The YOLO Presidency? The Atlantic reports Trump aims to be one of history's 'great men'

Public rejects Trump’s ballroom by wide margin

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/30/washington-post-poll-trump-ballroom/

Americans reject President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, and they appear largely unmoved by the intensified calls from the president and his allies in Congress to allow the project to go forward.

The president’s planned 250-foot arch and a Treasury Department plan to put Trump’s signature on paper money are also unpopular.

Fifty-six percent of Americans oppose Trump’s decision to tear down the White House’s East Wing to make way for his planned ballroom, funded by about $400 million in private donations, while 28 percent support the project. That is the same division found in an October poll. Reactions are split among partisan lines; about two-thirds of Republicans support the project, while 61 percent of independents and 87 percent of Democrats oppose it.

“It’s astonishing what’s going on,” said Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee), who has criticized the ballroom and arch projects, as well as Trump’s efforts to brand his name across the government. “He has no respect for anybody, any memory, any history. It’s all about him.”

Comey Charges rejected by MAGA

Stabbing spree in London's Jewish neighborhood leaves 1 fighting for life

 https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/04/29/ntisemitic-stabbing-golders-green-london-shomrim/

Shomrim security volunteers apprehended the attacker near the Sadigur synagogue in Golders Green; British PM Starmer calls the attack "deeply concerning."

Matan Bar Noy, the World Zionist Organization's emissary to Britain, posted a shaken video from London immediately after the attack. "I am taking off my kippa now on the street, and also my pin, because the instruction is to conceal all Jewish symbols right now," he said. "It's sad that we are in Britain, a free, democratic country that saved the Jews from the Nazis and the entire free world, and now you cannot walk around here as a Jew in safety. Very sad."

Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of the World Zionist Organization, who is currently in London, said, "I am here to make clear to the British authorities that they are responsible for the safety of Jews in Britain just as they are for every other citizen. Incitement against Jews can cost precious lives, and we are seeing its signs right now, here on the streets of London. We are working together with the authorities to eradicate this terrible phenomenon and allow Jews everywhere to walk freely and safely. I call on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan to act decisively against antisemitism in this country."

Two Jewish men badly wounded in terrorist stabbing attack in London’s Golders Green; assailant arrested

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-jewish-men-wounded-in-stabbing-attack-in-londons-golders-green-assailant-arrested/

Two Jewish men — one in his 70s and the other in his 30s — were stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday in the heavily Jewish London neighborhood of Golders Green in an antisemitic terror attack, the latest in a spate of incidents targeting British Jews.

The assailant, a 45-year-old man who also tried to stab police officers in the attack, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said, later identifying him as UK national born in Somalia without naming him. “Specialist officers from Counter Terrorism Policing are leading the investigation and working with the Metropolitan Police to establish the full circumstances and any links to terrorism,” the statement said.

The newly formed terror group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) claimed one of its “lone wolves” committed the attack, the SITE Intelligence Group reported. The group is believed to have links to Iran and has claimed credit for some of the recent antisemitic incidents in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

The local Shomrim emergency response organization, which serves Jewish areas, made the first public report of the incident, saying it had responded immediately and detained the suspect.

Shortly thereafter, it said, police arrived and assisted in subduing him.

“London’s Jewish community have been the target of a series of shocking antisemitic attacks,” said London Mayor Sadiq Khan. “There must be absolutely no place for antisemitism in society.”

Shomrim volunteer who helped subdue London attacker: 'I wanted to protect community' - interview

 https://www.jpost.com/international/islamic-terrorism/article-894621

North West London Shomrim volunteer Yonaton El-Kouby's only thought was protecting the community when he received a report about an incident in the Golders Green neighborhood.

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, El-Kouby recounted how he helped Metropolitan Police officers subdue a man who stabbed two Jewish residents earlier that day.

Incitement against Jews in the UK had become commonplace, with weekly anti-Israel protests seeing participants calling to “globalize the intifada.” Eventually, someone was going to act on that call to action, Zimmerman explained.

Instead of tackling the incitement against Jews, the Jewish community was expected to hide its identity and retreat from public life.

London attacker is a Somali-born British national, police say

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/426304

London Metropolitan Police say suspect in the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green is a 45-year-old British national born in Somalia, He has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody.

The London Metropolitan Police on Wednesday night issued an update on the stabbing attack in Golders Green, in which two Jewish men were injured.

The police said the suspect has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He was initially taken to hospital but has since been discharged and has been taken to a London police station where he remains in police custody.

“The attack in Golders Green was formally declared a terrorist incident. Officers are carrying out a search at an address in south east London," the statement continued.

Israel's ultimatum to Trump on Lebanon deal

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/426305

Channel 12 News reported on Wednesday that Israel’s political echelon has conveyed to the United States that it is requesting that negotiations with the Lebanese government be limited to a strict two-to-three-week period, with the goal of reaching a final agreement by mid-May.

Jerusalem argues that Hezbollah’s continued attacks - including the launching of attack drones and firing toward IDF forces and northern communities - are “eroding" the chances of reaching an agreement.

The Israeli position holds that the current situation, in which the IDF is operating under severe restrictions, is severely damaging both Israel’s deterrence and the security of its residents.

Trump, apparently oblivious, makes the same joke he wants Kimmel fired for

8647 row: Old 86’ing posts by Pete Hegseth and Posobiec

 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/8647-row-old-86ing-posts-by-pete-hegseth-and-posobiec-on-biden-go-viral-after-comeys-post/articleshow/121231936.cms

MAGA supporters have erupted in anger over a recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, which they interpreted as a threat against former President Donald Trump. The controversy has reignited a wider debate about the use of coded language in politics after old posts from prominent MAGA figures, including Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and influencer Jack Posobiec, resurfaced and went viral.

Following the uproar over Comey’s post, old tweets by prominent MAGA figures resurfaced and went viral, adding fuel to the political fire. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s earlier tweet using the phrase “86’d” in reference to political leaders drew renewed attention. Hegseth had used the term to describe ousting Republican figures such as Kevin McCarthy, Tom McDaniel, and Mitch McConnell, implying a purge within the party to make way for better leadership.

That code has been widely used on anti-Biden merchandise calling for the impeachment or removal of the former president. Posobiec accused Comey and other national security leaders of “openly calling for the assassination” of President Trump, questioning why Comey had not faced arrest.

Matt Gaetz insists his use of ‘86’ is ‘distinct’ from Comey’s ‘threat’ as MAGA accused of hypocrisy over term

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/james-comey-86-gaetz-maga-b2752452.html 

MAGA world erupted in fury on Thursday night over a social media post from former FBI Director James Comey, claiming that his image of seashells spelling out the numbers “8647” constituted a “threat” on President Donald Trump’s life.

Yet, while the Trump administration is investigating Comey and members of the president’s cabinet are even saying he “should be behind bars,” many of the same people raging that this was a call for assassination had previously used the same term to refer to their political opponents – including Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, just last year, Gaetz proudly tweeted that he’d “now 86’d” former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Sen. Mitch McConnell from their leadership posts, adding that “better days are ahead for the Republican Party.”

“I was speaking in the past tense about things that had already happened,” Gaetz said. “Comey was putting out a call for future action. These are distinct.”

“During Biden's presidency, MAGA sold ‘8646’ t-shirts and bumper stickers and decals. No one thought that meant they were calling for Biden to be killed,” he noted, adding an eBay link to an “8646 In Distressed US Flag Anti Biden Decal Bumper Sticker” for sale.

Trump Portrait to Be Added to US Passports in Unprecedented Move

 https://www.newsweek.com/us-passport-changes-donald-trump-portrait-11889486

The U.S. State Department is finalizing plans to include President Donald Trump's portrait on new passports, in what would be the first time a sitting president has been featured on official travel documents.

The new passport design features the president on the inside cover to commemorate the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the State Department told Newsweek. One design included Trump's signature in gold.

A tzadik decrees and G-d fulfills

 Michtav M’Eliyahu (2:184) A tzadik decrees and G-d fulfills – It is obviously true that this does not mean that a tzadik can decree something which G-d doesn’t want. The explanation is that there are tzadikim for whom the whole world exists in their merit. That all that happens in the world is merely a means for us to learn from the conduct of these tzadikim how to elevate our service of G-d. What we learn from them is what preserves all of us from the lowest to the highest. That is what it means that because of their merit we live because we are mere utensils for the tzadik which enables us to see G-d’s great kindness in that \He freely sustains the entire world .So when a tzadik who is at this exalted level sees an issue which hides an aspect of G-d’s honor it is appropriate for him to ask G-d to withhold it even if it involves a change in G-d’s normal actions. This is what is meant by “a tzdik decrees and G-d fulfills."

White House makes ‘two Kings’ post with photo of Trump, King Charles

 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5854013-white-house-kings-trump-charles/

The White House posted a picture of President Trump and King Charles III with the caption “two Kings” amid the monarch’s visit to the U.S. on Tuesday.