‘The Return of the King’: Trump Embraces Trappings of the Throne
Restored to power, President Trump claimed that God put him there and asserted the right to single-handedly redraw the world map as he sees fit.
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Trump's embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry
President Donald Trump’s goodwill in the cryptocurrency industry has taken a hit after he and his wife launched meme coins — a move critics say looks like an unseemly cash grab that undermines an ...ABC News - 18h -
Trump embraces role of demagogue on divine mission to reshape America
The president cast himself as a holy warrior in a speech that made 2017’s ‘American carnage’ theme seem almost innocent. He is risen. After dodging an assassin’s bullet and the prospect of jail, ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump’s Unlikely Return to Power
Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House in a far stronger position. He’s facing a depleted opposition and a more compliant Congress. Jonathan Swan, a politics reporter for The New York ...The New York Times - 2d -
Martin Luther King III urges return of civility, focus on equality
Martin Luther King III, a civil rights activist and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke to CBS News on MLK Day and Trump's inauguration.CBS News - 2d -
Walter Isaacson on why Elon Musk is embracing Donald Trump
Walter Isaacson, who wrote an autobiography about Elon Musk, joins TODAY to talk about the billionaire businessman and what led him to embrace Donald Trump for his second run for the Oval Office. ...NBC News - 2d -
Martin Luther King III on Trump's inauguration
Monday marks not only President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but also Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday honoring the late civil rights leader. Martin Luther King III, human ...CBS News - 2d -
Trump returns to the White House
Incoming president to issue executive orders on deportations, tariffs and cuts to regulationFinancial Times - 2d -
Is Trump’s bitcoin embrace the biggest ‘pump-and-dump’ ever?
The U.S. government buying bitcoin at inflated prices would do nothing to pay off America’s debt.MarketWatch - 4d -
Will a weakened Hollywood embrace Trump 2.0?
When Donald Trump won in 2016, Hollywood promised ‘resistance’. But shrinking revenues and declining influence make it less likely this time aroundFinancial Times - Jan. 3
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