Former President Donald Trump surprised a Pennsylvania mother of three, buying her groceries when he stepped into a small market ahead of his Monday campaign stop in Indiana, PA.
Trump made a stop at Sprankles Market in nearby Kittanning earlier in the day, where he spoke to a number of fans and supporters.
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President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> hugs a fan in Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market 
THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT! 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/L4t4IdutYP">pic.twitter.com/L4t4IdutYP</a>
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The former president also made a beeline for a popcorn display, grabbing a large bag and handing it off to a staffer: &#8220;Oh, look, I gotta get some of this!&#8221;
&#8220;Look at that stuff,&#8221; he said, prompting laughs. &#8220;This is what I want. We gotta get it.&#8221;
&#8220;My mom just got a bag of that, actually,&#8221; someone else commented.
&#8220;Is it good stuff? Good?&#8221; Trump asked.
&#8220;She says it&#8217;s the best,&#8221; the man replied. &#8220;She says it&#8217;s the best.&#8221;
&#8220;Is that the best?&#8221; Trump asked. &#8220;If it is, I&#8217;ll be sending — I&#8217;ll be in Washington, D.C., hopefully in the Oval Office, I&#8217;ll send for popcorn.&#8221;
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President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> takes home popcorn from Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market 🍿 <a href="https://t.co/Vpbqjb5U2W">pic.twitter.com/Vpbqjb5U2W</a>
&mdash; Margo Martin (@margommartin) <a href="https://twitter.com/margommartin/status/1838342759989878855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
Trump paid for his popcorn, handing the cashier his money and saying, &#8220;Take the rest of it.&#8221; He then turned to the register behind him, where another customer was checking out with her groceries, and tossed a bill onto the conveyor belt in front of her.
&#8220;Here, it&#8217;s going to go down a little bit,&#8221; he said of her grocery bill. She smiled and picked up the bill, and Trump added, &#8220;It just went down a hundred bucks.&#8221;
&#8220;Thank you so much!&#8221; she replied.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll do that for you from the White House,&#8221; Trump said, waving and adding, &#8220;All right, bye. Nice seeing everybody &#8230;&#8221;
Turning back to the woman and her kids, he continued, &#8220;Beautiful &#8230; beautiful, they&#8217;re your kids?&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, they are,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Three boys.&#8221;
&#8220;Perfecto. Perfecto,&#8221; was Trump&#8217;s reply.
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President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> helps a mom of 3 pay for her groceries ❤️🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/33ifPk2cXI">pic.twitter.com/33ifPk2cXI</a>
&mdash; Margo Martin (@margommartin) <a href="https://twitter.com/margommartin/status/1838346566299480305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) refused to answer a question from CNN anchor Kasie Hunt about former President Joe Biden&#8217;s obvious cognitive decline, saying instead that he was &#8220;looking forward&#8221; and changing the subject to attack President Donald Trump.
In the context of the forthcoming book &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; — which explores Biden&#8217;s decline and the lengths to which the people around him went to cover it up — Hunt asked Schumer a question that essentially boiled down to the classic &#8220;what did you know, and when did you know it?&#8221;
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CNN’s ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/kasie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kasie</a>⁩ Hunt to Chuck Schumer: “Did you really not have any idea that Biden was “not fit to serve a second term?”
Schumer: *refuses to answer* <a href="https://t.co/misRQOnd9F">pic.twitter.com/misRQOnd9F</a>
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1922405528615166227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I really do want to ask you about something that has been breaking out of CNN, our Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson have written a book called &#8216;Original Sin&#8217; and they call it a cover-up of Biden&#8217;s health and his cognition and his fitness, quite frankly, to be President of the United States,&#8221; Hunt began, and she noted that Schumer had met with Biden on a number of occasions in the months leading up to the disastrous debate on CNN in late June.
&#8220;Did you really not have any idea that he was not fit to serve a second term?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;Kasie, we&#8217;re looking forward,&#8221; Schumer replied. &#8220;We have the largest Medicaid cut in front of us, we have the whole federal government at risk —&#8221;
Hunt interrupted then, reminding Schumer that the entire premise of the book was that Biden&#8217;s apparent lack of fitness — and his insistence upon running anyway — may be the reason Democrats were dealing with a second term under President Donald Trump.
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking forward,&#8221; Schumer said again, making it clear that he had no intention whatsoever of addressing her question.
According to the book, Schumer actually <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamalas-team-tosses-biden-under-the-bus-blames-him-for-2024-loss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with Biden</a> in Rehoboth Beach after the debate in June, warning him that if he did not choose to exit the presidential race gracefully, he was likely to lose to Trump and sully 50 years of public service.

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Even liberally applied &#8220;Hollywood Magic&#8221; was not enough to save a floundering former President Joe Biden — &#8220;magic&#8221; that included help with lighting and sound from mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and direction from Oscar-winner Stephen Spielberg, says the new book &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson.
In an <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/how-joe-biden-handed-the-presidency-to-donald-trump?mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_brand=tny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">excerpt from the book</a> published on Tuesday by The New Yorker, Tapper and Thompson revealed just how much pre-production went into getting Biden camera ready as the 2024 presidential campaign heated up — and the moment when everyone involved realized that it just wasn&#8217;t working.
Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had been friends with Biden for decades, spearheaded high-dollar fundraisers — including a Radio City event that raked in $26 million — but he took on a different role as the 2024 presidential election loomed ever closer.
&#8220;As 2024 approached, he saw Biden’s communication struggles and thought he could help fix them. He worked on providing better lighting for Biden and trying to find a microphone that would amplify Biden when he would break into a whisper for emphasis,&#8221; Tapper and Thompson wrote — but Katzenberg didn&#8217;t stop there.
&#8220;Katzenberg also recruited his friend Steven Spielberg, who helped coach Biden for the State of the Union and his debates, even assisting with routine campaign videos. There was, however, only so much that Hollywood magic could do,&#8221; they continued.
The moment that shocked everyone, according to Tapper and Thompson, was Biden&#8217;s appearance at the Hollywood fundraiser hosted by actor George Clooney — and his apparent failure to immediately recognize his longtime friend and supporter.
<blockquote>“You know George,” the assisting aide told the President, gently reminding him who was in front of him. “Yeah, yeah,” the President said to one of the most recognizable men in the world, the host of this lucrative fund-raiser. “Thank you for being here.”
“Hi, Mr. President,” Clooney said.
“How are ya?” the President replied.
“How was your trip?” Clooney asked.
“It was fine,” the President said.
It seemed clear that the President had not recognized Clooney.
“It was not O.K.,” recalled the Hollywood V.I.P. who had witnessed this moment. “That thing, the moment where you recognize someone you know—especially a famous person who’s doing a f***ing fund-raiser for you—it was delayed. It was uncomfortable.”
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Biden had to be reminded that the man standing in front of him was George Clooney, according to witnesses.
&#8220;Clooney was shaken to his core. The President hadn’t recognized him, a man he had known for years. Clooney had expressed concern about Biden’s health before—a White House aide had told him a few months before that they were working on getting the President to take longer steps when he walked—but obviously the problem went far beyond his gait. This was much graver,&#8221; Tapper and Thompson wrote.
It was only a short time later that Clooney penned the open letter calling on Biden to exit the race.

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Behind The Scenes: Book Reveals The Extensive ‘Hollywood Magic’ That Couldn’t Save Biden

The hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; complained about President Donald Trump&#8217;s plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans — but as Whoopi Goldberg laid out her objections, it appeared as though her main objection was the fact that Trump was doing what Democrats had not been able to do thus far.
Goldberg started off the conversation during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast by asserting that Trump&#8217;s plan was bad because he had not yet specified which drugs he was talking about, nor had he explained which health insurance plans might be impacted by any new policies.
&#8220;Well, again, he didn&#8217;t specify which drugs he was going to target — or which insurance programs would be impacted,&#8221; she complained. &#8220;Because you see, if you&#8217;re going to lower the price of the drugs, you gotta first fix the broken insurance company,&#8221; Goldberg laughed. &#8220;Because they are — it doesn&#8217;t make any sense.&#8221;
&#8220;You know what though, I would think that you have to take money out of politics, too, because a lot of these guys in Congress, don&#8217;t they take money from pharmaceutical lobbyists?&#8221; Joy Behar asked. &#8220;I mean —&#8221;
&#8220;But there are lobbyists in other countries, too,&#8221; cohost Sara Haines pushed back.
Behar pivoted then to attack Trump&#8217;s appearance and weight, saying, &#8220;The guy has 153 rooms in the White House. He can&#8217;t have one mirror to look into? He&#8217;s always criticizing, &#8216;This one&#8217;s not a 10, this one&#8217;s a six, this one&#8217;s fat, this one&#8217;s — he said the friend is &#8216;highly neurotic.&#8217; Hello? Look in the mirror &#8230;&#8221;
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Alyssa Farah Griffin bursts their bubble by pointing out that some of their favorite progressives in Congress, Ro Khanna and Bernie Sanders, have a bill that does exactly what Trump wants to do. 
Whoopi RAGES anyway and claims socialism is not socialism. <a href="https://t.co/EDA3DwcMGh">pic.twitter.com/EDA3DwcMGh</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1922322025089040541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out the fact that Trump&#8217;s plan was actually supported by some of the progressives in Congress — including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) because some parts of it mirrored a bill they were already working on to lower drug costs.
Griffin then said that her main issue with the plan was the potential for enforcement of lowered prices, which she said veered too close to Soviet-style price controls for her tastes.
Goldberg then responded by arguing that the infusion of socialism into the health care system — the raising of taxes on everyone to make sure that the government could absorb the costs of drugs so that those who needed medication were able to afford it — was not actually socialism.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not socialism,&#8221; she insisted. &#8220;It&#8217;s best for the country if everyone can afford their health care!&#8221;

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Aides who worked for former Vice President Kamala Harris — particularly those close to her failed 2024 presidential bid — have come forward to throw former President Joe Biden under the bus, claiming that he is to blame for her loss to President Donald Trump.
The new accusations were fully explored in the upcoming book from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios&#8217; Alex Thompson: &#8220;Original Sin: President Biden&#8217;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&#8221; as noted in a report from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/biden-harris-david-plouffe-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Guardian</a>. A number of those close to Harris asserted that Biden was ultimately responsible for the Democrats&#8217; failure to retain the White House.
David Plouffe, who managed former President Barack Obama&#8217;s 2008 campaign, told authors Tapper and Thompson that Biden &#8220;totally f***ed us&#8221; by staying in the 2024 campaign until late July, leaving Harris just over 100 days — 107, to be exact — to mount a campaign against President Donald Trump.
Plouffe referred to the abbreviated campaign as &#8220;a f***ing nightmare,&#8221; adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s all Biden.&#8221;
Plouffe recalled taking phone calls from donors who were concerned about Biden&#8217;s speech patterns or his uneven gait, but when he asked the White House and Biden&#8217;s closest advisers whether the president was capable of seeing the 2024 campaign through, he was always told that Biden was fine.
There were others who agreed with Plouffe, including one Democratic strategist who told Tapper and Thompson, &#8220;[The 2024 campaign] was an abomination. He stole an election from the Democratic party; he stole it from the American people.&#8221;
Another senior aide who remained anonymous — and who ultimately quit his position in the Biden White House over the president&#8217;s decision to seek reelection, admitted, &#8220;We attempted to shield him from his own staff so many people didn’t realize the extent of the decline beginning in 2023.&#8221;
&#8220;I love Joe Biden. When it comes to decency, there are few in politics like him,&#8221; the aide said. &#8220;Still, it was a disservice to the country and to the party for his family and advisers to allow him to run again.&#8221;
Even Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly warned Biden to get out if he wanted to preserve any part of his legacy, meeting with the president at his Rehoboth Beach home shortly after the disastrous CNN debate in late June.
Schumer told Biden that if he remained on the ticket and lost, half a century of &#8220;amazing, beautiful work goes out the window. But it’s worse than that – you will go down in American history as one of the darkest figures.&#8221;
Biden, according to the book, replied to Schumer, &#8220;You have bigger balls than anyone I’ve ever met.&#8221;
Despite that, it was nearly a full month before Biden dropped out of the race on July 21.

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Kamala’s Team Tosses Biden Under The Bus, Blames Him For 2024 Loss

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings made it clear on Monday that he was not impressed with the Democrats who were suddenly opposed to the United States granting refugee status to South Africans after years of supporting the open border policies implemented by former President Joe Biden.
Jennings unloaded on them during a panel discussion on CNN, pointing out the fact that they had supported policies that ultimately let some of the worst criminals into the country, but suddenly had a problem with a few dozen white South Africans who have faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rips-critics-of-south-african-refugee-policy-its-a-terrible-thing-thats-taking-place" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racially-motivated threats</a> and violence in their country.
&#8220;The same people who had no problem with letting in 20 million illegal immigrants, gang members included, are suddenly outraged about a small group of white South African refugees. Spare me,&#8221; Jennings captioned his video.
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The same people who had no problem with letting in 20 million illegal immigrants, gang members included, are suddenly outraged about a small group of white South African refugees.
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— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1922284398373679144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I do think — it&#8217;s not alleged discrimination that these people are facing in South Africa. I mean, the law there absolutely allows their property to be confiscated,&#8221; Jennings said. &#8220;They are subject to racial discrimination, some have been subject to violence, from some reports that I have read.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, we&#8217;re talking about 50-something people, and the people who seem to be angriest about this today had no problem with 20 million coming here, some of the worst people in the world coming here, including gang members and so on and so forth, so I don&#8217;t have a lot of sympathy for outrage today after what happened to this country over the last several years over 50-something people who are clearly being discriminated against in South Africa,&#8221; he added.
Later on in the segment, Jennings argued with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) who attempted to separate his views on illegal immigration from his support for former President Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
&#8220;The previous administration had priorities about who to let in, including all kinds of folks who I would argue shouldn&#8217;t be here,&#8221; Jennings said, noting that the open borders had effectively prioritized unvetted criminal aliens. &#8220;This administration, I guess, is going to set priorities about who and who not to let in —&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s just be honest about what those priorities are,&#8221; Moulton interrupted, suggesting that the skin color of the refugees was what was driving President Donald Trump&#8217;s policies. &#8220;I&#8217;m a Democrat here, I did not defend the Biden administration on immigration —&#8221;
&#8220;But you voted for him,&#8221; Jennings pointed out.
&#8220;That doesn&#8217;t mean that I defend him on immigration —&#8221; Moulton protested.
&#8220;And you voted for a continuation of it in 2024, did you not?&#8221; Jennings continued.
&#8220;I — I did not vote for his policies on immigration,&#8221; Moulton tried again, attempting to argue that he could support the man without taking responsibility for the policies that man put forth.
&#8220;But you voted — you voted to extend the immigration policies of the last administration,&#8221; Jennings said as several others on the panel attempted to jump to Moulton&#8217;s rescue.
&#8220;No, I did not vote for that,&#8221; Moulton repeated.
&#8220;The point is, you&#8217;re in a party that opened the borders, and I&#8217;m in a party that closed the borders, and I think the American people prefer our way,&#8221; Jennings concluded.

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Former President Joe Biden&#8217;s team considered the possibility that they might have to put him in a wheelchair if he won re-election in 2024, the upcoming book &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; claims.
<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/biden-book-wheelchair-2024-campaign-original-sin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to the book</a> from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios&#8217; Alex Thompson, information given to the American people about then-President Biden&#8217;s physical condition was often at odds with evaluations from his personal physician.
&#8220;Biden&#8217;s physical deterioration — most apparent in his halting walk — had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn&#8217;t do so until after the election,&#8221; Tapper and Thompson wrote.
Biden&#8217;s physician suggested that a wheelchair might be necessary – especially if the president were to fall at any point — because his age and condition could prolong recovery.
&#8220;Given Biden&#8217;s age, [his physician Kevin O&#8217;Connor] also privately said that if he had another bad fall, a wheelchair might be necessary for what could be a difficult recovery,&#8221; the book reads.
Biden&#8217;s team did show concerns that he could fall, and took precautions such as using the shorter staircase from Air Force One and having the president wear shoes that were made for better stability.
Still, according to the book, O&#8217;Connor often felt as though Biden&#8217;s aides were not doing enough to make sure that he was taking proper precautions and getting enough rest.
&#8220;O&#8217;Connor sometimes quipped that Biden&#8217;s staff members were trying to kill him, while he was trying to keep him alive,&#8221; Axios reported.
Another instance that showed O&#8217;Connor and Biden&#8217;s team in conflict was the aftermath of a 2020 fall in which Biden fractured his foot. After the president wore a walking boot for more than two months, O&#8217;Connor announced that &#8220;both small fractures of his foot are completely healed&#8221; and that &#8220;this injury has healed as expected.&#8221;
But throughout 2024, as critics increasingly noticed the president&#8217;s awkward gait, aides claimed that his halting step resulted from his refusal to wear the boot long enough when he&#8217;d been recovering from the fractures in his foot. &#8220;In short, they said, Biden was being undone by his own vigor,&#8221; Axios reported.
Biden&#8217;s team has responded to early reports from the book, saying, &#8220;So far, we are still waiting for someone, anyone, to point out where Joe Biden had to make a presidential decision or make a presidential address where he was unable to do his job because of mental decline. In fact, the evidence points to the opposite — he was a very effective president.&#8221;

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