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Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES
Updated 6:10 PM CST, December 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy.

They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump.

Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media.

Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls.

On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!”

The first lady’s office declined to comment. ...

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Days from partial government shutdown deadline, here's where things stand

  • News source: FOX News
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is gearing up for a vote on Tuesday on a bill, which, if approved, will avert a partial government shutdown during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's term.

Given the lack of support from Democrats, Johnson is betting Republicans can muscle through largely by themselves on the 99-page piece of legislation that would keep federal agencies funded until Sept. 30.

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Trump's eighth week in office set to continue breakneck level of actions, rallying GOP to avoid shutdown

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump is expected to have another busy week back in the Oval Office, including rallying Republican Congressional support to pass a continuing resolution ahead of Friday's government shutdown deadline.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in the midst of hammering out a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government through Sept. 30 or face a shutdown at the end of the week.

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Vanuatu revokes citizenship of fugitive Indian ex-IPL cricket boss

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lalit Modi is wanted by Indian authorities in connection with corruption allegations, which he denies.
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Syrians describe terror as Alawite families killed in their homes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Witnesses said the situation stabilised when security forces arrived following the violence.
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Who is Mark Carney? Meet former central banker turned Canadian prime minister

  • News source: Rob Gillies | The Associated Press
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Canada’s next prime minister has helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis before and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election.

Former central banker Mark Carney will become prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday in a landside vote with 85.9% support.

Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remains prime minister until his successor is...
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Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump defends tariffs as 'greatest thing' US has done

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Donald Trump spoke with reporters on Air Force One, where he defended tariffs, saying they will be the "greatest thing we've ever done as a country."
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How 'judge shopping' is shaping the legal fights against President Trump's agenda in federal court

  • News source: FOX News
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The onslaught of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's early actions brought by federal workers and advocacy groups have found their way into mostly friendly courts, overseen, for the most part, by sympathetic judges.

These plaintiffs have employed a well-known, pervasive strategy used by both sides of the political aisle, known as forum or "judge shopping"– that is, to have a case tried in a certain district court, and one that falls under the jurisdiction of a U.S. appeals court with a certain political makeup.

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Russia expels 2 British diplomats from embassy in Moscow over espionage claims

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Russian said it is expelling two British diplomats over allegations of spying
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Massie says he's a 'NO' on Trump-endorsed government funding measure: 'Unless I get a lobotomy'

  • News source: FOX News
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As the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches and President Donald Trump urges Republicans to support passage of a funding measure, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has declared that he will oppose the proposal.

"Unless I get a lobotomy Monday that causes me to forget what I’ve witnessed the past 12 years, I’ll be a NO on the CR this week. It amazes me that my colleagues and many of the public fall for the lie that we will fight another day," Massie declared in a post on X.

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Arkansas public school students will soon be required to take gun safety courses

  • News source: FOX News
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The Arkansas state Senate passed a bill to provide age-appropriate firearms safety instruction to students last week and the Arkansas Department of Education will be working with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to develop a plan.

Act 229, also known as House Bill 1117, will require public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools to annually provide students with instruction on firearm safety.

The bill’s sponsors say the idea came from conversations among neighbors.

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Explosive-laden caravan plot was a hoax, say Australian police

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police allege organised criminals planted the caravan to provoke fear of an antisemitic attack.
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Syria leader vows to hunt down those responsible for bloodshed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 830 civilians had been killed.
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A simple guide to Canada's federal election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Canada could hold a national election soon, just as politicians and voters are focused on a trade war with its neighbour, the US.
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Watch: 'Canada will never, ever be part of America', incoming PM says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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North Korea tests 'multiple' ballistic missiles as US-South Korea war games begin

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday.
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