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BREAKING: LOL! Australia World Cup fans go viral with a chant of "Aussie boys are on a bender, Donald Trump is a sex offender" and MAGA world is FURIOUS!
This is just too funny...
Clips are spreading like wildfire across social media showing hundreds of Australia fans in several locations gleefully belting out the chant.
Australia will face off against the United States tomorrow in Seattle after triumphing over Turkiye this past weekend. Ahead of that showdown, the Aussies are waging a particularly funny brand of psychological warfare.
Predictably, supporters of the President are screeching their outrage all over X, with some calling for the Australian fans to be banned from the United States for the match. As usual, these Republicans believe in free speech until they hear speech that they don't like.
But the problem for MAGA is that Trump IS a sex offender. He's an adjudicated rapist and a self-admitted sexual predator. He's also an alleged pedophile and judging just by the Epstein files that we have seen, he preyed on little girls for years.
This is what the entire world now thinks of the American President.
The Oval Office used to inspire respect and awe, now it's the butt of every joke.

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Epstein Was Trying To Offer Prosecutors Dirt On Trump, Report Says—But Didn’t Have Anything

The Times report includes new evidence backing up the conclusion that Epstein died by suicide.
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BREAKING: HAHA! Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton burst out laughing at the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center after Michelle brilliantly shades Trump over the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is just too good...
"You were unflappable at every turn, always focused, always calm, always looking at the long view," the former First Lady said to her husband. "How absurd it is to even imagine that you might have buckled under the pressure even once, lashed out in frustration, lost your temper. How absurd it is to imagine that you might have done anything but make our family and this entire country proud."
We can think of another President who regularly loses his temper, buckles under pressure the moment that difficulties arise, and lashes out in frustration on Truth Social daily. There is an infuriating double standard at play. Obama had to always keep his cool to avoid getting labeled with the "angry Black man" racist trope. As an entitled white man, Trump can blow his top whenever he wants and nobody bats an eyelash.
"No, you were too busy. I'm not done, y'all! Not done," Mrs. Obama continued as the crowd roared with approval. "So much to say. You were doing the people's work, rescuing our economy, expanding healthcare, ending a war, ordering the Bin Laden raid, saving an auto industry, winning a peace prize."
She paused and smiled at that point in the speech, giving the audience a chance to cheer. Seated in the wing, Hillary Clinton burst out laughing at the obvious jab and President Obama laughed along with her.
It's well-documented that Donald Trump is absolutely obsessed with the fact that Obama has a Peace Prize while he himself has been denied the distinction. Trump aggressively lobbied in vain for one, cajoling foreign leaders to nominate him.
He was so incensed by the Norwegian Nobel Committee's refusal to award him that he wrote to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace."
He lived up to the implicit threat in that letter by going on to launch a pointless, costly, child-murdering war against Iran that ultimately ended in defeat and surrender for the United States.
And Michelle wasn't done there...
"Keeping us safe from Ebola, regulating the banks, standing up for marriage equality, listening to science, and comforting an entire nation in the face of unspeakable tragedies," she continued, listing more of her husband's accomplishments. "And you did it all with such grace and class and cool that you made the hardest job in the world look like a walk in this beautiful park."
The Ebola bit is another jab at Trump who, with the assistance of RFK Jr. and Elon Musk, gutted research and pandemic prevention. This is the most virulently anti-science administration that this country has ever seen.
One thing is certain. The Obamas will have a lasting, radiant legacy in this country. Trump will be reviled by future generations, his name used as a byword for incompetence, failure, and corruption.

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Link on gentleman's agreements. Vance says some written some are not but either way they only go by actions not words.
 Didn't wait for Iran to sign as take more time and deal with it later

On fears money to Iran could end up with terrorists proxy groups Vance says they have ways of tracking where money goes.

Secret US-Iran proposals reveal fragile path toward broader nuclear deal
The US and Iran have been working on laying out secret proposals for implementing the 14 points that were signed this week, including details on how to address the future of Iran’s nuclear progra...
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But the sources emphasized that they are far from final. Iran has not signed any additional documents, as it did the 14-point memorandum of understanding, raising questions about whether the administration has overstated the commitments it has extracted from Iran and further emphasizing how quickly the fragile political effort to reach a final deal could fall apart.

“Some of them are written down, but fundamentally, whether they’re written down or spoken, this is why we structured the deal that we did, because we don’t trust words, we trust action, and we trust conduct, and so we’re going to reward conduct, and we’re not going to reward any words, whether they’re written on a sheet of paper or not,” Vance said.

US negotiators opted to move forward with releasing the signed MOU, without waiting for Iran’s senior leadership to sign off on the more detailed proposals on how to implement the 14 points, in part, because they did not want to delay the next phase of negotiations,


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 Obama opens his center with a warning about America’s future
The former president defended the courts, the press and constitutional norms — drawing sharp contrasts with the Trump era.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-chicago-trump-00967699

In a tribute to her husband that brought Barack Obama to tears, Michelle Obama called out those who spread “the lies about your birthright, your patriotism,” omitting any mention of then-businessperson Donald Trump’s starring role in amplifying those narratives.



And during his half-hour speech, the former president’s biggest applause lines targeted issues that have drawn scrutiny of the Trump administration, including that the founders of the United States declared “there will be no kings or lords.”

“People are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect. Deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn toward each other again, not further away,” he said.

Obama spoke of an independent judiciary, a robust free press and that allegiance should not be “to any presidents or political parties but to the people and our constitution.”

Asked for comment about the Obamas’ decision not to invite the current president, a White House spokesperson pointed to Trump’s recent Truth Social posts, including one in which he described the new presidential center as a garbage dump.

All other living Commander In Chiefs were in attendance.
Center CEO says he's welcome to visit. Of course he wouldn't have come anyway

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Michelle Obama drew loud applause from the audience when she referred to her husband's Nobel Peace Prize.

"You were doing the people's work," she said of Barack Obama.

"Rescuing our economy, expanding health care, ending a war, ordering the bin Laden raid, saving an auto industry, winning a peace prize," she said, pausing as the audience cheered.

Obama won the prize in 2009.

Trump has frequently made known his desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He has not won the award.

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Will the $300 billion fund be covered by private donors?

Vice President JD Vance made the same commitment as he addressed reporters at a June 18 White House briefing with reporters. "The United States isn't giving up a cent of money, and even the economic benefits, the sanctions relief that comes along with this bargain, only happens if the Iranians perform."

But if the U.S. isn't paying into the fund, who is?

Reuters, citing an unnamed source familiar with the deal, reported that more than half of the fund's $300 billion has already been committed and that it will be comprised entirely of private-sector dollars.

Companies based in the U.S., the Gulf Arab states, Asia, South America and Africa have committed to financing, according to the Reuters report, which said the administration views the fund as a private investment vehicle, not a government reconstruction program.

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 President Donald Trump continues to see some of his worst polling numbers, with only a third of Americans approving of the way he's handled the economy, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

The poll, released June 18, showed that about 60% of Americans disapproved of how Trump has handled the economy, while 33% of Americans approved of the president's economic performance.

That low mark represents the worst economic approval rating Trump has ever seen in a Marist poll.

According to the newest poll, Trump’s approval rating has continued to slide, with only 39% of Americans approving of his overall performance. That number, according to Marist, is the lowest of his second administration.

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Michelle Obama

Barack and I never did anything alone. Through two national campaigns, eight years in the White House, and in all the years since, we had an incredible team backing us up and pushing us forward. It was such a joy to be back together with so many of the alumni who’ve supported us over the years. We’ll forever be grateful for their work, and our country is better off thanks to their service. We love you. 💗
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