How stupid is Trump?

It is somewhat ironic that Trump's harsh criticism of oil purchases is aimed precisely at the two EU heads of government who are ideologically closest to him: Hungary's Viktor Orbán and Slovakia's Robert Fico

President Donald Trump took a swipe at his critics but seemingly revealed his thoughts on his supporters in the process. “Smart people don’t like me, you know? And they don’t like what we talk about,” Trump told attendees of a gala at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club on Saturday. A clip of Trump’s speech, taken by Republican strategist Nicole Kiprilov, showed the crowd chuckling at the remark. Across the aisle, however, the comment raised some eyebrows. Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a rising Democratic firebrand, wrote in an X post: “I agree! Soooo does MAGA know what this means he thinks of them 😳?” Trump made the quip while talking about Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “It must have been traumatic because the parents are conservative people—supposed to be very nice people—living in Utah, and the father turns in the son,” he said. “Boy, that’s a tough deal. Actually, I asked somebody in the FBI, how often does that happen where, knowing even the guilt, that a father will turn in or parents will turn in the son. And he said, ‘Almost never.’” Sought for clarification on Trump’s comments and a response to Crockett, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told the Daily Beast: “All three of Jasmine Crockett’s brain cells are infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

It's an unusual and carefully crafted state visit. There's a crammed schedule squeezed into a day and a half, most of it dedicated to royal spectacles. Windsor is being used like a royal theme park.

With fears over security and protests, there won't be any cheering crowds and no public procession, like the one recently enjoyed by France's President Emmanuel Macron. Instead, it will be helicopters and closed events, including the carriage ride, which will wind its way inside the Windsor estate.

A YouGov poll over the summer showed opinion divided on whether Trump's visit should go ahead, external, with slightly more wanting it cancelled.

And the nearest thing to the public that the president will see will be the staff working at the banquet.

The King's brother, Prince Andrew, had visited Mar-a-Lago in 2000, introducing himself as "Andrew York" to guests. Jeffrey Epstein, later convicted as a sex offender, and Ghislaine Maxwell were pictured at the same party.

Prince Andrew will be entirely airbrushed out of this week's visit. But for Trump's 2019 visit, he was described as Buckingham Palace's "secret weapon", accompanying the president on two of the three days. That was only a matter of months before the Duke of York's notorious Newsnight interview.

According to the American State Department, there are 86 terrorist organisations (link). These include Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and Hamas. These groups have one thing in common: they all originate from abroad.

Now Trump has taken an extraordinary step. On Monday, he declared Antifa a ‘domestic terrorist organisation’ by presidential decree. Neither the FBI nor the US Department of Homeland Security officially recognise this category. There is no corresponding law. The executive branch's powers to declare groups terrorists and thus sanction their financing, for example, apply to foreign countries.

However, in his broadly worded order, Trump declared Antifa to be a subversive and ‘militaristic, anarchist organisation’ that is waging a campaign of terror within the country. A study showing that by far the most violent attacks in the US are committed by right-wing extremists was recently quietly deleted from his Justice Department's website (link).
According to Trump, the enemy is on the left.

However, there is no such thing as an Antifa organisation. It is an ideological movement without leaders, hierarchy or legal form. It has no financial infrastructure, no headquarters and no membership. Antifa (short for "Antifaschistische Aktion", a reference to opponents of Nazism in the 1930s) is primarily an idea. In German, even the definite article – die Antifa – is misleading.
The movement is so broad that it can encompass everything from left-wing radicals in California to squatters in Berlin-Friedrichshain. There are individual groups in some US cities, such as Rose City Antifa in Portland, Oregon. But it is mainly a loose left-wing solidarity alliance that wants to fight right-wing extremists.

In other words, the US president has imposed a classification on an organisation that is not one, a classification that does not exist.

Can an idea be banned? In the very country whose constitution guarantees freedom of expression to the utmost?

Things like stained bedsheet, food waste, takeout containers, hair gel, used wipes, ended up sprawled across Windsor Castle, after a state guests exit, and informationa bout this has been shared by RadarOnline’s report.

The guest that allegedly created the mess is non other than the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump.

According to a palace source that spoke to the outlet, “It was takeout boxes, tanning sprays and hair products everywhere. The bathroom was littered with bottles, the sinks stained, and his bed sheets had been left completely orange from whatever he uses.”

It left King Charles’ people “horrified” because “this was Windsor Castle, not a roadside motel.”

A big reason for this alleged situation was because “no one could say no to him. If Trump wanted fast food at 2am, the Secret Service would fetch it.”

By the end “the room smelled of fries and fried chicken by morning. For staff who are used to military precision and spotless suites, it was beyond the pale.”

The insider also offered more in depth insights, allegedly “he had sprays and tubs of hair gel scattered across the bathroom. Tan wipes were in the bin, the towels were ruined, and the housekeeping team had to replace nearly everything. It was like a bomb had gone off in Selfridges' cosmetics hall.”

Even though the president has often admitted to taking pride in his ‘distinctive’ hair, “no one expected the trail it would leave,” the source added before signing off.