Preparations are currently underway to begin excavation work for President Donald Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. But the project faces a federal lawsuit brought by three veterans and an architectural historian. Jonathan Lemire blasts the project, calling it an “obscenity,” and says the land between the Lincoln Memorial and the cemetery is “a sacred place.”
Podcaster Joe Rogan said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s effort to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America is an effort to distract from the ongoing war in Iran. New polling from Reuters/Ipsos found just 14 percent of Americans support the name change. Jonathan Lemire blasts the name change, saying the president is “running out of ideas.”
Speaking to a Michigan rally for GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers Sunday night, Vice President JD Vance told a crowd: “there’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil and on the rise in the United States of America today.” Jonathan Lemire blasts Vance’s remarks and predicts on Morning Joe the comments will be met with silence from the rest of the GOP. Lemire adds the Republican Party is resorting to personal attacks as it struggles with other talking points.
The Morning Joe panel discusses the Natalie Harp controversy and the Trump administration’s ‘meltdown’ reaction, even attacking a reporter’s children. The panel analysis includes Jonathan Lemire's latest piece for The Atlantic, “The White House Freak-Out Over Natalie Harp,” details what he describes as an overreaction to the a comment made by Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, as Trump, the White House and MAGA supporters launched attacks and inadvertently ‘blew up’ the story into something much bigger.
