Flatterers out in force to fill Trump’s head with Venezuelan statue dreams

<p>President’s popularity top of mind at another weird and wild cabinet meeting – riff on merits of Sharpies included</p><p>They have become so notorious for displays of flattery and obsequiousness that critics have drawn comparisons with North Korea. Thursday’s <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting/676355">cabinet meeting</a> at the White House was no different.</p><p><a href="https://www.doi.gov/secretary-doug-burgum">Doug Burgum</a>, the US interior secretary, outflanked his fellow praise singers by saying he believes that Venezuela – which the US attacked in January – intends to honour the president with a statue.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/trump-venezuela-statue">Continue reading...</a>