Trump's niece slams White House's 'wannabe mafia boss' message on President's Day

President Donald Trump's niece slammed the White House's message on President's Day, calling it something that a "wannabe mafia boss" would say.

On Monday, the White House posted a picture on X that features Trump on a fake cover of Time Magazine under the title "Trump's World." The photo also includes a caption that reads, "I was the hunted, and now I am the hunter."

Mary Trump, an author and psychologist, argued in a new Substack essay that the message is unbecoming of someone serving as President of the United States.

"Let’s leave aside the fact that by being 'the hunted,' Donald is referring to his having been legitimately investigated, indicted, and convicted for crimes he actually committed; and by referring to himself as 'the hunter' he is acknowledging that, because he is an aggrieved child not satisfied with having gotten away with all of those crimes, he is currently misusing the power of the presidency and the agencies he controls to go after those who investigated and prosecuted his crimes," Mary Trump wrote.

"This is the message of a thug, a wannabe mafia boss," she added. "That is what it now sounds like to be 'presidential.' And it’s another reason to consider what it is we’re supposed to be celebrating today. I’ve often wondered why we have Presidents’ Day at all because we’ve had more terrible presidents than good ones, and we’ve had more mediocre ones than either of those."

Read the entire essay by clicking here.

MS NOW's Rachel Maddow kicked off her Monday night show with a victory lap after a federal court ruled against President Donald Trump's efforts to censor and remove exhibits about slavery from the site of the first presidential house at Independence Park in Philadelphia.

"That house has a really interesting story," explained Maddow. "Accidentally, the last remaining walls of that house were, by accident, torn down in the 1950s. That was the last standing portion of the house. It was accidentally demolished in the 1950s. Decades later, once archeologists and historians figured out for sure where that president's house had been, the city got involved. They bought the land, they preserved everything they could. And ultimately, that site was reopened as a national historic site. Today, it is sort of an open-air pavilion where you can see the shape of the president's house. You can see the foundations of the original building. They've got artifacts there from the time that George Washington and John Adams lived in that house."

"And while John Adams, who was from Massachusetts — while Adams was not a slaveholder, George Washington was," said Maddow. "George Washington had eight people who were enslaved to him, who he brought from Virginia to that house in Philadelphia to serve him while he was president. He later brought an enslaved person from Virginia to Philadelphia to that house, making it a total of nine. And that is all part of the history there at this historic site in Philadelphia."

"Now, you've probably heard about the fact that over this past year, President Donald Trump ordered the physical removal of all references to slaves and slavery at that national historic site," said Maddow. "Well, today, a big change in that case today. Happy Presidents' Day. A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered that the Trump administration must put those references to slaves and slavery back up."

"The judge in the case is a Republican appointee from the George W. Bush administration, and she starts her remarkable ruling today with a quote from '1984' from George Orwell," said Maddow. "She then says, quote, 'As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's '1984' now existed, with its motto 'ignorance is strength,' this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims to assemble and disassemble historic truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not.'"

This whole thing, Maddow said, "is your Presidents' Day present this year, this ruling."

She continued to quote from the judge's ruling: "President Washington’s house would not merit designation as a historic site if he had not commanded the army that won the Revolutionary War, whose presence presiding over the Constitutional Convention graced it with the gravitas and spirit necessary to the creation of our government’s foundational document, and his restraint and modesty radiated strength and wisdom that defines the ideal chief executive to this day. The government can convey a different message without restraint elsewhere if it so pleases, but it cannot do so to the President's House until it follows the law and consults with the City. The motion for preliminary injunction will be granted."

"Happy Presidents' Day, Philadelphia," she added. "You are getting your history put back up by court order at the President's House."

- YouTube youtu.be

Newly uncovered emails from the latest Epstein Files document dump suggest Jeffrey Epstein may have maintained a collection of highly toxic plants capable of producing a mind-altering substance, according to correspondence discovered in the recent release.

In one email, Epstein inquired about his "trumpet plants at nursery," raising questions about whether he was cultivating Angel's Trumpet plants, a species known to produce scopolamine, a drug with terrifying effects on the human body and mind, TMZ reported.

Angel's Trumpet plants are extremely poisonous and generate scopolamine, which "basically turn humans into zombies, wiping them of memory and eliminating their free will. Severe intoxication reportedly may even cause paralysis and death," the report said.

Scopolamine reportedly leaves no trace on standard toxicology reports.

Evidence suggests Epstein was well aware of these properties. In another email uncovered in the files, he received an article detailing the effects of scopolamine and its botanical source.

Epstein died in his cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

MAGA figurehead Steve Bannon is facing legal jeopardy after an investor in his supposedly "uncancelable" memecoin accused Bannon of fraud in a new lawsuit, according to a report.

The memecoin, which was once called "FJB" or the "Let's Go Brandon" coin, was purchased by Bannon and another MAGA figure, Boris Epshteyn, in 2021 and promoted heavily during the Biden administration. The coin was unique in that it had an 8% transaction fee, but it was justified by claiming that 5% of the fee is donated to charity.

As the years rolled on, one investor noticed that the charitable donations were starting to dry up. Instead, the money appeared to be getting directed to crypto wallets that invested in highly speculative coins, The Bulwark reported. One investor who lost more than $58,000 on the coin sued Bannon and Epshteyn, and the lawsuit is awaiting class certification in the District of Columbia.

"Early on, Bannon and Epshteyn billed 'FJB' as the basis of an entirely new 'uncancelable' MAGA economy," The Bulwark reported. "The coin was promoted by other MAGA figures like Jack Posobiec and Benny Johnson."

"But according to the lawsuit, Bannon and Epshteyn ran it straight into the ground," the report added. "Amid a broader decline in memecoin values in 2023, the price of 'FJB' plummeted, and both Bannon and Epshteyn distanced themselves from the project. The lawsuit alleges that $2.7 million in transaction fees meant for charity or efforts to promote the coin instead disappeared entirely."

Read the entire report by clicking here.