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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 22h

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12 unhinged Donald Trump moments as 'corrupt' conversation caught on hot mic

Now Donald Trump has had his (deserved) slap on the back - let's get back to the other deeply troubling things he's doing

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 22h

Aaaaand

• He left Keir Starmer hanging
• He got really creepy about Giorgia Meloni - who has a terrible poker face
• He had a pretty openly corrupt conversation with a foreign leader caught on a hot mic
• Eric Trump needs to invest in a calendar

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 22h

Meanwhile in Trump World...
• He speaks admiringly about Egypt's brutal authoritarian regime
• His Cabinet keeps calling millions of ordinary Americans terrorists
• He moaned about his Time Magazine cover

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 22h

Have we checked whether the UN's escalator engineer was also in charge of the mics at the Egypt summit?

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 1d

“Much like Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka and his autobiography, The Art of the Deal, the Trump Gaza Peace Plan is an exercise in taking a product made by someone else and slapping his branding on it.”

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Trump getting Gaza ceasefire over the line doesn't make him 'President of Peace'

He's been campaigning for it for weeks, and will doubtless see being passed over for the prestigious award as an unbearable snub. But in reality, he was never really in the frame - nor should he have ...

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 3d

All this and a shoehorned anecdote about @richardhawley.bsky.social in today's roundup

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11 unhinged Donald Trump moments after he gets unexpected medical procedure

Donald Trump gets a curiously clean bill of health, slaps 100% tariffs on China ...and something weird has been going on with Melania and Putin

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 3d

Meanwhile in Trump World:

• Was it a 'yearly checkup' or an 'ongoing health plan'?
• Trump got a surprising medical procedure
• The 'invasion' of Democrat states is a just a "preview"
• Trump was as gracious in defeat as you'd expect
• ...and what's going on with Melania and Putin?

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 4d

Gordon Brown’s chilling warning about what Farage as PM would mean for children
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Gordon Brown’s chilling warning about what Farage as PM would mean for children

The former Prime Minister hit out at the cruel cuts pledged by Reform UK and explained this would be the equivalent of shutting down the NHS while closing schools

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 4d

Melania Trump says 8 Ukrainian children reunited with families after she talked to Putin
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Melania Trump says 8 Ukrainian children reunited with families after Putin talks

The first lady told reporters she has had an ongoing "open channel of communication" with the Russian hardman for months

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 4d

Man found guilty of threatening to kill Nigel Farage in TikTok video
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Man found guilty of threatening to kill Nigel Farage in TikTok video

Prosecutors said the threat made by Fayaz Khan, a small boat migrant from Afghanistan, was "not some off-the-cuff comment" and the video was "sinister and menacing"

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 5d

White House blasts Nobel Peace Prize committee over Donald Trump snub
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White House blasts Nobel Peace Prize committee over Donald Trump snub

Trump has openly and desperately campaigned to be given the gong, but was overlooked. The White House accused the Nobel Committee of placing "politics over peace"

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 5d

Donald Trump getting Gaza ceasefire over the line doesn't make him 'President of Peace'
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Trump getting Gaza ceasefire over the line doesn't make him 'President of Peace'

He's been campaigning for it for weeks, and will doubtless see being passed over for the prestigious award as an unbearable snub. But in reality, he was never really in the frame - nor should he have ...

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 5d

Donald Trump snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize despite Gaza deal
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Donald Trump snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize despite Gaza deal

The US President has openly campaigned to be given the prize - something which may have worked against him with the Norwegian Nobel Committee

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 5d

Donald Trump poised for Middle East visit to officially sign Gaza peace deal
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Donald Trump poised for Middle East visit to officially sign Gaza peace deal

Speaking at a televised Cabinet meeting, the US President said he was "looking at" travelling to Egypt for an official signing ceremony for phase one of the agreement

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 5d

9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as trump leers at 'very attractive' young influencer
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9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as hospital visit prompts fresh health concerns

Trump is getting his annual checkup...six months early. Meanwhile, despite a deal being struck over Gaza, he's almost certainly not getting the Nobel Prize

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 5d

9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as hospital visit prompts fresh health concerns
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9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as hospital visit prompts fresh health concerns

Trump is getting his annual checkup...six months early. Meanwhile, despite a deal being struck over Gaza, he's almost certainly not getting the Nobel Prize

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 6d

Donald Trump poised to give Gaza peace deal update as private note spotted at White House
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Donald Trump poised to give update on Gaza peace deal as private note spotted

The President was attending a roundtable of far-right online personalities when Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed him a handwritten note

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 6d

Donald Trump health update as White House confirms President's hospital visit
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Donald Trump health update as White House confirms President's hospital visit

In a statement, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed the President is set to visit Walter Reed Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 6d

Donald Trump hosts chilling far-right event to declare anti-Trump protesters 'terrorists'
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Trump hosts chilling far-right event declaring anti-Trump protesters terrorists

In an apparent bid to create further pretext for his planned invasions of states run by Democrats he doesn't like, the US President gathered far-right influencers to discuss how protesters who oppose ...

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 6d

Comey enters plea in Trump demanded court appearance

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MIKEY SMITH: 9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he drags his arch enemy to court

In an unprecedented move, former FBI Director James Comey will today appear in court, at the direct demand of the US President

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 6d

9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he drags his arch enemy James Comey to court
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MIKEY SMITH: 9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he drags his arch enemy to court

In an unprecedented move, former FBI Director James Comey will today appear in court, at the direct demand of the US President

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 7d

Donald Trump's America 'on brink of martial law' as he considers the unthinkable
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Donald Trump's America 'on brink of martial law' as he considers the unthinkable

The unhinged US President is considering invoking the "insurrection act" to allow him to escalate his military invasion of Democrat-run states

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 8d

12 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he drops Ghislaine Maxwell pardon bombshell
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12 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he drops Ghislaine Maxwell pardon bombshell

Trump's been asked so many times about a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell that its weird that he won't rule it out. Meanwhile, the latest on Trump's invasion, the shutdown and the Epstein files

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 10d

Donald Trump's FBI director launches unhinged and sweary rant at TV news network
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Donald Trump's FBI director launches unhinged and sweary rant at TV news network

Kash Patel, the former podcaster who now runs the FBI for Trump, took issue with a story on MSNBC about an agent being fired for refusing to help arrange a "perp walk" of former director James Comey

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 10d

Just like his steaks, his vodka and his autobiography, Trump's Gaza peace plan is an existing product rebranded with his name slapped on it.

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10 unhinged Trump moments as museum boss fired for refusing King gift demand

Trump wanted to give the King a very special artefact, owned by the US government, during his state visit. A museum director who refused the request was fired this week. Also, Trump's branded Gaza dea...

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