Trump speech dec 17 2025
President Donald J. Trump delivered a prime-time address from the White House on Dec. 17, 2025, centered on his economic record and plans, aimed at reversing sagging approval ratings and reassuring vo...
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President Donald J. Trump delivered a prime-time address from the White House on Dec. 17, 2025, centered on his economic record and plans, aimed at reversing sagging approval ratings and reassuring vo...
Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead Dec. 14–15, 2025; within hours President Trump posted on Truth Social blaming the deaths on what he called “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” then repeated and expan...
Available reporting in the provided sources does not confirm that George Strait has cancer; recent coverage in Country Living notes Strait has had health struggles and said in May 2025 “I don't know h...
The national debt rose substantially during President Biden’s term: headline Treasury-style totals commonly cited put gross federal debt from about $27.8 trillion at inauguration (Jan 20, 2021) to rou...
President Trump posted on Truth Social that Rob Reiner “has passed away… reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction… TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDR...
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social and spoke in the Oval Office the day after Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead, calling Reiner “a tortured and struggling, but once very talented” dir...
There are two different, defensible answers depending on what “this term” means: if it refers to Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021), the national debt rose by roughly $7.8 trillion to $8.4 trillion...
Multiple independent fact‑checks conclude the claim that President Joe Biden has been reported falling asleep in the Oval Office is false; images and clips circulating online were digitally altered or...
Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home and their son was arrested; in the immediate aftermath President Trump posted on Truth Social blaming Reiner’s “anger” and calling him...
Official video feeds of the event show live coverage cutting off abruptly as staff and the press pool were hurried from the room after a person near collapsed; coverage later resumed and the White Hou...
The available reporting shows that the Oval Office’s new gold accents are solid 24‑karat gold; multiple outlets report the decorative medallions strongly resemble inexpensive polyurethane appliqués so...
Reports from January 2018 say President Donald Trump used the phrase “shithole countries” during an Oval Office meeting to describe Haiti, El Salvador and “African countries” broadly (see contemporane...
Rob Reiner’s exact quoted words at the time of the killing are not contained in the provided sources; available reporting focuses on President Trump’s comments after Reiner and his wife were found dea...
Every incoming president uses White House art and décor to broadcast values, tastes, and political messages: some emphasize historic continuity and institutional dignity while others foreground person...
President Donald Trump publicly blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken criticism of him for the director’s killing, using terms like “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and calling Reiner “deranged” and “very bad for...
Donald Trump is the only U.S. president in modern history to be criminally charged and later convicted on felony counts, but his convictions and many indictments occurred after his White House term; n...
A series of video clips and photographs from a November 6–8, 2025 Oval Office event show President Donald Trump with his , prompting widespread online claims that he fell asleep; available reporting d...
The phrase "" has been used in multiple contexts in the recent media cycle — from sarcastic social‑media claims that “pooped his pants” during to an AI video he shared portraying feces being dropped o...
President Donald Trump made the remark linking Vladimir Putin and World War II while speaking at a White House event on June 12, 2025, where he recounted conversations with world leaders about Victory...
President Donald Trump called Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey “piggy” during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One after she pressed him about recently released Jeffrey Epstein email...