Trump administration 2024-2028

[Navy_Pete]

Speaking of gifts, interesting set of headlines from different outlets on the same story here ...

Librarian leaves job after declining Melania Trump’s demand for a sword.

Today in headlines I never thought anyone would I’d write, the head of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library has resigned after a spat with Melania Trump over an original Eisenhower sword s…

lithub.com

Eisenhower Library head resigns after denying Trump a sword to give King Charles

Trump gifted King Charles III a replica of a sword belonging to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower

www.independent.co.uk

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword

The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

www.kcur.org

... and ya wonder why some people are skeptical of media - and why some also say "gotta read around to get the closest to the truth you can get."

Bit of a stretch; the 2nd and 3rd stories are very similar and the 1st story is more of an op ed on the same story. But generally they are all saying that he was forced to resign for not allowing a federally owned artifact to be gifted to King Charles on the whim of the first lady.

If the different editorial tone bothers you, when it's separate stories from 3 different authors, you may have missed decades of the same story sourced from AP, or syndicated writers that have very different headlines in whatever publication picks them up.

 

[Mills Bomb]

Hey, someone thought it was a nice gift, right?

FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws

On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed.

apnews.com

Of all the ridiculous things this guy has done, this isn't news worthy. We're talking some 3D printed "replica" guns on an award, not actual functioning firearms, essentially nothing more than a poorly detailed model. The thing with some of these countries with the extreme-left gun laws is that we could carve a "gun" out of a piece of soap with some shoe polish on it for a halloween costume and it would technically be a "crime". Eventually, the Liberal's will probably apply this sort of thing here to keep those Quebec votes coming in, if they haven't already also banned replicas.

It feels wrong defending Kash Patel as this guy is legitimately a fool, but this shouldn't be what takes him down.

 

[The Bread Guy]

It feels wrong defending Kash Patel as this guy is legitimately a fool, but this shouldn't be what takes him down.

For sure, but speaks to at least his team's judgement.

... If the different editorial tone bothers you, when it's separate stories from 3 different authors, you may have missed decades of the same story sourced from AP, or syndicated writers that have very different headlines in whatever publication picks them up.

Doesn't bother me at all, just showing an example of "same story, different eyes" media principle in a sort-of back-to-back way.