35 posts from Sunday, July 19, 2026

A screenshot/graphic attributed to Stephen Moore, framed with italic captions reading "From Stephen Moore" and "Shows inflation running at half the Biden rate." Below is a line chart titled "CPI Growth Since Taking Office," with the x-axis "Months in Office" (0-48) and y-axis "CPI Growth Percent" (0-22). Three lines are plotted: a red "Trump 1st Term" line, a blue "Under Biden/Harris" line, and a red "Trump 2nd Term" line (both Trump terms shown in red). The blue Biden/Harris line rises steepest, reaching about 21% by month 48, with a callout box noting "11.7% Inflation Biden" at roughly month 16-17. The Trump 2nd Term line is annotated "5.5% Inflation Trump Term2" at a similar early point, tracking noticeably lower than the Biden line at the same number of months. Another callout reads "3.6% Inflation Trump Term 1" pointing to the Trump 1st Term red line, which stays flat around 6-8% through 48 months.

Text in image: From Stephen Moore Shows inflation running at half the Biden rate CPI Growth Since Taking Office Trump 1st Term Under Biden/Harris Trump 2nd Term 11.7% Inflation Biden 5.5% Inflation Trump Term2 3.6% Inflation Trump Term 1 CPI Growth Percent 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 Months in Office

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A screenshot of a bar chart titled "Average Real Gas Price by Administration" (in April 2026 dollars), attributed to "Unleash Prosperity" (with their flag-style logo). It compares average real gasoline prices per gallon across four presidential terms: Obama ($4.30), Trump 1 ($3.25), Biden ($3.88), and Trump 2 ($3.32). Obama and Biden bars are blue, Trump 1 and Trump 2 bars are dark red. A source note at the bottom cites the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Monthly Regular All Formulations) and BLS CPI-U (CPIAUCSL, SA), stating prices are in April 2026 dollars. Above the chart image is italicized text framing it as being shared "From Stephen Moore" with a caption claiming the chart "Shows gas prices on average lower under Trump than Biden and Obama."

Text in image: From Stephen Moore Shows gas prices on average lower under Trump than Biden and Obama Average Real Gas Price by Administration (in April 2026 dollars) UP UNLEASH PROSPERITY $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 $4.30 - Obama (Feb '09 – Jan '17) $3.25 - Trump 1 (Feb '17 – Jan '21) $3.88 - Biden (Feb '21 – Jan '25) $3.32 - Trump 2 (Feb '25 – May '26) Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Monthly Regular All Formulations); BLS CPI-U (CPIAUCSL, SA). Real prices in Apr 2026 dollars.

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A screenshot/chart image. Above the chart is italicized text attributing it to "Stephen Moore" with a caption claiming family income gains under Trump. Below is a bar chart titled "Net Change in Real Median Household Income by President" from "Unleash Prosperity," showing cumulative change in real median household income (in 2025 dollars) over each president's term: Trump 1.0 (48 months) at $6,640, Biden (48 months) at $569, and Trump 2.0 (16 months) at $3,090. The source line credits "Census CPS Monthly Basic, Author's Calculations."

Text in image: From Stephen Moore Shows family incomes up way more under Trump 1.0 and 2.0 than Biden with virtually no gains. Almost $10k gain after inflation under Trump in less than 6 years Net Change in Real Median Household Income by President Cumulative change over each president's term, in 2025 dollars UNLEASH PROSPERITY Change in Real Household Income, 2025$ $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $0 $6,640 Trump 1.0 48 months $569 Biden 48 months $3,090 Trump 2.0 16 months Source: Census CPS Monthly Basic, Author's Calculations

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A screenshot of a bar chart shared with attribution "From Stephen Moore," captioned as showing that the lowest-income Americans fared better under Trump than under Biden. The chart, titled "Net Change in Real Household Income — 25th Percentile" and subtitled "Cumulative change over each president's term, in 2025 dollars," is branded with an "Unleash Prosperity" logo in the corner. It shows three bars: "Trump 1.0" (48 months) at +$4,058, "Biden" (48 months) at -$176, and "Trump 2.0" (16 months) at +$2,084. The y-axis is labeled "Change in Real Household Income, 2025$" ranging from -$1,000 to $5,000. A source line at the bottom reads "Source: Census CPS Monthly Basic, Author's Calculations."

Text in image: From Stephen Moore Shows the lowest income Americans have done far better under Trump than Biden Net Change in Real Household Income — 25th Percentile Cumulative change over each president's term, in 2025 dollars UP UNLEASH PROSPERITY $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,000 $1,000 $0 -$1,000 $4,058 Trump 1.0 48 months -$176 Biden 48 months $2,084 Trump 2.0 16 months Change in Real Household Income, 2025$ Source: Census CPS Monthly Basic, Author's Calculations

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A photographed or screenshotted newspaper opinion column from The Washington Times, headlined "The grand strategy behind the Trump-Vance Iran deal" by Alexander B. Gray, with subheading "The president has displayed uncommon vision." The article argues that the Trump administration's Iran deal (following "Operation Epic Fury") achieved Trump's long-stated goal of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, credits Trump for reorienting U.S. grand strategy away from the Middle East and toward great-power rivalry with China, and praises his handling of Iran policy since 2015 as strategically sound. Below the article is the Washington Times masthead listing publisher and editorial staff.

Text in image: The grand strategy behind the Trump-Vance Iran deal The president has displayed uncommon vision By Alexander B. Gray The Trump administration's deal with Iran accomplishes the objectives set by the president at the outset of Operation Epic Fury, and it represents the culmination of his continuous strategic policy focus to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Most important, though, it begins the process of reorienting American grand strategy away from the Middle Eastern conflicts that have characterized the first quarter of the 21st century and toward the great power rivalries that will likely define the next. Essentially, President Trump obliged to use decisive military force against Iran to disengage from a region of peripheral concern to long-term U.S. interests. Since announcing his first campaign for president in 2015, Mr. Trump has been unequivocal that Iran cannot acquire a nuclear weapon. In 2018, he withdrew from the fatally flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated by President Obama — a deal that paid Iran large sums of cash in exchange for flimsy promises not to acquire nuclear weapons. Instead, the first Trump administration imposed substantial economic pain on Tehran and maintained that pressure until Mr. Trump's last day in office. The Biden administration almost immediately proposed further negotiations with Iran. Mr. Trump, returning to office in 2025, addressed the threat posed by the mullahs' unrepentant march toward nuclear weapons. He launched Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025. Iran's weapons program was largely destroyed. Operation Epic Fury achieved the limited goals set by Mr. Trump. Tehran's leadership was destroyed, its missile program was degraded, and its economy and supply chains were profoundly disrupted by the U.S. Navy's successful blockade. The Iranian regime is at its weakest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Although Mr. Trump has expressed hope that the Iranian people will ultimately choose a different future, regime change was never a goal of Epic Fury. Rather, Mr. Trump has clearly understood the core American interest at stake with Iran: preventing a fanatical regime from gaining a nuclear weapon and preventing the disruption of a region that still supplies substantial global energy resources. In the process, Iran's myopic decision to militarily target U.S. Gulf Arab allies will solidify those states' efforts to increase their own defense while demonstrating the fallacy of the entreaties by China that proliferated during the Biden years. The United States will emerge from the Iran deal having met (and in some cases exceeded) its modest strategic goals for the region. Epic Fury's success will ultimately rest on America's ability to execute Mr. Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy, which prioritizes the defense of the U.S. homeland and the Western Hemisphere, as well as the projection of American power into the Indo-Pacific to deter China's attempt at hegemony. Although every administration since Mr. Obama's has promised some form of "pivot" or "rebalance" to the Indo-Pacific, only the Trump administration has done the difficult statecraft needed to position the U.S. for that strategic shift. Unlike every previous post-Cold War president, Mr. Trump has been honest about the trade-offs required to meet a challenge as formidable as that posed by the Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Trump's National Security Strategy identifies regions of greatest U.S. interest and directs resources accordingly. His conduct of Epic Fury and the accompanying peace deal reflect the realization of this strategy. By recognizing that, without American leadership, Iran will continue to divert U.S. attention and resources away from our most significant priorities, and acting accordingly, Mr. Trump displayed uncommon vision. His willingness to wage war for limited ends and to conclude a peace that serves core U.S. national interests will satisfy neither hawks nor doves, but it will place the U.S. in a better strategic position. The Trump-Vance administration approaches its second half with enviable strategic flexibility. The proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget would begin to reverse the steady erosion of the military balance between the United States and China that has threatened deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. Continued investments in American energy dominance at home make de-prioritizing the Middle East a realistic possibility. The president's agenda for American reindustrialization is bearing fruit, reviving the U.S. defense industrial base and encouraging the U.S. private sector to dominate the frontier technologies of the future, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing and fusion energy. America is on track to emerge from Operation Epic Fury in a far stronger position to win the competition that will define the remainder of the 21st century. Alexander B. Gray, a nonresident senior fellow at The Atlantic Council, served as deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff of the White House National Security Council from 2019 to 2021. The Washington Times Published by The Washington Times LLC THOMAS P. McDEVITT, Chairman CHRISTOPHER DOLAN, President & Executive Editor NEWS CATHY GARDNER, Managing Editor ANN WOG, Managing Editor Digital JOHN BOURANTAS, Assistant Managing Editor STEPHEN DINAN, Assistant Managing Editor S.A. MILLER, Assistant Managing Editor MARIA STAINER, Assistant Managing Editor JOSEPH SZADKOWSKI, Assistant Managing Editor BUSINESS RAYNARD BOLDING, Chief Financial Officer TORY HILL, Advertising Director DESHONDA MURRAY, Director of Human Resources and Building Operations JORGE CARRASQUILLA, Information Technology Director

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Screenshot of a social media post from the account "Trump War Room" (@TrumpWarRoom), which has a verified checkmark and a small red/white/blue logo icon next to the name, and a profile picture showing a person in a dark suit and red cap. The post text claims Meridian Hill Park was cleaned up due to a Trump executive order, crediting @POTUS. Below the text are two side-by-side photographs, both taken from an elevated angle looking down a stepped cascading fountain/staircase flanked by trees, labeled implicitly as "before" (left) and "after" (right). The left "before" photo shows the fountain drained/empty, with cracked, stained, muddy concrete steps, patchy dirt and weeds, overcast sky, and no people present. The right "after" photo shows the same cascade filled with flowing turquoise water, clean steps, several people sitting and standing around the fountain, and greener trees under a clearer sky.

Text in image: Trump War Room ✓ [icon] @TrumpWarRoom Meridian Hill Park before vs. after. For years, homeless camps and drug addicts took over the park. Now it's cleaned up and full of families again, thanks to @POTUS's executive order to make the capital safe and beautiful again. 🇺🇸

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A photograph of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain outside Union Station in Washington, D.C. The white marble monument shows a robed male figure (Columbus) standing atop a tall pedestal flanked by carved winged figures and a kneeling figure, with an American flag on a pole visible to the right against a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The base sits above a fountain pool. Bold black capital-letter text is overlaid at the top of the image on a white background.

Text in image: CLEAN

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A political comparison meme titled "COLUMBUS CIRCLE" with two side-by-side photos of the Columbus Memorial Fountain (a marble monument with statues) near Union Station in Washington, D.C. The left photo, labeled "Biden," shows the fountain empty/drained of water, with a chipped, peeling white basin, some staining, and a bird standing in the dry basin; surrounding grass and street are visible in the background. The right photo, labeled "Trump," shows the same fountain from a closer angle against a clear blue sky, appearing clean and well-maintained, with an American flag visible in the upper right corner. The image implies a contrast in the monument's upkeep/condition under the two presidencies.

Text in image: COLUMBUS CIRCLE Biden Trump

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A political comparison meme with the headline "COLUMBUS CIRCLE" split into two labeled photos, "Biden" on the left and "Trump" on the right. The left photo shows a stone monument (a statue base with a draped, seated figure) heavily covered in spray-painted graffiti, including red inverted triangles, and phrases such as "HAMAS IS COMING," "AZAB," "FREE GAZA," "F*** ALL ZIONISTS ARE BASTARDS," "F***ING PUTO," and "LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE," along with other partly obscured tags. The right photo shows the same style of monument (the Columbus Fountain at Washington D.C.'s Union Station, featuring robed/seated marble figures and a domed structure topped with an eagle) clean and graffiti-free, with two uniformed park police or security officers wearing campaign-style hats standing in the foreground and an American flag visible at upper right.

Text in image: COLUMBUS CIRCLE Biden Trump HAMAS IS COMING AZAB FREE GAZA F*** ALL ZIONISTS ARE BASTARDS PALESTINE F***ING PUTO REE ALE 5121 LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE

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A news photograph of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., with the White House visible in the background. In the foreground, three U.S. Park Police officers in riot helmets and tactical vests stand at the base of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, which is spray-painted with graffiti (including "KKK" and other markings) and yellow paint splashed down its base. One officer holds a rope/cord that appears attached to the statue. In front of them lies a toppled or dismantled small artillery-style cannon replica, broken apart on the grass. A wrought-iron fence with protest signs and additional officers/protesters stands in the background between the statue and the White House.

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A photograph taken in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C., looking across a wrought-iron fence and green lawn toward a bronze equestrian statue (the Andrew Jackson statue, depicting a man on a rearing horse raising a hat, mounted on a marble pedestal). Autumn trees with orange and yellow foliage flank the scene on both sides. In the background beyond the statue is the White House (north facade) with the Washington Monument obelisk visible further behind it, along with a small crowd of people and some flags near the White House fence. The sky is partly cloudy.

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A nighttime photograph looking down the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool toward the illuminated Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. The obelisk is lit and reflected in the still water of the pool. The U.S. Capitol dome and other city lights are visible on the horizon behind it, flanked by dark tree lines on either side of the pool. In the foreground, at the base of the Lincoln Memorial steps, small groups of people are visible walking or standing, illuminated faintly by ambient light.

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A night photograph taken from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking east across the Reflecting Pool toward the illuminated Washington Monument, which is mirrored in the still water. The sky is dark blue twilight. In the foreground, on the memorial plaza, a crowd of people is gathered, many dressed in formal attire (suits, tuxedos, and evening gowns in colors like red, black, silver, and white), suggesting they are dressed up for a formal event or photo opportunity. Some people are seated or standing near the edge of the pool, and a couple of vehicles are parked along the path beside the pool.

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A nighttime photograph of the Washington Monument, illuminated and viewed from an elevated vantage point (likely the Lincoln Memorial steps looking east). The floodlit obelisk stands at the center of the frame, its mirror reflection visible in the dark, still water of the Reflecting Pool stretching toward the camera. The Washington D.C. skyline, including lit buildings and trees, lines the horizon in the background under a dark blue night sky. Small groups of people are visible as silhouettes at the bottom of the frame, standing near the pool's edge/steps. No text, logos, or captions appear anywhere in the image.

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A photograph of the Washington Monument, the tall stone obelisk in Washington, D.C., viewed from the National Mall with its reflection mirrored in the calm water of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the foreground. Trees line both sides of the pool, and several parked service vehicles/trucks (including a white box truck and dark pickup-style vehicles) are visible on the paved paths flanking the pool. The sky is blue with light wispy clouds, suggesting early morning or clear daylight conditions. In the distant background, part of the U.S. Capitol dome and a construction crane are faintly visible near the base of the monument.

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This is a bar chart / infographic comparing the length of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. to the heights of three famous American skyscrapers. A tall blue bar shaped like the reflecting pool (topped with an illustration of the Lincoln Memorial) is shown at 2,030 ft, dwarfing illustrated bars/silhouettes of the Willis (Sears) Tower at 1,451 ft, the Empire State Building at 1,454 ft, and One World Trade Center at 1,776 ft. A y-axis on the left is marked in 500 ft increments from 0 to 2,000 ft.

Text in image: Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers 2,030 ft Lincoln Reflecting Pool 2,000 ft 1,451 ft Willis (Sears) Tower 1,454 ft Empire State Building 1,776 ft One World Trade Center 1,500 ft 1,000 ft 0 ft

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that we saw back in 2020 when states took longer to vote it looked like Republicans were doing better at the beginning they tend to vote earlier the votes tend to be counted just culturally not even sure why tend to be counted first and then once the votes that are already there legally are counted it looks different

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Screenshot of a tweet/post from the verified account "U.S. Central Command" (@CENTCOM), featuring the CENTCOM eagle emblem as the profile picture. It is a text-only post announcing military strikes against Iran, with a timestamp and view count.

Text in image: U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM At 2 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran for the sixth consecutive night to further degrade Iranian military capabilities. 6:48 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 1M Views

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