A large gold statue of Donald Trump was unveiled at one of his golf clubs, according to The Bulwark. A pastor associated with the display publicly argued the statue does not constitute a "golden calf" — the biblical idol condemned in Exodus — as critics drew the comparison.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul announced that the Halki Seminary, shuttered by Turkey more than fifty years ago, is expected to reopen in September, according to Bloomberg Politics, citing the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet. The United States and the European Union have repeatedly called for the seminary's reopening as a condition of improved ties with Ankara.