frozen snapshot — 2026-08-17 · see today →

What's on Donald Trump's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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shrinking the south korea drills 28% · newthe deadline that came and went 22% · newthreatening to bomb oman 14% · newhis own lawyer running the justice department 12% everything else 24%

He Calls Decades of Allied Drills 'Hostile' — Kim's Word for Them

Hours before kickoff he told Hegseth to slash the exercises, citing his 'good relationship' with Kim and Seoul's refusal to help on Iran.

Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

AP News · 2026-08-17

our translation

he lost the iran round, so he's taking it out on the ally who wouldn't help — and dressing a retreat up as summit diplomacy with kim

new — 40+ outlets, Seoul respondsvery sure · 4 sources

The 60-Day Deadline Expires With No Deal to Show For It

new — MOU expired today, shipping haltedvery sure · 4 sources

He Threatens to Bomb Oman — the Country Hosting the Talks

new — Bloomberg, WSJ, Guardian carried itpretty sure · 4 sources

The Attorney General Won't Promise to Be Independent of Him

NYT, CNN, Axios all ran itpretty sure · 4 sources

monday, august 17

Greet the teen lifeguard from Santa Cruz at the White House(reported)

Wait on Kushner's readout from the Netanyahu meeting(reported)

Ask Hegseth exactly how small 'substantially reduced' is(safe bet)

Push the Senate again on permanent daylight saving time(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Teen lifeguard who saved boy at Seabright Beach to meet President Trump at White House

news.google.com · 2026-08-17

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