Donald Trump, 79, was spotted Sunday at the U.S. Open men’s final taking a mystery tablet, leaving social media abuzz with speculation. Argentinian photographer Andres Kudacki captured the moment, in which the president bared his teeth and revealed what appeared to be a light-blue tablet between them.

Some social media users believe the object is a breath mint, with many identifying sugar-free, wintergreen-flavored Altoids as a possible culprit.

But many websleuths have suggested that the president was taking a prescription medication—with a popular guess being that Trump’s little blue pill was, well, a “little blue pill,” i.e., the erectile dysfunction medication sildenafil, sold commonly under the brand name Viagra, which can also treat high blood pressure in the lungs. Others are pointing to Adderall, the stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy.

According to a recent medical report, the president takes two cholesterol medications, rosuvastatin (commonly light pink) and ezetimibe (typically white), as well as a daily aspirin.

The image comes as the president faces enduring scrutiny for his age and health.

Most recently, the back of Trump’s right hand has received significant attention, as perennial bruising, often poorly concealed with a smear of make-up, has appeared there frequently during his second term. The location of the injury has led some to suggest Trump has been receiving undisclosed intravenous treatment. Also, in July, photos of significant swelling in the president’s ankles forced the White House to reveal that the president has “a benign and common condition” called chronic venous insufficiency, which causes blood to pool in the ankles.

As for his frequently empurpled hand, the White House has dubiously attributed the bruise to frequent handshaking—despite it appearing on the portion of his hand subjected to the least pressure, if any, in a handshake.

President Trump has closed a very one-sided trade deal with Japan that just happens to give him an immense amount of power. 

Under the terms of the trade deal, Japan is expected to invest $550 billion in the United States in order to avoid the lofty retaliatory tariffs that Trump has set for it. Additionally, Japan has also agreed to let Trump decide where those billions go. The unpublished memo was signed by both countries on Wednesday, according to The Financial Times.

Trump initially levied 25 percent tariffs against Japan. He’ll now lower them to 15 percent, as long as Japan invests that $550 billion in his preferred projects before the 45-day deadline he’s imposed. If it doesn’t, the tariffs go back up to 25 percent. 

Assuming the deal is made, the U.S. and Japan would split whatever profit is generated from the deal until Japan pays off the investment. Then the U.S. will take 90 percent of the profit from that point.

This aligns with the recent trend of cash investments from some of our oldest allies in exchange for tariff protection deals. South Korea and the European Union have promised to invest massive amounts of funds, and U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and AMD plan to give the government a portion of the profit generated by their sales in China.  

The Japan trade deal comes as a federal appeals court this week dealt Trump a serious blow, ruling that the vast majority of his tariffs were illegal. 

CBS News has once again caved to President Donald Trump’s administration by offering up the journalistic integrity of Face the Nation, one of the longest-running television news broadcasts.

Freshly merged Paramount Skydance announced Friday that it would no longer air edited interviews on Face the Nation, after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attacked the program for editing out her smears about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“This extra measure means the television audience will see the full, unedited interview on CBS and we will continue our practice of posting full transcripts and the unedited video online,” the company said in a statement.

Earlier this week, Noem complained that the show had removed a phrase referring to Abrego Garcia as a “known human smuggler, MS-13 gang member” and claiming that he’d solicited nude photographs from minors.

But Noem’s claims weren’t fit to air. The government has repeatedly failed to provide any evidence that Abrego Garcia was a member of a foreign gang. And a Tennessee magistrate judge ruled in June that the government’s other claims were an “impossibility” and that its evidence included “double hearsay.”

Paramount Skydance’s new policy transforms the Face the Nation newsroom into nothing more than a microphone for the Trump administration, stripping its own journalists of their editorial independence to report the facts.

The decision will likely allow guests’ grandstanding to go unchallenged and reduce host Margaret Brennan’s ability to push back against her interviewees or add essential context to their talking points. An official such as Noem has a tendency to present allegations as fact, and the Trump administration doesn’t seem to care about the difference.

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