Fiona Jay

[theleahfiles @leahfiles]

People keep saying Trump term II is the most corrupt administration ever, so I built a model to find out if it was true.

I took the UN's definition of corruption, turned it into eight criteria and 100 points, and scored the leaders history remembers for looting their countries: Marcos, Suharto, Mobutu, Abacha, Obiang, Putin.

Then I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale, both parties, with every exoneration counted right alongside the convictions.

Nixon scored 41 and no other American President scored over a 25.

Trump's second term scored a 91, which ties him with Suharto and Mobutu and puts him above Marcos and Abacha.

So he is not only the most corrupt president in American history. At this pace he finishes his term level with the most corrupt rulers of the last hundred years.

PSA: don't come in my comments arguing about the results if you haven't read the full article, because ignorance is a choice.

Full article is up now on my Substack (link in bio) and it's free.

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

@OmazeUK I don't believe the placement of this ad is accidental - but it IS crass, as a reply to the post.

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

@RobbieRinder You have written him a lovely tribute.

Even though we haven't met, I was sorry to read it...please accept sincere condolences.

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

@MadameGilflurt Congratulations

[Margo Gontar 🔱 @MargoGontar]

Just wanna leave here : Kyiv metro station damaged by Russian missile attack is open and working again . I repeat : less than 10 hours after it was attacked by Russia , it just continued working.

Because fkc you Russia that’s why

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

@EricTrump Royalties for would be royalty.

Another money-making opportunity from the POTUS grift.

Ker-chinggg!

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

@DemocraticWins Sadly, this may not be true.

Pity, as it might imply a sense of dignity returning to the White House.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

HOLY CRAP Trump actually accomplished a miracle. Here is what he got out of Iran:

- Reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium by about 98%

- Limit uranium enrichment to 3.67% purity (far below weapons-grade)

- Cut the number of installed centrifuges by roughly two-thirds

- Only enrich uranium at one declared site (Natanz)

- Stop enrichment activities at Fordow and convert it into a research facility

- Redesign the Arak heavy-water reactor so it could not easily produce weapons-grade plutonium

- Ship out or dilute excess enriched uranium
Allow extensive inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Permit continuous monitoring of nuclear facilities and supply chains

- Accept “snap” inspections under expanded monitoring rules

- Avoid building new heavy-water reactors for years

- Stay within strict limits on uranium stockpile size and centrifuge development for set periods ranging from 10–25 years

Ooops, sorry!

That was the JCPOA that Obama signed with Iran, only to have him tear it up, kill 140 kids, get hundreds of Americans injured, 13 killed, and gas prices to surge 50%.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 🇺🇸JUST IN: Pete Hegseth canceled a troop deployment to Poland that was already happening.

The unit had cased their colors. The advance team was already on the ground.

The equipment was already there.

Then he pulled the plug. And he didn’t tell Congress. He didn’t tell Poland. The four-star general in charge of Europe pushed back. Hegseth did it anyway.

This came out Friday at a House hearing. The Republican chairman, Mike Rogers, told the Army Secretary to his face:

“We’re not happy. There’s been no statutory consultation with us.”

Rep. Don Bacon — also a Republican, a retired Air Force general — went sharper:
“Reprehensible. An embarrassment to our country.”

The Pentagon’s spokesman called the cancellation “not a last-minute decision.” The Army Secretary, under oath that same morning, said it happened “a couple days ago.”

Both can’t be true.

This is the third time in seven months Hegseth has pulled US troops from a NATO ally without telling Congress. Romania last fall. Germany two weeks ago. Poland this week.

Russia is watching. Poland got a phone call.

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

#Trump says he saw the '8 ships of oil' on 'one of the networks'.

I would have expected the US Intelligence services to have briefed #POTUS on a matter like that, before he happened to catch it on a regular news broadcast.

Just another little worrying aspect of this 'not war'.

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

#Trump just boasting about his 100% approval rating amongst #MAGA voters. He asked for a newsreel clip to be shown. The phrase they used? "You don't have to be a mathematical genius to know that you can't go higher than 100%".

Irony is dead...

(#DrugPrice cuts ?)

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Tragic news from the Ukrainian Air Force.

Colonel Oleksandr Dovhach, commander of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade and a Hero of Ukraine, has been killed while carrying out a combat mission.

Another Ukrainian ace gone into the sky forever.

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

❗️It is now confirmed there are multiple dead and injured Police officers and service men after explosions in the heart of Lviv, less than 50 meters from the Opera house.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those deceased 💔

I will give more details when known.

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

Just listening to #BBCNews from the USA: they reported that #Trump had withdrawn the invitation to #Canada to join the #BoardofPeace - but did not report that Canada had already declined. #BBCNewsVerify - one for you?

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

Doesn't #JaredKushner own a suit?

(Photo Le Monde)

[Fiona Jay @foxtrottangoj]

Many in the UK want an apology from #Trump for disgraceful comments about #NATO soldiers in the #Afghanistan war, which was prompted by the attacks on 9/11.
Remember: this was the man who crowed that he now had the tallest building in #NYC, after the twin towers were destroyed

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

A reminder for Donald Trump from the UK Armed Forces about how he and NATO were very much on the frontline in Afghanistan

[Ben Mcbean OFFICIAL @benmcbean]

Trying to convince myself and my parents I’ll be fine after fighting a bit further back from the front line.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Interesting--so frozen Russian assets will not aid Ukraine, but will end up in Trump's pockets. How convenient.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: President Putin has said that he may use frozen Russian assets to pay for his entry to the board of peace. Were you inclined to let him do that?

Trump: I don't know about that. I've heard that. Who said that?

Reporter: President Putin

Trump: He said he was going to use his money.

Reporter: Frozen assets

Trump: Yeah, it’s fine. He’s using his money.