BUDGET/CONGRESS/REGULATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued new guidelines on Thursday [4-11-19] that will expand White House and congressional oversight and review of federal agencies’ rule-making processes, including those for traditionally independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve. The 15-page memo, issued by Office of Management and Budget acting Director Russell Vought, outlines how the […]
Category: A- Trump As President
4/11/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for the Federal Reserve board, Stephen Moore, defended himself Thursday [4-11-19] against accusations that he’s unqualified for the role and asserted that the central bank can be ‘divorced from politics’…Moore also said he would not be the first member of the board with close ties to […]
4/11/2019
BUDGET/DEFICIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Here’s a headline you might have missed amid the onslaught of news about Julian Assange, William Barr, Nipsey Hussle and Michael Avenatti: ‘US budget deficit running 15% higher than a year ago.’ The story cites this monthly report from the Treasury Department detailing these few eye-popping facts: 1) The budget deficit grew […]
4/11/2019
EGYPT/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is welcoming Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi to the White House on Tuesday [4-16-19] for a second official visit. The two leaders are expected to address topics including human rights, natural gas development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and Egypt’s efforts to defuse tensions in Gaza through negotiations with […]
4/11/2019
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As President Donald Trump looks to reshape the executive branch, he’s avoiding the words ‘you’re hired.’ Trump’s choice of Kevin McAleenan as acting replacement for Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spotlights the president’s increasing reliance on a once-obscure federal statute that governs how to fill vacant federal posts. It also raises […]
4/11/2019
ELECTION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Minnesota on Monday, the April 15 tax filing deadline. Trump is hoping to win Minnesota in the next election and has been citing tax cuts and his work on trade deals as positives that will help Republicans win in 2020. The Federal Aviation Administration […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TAXES/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s tax returns (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says his department intends to ‘follow the law’ and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers. Mnuchin told a House panel that he […]
4/11/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says he’s not looking to reinstate the much-criticized practice of separating migrant families at the border with Mexico. But he says many more migrants are streaming toward the U.S. through Mexico because the practice is no longer in place. Says Trump: ‘I’m the one that stopped it.’ He claims […]
4/11/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Trump said on Thursday [4-11-19] that he would be open to a third summit meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, suggesting he is keen to revive a high-stakes engagement that was abruptly suspended six weeks ago after the two leaders failed to strike a nuclear disarmament deal in […]
4/11/2019
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “JOBLESS CLAIMS AT 50 YEAR LOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:46 pm […]
4/11/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @chuckwoolery: President Trump continues to tally up wins for our country as Americans just saw the best income gains in over 50 years.…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:44 pm […]
4/11/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DailyCaller: Every CNN Presidential Town Hall Finished Behind MSNBC And Fox News In Ratings https://t.co/muDZgLT4u7” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:32 pm […]
4/11/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DailyCaller: Rod Rosenstein Defends Attorney General’s Handling Of Mueller Report https://t.co/qMmzaPYrK4” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:24 pm […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘And the Radical Dems reeling in disarray as the President continues to Win, Win and Win again! The Left is PRETENDING to be shocked by A.G. William Barr’s testimony before Congress in which he said SPYING did occur on the Trump 2016 Campaign.’ @LouDobbs @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:57 […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @ArthurSchwartz: Wow. @tedlieu got a well deserved ass kicking. Shame on you Ted. https://t.co/R6Yb95EzYX” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:45 pm […]
4/11/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-11-19] that he will discuss potential ‘new encounters’ with Kim Jong Un, but he did not offer odds on the prospects of a third summit with the North Korean leader. ‘A third summit could happen, and it’s step-by-step – it’s not a fast process,’ Trump told reporters before […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats want to negotiate a $2 TRILLION spending increase but can’t even pass their own plan. We can’t afford it anyway, and it’s not happening!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:14 pm […]
4/11/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former F.B.I. director James B. Comey said on Thursday [4-11-19] that he knew of no electronic surveillance aimed at the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, defending the bureau after Attorney General William P. Barr asserted a day earlier that the bureau spied on the campaign as part […]
4/11/2019
FRANCE/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Surrounded by World War II veterans in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-11-19] that he will travel to France in June to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. ‘I’ll be there,’ Trump said of ceremonies in France to commemorate the June 6, 1944, landing of allied forces on Normandy’s coast. Trump […]
4/11/2019
2016 ELECTION/ATTORNEY GENERAL/ROBERT MUELLER/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-11-19] told reporters ‘there was absolutely spying into my campaign’ in 2016, feeding partisan tensions about the anticipated release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report and the origins of the Russia investigation. The president’s declaration comes a day after Attorney General William Barr […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beautiful afternoon in the Oval Office today with a few great American HEROES! https://t.co/HYEI83NVrm” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 4:23 pm […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are grappling with how to address the surge of migrants at the border, amid divisions over how to respond to President Donald Trump’s hard-line approach. For Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her deputies, the risks of diving into a fight with the president are clear. It was health care and […]
4/11/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/SENATE/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators whose states are recovering from natural disasters will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [4-11-19] afternoon to discuss a stalled aid package. The meeting comes as the Senate prepares to leave for a two-week recess without coming to a deal on a multibillion-dollar disaster aid […]
4/11/2019
MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fox Business Network issued an on-air correction Thursday [4-11-19] after the network aired a poll graphic — later shared online by President Donald Trump — that incorrectly displayed the president’s unfavorable rating as his job approval rating…The Georgetown Politics poll, as featured on Fox Business network’s ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight,’ showed a […]
4/11/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/CONGRESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has proposed ending tax credits to encourage the purchase of electric cars but a bipartisan group in Congress moved to stop him. U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, both D-Mich., as well as Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Biggest scandal of our time – the coup that failed!’ @MariaBartiromo https://t.co/7JuifNK79T” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 10:35 am […]
4/11/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NANCY PELOSI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday [4-11-19] sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s planned picks for the Federal Reserve, Herman Cain and Stephen Moore, warning that the hyperpartisan duo would be ‘dangerous’ for the economy…Democrats and Republicans alike have skewered Cain, a former pizza magnate, and Moore, a former member of […]
4/11/2019
SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘SPY GAMES: TIME FOR ANSWERS’ https://t.co/tRw7fb7Tys” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 10:20 am […]
4/11/2019
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/REGULATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aiming to streamline oil and gas pipeline projects, President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-10-19] signed two executive orders making it harder for states to block construction because of environmental concerns. The orders were prompted by fossil fuel industry pressure after officials in New York and Washington state had stopped new projects with permitting processes […]
4/11/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With the president by his side, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice made a dramatic announcement before a raucous crowd of ‘MAGA’-hat wearing supporters: He was bolting a Democratic Party that had ‘walked away’ from him to join Donald Trump’s GOP. Two years later, Trump is now repaying the favor. A pair of […]
4/11/2019
GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked Republicans this week to head off problematic nominees before President Donald Trump officially picked them, the Kentucky Republican singled out Ken Cuccinelli. Floated for the job of Homeland Security secretary, the former Virginia attorney general runs the anti-establishment Senate Conservatives Fund, which he joined in […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great news! #MAGA https://t.co/haZ1HbVpNu” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:20 am […]
4/10/2019
BREXIT/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Too bad that the European Union is being so tough on the United Kingdom and Brexit. The E.U. is likewise a brutal trading partner with the United States, which will change. Sometimes in life you have to let people breathe before it all comes back to bite you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think what the Democrats are doing with the Border is TREASONOUS. Their Open Border mindset is putting our Country at risk. Will not let this happen!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 9:33 pm […]
4/10/2019
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DHSgov: Today, @CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan was sworn-in to lead DHS as the Acting Secretary. The ceremony took place at the new D…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 9:20 pm […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is celebrating Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli election victory like it’s his own — and in many ways, it is. Trump and his foreign policy team orchestrated one of the most undisguised US interventions in an election abroad of recent times, helping to win the Israeli Prime Minister a fifth term. […]
4/10/2019
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senators rapped Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday for being less than forthcoming on a series of issues, as the top US diplomat sidestepped questions on Washington’s support for a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, the Saudi killing of Jamal Khashoggi and why Washington is treating Mexico like […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump paid a visit to Mount Vernon last year with French President Emmanuel Macron, and according to new details relayed by associates to Politico, the experience was ‘truly bizarre.’ Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, who led the tour, according to Politico, has told several people that the […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats are making a fresh push to repeal President Donald Trump’s travel ban that predominantly targets Muslim-majority countries. The No Ban Act, introduced by Sen. Chris Coons in the Senate and Rep. Judy Chu in the House, aims to repeal all three versions of the travel ban enacted by the […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington. During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era. So, he couldn’t understand why America’s first president didn’t name his historic Virginia compound […]
4/10/2019
DEFENSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Defense Department personnel have charged more than $300,000 at Trump-branded properties since the start of Donald Trump’s presidency through last November, according to internal agency documents obtained by CNN. The transactions range from lodging expenses at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to restaurant tabs at the Trump International […]
4/10/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General William P. Barr, appearing before Congress for a second straight day on Wednesday [4-10-19], said the government spied on the Trump campaign and said he would look into whether any rules were violated. • Mr. Barr signaled he was open to sharing more information with lawmakers about the […]
4/10/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/OBAMA/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration prepares to drastically weaken Obama-era rules restricting vehicle pollution, nervous automakers are devising a strategy to handle their worst-case scenario: a divided American auto market, with some states following President Trump’s weakened rules while others stick with the tougher ones. The effort is increasingly urgent because the Trump […]
4/10/2019
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday [4-10-19] that he says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects to enhance the production and transport of oil and natural gas between states and across international borders. The actions are unlikely to have much of an immediate impact, and they will […]
4/10/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General William P. Barr said on Wednesday [4-10-19] that he would scrutinize the F.B.I.’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, including whether ‘spying’ conducted by American intelligence agencies on the campaign’s associates had been properly carried out…The remarks by the new attorney general — particularly his embrace […]
4/10/2019
TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU Texas, I love you! https://t.co/24D4K9ILFd” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 4:41 pm […]
4/10/2019
INFRASTRUCTURE/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me in Crosby, Texas as I deliver remarks and sign Executive Orders on Energy and Infrastructure! https://t.co/oun56uzi53” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 4:37 pm […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday [4-10-19] to congratulate him on his re-election, and Netanyahu said he thanked his ally for ‘tremendous support for Israel.’ Netanyahu tweeted that Trump had called him from Air Force One. The president was on a flight to Texas. Netanyahu secured […]
4/10/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, it has now been determined, by 18 people that truly hate President Trump, that there was No Collusion with Russia. In fact, it was an illegal investigation that should never have been allowed to start. I fought back hard against this Phony & Treasonous Hoax!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/HUMAN RIGHTS/MYANMAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States needs to raise pressure on Myanmar to resolve a massive refugee crisis following what many officials and human rights researchers around the world believe was an act of genocide, a top foreign diplomat urged this week. In an interview with POLITICO in Washington, Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke to Bibi @Netanyahu to congratulate him on a great and hard-fought win. The United States is with him and the People of Israel all the way! https://t.co/OfFI6aKSOb” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 2:17 pm […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-10-19] called special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation an ‘attempted coup’ intended to remove him from office…Trump has long derided Mueller’s probe as a ‘witch hunt’ and accused the former FBI director of building a team stacked with Democrats. Mueller, a registered Republican, submitted a report […]
4/10/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-10-19] pushed back against the idea that senior aide Stephen Miller is the mastermind of the administration’s immigration policies following a purge of Department of Homeland Security officials…Miller is reportedly aggressively pushing for a widespread DHS shakeup to help enact controversial new steps to curb illegal […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-10-19] predicted that his administration’s goal of bringing peace to the Middle East has a better shot at success now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely going to be reelected. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump congratulated one […]
4/10/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Baker, the former top lawyer of the FBI, said senior bureau officials — including at least one deemed to be free of anti-Trump bias — discussed the possibility in May 2017 that President Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey ‘at the behest of’ the Russian government. In […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump flags being waived at the Bibi @Netanyahu VICTORY celebration last night! https://t.co/SX8RVAALYW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 9:48 am […]
4/10/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [4-10-19] he had not seen or read a report into Russian election meddling by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a day after his attorney general would not say whether he had briefed the White House or shared the report. Attorney General William Barr on […]
4/10/2019
ENVIRONMENT/LEGAL/OBAMA ADMIN/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has taken great pride in dismantling regulations issued during the Obama years, particularly rules designed to protect the environment or consumers. Federal agencies have spent the past two-plus years targeting rules designed to make chemical plants safer, conserve natural gas at oil and mining facilities and improve compliance […]
4/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @JudicialWatch: Judicial Watch President @TomFitton discussed the Trump coup in his Weekly Update: It was all based on this fraudulent d…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 10:02 pm […]
4/9/2019
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JudicialWatch: BREAKING: JW announced today that it uncovered 422 pages of FBI documents showing evidence of “cover up” discussions rel…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 9:59 pm […]
4/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody is now acknowledging that, right from the time I announced my run for President, I was 100% correct on the Border. Remember the heat I took? Democrats should now get rid of the loopholes. The Border is being fixed. Mexico will not let people through!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 […]
4/9/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IWV: .@POTUS @realDonaldTrump has ‘delivered on his promises…He has a background in delivering economically. He’s promised to do cert…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 9:05 pm […]
4/9/2019
OBAMA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @HeyTammyBruce: Trump Job Approval Jumps to 53% – Seven Points Higher Than Obama https://t.co/cv40yIrU2M” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 9:00 pm […]
4/9/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats must end the loopholes on immigration. So easy to solve” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 8:22 pm […]
4/9/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The underlying issue remains the same without a single American being indicted for Collusion with Russia, & that is a stunning end considering we were led to believe (Fake News) that something much more dramatic would happen. Why did people fall for this?’ @TuckerCarlson Molly H” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, […]
4/9/2019
ENERGY/EPA/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will issue two executive orders in the heart of the Texas energy hub on Wednesday [4-10-19] seeking to speed gas, coal and oil projects delayed by coastal states as he looks to build support ahead of next year’s election. Trump’s orders will direct his Environmental Protection Agency to change a […]
4/9/2019
ANTI-SEMITISM/DEMS/DHS/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-91-19] accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of targeting Jews after she called one of the president’s top aides, Stephen Miller, a white nationalist…Omar on Monday afternoon labeled Miller, known for pushing hard-line immigration and border security policies, a ‘white nationalist.’ Miller, who is Jewish, has reportedly grown […]
4/9/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kirstjen Nielsen’s image makeover has already begun — but it may be a hard sell. Just days after she announced plans to resign as Homeland Security secretary, Nielsen and her allies are working to rehabilitate her reputation, arguing that she’s not the heartless villain depicted by liberal critics already pressuring big […]
4/9/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Herman Cain is in deep trouble. And he hasn’t yet even been formally nominated to the Federal Reserve. Senate Republicans are warning the White House that the 2012 presidential candidate will face one of the most difficult confirmation fights of Donald Trump’s presidency and are making a behind-the-scenes play to […]
4/9/2019
COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s purge of top Homeland Security officials ignores the larger obstacle to his aggressive immigration agenda — the courts. With DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen out of the way, and other officials in the department expected to be pushed out, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller hopes to accelerate or […]
4/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/diXWQHuyGj” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 3:43 pm […]
4/9/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Baker, the former top lawyer of the FBI, told lawmakers last fall that there were widespread concerns inside the FBI that President Donald Trump had attempted to obstruct the bureau’s investigation into his campaign’s links to Russians, according to a newly released transcript of Baker’s testimony. Under questioning in […]
4/9/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-9-19] claimed that he’s not looking to revive his controversial family separation policy and pushed back against the idea that he’s purging the Department of Homeland Security’s leadership…Even while he denied that he was interested in reinstating the practice, which he brought to a halt last year […]
4/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU, WORKING HARD! https://t.co/3OUESGRw43” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 2:15 pm […]
4/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Check this out – TRUTH! https://t.co/2HNVeEpKDu” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 1:32 pm […]
4/9/2019
EGYPT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to welcome President @AlsisiOfficial of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/yBox7EhToT” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 12:58 pm […]
4/9/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are demanding the Trump administration turn over documents related to its refusal to defend Obamacare in court, in an escalation of the political battle over a case that has put health care at risk for millions. The chairmen of five House committees sent letters to the White House, […]
4/9/2019
ANTI-SEMITISM/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is set to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas. Trump is appearing at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which supported his 2016 campaign and is preparing to spend millions on […]
4/9/2019
DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The leader of Senate Democrats says ‘chaos’ in the Trump administration on immigration and other policy is the president’s fault. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday that President Donald Trump ‘cannot keep changing personnel, changing strategy, tweeting your way through a problem as serious’ as immigration. The […]
4/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One evening in 1996, as the Yankees clinched their first World Series in 18 years, Donald J. Trump was presiding over a masquerade ball at his sprawling Westchester County estate. Mr. Trump intended to convert the home, a limestone mansion called Seven Springs, into a golf club, and he had recruited […]
4/9/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Behind the clipped hedges of President Trump’s sumptuous private clubs in South Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago estate where he has spent many getaway weekends, there has long been a built-in contradiction to the policy the president has repeatedly described as ‘America First.’ Many of his employees have foreign passports. Romanians serve […]
4/9/2019
EGYPT/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump welcomed Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to the White House on Tuesday [4-9-19], and bestowed on his ally what he most eagerly sought: a ringing endorsement of his strongman rule. Mr. el-Sisi, 64, a former general who took power in a military coup in 2013, is seeking to amend […]
4/9/2019
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The music was brooding. The imagery triumphal. The villains all the same. A video shared on Tuesday [4-9-19] by President Trump — until it was taken down, apparently over a copyright infringement complaint — left no doubt that his re-election would rest on a remobilization of the voters who put him […]
4/9/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to aggressively push for tougher screening of asylum seekers that will make it vastly more difficult for migrants fleeing persecution in their home countries to win protection in the United States, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday [4-9-19]. The official said that President Trump ordered a […]
4/9/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘She (Congresswoman Omar) keeps on assaulting Jews…’ Jeff Ballabon, B2 Strategic, CEO https://t.co/WMKN9RQm2n” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 11:09 am […]
4/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/OIpp7mL2uD” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 10:38 am […]
4/9/2019
ANTI-SEMITISM/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘What’s completely unacceptable is for Congesswoman Omar to target Jews, in this case Stephen Miller.’ Jeff Ballabon, B2 Strategic, CEO. @Varneyco” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 10:36 am […]
4/9/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, we honor the Americans captured and imprisoned by foreign powers while carrying out their duties to defend this great Nation…https://t.co/dEVfRo5uy7“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 10:31 am […]
4/9/2019
DHS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and several legal experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s authority to bypass a senior Homeland Security official in order to install a hand-picked acting head of the Cabinet agency that oversees immigration enforcement. After Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Sunday that she was […]
4/9/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-9-19] said he was not reviving a policy of separating children from parents who had illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, one day after media reports that his administration was considering putting it back in place. ‘We’re not looking to do that,’ Trump told reporters before a meeting […]
4/9/2019
CONGRESS/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump revived a decades-old real estate battle with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Tuesday [4-9-19], casting himself as a blameless victim of the New York congressman who prevailed in spite of Nadler’s opposition…The Washington Post reported on Monday [4-8-19] that Trump went on a tirade last month […]
4/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Mainstream Media has never been more inaccurate or corrupt than it is today. It only seems to get worse. So much Fake News!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 7:44 am […]
4/9/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I got along very well with Jerry during the zoning and building process. Then I changed course (slightly), became President, and now I am dealing with Congressman Nadler again. Some things never end, but hopefully it will all go well for everyone. Only time will tell!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 […]
4/9/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Jerry Nadler fought me for years on a very large development I built on the West Side of Manhattan. He wanted a Rail Yard built underneath the development or even better, to stop the job. He didn’t get either & the development became VERY successful. Nevertheless,….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, […]
4/9/2019
EU/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “The World Trade Organization finds that the European Union subsidies to Airbus has adversely impacted the United States, which will now put Tariffs on $11 Billion of EU products! The EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years. It will soon stop!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 […]
4/9/2019
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/EU/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-9-19] the United States would impose tariffs on $11 billion of products from the European Union, a day after U.S. trade officials proposed a list of EU products to target as part of an ongoing aircraft dispute…The two sides have been locked in a […]
4/8/2019
ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Our economy is on fire. Jobs are up, unemployment is at record lows, and wages are still rising. But Democrats would…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 11:51 pm […]
4/8/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @WhiteHouse: The newly constructed 30-foot wall in Calexico, CA, replaces a barrier made of surplus corrugated steel landing mats from t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 11:50 pm […]
4/8/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Virginia – Great game!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 11:43 pm […]
4/8/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TeamTrump: BIGGER paychecks under President @realDonaldTrump! ? https://t.co/GAezgi2RI5” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 10:13 pm […]