AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @seanhannity: **REPORT: ‘China is proposing that it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including s…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 11:02 pm […]
Category: A- Trump As President
2/23/2019
LATINOS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @CortesSteve: Was wonderful to meet so many inspiring young patriots last night when I spoke to the @TPUSA Latino conference! @char…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:56 pm […]
2/23/2019
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TomFitton: MASSIVE @JudicialWatch Update: Lawsuit to Expose Coup Against @RealDonaldTrump, Another FBI Cover-up of potential Clinton e…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:49 pm […]
2/23/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Drug trafficking at our southern border has exploded. CBP seized nearly 5X as much methamphetamine in 2018 than it did…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:40 pm […]
2/23/2019
AGRICULTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @PressSec: President @realDonaldTrump delivers more great news for our farmers. https://t.co/ACq0ujTFTS” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:40 pm […]
2/23/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @LouDobbs: #AmericaFirst –@CLewandowski_ :The media doesn’t want to give @realDonaldTrump the credit for once again exerting American do…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:37 pm […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So great being with you both in the Oval Office! https://t.co/9VoIV3NahE“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:35 pm […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Thank you @RonaldWeiser for serving the @MIGOP well and congratulations to my friend and new @MIGOPChair Laura Cox! I…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:33 pm […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’There’s not one shred of evidence that this president’s done anything Constitutionally (or anything else) wrong.’ Graham Ledger. Thank you Graham, so true!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 7:01 pm […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The people of Venezuela stand at the threshold of history, ready to reclaim their country – and their future…. https://t.co/ajxd1EN64c“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 3:00 pm […]
2/23/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @USMC: 74 years ago today, Marines on Iwo Jima raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi. Semper Fidelis. https://t.co/UsQ2z344Xp“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 2:55 pm […]
2/23/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is far more ENERGY on the Right than there is on the Left. That’s why we just won the Senate and why we will win big in 2020. The Fake News just doesn’t want to report the facts. Border Security is a big factor. The under construction Wall will stop Gangs, […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “God Bless the people of Venezuela!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 12:30 pm […]
2/23/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great new book: ‘The Case For Trump’ by Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Senior Fellow.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 11:12 am […]
2/22/2019
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller is not expected to deliver his report on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election next week, a Justice Department official briefed on the plans told CNN. As CNN has previously reported, the precise timing of the announcement has been a moving […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [2-22-19] night announced he will nominate current Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft as his next United Nations ambassador…The announcement came about an hour after the president met face-to-face with Craft along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton in the Oval […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Eight prototype designs of President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will be demolished in San Diego, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Friday [2-22-19]. The border-security agency has not released details about its timeline for the demolition, but construction crews have begun work in the area to replace wire-mesh […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are laying the groundwork to subpoena the Trump administration for a trove of documents relating to its controversial migrant family separation policy at the border, according to several sources familiar with the matter. The House Oversight Committee will vote next Tuesday to authorize three subpoenas for the departments of Homeland […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump announced on Friday [2-22-19] he was nominating Kelly Knight Craft as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations…Her nomination will be sent to the Senate for consideration. Craft, who currently serves as U.S. Ambassador to Canada, was a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recommended […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….Kelly has done an outstanding job representing our Nation and I have no doubt that, under her leadership, our Country will be represented at the highest level. Congratulations to Kelly and her entire family!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 6:02 pm […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 6:02 pm […]
2/22/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SecretarySonny: BREAKING: In Oval Office meeting today, the Chinese committed to buy an additional 10 million metric tons of U.S. soybe…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 5:51 pm […]
2/22/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s overhaul of a federal family planning program is opening a new front in the abortion wars on a divided Capitol Hill. A rule the administration released Friday [2-22-19] will effectively cut off tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood and other clinics that offer abortions, while steering […]
2/22/2019
ABORTION/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued a final rule on Friday [2-22-19] that could effectively cut off tens of millions of federal family planning dollars to Planned Parenthood and steer some of that funding towards anti-abortion, faith-based care providers. While the revamp of the Title X program does not accomplish the full defunding […]
2/22/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration issued a rule Friday [2-22-19] to restrict federal funding for groups such as Planned Parenthood that provide abortion referrals. The rule, first proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services last year, would ban organizations from providing abortions if they are performed in the same facilities as […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats will move early next week to block President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to build a border wall, kicking off a weeks-long battle to pressure Republicans to rebuke the president over his national emergency declaration. Speaker Nancy Pelosi detailed her party’s strategy Friday [2-22-19], one week after […]
2/22/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/MILITARY/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump denied Friday [2-22-19] that his language enabled a Coast Guard officer accused of being a white nationalist who plotted to kill journalists and Democratic politicians. While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he believes Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson’s plan to carry out white-supremacist terror attacks is […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday [2-22-19] he is concerned about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to grab funding for a border wall, bypassing the will of Congress…Speaking at POLITICO’s State Solutions Conference, Hutchinson said drugs and undocumented immigrants coming across the southern border did constitute an emergency, […]
2/22/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A must read by @KimStrassel! https://t.co/Gfyrfpy55b“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 11:01 am […]
2/22/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TODAY’S TRADE TALKS COULD SET UP TRUMP-XI FACEOFF: The U.S. and China are likely to announce today that trade negotiators have made serious headway in forging a trade deal, a development that could lead to a high-stakes summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month, Pro Trade’s Doug Palmer […]
2/22/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fake News is so bad for our Country! https://t.co/ZwA8E0URer“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 9:55 am […]
2/22/2019
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Highly respected Senator Richard Burr, head of Senate Intelligence, said, after interviewing over 200 witnesses and studying over 2 million pages of documents, ‘WE HAVE FOUND NO COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA.’ The Witch Hunt, so bad for our Country, must end!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 9:11 […]
2/22/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With rain hammering outside, Zack Malitz stood in a warehouse space lit by strands of bistro lights and began to reveal the campaign strategy of Beto O’Rourke in exacting detail. Malitz, who was the field director of O’Rourke’s Senate campaign, is a tall 30-year-old with thick glasses and a haircut that over […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to get financing of a wall on that border (all times local): 3:40 p.m. President Donald Trump is pledging a veto if Congress passes a resolution blocking his use of a national emergency declaration to fund […]
2/22/2019
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen met last month with federal prosecutors in Manhattan and provided information about potential irregularities in the Trump family business, the New York Times reported on Friday [2-22-19]. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, said prosecutors in the Southern District […]
2/22/2019
ABORTION/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration announced on Friday [2-22-19] that it will bar organizations that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning money, a step that could strip millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood and direct it toward religiously-based, anti-abortion groups. The new federal rule is almost certain to be challenged in […]
2/22/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department will soon receive a final accounting from Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, of his nearly two-year investigation into how Russia influenced the 2016 election, whether the Trump campaign participated in those efforts and whether President Trump obstructed justice. But there is no guarantee that […]
2/22/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If there is anyone keeping his fingers crossed for President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to agree on how to denuclearize the North when they meet in Vietnam this month, it is President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. With no quick fix available for South Korea’s stubborn economic […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Trump said on Friday [2-22-19] that he was nominating Kelly Knight Craft, the United States ambassador to Canada, to succeed Nikki R. Haley as ambassador to the United Nations, days after his first choice for the position withdrew from consideration. Mr. Trump announced the nomination on Twitter, writing that Ms. Craft […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/DEFENSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Even if everything goes according to plan, it will likely be months before construction on President Donald Trump’s sought-after border wall can even start, according to senior defense officials. Trump recently declared a national emergency on the southern border, a move that in theory will allow his administration to tap and repurpose […]
2/22/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump expressed optimism on a trade deal with China, after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon…Trump said he plans to meet with President Xi Jinping to work out the final details of a deal ‘fairly soon,’ and those conversations are likely […]
2/22/2019
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The 2020 election is 620 days away. Which, according to new state-by-state polling data from Gallup, is a very good thing for President Donald Trump. The data paints a simple but ominous picture for Trump: If the presidential election were held today, he would almost certainly lose. Here’s the key insight from […]
2/21/2019
ISIS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The father of an Alabama woman who joined ISIS and is now seeking a return to the U.S. filed a lawsuit Thursday [2-21-19] against President Donald Trump and other senior officials after the president said he had moved to bar her from reentry. Ahmed Ali Muthana filed the lawsuit in Washington, D.C., […]
2/21/2019
DEMS/LEGISLATION/NEW JERSEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New Jersey state lawmakers moved forward Thursday [2-21-19] with a bill that could force President Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns. The Democrat-controlled state Senate voted along partisan lines, 23-11, to advance the measure to the General Assembly. One Democrat did not vote. The bill, NJ S119 (18R), would require […]
2/21/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump loves bashing California—its ]ridiculous’ sanctuary cities, its ‘gross mismanagement’ of its forests, even the ‘disgusting’ streets of San Francisco. He also enjoys slagging California liberals, like House Intelligence Committee Chair ‘Liddle’ Adam Schiff, House Financial Services Committee Chair ‘Low IQ’ Maxine Waters, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who ‘has […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/DEMS/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump wants $5.7 billion for border security. Trump has made it clear that the centerpiece of this funding would be for ‘the wall.’ Homeland Security officials have been more specific on how they would use the money: to replace 115 miles of border fence and build an additional 100 miles […]
2/21/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for Vietnam’s capital from Feb. 27-28. Trump and Kim met last June in Singapore, outreach the American president has said opened a path to peace. But that face-to-face hasn’t resulted in any solid plan for […]
2/21/2019
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is endorsing Sen. John Cornyn for re-election in 2020, saying the chamber’s No. 2 Republican ]has done an outstanding job for the people of Texas.’ The president tweeted Thursday [2-21-19] that Cornyn is ‘strong’ on the Second Amendment, the U.S.-Mexico border and crime, and ‘loves’ the military. Trump […]
2/21/2019
TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [2-21-19] called on U.S. telecommunications companies to boost their work to build faster 5G wireless communications networks, saying they were lagging and at risk of being left behind other countries’ efforts…The Trump administration has been seeking ways to speed the deployment of faster wireless communications systems […]
2/21/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the Democratic Party’s largest super PACs on Thursday [2-21-19] announced a $100 million campaign to reach about 2.5 million voters in four swing states — an early push by Democrats to challenge President Donald Trump in what will be a bruising and costly race for the White House in 2020. […]
2/21/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are here to honor the extraordinary contributions of African-Americans to every aspect of American Life, History and Culture. From the earliest days of this Nation, African-American Leaders, Pioneers, & Visionaries have uplifted & inspired our Country…https://t.co/VuFLkfd12j” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 7:27 pm […]
2/2/2019
RACISM/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Chicago police accused actor Jussie Smollett of fabricating a story about being attacked by MAGA-loving bigots, President Donald Trump was quick to weigh in. ‘What about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!?’ he wrote on Twitter. And when Catholic high school […]
2/21/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen spent several hours Thursday [2-21-19] inside the Senate Intelligence Committee’s secure spaces ahead of his closed-door testimony scheduled before the panel next week. Cohen was on Capitol Hill on Thursday in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s secure spaces ahead of next week’s interview. He […]
2/21/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former acting-FBI Director Andrew McCabe said Thursday [2-21-19] that top lawmakers ‘knew exactly’ that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence inquiry into President Donald Trump when they were briefed on the status of the Russia investigation shortly after the 2017 firing of FBI Director James Comey. McCabe, in an […]
2/21/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday [2-21-19] he expects to make a springtime trip to New Hampshire as he weighs a 2020 challenge to Donald Trump — and accused the Republican National Committee of going to extraordinary lengths to shield the president from a potentially draining primary…During its annual winter meeting earlier […]
2/21/2019
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. John Cornyn on Thursday [2-21-19] as the Texas Republican prepares for an uphill reelection battle following the state’s close and costly Senate election in November…Cornyn has begun preparing for the 2020 election earlier than other senators after the near-defeat of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in what […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge appeared poised on Thursday [2-21-19] to order the government to fully account for all migrant families that were separated before and after the Trump administration formally announced it’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered the administration to end the family separation policy on June 26, 2018, and […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday [2-21-19] that Senate Democrats will introduce a resolution to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. The Senate Democrats’ resolution of disapproval comes as House Democrats plan to introduce a similar resolution disapproving of Trump’s emergency declaration on Friday [2-22-19]…The House resolution is […]
2/21/2019
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump didn’t hold back after Chicago police revealed the findings of their investigation into last month’s alleged attack on ‘Empire’ cast member Jussie Smollett. On Thursday [2-21-19], Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the actor staged his attack in order to ‘promote his career.’ In Trump’s post in which Smollett was […]
2/21/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just a week before President Donald Trump is set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, key Democratic House chairmen accused the president on Thursday [2-21-19] of withholding information about his administration’s negotiations with North Korea…Their letter comes as Trump is preparing to meet for a second time […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since the Trump administration announced it would end its practice of separating families apprehended at the southern border last June under its ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, at least 245 children have been separated from their parents, according to a new court filing. Between late June 2018 and early February of this year, […]
2/21/2019
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@JussieSmollett – what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 11:09 am […]
2/21/2019
NATIONAL SECURITY/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump today argued U.S. companies must take the lead in the global race to build next-generation wireless networks — and made a cryptic warning against blocking certain technology from being used in their development…In a followup, he added, ‘I want the United States to win through competition, not by […]
2/21/2019
LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “U.S. President Donald Trump and his adult children on Thursday [2-21-19] urged a federal judge to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit accusing them of using the family name to promote sham marketing opportunities to vulnerable, financially struggling investors. Calling the lawsuit ‘implausible,’ the Trump family said in a filing in federal court […]
2/21/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump hopes to move beyond pleasantries next week in his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, officials said on Thursday, describing the follow-up talks as more intensive than an inaugural round last year in Singapore. Even as he looks to convince Kim to abandon his nuclear […]
2/21/2019
WALL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THE WALL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW! https://t.co/exUJCiITsz“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 9:17 am […]
2/21/2019
TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….something that is so obviously the future. I want the United States to win through competition, not by blocking out currently more advanced technologies. We must always be the leader in everything we do, especially when it comes to the very exciting world of technology!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 8:59 […]
2/21/2019
TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible. It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind. There is no reason that we should be lagging behind on………” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged members of Congress on Wednesday [2-20-19] to back a resolution halting the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to fund a border wall. Pelosi’s call to action comes as the White House plows ahead on transferring federal funds not contingent on Trump’s declaration […]
2/20/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican National Committee brought in $15.5 million in January and ended the month with $28.6 million cash on hand as it prepared for President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, according to a new campaign finance disclosure. The committee spent more than $300 million during the midterm election cycle helping Republicans, […]
2/20/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen will testify publicly before Congress on February 27 on an array of topics linked to his former boss and client, President Donald Trump, the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday [2-20-19]. Cohen was initially scheduled to testify in front of the committee on February 7, but that appearance […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi is throwing her muscle behind a legislative effort to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, the first formal step to counter Trump and squeeze Republicans on the border wall. Democrats will introduce legislation Friday [2-22-19] to terminate the emergency proclamation and Pelosi is urging House colleagues on […]
2/20/2019
G20/JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump will visit Japan twice in the coming months, a US official told CNN. The US president will pay a formal visit to the close ally in late May, likely to Tokyo, after the country’s current crown prince Naruhito becomes Japan’s 126th Emperor. Trump will then return in late June […]
2/20/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller’s report could land within days, yet rather than offering definitive answers, his hotly anticipated filing might only ignite a new controversy — over how much of the special counsel’s conclusions most Americans get to see. Sources told CNN on Wednesday [2-20-19] that the Justice Department is preparing […]
2/20/2019
ISIS/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 4:05 pm […]
2/20/2019
2016 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former campaign worker for President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Wednesday [2-20-19] seeking to invalidate all of the non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements that campaign workers were required to sign before joining the president’s 2016 election campaign. If the suit is successful, more campaign workers could feel free to […]
2/20/2019
INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump denied Wednesday [2-10-19] that he is considering firing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, despite several reports that the president is frustrated with the chief intelligence official…The president’s comments came after reports that Trump was fuming and ‘enraged’ over Coats’ remarks during a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee […]
2/20/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 – 47 days ahead of schedule! Many miles more now under construction! #FinishTheWall https://t.co/TYkj3KRdOC“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 1:56 pm […]
2/20/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [2-20-19] labeled The New York Times ‘the enemy of the people’ in a tweet, attacking the newspaper over a report in which it spelled out the president’s alleged efforts to influence ongoing investigations into his campaign and allies…Trump did not refute any specific parts of the Times […]
2/20/2019
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups is asking a federal judge for a restraining order that would block the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases make their way through US immigration courts. In a motion filed Wednesday [2-20-19], advocates argued that the administration’s new […]
2/20/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [2-20-19] the release of any report on the Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be totally up to U.S. Attorney General William Barr. Trump’s comment came as CNN reported that the Justice Department may announce as early as next week that […]
2/20/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DOT made the first move toward taking back the federal funding given to California for its high-speed rail project, canceling $929 million that had yet to go out and saying it will try to get back $2.5 billion in additional grants that were already sent. Your host has more on the attempt […]
2/20/2019
G20/JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Japan in May to meet with the country’s new emperor and then return in June for a G20 gathering, a White House official said on Wednesday [2-20-19] after a phone call between Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump’s first visit will likely […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If you weren’t already confused about the status of California’s controversial bullet train after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address, you might be soon. During his speech last week, the governor said the high-speed rail network as it was initially envisioned — as a link between Los Angeles and the […]
2/20/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even by his standards, President Trump’s biting attacks on the press this week stand out…Earlier, First Amendment scholars were taken aback by remarks from Justice Clarence Thomas, who on Tuesday [2-19-19] urged the Supreme Court to peel back longstanding libel protections for American news outlets. And a global crackdown against journalists continues […]
2/20/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California now wants to scale back their already failed ‘fast train’ project by substantially shortening the distance so that it no longer goes from L.A. to San Francisco. A different deal and record cost overruns. Send the Federal Government back the Billions of Dollars WASTED!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 9:13 […]
2/20/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times reporting is false. They are a true ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 8:49 am […]
2/20/2019
DEMS/FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’If thinking that James Comey is not a good FBI Director is tantamount to being an agent of Russia, than just list all the people that are agents of Russia – Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Rod Rosenstein who wrote the memo to get rid of Comey, the Inspector General….’ Trey Gowdy” […]
2/20/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The Washington Post ignored basic journalistic standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump.’ Covington student suing WAPO. Go get them Nick. Fake News!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 7:44 am […]
2/20/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Press has never been more dishonest than it is today. Stories are written that have absolutely no basis in fact. The writers don’t even call asking for verification. They are totally out of control. Sadly, I kept many of them in business. In six years, they all go BUST!” -Donald Trump, […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Democrats will file a resolution Friday [2-22-19] aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance his wall along the Southwest border, teeing up a clash over billions of dollars, immigration policy and the Constitution’s separation of powers. Though the effort seems […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday [2-22-19] to end President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. So far, 92 lawmakers have joined Castro in backing the legislation, which under House rules could advance […]
2/20/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Czech Republic’s prime minister will be meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House next month. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump will host Andrej Babis and his wife for their first official visit on March 7. She says the leaders are expected to discuss ‘how best […]
2/20/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Crazy Bernie has just entered the race. I wish him well!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 7:07 am […]
2/20/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Andrew McCabe gave absolutely no evidence of any threat to substantiate his ABSURD claim.’ @LouDobbs” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 7:03 am […]
2/20/2019
MILITARY/SPACE FORCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [2-19-19] signed his much-awaited presidential directive laying out how his administration wants to organize a military Space Force. ‘It’s the future. It’s where we’re going,’ Trump said at the White House. ‘I suspect, whether we like it or not, that’s where we’re going. It’s space. That’s […]
2/20/2019
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence mentioned his boss in a speech on Friday, and he may not have gotten the reaction he expected. As he spoke to attendees of the Munich Security Conference, he noted that he was there on behalf of a ‘great champion of freedom and of a strong national […]
2/20/2019
G20/JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Japan in May to meet with the country’s new emperor and then return in June for a G20 gathering, a White House official said on Wednesday [2-20-19] after a phone call between Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump’s first visit will likely […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday [2-22-19] to end President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. So far, 92 lawmakers have joined Castro in backing the legislation, which under House rules could advance within weeks […]
2/19/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/NOMINATION/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump intends to nominate Deputy Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Rosen to be the new deputy attorney general, the White House announced in a news release Tuesday [2-19-19]. Trump’s announcement comes following the confirmation of new attorney general William Barr and as current deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein prepares for […]