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Donald Trump’s lawyers are attempting to block the “imminent” release of a final report by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith covering his classified documents and election interference cases against the president-elect.
Trump is meanwhile continuing to fantasize about the prospect of expanding the United States, even before taking office.
“I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA’,” the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday night. His eldest son Donald Trump Jr is visiting the territory today along with Charlie Kirk with an eye on attempting to acquire it from Denmark.
“Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation.
“We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World.”
Earlier, Trump pounced on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his resignation to post on the same platform: “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State… Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!”
That came after Congress formally recognized his November election win over Kamala Harris and Judge Juan Merchan refused Trump’s latest attempt to delay the sentencing over his hush money conviction, currently scheduled for Friday.
Trump says Gulf of Mexico to be renamed
In a truly odd press conference, Donald Trump says Mexico is run by cartels and that the Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America.
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:54
Watch: Trump goes on bizarre rant about gas heater and rain
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:53
Trump lashes out at Jack Smith as Jan 6 report release looms
As Donald Trump’s legal team tries to block the release of Special Jack Smith’s imminent report into the charges against him, the president-elect is borderline fuming during his rambling, at times bizarre, remarks, lashing out at Smith and his “purple robe”, claiming he “executes people…”
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:50
Watch: Trump claims to have done nothing wrong despite his 34 felony convictions
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:45
Watch: Trump claims no one knows how many votes he won by…
Which is odd, because everyone else seems to know.
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:41
Court to hear Trump petition to halt hush money sentencing
An appellate court will hear the argument on Donald Trump’s petition to halt his hush money sentencing at 12:30 pm, Anna Bower of Lawfare reports, citing a court officer.
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:37
Trump announces new foreign investment into US from longtime business partner
Donald Trump announces new investment into the US economy from DAMAC Properties of the United Arab Emirates.
The president-elect introduces DAMAC’s chairman Hussain Sajwani — a longtime business partner of the Trump family — who says he has been waiting four years to invest in the US. The company will invest $1 billion in an AI data center.
Trump says: “He’s very big into the data centers. And that’s going to be a very hot item in the coming years, as you know.”
The president-elect says there will be a total of $20 billion in investment to open data centers across U.S. in eight states — Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:30
[Trump is running 20 minutes late]
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:19
Watch LIVE: Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago as son arrives in Greenland amid purchase talk
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 16:01
Watch: Johnson says Trump insists Social Security and Medicare are preserved
Oliver O’Connell7 January 2025 15:58