“He hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, popped up at the US Open, was the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, and almost single-handedly made Kid Rock a thing again. (His NBA Finals trip was also a presidential first.)”

“Trump is not just the chief executive or commander-in-chief. He’s a cultural force in a way that few, if any, presidents have been before.”

“Politicians were quick to criticize Musk and Robinson for their role in fomenting the violence, but what no one appeared to notice was the role played by the white supremacist Active Club movement and its Youth Club wing in not only stoking tensions, but advising and orchestrating the masked youths who spearheaded much of the violence.”

“The latest instance came Thursday, when Trump claimed that a deal was imminent, telling reporters that an agreement could be signed as early as this weekend. Iran rejected Trump’s claims, with its semi-official Fars news agency reporting that the regime’s leaders had not approved any text with the US.”

“While Trump’s penchant for overstatement, threats and enticements help explain the confusion on the state of the negotiations, there’s another reason a deal has been so hard to reach: the unwieldy way in which the US and Iran are actually carrying out their negotiations.”

“And that may be by design.”

“Warsh has strongly criticized Fed communications, saying they have led to policy errors and placed the Fed more at the center of market decisions and the economy than it should be. His plans for ‘regime change’ include a rethink of how the Fed forecasts and talks about its plans for monetary policy. That appears to include both quantity and frequency.”

“Not long ago, ticking any one of these boxes would have meant disqualification. Today, they are effectively bona fides.”

“That, at least, seems to be the political calculation of the dudebro candidate, an emerging type who has dominated the political conversation this primary season. And while the actual electoral results thus far are mixed, the collective precedent is already upsetting long-held assumptions about what it takes to run for office.”

“It could make Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Or it could tank. Some analysts have argued that SpaceX is significantly overvalued. The market could decide that Musk’s an overpromiser and pass on the stock’s high price.”

“The decision would limit NATO’s ability to launch long-range strikes and conduct surveillance.”

“The move could affect FIFA’s broadcasting strategy, which includes agreements with multiple international creators on TikTok and YouTube.”

Said Trump: “I don’t know if you heard, but we ended the war with Iran today.”

In Iran, however, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei disputed that an agreement to end the war had been reached.

“Officials at a May meeting cited the Office of Management and Budget, Housing and Urban Development, the Commerce Department, the Education Department and the Small Business Administration as particularly noncooperative.”

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Said Cornyn: “If that’s the way friends treat you, you wonder about his enemies.”

He added: “It’s going to make things harder, certainly more expensive in Texas, and make it harder around the country. I don’t say that with any sort of desire for vengeance; I just think that’s the way it’s going to be. He’s going to have the most miserable two years of his life in the last two years of his term, I think, because I think November is going to be a disaster.”

“It destroyed sections of a plant that provides nearly a fifth of the globe’s gas supply, imperiled multibillion-dollar contracts with China and other clients, and damaged the prospects of finding an earlier end to the war by dragging Qatar, a key mediator between the United States and Iran, into the fight.”

“There was an additional, hidden consequence. The strike also dashed secret efforts by Qatar to keep its gas complex, known as Ras Laffan, off Iran’s target list, according to Middle Eastern security officials and Western officials briefed on the intelligence.”

“Trump said Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had signed off on the plan, which he said would be completed in coming days, paving the way for additional talks on Iran’s nuclear program.”

“Tehran said it hadn’t decided.”