Wearing just a MAGA hat and an overcoat to keep himself dry, President Donald Trump capped a long day by talking to reporters for over six minutes in the pouring rain without an umbrella Friday night as he returned to D.C. from a trip to Pittsburgh where he held a rally with steel workers to celebrate his deal to save U.S. Steel. Earlier in the day, Trump, who turns 79 on June 14, held a lengthy Oval Office press conference with outgoing DOGE chief Elon Musk.

Upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland just outside of Washington, D.C., Trump walked over to reporters and took over a dozen questions covering U.S. Steel, Elon Musk, sanctions on Russia, Gaza ceasefire negotiations, trade deals, the G7 summit in Canada next month, Susie Wiles hacked phone impersonations and Chinese college students’ visa worries. Trump also commented on the administration’s fight with Harvard and brokering peace between India and Pakistan.

Trump liked the questions by Real America’s Voice reporter Steve Gruber. At the end of the gaggle, Trump asked him who he was with. Gruber shook Trump’s hand and gave him a pat on the back as Trump headed to the waiting Beast.

Trump landed around 9 p.m. after a line of strong thunderstorms that spawned several tornado warnings had moved through the D.C. area. The temperature was around 60 degrees.

Transcript via pool reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs with the New York Times.

Part One and Part Two.

POTUS started by saying he thinks the U.S. Steel/Nippon deal will be “a fantastic deal.” He said $17 billion is being invested for new steel mills.

Q: Can Pennsylvania be the steel capital of the world?

“I think it’s going to happen. I think it’s going to happen.”

Q: What’s it going to take?

“Not much. We just had $17 billion given. And again, we’re going to have control in the U.S. It’s going to be a U.S.A. deal, the board is controlled. More importantly the money is built and spent on facilities. You can’t take them and leave.”

“The money is invested in brick and mortar, you can’t lift it up and take it,” Trump said. “But I think much more importantly it’s going to be a great partnership. And the company Nippon is coming in with $17 billion plus.”

Q: But is it an acquisition? Is Nippon acquiring U.S. Steel?

“This is an investment. It’s controlled by the United States and more importantly they’re spending the money on brick and mortar. You can’t take it. What are you going to do, pick it up and move it to Japan? That’s not going to happen.

Q: But they will own U.S. Steel?

“I rejected this about four times now and when they finally got it right I liked it a lot,” Trump said, adding the unions loved it.

Q: It will be thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania right?

“Thousands….I like this guy.”

Q: Were you aware of Elon Musk’s regular drug use?

“No, I wasn’t. I think he’s fantastic. I think Elon is a fantastic guy.”

Q: Are you troubled by these reports?

“I’m not troubled by anything with Elon. I think he’s fantastic. He did a great job. And you know DOGE continues. And by the time it’s finished, we’ll have numbers that knock your socks off. It’s going to be a — he did a fantastic job. And he didn’t need to do it.”

Q How do you replace him?

He’s not easy to replace.

Q: Is the Nippon deal finalized?

“No, I have to approve the final deal.”

Q: How will it stay in U.S. ownership?

“Well you’ll see but I have to approve the final deal with Nippon and we haven’t seen that final deal yet. But they’ve made a very big commitment. And it’s a very big investment. It’s the largest investment in the history of Pennsylvania in any deal, not just steel…”

Q: Do you support the Lindsey Graham/Blumenthal bill that would levy sanctions on Russia?

“I don’t know. I have to see it. We’ll take a look at it.”

Q: Are you confident that your proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza that was just submitted this week will get approved by Hamas?

“I think they want to, they want to get out of that mess. They’re in a big mess. I think they want to get out of it.”

Q: Can we anticipate any trade deals next week? And does this deal today with Nippon help your overall talks with Japan?

“Well Japan very much wants to make a trade deal, I don’t think this has much to do with it but it certainly won’t hurt… I think the deal I’m most proud of is the fact that we’re dealing with India, we’re dealing with Pakistan and we were able to stop potentially a nuclear war through trade, as opposed to bullets. Normally they do it through bullets. We do it through trade. So I’m very proud of that. Nobody talks about it but we had a very nasty potential war going on between Pakistan and India. And now if you look they’re doing fine.”

Trump noted Pakistan representatives are coming to Washington next week and the administration is very close to making a deal with India.

“I wouldn’t have any interest in making a deal with either if they were going to war with each other,” Trump said.

Trump was asked for his message for the G7 in a couple weeks

“Well, it’s in Canada and he’s a very nice guy by the way, Mark Carney, I think he’s a very nice guy. And we had some good talks. We’ll see what happens.

Q: There’s reports that Susie Wiles’s phone was breached and someone is impersonating her.

“I heard that, yeah.”

Q: Are you concerned about that?

“No, she’s an amazing woman. She can handle it. But I’ve heard they breached her phone and tried to impersonate her. Nobody can impersonate Susie. There’s only one Susie.”

Q: What’s your message to Chinese college students in the United States that want to stay in the United States and don’t want their visa revoked?

“They’re going to be okay. It’s going to work out fine. We just want to check out the individual students. We have to and that’s true with all colleges,” Trump said.

He then criticized Harvard for allegedly not providing the government with enough information.

“We want people that can love our country and take care of our country and cherish our country and for some reason Harvard doesn’t want to give us a list,” Trump said.

Trump ended the gaggle by saying it was time to get out the rain, “I would suggest you all get out of the rain now. Goodbye everyone, have a good night.”

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Commentary

What is going on in South Korea in their 60 days to prepare for their Snap Presidential Election which concludes on June 3 is eerily similar to what Americans had to deal with in the 2020 – 2024 period.  Talk of Election Fraud is targeted and silenced in legacy mainstream media in South Korea.  The term “Conspiracy Theorist” is used generously by South Korean establishment media to dismiss any Citizen who tries to raise any questions about a process in South Korea which is entirely controlled from the national level by the National Election Commission (NEC).  The NEC operates without any form of oversight outside of the rest of the Federal Government of the Republic of Korea.  Everything can be investigated or audited in South Korea, except for the NEC.

South Korean media is perhaps where American media was twenty years ago.  Big Media in South Korea largely derive their content from America and what they see as the models of Journalism:  CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.  South Korean Media is bought into the Fake News model of Journalism.   Somehow South Korean mainstream media missed the memo:  Fake News has been fired in America.  YouTubers such as Ground C are rising in prominence as more and more South Koreans realize something is very very wrong in South Korea.  With this alternative media, South Koreans are establishing platforms to question the NEC and the clear indicators of fraud that are exploding in the Special Presidential Election.

Simple is good in Elections

In the United States, the 2024 Election was the beginning of the dismantlement of an election process that had become overly complicated – on purpose.  The model for fair and free elections is Taiwan.  The Taiwan elections are simple simple simple.  Simple is good in ensuring transparent, fair, and free elections, as opposed to what Globalist Elites and the National Association of Counties like to think.  Taiwan gets it right and follows these guidelines on their elections:

·      Ballots are Paper Only

·      Elections are done in one day

·      No Mail in Ballots

·      No Early Voting

·      All voters must show a trusted form of identification

·      Ballots are hand counted

·      Ballots are counted in public, and the ballots are shown as marked, for all to see

·      Results are hand tabulated on a chart on the wall

·      Results are not entered into a computer network until they are above the county level

·      Counting is completed by very early evening and by evening the results are announced

Taiwan and their 24 million citizens can do this – why is this unattainable in Maricopa County, Arizona or Fulton County, Georgia, or other places in the world?

Election Racket Cartel Started by Globalists, taken over by China

Elections have become an International Cartel to manipulate the outcome.  Originally started by Globalists, the 2002 Helping Americans Vote Act was like gasoline poured onto this Soros and Word Economic Forum initiative.  The Carter Center for Democracy 2014 Manual, Election Obligations and Standards became the Gold Standard of principals for those wanting to oversee elections, but apparently these tenets of transparency, accountability, and the right of the citizen to ask questions only applies when a Globalist candidate is running, not a Populist/Conservative/Nationalist like in America, Brazil, Romania, France, the United Kingdom, or now South Korea.

HAVA 2002 codified the use of complex information technology and networks.  But even before HAVA, there was this mysterious development of election machine software in Serbia and Venezuela that ran these machines.  China has supplanted Soros and the WEF as the worldwide champions of centralized Election Machine bureaucracies like South Korea’s NEC.  In America, at least there is the firewall of 50 states and roughly 3,300 counties to ensure there are some checks and balances on election corruption.  China and Globalists love centralization, scale, and complexity – it is much easier to control the population when government functions are centralized, large scale, and overly complex.

President Trump’s Election Executive Order is the wrecking ball to end this Cartel of Tyranny

Signed on March 25, 2025, President Trump’s Executive Order entitled, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” is the return of common sense to American Elections.  In this Executive Order, enforcement of U.S. Citizenship for Federal Elections will now be required.  It was already a Federal Law under 18USC611 but was routinely ignored.  Other Federal Election Laws will be enforced and there will be a drive toward a uniform Election Day across the entire United States – no more election seasons.

One more important element – unlawful use of Federal Funds will be ended – this in many ways is a reference to the role of USAID and the money laundering done at large scale by USAID to help the international election manipulation cartel.  The USAID role and logo is all over the place when it comes to elections including South Korea’s NEC and the mysterious A-WEB (Association of World Election Bodies) organization based in South Korea which appears to be a front company for China.  Now they’ll have to continue the cartel without U.S. Taxpayer funding.

All viewpoints are personal and do not reflect the viewpoints of any organization

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President Trump offered some hilarious “marital advice” for French President Emmanuel Macron after the latter’s humiliating incident earlier this week.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Macron was publicly humiliated as he arrived for a state visit to Vietnam. As the airplane door was opened, the whole world could see his controversial wife, Brigitte, smacking him in the face.

Macron took a look and saw that he was being filmed, so he smiled and pretended nothing had happened. But as the power couple descended the plane’s stairs, Brigitte refused to hold his hand, leaving the French President with a tense face and a clenched fist in sheer tension.

Have a look:

MACRON GETS FACEPALMED BY HIS WIFE

As he landed in Vietnam, cameras caught Brigitte Macron reaching out and shoving his face just before he stepped off the plane.

The French president looked momentarily stunned before smoothing it over with a wave.

His office first denied… pic.twitter.com/BmVZBX450q

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 26, 2025

During President Trump and Elon Musk’s press conference in the Oval Office on Friday, which commemorated Musk’s last day as a special government employee and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Trump about the incident.

“This week, there was a video on board a plane that showed the First Lady of France slapping her husband, Emmanuel Macron,” Doocy said. “Do you have any world leader-to-world leader marital advice?”

After some people in the room started chuckling, Trump dropped one of his classic zingers.

“Make sure the door remains closed,” He quipped.

Loud laughs were heard across the room afterwards.

WATCH:

BREAKING:@pdoocy just asked Donald Trump about Brigitte Macron slapping @EmmanuelMacron earlier this week.

TRUMP: “Make sure the door remains closed.”

pic.twitter.com/V05Hna79DG

— Evan Kilgore (@EvanAKilgore) May 30, 2025

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Candy manufacturer Haribo has issued a major recall after cannabis was found in some bags of its candy.

The incident took place in the Netherlands, where multiple members of one family became sick after eating Haribo’s Happy Cola F!ZZ candy, according to NL Times.

The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority later confirmed that cannabis was found in samples of the candy that it took for testing, leading to a recall of one-kilogram bags.

“The situation goes beyond simple health complaints,” an agency representative said. “We immediately contacted Haribo, which issued a safety warning.”

An agency representative said some people reported “dizziness” after eating the candy, according to the BBC.

It said, consuming the candy “can lead to health complaints, such as dizziness, when consumed.”

How cannabis made it into the candy is not known.

A company representative said Haribo is working with law enforcement to “establish the facts around the contamination.”

Dutch police became involved after children were taken sick after eating the candy, according to the Guardian.

“We want to know exactly how it got into the candy, and, of course, how the bags ended up in the store,” police representative Chantal Westerhoff said.

To date, three affected bags have been identified, NL Times reported.

Haribo recalls bags of sweets in Netherlands after cannabis found https://t.co/lro5eiSEAP

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 29, 2025

However, Haribo is recalling all 1,000-gram bags of Happy Cola F!ZZ carrying a production code of L341-4002307906 and an expiration date of January 2026. Haribo wants customers to send their bags directly to the company, not to the store where they were purchased.

The company said that only one product was affected and only bags of that product sold in the Netherlands are covered by the recall.

All other products are safe, Haribo said.

The company said, it will issue refunds for all candy returned to it, according to the New York Post.

“The safety of our consumers is our highest priority, and Haribo takes this incident very seriously, which is why a recall has been issued in the Netherlands,” the company said in a statement.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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President Trump Pardons Former Governor Rowland – Did Big Pharma Target Him for His Psychiatric Drug Ban?

Republished with permission from AbleChild

Recently Pardoned Former Governor John Rowland’s political downfall is often reduced to scandalous headlines about gifts and corruption, but the truth behind his resignation reveals a far more complex and troubling story—one that involves a fierce battle with Big Pharma, a controversial psychiatric drug ban for vulnerable children, and a corruption scandal that may not be as disconnected as it seems.

In the early 2000s, Governor Rowland took a rare and bold stand against the wrongful medication of children in state care by banning three powerful antipsychotic drugs from Connecticut’s drug formulary: Risperdal (risperidone), Zyprexa (olanzapine), and Seroquel (quetiapine). These medications were widely prescribed despite mounting evidence of severe side effects, including increased risks of suicide, diabetes, and violent behavior. The ban thrust Connecticut into the national spotlight when The New York Times ran a front-page article in 2004 exposing the widespread use—and potential dangers—of these psychiatric drugs in children under state supervision, sparking a nationwide conversation about the ethics and safety of medicating vulnerable youth.

That same year, National Public Radio (NPR) also covered Connecticut’s groundbreaking actions, highlighting the state’s efforts to protect children from inappropriate psychiatric drug use and the challenges faced in regulating these medications. The NPR coverage emphasized the growing concern over the off-label use of antipsychotics in children, the lack of adequate oversight, and the pushback from pharmaceutical companies.

Connecticut’s legislative and regulatory bodies responded with a six-month review of psychotropic medication use in children in state care, resulting in public acts aimed at establishing oversight mechanisms and protecting children from inappropriate drug use. This review was part of a broader effort to address systemic issues such as lack of informed consent and insufficient court approvals.

Across the country, states like New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Arkansas also made national news for confronting the rampant and often off-label use of antipsychotic medications in children in foster care. Investigations and lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly highlighted illegal marketing practices promoting these drugs for unapproved uses in children. Connecticut emerged as one of the front lines in this battle, with state legislators and child welfare agencies scrutinizing psychotropic drug use and seeking greater oversight and protections for children in care.

Rowland’s ban challenged powerful pharmaceutical interests. According to advocacy groups like AbleChild, representatives from Canadian pharmaceutical companies met with the governor behind closed doors, pressing him to reverse the decision. Within six months, the banned drugs were reinstated on the state formulary, raising urgent questions about the influence of Big Pharma on public health policy and the safety of children in care.

Shortly after the reversal, Rowland’s political career unraveled amid a federal corruption investigation focused on gifts he accepted—including a $3,600 hot tub installed at his lakeside cottage, cigars, champagne, and lavish vacations from friends and state contractors. While the official charges centered on these illicit gifts, the timing of the scandal and the rapid reinstatement of the psychiatric drugs invite a deeper, uncomfortable question: Were these events truly unrelated? Or was the corruption scandal a convenient smokescreen obscuring the high stakes battle over the health of Connecticut’s most vulnerable children?

Rowland initially denied accepting these gifts but later admitted guilt, leading to his resignation and a prison sentence. Yet, the story does not end there. Advocacy organizations like AbleChild have continued to expose systemic failures in the wrongful medication of children in state care—failures marked by lack of informed consent, absence of court oversight, and dangerous dosages. Their work underscores a broader crisis that Rowland’s ban briefly spotlighted before powerful forces pushed back.

This is not just a tale of political corruption; it is a stark reminder of how public health policy can be compromised by corporate power and political vulnerability. Governor Rowland’s real history challenges us to look beyond the surface, question who truly controls the fate of children in state care, and demand accountability from those entrusted to protect them.

As new light is shed on these intertwined events, the truth about Governor Rowland’s legacy—and the forces that shaped it—finally comes into focus.

Key Articles and Coverage on Connecticut’s Ban of Psychiatric Drugs in Children in State Care found below:

The New York Times, “Connecticut Bars Use of Psychiatric Drugs in Children” (2004) — Front-page coverage highlighting the state’s ban on Risperdal, Zyprexa, and Seroquel for children in state care, exposing widespread concerns about safety and overuse.

National Public Radio (NPR), “States Crack Down on Psychiatric Drug Use in Foster Children” (2004) — Reported on Connecticut’s pioneering efforts and challenges in regulating antipsychotic drug use in vulnerable youth populations.

Connecticut General Assembly, 2004 Legislative Review — Six-month review and subsequent public acts aimed at regulating psychotropic medication use among children in state custody.

First Focus Report, “Psychotropic Medication Use in Children on Medicaid” (2008) — Documented Connecticut’s legal and policy reforms amid national scrutiny of antipsychotic drug use in children.

CT Mirror and other state news outlets (2004–2015) — Ongoing coverage of Connecticut’s efforts to improve oversight and care for children receiving psychiatric medications.

AbleChild is a 501(3) C nonprofit organization and has recently co-written landmark legislation in Tennessee, setting a national precedent for transparency and accountability in the intersection of mental health, pharmaceutical practices, and public safety.

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