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Who in the Trump administration will be the first to suggest that they start looking at how best to remove the right to vote for non-whites and women if anti-Semitism is not an option for the next election?
Mamdani: The USA finances Israel’s genocide. New York's newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, visited President Donald Trump at the White House in the USA on Friday.
At their joint press conference afterward, the topic of Gaza was discussed, including American support for Israel, according to Haaretz. – I raised the point that the Israeli government is committing genocide and that our government is financing it, says Mamdani, noting that New Yorkers would rather have their tax money go elsewhere.
Mamdani and Trump have, to say the least, had disagreements during Mamdani's campaigning and election win. Mamdani has, for example, said that Israel's prime minister, who is a close ally of Trump, should be arrested if he comes to the USA. See the article on SVT News.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaving the U.S. Congress. The controversial congresswoman and former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene is stepping down just days after falling out with the U.S. president and her party.
There have been many twists regarding the public release of the investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. From President Donald Trump wanting to release all the files during his campaign, to backtracking on the issue after winning the election, and then making yet another U-turn as recently as last week.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has criticized the president's actions and been at the center of the Republican voices calling for the Epstein investigators to lay everything on the table.
In an interview with ABC, Trump says that the news of Taylor Greene's resignation is "good news for the country" and that he wishes her well. Watch the segment on SVT Nyheter.