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The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power
It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces
Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
July 10, 2026
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At the Nato summit just ended, Trump lashed out at other Nato members, saying he was “very disappointed with Nato” and asking: “Why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and they’re not there for us?” He reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, blasted European energy and immigration policies, insulted Spain, and worried allies by declaring that the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow “doesn’t affect us”.
Yet throughout the proceedings, Trump was treated by other Nato powers with as much courtesy and respect as any US president has ever received from Nato – perhaps more. “It was a great meeting, there was a lot of love in that room, a lot of unity,” Trump said when it was over.
What happened? It’s important to understand the source of Trump’s power.
His power doesn’t come from his being president of the most powerful nation in the world. In fact, his arbitrary tariffs, absurd war in Iran, and outright abduction of Nicolás Maduro have reduced the US’s standing in much of the world.
Nor does his power come from his Maga base, which is now having second thoughts about supporting someone who got the US involved in another Middle Eastern war, caused prices to rise, and whose administration still refuses to release the complete Epstein files.
Nor does his power flow from any kind of strategic brilliance or cunning.
Trump’s power comes from his willingness to violate all the norms, rules and laws about how US presidents are supposed to act – to do anything that helps him accumulate more wealth, power and glory, and wreak vengeance on anyone who has tried to get in the way.…
Fox News viewers concerned for Donald Trump after he 'wanders off' and falls asleep
FRAN WINSTON & CHIARA FIORILLO
July 9, 2026
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Donald Trump has triggered new health worries following a string of concerning moments captured on camera during the NATO summit in Turkey.
In footage aired on Fox News after his arrival, Turkey's leader Recep Erdogan was seen greeting President Trump, who appeared disoriented about his positioning, despite a microphone being arranged for the two leaders to address journalists. Erdogan grasped his hand to guide him back to the proper spot.
In separate footage broadcast later that day, Trump appeared to doze off as he and Erdogan sat facing each other at a press conference. After roughly 40 seconds he seemed to suddenly wake up while Erdogan continued speaking.
Both moments were aired on Fox News, with the clips circulated on X, where users called them "embarrassing." One fumed, "Aww look! Grandpa has fallen fast asleep again. This time in front of the delegation from Turkey. Sleepy Don is a major embarrassment. How do you keep letting him out on his own like this?"…
Erdogan was forced to pull Trump back as the US president seemed to wander off
The president looked as if he dozed off at a press conference with Recep Erdogan
It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces
Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
July 10, 2026
The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power | Robert Reich
It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces
At the Nato summit just ended, Trump lashed out at other Nato members, saying he was “very disappointed with Nato” and asking: “Why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and they’re not there for us?” He reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, blasted European energy and immigration policies, insulted Spain, and worried allies by declaring that the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow “doesn’t affect us”.
Yet throughout the proceedings, Trump was treated by other Nato powers with as much courtesy and respect as any US president has ever received from Nato – perhaps more. “It was a great meeting, there was a lot of love in that room, a lot of unity,” Trump said when it was over.
What happened? It’s important to understand the source of Trump’s power.
His power doesn’t come from his being president of the most powerful nation in the world. In fact, his arbitrary tariffs, absurd war in Iran, and outright abduction of Nicolás Maduro have reduced the US’s standing in much of the world.
Nor does his power come from his Maga base, which is now having second thoughts about supporting someone who got the US involved in another Middle Eastern war, caused prices to rise, and whose administration still refuses to release the complete Epstein files.
Nor does his power flow from any kind of strategic brilliance or cunning.
Trump’s power comes from his willingness to violate all the norms, rules and laws about how US presidents are supposed to act – to do anything that helps him accumulate more wealth, power and glory, and wreak vengeance on anyone who has tried to get in the way.…
Fox News viewers concerned for Donald Trump after he 'wanders off' and falls asleep
FRAN WINSTON & CHIARA FIORILLO
July 9, 2026
Fox News viewers concerned for Donald Trump as he gets distracted mid-sentence - AOL
Fox News viewers voiced concern after Donald Trump appeared distracted mid-sentence while criticizing a congresswoman during remarks about the Kennedy Center and its board
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Donald Trump has triggered new health worries following a string of concerning moments captured on camera during the NATO summit in Turkey.
In footage aired on Fox News after his arrival, Turkey's leader Recep Erdogan was seen greeting President Trump, who appeared disoriented about his positioning, despite a microphone being arranged for the two leaders to address journalists. Erdogan grasped his hand to guide him back to the proper spot.
In separate footage broadcast later that day, Trump appeared to doze off as he and Erdogan sat facing each other at a press conference. After roughly 40 seconds he seemed to suddenly wake up while Erdogan continued speaking.
Both moments were aired on Fox News, with the clips circulated on X, where users called them "embarrassing." One fumed, "Aww look! Grandpa has fallen fast asleep again. This time in front of the delegation from Turkey. Sleepy Don is a major embarrassment. How do you keep letting him out on his own like this?"…
Erdogan was forced to pull Trump back as the US president seemed to wander off
The president looked as if he dozed off at a press conference with Recep Erdogan
How does white people tearing up their rules work against themselves, you ask?The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power
It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces
Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
July 10, 2026
The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power | Robert Reich
It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces
At the Nato summit just ended, Trump lashed out at other Nato members, saying he was “very disappointed with Nato” and asking: “Why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and they’re not there for us?” He reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, blasted European energy and immigration policies, insulted Spain, and worried allies by declaring that the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow “doesn’t affect us”.
Yet throughout the proceedings, Trump was treated by other Nato powers with as much courtesy and respect as any US president has ever received from Nato – perhaps more. “It was a great meeting, there was a lot of love in that room, a lot of unity,” Trump said when it was over.
What happened? It’s important to understand the source of Trump’s power.
His power doesn’t come from his being president of the most powerful nation in the world. In fact, his arbitrary tariffs, absurd war in Iran, and outright abduction of Nicolás Maduro have reduced the US’s standing in much of the world.
Nor does his power come from his Maga base, which is now having second thoughts about supporting someone who got the US involved in another Middle Eastern war, caused prices to rise, and whose administration still refuses to release the complete Epstein files.
Nor does his power flow from any kind of strategic brilliance or cunning.
Trump’s power comes from his willingness to violate all the norms, rules and laws about how US presidents are supposed to act – to do anything that helps him accumulate more wealth, power and glory, and wreak vengeance on anyone who has tried to get in the way.…
Fox News viewers concerned for Donald Trump after he 'wanders off' and falls asleep
FRAN WINSTON & CHIARA FIORILLO
July 9, 2026
Fox News viewers concerned for Donald Trump as he gets distracted mid-sentence - AOL
Fox News viewers voiced concern after Donald Trump appeared distracted mid-sentence while criticizing a congresswoman during remarks about the Kennedy Center and its board
Donald Trump has triggered new health worries following a string of concerning moments captured on camera during the NATO summit in Turkey.
In footage aired on Fox News after his arrival, Turkey's leader Recep Erdogan was seen greeting President Trump, who appeared disoriented about his positioning, despite a microphone being arranged for the two leaders to address journalists. Erdogan grasped his hand to guide him back to the proper spot.
In separate footage broadcast later that day, Trump appeared to doze off as he and Erdogan sat facing each other at a press conference. After roughly 40 seconds he seemed to suddenly wake up while Erdogan continued speaking.
Both moments were aired on Fox News, with the clips circulated on X, where users called them "embarrassing." One fumed, "Aww look! Grandpa has fallen fast asleep again. This time in front of the delegation from Turkey. Sleepy Don is a major embarrassment. How do you keep letting him out on his own like this?"…
Erdogan was forced to pull Trump back as the US president seemed to wander off
The president looked as if he dozed off at a press conference with Recep Erdogan
A gullible racist... Is the only kind of racist.
Trump is in desperation mode right now. He knows he is dying and also he knows if the Democrats take over everything in November well technically in January of next year they are going to find a lot of shit to get him impeach again. Even some Republicans now, letting him twist in the wind a little bit.
what we doing here big dawg
Where is the threat?He's so clever that he was never elected US senator. Moral victories are for the minor league coaches a rich guy once warned.
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1h ·Trump announces the reinstatement of the “Iranian Blockade,” claims the U.S. will control security in the Strait of Hormuz and charge a 20% fee on cargo passing through it, underscoring how the war has now become focused on the opening the waterway Iran controls and recently shut down.
Glynn Boyd
So now we're charging a fee for a situation we created?
You know what you are bullshitter I wish they’re banned you for life for just being racist or a coon.
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline
reacts to Trump recommending her to fill out SC Senate seat
ByJosh Christenson
Published July 13, 2026
Updated July 13, 2026, 12:11 p.m. ET
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham’s only surviving family member spoke briefly with The Post on Monday about the loss of her brother following a heart attack Saturday night.
“Actually, I’m just kind of like devastated right now,” said Darline Graham Nordone in a brief phone call.
President Trump posted on his Truth Social minutes before that he had recommended Graham’s “wonderful sister” to serve as interim senator until a special election can be held.
7Sen. Lindsey Graham photobombs a local weatherman’s live TV shot beside his sister, Darline Graham Nordone, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 17, 2015, during his presidential campaign.CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
7Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who will be choosing that replacement.AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins
South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster will be choosing that replacement. He’s scheduled a 4 p.m. press conference to make that announcement.
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“This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!” Trump added.Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) agreed and told The Post that he has known the late South Carolina senator’s sister “for years and she’s a constituent of mine in Lexington County.”
“I have faith in Gov. McMaster that he will make the right decision, but I would support the president’s recommendation,” Wilson said.
7A memorial is forming outside Senator Lindsey Graham’s DC office.Ally Goelz/NY Post
Preliminary findings from the Washington, DC, medical examiner’s office determined that Lindsey Graham died of a ruptured aorta brought on by chronic heart disease.
Emergency responders arrived at the Republican senator’s Capitol Hill home at around 8:30 p.m. after getting a call about an individual suffering from chest pains, according to scanner audio.
Medics performed CPR as Graham went into cardiac arrest a half hour later. He was then rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where he died.
7Two staff members embrace in hallway outside Senator Lindsey Graham’s office.REUTERS
Graham’s father, Florence James Graham, had also died of a heart attack at around the same age. Fifteen months before, the future senator’s mother passed away from cancer in 1976.
Darline was only 13 years old at the time, and Lindsey Graham, then 22, told her: “I’m going to take care of you.”
“I was just a kid. I remembered that day Lindsey came running in and just grabbed me up and hugged me,” she said in a recent video posted by the senator’s office. “He’s always been there for me. No matter what.”
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When running for president in 2016, Graham had even joked about his sister serving as his first lady along with a “rotating” cast of other friends.
“I’ve got a sister, she could play that role if necessary,” he told the Daily Mail in a June 2015 interview when asked about being the first bachelor in the White House since former President Woodrow Wilson.
7US flag at half-staff to remember the late U.S. Sen Lindsey Graham, seen at the Anderson County complex.USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
The Graham parents had run a bar and pool hall in Central, S.C., where for a time they had raised their two kids in a backroom, the senator later shared in a memoir.
After their deaths, Graham enlisted in the Air Force and became Darline’s legal guardian so he could use his military benefits to support his sister.
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She went on to marry and raise two kids while working in roles that helped disabled people find employment, according to The New York Times.
“Of all the things that have happened in my life, her turning out so well is the highlight of it by far,” he was quoted as telling C-SPAN in 2015, per the outlet.
7Flowers left outside the office of Sen. Lindsey Graham.AFP via Getty Images
Graham was first elected to the US House in 1994 as part of the Republican Revolution, which toppled Democratic control of the chamber that had been dominated by Speaker Tip O’Neill since the late 1970s.
“You know what Reagan and O’Neill did? They sat down and actually got to know each other. They had a drink,” Graham said in a December 2015 town hall in his home state.
“If I get to be president, we’re going to open up a bar in the White House. We’re going to get liquored up and solve problems.”
7Yellow sticky notes with handwritten messages, posted for late Senator “Thank you for your Service!”, “We will miss you!”, “True Patriot!”, and “Amazing Brother”.Ally Goelz/NY Post
The Republican had been seeking a fifth term in the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections before his sudden death.
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“I can’t die now,” he had reportedly joked hours before he was supposed to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, according to Axios.
“I still need to do the Russia sanctions, get Iran sorted out and do Israeli-Saudi normalization,” Graham said.
Now let's see if Maduro gives in to Trump's demand that he "admits" he interfered with the 2020 election.
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