Oct. 2, 2025

Save Your Tears fro Kai Trump's new fashion line

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The White House claps back at Ariana Grande using her own song titles, Trump promotes cannabis benefits for seniors while dealing with multiple health issues, and his eighteen-year-old granddaughter launches a clothing line from the White House.

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Callaroga Shark media from Washington, d C. Where I'd make

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an Ariana Grande joke if I knew any of her songs.

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This is ballot. Yeah, Thank goodness we use AI to

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make this show because I got nothing. Let's hit this.

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I'm Patrick Gutfield and pop star Ariana Grande reposted a

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message on Instagram Sunday questioning Trump voters about whether their

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lives have improved two hundred and fifty days into his

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second term. The post asked if groceries have gotten cheaper,

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if health insurance premiums have gone down, and whether the

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widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the

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way he promised it would. The White House responded Monday

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through Deputy Press Secretary Cush Decide, who referenced Grande's own

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song titles in his statement, Save your tears, Ariana, because

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President Trump's actions ended Joe Biden's inflation crisis and are

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bringing in trillions in new investments. He even signed an

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executive order just like Magic that paved the way for

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the FTC to crack down on ticket Master for ripping

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off Ariana Grande's concert going fans get well soon, Ariana,

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Save your tears just like magic, get well soon. The

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only thing missing was thank you next. Now, using someone's

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own song catalog against them is admittedly a power move,

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but when those songs are being weaponized by a White

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House Press secretary in an official statement, it does raise

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the question is this the communications strategy we're going with,

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because I've seen middle school come back wars with more gravitas.

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The original message Grande reposted came from Matt Bernstein and

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asked about ice raids, transgender rights, freedom of speech, and

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cost of living. The size response mentioned inflation and ticketmaster,

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which is one way to answer a question by not

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answering the question at all and instead talking about concert

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ticket fees. Grande, who endorsed Kamala Harris during the twenty

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twenty four election, has been vocal about her concerns with

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the administration. After Trump was elected, she posted that she

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was holding the hand of every person who is feeling

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the immeasurable heaviness of this outcome. Today, the White House

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told her to save her tears, so at least we

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know the executive branches keeping up with Top forty radio

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between policy decisions. President Trump shared a video on Sunday

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promoting the medical benefits of cannabis for seniors, which is

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interesting timing considering he's seventy nine years old and dealing

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with chronic venus insufficiency, a mysterious hand bruise, and what

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some observers have called occasional mental gaffes. The video posted

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to truth Social was produced by the Commonwealth Project, a

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Massachusetts organization that advocates for medical cannabis care for seniors.

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The narrator discusses how older adults struggle with pain, inflammation,

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cognitive decline, and other ailments of aging, then argues that

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CBD can restore the endocannabinoid system, with benefits like reduced pain,

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better sleep, and lower stress. When the system is restored,

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disease progression can slow down and years are added to

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your life, the narrator claims, which sounds great, except there's

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a notable lack of scientific information backing up these sweeping promises.

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The Daily Beast reached out to the White House to

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ask whether Trump personally uses CBD, which is a reasonable

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question given that he's promoting it and he has several

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health conditions that supposedly benefit from it. Images of Trump's

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face appearing to sag on the right side in September,

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set off speculation that he may have suffered a stroke.

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The White House has pushed back using statements from Representative

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Ronnie Jackson, who wrote, President Donald J. Trump is the

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healthiest president this nation has ever seen. He is mentally

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and physically sharper than ever before. That's quite a claim

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from the same doctor who once described Trump's health in

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such glowing terms that medical professionals questioned whether he was

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examining a president or an Olympic athlete. Jackson claimed he

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continues to consult with his current physician and metal team

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and still spends significant time with the president, which sounds

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less like medical oversight and more like hanging out. So

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we have a seventy nine year old president with venus disease,

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a chronic handbrus, swollen ankles, and possible stroke symptoms, promoting

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a video about how cannabis can help seniors with pain, inflammation,

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and cognitive decline. The timing is either incredibly ironic or

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incredibly transparent. This also comes just days after Trump briefly

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shared an AI generated video promoting medbeds those conspiracy theory

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alien healing chambers. He deleted that one pretty quickly, probably

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after someone explained that med beds aren't real, but cannabis

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that's actually real. President Trump's eighteen year old granddaughter, Kai

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has launched her own clothing brand from the White House,

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because apparently running the country leaves plenty of time for

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fashion entrepreneurship. Kai Trump, Don Junior's daughter un failed her

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clothing line on social media last week, featuring one hundred

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and thirty dollars sweatshirts with her initials on the chest

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and her signature at the cuff. The promotional photos were

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taken on White House grounds, which is either excellent product

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placement or the most expensive photo shoot location in American history.

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On Friday, Trump introduced her to the White House Press Corps,

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saying this is Kai, by the way, while she wore

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one of her brand sweatshirts. So we've now reached the

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point where presidential press briefings double as fashion shows for

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teenage clothing lines. The sweatshirts are described as plain crew necks,

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which seems like a modest description for something that costs

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one hundred and thirty dollars. For that price, you could

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buy an entire wardrobe at most stores, but then you

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wouldn't get the prestige of wearing initials that nobody outside

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the Trump family recognizes. After the impromptu fashion introduction, Trump

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and Kai boarded a helicopter to attend the Ryder Cup.

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The timing is particularly interesting since Kai's mother is reportedly

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dating Tiger Woods, which means this family now has connections

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to both the White House and the world's most famous golfer.

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That's either incredible networking or the plot of a very

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confusing reality show. Trump is already known for selling various

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self branded merchandise, and critics regularly accuse him of using

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his position to promote the family's financial interests. Adding teenage

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granddaughter clothing lines to the mix just expands the Trump

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business empire into new demographics. What's remarkable is that we

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now live in a world where the President of the

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United States can casually introduce his granddaughter's clothing brand to

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the National Press Corps and that somehow counts as normal

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political news. The White House has become part campaign headquarters,

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part family business, and apparently part fashion boutique. At this rate,

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the next State of the Union address might include a

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segment on upcoming Trump family product launches. My fellow Americans,

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the State of our union is strong, and my granddaughter's

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hoodies are now available for pre order. Today's program was

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made with the help of a bunch of idiots and

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AI