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Donald Trump reportedly blocked Elon Musk from attending a top secret government meeting on China after the billionaire annoyed White House officials. Two top Pentagon officials, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick, were suspended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following an investigation into who leaked the news of the briefing on China to Musk. According to Axios, Hegseth did not just choose to call off the meeting after the leak, but the US President himself ordered staffers to kill it. Trump reportedly launched into a furious rant when he heard of the Tesla CEO's planned attendance, telling staff: 'What the f**k is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn't go,' according to a top official. The president was reportedly angry that Musk was being given the briefing because the SpaceX founder has billions of dollars of business interests in China. It comes after it was revealed that Musk's constant presence at the White House, his bizarre social media posts, and his brazen movements within his Department of Government Efficiency role has angered several administration officials. Though Trump has previously praised Musk and welcomed his involvement in government matters, this time, officials say the tech mogul's extensive business ties to China crossed a line. Trump had also pledged that Musk, in his role as head of DOGE, would not be involved in any areas where he could have conflicts of interest.

His paranoia may be his undoing.

He wants the head of the Federal Reserve Bank sacked because he (FRB head) criticised Trump.

OK smarty. Every second door would have an odd number. Maybe I should have said weird, unusual, unnecessary, stupid, etc, just to please you. Maybe I should have edited the image or cropped the number out so as not to upset your sensibilties. The point was to question a peephole in a largely glass door. As for meant, have you never made a typo?

Donald Trump hates this photo because it makes him look so old. Please don't share it. That would be wrong.

George Clooney believes Maryland Governor Wes Moore is a 'proper leader' who he sees as the next Democrat standard-bearer after he led the movement to push Joe Biden out in 2024. The actor, a longtime Democrat supporter and fundraiser, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times July 10 of last year titled 'I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.' Clooney, who in June last year raised $30million at a fundraiser for Biden's 2024 campaign, is largely credited as being the nail in the coffin to Biden dropping his re-election bid. As part of the promotion for his new Broadway staging of Good Night and Good Luck, CNN asked the Oscar-winner who he thought should lead the Democrats going forward. 'There's one person in particular I think is spectacular,' he said, before singling out Maryland Governor Moore, who he says is 'levitating above' the rest. 'I think he is a guy that handled this tragedy in Baltimore beautifully. He's two tours of active duty in Afghanistan. He speaks sort of beautifully, he's smart. He's a proper leader.' Clooney is referring to Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse in early 2024 which killed six maintenance workers. 'I like him a lot, I think he's someone we could all fall in behind,' Clooney added.

He's demanding that CBS has it broadcast licence revoked because they played two reports, one featuring Xi Jinping and one featuring Zylenskyy, which were "fake news" and defamed him. He has a previous request still pending, because before the election, they broadcast a recording of a Harris interview in which her answers were edited to denigrate him and promote her.

An ad on TV today, possibly a sendup of the various flavours availble, talked about baked bean flavour and sushi flavoured hot cross buns. No thank you.

A report on Seven this morning said that tourism to the USA was down 7% on this time last year.

Lord save us from the puns. They belong in the Quickies topic.

El Salvadore prison scene . . . Most have no criminal record in the US or El Salvadore. Just Trump's vindictiveness.

We all know that shredded or chopped lettuce will start to go brown within 24 hours. My daughter bought a packet of chopped lettuce about a week ago. Since then we have had it for two evening meals, and I just had some for lunch, no sign of going brown. That's at least 6 days. She stored it in a glass bowl, covered with water, and placed a metal teaspoon in the bottom of the bowl. Works a charm.

Sam Neill is generally known as a New Zealand actor, but did you know he was actually born in Omagh, Northern Ireland?

Was that maent to be funny? Did you notice this?

Exactly.

Trump and the ICE are the ones who should be in that jail.

What's odd about this door?

I have never had any desire to travel overseas, not in recent years anyway. But reading new rules and taxes makes it a definite no-no. Read this startling report - https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/warnings/major-crackdowns-on-foreigners-across-the-world-aussies-warned/news-story/c72cce90ef29500280e37413b43ca49c?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers

What is the shortest complete sentence in the English language? I am. And the longest? I do.