Trump Watch: Ego, chaos, and control

This week, Trump finally admitted he can’t run for a third term, vowed to restart U.S. nuclear tests, fired federal design watchdogs to fast-track a $300 million White House ballroom, muscled media mergers for his cronies, and schemed to rig House maps before 2026. One corrupt power grab after another. 

Here is your Trump Watch roundup:

Trump admits he maybe probably can’t be president forever

Reality bites.

Trump plans to set off nukes

A very normal, presidential move.

Trump wants the ugliest White House ballroom—by any means necessary

Fire the experts, build the ballroom.

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Trump flexes his mob boss fantasies by meddling in media mergers

Some straight-up mafia sh*t.

Trump’s midterm-rigging scheme hits another state

Fairness is clearly not the case.

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The surveillance state is here—and it’s bleak

You’re living in a dystopian society, and the Trump administration is watching.

Trump's terrifying new plan to unleash the military on Americans

This “quick reaction force” is bad news.

What’s the point of the military if not to torment immigrants?

Trump keeps building camps to house large concentrations of people. If only there were a word for that …

This week's ridiculous Trump quote:

“They respect our country again. They didn't respect our country just a few years ago.”

Trump's time in the White House runs out in: