A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on May 6, 2025.
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The common thread here is simple: Trump keeps turning government into a content farm, then acting shocked when the jokes land like bricks. On May 5, the administration managed to sound both flippant and desperate — unserious enough to insult a major religious constituency, and cynical enough to put a price tag on people’s exit from the country. That is not a disciplined political operation. It is a mess with a press office.
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DHS said on May 5 that some people in the U.S. without legal status can get travel assistance and a $1,000 stipend if they use the CBP Home app to depart, but payment comes only after their departure is confirmed.
Donald Trump defended an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope on May 5, after it was posted on Truth Social on Friday, May 2, and then reposted by the White House on its official X account. The image drew criticism from Catholic leaders and others during the mourning period for Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with the conclave scheduled to open May 7. Trump said he had nothing to do with making the image and told reporters that some Catholics who objected could not take a joke.