There was no danger of Donald Trump, 79, taking a snooze at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting—because the president loves the sound of his own voice.

In a marathon 90-minute press conference before the Cabinet got down to business, Trump rambled about 50 different subjects.

And while the topics were different—ranging from lawsuits challenging his White House ballroom project and Kennedy Center renovations, and his views on Supreme Court justices, to his treasured $5 Sharpies—it was largely the same old stuff.

Trump is like the elderly neighbor you have to avoid because he won’t stop talking. Even his sycophantic acolytes were struggling to muster their polite laughter by the end.

But he just kept talking. The stream of consciousness became a tidal wave.

The Cabinet meeting started off with a clear message that America is winning the war. No news there, but Susie Wiles and Stephen Miller had clearly told the children that they needed to stay on message.

The biggest destruction of another country’s military since World War Two. Iran’s Navy decimated. Nuclear war averted. So proud. No mercy. You know the spiel.

JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, and Pete Hegseth duly delivered their jingo lines, keeping........

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