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06/04/2026

According to the United Nations, “there is no single, universally accepted definition of a ceasefire. As part of negotiations, parties agree on what a ceasefire entails in their context.”

Overall, however, a ceasefire agreement — as per the 2022 “Guidance on Mediations and Ceasefires” published by the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs — may be expected to include a few core elements:- a formal, written agreement between two or more conflict parties
- lay out its purpose and broad linkages to a political process
- specify the date and time at which it is to come into effect
- define the geographical areas in which it is applicable
- outline prohibited and permitted military and non-military activities
- specify the terms for monitoring and verifying the parties’ compliance
Just yesterday, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, US President Donald Trump suggested that different parts of the world have varied understandings of the term “ceasefire.”

When a reporter asked how he would himself define a “ceasefire,” Trump responded: “Pretty much the way it is.”

He continued, referring to Iran, with whom the US and Israel have been at war since late February: “That’s a different part of the world. I’d say, in that part of the world, ‘ceasefire’ is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.”

06/03/2026

Remember the viral video of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio playing music DJ at a party in Florida?

Well, Rubio was grilled on Capitol Hill yesterday during his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen pointed out that Rubio was watching UFC 327 in Miami with President Donald Trump instead of taking part in talks with Iran in Pakistan in April.

Rubio responded: “I was not at a party. Where I was is next to the president, because in the midst of those negotiations.”

He was referring to the fact that the Iran negotiations were led by US Vice President JD Vance, the President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and the President son-in-law and his Special Envoy for Peace, Jared Kushner.

Secretary Rubio continued: “I was in communications with [Witkoff and Kushner], and in fact, I think there is media reporting from that evening on how, multiple occasions, I went into a back room, I came back out and spoke to the president and was constantly updating him. I know your staff wrote up this cute statement for your TikTok video, but it’s not true, and it’s not real, OK?”

He added: “I am the national security adviser and secretary of state. I was co-located with the president in the midst of a high-stakes negotiation so that I could immediately inform him about events occurring halfway around the world. I was where I needed to be at that moment because we had a very capable team on the ground in Pakistan led by the vice president.”

06/02/2026

“Every month is pride month.” 

This is the message Prime Minister Rob Jetten, the first gay and youngest head of government in the Netherlands, has for all of us around the world, as Amsterdam prepares to host World Gay Pride this summer to celebrate the global LGBTQ community. 

Jetten, who is engaged with Nico Keenan, an Argentinian two-time Olympian and elite-level field hockey player, pointed out: “This year is exactly 25 years since the world’s first law on equal marriage came into force here in the Netherlands. It was an incredible milestone and the images traveled all around the world.”

The Dutch Prime Minister added: “But what mattered more than headlines, was the message behind them: you belong, just as much as everyone else!”

He continued: “That message is what drives me every day — the message that we are all free to be ourselves, and to love whomever we choose. This may sound obvious, but in many places it’s still not a given.” 

Jetten, who will host World Pride and Euro Pride in Amesterdam in August, was clear when he said: “Love comes in many different forms, and that all of them should be celebrated, every day and every month.”

06/01/2026

Is US Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia the new face of the Democratic Party? Is he going to run for President in 2028?

Hard to say, but Senator Ossoff is campaigning around Georgia to keep is seat in the US Senate. 

During a campaign stop in Atlanta yesterday, Ossoff said: “This is what small men like Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller will never understand — that our national greatness flows not through our blood or our genes, but through our ideas.”

He continued: “Americans are not a race, we’re a people united not by ethnicity, but by our shared convictions, and that is what makes us exceptional.”

Ossoff spent much of the rally discussing the rising cost of living and Trump, calling the President a “national disgrace” after chastising him for posting over 50 times on Truth Social Saturday night. 
Ossoff stated: “He’s building a monument to himself, because no one will honor him when he’s gone.”

The Democrat Senator said his two Republican counterparts, Representative Mike Collins and former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, are both “Trump puppets.” 

A runoff will be held on June 16 between the two candidates. Collins and Dooley received 40% and 30% of the vote, respectively, in the May 19 primary, while Represenative Buddy Carter received one-quarter of the votes.

05/31/2026

US President Donald Trump has taken her daughter-in-law and Fox host Lara trump to a behind-the-sceen look at the White House as his remodeling — to put it mildly — is transforming the People’s House. Trump and his administration has called it the “East Wing modernization project.”

During the interview, Trump said about the Ballroom that he is building on the former site of the Eats Wing: “It will be the greatest facility of its kind ever built, by far.”

He continued: It’s a gift from me and from great patriots. You know, it’s going to cost the country nothing. [...] It’s a gift to America from me, and from Apple, and from lots of great people and companies. $400 million — it was going to be $200 million and we doubled it up because they needed more space. The military is involved, the Secret Service is involved. It’s the most secure facility ever built, and obviously with the way the world is now, that’s very important.”

Trump added: “The funny thing is... other presidents will have it for 200 years. I’ll have it for about 6 months.”

The President also spoke about the arc he is building between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetary, by the Arlington Memorial Bridge: “That’s going to be very much like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, except a larger version, more beautiful even. [...] It was planned for 200 years, and never got built.They’ve actually started it and stopped it during the Civil War. [...] It’s going to be fantastic.”

He also mentioned the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, which he called “the reflecting pond.” 

Trump said: “It was a disaster, build in 1022. President Obama spent $100 million and destroyed it further. And then Biden got involved and spent a lot of money and destroyed it. I’m going to spend a tiny fraction of that money.”

He finally also spoke about the UFC 250 event at the White House, saying it’ll be “the highest rated event, maybe one of them, ever in sports.”

Trump said: “We’re going to have maybe 100,000 people in the park across the street, 8 giant screens — and all free.”

He stated: “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

05/30/2026

“President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical function.”

This is what White House physician Dr. Sean Barbabella wrote in a memo released last night with the results of President Donald Trump’s May physical.

Dr. Barbarella pointed out: “Cognitive and physical performance are excellent. He is fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State.”

Barbabella wrote, “Preventive counseling was provided, including guidance on diet, recommendation to take a low-dose aspirin, increased physical activity, and continued weight loss.”

According to the memo, 79-year-old Trump stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 238 pounds. At his physical exam last April, Trump weighed 224 pounds.

The memo explains that “Al-enhanced electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis estimated his cardiac age […] to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.”

It read: “A comprehensive neurological examination demonstrated normal mental status. […] Cognitive function, assessed with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), was within normal limits with a score of 30 out of 30.”

After the released of his doctor’s memo, Trump stated: “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”

05/29/2026

US law currently prohibits it, but Secretary Scott Bessent has a plan to print President Donald Trump’s face on the new proposed $250 bill.

Here’s what Bessent said yesterday during a press briefing at the White House: “At present, no living person can be on US currency, and the currency must say ‘In God We Trust.’”

Bessent, who was filling in for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who’s on maternity leave, was asked the question by Fox White House Correspondent Peter Doocy after The Washington Post was first to report on the plans to put Trump’s likeness on a $250 banknote.

Bessent added there is proposed legislation on Capitol Hill to “change the first requirement so that a living person, Donald J. Trump, could be on a $250 bill.”

The Treasury Secretary explained: “At Treasury we prepare things in advance, so we have prepared in advance that if the legislation is passed, but we will stick to the law.”

What do you think? Thoughts?

05/28/2026

“We have great people, and the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Central Casting. He loves war.”

This is how US President Donald Trump described his Defense Secretary yesterday as he started off the 12th cabinet meeting of his second term — some locker-room-style banter as he praised the physical appearance of the ex-television host he put in charge of the Pentagon and his war in Iran.

Trump was working his way through lengthy prepared remarks at the top of the meeting when he rattled off a list of Cabinet members from whom he wanted to hear, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Secretary Hegseth.

Hegseth just laughed. 

Later during the Cabinet meeting, after Trump finished a long explanation of why he wanted to restore the reflecting pool on the National Mall, Hegseth was given the floor and launched into an effusive monologue comparing Trump to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Secretary Hegseth said: “I think, actually, your efforts on the reflecting pool are actually a great segue. If you look at Washington and Lincoln, these are two men that faced monumental tasks and stood up in historic fashion and delivered for the American people, and when you step back and look at 47 years of what Iran waged war against us and our people, there’s only one man over the course of both presidency who has stood up and said they will never get a nuclear weapon.”

05/27/2026

🚨 Thoughts about this old interview to Ivanka Trump about his father, President Donald Trump?

05/26/2026

The Daily Mail reports that Vice President JD Vance has become more isolated than ever from President Donald Trump and his administration. Multiple sources have told the Daily Mail that Vance is even considering abandoning a presidential run in 2028.

Just last week, the VP lost one of his closest allies in Trump’s Cabinet, former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Vance has called Gabbard a “patriot” and a “dear friend,” publicly supporting her decision to step down to care for her husband during a serious illness.

In the meantime, Trump has shifted his attention to foreign policy. According to reports, Gabbard’s resignation left Vance as the lone non-interventionist voice, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s influence rises amid aggressive foreign policy moves.

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