What Happened Today - 2 Aug 2025
What Happened Today – 2 Sept 2025
Trump MIA all weekend
Court Rulings this weekend
Oh Karonline…
Space Command Move from CO to AL
Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act
Throwing Trash out the White House windows….
What If…
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Trump MIA all weekend
Trump spent the weekend totally off the map—no public events, no rallies, no showing up at the usual MAGA hotspots. The only thing keeping his name afloat was a suspicious flood of golf pictures posted online, supposedly capturing him “relaxing in Virginia.” But social media detectives immediately clocked the palm trees in these shots, which is a dead giveaway: Virginia does not have any palm trees, but Mar-a-Lago sure does. So unless Trump built a secret tropical course in the DC suburbs overnight, the photos were clearly old ones from Florida, recycled just for effect.
People went looking for proof and found more contradictions—Trump’s personal schedule had zero public events, local press reported no sightings of him at his so-called Virginia club, and sources close to his digital team couldn't confirm any new outings. Some fans tried to stir the pot by calling it a “proof of life” moment, but most watchers saw it for what it was: a social media mirage. Trump’s crew knows the optics game and just decided to spin some throwback content to keep the faithful engaged while he kept off the grid for a few days.
All told, it was more smoke and mirrors than reality. The golf outfit was the same, the photo angles were suspiciously familiar, and not a single video surfaced to back up any fresh claims. The result? More speculation and conspiracy, but nothing solid about Trump’s actual whereabouts or what he was really doing. It was a classic case of the MAGA machine churning out recycled hype, hoping to mask the silence with digital noise.
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Court Rulings this weekend
This weekend was wild when it came to big court rulings dropping on the Trump administration. First off, those Trump-era tariffs took a major hit—a federal appeals court ruled that a bunch of them were flat-out illegal. Trump leaned on “emergency powers” to slap hefty taxes on imports, but judges shot him down, saying Congress never intended to hand the president unlimited authority for trade taxes. They’re letting the tariffs stick for now, but the White House has to scramble for an appeal before October or risk having Trump’s signature trade policy tossed out. If those taxes go away, it means cheaper imports but a serious headache for union leaders and manufacturing groups who banked on the protectionist wall.
Turning to immigration, chaos erupted when a judge stepped in and blocked the administration’s plan to deport a bunch of kids—mostly Guatemalan minors—who were being held near the border. Over the weekend, kids were literally sitting on planes, dressed in shelter gear, ready to be sent back in the dead of night. Huge uproar from immigrant advocates and local organizers, who said the kids didn’t have proper hearings and some didn’t even have confirmed relatives waiting for them across the border. The judge ordered a pause for at least two weeks, so those commercial deportation flights are grounded while the legal mess sorts itself out. This kind of drama is set to follow the administration all week as they try to defend their process.
Meanwhile, ICE wasn’t slowing down. There’s been a ramp-up in themed enforcement surges across several big cities—workplace raids, courthouse pickups, and more. Even with courts pushing back on some new fast-track deportation policies, local officials keep reporting fresh arrests and warning about families getting separated with little warning. The administration’s tough stance hasn’t changed, but the wave of horrible headlines and mounting pushback is making everyone in Trump’s circle squirm.
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Oh Karoline…..
Karoline Leavitt knows how to light the fuse. Over the holiday weekend, she fired off a tweet blaming Biden for the destruction caused by Hurricane Idalia, flat-out accusing the administration of using disasters to boost Democratic politics. For a few hot hours, Twitter (and everywhere else) lit up as influencers on the right gleefully shared and reposted her message, throwing shade at Democrats and fanning more bizarre theories about weather events and elections. The tweet disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived—someone high up realized it crossed the line and deleted it—but in true internet fashion, the screenshots already made the rounds and it’s now permanent fuel for pundits.
Leavitt doubled down after scrubbing the tweet, hinting during informal briefings that Democrats always seem to benefit from disaster relief and that the timing of storms and government responses is “curiously consistent.” She’s not new to this sort of wild speculation; she’s previously slammed critics for blaming Trump for deadly floods in Texas and called those accusations “depraved lies,” urging the press to stop using tragedies for political gain. This pattern of stirring up controversy and painting the administration as a victim of left-wing media is pretty much standard Leavitt play.
Expect her to dial it up at today’s press briefing. If she gets pressed, she’ll likely pivot back to attacking the media and accusing Democrats of exploiting disasters, all while dodging hard questions about relief funds and climate policy. It’s a circus, and Leavitt thrives in the middle of it—in full view, unapologetic, and absolutely committed to keeping the outrage machine going.
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Space Command Move from CO to AL
Trump’s press conference today was a spectacle straight out of his playbook. He leaned hard into his “law and order” persona, announcing that U.S. Space Command is being moved to Alabama—basically just yanking it away from Colorado to stick it in a red-leaning state. The whole Giuliani thing took center stage too, with Trump handing out the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rudy like he hadn’t just gotten disbarred for lying about the 2020 election. Classic crony reward.
Then things got wild with talk of sending troops to Chicago. Trump kept ranting about the city being a “hellhole” and made it clear he’s dead set on deploying the National Guard, even if the governor doesn’t want him there. He dodged every question about the timeline—reporters pressed him for details and he gave vague, threatening answers without any substance except saying “we’re going in.”
He also addressed those morbid health rumors floating around online, acting surprised when a reporter asked if he was aware people thought he’d died over the weekend. Trump blamed “fake news” for the gossip but didn’t mention that the whole thing started with random Twitter users, not actual journalists.
In terms of straight-up lies and mistruths: Trump painted his handling of tariffs and troop deployments as totally within his rights and necessary, ignoring a recent court ruling that wrecked his global tariff maneuvers. He kept claiming the appeals court was “liberal” and would “cost the country billions,” but legal experts agree most of his trade war dreams were ruled unlawful on the facts.
For the questions from reporters, here’s the rundown:
- Fox’s Peter Doocy asked about the health rumors: Trump said he hadn’t heard them, claimed to be “very active,” which is half-true, but the silence leading up to the conference did stoke the online fires.
- Multiple reporters pressed him on the deployment to Chicago: Trump refused to specify the when, why, or how, just doubled down that “we have the right to do it.” That’s not entirely accurate, since it takes more than presidential bluster to override state authority—legal challenges are already flying.
- Questions on the Space Command move: Trump celebrated the reversal, didn’t acknowledge expert warnings that moving it will hurt military readiness and cost millions.
- On tariffs, Trump maintained the Supreme Court would back him up and restore his “America First” trade policies. No evidence supports that optimism—the courts are pretty clear he went far beyond his power.
No major ICE updates or headline-worthy social media gaffes from Trump or his talking heads today, but Giuliani’s photo-op in the Oval Office is just peak MAGA absurdity: giving the nation’s highest civilian honor to an ousted lawyer who made his recent fame off lies.
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Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act
Major news just broke with a ruling against Trump for violating the Posse Comitatus Act. A federal judge found that deploying the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles during recent immigration protests was illegal. The court said Trump’s administration crossed the line by using federally activated Guard units and active-duty Marines in direct law enforcement—blocking traffic, managing crowds, creating perimeters, and dominating protests with armed soldiers. The judge was crystal clear: this was not “protecting federal property,” it was using military force as domestic cops, which is exactly what the Posse Comitatus Act was designed to prevent.
The court barred the administration from repeating this move in California, shutting down any future deployments for civilian law enforcement and calling out a “top-down, systemic effort” to make troops into a national police force. The ruling is paused until September 12 to allow an appeal, but the message is clear—Trump’s push to send troops into cities under the banner of law and order crashed straight into the wall of constitutional limits.
High-level California officials celebrated, saying the decision defends civil liberties against executive overreach, while the White House and Pentagon have yet to respond. Expect this to be a headline all week, especially as Trump talks about sending more troops to major cities and pushes to reshape the boundaries between military and police.
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Throwing Trash out the White House windows….
When Trump was asked point-blank at the press conference about someone opening White House windows and chucking out trash bags, his answer was peak denial. Reporters brought up the viral video – windows wide open, black trash bags flying out from the upstairs residence. Trump said he hadn’t seen any such video and immediately called it “probably AI-generated.” He claimed “those windows are bulletproof and sealed,” then rambled about how “each window weighs about 600 pounds” and that “you have to be pretty strong to open them up,” so it couldn’t be real.
When Fox’s Peter Doocy showed him the actual footage on his phone, Trump dismissed it again, insisting it had to be fake since “every window is sealed” and “there’s cameras everywhere.” He never admitted it was possible or gave any kind of logical reason for staff to throw bags out a window. In fact, the White House’s official response was that a contractor was conducting “regular maintenance” while Trump wasn’t there, and that the bag throw “wasn’t anything unusual.”
So, what’s the real story? Trump’s answer was total fiction—the windows absolutely can be opened for maintenance, and staffers have done so for renovations before. The bag toss looked sketchy and weird but wasn’t some deep conspiracy, just sloppy trash removal by workers. In short, Trump dodged, lied, and made up facts about how the rooms and windows work, rather than just say the truth: someone was being lazy and threw a bag out a window.
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What if…
If Trump died suddenly—today, this week, this month—the country would get thrown straight into constitutional autopilot, but the shockwaves would be anything but automatic on the emotional and political side. As soon as news breaks, the Vice President (JD Vance right now) would be sworn in instantly, without debate or delay. The Secret Service, military, and White House staff all have emergency protocols ready to flip on, so no one’s scrambling behind the scenes. Expect wall-to-wall news coverage, a formal White House announcement, giant bipartisan statements from Congress, and a whirlwind of international reactions and market jitters as everyone absorbs what just happened.
What would it look like? Raw chaos for a few hours or days. MAGA world would go into mourning and meltdown all at once—memorials, conspiracy theories, QAnon chaos, and endless speculation about what "really happened." Trump loyalists from all levels would scramble to prove their devotion or pivot for the new reality. Republican party leadership would try to show unity, but infighting would explode underneath, with everyone jockeying for the next power move, especially if it’s an election year or close to the campaign season.
As for the national mood, every Trump critic would be bracing for wild backlash, retaliation rumors, and social media insanity. The line of succession is crystal clear in the Constitution and the 25th Amendment: Vice President steps up, no new election unless the new pres also goes down. Markets would tank and bounce and tank again, with top analysts watching for signs that Vance or whoever steps in is up for the job.
Immediately, there would be questions about ongoing investigations, pardons, crazy unfinished executive orders, and whether Trump loyalists inside government sabotage or cooperate. International adversaries—China, Russia, Iran—might see an opportunity to probe America’s defenses for weaknesses, while allies would issue panicked statements hoping the U.S. “remains stable.”
For the die-hards, Trump’s death would feel like losing the last real leader they trusted. For his opponents, relief—tainted by anxiety about what comes next in a hyper-polarized country suddenly without its biggest political lightning rod. The mood: tense, unpredictable, emotionally draining, and not remotely normal.
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The week ahead is shaping up to be a full-blown circus in D.C. Congress comes roaring back with a government shutdown on the table and a fresh round of drama over border security, immigration policy, and those tariff court smackdowns. Every side is prepped to point fingers and posture for the cameras, especially as Trump’s team tries to paper over the weekend’s defeats using recycled photos and over-the-top talking points.
Trump’s approval rating is barely budging. He’s hovering around 40%—his loyalists aren’t leaving, but he can’t buy any goodwill amid the legal battles and rough headlines about deportations and tariffs. The hardcore partisan split is as wide as ever, with Republicans clutching tight and Democrats completely fed up. No surprise there; recent polling shows the net negative keeps stacking and the “new friend” count is stuck at zero.
On the money front, Wall Street's already skittish. The courts trashed Trump’s sweeping tariffs and put the White House on notice for a Supreme Court appeal. Markets dipped nearly 1% as traders tried to guess how much chaos Congress will unleash and whether the administration can dodge an October showdown with the courts. Any hint of government shutdown, or more trade policy uncertainty, has investors moving into safe mode—gold shot up, futures tumbled, and nobody’s taking bets until the dust settles.
So buckle up: this week is less about governance and more about grandstanding, blame games, and power-plays in every direction. Expect major noise from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, with Trump hanging onto his base and the rest of D.C. trying not to get swept under his endless drama.
Speak Truth! Keep speaking TRUTH!
Go Cause Good Trouble, with Your Elbows Up!
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