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Trump Obsession with $300M Ballroom: Demolishes Historic East Wing While Miller and Vought Run Government

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump demolished the entire historic White House East Wing in October 2025 to build a 90,000-square-foot $300 million ballroom, funded by corporate donors including Amazon, Google, Meta, and Lockheed Martin, while spending hours obsessing over marble choices and column styles as Stephen …

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Trump's Meme Coin Dinner Contest Generates $900,000 in Insider Profits

| Importance: 7/10

President Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin generated nearly $900,000 in insider trading fees through a dinner contest where top 220 buyers spent over $140 million to secure an invitation. CIC Digital, a Trump Organization affiliate, receives trading revenue, raising significant ethical questions about …

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Trump Launches Third 'Mugshot' NFT Collection Generating $9.9 Million Revenue

| Importance: 8/10

Trump launched his third NFT collection titled ‘MugShot’ featuring 100,000 digital trading cards based on his Georgia election interference mugshot. Priced at $99 each, the collection generated approximately $9.9 million in initial revenue. The unique offering included pieces of …

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Trump Launches Third 'Mugshot' NFT Collection Generating $9.9 Million Revenue

| Importance: 7/10

Trump launched his third NFT collection titled ‘MugShot’ featuring 100,000 digital trading cards based on his Georgia election interference mugshot, priced at $99 each. The collection generated approximately $9.9 million in initial revenue and offered pieces of Trump’s actual …

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Unconfirmed Report of Trump, Musk, and MBS Meeting

| Importance: 5/10

While search results suggest a meeting between Trump, Musk, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman occurred, comprehensive verification is lacking. The earliest confirmed similar meeting appears to be in May 2025, during Trump’s second presidential term. This event requires additional …

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Trump Second NFT Collection Sells Out While Revealing Substantial Digital Asset Income

| Importance: 7/10

Trump launched his second NFT collection in April 2023, which sold out rapidly, coinciding with his legal troubles in Manhattan. His financial disclosure revealed he earned between $500,000 and $1 million from NFT sales. The second collection’s launch occurred while the prices of his original …

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Trump Hosts White Nationalist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago Dinner

| Importance: 9/10

Former President Donald Trump hosted a nearly two-hour dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate with rapper Kanye West (Ye) and white nationalist Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, sparking widespread condemnation from Republicans and Democrats. Trump claimed he “knew nothing about” Fuentes and that …

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Facebook Bans Trump Only After He Loses Power, Following January 6 Insurrection It Enabled

| Importance: 9/10

Facebook bans Trump from the platform on January 7, 2021, one day after the Capitol insurrection his election fraud lies helped incite, but only after he has lost political power and can no longer retaliate against the company. The ban follows four years of systematic Terms of Service violations …

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Stephen Miller Writes Trump's January 6 Ellipse Speech, Adds Language About Pence Overturning Election

| Importance: 9/10

Stephen Miller served as the primary author of President Trump’s January 6, 2021 Ellipse speech that directly preceded the Capitol insurrection, and personally added language claiming Vice President Mike Pence had the power to overturn the election results. Miller spoke with Trump for several …

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Nick Fuentes Rallies Supporters Outside Capitol During January 6 Insurrection

| Importance: 9/10

White nationalist leader Nick Fuentes was present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, wearing a VIP badge to President Trump’s speech and addressing supporters outside the Capitol building during the violent insurrection. While Fuentes did not enter the Capitol itself, witnesses reported …

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ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie"

| Importance: 9/10

Following Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and false claims of widespread fraud, ALEC developed new model election legislation to give Trump’s “Big Lie” systematic legislative form across states. The organization partnered with Heritage Action and the State Policy Network to …

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State Department Report Reveals Trump Administration Ignored Civilian Casualty Risks in Raytheon Saudi Arms Sales

| Importance: 9/10

On August 5, 2020, the State Department released a report revealing that the Trump administration failed to properly assess risks of civilian casualties when approving the May 2019 $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including major Raytheon weapons contracts. The report—prepared by …

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Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout After Zuckerberg Refuses to Remove Trump Incitement to Violence

| Importance: 9/10

Facebook employees stage an unprecedented virtual walkout protesting Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to take action against Trump’s post threatening violence against protesters, stating “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” The employee revolt exposes Facebook’s …

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Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolutions Blocking Raytheon Saudi Arms Sales, Protecting Defense Contractor Profits

| Importance: 9/10

On July 24, 2019, President Trump vetoed three congressional joint resolutions that would have blocked major components of his $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, including transfers of Raytheon Paveway precision-guided munitions. The vetoes overrode bipartisan Senate …

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Senate Votes to Block Raytheon Paveway Bomb Sales to Saudi Arabia in Bipartisan Rebuke

| Importance: 8/10

On June 20, 2019, the Senate voted 53-45 to pass resolutions blocking major components of the Trump administration’s $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, including specifically prohibiting the transfer of 64,000 Raytheon-manufactured Paveway precision-guided munitions. …

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Trump Administration Approves Unprecedented Raytheon Technology Transfer to Let Saudis Build Bombs Domestically

| Importance: 10/10

On June 7, 2019, reports revealed that the Trump administration’s $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia included an unprecedented provision allowing Raytheon to transfer sensitive precision-guided munitions technology to Saudi Arabia for domestic bomb production. The deal authorized …

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Trump Declares Fake Emergency to Ram Through $8.1 Billion Raytheon Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

| Importance: 10/10

On May 24, 2019, the Trump administration invoked a rarely-used emergency provision of the Arms Export Control Act to bypass congressional review and ram through 22 separate arms sales worth $8.1 billion to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Jordan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared an …

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Trump Vows to Continue Raytheon, Lockheed Arms Sales Despite Khashoggi Murder and Yemen Atrocities

| Importance: 9/10

On October 11, 2018, just nine days after Saudi agents murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, President Trump declared on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he would not cancel arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite the killing and mounting evidence of Saudi war …

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Senate Votes 98-0 to Reject Putin's Request to Interrogate U.S. Officials in Bipartisan Rebuke of Trump

| Importance: 8/10

In a rare moment of unanimous Senate action, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve a resolution rejecting Vladimir Putin’s proposal to interrogate U.S. officials—a direct and powerful rebuke of President Trump’s consideration of the Russian offer during the Helsinki summit. The vote …

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Trump Claims He Misspoke "Would" Instead of "Wouldn't" in Implausible Helsinki Walkback Attempt

| Importance: 8/10

One day after facing fierce bipartisan condemnation for siding with Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies, President Donald Trump attempted damage control with an implausible claim that he had simply misspoken a single word during the Helsinki press conference. The walkback was widely …

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Trump Sides with Putin Over U.S. Intelligence at Helsinki Summit, Attacks Own Agencies

| Importance: 10/10

In one of the most shocking moments in modern American presidential history, President Donald Trump publicly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence agencies during a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland. Standing next to Putin before a global audience, Trump …

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Trump Nominates Gina Haspel as CIA Director Despite Role in Torture Program and Evidence Destruction

| Importance: 9/10

President Donald Trump announces his nomination of Gina Haspel to serve as CIA Director, making her the first woman nominated for the position despite her direct involvement in the CIA’s torture program and destruction of interrogation videotapes. Haspel ran the CIA’s “Cat’s …

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Carl Icahn Closes Trump Taj Mahal Casino After Prolonged Labor Dispute

| Importance: 8/10

Carl Icahn permanently closed the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City on October 10, 2016, after a bitter 102-day labor dispute with Unite-HERE Local 54 union workers. Icahn, who had acquired the casino through Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2014, cited substantial financial losses, claiming to …

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Trump Publicly Calls on Russia to Hack Clinton Emails, GRU Begins Targeting Clinton Servers Same Day

| Importance: 10/10

On July 27, 2016, at a televised press conference, Donald Trump publicly called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” According to Mueller’s indictment of 12 GRU …

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Russian Agent Maria Butina Questions Trump About Sanctions at FreedomFest, Trump Promises to "Get Along" with Putin

| Importance: 9/10

On July 11, 2015, at the FreedomFest libertarian conference in Las Vegas, Russian intelligence operative Maria Butina publicly questioned presidential candidate Donald Trump about US sanctions on Russia. Trump responded that he knew Putin and believed they would “get along very nicely” …

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Trump Holds Miss Universe in Moscow, Partners with Putin-Connected Agalarovs for Trump Tower Moscow

| Importance: 9/10

On November 9, 2013, Donald Trump brought the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow, held at Crocus City Hall owned by Aras Agalarov—a Russian billionaire known as “Putin’s Builder” with close Kremlin ties. During the event, Trump pursued meetings with Vladimir Putin (who sent a gift via …

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Pam Bondi Receives Illegal $25,000 Trump Foundation Donation During Trump University Investigation

| Importance: 9/10

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s political committee “And Justice for All” received a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation on September 17, 2013, just four days after her office announced it was reviewing complaints about Trump University and might join New …

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Carl Icahn Partners with Andrew Beal in Trump Entertainment Resorts Bankruptcy Restructuring

| Importance: 8/10

Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009, owing $1.2 billion. Initially, Trump worked with Avenue Capital Management to restructure the company, rejecting an earlier partnership with Andrew Beal’s Beal Bank. Carl Icahn then purchased 51% of Beal Bank’s first …

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Blackwater Nisour Square Massacre Exposes Systematic Private Military Corporate-State Fusion Accountability Crisis and Constitutional Violation

| Importance: 9/10

Blackwater private military contractors’ killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square exposes systematic corporate-state fusion accountability crisis where privatized government military functions operate beyond constitutional and legal constraints. The massacre demonstrates …

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Deutsche Bank Loans Trump $2.5 Billion Despite Russian Money Laundering and Red Flags

| Importance: 10/10

From 1998-2016, Deutsche Bank loaned Donald Trump and his companies over $2.5 billion despite Trump’s history of bankruptcies, defaults, and “Donald risk” that caused all other major US banks to refuse him. This lending relationship persisted even as Deutsche Bank was …

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Trump Taj Mahal Casino Opens with $675 Million Junk Bond Debt Crisis

| Importance: 7/10

Donald Trump debuted his third Atlantic City casino, the Trump Taj Mahal, but immediately struggled to make payments on $675 million in high-interest junk bonds used for construction. Financial analyst Marvin Roffman predicted the casino would need to make nearly $1.3 million daily to break even, …

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Trump Taj Mahal Casino Opens with $675 Million Junk Bond Debt Crisis

| Importance: 8/10

Donald Trump opened the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City in April 1990, financed by $675 million in high-interest junk bonds at 14% rates. Within months, the casino faced severe financial challenges, missing debt payments and signaling the beginning of Trump’s broader Atlantic City …

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