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Canadian Province of Ontario Responds to Trump Tariffs by Replaying Tariffs Speech by Ronald Reagan

One for the Gipper?

October 24, 2025 / National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Given well known Republican adoration for President Ronald Reagan, the Ontario government decided to replay a speech of Reagan's on tariffs, made while Reagan was president. Since what Reagan says in April 25, 1987 and what Trump has been doing since he returned to the Oval Office don't jibe, Trump took offense and unilaterally terminated trade talks.

In the image above or at right is Ronald Reagan reading a script where he says he's imposing tariffs on another country, but doesn't want to do that, because he generally views tariffs negatively.

Reagan Speech Arguing Against Tariffs in 1987

https://www.thestar.com/politics/what-did-reagan-actually-say-about-tariffs-read-the-transcript-of-his-1987-address/article_b360738d-c59d-5dbd-98a2-9a621cc2f646.html

Government Shutdown Nearly a Month Old - Where's America First?

In Another TV News Fail - Most Americans Believe Republicans are Responsible for the Breakdown BUT Only by a Slight Margin

October 28, 2025 / U.S. Politics. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Republicans control the Presidency, the Senate [53 - 45 - 2] and the House [219 - 213]. And yet, somehow 39% of those polled somehow have convinced themselves that it's the Democrats' fault. Above or at right is the current breakdown of the number of Republicans v Democrats in the U.S. Senate.

But this 39% represents the factually immune supporters of MAGA Republicanism, who are getting all of their news from the billionaire TV News and press, instead of doing their civic duty by finding more informative news sources that provide more information and differing viewpoints, which give the reader / viewer a less manipulated view of the world. For the poll numbers, see #12 in the polling story.

What's even more interesting, is that in 2013 Trump is on record as opining that he thinks it's the president's responsibility to bring the parties together, and to work through their differences to end the government shutdown - even though as president, Trump has made no effort in that direction at all. Above or at right is the current breakdown of the number of Republicans v Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. And the following link will take you to the video of Trump 'telling it like it was' back then, which is not 'how it is' now.

In 2013 Interview Trump Blames whoever is President for Shutdown & Calls Any Such President a Failure

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fD5GM8Gvb0o

Quinnipiac Poll Inquiring as to Which Party is Responsible for the Government Shutdown

https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3938

U.S. House of Representatives Breakdown of Republicans and Democrats

https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown

U.S. Senate Breakdown of Republicans & Democrats

https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm

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Trump Posts a Very UnPresidential Poop Video & Signs of Degenerate Health

October 18 & 19, 2025 / Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Trump's Pooping Video may be Another Sign of what appear his Growing Health Problems. The following links show 1) a juvenile video posted by Trump of him flying a bomber that drops poop on the No Kings Day protesters in NYC and other places.

Besides disgracing the office of the presidency, a video like this, posted by a man who is 79 years old, could be one of the many signs of Trump's degenerating health [see link 2].

Multiple Signals of What is Possibly or Probably Trump's Deteriorating Health. Prior to winning a second term, Trump reportedly used to doze off at his own trials [see link 3]. Since winning a second term he has been caught a number of times appearing to doze off, including during a press conference in the White House with his Department of Health on July 2025 [see link 4]. Also in July 2025, a reporter first reported on Trump's swollen ankles, which appear to have worsened per a photo taken on October 7, 2025 during a Trump meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister [see link 5]. Trump also had a large bruise on one of his hands that they had inititally covered up with make up, but once it was discovered they discontinued the coverup and the bruise took a while to go away. Trump also disappeared from public view for a couple of days over the 2025 Labor Day weekend, when there was speculation that the disappearance had something to do with his health. There have been numerous times wherein Trump hasn't spoken clearly that have been recorded, including where he appears to slur his words and sometimes can't find the right words [see link 6]. And on June 8, 2025 Trump slipped while boarding Air Force One [see link 7], which also happened to Biden. Trump and the Late Night TV Shows continuously and mercilessly mocked Biden's fall - and yet now both remain silent about Trump's fall.

Fake Miracle QAnon Med Beds Video Shared by Trump. On September 30, 2025 Trump shared a fake AI video, with him in it on Fox News, promoting a fake product, Med Beds. Med Beds are reportedly a QAnon conspiracy creation, which are said to be a secret military technology that can cure all diseases, reverse aging and even grow lost limbs. There's speculation that Trump may have wanted his QAnon followers to believe he would reverse his own aging, the effects of which are becoming more visible monthly - but that billionaire TV News seems to take great pains to hide from the American public [see link 8]. Trump is scheduled for a physical this Friday, October 25, 2025.

The photo at right was taken in Manhattan on October 18, 2025 at the No Kings Day protest. It's estimated that somewhere between 200,000 - 300,000 people protested in Manhattan alone. There were also protests held in each borough. Trump's pooper video seemed to be hallucinogenic, demonstrating that he's completely lost touch with any sort of decency and comportment, and hinting at the possibly he may be coming detached from reality. Republicans Vice President J.D. Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson made excuses / covered for Trump, reminding me of college days when close knit / affiliated members of a sporting group or social club would dismiss and make light of the irresponsible, disrespectful, bad behavior of one of their own, the night before. Republican leaders in the federal government seem to be doing the same for Trump, not just with the feces video, but also with the Epstein files. And TV News doesn't seem to say much about either, either.

Trump Video Dropping Fecal Matter on Protesters in NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX5CewgpuhM

Playing with Poop at an Advanced Age Could be a Sign of Dementia

https://neurolaunch.com/what-is-smearing-feces-a-sign-of/

Trump Dozes off at his Own Trial in 2024

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sleepy-don_n_661e2a7fe4b0f8e522dbec3c

Trump having difficulty staying Awake During Dr. Oz Health Conference

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-press-conference-stay-awake-902418-20250731

Trump's Swollen Ankles Worsening

https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/08/trump-steals-the-spotlight-during-meeting-with-canadian-prime-ministe/

Trump Confusing Words During a Speech & More

https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/03/trump-razin-caine-question/

TV News Silent as Trump Falls, Like Biden did, While Boarding Air Force One

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-air-force-one-stumble_n_6846428ee4b0bf9944bc9896

Billionaire TV News Reporting Keeps Quiet about Trump Sharing Phony Miracle Med Bed AI Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5aFVZwORYg

QAnon Med Beds on Truth Social & Other Dubious Health Remedies

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/medbeds-truthsocial-donald-trump/

Bondi's MisUse of the DOJ Breaches her Oath of Office & in her Senate Testimony

Bondi's DOJ Withdrew the Adams Indictment in Spite of DOJ Attorney Protests & Bondi's DOJ Subsequently Indicts Former FBI Director J. Comey & NYS Attorney General L. James on Reportedly Very Weak Charges

October 10, 2025 / NYC & Washington, D.C. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC /Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Adams Exit & Pam Bondi's Department of Justice [DOJ] Role in it. Incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, dropped out of the race on September 28, 2025, less than two weeks ago. Many believe Adams cut a deal with Trump regarding a obtaining a pardon for his corruption charges in exchange for opening Rikers Island to ICE as a detention center. A pardon had not been given earlier this year, but rather the case was withdrawn [enabling it to be brought up again].

Trump and Adams deny that they cut a deal, just as they denied cutting any sort of deal to withdraw the case earlier this year. It was alleged that Trump's seemingly corrupt Attorney General, Pam Bondi, withdrew the Adams corruption case, in exchange for Adams opening Rikers Island to ICE. Adams signed an Executive Order opening Rikers to ICE, right around the same time that Pam Bondi's Department of Justice withdrew the corruption case against Adams. About a half dozen attorneys, working for Bondi's DOJ, decided to quit the DOJ, rather than withdraw the Eric Adams corruption case. It's nice to know that some DOJ personnel have integrity. But it's not nice to know that they no longer work there.

Rikers was never allowed to be opened, as a lawsuit was filed, and in early September [8th, 2025], an NYS Supreme Court Order declared Eric Adams Executive Order illegal, as it appeared to be part of a Quid pro Quo deal with the Trump Administration [1st link].

Manhattan News NYC - Mayor Eric Adams Executive Order Re-Opening Rikers to ICE Declared Illegal

https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/community-organizations-advocates-celebrate-court-order-blocking-mayors-attempt-to-bring-ice-back-to-rikers/

Misuse of Department of Justice [aka DOJ]?

Bondi / Trump DOJ Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey & NYS Attorney General Letitia James

October 10, 2025 / NYC & Washington, D.C. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

As with the Adams corruption case, Bondi appeared to be violating her oath of office, by firing a DOJ attorney who refused to bring suit against former FBI Director James Comey, he because it was believed to be flimsy at best. So Bondi's DOJ hired another former personal Trump attorney, whose specialty is insurance, to file the suit.

The other seemingly 'vengeance' lawsuit brought by Bondi's DOJ was against NYS Attorney General, Letitia James. In this DOJ lawsuit, they alleged James had committed fraud.

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse wasn't impressed by Bondi's performance in front of the Senate this week. Whitehouse called out Bondi for lying to the Senate Committee in her testimony, when she apparently falsely tried to link him to Jeffrey Epstein. Lying to a Senate Committee is the same transgression for which Bondi's DOJ had just indicted Comey. Here's Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's statement regarding Bondi's Senate testimony.

Washington, D.C. News - Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Accuses Bondi of Lying to Senate Committee - the Same Charge for which the Bondi DOJ has Indicted Former FBI Director James Comey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g4MaIzw4Hk

Republican Senator Majority Leader, John Thune, lead the confirmation of Bondi as Attorney General and Kash Patel as the FBI Director. Generally Thune's Republican dominated Senate appears to have ceded an incredible amount of government / legislative / the people's authority to Donald Trump, by confirming people who appear to be more loyal to Donald Trump, than to executing their duties in accordance with the U.S. Constitution.

Trump / Bondi's Personal Use of Taxpayer Funded Government Institutions. Earlier this year Bondi also reportedly ordered DOJ personnel to scour the Epstein files in search of Trump's name, wherein they reportedly found numerous references. Then Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, appeared to try a bait and switch on the conservative press and their audiences in the American public, to make the issue go away. But they were caught red handed.

It is believed that one of the many contributing reasons for the U.S. government shutdown is that Trump and House Majority Leader Mike Johnson don't want to swear in a recently elected Congressional Democrat, who would enable a bipartisan majority in Congress, to demand the release of the Epstein files. Stay tuned here, because billionaire controlled TV News is failing you by ignoring or burying this story.

Washington, D.C. News - Bondi Using Taxpayer Funded Department of Justice as if its Trump's Personal Legal Team

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5563934/bondi-senate-judiciary-committee-testify

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Trump / Hegseth Preparing to Invade U.S. Cities

Hegseth Tells Top Officers at the Department of War to Quit if They're Uncomfortable with his Plans

Billionaire TV News Coverage of this Important Story is Reminiscent of TV News Coverage of Project 2025 a Year Ago

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 / Washington, D.C.. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Hegseth tells U.S. generals if they are uncomfortable with what he and Trump are planning to do, which is to use U.S. cities as a deployment target, they should resign.

We were hard pressed to find much information about this important and very disturbing story on billionaire TV News. Billionaire TV News outlets like Fox and others, are too busy investigating the UN escalator conspiracy to cover important stories like this. Kind of reminds me of their faulty news judgment, when about a year ago, Trump sent the TV News networks off to Ohio to look for the dog and cat eating illegal Haitian immigrants. That looked to me like Trump was making a mockery of TV News, by showing how ridiculous they have become.

Washington, D.C. News - Trump & Hegseth Prepare to Invade Chicago, Portland & Rest of USA?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgq044n72po

VP Vance & House Majority Leader Mike Johnson Mislead Public About Government Shutdown on 'Open Mic' TV News

Mass Media Fails. Fox News Fails to Correct VP Vance, ABC Corrects House Speaker Mike Johnson, NBC did a Fair job of Contextually Explaining one of the Leading Issues at Stake in the Government Shutdown

Friday, September 26, 2025 / TV News. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

VP Vance Tells a Big Lie Regarding Government Shutdown on Fox News, which was also posted on X and continues to go uncorrected [1st link].

Billionaire Rupert Murdoch's TV news continues to disrespect their audiences by providing them with factually incorrect information, as they have previously done, in their false reporting of the 2020 election results, and the insurrection of Jan 6th, 2021. But those two events are just a tiny portion of the dishonest and deceitful reporting that have enabled Rupert Murdoch to amass billions in wealth by using his mass media outlets to manipulate public perception in order to profit from it [2nd link].

Washington, D.C. News - Spreading Ignorance: TV News Disinforms Americans by Spreading False Talking Points by Republicans about Healthcare for Americans in the Government Shutdown - without Correcting Them

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-misleads-claim-democrats-shut-give-health-care-illegal-immigrants-rcna234905

NYC Manhattan News - Rupert Murdoch & the Propaganda Press - How America Lost Touch with the Facts via TV News

https://www.gothambuzz.nyc/article/66/rupert-murdoch-the-rise-of-the-propaganda-press-fox-news-propaganda-machine-ny-post-fake-news

Democrats Releases a Few Big Names Found in the Epstein Estate Files

Friday, September 25, 2025 / Washington, D.C. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

The Democrats released three prominent names that were found in the Epstein Estate files including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon.  No surprises here.

Washington, D.C. News - Democrats Release Two of Many Billionaire Names Found in Epstein Files

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-named-in-epstein-files-released-by-democrats/ar-AA1Nnm0Z?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's Speech Sets New UN Record

A Record for a Walk Out by United Nations Delegates Protesting the Israeli Genocide in Gaza

Friday, September 25, 2025 / United Nations in NYC. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Over 100 delegates from 50 nations walked out when Netanyahu stepped to the podium, which reportedly set a record for a UN delegate walk out.

The delegates were protesting Netanyahu's genocidal atrocities in Gaza, where over 67,000 people have been killed, of which more than half [an estimated 70%] have been women and children civilians. Another 170,000 Palestinians have suffered injuries, many of which will be life alterring. And an estimated 500,000 are living under famine conditions in Gaza.

Netanyahu seems inhumanely oblivious to the crimes that he and the Israeli Defense Forces have been committing.

United Nations Manhattan NYC News - Netanyahu Breaks Record for United Nations Walkout

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=video+of+Netanyahu+walk+out+at+un&PC=APMC&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dvideo%2bof%2bNetanyahu%2bwalk%2bout%2bat%2bun%26form%3dAPMCS1%26PC%3dAPMC&mmscn=vwrc&mid=E425FA43C859AF8D4978E425FA43C859AF8D4978&FORM=WRVORC&ntb=1&msockid=eee2706d9eab11f0913bbcfbe547bd6d

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/26/netanyahu-un-speech-walk-out-protest

Brazilian President Lula Makes Noteworthy Speech at the UN

Supporting the Values of Free Democratic Societies, that Historically were Championed by Previous American Presidents

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 / United Nations in NYC. National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Trump I & Trump II / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Brazilian President Lula complimented our American ancestors for the positive role they and our nation has played in world affairs generally. But President Lula also took note of how things have changed. Lula hinted at what is now generally believed around the globe, which is that America can no longer be relied upon to fulfill the outsized role we used to play on the world stage. He noted that other nations around the world need to step up to fill the void, and now would be a good time to do so. See his 20 minute speech at the UN using the Bing.com link below.

United Nations Manhattan NYC News - Brazilian President Lula Promotes Democratic Values in UN Speech

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=brazill+president+compliments+Us+for+role+it%27s+played+in+the+world+until+now+at+un&mid=C40D4A7A23CACE21C0D2C40D4A7A23CACE21C0D2&FORM=VIRE&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

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According to a Recent Poll, A Majority of Americans Now Concerned that Trump is Too Old to be President

September 2025 / National Politics. Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

On September 10, 2025 YouGov published the results of a poll they had conducted asking Americans about Trump's age. Trump is the oldest president ever elected at age 79. The poll showed that for the first time since Trump became president, more people [49%] believe Trump is too old to be president, while a minority [39%] believe he is not too old. About 13% were undecided. The results were skewed by party affiliation with 78% Republicans saying he's not too old, 80% of Democrats saying he is too old and 53% of Independents saying he is too old, versus 30% of Independents who say he is not too old.

YouGov Poll - Growing Concerns About Trump's Advanced Age

https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52933-concerns-about-trumps-age-and-health-have-grown-since-the-start-of-his-second-term