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One day after celebrating his 80th birthday with a UFC spectacle on the White House lawn, President Trump looked like he was feeling every bit his age while visiting France for the G7 summit.
Speaking with the media with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday, Trump was struggling to keep his eyes open as Macron praised the developments on peace with Iran, even as Macron often turned to Trump to acknowledge his efforts.
Green algae return to reflecting pool days into Trump’s renovation
Images of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool show that green algae have returned to the site on the National Mall despite President Trump’s renovations.
The project, which cost more than $13 million, included the addition of nanobubbler technology that has “successfully destroyed the algae,” according to the Interior Department.
A spokesperson told The Hill that “due to deploying the advanced nanobubbler technology” the algae are “dead” and “being vacuumed up as we speak.”
“We thank President Trump for fixing the Reflecting Pool for good,” the spokesperson added.
A federal contract between the Interior Department and Green Water Solutions says the new technology is intended to help weed out the algae by cutting down on its food supply.
Millions of dollars’ worth of contraceptives meant to be distributed to low-income nations in Africa have expired, but the Trump administrat
Millions of dollars' worth of contraceptives meant to be distributed to low-income nations in Africa have expired, but the Trump administration is paying tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep them in storage in Belgium, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) inspector general.
About $9.7 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives purchased by USAID and originally destined for low-income nations in Africa got stuck in Belgium after the Trump administration shut down the agency last year.
According to the report, about $8 million worth of hormonal contraceptives, injectable contraceptives and other family planning commodities are no longer usable after they were moved from climate-controlled storage.
But the administration has been paying approximately $5,000 per month to store those unusable products.
The additional $1.7 million in family planning commodities remain viable and continue to be stored in climate-controlled facilities in Geel, Belgium, the report stated. However, the expiration dates on that supply are approaching in the coming years, and the administration has not presented a plan on what it intends to do with them.
Expiration dates for these items range from April 2028 to September 2031.
Meanwhile, USAID has paid more than $360,000 in storage and freight costs for the contraception commodities between January 2025 and March 2026, according to the advisory.
The advisory, sent to USAID principal and Chief Operating Officer Eric Ueland, said the storage costs will escalate and warned that without a final plan from USAID, the remaining commodities will go to waste.
The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a "rider":
Dragons on the wing are vulnerable to being mobbed by smaller, more agile flyers, particularly in your large rear blind spot, like a bird of prey being mobbed by crows. Having a human armed with a long spear perched on your back helps to dissuade anyone from getting any funny ideas.
Breath weapons are impressive enough on the ground, but in flight they're really only good for strafing stationary targets; trying to use your breath weapon in an aerial dogfight is a good way to get fire up your nose. A real fight calls for sterner measures – and, concomitantly, a crew to aim and reload the cannons.
In today's competitive world, it's not enough to devour a flock of sheep and call it a day if you want to keep your edge. You're accompanied at all times by a qualified personal alchemist tasked with carefully regulating your internal furnace to ensure peak performance, and sometimes you even listen to them.
No dragon of any quality would be caught dead without their valet. It's not as though you can announce your numerous long-winded titles yourself when introductions are called for, can you? You suppose next you'll be expected to pick up the spoils of your conquests yourself, like a common brigand. Perish the thought!
[S1EP10 Jet] on the left, where he's attacking Fire Nation soldiers.
[S2EP17 Lake Laogai] on the right, where he's under Long Feng's control and trying to attack Aang.
**The second image left and third image left are swapped. In the episode [S1EP10 Jet] those two appear in the opposite order.
Short explanation of further parallels beyond the basic composition choices:
Themetic parallels:
1) Attack manuever.
2) The threat in the foreground and the victim in front of them.
3) Side view showing both with defensive stances.
4) Jet realizing there's an enemy behind him.
•A red, lively forest VS A green, cold catacomb.
•Fighting for freedom VS Fighting out of someone else's control.
Colors:
•Red represents passion and love but also anger and hatred.
•Universally used to signal stop, danger, fire, and blood.
•Red often symbolizes revolution or sacrifice.
•Green, unlike the "growth" aspect, which it's more commonly associated with, it can sometimes represent stagnation or being "stuck" in a rut.
•In horror and folklore, green light or skin often signifies monsters, poison, or malevolent magic.
•Green can also be symbolism of rural resistance or fighting for one's homeland. Additionally it sometimes represents perseverance, particularly within nature.
Blink and you miss it moment from [S2EP17 Lake Laogai] where Jet saves Longshot. His battle reflexes are insane. And look how protective he looks of his friend.
And I couldn't get screenshots but a split second before this he'd grabbed and pulled Toph to safety after one of the Dai Li agent's rock gloves pulled her down. She almost fell directly by the feet of said agent.