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Jun 16, 2026 - World

The internet mocked President Donald Trump after photos and video footage showed him wandering off the stage among world leaders at the G7 summit in France on Tuesday.Trump was in Évian-les-Bains discussing the Iran agreement and during a family photo, he appeared to be somewhat disoriented, moving away from the group of dignitaries who tried to direct him back to the group. Another photo also revealed Trump needed a helping hand from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to climb a single step for the photo opportunity.Media and political commentators caught the moment and reacted to what they saw."Every picture tells a story," anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project wrote on X. "Trump seems dazed and confused at G7.""A confused Trump wanders off in the wrong direction and has to be guided back in front of G7 world leaders," the Democratic Party posted on X."WATCH: Here’s a very confusing Donald Trump wandering off in the wrong direction and had to be guided back in front of G7 world leaders. Does he actually know where he’s going?" Progressive social media commentator Lucas Sanders wrote on X."Trump starts wandering off in the wrong direction after a G7 photo and world leaders have to step in and redirect him," media organization MeidasTouch wrote on X."They almost had to issue a Silver Alert," investor and strategist Daniel Micovic wrote on X.Trump starts wandering off in the wrong direction after a G7 photo and world leaders have to step in and redirect him pic.twitter.com/ahFNRXIsYi— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 16, 2026

Jun 16, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump's controversial Iran deal may already be about to hit a brick wall — and it's all thanks to rules Trump and his own congressional allies put in place.According to Punchbowl News, Trump's State Department "triggered a provision in the 2024 Ukraine-Israel supplemental funding bill that prevents the president from removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)."This could be a huge problem for the specific aspect of the memorandum of understanding with Iran that requires the U.S. to give sanctions relief, Andrew Desiderio noted on X.In 2024, he said, senators "slipped a provision into the 2024 Ukraine supplemental that requires State to tell Congress every 180 days" if the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps perpetrated drone attacks against Americans, and if so, "the IRGC can’t be removed from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list for four years." The IRGC being delisted "would almost certainly be required to implement the broad sanctions relief the admin has outlined," he continued.The problem is, "Last April, the State Dept formally told Congress that the IRGC had indeed attacked Americans w/ drones, adding that this is 'sufficient to meet the statutory criteria' to bar removal of IRGC from FTO list for 4 years," said Desiderio.Trump theoretically has the power to waive this rule if it's deemed "vital" to national security, Desiderio added — but that would be a "tough sell" for Republicans, who near-universally backed Trump's original decision to declare the IRGC a foreign terrorist organization in the first place.

Jun 16, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump needed a helping hand from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to climb a single step at the G7 family photo.The moment unfolded Tuesday at the 52nd G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France — and the White House's own Rapid Response account posted the clip, describing Trump gathering "with world leaders prior to the start of a cultural showcase and concert."The Daily Beast reported Monday that the 80-year-old president had gingerly descended Air Force One steps upon arriving in France.Trump told military generals in September he walks stairs "very slowly" — "just try not to fall because it doesn't work out well."At a Navy anniversary address in October, he went further: "I have to be careful because one day I'm gonna probably fall.""[Trump] clutches Modi for support as he tries to climb a single small step," political video journalist Aaron Rupar posted on X, alongside a wire photo by Getty photographer Evelyn Hockstein.The Indian press corps took note. WION diplomatic editor Sidhant Sibal noted that Modi "gives a helping hand to US President Trump."NDTV Senior Executive Editor Aditya Raj Kaul called it a "great metaphor of the times we live in.""Pure cinema," Firstpost journalist Shubhangi Sharma wrote.The two men then stepped off the platform together, holding hands, Hindustan Times America correspondent Shashank Mattoo noted.

Jun 16, 2026 - World

Fashion house pays tribute to Chinese style with its 75th anniversary catwalk show in Shanghai“New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn’t even sit down.” For the British designer Ian Griffiths, who encountered this line in the New Yorker, it summed up why China’s biggest city was the right place to celebrate Max Mara’s 75th anniversary.“Max Mara is a product for metropolitan women, and it would be patronising to assume that a metropolitan wardrobe should be western-centric,” Griffiths said. Continue reading...

Jun 16, 2026 - World

Despite Donald Trump’s proclamation that the Iran war is drawing to a close, columnist David French claimed that conservative anger aimed at the president with the president is not close to dissipating.Appearing on MS NOW’s “Money Power Politics,” with host Stephanie Ruhle, the conservative New York Times columnist may no longer be able to placate critics in his own party.Noting the lack of details about the president’s Iran deal, he told the host, “There's been short-term thinking from the beginning here. And so what Trump does is he's just continually kicking the can down the next news cycle, the next news cycle, the next news cycle, apparently in the hope that, you know, if Plan A doesn't work, Plan B can be pretending that plan a worked long enough and loudly enough that at least his base comes on board.”“But I'm seeing fury,” he added. “Fury in parts of the Republican base here, amongst those people who against, you know, they had stuck with Trump. And one of the reasons they stuck with Trump is they said he can deal with Iran, and the Democrats are too weak to deal with Iran. And then what you have here is an agreement that may actually leave Iran far stronger. Not from a conventional military standpoint. They took severe losses. But from a far stronger, from a geopolitical standpoint than when the war began, which is the exact opposite of the intention [to go to war]” - YouTube youtu.be