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His approval rating has actually gone up over the last three weeks even though his net approval rating is still negative by about 5%. His ‘big, beautiful bill’ that makes the rich richer and cuts Medicade has just scraped through the House by one vote, the bond yield has gone up again, stocks seem to be on their way down and they have lost their triple-A credit rating so it probably won’t be long before his approval rating goes south again.

Defending Joe Biden or starting another conspiracy theory?

I think she sincerely believes what she says, which is pretty sad. She's a very good communicator but seems to be extraordinarily naive.

Definitely not. That's an outrageous suggestion according to Karoline Leavitt. Leavitt: "Let me just get to the premise of the question that both of you have raised. I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury...for public service."

He has just announced that he is proceeding with America’s Iron Dome missile defence system, predictably now upgraded to ‘Golden Dome’. It’s not technically feasible but of course Trump doesn’t see that as a problem.

After Trump's latest predicable failed attempt to get Putin to stop the war, it looks like he's encouraging the new Pope to step in and try to do the job for him and take the blame for his own failure to stop the war in 24 hours.

Our company of about 650 people across Australia will be moving to Win 11 over the next few months as MS support for Win 10 ends. I work from home so I’ll do the same for my computers when my work computer.gets upgraded.

What he's bragging about as `deals' are mostly memoranda of understanding, which are a long way from hard currency contracts.

Only the best sheep are named Sean.

For a quick getaway I suspect.

Trump’s envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff has had three meetings with Putin so far, but instead of taking his own interpreter he has relied on the Kremlin’s interpreters in his negotiations. Putin must wonder what kind of a clown he is dealing with.

Must have a tough gearbox. Those gear changes look pretty brutal.

Especially some pilots.

Could be. As OT said, it worked on Dutton. He opposed both the Apology and the Voice. They might well have thought he deserved a bit of bone pointing.

Hardly worth getting out of bed for that job.

The sooner he leaves, the better.

The Aboriginal People didn’t put a curse on Rudd and the Labor party to try to get him to apologise.

I suspect their recent demise has more to do with their policies and their political strategies than your curse. Still, I’m impressed by your ability to hold a grudge for so many decades even though your curse seems to be be taking a while to work against people who actually had nothing to do with you being conscripted.

It was closed years ago because it was uneconomic to keep it open. Everything needed to run it has to be transported across the bay. Not that Trump would have considered that. All he’s thinking is “I’m the famous guy who reopened Alcatraz!”

Rod Stewart

Trump saying he’s going to do something ‘really spectacular’ reminds me of the Titanic for some reason.

I'm surprised she went. She was doing a good job.

Our girls have the ability to understand politics, alright and they can see through BS. Two of the three have university degrees, but none of them have a lot of interest in current affairs or what the government is doing, so when it comes to voting they ask me or their friends and go with the consensus opinion, or in the case of the youngest, don't vote for anyone.

Of our four kids, all now in their late 30's and early 40's, only our son (the youngest) is well informed about what's going on in the world in general and will vote Labor. The three girls don't listen to or watch the news and know very little about what's happening in the world generally. If something doesn't affect them directly they're not interested. The youngest girl said she will turn up to vote but leave her voting slip blank because she doesn't know enough about any party to make a decision. I guess that's fair enough. The other two asked me who they should vote for as they have no idea. I'm not sure how typical they are of the current generation.

Was Ben Meiselas the WH reporter or is he quoting an un-named WH reporter. I can't imagine Trump letting Meiselas anywhere near the White House, however I can certainly imagine Trump saying exactly what was reported. Imagine suggesting the Secretary General of NATO to help him pry Greenland away from Denmark, a fellow member of NATO. Likewise dreaming of taking over Canada, another NATO member. Trump is showing exactly what a low-life he is.