What Happened Today - 16 Sep 2025
What Happened Today – 16 Sept 2025
Will be one big review today as I’m short on time and energy. Apologies.
Alright, it’s time for the day’s MAGA drama rundown: Trump’s dropping into the UK for a state visit, dragging his whole circus along—including Melania, Tiffany, Susie Wiles, and Stephen Miller—so expect the British press to be working overtime to keep up with this crew. Trump’s big talking point today is cracking down on what he's calling “left-wing violence,” all spun off the shooting of Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk, which he’s already using as ammo to go after progressive groups. Everyone who breathes anti-Trump gets labeled a “threat,” while Vice President Vance and Miller are pledging to put DOJ and Homeland Security on their side of the fight. This smells like a full-on attempt to squash dissent, and Senator Chris Murphy is not having it—he’s calling out Trump for running the totalitarian playbook and trying to use tragedy to paint all opposition as violent suspects.
While Trump’s overseas, Congress just handed him bigger trade war ammo: they OK’d giving up their own tariff powers, so Trump can slap duties however he pleases—never mind the stubborn GOP holdouts who stalled the vote all morning. Over at the Fed, Trump’s guy Stephen Miran breezes in as governor after a narrow Senate confirmation, but his attempt to kick Biden’s pick Lisa Cook off the board hit a legal wall. That’s made for the most bizarre and tense Fed meeting lately, with Trump itching to yank rate-setting out of the Fed’s hands and steer monetary policy towards his own agenda. Rumor has it the Fed’s probably dropping rates, too.
On top of all this, Trump’s still posting videos of alleged airstrikes on Venezuelan drug boats, stoking a row with Maduro, who’s calling it outright aggression—and legal experts are raising eyebrows over whether these strikes even fly under international law.
For the day’s market news: things are shaky. Economic fallout's mounting since Trump axed that wind power project earlier this week. Wall Street’s squirming as the Fed faces political interference and fresh faces at the top—so business leaders are bracing for more unpredictability.
Let’s not skip the White House press briefing either. Karoline Leavitt blew up in front of reporters, completely torching her own credibility. She stormed out mid-briefing after a barrage of tough questions—no real answers, just a theatrical exit when pushed about transparency and the latest head-scratchers. The administration’s handling of the Epstein file controversy also got roasted again, and she’s dodging pretty much everything that could make Trump or his inner circle squirm.
And lastly, ICE’s usual shenanigans aren’t making much noise in today’s headlines, but social media is alive with fresh outrage over those firings and investigations of people voicing opinions about Kirk’s killing—30-plus folks canned or disciplined already, just for posts and tweets.
That’s the scene today: Trump tightening control, targeting dissenters, flexing on trade, rattling the Fed, and his crew melting down in public. If it’s happening in MAGA-land, nobody is getting a break, especially not the people who dare to question the main man.
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Go Cause Good Trouble, with Your Elbows Up!
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