A friend of mine is having problems with her ex.

Charismatic, rich and famous, and also can’t commit.

Back in 1999, when he was first infatuated with my friend — let’s call her “Choice” — he went on “Meet the Press” and told the nation over and over that Choice was the one for him.

Then, when he started thinking about public office again in 2011, he split up with Choice and started dating Pro-Life.

It happens. And breakups can be ugly. But this guy went to an extreme.

By 2016, Donald Trump (you guessed the guy was Trump, right?) was suggesting women should be punished for exercising their right to choose. After the House passed a national ban on abortion in 2017, this guy not only applauded the bill but also spent a good chunk of 2018 trying to get the Senate to follow suit. In fact he was the first sitting president to address the March for Life convention, saying “send it to my desk for signing.” It was a handful of votes short.

Hard to believe. I don’t know what Choice ever saw in the guy, because he’s all over the place.

“American women are not stupid,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said recently about this presidential election, noting that 14 states have essentially banned abortion since Roe vs. Wade was overturned by Trump-appointed justices. “We are not going to trust the futures of our daughters and granddaughters to two men who have openly bragged about blocking access to abortion for women all across the country.”

In 2022, he crowed about what his Supreme Court had done. Now it’s 2024, and he’s struggling to meet younger women at the polls, so he’s back to making empty promises to impress Choice — with his campaign claiming he would veto any national ban. This from the guy who almost managed to push one through.

Total user.

He had his wingman, Sen. JD Vance, go on “Meet the Press” on Sunday to clarify the former president’s history with Choice — something that had to be done only because he has been in and out of the relationship for 25 years.

“It’s important to step back and say, ‘What has Donald Trump actually said on the abortion question?’ ” Vance said.

OK, let’s do it.

In 1999, on “Meet the Press” when Trump was considering a run for the White House, then-host Tim Russert asked him whether he would ban abortions, and he said he would not.

In fact, Trump repeatedly said he was pro-choice. Even “very pro-choice.”

But to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, he couldn’t be. So, he dumped Choice and said those who seek an abortion should have “some form of punishment.” One Trump term later, and that is the reality facing 2 in 5 women in this country. That’s why I keep wondering why Choice would trust him again.

Or anyone like him. Because it must be said: The chaos that has ensued since Roe was overturned is not only Trump’s fault.

Republicans targeted that decision for 50 years, and for the most part, with the same amount of critical thinking and thoughtfulness demonstrated by Trump. One member of Congress, Todd Akin, infamously said pregnancies caused by rape need not be excluded from abortion bans, because “if it’s legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” That was in 2012. A decade later, to receive an abortion, a 10-year-old rape victim in Indiana was reportedly forced to travel to Ohio.

Vance, who will never be in a position to make that choice himself, wasn’t happy about it.

“Look, I think two wrongs don’t make a right,” he said regarding exceptions for rape or incest. He also used the word “inconveniences” when characterizing the decision. As if carrying a pregnancy to term would be a mere “inconvenience” to a fifth-grader.

This weekend on “Meet the Press,” Vance also said: “No Republican with any reasonable power is saying that we should have a complete national abortion ban,” despite the fact that for 40 years a federal abortion ban has been part of the Republican Party’s platform.

It was removed just last month, at the request of Trump. He is trying to get back together with my friend Choice so he can get back in the White House.

But Choice needs more than talk. Choice needs a partner who is willing to commit.

@LZGranderson

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “have never once reached out” to the Gold Star families who lost their loved ones in the deadly bombing at Abbey Gate that killed 13 Americans during the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal three years ago. 

Members of the Gold Star families participated in a call with GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, the Trump campaign and reporters Monday afternoon — three years after the attack. 

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The suicide bombing by a member of ISIS-K at the Abbey Gate entrance of Hamid Karzai International Airport took the lives of 13 U.S. service members – 11 Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier. Eighteen other U.S. service members were wounded. The bombing also left more than 150 civilians dead.

Former President Trump held a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday morning to commemorate and honor the 13 American servicemembers who were killed. 

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – AUGUST 26: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump stands alongside Bill Barnett (L), whose grandson Staff Sgt Darin Taylor Hoover died in Abbey Gate Bombing, during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Monday marks three years since the August 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 American service members.  (Getty Images )

But neither Biden nor Harris attended, or held any similar events on Monday to honor the fallen soliders. 

“I think this administration has shown they have treated the Afghanistan withdrawal like the plague – they’ve stayed as far away from it as they possibly can,” Gold Star father Mark Schmitz said in response to a question by Fox News Digital. “I’m not surprised in the least bit that neither one of them would show up for this event.” 

Schmitz told Fox News Digital that “it is pretty obvious that when things get tough, they go running.” 

“This is yet another spit in the face to the 13 families,” Schmitz told Fox News Digital.

Schmitz added that Trump’s presence at the event “was genuine.”

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“I don’t see this as being part of his political campaign in any way, shape or form,” Schmitz said. “He has always vowed to be there for us—since we met with him early on—and he has never let us down.” 

Schmitz lost his 20-year-old son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, that day. 

Gold Star Aunt Cheryl Juels, who attended the ceremony Monday at Arlington National Ceremony, said that “it doesn’t matter” what Biden or Harris say, adding “it is not genuine.” 

“He has never once reached out to any of our families,”  Juels said, “Kamala Harris has never once reached out. Kamala Harris supported [Biden] this entire time.” 

Trump participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on the third-year anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the Afghanistan withdrawal. (POOL)

Juels, the aunt of fallen Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Ghee, told Fox News Digital that “the only person who has reached out to our family over and over again and to all 13 families is Trump.” 

“Him coming out here today and honoring these kids who served, and spending the time talking to all of us and doing this ceremony and showing them honor and respect and dignity,” Juels said. “We need President Trump back in office.” 

Juels said Trump “is the only president president who kept our men and women safe who were serving this country. We 100% support him.” 

“We will do whatever we can to get him back into office so that we can keep the men and women serving this country safe again,” Juels said. 

Fox News Digital had previously reported that the suicide bomber had been a prisoner released from Bagram Air Base on Aug. 15, 2021, after the Taliban seized control of the facility.

The U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing as they conducted the massive evacuation effort to save U.S. citizens and Afghan allies include:

Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, U.S. Marine from Utah; Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, a U.S. Marine from California; Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, a U.S. Marine from Massachusetts; Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, a U.S. Marine from California; Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, a U.S. Marine from California; Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, a U.S. Marine from Nebraska; Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, a U.S. Marine from Indiana; Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, a U.S. Marine from Texas; Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20, a U.S. Marine from Missouri; Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, a U.S. Marine from Wyoming;  Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, a U.S. Marine from California; Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, 22, a Navy corpsman from Ohio; and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, a U.S. Army soldier from Tennessee.

Charli XCX’s influence on Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is undeniable — even if the British singer says it was unintentional.

The “Vroom Vroom” and “Guess” pop star shared her two cents about how her viral “Brat” album and its slime-green aesthetic became a cornerstone in Harris’ social media strategy, clarifying in a recent interview she doesn’t see herself as “a political artist.”

“I’m not Bob Dylan, and I’ve never pretended to be,” she told New York Magazine in a cover story published Monday. “My music is not political. … Everything I do in my life feeds back into my art. Everything I say, wear, think, enjoy — it all funnels back into my art. Politics doesn’t feed my art.”

Earlier this year, the British singer — who cannot vote in the U.S. — released her pop album “Brat” to critical acclaim and near-instant virality on social media platforms, including X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok. For weeks, the energetic album inspired viral dances, seemingly endless memes and a wealth of other online content. Then in late July, “brat” unexpectedly became part of the political conversation.

Hours after President Biden withdrew from the presidential race and voiced his support for his vice president, Charli XCX (Charlotte Aitchison) tweeted,”Kamala IS brat.” Hopping on the album’s popularity and online ubiquity, the Harris presidential campaign quickly embraced “Brat” and its aesthetic, sharing memes and rebranding its @KamalaHQ account on X to mimic the hit album’s cover. Within weeks, “brat” and its connection to the Harris campaign’s efforts to appeal to younger voters dominated headlines and became a hot topic on networks, including CNN.

The 32-year-old singer told New York Magazine she didn’t intend her tweet to be an endorsement for Harris, but rather “something positive and lighthearted.” She also said she’s come to embrace her role in this electoral cycle.

“To be on the right side of democracy, the right side of women’s rights, is hugely important to me,” Charli XCX said. “I’m happy to help to prevent democracy from failing forever.”

The singer hasn’t been the only celebrity to voice support for Harris amid her bid against former President Trump . Last week’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee was a star-studded affair that featured appearances from celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kerry Washington.