What a difference a week makes:.Over the past seven days the president celebrated the six‑month mark of his return to the Oval Office, claimed credit for a record‑setting stock market, threatened to sack Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (then insisted no one had to talk him out of it), and first teased a now-filed lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on the now‑infamous Epstein birthday card.
By Sunday night, Trump had fired off a blizzard of Truth Social posts and press‑pool remarks that ranged from eyebrow‑raising to outright surreal.
Here are the wildest parts we came across.
MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!
In a pair of rants about team names, Trump threatened to block a new NFL stadium deal in Washington unless the franchise drops “Commanders” and returns to “Redskins.” He urged MLB’s Cleveland Guardians to reclaim the “Indians” name and argued that Native Americans are “being treated very unfairly.”
Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff is in BIG TROUBLE!
Trump accused Rep. Adam Schiff of falsifying loan documents and called for the California Democrat to be “prosecuted” and “pay the price of prison.” He also revived the refrain that Democrats tried to stage “an actual coup” against him and dragged Schiff for predicting Trump’s son would “go to prison.”
Nobody had to explain that to me. I know better than anybody…
Responding to a Wall Street Journal report that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked him out of firing Powell, Trump insisted he already understood the economic fallout. Then he declared, “People don’t explain to me, I explain to them!”
Happy Anniversary!!!
Trump marked the six‑month milestone of his second term by proclaiming that “one year ago our Country was DEAD” and is now “the hottest and most respected Country anywhere in the World.” He took credit for “ending numerous wars,” reviving the economy, and restoring national prestige—all in 180 days.
My Poll Numbers … have hit 90%, 92%, 93%, and 95%!
The president said his GOP approval ratings spiked after what he called the “Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” alleging that “radical left lunatics” fabricated the scandal. He claimed his general‑election polling is also “the highest, EVER!”
All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED.
Without offering evidence, Trump announced that Iranian facilities were wiped out and mused that Tehran would be “better off starting anew.” The White House and Pentagon declined to comment on whether any strikes occurred.
POWERHOUSE Lawsuit … against the so-called authors of this defamation.
Trump said he filed a “historic” defamation suit targeting The Wall Street Journal, its parent company, and Rupert Murdoch personally over coverage of the Epstein birthday‑card allegations. He promised “many hours of depositions” for the media mogul.
…release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein.
Even as he sues the press, Trump demanded that DOJ unseal grand‑jury records related to Epstein, adding that critics will “always want more, more, more.”
The Bottom Line
From renaming sports teams and allegedly obliterating Iranian nuclear sites to launching new legal battles and resurrecting old political grudges, Trump’s weekend remarks show no sign of the rhetorical chill that advisers once hoped might come with a second‑term learning curve.
If this is the tone six months in, buckle up for the next 42.
