Donald Trump’s Messaging Cracks After He Loses the Room and Tries to Recover

President Donald Trump's latest bid for validation during a roundtable with prominent business figures fell flat, drawing criticism and ridicule. Straying from the topic, he boasted about a past Middle East trip, proclaiming that it resulted in $3 trillion and an impressive haul of 300 Boeing planes. Trump proudly declared, "Boeing awarded me for being the greatest salesman in their history," only to be met with unexpected laughter from attendees.Undeterred, he doubled down, embellishing his claims of selling a thousand planes. However, the reality tells a different tale—his deals amounted to 240 planes, and the $3 trillion figure is inflated, representing speculative future investments totaling around $1.4 trillion. Social media erupted with mockery, labeling him desperate for attention. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security signed a $140 million contract with Daedalus Aviation to procure Boeing 737s for deportation flights, underscoring the dissonance between Trump's boasts and policy realities.