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Friends in high places I guess

San Diego California

I bought one 12pack of the coconut one cause this group convinced me. Plenty of selection here

Went to visit my clients at Honda and this was in the lobby.

President Trump looks like he's trying catch those pesky pool vandals with some fancy new technology ... because new A.I. surveillance systems were just installed at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Our Charlie Cotton noticed these new A.I. security cameras being wheeled over to the Reflecting Pool on Monday -- the same day Trump claimed vandals carved a 300-foot long gash into the brand new Pool liner -- and when Charlie returned Tuesday, the surveillance systems were installed and running ... keeping a watchful eye over the Pool.

This is more than just an eye in the sky ... this A.I. features real-time tracking, intrusion detection, HD monitoring, strobe lights, automated spotlights and loud, talk-down horn speaker.

Trump's beefing up security through traditional measures too ... reinstalling fences and bringing in the National Guard and U.S. Marshals to patrol the area ... leading to multiple arrests.

As for those alleged, box-knife-wielding vandals Trump has been yapping about for a few days now ... well, back in May, Trump claimed the new Pool liner was so tough "if you had a knife you can't even cut it."
Now he's saying the opposite ... and most folks aren't even convinced there are vandals.

Also worth noting ... Google Maps says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is "Temporarily closed."
Too bad the ducks who live there can't Google that and save themselves from a toxic swim.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/23/ai-security-cameras-installed-at-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/

Do they not check blindspots....

On Friday Trump stood at Joint Base Andrews and called the Qatari Boeing 747 "the world's most luxurious plane." He descended the stairs to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" and told the crowd, "A normal president wouldn't do this."

He's right about that.

The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, is specific: no one holding office shall "accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" without the consent of Congress. Congress was never asked. A Senate resolution (S.Res.244) formally declared the acceptance an "illegal emolument." A companion House resolution (H.Res.410) demanded Trump submit all plans to Congress before proceeding. Both were ignored. Instead, Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former registered lobbyist for Qatar, signed off on the deal as "legally permissible." The Freedom of the Press Foundation sued the DOJ under FOIA to obtain her legal memo. The DOJ responded that fulfilling the request would take more than 600 days. Convenient timing.

The gift was "free." The retrofit was not. During a Senate Appropriations hearing, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed the Pentagon redirected funds from the LGM-35 Sentinel nuclear missile program to convert the jet. The New York Times traced a $934 million transfer from the missile program to an unnamed classified project. The Sentinel program, meant to replace America's aging ICBMs, is already 81% over its original budget. But sure, the money was "excess to need."

After Trump leaves office, the plane transfers to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation no later than January 1, 2029. Transfer costs paid by the Air Force. So to recap: a foreign government gives a $400 million jet. The Pentagon spends nearly a billion in public funds upgrading it. Trump flies it for three years. Then it becomes his personal property. And the taxpayer covers shipping.

CREW wrote to Congressional leadership that the arrangement "raises incredibly serious corruption and national security risks" and that any hearing should investigate Bondi's conflicts of interest. The Democracy Defenders Fund filed a formal request for investigation with the DoD Inspector General and the GAO. Nothing happened.

The plane doesn't exist in isolation. A House Judiciary Committee investigation led by Rep. Raskin produced a report titled "Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption" documenting how the presidency has been converted into what it calls "a personal money-making operation." The Trump family's crypto ventures generated over $800 million in the first half of 2025 alone. An Abu Dhabi entity bought 49% of the family's crypto firm for $500 million, $187 million of which went directly to Trump-controlled entities. Shortly after, the administration approved advanced AI chip exports to the UAE. The $TRUMP meme coin generated $320 million in fees for its creators while 764,000 retail wallets lost money. The top 220 buyers got dinner with the president at Mar-a-Lago. Average ticket price: $1.8 million in meme coin purchases. That's not a crypto investment. That's a cover charge.

Forbes estimates Trump's net worth nearly tripled since 2024, from $2.4 billion to $6.3 billion, driven almost entirely by ventures tied to his political power.

His other quote from Friday: "Only a FOOL would not accept this gift."

764,000 people who bought his meme coin might disagree about who the fools are.

Genius idea to have this in a place with minimal ways to exit.

Seems inadvertent, if you ask me. Pilot walked away uninjured.

Video by Mátyás OLÁH

pretty sure this hasn’t been posted.

https://x.com/i/status/2063732802642710822

Just got back from my second cruise, a two-week Caribbean trip aboard MSC World America. Took this picture in Costa Maya, I thought it made for a fun comparison.