THE BIG PICTURE
A gunman was killed firing dozens of rounds at the White House while Trump was inside, Tulsi Gabbard has been forced out as Intelligence Director, and Trump spent his rained-out golf weekend unraveling on Truth Social — while Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal declared he's "lost the plot."
Meanwhile, his administration got caught trying to ban half of America's voting machines, and the Iran war is hitting American wallets just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Happy Sunday?
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Shots fired at White House
Harrowing video from a reporter captures the moment dozens of shots rang out at the White House Saturday evening. The gunman was killed at a security checkpoint. No Secret Service officers were injured, and the White House said President Trump — who was at the White House at the time — was not impacted. A bystander was wounded — it's still unclear whether by the gunman or officers in the exchange.
Half the internet shrugged and the other half concluded it was another staged attempt. “Missing your son’s wedding to attend a staged assassination attempt is crazy work,” one critic said.
The more substantive question is how someone got close enough to fire dozens of rounds at one of the most fortified addresses in the world. A full investigation is underway.
After skipping his son’s wedding to go golfing, and then having his golf weekend rained out, Trump went on what multiple outlets described as an alarming Truth Social rampage, posting AI-generated content targeting Stephen Colbert and others. The Daily Beast flagged his heavily bruised hand on display ahead of the holiday weekend.
More significantly, Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal — not a liberal outlet — published a piece warning that Trump, at 79, has "lost the plot." This is the second consecutive WSJ editorial-page alarm bell in a week. When Murdoch's flagship starts running pieces like this, it's a signal worth taking seriously about where elite Republican confidence in Trump actually stands.
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