Trump: "I think we'll put a major tariffs on Texas-- on Mexico because of the lettuce. And we'll put a big tariff on Canada because of the smoke."

DOOCY: You said Russia and China aren't helping Iran. But Hegseth says they're 'enabling.' What's the difference?

TRUMP: I don't know that they're 'enabling.' I will tell you that President Xi said he will not partake. And President Putin said the same thing. I trust them.

Trump: "I owned the Miss Universe pageant. And Miss Venezuela always did very well in that pageant. So I know something about the country."

New in PN: MAGA's "pasta pass" talking point is height of gaslighting

"In making it vastly harder to register or re-register, the SAVE America Act makes civic participation something that feels onerous and complicated, and that is intended. The Trumpian project relies on people not caring what happens to the country, on them feeling like their vote doesn’t matter."

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/save-america-act-olive-garden

"That's what they give me to read, so what can I tell you? ... I don't know what the hell that means" -- Trump is surprised by the stuff he's straight up reading from the text that was prepared for him

"It's not really a trade strategy so much as a demonstration that no American commitment is durable past the next mood swing — which is its own kind of cost, distinct from whatever the tariffs themselves do to the price of Canadian whisky."

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-canada-tariffs

Trump: "We made a purchase of 10% of Intel. We got it for the right price. And we made approximately $72 billion on that deal. So it was good. Do I get credit for that one? No. I get no credit!"

(Tell me more about how Democrats are communists ... )

Trump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."

GALLEGO: Would you say as a former auditor you pride yourself on catching waste?

DENNIS: Yes

GALLEGO: Let's do a test. Would you say $600m on a ballroom, half paid by taxpayers, is a good fiscal decision?

DENNIS: Oh, I'm not going to get involved in what the White House is doing

GALLEGO: As HUD CFO, this is literally the job

Ossoff on Mike Collins: "Here's the bottom line -- has the congressman answered this question, whether he or his businesses or his campaign or office has been paying a neo-Nazi propagandist? Whether this neo-Nazi propagandist is still based on his property? Will the congressman apologize for his office's documented links to white supremacists, its documented efforts on behalf of a Holocaust denier?"

*** Marco Rubio endorses war crimes ***

During a gaggle at the ASEAN summit, Secretary Rubio was given repeated opportunities to rule out that the US will commit war crimes in Iran. He not only didn't take them, but went as far as endorsing Trump's strategy of bombing (more) civilian infrastructure

"Iran's policy is an eye for an eye. The president's policy is a head for an eye. They are going to suffer more," he said

Here a clip of both of Rubio's responses:

WARREN: Do you still work for Capital One today?

BRIAN JOHNSON: I do. I'm here today in my personal capacity

WARREN: Ok. But they're paying you to get confirmed for this job. I also understand they're letting you keep a bonus you haven't yet earned when you leave. They must be really excited about getting you confirmed.