Donald Trump's terrible day as he claims Iran has 'unconditionally surrendered'

Donald Trump's terrible day as he claims Iran has 'unconditionally surrendered' The deal he brought home may have soothed the markets a bit, but it's gone down like a bucket of cold sick with Republicans - meanwhile, the Democrats have been having a bit of a moment Donald Trump returned to Washington from France today, after a trip that created a competition for what was the worst peace deal ever signed at the Palace of Versailles. The deal he brought home may have soothed the markets a bit, but it's gone down like a bucket of cold sick with Republicans. Meanwhile, for once, Democrats are having a bit of a moment. Read on for more. Meanwhile in Trumpworld - Unconditional, that's what you are - The reflecting pool is peeling - Mamdani blows the doors off at Knicks parade - Obama opens his Library Here's everything you need to know Unconditional, that's what you are Trump made a fist of defending his surrender deal with Iran yesterday in a sit down with Axios. Journalist Marc Caputo reminded the President that at the beginning of the war, he said all he wanted out of it was unconditional surrender. "Well," he said. "It really, probably is unconditional surrender." "It is?" Caputo replied. "I think so," Trump insisted. He might have explained why in a subsequent moment, but we haven't seen the whole thing yet. He was also asked what the Iran war had taught him about the limitations on his power. Trump replied that there were no limitations on his power. "I haven't learned that lesson yet," he said. "I know that there are. But you know, there are no limits. We defeated them totally, militarily." The reflecting pool is peeling On Thursday morning the Department of the Interior posted a photo of the Lincoln reflecting pool looking clean enough to drink out of, so I went down to have a look at how this miraculous improvement on the 'swamp green' of earlier this week had been arrived at. Reader, you'll be shocked to learn that not only was the pool still mostly green - although the guys in waders pushing around "nano bubble" devices have had some success - but the $14 million coating that's been applied to the bottom has started to peel off. Money well spent, there. Mamdani blows the doors off at Knicks parade While Trump was busy disintegrating today, Democrats were having a bit of a moment. Zohran Mamdani, the Mayor of New York*, gave a speech at the victory rally for NBA Champions the New York Knicks. After a lengthy valediction of the legends of Knicks teams past and present, the speech turned into one of the most perfectly pitched political speeches to a non-political audience I've heard in many years. "As the Knicks kept winning, our city has come together as one," he said. "Neighbours invited neighbours over. Strangers high fived one another in the street, subway conductors sang their announcements, and bus drivers danced behind the wheel. So often when this city comes together, it is because we are forced to by a moment of tragedy or adversity. What a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy. For as long as we live, we will remember this feeling of a city together, a city alive, a city overcome by happiness." And after that, he hit his theme - New York is a city where we have to hustle, but it's that good hustle. He said: "The analytics guys, the sports betting companies, the pundits who watch from far away, they do what they do. they run the numbers. they calculate the odds. they write the Knicks off. They give the Spurs a 99.6% chance of winning the game, a 99.6% chance of tying up the series 2-2, of reclaiming the momentum with the next game in San Antonio, a 99.6% chance of silencing the Garden for another year of watching and waiting. But there is one thing that the pundits just don't get about this team that they just don't get about this city. It is in that point 4% that we go To Work." He went on: "The Knicks did not just win for New York City. They won like New York City. What is New York if not your back up against the wall? A dream that feels just out of reach? A rent payment you don't know how you'll ever make. What is New York if not 99.6% of the world stacked against you. And who are New Yorkers if not people who hear those odds and smile, who look at a point 4% chance of success and ask, why are you giving me a head start?" Oh for goodness sake, it's like 8 minutes long. You should really just watch the whole thing. It's all this good. * No, he's not America's Andy Burnham. You can quit it with that one, right now. Obama opens his Library Meanwhile, Barack and Michelle Obama hosted a star-studded event at the new Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago. There were performances by U2 and Springsteen and Christina Aguilera. And it was attended by every living former President with just...one exception. And while there were a few subtle digs at the absent President, Michelle Obama's speech included one...less than subtle dig. "Eight years in the crucible and not once did you melt in the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. "Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence," she said. "Your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage. Your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency. Your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fibre. And to do it all as a first." She ticked off highlights from her husband's eight years in office, including ordering the raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden, "standing up for marriage equality" and "listening to science." And she noted pointedly that his achievements included "winning a peace prize." "And you did it all with such grace and class and cool," she said. "You made the hardest job in the world look like a walk in this beautiful park."