President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had “pretty much” finalized the details of a trade deal with South Korea that is expected to bring hundreds of billions of dollars in investments into the United States. 
Trump’s announcement came after he arrived in South Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The regional economic forum will be the last stop on Trump&#8217;s trade-focused Asia tour before he returns to the United States. 
“We had a tremendous meeting today with South Korea,” Trump said. “Pretty much finalized a trade deal, and we discussed some other things having to do with national security, etc. And I think we came to a conclusion on a lot of very important items.”
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Under the terms of the agreement, South Korea is <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/trump-announces-trade-breakthrough-with-south-korea-on-asia-trip.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to invest a total of $350 billion in the United States, including $200 billion in cash and $150 million in shipbuilding. Tariffs on cars will also be slashed from 25% to 15%, according to South Korean officials. 
Upon his arrival in South Korea, Trump was given a series of elaborate gifts by officials, including a replica golden crown and a laurel leaf medal. 
Later, during a dinner with officials, Trump spoke about the rocky relationship between North and South Korea. 
&#8220;I won&#8217;t forget the trip and we&#8217;ll be working together and you have a little bit of a cloud over your country, and we&#8217;re going to get that cloud solved. You have a neighbor that hasn&#8217;t been as nice as they could be, and I think they will be. I know Kim Jong Un very well, and I think things will work out very well.&#8221;
Trump said he was open to meeting Kim during the trip, but the North Korean dictator has so far declined to engage.
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Trump’s meeting with South Korea comes ahead of a much-anticipated Thursday meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 
“We&#8217;ve been talking a lot over the last month, and I think we&#8217;re going to have something that&#8217;s going to be very, very satisfactory to China and to us. I think we&#8217;re going to have… I think it&#8217;s going to be a very good meeting. I look forward to it tomorrow morning,” Trump said. 
Trump echoed those remarks on Truth Social, saying his Asia trip would bring back trillions of dollars to the United States and that his meeting with Xi would be “great” for both nations. 
Earlier this month, Trump threatened to cancel his planned meeting with Xi after he accused China of taking “very hostile” actions on trade.

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Constitution is &#8220;pretty clear&#8221; on presidential term limits, putting to rest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-third-term-talk-puts-leftists-in-a-tizzy-again">theories</a> that have been pushed recently about Trump seeking to run again in 2028.
While en route to South Korea, Trump told reporters on Air Force One, “I have my highest poll numbers that I&#8217;ve ever had, and, you know, based on what I read, I guess I&#8217;m not allowed to run.&#8221;
&#8220;I would say that if you read [the Constitution], it&#8217;s pretty clear. I&#8217;m not allowed to run. It&#8217;s too bad,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;But we have a lot of great people,&#8221; referring to the potential Republican presidential candidates waiting to take the torch from him.
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US President Donald Trump conceded Wednesday that it was “pretty clear” the Constitution didn’t allow him to seek a third term as president, despite frequently floating the idea in recent months <a href="https://t.co/3MeLI1D3J8">https://t.co/3MeLI1D3J8</a> <a href="https://t.co/08tM9EfCMu">pic.twitter.com/08tM9EfCMu</a>
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/can-trump-run-for-a-third-term-in-2028-mike-johnson-says-he-doesnt-see-the-path-192522300.html">pushed back</a> against the third-term theories on Tuesday, saying, “It&#8217;s been a great run, but I think the president knows, and he and I have talked about, the constrictions of the Constitution.”
The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, ratified in 1951, states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” The 22nd Amendment was ratified shortly after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms before he died in office in 1945.
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Theories about Trump running for a third term in 2028 swirled this week after former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview that &#8220;there is a plan&#8221; to create a path for Trump to run again. Trump would be 82 years old when the 2028 election takes place.
“Trump is going to be president in 2028, and people just ought to get accommodated with that,” Bannon <a href="https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/1981393309869215887">said</a> during an interview with The Economist last week. “We need him for at least one more term, and he’ll get that in 2028.”
Trump was asked about Bannon&#8217;s remarks earlier this week and told reporters that he &#8220;would love&#8221; to run in 2028. Trump&#8217;s and Bannon&#8217;s comments sparked rage and trepidation among political commentators on the Left. Some leftists have also argued that Trump&#8217;s tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom is evidence that he plans on staying in office past January 20, 2029.
The president has hinted at a potential 2028 run multiple times in recent months, but has also stated that the idea &#8220;is not something I&#8217;m looking to do.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s official store also sells &#8220;Trump 2028&#8221; hats, keeping alive fears that he could run. But all of the third-term talk appears to just be talk, or possibly a ruse to troll Democrats. Political <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-third-term-politics.html">analysts</a> have also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/president-trump-third-term-2028">suggested</a> that Trump and his allies are keeping third-term theories alive to prevent Trump from becoming a lame-duck president, which could hinder his agenda as he gets closer to the end of his term.

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President Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to overturn his felony conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, arguing that the trial &#8220;was fatally marred&#8221; by the prosecution using his official acts as president as evidence.
Trump&#8217;s lawyers submitted a 96-page <a href="https://static.politico.com/8b/9e/8663b7e849cf87d9220333fb3a36/2025-00648-people-of-the-state-of-v-people-of-the-state-of-appellant-s-brief-66.pdf">legal filing</a>, accusing the trial court of violating the evidentiary presidential immunity, which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year &#8220;bars the &#8216;use of evidence about&#8217; a President’s official acts while in office.&#8221; The filing also argues that the district attorney used &#8220;a convoluted legal theory&#8221; to concoct a &#8220;purported felony,&#8221; and that the judge who oversaw the hush-money trial should have recused himself since he made political contributions to Democrats, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/28/donald-trump-appeal-hush-money-conviction-00624382?nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nrid=00000172-d89e-d8b6-abff-fdff182b0000">reported</a>.
“President Trump’s legal team filed a powerhouse appeal in the Manhattan DA’s Witch Hunt, as the President continues his fight to put an end to the Radical Democrat Lawfare once and for all,&#8221; a spokesman for President Trump&#8217;s legal team said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire. &#8220;The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the Federal and New York State Constitutions, and other established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately overturned and dismissed. President Trump will keep defeating Democrat weaponization at every turn as he focuses on his singular mission to Make America Great Again.”
If successful, the president&#8217;s appeal to the New York Supreme Court would erase his status as a convicted felon, after a Manhattan jury found him guilty on 34 counts of business fraud. The hush money case was brought by Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and the trial was overseen by Judge Juan Merchan, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-overseeing-trumps-hush-money-case-donated-to-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign">donated</a> to Democratic causes, including to former President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 campaign.
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The hush money trial was held in the middle of Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign, with the May 30, 2024, conviction marking Trump as the first former president convicted of felony crimes.
&#8220;This is the most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history,&#8221; the legal filing begins. &#8220;After years of fruitless investigation into decade-old, baseless allegations—and under immense political pressure to criminally charge President Donald J. Trump for something—New York’s district attorney (DANY) manufactured felony charges against a once-former and now-sitting President of the United States.&#8221;
The case stemmed from Trump&#8217;s hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, which he made in 2016 to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter in 2006. Trump has maintained that he never had an affair with Daniels.
In Monday&#8217;s legal filing, Trump&#8217;s lawyers argue that prosecutors should have been prevented from pointing to conversations that were held between Trump and his former communications director, Hope Hicks, while Trump was in the White House. During the trial, the DA subpoenaed Hicks, who testified about conversations she held with Trump in the Oval Office, including a discussion she had with the president on “how he would like a team to respond to” a forthcoming Wall Street Journal story. Judge Merchan rejected the defense&#8217;s argument that the prosecution may not use Trump&#8217;s White House conversations as evidence. Weeks later, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling protecting presidential immunity in Trump v. United States.
&#8220;The trial court erroneously held that President Trump’s communications with Hicks were not official because, in the court’s view, they were &#8216;about personal matters involving an alleged affair and a sexual encounter that occurred prior to [President Trump] taking . . . office,'&#8221; Trump&#8217;s legal team argued.

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Speaking aboard the USS George Washington at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, President Donald J. Trump delivered a thunderous message on combating crime in American cities.
“We have cities that are troubled,” Trump declared, his tone equal parts steel and resolve. “And we’re sending in our National Guard — and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re gonna have safe cities. We’re not gonna have people killed in our cities. Whether people like that or not, that’s what we’re doing.”
In September, Chicago suffered one of the bloodiest Labor Day weekends in its recent history — nearly 60 shot, at least nine killed — under Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson’s watch. For the thirteenth straight year, Chicago topped the nation in homicides, with 572 murders in 2024 alone. Yet, instead of seeking help, Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker continued to defy federal offers of assistance. “Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis,” Pritzker had claimed, while insisting that “big cities have crime.”
But the Trump administration wasn’t buying it. “Despite pleas from residents, city council members, and even MSNBC hosts,” the White House stated, “Governor Pritzker is too blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome to act in the best interest of his constituents.” Trump put it bluntly: “We’re going in. I didn’t say when we’re going in. This isn’t political — I have an obligation.”
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By early October, that obligation took form. The War Department, under Secretary Pete Hegseth, authorized 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal agents and facilities under siege in Chicago. Pritzker immediately dubbed the move “Trump’s Invasion,” railing that “federalized members of the Illinois National Guard” were being deployed “against our wishes.” The administration responded that the troops would defend ICE agents and federal buildings under violent threat — a duty clearly allowed under 10 U.S.C. §12406, which authorizes the president to act when federal law cannot be executed by regular forces.
“Everybody knows Chicago is a hellhole right now,” Trump said. “We’re going to straighten it out.” Operation Midway Blitz followed — a sweep that netted hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds, including gang members and murderers. Meanwhile, the Texas National Guard began preparing to bolster the Illinois deployment.
Trump didn’t stop there. As riots erupted in Portland, Oregon, he authorized the deployment of 200 California and Oregon National Guard members, describing cities like Portland and Chicago as “burning.” When a federal judge blocked the order, Trump fired back, calling the decision “shameful.”
“I believe the politicians are under threat,” Trump said. “There’s no way someone can say things are wonderful in Chicago. We’re going to straighten it out. And I think Pritzker — he’s afraid for his life.”
Trump’s message from Japan was unmistakable: under his leadership, law and order will no longer be optional. “We’re gonna have safe cities,” he vowed. “Whether people like that or not.”
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he would consider extending his Asia trip to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One, Trump said that he would “love” to meet with Kim. Trump is currently in Japan and is set to end his Asia trip with a visit to South Korea. Trump first floated the possibility of meeting with Kim before departing on Friday for a five-day trip to Asia that has focused on trade. 
“I haven’t mentioned it. I haven’t said anything, but I’d love to meet with him if he’d like to meet. I got along great with Kim Jong Un. I liked him. He liked me. If he wants to meet, I’ll be in South Korea,” Trump said when asked if he had any plans to meet with Kim. 
If they did have a meeting, Trump suggested they would discuss sanctions. 
“Well, we have sanctions. It’s pretty big. I would say that&#8217;s about as big as you get,” Trump said. “I just had a good relationship with him. I would love to see him if he wants to, if he even gets this message. We haven&#8217;t mentioned that, but he knows I&#8217;m going over there. If he&#8217;d like to meet, I&#8217;d love to meet him.”
In September, Kim <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/27/trump-asia-trip/">reportedly</a> said that he would meet with Trump if “the U.S. drops its hollow obsession with denuclearization.”
During his first term, Trump became the first president to cross into North Korea’s demilitarized zone and meet with Kim to discuss the communist country&#8217;s nuclear program. He met with Kim on two other occasions. 
Last month, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-accuses-china-of-plotting-against-us-as-xi-flexes-military-power-alongside-putin?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Accuses+China+Of+Plotting+Against+US+As+Xi+Flexes+Military+Power+Alongside+Putin">accused</a> North Korea of conspiring with Russia and China against the United States after Kim attended a massive Chinese military parade alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. 
“May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.”
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While in South Korea, American officials will finalize the details of a trade agreement. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the overall framework of a deal with South Korea was in place and that the final details were being worked out. 
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the talks were focusing on removing non-tariff barriers to trade imposed by South Korea. South Korea is also expected to invest heavily in American shipbuilding. 
“We&#8217;re very much involved in getting the shipbuilding going again, which really we should have never lost years ago,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We were number one.&#8221;

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U.S. airports reported more than 20 incidents of air traffic controller shortages on Saturday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, in the latest sign of the government shutdown&#8217;s impact.
Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work even if they are not being paid during the shutdown, which started on October 1 as lawmakers deadlocked over the federal budget.
The Trump administration has warned that flight disruptions will increase as controllers miss their first full paycheck on Tuesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday had 22 &#8220;triggers&#8221; that indicated shortages of air traffic controllers, Duffy told Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; program. He called that figure &#8220;one of the highest that we&#8217;ve seen in the system&#8221; since October 1.
&#8220;That&#8217;s a sign that the controllers are wearing thin,&#8221; Duffy said.
The state of air safety has been closely watched for signs of an increase in delays or cancellations, as observers look for anything that shows the shutdown is making life harder for Americans, which in turn could pressure lawmakers to break the deadlock.
According to FlightAware, a flight tracking website, there were more than 5,300 U.S. flight delays on Saturday and more than 2,500 by 12 p.m. ET on Sunday. Delays have often been above average since the shutdown began.
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With no end in sight for the federal shutdown, Duffy predicted more traffic controller shortages that would lead to more flight delays and cancellations over the next few days.
The FAA said air traffic control staffing issues had already been reported on Sunday for Chicago and Newark flights. The agency issued a ground stop at Los Angeles International Airport due to traffic controller staffing shortages at around 11:30 a.m. ET (1530 GMT).
By noon ET on Sunday, the agency had recorded shortfalls in air traffic controllers at six U.S. airports.
Air traffic controllers received a paycheck two weeks ago at 90% of their regular pay. But Tuesday&#8217;s payday would have been for their first pay period solely for work in October.
Controllers facing the prospect of missing a federal paycheck are looking for other sources of income, Duffy said.
&#8220;They&#8217;re taking second jobs, they&#8217;re out there looking,&#8221; he said.
The FAA is about 3,500 air traffic controllers short of targeted staffing levels and many had been working mandatory overtime and six-day weeks even before the shutdown.
In 2019, during a 35-day shutdown, the number of absences by controllers and TSA officers rose as workers missed paychecks, extending wait times at some airport check points. Authorities were forced to slow air traffic in New York and Washington.
Duffy and other Republicans have criticized Democrats for opposing a &#8220;clean&#8221; short-term funding bill with no strings attached.
(Reporting by Idrees Ali and David Shepardson; Editing by Sergio Non and Nia Williams)

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The U.S. Department of War has confirmed that it has accepted an anonymous donation of $130 million to help keep U.S. troops paid during the government shutdown.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a close friend of his, whom he described as &#8220;patriotic,&#8221; gave the money to keep our military paid during what he&#8217;s called the &#8220;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/821950420784553">Schumer Shutdown</a>,&#8221; referencing Senate Democrat Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
The anonymous donor is <a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mystery-donor-gave-trump-130m-165111194.html">reportedly</a> Timothy Mellon, a billionaire railroad magnate and heir to the prominent banking and political Mellon family. Mellon has not confirmed the donation came from him.
During the 2024 campaign, Mellon donated $100 million to groups backing Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who now serves as Health and Human Services secretary in the Trump administration.
The government has been shut down since October 1, after Democrats refused a funding resolution without certain health care subsidies. Republicans have charged that Democrats want illegal immigrants to receive health care paid for by the American people.
“He called us the other day and said, &#8216;I&#8217;d like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown … because I love the military and I love the country,'&#8221; Trump said.
The Department of War has since confirmed the donation. &#8220;On October 23, 2025, the Department of War accepted an anonymous donation of $130 million under its general gift acceptance authority,&#8221; Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement. &#8220;The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of Service members&#8217; salaries and benefits. We are grateful for this donor&#8217;s assistance after Democrats opted to withhold pay from troops.&#8221;
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Trump made clear last week that he would find a way to pay troops despite the ongoing shutdown. He signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to repurpose unused funds to cover salaries in the interim.
“Chuck Schumer recently said, ‘Every day gets better’ during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE!” Trump posted to Truth Social last week, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-our-troops-paid-trump-says-he-wont-let-military-suffer-due-to-dem-shutdown">highlighted</a> by The Daily Wire.
“If nothing is done, because of ‘Leader’ Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th,” he continued. “That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.”
“I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown,&#8221; the president added.
The funds donated by the anonymous individual might need to first receive authorization by Congress, Fox News notes.
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President Donald Trump ended “all trade negotiations” with Canada on Thursday after Ontario’s government recently launched a $75 million anti-tariff ad campaign targeting Americans and featuring former President Ronald Reagan.
The ad campaign aired in the United States during a playoff baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. Game 1 of the World Series takes place Friday night, featuring the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It is set to air on major networks across the United States and was developed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his provincial administration. Trump responded to the campaign by accusing Canada of trying to interfere with American politics and abruptly ending trade talks. 
“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The ad was for $75,000,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Trump’s post followed a statement from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute saying that it was pursuing potential legal options over Ontario’s use of the audio. 
“The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek or receive permission to use and edit the remarks,” the foundation said. “We encourage you to watch President Reagan’s unedited video on our YouTube channel.” 
The audio used for the ad came from an April 25, 1987, radio address Reagan gave on free and fair trade. The foundation posted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QK03KXPc&amp;t=181s">link</a> to the full speech on its YouTube channel. Ford’s <a href="https://x.com/fordnation/status/1978779503213052337">ad</a> pulls audio from the speech. 
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Using every tool we have, we’ll never stop making the case against American tariffs on Canada. The way to prosperity is by working together.
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&#8220;When someone says let&#8217;s impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they&#8217;re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs,&#8221; Reagan said in the ad. “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industry shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs.”
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A Ford spokesman <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-trade-negotiations-tariffs-ontario-ad-9.6951469" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the audio was pulled from the public domain.  
&#8220;Reagan knew and spoke directly to Americans that tariffs hurt the U.S. economy, workers and families. He was a strong supporter of free and fair trade between Canada and America,&#8221; the spokesman said. 
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs on November 5. Trump on Friday again praised his tariffs, saying that they were making the country prosperous. 
“THE UNITED STATES IS WEALTHY, POWERFUL, AND NATIONALLY SECURE AGAIN, ALL BECAUSE OF TARIFFS! THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE EVER IS IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT,” he wrote on Truth Social.
On Friday, Ford said Ontario would pause its ad campaign effective Monday &#8220;so that trade talks can resume.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games,&#8221; he said.

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday essentially offered Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s political eulogy, saying he’s “mentally gone” and has been “beat up by young radical lunatics.”
When asked if the Democratic Party was now more New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s party than Schumer’s or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’, Trump answered, “Probably is. Maybe he’ll run for president in four years; you’ll have a communist president. That would be interesting.”
“I don’t see it happening,” he continued. “I’ve always said, ‘You will never see — and I’ve always talked to you about socialism — you will never see a socialist so and so — and I was right. I say it in speeches: ‘We will not have socialism in our country,’ and I was right.”
“He’s a communist, and he’s gonna be, maybe the mayor of New York &#8230; I would say he would be the leader of the party,” Trump continued.
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Turning to Schumer, he said, “It’s not Schumer. Schumer’s shot, he’s shot. This poor guy. I feel sorry for him. I’ve known him for a long time, but he’s — I think he’s mentally gone. He’s been beat up by young radical lunatics. And I think that Chuck Schumer is — he’s gonzo. I really do. I think he’s probably not going to run. It shows that he’s losing in every poll. Now, this is hard. You know, he wants to meet with me. Sort of hard to be with the guy after I make a statement like that, but I’m just giving you the facts. I think Chuck is probably finished.”
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Trump is far from the only person contending that Schumer has capitulated to the far-Left wing of his party: Last week, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), the Senate Majority Whip, bluntly stated that Schumer was beholden to the radicals in his party, <a href="https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/barrasso-the-radicals-hold-the-reins-of-todays-democrat-party/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">saying</a> on the Senate floor:
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Here’s a headline from Politico: “Chuck Schumer’s critics are satisfied – for now.” The article goes on to quote the head of a far-left activist group called Indivisible. This group is organizing Saturday’s radical rally. The leader of this far-left group says of the Minority Leader, “He hasn’t surrendered yet. I call that progress, and we’re cheering him on now.” Seven months ago, that same person had a very different message for the Minority Leader. That same person said, “Senator Schumer should step aside as leader. Every Democrat in the Senate should call for him to do so.” So what changed? Well, Senator Schumer started toeing the line of the far-left group. He shut down the government in spite of the fact that 13 times when Joe Biden was president he voted for a clean continuing resolution to keep the government open. What changed? Well, the Minority Leader is now a puppet of the radical, extreme, dangerous, scary wing of his party.
He huddled with far-left activist groups for months before the shutdown. They orchestrated the Schumer Shutdown together. They organized a war room. They’re calling the tune. Senator Schumer even gloated to Punchbowl News: “We thought about this long in advance.” This is a premeditated, political game for Senator Schumer and the Democrats.
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President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that his legal team is seeking damages from the Department of Justice.
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that his legal team was seeking damages from the Department of Justice because “they rigged the election.” While noting the conflict of interest involved in the case, he said that any money he received would go to charity.
“I don&#8217;t know what the numbers are, I don&#8217;t even talk to them about it,” the president said, referring to the amount of money his legal team has demanded from the Justice Department. “All I know is that they would owe me a lot of money, but I’m not looking for money. I’d give it to charity or something.”
The president noted cases he has already settled with CBS for $16 million and ABC for $15 million. “They paid me a lot of money because what they did was wrong,” the president said before admitting that the DOJ case is different because “I&#8217;m the one that makes the decision.”
“That decision would have to go across my desk, and it’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself. In other words, did you ever have one of those cases where you have to decide how much you’re paying yourself in damages? But I was damaged very greatly and any money that I would get, I would give to charity,” said Trump.
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President Trump on NYT reporting he&#8217;s seeking $230 million from the DOJ in response to the investigations into him: &#8220;With the country, it&#8217;s interesting because I&#8217;m the one that makes the decision, right? And that decision would have to go across my desk. And it&#8217;s awfully strange… <a href="https://t.co/i86VXEJVTq">pic.twitter.com/i86VXEJVTq</a>
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1980760746498969694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
The president’s explanation of his legal wrangling with the Justice Department came in response to a reporter’s question about a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html">story</a> in The New York Times that Trump’s legal team is seeking $230 million in damages from the DOJ for prior investigations into the president.
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Trump’s legal team submitted its first complaints against the DOJ, starting the process that could eventually lead to a lawsuit, in 2023 long before the president began his second term in office. That complaint requested compensation for the FBI’s investigations into the president’s 2016 campaign, and a special counsel investigation into false ties between the president and Russia, according to The New York Times.
Trump’s legal team filed a second complaint in 2024 that is related to the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents, which involved an FBI raid on Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago.
The complaints are still administrative claims filed with the Justice Department and may not become a lawsuit, as the people atop the department were positioned there by the president. For instance, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is one of two people able to sign off on settlements for administrative claims per DOJ guidelines.

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Construction began Monday on the new $250 million White House ballroom, a passion project of President Donald Trump.
Trump is lending his lifetime of experience in real estate business to construct the ballroom, the future site of important state functions, such as parties and receptions for visiting foreign dignitaries. The president announced that ground had been broken on the project in a post on Truth Social.
“I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom. Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete!” <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115408594704490513">said</a> the president.
“For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House to accommodate people for grand parties, State Visits, etc. I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much-needed project underway — with zero cost to the American Taxpayer!” he added.
Construction of the ballroom is being funded by the president and through private donations, with no money from the U.S. taxpayer.
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With the addition of the ballroom, Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1980411112307700146">becomes</a> just the latest president to make major renovations to the White House grounds. Former President Barack Obama made the last major renovation in 2009 when turned the White House tennis court into a basketball court.
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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1950976784033370519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
In remarks at an event for ballroom donors last week, the president said that the new ballroom would be constructed to match the architecture of the White House grounds, and include more modern features such as bulletproof glass.
“We&#8217;re going to have a phenomenal ballroom. It&#8217;s going to be one of the best anywhere in the world. There won&#8217;t be anything like it, actually,” the president <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1978613637175787901">said</a>. “It&#8217;s four sides of glass, beautiful glass, but totally appropriate in color and in window shape and everything else with the White House moldings, so it&#8217;s going to be very much in keeping with the White House.”

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Work Begins On Trump's ‘New, big, Beautiful White House Ballroom’

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Actor Robert De Niro had a full-scale meltdown over President Donald Trump, going so far as questioning if he was even human.
The 82-year-old made an appearance on the MSNBC show “The Weekend” on Sunday to voice support for the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; demonstrations, which were very popular with his age demographic, and urge followers to keep protesting against Trump.
&#8220;We can&#8217;t let up,&#8221; De Niro said. &#8220;We cannot let up because [Trump] is not going to leave the White House. He does not want to leave the White House; he will not leave the White House. Anybody who thinks, &#8216;Oh, he&#8217;ll do this, he&#8217;ll do that,&#8217; is just deluding themselves.&#8221;
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“We see it all the time—[Trump] will not want to leave,” he went on. “He set it up with, I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller.”
“He’s a Nazi,” the actor continued, comparing Miller, who is Jewish, to Adolf Hitler’s chief Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels. “Yes, he is, and he should be ashamed of himself.”
Trump did mention seeking a third term in the past, but more recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-who-will-most-likely-be-the-2028-republican-nominee">stated</a> that Vice President JD Vance is “most likely” going to be the Republican Party’s 2028 presidential nominee.
&#8220;I&#8217;m looking to having four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, to carry it forward,&#8221; he said in August.
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During the MSNBC segment over the weekend, De Niro whined that Trump was a “bully” and advocated for pushing him out of office.
&#8220;Trump does not understand anything about humanity,&#8221; the “Raging Bull” star said. &#8220;He has no empathy. I don&#8217;t know what he is, but he&#8217;s an alien, and he wants to hurt this country. It&#8217;s something deeply psychological in him. He wants to hurt people.&#8221;
De Niro has been suffering from a severe case of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) for some time. Last year, it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-post-trolls-robert-de-niro-with-wednesday-morning-cover-raging-bullst?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=New+York+Post+Trolls+Robert+De+Niro+With+Wednesday+Morning+Cover%3A+%E2%80%98Raging+Bulls**t%E2%80%99">landed him on the cover</a> of The New York Post alongside the headline, “Raging Bullsh**” after the actor ranted about Trump outside a New York City courthouse. 
“I never knew how small, both mentally and physically, Wacko Former Actor Robert De Niro was,” Trump said in a Truth Social post at the time. “Today, De Niro, who suffers from an incurable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, commonly known in the medical community as TDS, was met, outside the Courthouse, with a force far greater than the Radical Left – MAGA.”

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