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Jeff Bezos Just Claimed That Trump Is 'More Mature' In His Second Term—And Critics Can't Even
May 21, 2026
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sent heads spinning after claiming during a CNBC interview that President Donald Trump is a "more mature, more disciplined version of himself than he was in his first term."
Bezos, discussing a man who has attacked voting rights multiple times, previously suggested he might try to stay in office indefinitely, and continued to make erratic (and ironic) statements about presidential candidates needing cognitive exams, told anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin that Trump is much more mellow and calmer than he was during the first Trump administration.
He said:
“I’m comparing him to his first term, and I think he is a more mature, more disciplined version of himself than he was in his first term. Again, I’ve worked with all the presidents, I will work with all the presidents, you know, and I hope to do that going forward if they’ll have me, but we need our business leaders to provide input into the administration, regardless of who the president is.”
“I’m not on the side—you know what, I’m on the side of America, and that is so important. Like, and that’s where business leaders should be. I think we are, but we get perceived as being like, you know, partisan or whatever."
"Like, I was helping Obama every chance I could. I was helping Biden every chance I could. I still call Obama for advice. He’s a very smart guy.”
"Trump has thought some good ideas, and he has done a lot—he’s been right about a lot of things, and you have to give him credit where credit is due.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
What was Bezos even talking about?
Bezos' remarks are truly something when just weeks ago Trump insisted that God supports his war on Iran and declared—before a provisional ceasefire was announced—that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" ahead of a deadline to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges that legal scholars and world leaders have said would constitute war crimes.
Just last month, Trump claimed “core strategic objectives are nearing completion” in the Iran war and vowed to strike Iran "extremely hard" over the coming weeks. He said that he would finish the job "very fast," without setting any timeline for ending the war. He pledged to "bring them [Iranians] back to the Stone Ages, where they belong.”
We haven't even gotten into Trump's "policymaking"—or lack thereof.
Trump has never released his tax returns despite pledging to do so. He's claimed for the last 10 years that he and the GOP have been developing a healthcare plan only to default to having "a concept of a plan" when pressed about this during a 2024 debate. He has also promised Americans they will receive "tariff dividends"—and there is no sign of any of that happening.
He has never lowered energy costs or grocery prices like he said he would. He has not released the Epstein files in full despite campaigning on that promise and has done everything he can to distance himself from the scandal despite the fact his own name appears in the files more than 38,000 times.
Trump has said Mexico would pay for his "big beautiful wall" along the southern border (which has never happened). He pledged to end the war in Ukraine (which is still raging) and promised not to lead Americans into more foreign "entanglements"—yet the administration orchestrated a regime change in Venezuela and attacked Iran just weeks later, kicking off a global energy crisis.
Oh, and did we mention that he has repeatedly said the Iran war would close out in just two short weeks? This is coming from a man who loves to give two-week deadlines to just about everything even as he and his administration continue to kick the can further down the road.
None of these are the actions of a more "mature" or "disciplined" man—and Bezos was swiftly called out for his remarks.
Amazon has increasingly aligned itself with Trump through sponsorship of several Trump-linked events, including his inauguration—which Bezos attended—and the proposed White House ballroom project.
No wonder he's trying to gaslight us.
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College Graduation Ceremony Erupts In Boos After 'New AI System' Allegedly Misses 'Hundreds' Of Graduates' Names
May 21, 2026
Nothing says innovation quite like replacing a person reading names with a machine that allegedly forgets to read the names.
That's what happened during Glendale Community College's commencement ceremony on Friday at Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona, where a "new AI system" reportedly skipped hundreds of students and displayed incorrect names as diplomas were handed out. In one instance, the name Michael D. Gonzales was announced while two women received their diplomas.
With graduates and families growing increasingly frustrated, College President Tiffany Hernandez eventually addressed the crowd and revealed the source of the problem.
Acknowledging the technology mishap, Hernandez told attendees:
“So here’s what’s happening: We’re using a new AI system as our reader… Yup, yup. So that is a lesson learned for us.”
You'd think that lesson might've come up during rehearsal.
The admission drew loud boos from attendees, and the mood only worsened when Hernandez explained the ceremony could not simply be restarted with the correct names displayed. Instead, students who had been missed would be invited back onstage for photos and have their names announced manually.
As the crowd's frustration grew, Hernandez attempted to calm the audience:
“I am so sorry. There’s plenty of opportunities, I hope, to take some really good pictures and to celebrate you with your loved ones as well.”
You can watch the moment below:
College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names pic.twitter.com/dwz6xFIWiv
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) May 18, 2026
Among those affected was fine art graduate Grace Reimer, who told The Arizona Republic that the wrong name and degree appeared on stage during her moment.
Describing the confusion from her perspective, Reimer told the outlet:
“I also didn’t hear a lot of cheering, and I know my family is a pretty loud family.”
The malfunction was also visible on the livestream, where names reportedly disappeared from one side of the split-screen before the feed switched to a wide overhead shot of the arena.
And Hernandez's apology did little to win over Reimer as she remarked it “didn’t feel sincere, and it kinda felt like they didn’t care.”
She also criticized how officials handled the situation in real time:
“The fact that the school stood up there and laughed about it as they were explaining what was going on really hurt, because they did just ruin one of the biggest moments in my life.”
As criticism mounted, Hernandez reportedly reversed course and offered graduates the chance to walk across the stage again with their names announced correctly. The decision drew cheers from some attendees, though Reimer told The Arizona Republic that roughly half the students had already left.
Maricopa Community Colleges, which oversees Glendale Community College, later issued a statement apologizing for the malfunction.
The statement said:
“While the issue was corrected during the ceremony, we are sorry for the disruption it caused during what should have been a celebratory moment for our graduates and their families.”
The college said it also contacted graduates directly to apologize, adding that it remains "incredibly proud" of the graduating class and is taking steps to prevent a similar issue in the future.
Unfortunately for school officials, the internet was less interested in future improvements than the fact that a tool designed to read names appeared to struggle with the entire reading-names portion of the assignment.
You can view the reactions here:
The incident joins a growing list of artificial intelligence-related fails at graduation ceremonies. Earlier this year, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona after discussing AI's role in technological progress.
Meanwhile, at the University of Central Florida, Tavistock Development Company executive Gloria Caulfield faced loud boos after praising artificial intelligence during a graduation ceremony for the College of Arts and Humanities and the Nicholson School of Communication and Media.
At this point, AI might be better off taking a seat in the audience while a volunteer with a clipboard and a halfway decent speaking voice takes the mic.
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Mandy Moore Finally Spoke Out About That 'Toxic Mom Group' Drama—And She Didn't Hold Back
May 21, 2026
People might hope that when they make a new friend, they'll be friends for life. But the truth is, most friends will only be there for a reason or a season, like going to school or working together.
For former High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale, that season was new motherhood, a time when she was eager to meet women who understood the questions she had about babies and raising them, but also preferably women who understood what it was like trying to juggle being a successful businesswoman with being a mom, too.
Through a friend, Tisdale joined a group of celebrity moms who had their own businesses, brands, and babies. For a while, she felt right at home for the first time in a long time. But Tisdale soon felt herself being phased out.
Realizing that the moms were planning a get-together that did not include her—at her own daughter's birthday party—Tisdale decided that she'd had enough. To hold the group accountable, she sent a text to their group chat, explaining why she was departing. Though she received some lackluster apologies and explanations, she knew it was time to move on.
Tisdale then wrote about her experience for The Cut, but she never named the people involved in the situation, other than herself and her kids. Readers found comfort in Tisdale's retelling, recognizing in her words their own experiences of not feeling like they belonged in their friend groups.
Tisdale clarified:
"To be clear, I have never considered the moms to be bad people. (Maybe one.) But I do think our group dynamic stopped being healthy and positive, for me, anyway."
But Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor, and Mandy Moore soon outed themselves by publicly lashing out at Tisdale for writing about feeling like she wasn't included and deciding to move on.
Hilary Duff and her husband, Matthew Koma, were the first ones to respond, with Duff claiming not to understand Tisdale's take, since she was "obsessed" with the women in the group, while Koma indirectly called Tisdale "self-obsessed" and "tone-deaf."
Meghan Trainor also responded publicly, creating a satirical post captioned, "Still don't care," in which she mimed looking panicked while searching for information about the "mom group drama." Though some found this funny, others thought it confirmed Tisdale's concerns about the group feeling like "high school drama."
At the start of 2026, when the fallout happened, Mandy Moore mostly kept quiet, except for an Instagram story in which she called Duff and Koma "the most talented and generous humans." Fans believed that had something to do with Tisdale, at least as an attempt to ice her out even further and to show how unbothered Moore was with the whole thing.
But based on an interview with Andy Cohen for SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live, Mandy Moore was clearly very bothered by Tisdale's article.
Moore reflected:
"It’s wild to have anybody talk about your life, and I know Hilary has sort of mentioned this too."
"It’s like we both have grown up in this business and had people dissect who we are and the choices we make and all of that, but this was something altogether different and decidedly way more upsetting, you know what I mean? It just cuts to the core.”
“The most important thing in my life is being a kind person, and like that legacy of kindness, and anyone even insinuating that that might not be the case, and with the company that I choose to keep, is very upsetting."
"I’d say that was the biggest takeaway, sort of the shock of like, ‘Wow.'"
"I'm someone who is very scared by confrontation, but also, when it's important, I am a huge proponent of having a conversation. Like if my feelings are hurt or if there's something I need to get off my chest, then absolutely, face-to-face."
"It's not always the most comfortable of situations, but I think that's where I differed in feeling like, 'I wouldn't have handled the situation this way.'"
Moore also did not share the feelings that Tisdale expressed in her article.
"I feel like it just sort of perpetuates this silly trope that women can’t be supportive of one another and that we’re inherently petty and that we’re inherently out to one-up each other, and I have not felt that one iota since becoming a parent."
"I’ve actually been so surprised by the meaningful relationships I found with other moms and other parents just in general."
"That has always been my takeaway, and you need that. You need community. You need to find that support wherever you can get it. We need to be able to talk about all of that.”
You can catch the moment here:
Conversation ensued on the "Pop Culture Chat" subReddit, where Redditors found the whole situation to be kind of messy.
"I thought Tisdale's essay was messy and passive-aggressive, BUT Mandy's comments raise more questions than they answer."
"It really sounds like the other women froze Tisdale out for whatever reason, and rather than be direct about it, they expected Tisdale to just accept it and move on. So instead, she wrote that essay and made a big fuss, and that was personally embarrassing to these women."
"Okay, I get it. But you can't then say, 'Well, I think women should be able to communicate and resolve issues and not be petty and one-up each other.' Because it kind of sounds like that's exactly what they did, and their main annoyance is being called out on it."
"Which, yes, makes Tisdale look petty. But it's also petty to freeze someone out of your friend group without explaining why. So all of these women are making women look like they can't be supportive of each other. None of them 'wins' this for me. They all seem tedious." - TellMeYourDespair
"What happened to Tisdale happens often in mom groups, and people feel so alone in it. I’m glad she decided to be messy and write about it. If the people in that group didn’t want eyes on them, they should’ve followed Anne Lamott’s advice: 'If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.'" - starrylightway
"I hate confrontation, it's so stressful, but generally I feel like being direct with your feelings is helpful."
"That said, Ashley was direct.. to a big audience, LOL. And I'm grateful for the tea."
"I probably would have just cut my losses with the group, but there's a spiteful gremlin side of me that LOVES the idea of airing them out the way she did, too!" - JamesCameronDid1912
"It's a lot different when kids are involved."
"If my friendship wanes with someone, it is what it is and life goes on; but when my friendship waning with that adult impacts our kids and suddenly, my kid is being iced out of playdates and birthday parties, and they're being ignored on the playground or school bus by someone they thought was a friend. That's when it gets emotional and it becomes messy."
"This all sounds like a trainwreck, but I can at least understand where Ashley was coming from if the feelings were partially out of protection for her kids." - brevebelle
"I feel like the other group was just reacting to Ashley taking the activities of their private friend group public and placing blame on them, rather than taking much accountability for her own actions."
"She dropped enough little crumbs of details so that people could guess who she was talking about. Ashley’s goal was not to communicate but to shame a group that had, it seemed, rightly so distanced themselves from her." - Significant_Ad7605
"Ashley Tisdale was messy, but everyone involved was messy; no one was mature about it. Though, I will say, with how Hilary Duff's husband reacted, that I can understand why Ashley initially decided to just vent about it on her vlog rather than deal directly with all that, even if she was doing it to be petty. They all seem exhausting." - HereOnCompanyTime
"They all kind of sound like jerks and I wouldn’t want to be around any of them. I say this as a veteran member of mom groups and sororities." - mulderlovesme
"At this point, they’re all villains in this group, and I don’t care to know about this whole situation unless they’re releasing direct receipts." - KittyKenollie
"Mum groups are insane, though. I own a multimillion-pound business, and it’s nowhere near as cutthroat as the school mum WhatsApp group." - franki-pinks
"All of these people have way too much money to be worrying about nonsense like this." - stephasaurussss
This is one of those situations where everyone probably could have handled it better than they did. The group could have communicated differently with Tisdale or tried to smooth things over with her, and Tisdale could have left her feelings in the group chat and moved on.
But losing friendships hurts, especially in adulthood when making new friends is harder—and doubly so when children are involved.
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JD Vance Just Tried To Give His Historical Hot Take On Pope Leo's Name—And He Missed The Point Entirely
May 21, 2026
Vice President JD Vance made a point that seemed pretty obvious to everyone except him when he, mentioning Pope Leo XIV, gave his take on the historical context around the tenure of Pope Leo XIII, who led the Catholic Church from 1878 until 1903.
Speaking at a White House briefing focused on the possible impact of the pope’s upcoming encyclical on artificial intelligence, Vance highlighted the symbolism behind Robert Francis Prevost, the first U.S.-born leader of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name Leo XIV.
But he made a point about the rise of "facism and communism in Europe" that seemed to go very much over his head at a time when the Trump administration continues to face heavy criticism for its authoritarian governance, immigration crackdown, the war in Iran, and other human rights abuses.
He remarked:
“One of the things I always found fascinating about Pope Leo is that he chose the name Leo XIV, which of course is recollecting Leo XIII. Leo XIII was the pope during a period of incredible industrial transformation in the entire world.”
“Of course, that industrial transformation, according to a lot of people, led to the rise of fascism and communism in Europe. I think it was interesting that Leo XIV chose that name to maybe apply Christian social teaching in a new era with a new technological innovation in the same way that the industrial revolution was the technological innovation of its time.”
You can hear what Vance said in the video below.
Vance seemed completely oblivious to the point he made applying to the government he represents—and was resoundingly mocked for it.
Vance spoke as if Pope Leo hasn't criticized the United States government for authoritarian actions in the past.
Pope Leo previously criticized the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and urged legislators to make sure immigrants' "spiritual rights" are being respected.
In February, responding to the news that Catholic migrants detained in Chicago have been denied access to Holy Communion, he stressed that “the role of the Church is to preach the Gospel."
Pope Leo was previously criticized by MAGA supporters after they became aware of an article he once shared that criticized Vance because "Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others."
Notably, the pope previously condemned the Trump administration on social media for Trump’s “anti-immigrant rhetoric” back in 2015. He later reposted messages criticizing the death penalty, mass deportations, and Congress’s failure to act on gun reform after mass shootings.
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Viral Video Of Robot Dancing Like Michael Jackson Before Crashing Hard On Some Stairs As Crowd Looks On Has The Internet Cackling
May 21, 2026
Videos of robots absolutely losing their minds in hiliarious ways are starting to become a genre all their own, and the latest entry is one heck of a specimen.
The internet is howling at a video of a robot dancing for a crowd to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" before losing its little robot mind when it ran into some stairs.
It's one of those videos where the robot in question seems to fall both up and down? And then it just lays there like a corpse. All while a mystified crowd looks on in deafening silence.
It's weird, it's hilarious, it's an instant classic. Do not watch it with a mouth full of water or coffee unless you want to end up doing a spit take.
Part of what makes the video so hilarious is that it starts off so promising.
It was all part of a demonstration at a so-called "robot store" called Future Era in Shenzhen, China.
To show off the robot's capabilities, the store had the robot dance to "Billie Jean," even doing Michael Jackson's iconic "moonwalk" dance. Er, well, an approximation of it, anyway.
But things went immediately haywire when the robot ran into the steps on the stage.
There was suddenly nothing "humanoid" about it as it stumbled, then fell up the stairs and then... well, just lay there, face down, like it had been shot in the back at the OK Corral or something.
And then for the big punchline? An employee had to come drag it offstage like a lifeless corpse. You couldn't write comedy this good.
Of course, it's hard not to lump this robot in with all the other robots the tech industry is trying to get us used to so that we'll eventually consent to having our whole lives mediated by them, just like they're trying to do with AI tech that almost nobody wants.
In short, this technology isn't ready for prime time, and it's now been so long in tech-time that they've been unable to do what they're supposed to do without going haywire that one begins to wonder if they ever will be.
There was that insane robot that bashed up a hot pot restaurant earlier this year for one, and so many other absurd incidents in compilation videos all over the internet.
@waffle_pawffle Robot core 🤣🤣#fyp #viral #funny #robot #fail
And, you know, no offense to the robots or their weird manufacturers, but if the robots can't even dance to "Billie Jean" or serve hot pot without going absolutely out of their minds, how are we supposed to believe they can clean our houses or put every Amazon employee out of work forever?
Not very convincing, guys!
Anyway, the internet is rightfully howling with laughter at this "Billie Jean" robot.
Yeah, unless your job is "dancing badly to Michael Jackson while absolutely eating sh*t on two (2) stairs," it's probably safe from robots. For now anyway.
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