testifying tomorrow in new york. trump, as you know, was expected to take the stand in his own defense as his company s civil tax fraud trial enters the final week. a short timeo, trump announceinhe long and defiant rant online that he would not be doing so. the former president, as usual, attacking the case, as he quote, rich witch hunt. no matter how much donald trump tries to distract from reality, the facts don t lie. trump had been using the courthouse in new york as a sort of campaign stop, and is already planning rallies in nevada and new hampshire this week. this, as trump s vision for his second term only becomes more extreme. at a fund-raiser last night, trump doubled down on his comments, saying he would be a dictator, but just on day one. his words? they speak for themselves. baker today in the new york times, he said that i want to be a dictator. i didn t say that. i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but the new york times said and you know i i wa
images of the civilians in gaza in the fallout of the military operation that israel has carried out there inside of gaza, and clearly the u.s. is trying to convey to israel that the images of this being broadcast around the world is having quite an impact on israel s reputation and exactly how people feel about the way that israel is acting in this operation as we speak. so they are trying to strike that balance, and secretary blin ken also talked about the painful images and videos he has seen of the gazan civilians suffering in the bombardments taking place there over the last several weeks. that is the fine line, the balancing act that the u.s. is trying to carry out here in trying to get israel to behave more constrained, but he also went on to say that there are legitimate questions of how any pause in this would take place, and clearly in the last several days, israeli military officials, and political leadership here, they have made no bones about it, that they are dr