Trump celebrates birthday with contrasting best wishes from Ivanka and Biden

Former world heavyweight boxing champion turned convicted rapist Mike Tyson is defending former President Donald Trump by suggesting that the ex-president’s experience with the legal system is akin to how Black people are treated in America.

The ex-professional fighter known as Iron Mike made the head-turning comments in an interview with Semafor for a story examining the coterie of Black celebrities from the 1980s and 1990s who have long traveled in the felonious ex-president’s social circle and are supporting him as he looks to return to the White House following this year’s presidential election.

Trump himself has drawn criticism from some Black politicians and leaders by suggesting that his status as a convicted felon would endear him to Black Americans.

Both of Donald Trump’s daughters-in-law have also taken to social media to wish the former president a happy birthday.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancé of Donald Trump Jr, posted that she hoped he would “continue to inspire millions of Americans”.

Lara Trump, RNC co-chair, and wife of Eric Trump, reposted happy birthday wishes from other accounts to her Instagram story, adding her own message. One image was of a young Trump on top of his eponymous tower in Midtown Manhattan in the early 1980s.

Funnily enough, the Pelosi family deny this bizarre flight of fancy that emerged from the House Republican meeting on Thursday.

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The social media influencer and professional wrestler, whose IMPAULSIVE podcast draws millions of listeners, also asked the convicted former president about aliens, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, Elon Musk, artificial intelligence, chicken nuggets and cereal.

President Joe Biden has wished former president Donald Trump a happy 78th birthday, saying: “Take it from one old guy to another: Age is just a number.”

He adds: “This election, however, is a choice.”

An accompanying video shows the stark contrast between the two candidates in this November’s presidential election.

Hunter Biden is dropping his lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and his former attorney over his so-called “laptop from hell.”

The first son accused them of violating computer fraud and data access laws.

The Democratic National Committee is putting up billboards in 10 locations across Milwaukee featuring former president Donald Trump’s reported slating of the city that will host the Republican National Convention next month.

During a meeting with House Republicans on Thursday, Trump reportedly called Milwaukee, Wisconsin a “horrible city”.

Republicans scrambled to defend the former president, first denying he said it, then giving different explanations about the context before Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung wrote that he had been referring to crime and voter fraud.

Nevertheless, the damage was done and the comment spread like wildfire with the Democrats seizing on it, given the importance of Wisconsin in the upcoming election.

DNC Spokesperson Addy Toevs said in a statement: “Donald Trump has made his contempt for Wisconsinites and their home clear. Just yesterday, he called Milwaukee – which will host the RNC in July – a ‘horrible city.’ The dislike is mutual – in 2020, Wisconsin handed Trump a one way ticket back to exile in Mar-a-Lago and sent President Biden to the Oval Office. In November, they’ll do it again.

“Thanks to President Biden, Wisconsinites are seeing job creation, higher wages, and lower costs on things like prescription drugs and health care. That’s in sharp contrast to Trump, who cost Wisconsin more than 80,000 jobs during his term, incentivized companies to ship jobs overseas, and rolled back worker protections. Trump hates Milwaukee because Milwaukeeans know exactly who he is – a sore loser who they’re going to make a two-time loser this November.”

Here’s Alex Lang’s report on the remarks from yesterday:

Legislation from Florida Representative Greg Steube would rename the US Exclusive Economic Zone to the “Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.”

That area spans roughly 4.3 million nautical miles and “extends no more than 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline and is adjacent to the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the US” and its territories, according to the National Ocean Service.

Alex Woodward has the story: