This, Trump posted, is what Burj Khalifa looks like.
He showed a photo of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai lit up at night by red, white, and blue lights, like a flag.
Knowing the queasiness Trump felt when sheiks flew in grander jets than presidents, Qatar gave him a gift – a new $400 million jet to replace Air Force One. Lots of folks frowned. But Trump smiled it was grand.
About to leave the Arabian deserts behind, Trump posted, ‘Has anyone noticed that, since I said I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT, she’s no longer HOT?’ Then called Bruce Springsteen an ‘obnoxious JERK.’
Meantime, back in Washington, a cadre of Republican Congressmen waylaid his ‘Big Beautiful Budget Act.’ Trump posted about them too.
Most times as they grow older people grow wiser. But it doesn’t seem to work that way with nations. It’s hard to see those posts as signs of wisdom. But they blanketed the media – and a lot of people nodded.
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