President Trump Bans Three Major News Outlets from the White House, Says More to Follow

Good news! Bravo! The Trump Derangement Syndrome is a very serious matter affecting too many journalists!

Trump Bans Three Major News Outlets from the White House, Says More to Follow - The Daily Signal

Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to USAID. Really!

Why are China and India not spending more to make up the gap? If China wants to be a superpower, then please finance soft power too!

Why are European countries not stepping in? This is also called burden sharing!

This has been a frequently recurring leftist narrative since President Trump took office! The cuts to US foreign aid has caused serious consequences. Much of it is bunk!

Global Health NOW: Where Measles Finds Footholds; and How Climate Change Accelerates AMR

Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to U.S.A.I.D. (NYT, behind paywall)

The Big Problems with the "Biggest Oil Deal" Ever by Jonah Goldberg. Really!

Is this prominent conservative journalist having another fit of Trump Derangement Syndrome?

"Yes, conservative writer Jonah Goldberg is widely known as a prominent "Never Trumper"." (Google Search)

It is amazing how many journalists make total fools out of themselves when they report about President Trump!

When timid US oil company executives refuse to grab the opportunity, then perhaps the Pentagon has to step in (most likely only temporarily).

"... I have no love for the Venezuelan regime, run by, in Trump’s words, “the Highly Respected Interim President” Delcy Rodriguez. But this is a “deal” that Rodriguez couldn’t refuse. We invaded [???] her country, abducted her criminal dictator boss, Nicolás Maduro, and made her our satrap [???]. ...

And who is the American partner? Well, the Pentagon, of course. Trump couldn’t get American oil companies to invest billions in Venezuela’s decrepit oil industry. ..."

The Big Problems with the "Biggest Oil Deal" Ever | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Jonah Goldberg

President Trump’s Fondness for Oppressive Strongmen. Really!

I am so sick and tired of these kind of articles and op eds etc.!

Reality is that there are several important dictators around the world (e.g. China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran) so a US president can not ignore them.

To criticize and ostracize those dictators or rogue states has been tried many times over several decades by Western leaders without much success!

President Trump e.g. is not responsible for the apathetic and lethargic Russians to finally kick out Putin the Terrible or the peaceful, submissive and very civilized Chinese to abandon the Communist Party of China for a multi party system, pluralism, and democracy or the submissive North Koreans to rid themselves of their Dear Great/Supreme Leader. 

For President Trump to explore The Art of the Deal with those dictators is well worth trying it. Judge President Trump by his results not by his approach!

"Kim Jong Un runs the world’s largest prison camp—it’s called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. ... And President Donald Trump says, “I get along with Kim Jong Un very well. He’s going to be fine.” ..."

Trump’s Fondness for Oppressive Strongmen | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Trump's Trade War with Canada Is Pointess | National Review. Really!

Are we detecting here Trump Derangement Syndrome at the NR? This piece was written by the "The Editors" of NR!

Perhaps, the Canadians were for too long free riders and enjoyed great American leniency for many decades?

Perhaps, serious damage in the US-CA relation was also done during the administration of the foolish Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?

"... However, for the U.S. to be in the middle of a poisonous brawl with Canada (Canada!) takes a degree of foolhardiness that would once have been inconceivable. ..."

Trump's Trade War with Canada Is Pointess | National Review

‘Arrogant, backstabbing people’: Peter Navarro slams Canada’s trade negotiators

Very recommendable! So Canada's Prime Minister Carney suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome! What, the Chinese are better treated than Americans?

(392) ‘Arrogant, backstabbing people’: Peter Navarro slams Canada’s trade negotiators - YouTube

President Trump’s dictator envy is once again on display in tiff with South Korea. Really!

What is here clearly on display is another manifestation of Trump Derangement Syndrome of a journalist!

"President Donald Trump's decision to "substantially reduce" joint military exercises between the armed forces of the United States and those of South Korea captures the distilled essence of the nation's current chief executive in its combination of petulance and affection for autocrats. ..."

Trump’s dictator envy is once again on display in tiff with South Korea

Trump Administration Moves to Open nearly 45 Million acres of National-Forest Acres to Logging and road construction to prevent wildfires

Good news! Bravo President Trump! The federal government owns way too much land anyway! This is not about "pristine" or "untouched" "national forests" as some media outlets want us to believe.

It appears most news media spread disinformation about this latest move by President Trump! According to US Department of Agriculture this rule change serves primarily to improve forest management and to prevent wildfires! This seems to make a lot of sense!

Yes, maybe a large number of wildfires are human caused (incl. arsonists), but better forest management can reduce the damage caused by wildfires by removing the fuel.

"The Trump administration is proposing to rescind the Roadless Rule, a 25-year-old policy that bars development like road construction and logging on nearly 45 million acres of national forest land, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday. ...

In a letter published last fall, more than 30 leading forest science researchers from across the country refuted the administration’s claims. The researchers found over the last three decades across all Forest Service lands, the density of wildfire ignitions was lowest in wilderness and roadless areas. Their analyses also showed that the highest number of wildfire ignitions came from land in close proximity to roads. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly 85% of wildfires are human-caused.  .."

"Today [8/18/2026], Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service has filed a proposed rule to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers and served as a barrier to wildfire risk reduction work across large swaths of America’s national forests. ...

For 25 years, the 2001 Roadless Rule restricted road construction and limited the Forest Service’s ability to carry out critical active management work within inventoried roadless areas. Today, that includes more than 44 million acres of the 193-million-acre National Forest System. The rescission is intended to prioritize local agency decision-making over regulatory rules that are the same across the country, regardless of specific land management issues and needs. ...

“Active forest management is not an option. It’s essential,” said Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz. “More than 40% of inventoried roadless areas, primarily in the West, have high or very high wildfire hazard potential. And only 5% of those areas have received hazardous fuels reduction treatments since 2014. At the same time, more than a quarter of these lands—11.3 million acres—are already near existing roads. Acting now, thoughtfully and decisively, is the best way to restore the balance, reduce wildfire risk, and secure the long-term health of our forests and neighboring communities.” ..."

Trump Administration Moves to Open Millions of National-Forest Acres to Logging - WSJ (behind paywall) "Forest Service wants to repeal a law that prevented development in parts of national forests"

Trump administration moves to repeal Roadless Rule "Nearly 45 million acres of national forest land could be opened to logging and development."

USDA acts to remove roadless rule restrictions that exacerbate rising wildfire risk (original Trump administration news release)

Brewery owner in Wisconsin who offered free beer when Trump dies says his alcohol permit has been REVOKED by state authority

Headline of the day! This advertisement/commercial was not so successful!

When Trump Derangement Syndrome has serious consequences! 😊

Apparently, this brewer is not in trouble for the first time!

Brewery owner who offered free beer when Trump dies says his alcohol permit has been REVOKED | Blaze Media "He said he would fight the decision and asked for donations to his legal defense fund."

Source

"Wisconsin’s Department of Revenue Alcohol Enforcement Agents illegally seized $25K worth of beer from both of our Minocqua and Madison taprooms last June."

US Representative Jim Jordan refers former special counsel Jack Smith to the Department of Justice

Good news! Bravo!

When I first saw his face after Jack Smith was appointed in November 2022 as Special Counsel I thought to myself immediately where did they find this crook like looking guy!

If I remember correctly his curriculum vitae was also not very impressive back then!

Rep. Jim Jordan refers former special council Jack Smith to DOJ - Breitbart

Jack Smith

11 architecture projects set to shape the world in 2026

Recommendable (except for the Trump Derangement Syndrome expressed in the introduction)!

This is an older article.

11 architecture projects set to shape the world in 2026 | CNN

Russiagate: The Real Scandal, Part 2

Recommendable!

(484) Russiagate: The Real Scandal, Part 2 | 5-Minute Videos | PragerU - YouTube

Defying Trump, Italy's Prime Minister Meloni 'maintaining' hard line against Iran war help. Really!

Is Italy's Prime Minister Meloni suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome? I hope not! Very disappointing!

The US will remember that the coward Europeans did not aide the US in the War against Iran to prevent nuclear arms development!

"Despite being singled out for sharp criticism by US President Donald Trump at the NATO Summit, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni doubled down on her government’s refusal to let Washington use bases for military operations in the war against Iran. ..."

Defying Trump, Italy's Meloni 'maintaining' hard line against Iran war help - Breaking Defense

President Trump: This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid. Really!

Other countries are free to step up their humanitarian aid!

What a stupid commentary by NYT by a two times winner of the Pulitzer Prize! Must be Trump Derangement Syndrome when another small Ebola outbreak in a war zone in Africa triggers it!

Caveat: I did not read the article.

"... Yet in reality American humanitarian aid not only saved one life every 10 seconds but was also safeguarding the world from epidemics. So now we face a rapidly increasing outbreak of Ebola ..."

Opinion | Ebola Shows Why Humanitarian Aid Matters - The New York Times (by Nicholas Kristof, behind paywall, unlocked article)

Credits: Global Health NOW

Official photo of Nicholas Kristof Source

2026 RSF Index: global press freedom at a 25-year low

Bad news! Concerning! Progress is sometimes slow and sometimes it reverses!

It appears, the Trump Derangement Syndrome has also affected the RSF. Very regrettable!

"For the first time in the history of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, over half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom.

In 25 years, the average score of all 180 countries and territories surveyed in the Index has never been so low.

Since 2001, the expansion of increasingly restrictive legal arsenals — particularly those linked to national security policies — has been steadily eroding the right to information, even in democratic countries. The Index’s legal indicator has declined the most over the past year, a clear sign that journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide. In the Americas, the situation has evolved significantly, with the United States dropping seven places [???] and several Latin American countries sliding deeper into a spiral of violence and repression. ...

Five key takeaways from the 2026 RSF World Press Freedom Index:

1. The average score for all countries and territories worldwide has never been so low. For the first time in the Index’s 25-year history, more than half the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom.
2. Out of the five indicators used to assess press freedom worldwide — which determine the economic, legal, security, political and social environments for journalism — the legal indicator has seen the sharpest decline this year.
3. The United States [???] has fallen seven places and other countries in the Americas, such as Ecuador and Peru, have plummeted in the ranking.
4. Norway holds the top spot for the tenth consecutive year, while Eritrea comes in last for the third year in a row. 
5. Post-Assad Syria has seen the biggest improvement in press freedom of all the countries and territories in the 2026 Index, climbing 36 places in the ranking. 

...

US President Donald Trump has turned his repeated attacks on the press and journalists into a systematic policy, pushing the US down to 64th place (-7). ..."

2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low | RSF

Former FBI Director James Comey indicted a second time, this time for a Seashell Post on Instagram. Really!

Should Comey not rather be indicted for the Russiagate hoax or the repeated abuse of the FISA court or other more, relevant crimes?

However, I bet Comey was well aware how to interpret the numbers 86 47 of his seashell post on social media! Why did he post this image anyway? Another case of Trump Derangement Syndrome?

"The Interpretation: Prosecutors argue the numbers are a code: "86" is slang for getting rid of someone, and "47" refers to Trump, the 47th U.S. President." (Source: Google AI)

No doubt, he was a dubious and sleazy FBI Director!

Apparently, he is also the author of several books (see cover below).

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - Join The Flyover

James Comey (Source)

The seashell post by Comay on social media

Debatte um Absetzung: Selbst alte Weggefährten halten Trump für wahnsinnig. Wirklich!

Auch unter deutschen Journalisten grassiert das Trump Derangement Syndrome! Wie z.B. Sofia Dreisbach, Washington!

Debatte um Absetzung: Selbst alte Weggefährten halten Trump für wahnsinnig | FAZ (behind paywall) "Sogar im MAGA-Lager wird die Frage lauter: Ist der Präsident noch zurechnungsfähig? Trump aber denkt nicht daran, einen Gang zurückzuschalten."

Academic freedom slides globally, as it takes a nosedive in the US. Really!

Let me guess, a case of Trump Derangement Syndrome by the Royal Society of Chemistry! What a piece of junk journalism!

"Academic freedom continues to decline globally, with a marked fall in the US, according to the 2026 update to the Academic Freedom Index. The index revealed that over the last decade academic freedom has slipped in 50 countries, with just nine registering improvement. ...

‘This academic freedom erosion is part of broader democratic backslide that we’re seeing in the US,’ [???] says Jennifer Jones, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. ‘It mirrors the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen in Hungary and Turkey [???], where higher education is often targeted.’ ..."

Academic freedom slides globally, as it takes a nosedive in the US | News | Chemistry World

Trump’s madman diplomacy isn’t working on Iran. Really!

The author (CATO Institute analyst Benjamin Giltner) presents another version of Trump Derangement Syndrome! The author appears to be a lunatic!

What have all the tame US Presidents since 1979 (except President Reagan) achieved versus the fanatic, suicidal, terrorism sponsoring theocratic dictatorship in Iran? Not very much!

President Trump may turn out to end this regime and become the most consequential US President since 1979

Caveat: I did not read the entire article.

"... Why didn’t the president’s maximalist threats work? Indeed, his bombastic form of diplomacy appears to have undermined the prospects for peace between the United States and Iran. To understand why Trump has failed to change Iran’s behavior, it is necessary to examine his approach to diplomacy. ..."

Trump’s madman diplomacy isn’t working on Iran

Benjamin Giltner

Ist Donald Trump ein Faschist? Wirklich!

Wann wird die FAZ diesen peinlichen Journalisten (Frauke Steffens) endlich entlassen!

Wieder mal Schrott Journalismus aus der Bananenrepublik Deutschland! Oder ist es Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Quelle