President Donald Trump always makes a grand entrance at UFC fights, and the most recent UFC 314, held at Kaseya Center in Miami, was no different, except for maybe someone Trump missed on the way in.
According to the New York Post, the president appeared to "snub" Sec. Robert F. Kennedy's wife, Cheryl Hines, during his walk-in entrance to the fight, causing many to wonder why that might happen.
Hines, known for her part in "Curb Your Enthusiasm," stood alongside those greeting the president, even extending her hand for a handshake, only to come up empty.
Video of the moment quickly went viral across social media, with many speculating as to what exactly happened in that moment.
The president had no problem giving Sec. Kennedy a hearty embrace as he made his way to his seats to greet UFC president Dana White and other supporters, but completely skipped Hines' greeting.
The Post noted:
Hines pursed her face and flitted her hand in the wind as Trump brushed on, making his way to greet supporters and UFC host Joe Rogan. Kennedy appeared to laugh off the snub to his wife.
Instead of receiving a handshake, Hines had to settle for patting the president on his back as he moved past her, seemingly unaware that she was even there. Hines was able to greet the president's granddaughter, Kai Trump.
However, as the moment spread across social media, it was revealed in other video footage that Trump simply didn't see Hines' first attempt at a handshake, and later even walked up to her and shook her hand, quashing any rumors that he purposely ignored her.
No, President Trump did not “snub” RFK Jr’s wife, Cheryl Hines.
He didn’t see her hand, and went back after he was done greeting Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier, as seen in the picture below. pic.twitter.com/qoX0Yr0G0I
— Liberacrat™️ (@Liberacrat) April 13, 2025
It wasn't that much of a stretch to consider Trump actually did snub her, as she was clearly not a fan of Trump's during the campaign, admitting that she only voted for him because of her husband's potential position in the administration.
Users across social media weighed in on the moment.
"Appreciate you posting this - I saw multiple clips where he walked past her after greeting RFKjr and thought that was odd. Grateful for the clarification!" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Some people are trying really hard to create drama. I hope people are paying attention because it’s almost always the same crowd that does it."
The "snubbing" was a nothingburger, and the video proves it.
Serious rumors of an impending divorce between former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama have circulated for months, especially in the wake of the former president being seen alone at public events.
However, according to The Washington Times, the former first lady finally addressed the rumors during a recent podcast interview, pushing back on them and insisting that her "independent" decisions sparked the false rumors.
The rumor mill ramped up significantly after Michelle Obama didn't attend the late President Jimmy Carter's funeral ceremony and then skipped out on President Donald Trump's inauguration.
During the podcast interview, the former first lady strongly denied that she had divorce in the cards.
Michelle Obama broke her silence during an interview on "Work in Progress," a podcast hosted by actress Sophia Bush.
"That’s the thing that we as women struggle with: disappointing people," Obama said. "So much so that this year people couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself. That they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing."
Michelle Obama shuts down divorce rumors after being noticeably absent from public events with Barack:
“And that’s the thing that we as women struggle with — disappointing people. So much so that people, they couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they… pic.twitter.com/JGgPL4uqUj
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) April 9, 2025
She essentially mocked those circulating the rumors, insisting that she was simply making independent decisions that had nothing to do with the state of her marriage.
"This couldn’t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions herself," Obama added. "It’s the first time in my life all of my choices are for me."
The Washington Times noted:
Married to Mr. Obama since 1992, Ms. Obama pointed out that her roles as first lady and mother to daughters Sasha and Malia often meant deferring to the needs of others.
“I have to make sure the girls are OK, or my husband’s president, so I can’t do that,” she said. “Now, I can’t blame my decisions and indecisions on anyone other than me.”
Users across social media reacted differently to the news, with some speculating that the Obamas could already be separated, while others think the rumors are simply just rumors.
"Soooo, they’ve separated already then," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "The way Michelle handled this… Iconic. No time for rumors when you’re out here living your best life."
Only time will tell if the rumors have any truth to them.
Prince William and his wife are said to be facing a "dilemma" as they split over their son George's education.
As reported by the Daily Mail, William wants their 11-year-old son George to attend Eton College, but Princess Catherine prefers other options.
“It’s the talk of the school, and of the parents,” a source told the Daily Mail.
Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, both attended Eton, an all-boys boarding school that has been associated with the British elite for centuries.
Eton is the traditional choice for young royals, but the Waleses have other options. They have also toured Marlborough College in Wiltshire, Kate's former school, and two schools in London's affluent Highgate suburbs.
Unlike Eton, Marlborough is co-educational, so George could attend the school together with his siblings.
Meanwhile, the Princess of Wales is said to be impressed with the theater department at Highgate School, the Daily Mail reported.
One factor weighing in Eton's favor is distance. Eton is a short walk from the family home at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, while Highgate is 30 miles away in London.
The Prince of Wales is said to favor Elon, where he excelled in academics and sports, but the school's intimidating reputation could weigh on the family's decision.
William's brother had a miserable experience there, as he recalled in his best-selling memoir Spare, saying that it was "heaven for brilliant boys, it could thus only be purgatory for one very unbrilliant boy.”
"The situation became undeniably obvious during my very first French lesson. I was astounded to hear the teacher conducting the entire class in rapid, nonstop French. He assumed, for some reason, that we were all fluent," he wrote.
Prince William and Princess Kate share three kids: Prince George, the eldest, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The children all attend the same prep school in the Berkshire countryside, Lambrook School.
Prince George, who turns 12 in July, is the second in line to the throne, making his education a subject of keen public interest.
Prince William, the heir apparent, caused a stir recently by dropping the royal family's longtime attorneys, in a move seen as a bid for independence.
Adding to the intrigue, William recently hired the attorneys his late mother Princess Diana used in her divorce from William's father, King Charles.
"William wants to do things differently from his father and wants to be seen to do them differently," a source told the Daily Mail.
FBI director Kash Patel is no longer in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), as President Trump shakes up the law enforcement agency that enforces gun laws.
Patel had been chosen to lead the ATF in February, but starting now, Patel will focus on his work at the FBI while U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll picks up a second job as ATF director.
The reason for the shakeup was not shared, but the Trump administration downplayed it as a routine change.
“Director Kash Patel was briefly designated ATF Director while awaiting Senate confirmations — a standard, short-term move. Dozens of similar re-designations have occurred across the federal government," the White House told Reuters.
Driscoll, 38, is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and a senior advisor to Vice President J.D. Vance, a former Marine. They became good friends at Yale Law School.
Patel is no longer listed as the ATF director on the agency's website. Dan Driscoll is named as the director, but there's currently no picture or information.
A source told Fox News Digital that the change was sought by Patel so he could focus on his work at the FBI.
"It was never supposed to be a long-term thing. He was happy to serve, of course, but his job is the director of the FBI," the source said.
Meanwhile, the deputy director of the ATF, Marvin Richardson, was forced out this week, Reuters reported.
The ATF is part of the Justice Department, whose leader, attorney general Pam Bondi, has launched a new task force to protect the right to bear arms.
The DOJ and ATF this week repealed President Biden's strict "zero tolerance" policy, which allowed the ATF to strip gun dealers of their licenses over paperwork errors.
“This Department of Justice believes that the 2nd Amendment is not a second-class right,” said Attorney General Bondi. “The prior administration’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy unfairly targeted law-abiding gun owners and created an undue burden on Americans seeking to exercise their constitutional right to bear arms – it ends today.”
Patel was known as an FBI critic prior to his confirmation to lead the agency, which has a history of going after Trump and his supporters.
But Patel has since faced backlash from Trump supporters after promoting one of the FBI's top January 6th investigators to lead the Washington field office.
Elon Musk's brother has called on President Trump to fire Peter Navarro, one of Trump's strongest backers on tariffs, as a rift widens between Musk and the White House over trade policy.
Musk has called Navarro, a famously pro-tariff economist, "a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks," while Navarro has attacked Musk as a "car assembler" who is just following his self-interest.
Navarro is a longtime Trump loyalist who served as a trade adviser during Trump's first term. Navarro's refusal to appear before the January 6th committee landed him in prison for four months.
Musk has grown to become one of Trump's closest and most powerful advisers since his return to the White House, with the two leading a sweeping effort to trim waste in the federal government. But some stark differences have become clear since Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs sent shockwaves through global markets.
The stock market surged Wednesday after Trump said he would pause tariffs on most countries for 90 days, except China, which will face tariff rates of 125%.
Meanwhile, a rift over trade policy opened up over the weekend as Musk dismissed Navarro's Harvard education as a "bad thing, not a good thing." Navarro, in turn, accused Musk of "protecting his own interests."
In a CNBC interview Monday, Navarro went further, calling Musk a "car assembler" whose company, Tesla, relies on foreign inputs.
Musk called Navarro a "moron" and said that Tesla is one of the most "American-made" car companies, citing a Cars.com study that included Canada.
"Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false," Musk posted on X.
While Musk has yet to criticize Trump directly, his younger brother Kimball has gone a step further by urging President Trump to fire Navarro. Both Musk brothers have mocked Navarro by referencing Ron Vara, a fictional expert from one of Navarro's books.
"Mr President, if Peter Navarro has lied to you about Ron Vara, what else has he lied to you about?" Kimball wrote on X, urging Trump to "put America first and fire him."
But the president wants to "hear from all sides" on this contentious issue, the White House said Tuesday.
“These are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade and on tariffs,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
“Boys will be boys and we will let their public sparring continue. You guys should all be very grateful that we have the most transparent administration in history.”
President Trump has fired a top NATO admiral accused of spreading leftist ideology.
The Pentagon confirmed that Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield was let go over the weekend, as President Trump continues a purge of "woke" officials.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Chatfield was removed "due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.”
“The Defense Department is grateful for her many years of military service,” Parnell added.
Chatfield's name was on a list of "woke" military officials prepared by the American Accountability Foundation, a conservative group.
The Navy helicopter pilot's critics pointed to her past remarks touting "diversity", including a speech she gave at the Naval War College in 2019 when she became its president.
“I want to see members of this team offer each other respect for differences, for diversity, for the dialogue from which ideas and collaboration emerge,” she said.
In 2015, Chatfield used the popular leftist slogan "diversity is our strength" in a speech about women's empowerment.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has led a reckoning against "DEI" initiatives that many say have turned the military away from its core mission. Hegseth has criticized the focus on diversity as divisive and contrary to the spirit of solidarity that is needed for the armed forces to succeed.
Trump has fired a number of top military officers who advocates "woke" ideas, including former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. C.Q. Brown.
Brown, who is black, pushed to lower the number of white officers in the Air Force.
Trump's firing of Chatfield may have been inspired by her advocacy of diversity, but it also highlights his longstanding ambivalence towards NATO. The president has long criticized the trans-Atlantic alliance, calling out European member states for not contributing more to their defense.
Chatfield sat on NATO's military committee. Congressional Democrats condemned her firing as dangerous to national security, with Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) saying he's "deeply disturbed."
“Trump’s relentless attacks on our alliances and his careless dismissal of decorated military officials make us less safe and weaken our position across the world."
Jack Reed (D-Ri.), ranking member of the Seate Armed Services Committee, called the firing "disgraceful."
"I will continue to call out this unconscionable behavior and sound the alarm about the dangers of firing military officers as a political loyalty test. I urge my Republican colleagues to join me in demanding an explanation from President Trump and Secretary Hegseth," Reed said.
As Democrats once again target Melania Trump, cracks are starting to show in the facade of the party's immigrant-friendly image.
California Democrat Maxine Waters (D) launched a recent baseless attack on Melania's citizenship, suggesting she obtained it through "undocumented" parents.
Some Democrats have similarly invoked Elon Musk's South African heritage to draw a fanciful connection between apartheid and Trump's "fascism," Fox News noted.
It goes without saying that these attacks are not just hateful, but incoherent and stupid.
Waters, speaking at a recent protest against Musk's DOGE initiative, accused First Lady Melania Trump of obtaining citizenship through "undocumented" parents.
"We don't know whether or not her parents were documented. And maybe we better just take a look," Waters said.
While Waters was trying to make a point about President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship, Melania was not born on U.S. soil. She became a naturalized citizen in 2006.
"When he [Trump] talks about birthright, and he's going to undo the fact that the Constitution allows those who are born here, even if the parents are undocumented, they have a right to stay in America. If he wants to start looking so closely to find those who were born here and their parents were undocumented, maybe he ought to first look at Melania," Waters said.
Meanwhile, Musk has been at the center of controversy in the early weeks of Trump's second term.
It would be an understatement to say that Musk's role as head of DOGE has led to some hyperbolic outbursts (as well as thuggish violence.) While Democrats accuse Trump and Musk of advancing an autocratic agenda, some have gone a step further by invoking South Africa's history of apartheid.
"I think that’s a leftover from Elon Musk’s South African heritage, and maybe he’s falling too far back on the apartheid system of government that was a fascist form of government," said Rep. Gerry Connolly D (Va.) said in February.
"Here in the United States, Mr. Musk," he added, "we have three branches of government, each of them separate but coequal, and, ultimately, the judicial branch is the deciding factor when there is a dispute between the other two branches of government. That’s how our system works here."
Democrats are offering a reminder that their openness to immigration only extends to their perceived political allies. While they have embraced mass immigration as a strategy to get votes, they have no problem finding specific people of foreign extraction to hate.
America's enemies are quickly learning, once again, that President Donald Trump isn't messing around, especially in his second term.
According to Breitbart, the president posted a video of a U.S. military strike against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, and his video caption became an instant classic.
The Houthi terrorists that were eliminated in the video were reportedly responsible for attacking U.S. ships in the Red Sea and other areas where American ships patrol.
The Houthis have launched multiple attacks against U.S. ships since 2023, and only now, under Trump, is America finally saying "enough is enough."
The president, in his usual fashion, held nothing back when describing the video, which showed a large group of Houthi rebel terrorists being taken out by a U.S. air strike.
"These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack. Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis! They will never sink our ships again!" Trump captioned the video, which was posted across his social media accounts.
These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack. Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis!
They will never sink our ships again! pic.twitter.com/lEzfyDgWP5
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2025
Breitbart noted:
Since 2023, the Houthis have shot at United States warships at least 174 times and commercial vessels at least 145 times in the Suez Canal, Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden, according to the White House.
The situation escalated once again last month after ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas broke down. Trump launched Operation Rough Rider in response to the increased attacks, and began launching strikes against the terrorist group.
Reports indicated that most of the strikes against the Houthi rebels have been carried out by the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, which is current stationed in the Red Sea.
Not surprisingly, people went nuts over Trump's post, and his supporters cheered him on for taking care of business as it should have been done for years now.
"America is getting its safety! Thank you Mr. President" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Lesson of the day: Don’t touch our ships."
One would think that it won't take too much longer for the terrorists who take shots at U.S. ships to learn their lesson.
Unfortunately, an important event set to be hosted by First Lady Melania Trump had to be rescheduled because of angry, TDS-ridden leftists who planned a major protest that could disrupt it.
According to Newsweek, Melania Trump's office announced that its 2025 Spring Garden Tours event was rescheduled out of an abundance of caution in keeping guests safe from a nearby "Hands Off" protest.
The reports noted that U.S. Secret Service and the National Park Service officials are working to accommodate all ticket holders.
It was noted that the first lady is no longer expected to attend the Spring Garden Tours.
The "Hands Off!" protest, which was scheduled to unfold across multiple cities, is a coalition of groups, individuals and organizations that describe themselves as pro-Democracy and "pro-worker."
The protesters who took part in the ordeal are apparently angry at President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk.
The protesters claim Musk and President Trump are engaging in an "illegal power grab" equating to "a crisis we must stop."
Newsweek noted:
Hands Off! is meant literally in most instances, encouraging Americans to peacefully revolt against the gutting of services, price hikes and attempts to slash programs like Medicaid and Social Security.
It's a shame that the event was interrupted, as it's a longstanding tradition at the White House. It began in the 1970s, when First Lady Pat Nixon opened the gardens to the public, and it has grown in popularity since then.
The outlet added:
Tickets issued for Saturday's White House Spring Garden Tour will now be honored on Sunday between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., regardless of the originally assigned time slot. Those already holding tickets for Sunday should still arrive at scheduled times.
Plenty of social media users weighed in on the rescheduling, with many expressing their anger over the ordeal.
From the Office of the First Lady:
Spring Garden Tours previously scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 2025, have been rescheduled for Sunday, April 6, 2025. This decision has been made out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the safety of all within proximity to public… pic.twitter.com/nhlIpT1slP
— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) April 4, 2025
"Thank you, Please stay safe, you are our most AWESOME First Lady," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Insane people."
President Trump fired some national security staffers after right-wing journalist Laura Loomer encouraged him in person to purge suspected "neocons" who don't share the president's agenda.
The president defended Loomer, who took credit for the firings, as a "patriot" while also denying she had any role in the shakeup.
"Laura Loomer is a very good patriot and she is a very strong person. I saw her yesterday for a little while. She makes recommendations of things and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations," Trump said aboard Air Force One.
"I listen to everybody and then I make a decision. … . She always has something to say and it’s usually constructive. … She recommended some people for jobs," he added.
The fired officials include National Security Agency Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and civilian Deputy Director Wendy Noble. Haugh, a Biden appointee, also led the Cyber Command. Loomer wrote on X that Noble and Haugh "have been disloyal to President Trump," adding, "That is why they have been fired."
Trump also fired people at the National Security Council, including Brian Walsh, the senior director for intelligence; Maggie Dougherty, the senior director for international organizations; Thomas Boodry, the senior director for legislative affairs; and David Feith, the son of George W. Bush official Douglas Feith, often described as an architect of the Iraq War.
Loomer, who runs her own opposition research outfit, is known for vigorously defending Trump against perceived traitors and "neocons" -- meaning people with hawkish foreign policy views that peaked in influence under former President George W. Bush -- who many Trump supporters see as a threat to the president's agenda.
During a White House meeting on Wednesday, Loomer named and shamed individual NSC staffers and recommended that Trump fire them, the New York Times reported. At one point, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, a former Bush administration official who worked as a counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, jumped in to defend the individuals.
Loomer later criticized White House officials who leaked the meeting's details to left-wing media.
"Out of respect for President @realDonaldTrump and the privacy of the Oval Office, I’m going to decline on divulging any details about my Oval Office meeting with President Trump. It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings," she wrote on X.
Trump's national security team was thrust into controversy recently after Signal chats about military strikes in Yemen were leaked through a liberal reporter. The president has called the controversy overblown, and he has defended Waltz, who added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat.
The president is said to be reluctant to fire anyone over the leak, believing that it would play into the hands of his liberal media opponents.
Trump is operating with a more loyal and cohesive staff than he had during his first term, when Trump was often undermined from within by insubordinate officials with deep ties to the culture of Washington D.C.
Still, some Trump backers are skeptical of certain administration officials including Waltz, whom critics have called a "neocon" because of his work in the Bush-Cheney administration. Loomer reportedly pushed Trump to fire Waltz's deputy Alex Wong, although it appears he has not been fired.