I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

NEW: The first front pages of Saturday’s newspapers in the UK.

“Ukraine Hero Ambushed”

“Trump stuns world with vile rant at Zelensky”

“A spectacle to horrify the world”

Trump is obliterating the global reputation of the US.

The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.

It’s fucking brilliant.

“When women are part of the peace process, [those peace outcomes] are 35% more likely to last beyond 15 yrs,"
&..including women in peacebuilding efforts increases the probability of ending violence by 24% ....

and here’s the link to the LoC free to use and re-use trove of digital images

www.loc.gov/free-to-use/

“No one is above the law?” Jack Smith just move to dismiss the indictment against Trump in the classified documents case.

💥#Breaking: Netanyahu will advance legislation forcing every ministerial counsel who has served more than 7 years to resign, with the specific aim of getting rid of Finance Ministry Chief Counsel Asi Messing, who has opposed Bezalal Smotrich's "Torah Economy." #putschnews

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