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17 Moments From This Week In Trump's America That Would've Been Front Page News In Normal Times
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There was a story involving a Waffle House this week that I will probably be thinking about until the day I die. As a Senior Lifestyle editor at BuzzFeed, I cover stories about health, home, politics, and relationships, with a special focus on work and money. Not to mention Pam Bondi getting fired, the launch of Artemis II, and that scandal involving Kristi Noem's husband. Q: Is the public going to learn the identities of the men who abused the girls in the Epstein files?Acting AG Todd Blanche: Like, what does that mean? I don't understand what that means. pic.twitter.com/CkKLHaWcDU This is a level of respect that shit for brains Governor of California will never know. God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her. 🇺🇸 🙏 pic.twitter.com/iD5mmkaXv1 In case that's hard to see on your screen, he wrote, "I have been fighting cancer, first as prostate cancer and then as stage four metastatic bone cancer, since 2019. In 2023, I was given less than 12 months to live. When conventional medicine had exhausted its options, I embarked on an alternative protocol and documented it honestly — twelve weeks, in real time. The episode that became the basis for the recent press coverage was in the very first week. I was in the opening days of intensive treatment, heavily medicated, not thinking about future headlines. That context was nowhere in the reporting. The word 'teleportation' was not mine. It was used by someone else in the conversation reaching for language to describe something with no easy name. The more accurate biblical terms are 'translated' or 'transported' — not new ideas for people of faith." Trump: I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better. I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success. pic.twitter.com/OYNXspphxo Trump: "I'm going to take a few questions. You can ask me anything you want. You can talk sex." pic.twitter.com/43E9bQqHic Fox News is now the fake news.Brainwashing boomers to support what we voted against. Trump, eyeing a tractor:“I assume it’s a gift to me. Can you imagine if I accepted that? A Democrat could accept — we’re not allowed to.”Trump accepted a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar.You can't make this up. pic.twitter.com/BbcPs9bcWG Leavitt begins the press briefing: "Could you hear our 'amen' in there? We just had a little loud prayer as a team. In this holy week, President Trump and the First Lady are joining in prayer with Christians celebrating the resurrection of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ." pic.twitter.com/SFCJCRD3GD Gas is going to be above $4/gal and troops deploying to the Middle East and Donald Trump is showing off pictures of his ballroom. Get this asshole out now. pic.twitter.com/nL2jNuQuNz FOX NEWS: How are kids doing scholastically in the country?EDUCATION SECRETARY LINDA McMAHON: We're doing terribly pic.twitter.com/kw5kJxtGZt Trump: I got 93% bad publicity. Maybe Karoline is doing a poor job. pic.twitter.com/HINANqxbs9 LARA TRUMP: “This anti-war retired General has no idea what it means to serve in the military.”This has to be the dumbest comment on the internet so far in 2026. pic.twitter.com/deEXqoA0TG Trump: Tonight I'm making a little speech at 9 o'clock. And basically I'm gonna uhh tell everybody how great I am. Whatta phenomenal job I've done pic.twitter.com/sLSYQHCHqy It seems the White House may have uploaded that video unintentionally. It's now been made private.But I downloaded it, so here's the full WH feed of the Easter lunch earlier today. Trump does sound a bit more candid here than he does in front of reporters. https://t.co/PicD2aCH4e pic.twitter.com/sqPjqur0cc Trump muses about being a king:"I can't get a ballroom approved. It's pretty amazing, right? If I was a king, we'd be doing a lot more. I'm doing a lot, but I could be doing a lot more if I was a king." pic.twitter.com/f2Zq4lZJ39 Rubio: This is a country whose economy is in shambles. This is a country whose people have been protesting on the streets… They have taken all of their money and have invested it in building missiles pic.twitter.com/NvPnLYtbJf