(AFP) – Donald Trump has been back in power for just two months, and the past week produced another stream of extraordinary news stories ranging from a constitutional clash to interior decorating at the White House.
**Supreme Court v. Trump**
After Trump called for a judge’s impeachment over a migration ruling, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delivered a rare public rebuke of the sitting president. Breaking precedent as ever, Trump smacked back, saying “radical and highly partisan judges” were standing in the way of his agenda. “If Justice Roberts and the United States Supreme Court do not fix this toxic and unprecedented situation IMMEDIATELY, our Country is in very serious trouble!” he posted.
**Blinging up the Oval Office**
Trump unveiled the Declaration of Independence, now hanging in the Oval Office behind light-protecting curtains (though it appears to be a copy). He has also decked out the inner sanctum of the US presidency in his signature style with gilded trophies and gold-plated, Trump-branded coasters. Trump pointed out gold cherubs newly installed above the doorways. “They say angels bring good luck,” he said while giving Fox News a tour.
**Canada’s new head of state?**
Britain’s King Charles could lose one of his roles and be replaced by Trump if the United States annexes Canada as the president intends. The king, who is Canada’s head of state, met the country’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney for talks at Buckingham Palace. A thinly sourced report in the British tabloids suggests the king could offer bringing the US into the British Commonwealth, which he oversees. Trump posted on social media: “I love King Charles. Sounds good to me!”
**Final JFK papers released**
The National Archives released the final batch of files related to the 1963 assassination of president John F. Kennedy — a case that fuels still conspiracy theories. The move follows Trump’s executive order for the unredacted release of papers held back at the request of the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Experts are sifting through tens of thousands of documents, but, so far, no bombshell revelations.
**Autopen attack**
Without much legal basis, Trump sought to drum up outrage over Joe Biden’s supposed use of autopen to sign presidential pardons and other documents. Auto-signatures have been used by previous presidents, and there is no evidence Biden even used the technology, but Trump hammered home his theory that a senile Biden was not in charge as president. “Did he know what he was doing?” Trump asked. “Or is there somebody in an office, maybe a radical left lunatic, just signing whatever that person wants?”
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