💰 Trillion Dollar Daddy’s Problems.
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Trump is not the first president to find the foreign policy domain – where as commander-in-chief he recently ordered strikes on nuclear sites in Iran – less restrictive than the domestic sphere, where a rambunctious Congress, robust judiciary and sceptical media are constant irritants.

⚖️ But rarely has the gap between symbolic posturing abroad and messy politicking at home been so pronounced.

🗣 “There’s two presidencies,”

said Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota.

“The one on the domestic front is gruesome and involves long-drawn-out and disappointing negotiations with Congress and that’s exactly what Trump is engaged in now.
What emerges from Congress is not going to be as ‘big’ or ‘beautiful’ as he promised.”

💣 “Meanwhile you’ve got staggering photographs of bombs falling from the sky, Trump’s flamboyant description of what he’s achieved in Iran and Europe. That’s the kind of Hollywood performance 🎬 that Donald Trump wants.”

📣 The president stunned the world last Saturday by announcing, on his Truth Social platform, that he had ordered more than 125 aircraft and 75 weapons – including 14 bunker-busting bombs – to hit three targets in Iran to prevent the country obtaining a nuclear weapon.

📉 “That narrative has since been cast into doubt by a leaked intelligence report suggesting that the operation set back Iran’s nuclear programme by only a few months.”

🕊 Still, Trump pivoted to the role of peacemaker, again using Truth Social to announce a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, prompting Republicans to gush that he should win the Nobel peace prize 🏅.

📺 Trump’s barrage of speeches, press interactions, and social media posts about the Middle East were likened by some to a daily soap opera, dominating public attention and distracting from his one big beautiful bill — a budget plan that threatens to slash the social safety net 🏚 many of his supporters depend on.

🧊 Meanwhile, discontent is simmering over immigration, even among some of his voters.
Images of people being snatched off the streets or beaten by ICE agents have provoked widespread revulsion.

👩 There have also been cases like Ming Li Hui, a popular restaurant worker in rural Missouri who was arrested and jailed to await deportation.

Her friend Vanessa Cowart told the NYT:

“I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here. But no one voted to deport moms.
We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.”

🤖 Trump’s second term has also been marred by Elon Musk leading the “department of government efficiency” (DOGE), which fired thousands of federal workers, but failed to meet its cost-saving goals, ending with Musk’s acrimonious departure.

🔥 The president’s authoritarian attacks on cultural institutions, law firms, media and universities fuelled “No Kings” protests, involving 5+ million people in 2,100+ cities across the U.S. on June 14.

👕 Now Trump’s fundraising allies are marketing $35 T-shirts with his image and the word “Daddy”, after Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, referred to Trump’s criticism of Israel and Iran during ceasefire violations by quipping:

🗣 “And then Daddy has to sometimes use strong language to get them to stop.”

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