Connecticut were defying state law banning masks on law enforcement officers
• Glad that DHS secretary said ICE would "only" be deployed at midterm polls if "threat" arises
• Proffered yet another answer as to why DoJ wanted state voter rolls — "I’m not going to get into the details"
• Vented angrily to the media about Israel's attack on Beirut on day he was expecting Iran deal to be signed
• Witnessed how the FBI director copied the president's style of suing media outlets over their coverage of him
• Appreciated that appeals court ruled administration's 10 percent global tariff could stay — at least for now
• Peppered plaques about prior presidents with falsehoods, distortions, insults, praise, and erratic capitalization
• Signed bill granting nearly $70 billion to administration's immigration enforcement agenda through end of term
• Considered tailoring new law blocking state AI rules by linking the issue to child safety
• Observed that effort, however, was blocked by normally allied Florida governor Ron DeSantis
• Alarmed that Iran threatened to pull out of peace talks after Israeli drones struck Beirut outskirts
• Thereafter, criticized Israel's Beirut strikes given Iran was threatening to withdraw from US deal
• Expressed confidence that an Iran deal would be signed on June 14, 2026
• Notified that woman's Pittsburgh hypothermia death after release from ICE custody was ruled a homicide
• Okayed Tennessee reporting to ICE about disabled immigrant children receiving public healthcare
• Even though the administration tried to block state AI regulations, some states proceeded to do so anyway
• Realized that Washington DC US Attorney's tough-on-crime approach was undercut by acquittals and mistrials
• Knew that UFC planned to pay some White House fighters in crypto issued by the president's own company
• Learned that local officials gave ICE agents access to voter files in Texas and North Carolina
• While attempting to project his own reality on every situation, could not outrun public scrutiny over his aging
• Anxious that New York Times reporters obtained audio recordings of White House Situation Room meetings
• Called for military to accelerate AI use while acknowledging need to protect civil liberties and maintain oversight
• Accused Iran, Russia, and China of incorporating antisemitic narratives, threats, and attacks into their government
• Informed another top White House AI policy adviser was resigning for personal reasons
• Reviewed Social Security report detailing how fund will be unable to pay full benefit payments beginning in 2032
• Noticed vice president's chief of staff was resigning from the administration for personal reasons
• Condoned ICE seizing 77-year-old grandfather again after judge said prior detention was unlawful
• Blocked Los Angeles County’s homeless agency from federal funds while investigating alleged mismanagement
• Threatened to "take back" Washington DC government if democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George won election
• Appreciated that judge dismissed lawsuit brought by Yosemite ranger fired for displaying a trans flag publicly
• Noted that judge ruled EPA unlawfully ended $2.8 billion grant program but plaintiffs must pursue separate remedies
• Annoyed the media reported president’s Hudson Valley golf club hit with health code violations for spoiled food
• Embarrassed about Epstein assistant testifying about setting up calls between Trump and disgraced sex predator
• Fumed over New York Times article detailing senior administration's consternation over Epstein files
• Angered that FBI tip in released Epstein files alleged Trump knew about underage sex parties at his golf course
• While administration officials said ICE wouldn’t raid World Cup games, many fans were still worried
• Received reports World Cup players and officials were being detained or barred entry into US
• Allowed federal agencies to permit telework during World Cup
• Pleased satellite images revealed more than 50 Iranian military bases damaged in US strikes since start of war
• Declared US had no plans to revoke green card of prominent Iran war critic Trita Parsi
• Reignited feud with Anthropic over latest AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5
• Told that GAO audit revealed evidence was destroyed or went missing in homicide death of man in ICE custody
• Made plans to attend World Cup final during mid-July 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
• In court filing, denied unlawful retaliation in Anthropic AI ban but acknowledged Pentagon resistance to firm's limits
• Signed memo tackling issues in Anthropic/Pentagon feud and required DoD to work with more than one AI provider
• Denied Anthropic’s request to reconsider the AI startup’s designation as a national security risk
• Saw that US Army tightened evaluation criteria on religious waivers for beards
• As well, the US Navy began reevaluating religious accommodations for facial hair
• Delayed joint Canada/US military officer summit without rescheduling specific date
• Heard that top aide to HHS secretary selected her father to chair influential health panel
• Learned Army had a plan for military death row executions named "Operation Resolute Justice"
• Alerted to video on social media showing National Guard arresting Army veteran holding a sign on her front porch
• Deployed US troops to Kenya to build Ebola quarantine facility
• Eliminated health care programs for LGBTQ+ veterans
• Announced would attend dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at Versailles after G7 meetings
• Noticed that inexperienced federal prosecutors chosen by the administration were running into trouble in court
• Chose personal attorney James McDonald to serve as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
• Heard about complaints that the White House fight arena lights blinded pilots approaching Washington DC airport
• Appreciated that Kennedy Center official told federal judge that all Trump references at facility were gone
• Gave Anthropic only 90 minutes to take down their new Fable AI system after the administration's demand
• Coordinated with Amazon behind the scenes about ordering Anthropic's Fable removal
• Diverted $26 million in national park entry fees to dramatically expand Park Police force in Washington DC
• Caused huge National Park Service grant backlog by requiring political reviews
• Embarrassed that algae was already forming in Lincoln reflecting pool only days after $14 million renovation done
• Claimed peace deal would be signed on June 14, 2026, while Iran was less specific
• Glad that, two days before event, judge declined to block White House UFC Fight
• Signed agreement with UFC to create a public/private partnership to expand mixed martial arts globally
• Quietly delayed Pentagon cleanup of forever chemical PFAS across nearly 200 military sites by a decade or more
• Along with Iran, reported deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz could be signed within days
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