MORALITY PLAY: Following a two-hour interview with President Trump, four reporters from The NY Times report that  he believes his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality” and that he dismissed international law and other checks on his power to use the military to strike, invade, or coerce other nations to his will.

  Asked if there if there are any limits on his global powers, Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”

  Trump said, “I don’t need international law,” and that, “I’m not looking to hurt people.” His orders have led to the deaths of hundreds of people.

  The Times report says that, “On topic after topic, he made clear that in his mind, U.S. power is the determining factor — and that previous presidents have been too cautious to make use of it for political supremacy or national profit.”

  He said that deciding between preserving NATO and taking Greenland for the US “may be a choice” and that “Ownership is very important.” 

  Asked whether his views on Greenland and his attack on Venezuela might embolden China’s Xi Xinping to take Taiwan Trump said, “He may do it after we have a different president, but I don’t think he’s going to do it with me as president.” 

NO JURISDICTION: Just a day after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, federal immigration agents in Portland, Oregon yesterday shot and wounded two people during what they called a “targeted vehicle stop.” Border agents said a man tried to run them over with his car and they fired their weapons.

  DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the agents’ target was an undocumented immigrant and member of Tren de Aragua, although she gave no evidence for that. 

  In Minnesota, the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said that his agency withdrew from investigating the shooting death of a woman at the hands of an ICE agent because the FBI is refusing to share evidence and witnesses. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said “They don’t have any jurisdiction in this investigation.”

  Renee Nicole Goode 37, was killed Wednesday while trying to escape ICE agents in her car in a shooting that has the feds claiming justification and protesters screaming “murder.”

  Vice President JD Vance said Good was part of a “left-wing network” targeting ICE officers. Asked by a reporter  who is behind that network he said, “It’s one of the things we’re gonna have to figure out.”

  Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in an essay in The NY Times, “The administration is sending a message to the entire country: If you show up for your immigrant neighbors, or even are simply present when those neighbors are taken, your rights will not be protected by the law and your life will be at risk.”

THE REGIME: A judge New York State has barred the top federal prosecutor in Albany from supervising a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Trump loyalist John A. Sarcone III has been serving unlawfully for months. Interim US attorneys have also been removed in New Jersey, Los Angeles and Nevada.

IRAN UPRISING:  With growing protests filling the streets of Iranian cities, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstrations and accusing protesters of trying to “please” President Trump.

  Videos posted online showed government buildings on fire. “Last night in Tehran and in some other places, a group of vandals came and damaged buildings belonging to their own country just to please the president of the United States,” Khamenei said.

  Chanting “Death to Khamenei” and “Freedom, freedom,” the protesters, they want the end of the Islamic regime. 

  Roughly 40 people have been killed during the protestsTrump has threatened to use force against Iran if they kill protesters. “He wants to side with the rioters and harmful individuals,” Khamenei said of Mr. Trump. “If he can, he should go and run his own country.”

THE WAR ROOM: The Russian Defense Ministry says that it struck western Ukraine near Poland with a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile, a warning by President Vladimir Putin that he can strike deeper into the country as he tries to win advantage in peace talks. Explosions were reported early today near the western city of Lviv.

THE OBIT PAGE:  Glenn Hall, the NHL goaltender who pioneered the modern “butterfly” style and never wore a mask in the days when goaltenders literally took it on the chin, died in Stony Plain, Alberta, outside Edmonton at age 94.

   Before the butterfly, goalies crouched and kept their legs together, using their pads as a wall against the puck while also using their stick and glove. Hall developed the style in which the goalie falls to his knees angling his shins to each side, allowing himself more area to block a low shot. 

  Known as “Mr. Goalie,” he played 10 of his 18 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1961. He played a record 502 consecutive games, all without a mask. He received 300 stitches.

THE SPIN RACK: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a newspaper with roots in the 1780s, announced that after losing $350 million over the past 20 years the paper will shut down this spring, leaving Pittsburgh without a daily newspaper. — General Motors is booking a $7.1 billion loss for the last quarter of 2025 because of diminished demand for electric vehicles after the Trump administration changed policy to favor gasoline power.

BELOW THE FOLD: A 550-pound bear living in the crawl space beneath a Los Angeles man’s house has finally been evicted after 37 days by a team of bear-removal specialists who peppered the creature with paintball guns until he crawled out.

  The bear tried to return, but the team had installed a shock mat at the entry to the crawlspace and he got the message.

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