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BREAKING: Rubio Cozies Up to Authoritarian Leaders and Scolds Those Who Don’t “Applaud” Trump in Overseas Trip

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    Watch now   BREAKING: Rubio Cozies Up to Authoritarian Leaders and Scolds Those Who Don’t “Applaud” Trump in Overseas Trip On a trip to Europe, Rubio signaled that America’s alliances under Trump are firmly aligned with far-right strongmen instead of countries that reflect true American values. Matt Staab Feb 16 ∙ Since the start of Trump’s second term, Marco Rubio has benefited from a convenient myth. He’s the serious one. The adult in the room. The polished, traditional Republican who could bring some semblance to a whirlwind of Trump-driven chaos. His trip to Europe this week should put that illusion on ice. At the Munich Security Conference , Rubio spoke about revitalizing alliances and restoring American leadership. The words may have been comforting if Rubio’s words matched the Trump administration’s conduct. You can’t talk about strengthening alliances while waging trade wars against core European partners. You can’t talk about stability while undermining NATO ...

BREAKING: Trump Hypes Latest Vanity Project As New Polling Shows His Approval Plummeting with Independent Voters

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    Watch now   BREAKING: Trump Hypes Latest Vanity Project As New Polling Shows His Approval Plummeting with Independent Voters With backlash growing over ICE, shutdown odds rising, and his approval collapsing, Trump rolled out a financial product being sold as an economic breakthrough. Hint: it isn’t. Matt Staab Jan 28   This has been a brutal week for Donald Trump and his administration. The killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has sparked widespread outrage and renewed scrutiny of ICE and DHS. Democrats are escalating calls to strip immigration enforcement funding from the spending bill, pushing the risk of a government shutdown higher. At the same time, new polling from The Economist shows Trump’s approval with independents cratering, including a near 10 point drop in just the past week. Against that backdrop, the president took the stage to hype his latest economic offering: “Trump Accounts.” The pitch is simple. Every newborn would receive a $1,000 government...