* “Thanks to the Builder-in-Chief, the White House will be properly glorified and remain in excellent condition for generations to come.”—WH spinmeister David Ingle.
* “I’d love to see Pete Hegseth fired, because he’s incompetent and doing a horrible job.” –North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis. BTW, Tillis—when it mattered more than rhetorically—voted in favor of Hegseth’s controversial nomination. Now that he’s retiring, Tillis is speaking out.
* Trump’s novel mid-term Dallas convention is this week, the one where ticket costs start at $25,000.
* ADATO (Another Day at the Orifice):
< The MAGA Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
< The U.S. Mint is now selling $1 “gold” coins bearing Trump’s likeness. They’re legal tender as well as collectibles. A roll of 100 cost $154.50.
< The Trump Administration announced that excavation work would soon be underway on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch.
< Skipped the 25th memorial 9/11 service in New York. No speech permitted. Speaks volumes.
< “The best person on CNN is Pollster Harry Entene, because he was willing to show that Donald J. Trump is six times more popular than Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or any other president.”
< “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!”—Trump, on a deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of its oil reserves. What’s next? Naming rights? VenezUSA?
< “Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP Strait???”
< “We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America.”—Donald Trump. Only surprise, it’s not “Lake OnTrumpio.”
* “Your own people, President Trump, don’t even like you. And they’re going to speak loud and clear when it comes to the mid-terms.”—Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
* Waiting for the Big Beautiful Obit.