ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s no secret that President Trump really, really dislikes wind power. He’s been vocal on the subject for years, ever since a battle with Scottish officials over a plan to build what he called a ‘really ugly wind farm’ within sight of his golf resort in Aberdeen. More recently, in rallies […]
Category: A- Trump As President
4/4/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump stopped short of announcing a final trade deal with China on Thursday [4-4-19], saying in an Oval Office meeting with the Chinese delegation that it may take another four weeks or more to secure an “epic” trade agreement. Negotiators had originally aimed to secure a deal this week during […]
4/4/2019
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump, despite his own history of buying a porn star’s silence and bragging about sexual misconduct, on Thursday [4-4-19] leveled another broadside at Joseph R. Biden Jr., tweeting a meme that mocked the former vice president for putting his hands on women’s shoulders. The 15-second meme, accompanied by the text […]
4/4/2019
JOBS/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump’s first two years in office, an unexpected rebound in manufacturing jobs helped bolster his claims that he was restoring the United States’ battered industrial sector. Now, that surge may be nearing its end — in part because of his own trade policies. American manufacturers have added nearly half […]
4/4/2019
IRS/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority than voting on the nomination of William P. Barr as attorney general, a person […]
4/4/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration may have shut down the government advisory committee on climate change started by President Barack Obama, but its members considered the work so important that they did not stop working. The Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment was created in 2015 by the Obama administration to […]
4/4/2019
DEMS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, told congressional lawmakers in a letter on Thursday [4-4-19] that Mr. Cohen can best help their oversight inquiries if he remains out of prison to sift through millions of his documents — and they asked the help of Democrats […]
4/3/2019
BORDER/GOP/HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “His border shutdown went from imminent to uncertain. A major health care push was declared and then delayed. Funding cuts were inserted in his proposed budget and just as quickly taken out. President Donald Trump has been exploring the art of the climb-down. Trump pivoted on two big policy fronts this week, […]
4/3/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/FOREIGN AID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The Trump administration is preparing an economic relief package for Venezuela that would put United States dollars directly into the hands of Venezuelans in the event that the government of President Nicolás Maduro falls. Larry Kudlow, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council, disclosed the outlines of the […]
4/3/2019
LEGAL/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In recent days, President Trump has used Twitter to warn Mexico that he may close the border, to suggest that The New York Times and The Washington Post be stripped of their Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the special counsel’s Russia investigation and to criticize the Federal Reserve for raising interest […]
4/3/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee has asked one of the top contractors to President Trump’s inaugural to provide it with documents about the event, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday, opening up a new line of inquiry into the planning and financing of the ceremonies. The committee asked […]
4/3/2019
AGRICULTURE/EDUCATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A coalition of states and advocacy organizations sued the Trump administration on Wednesday [4-3-19] over its rollback of school nutritional standards championed by the former first lady Michelle Obama that required students be served healthier meals. In lawsuits filed Wednesday, the groups claim that the administration illegally issued rules last year that […]
4/3/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted Wednesday [4-3-19] to condemn the Trump administration for pushing a federal appeals court to obliterate the Affordable Care Act, and it urged the Justice Department to defend the law in court. The vote, 240-186, was nonbinding, but it documented the House’s support of the health […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Election Day in 2016, the Republican Party was divided against itself, split over its nominee for president, Donald J. Trump. In Ohio, a crucial battleground, the state party chairman had repeatedly chided Mr. Trump in public, amplifying the concerns of Gov. John Kasich, a Republican dissenter. In New Hampshire, the party […]
4/3/2019
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-3-19] dismissed a recent alleged breach of his Mar-a-Lago property, saying he was ‘not concerned’ about the incident…Trump’s comments come as the FBI has begun investigating the recent Mar-a-Lago security breach incident for the possibility that it was an espionage effort, a US official told CNN. The […]
4/3/2019
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. congressional Democrats on Wednesday [4-3-19] authorized a powerful committee chairman to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, moving closer to a legal clash with President Donald Trump’s administration. The Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to enable its chairman, […]
4/3/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The House’s top tax writer formally requested President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday [4-3-19], escalating a bid by Democrats to unmask the long-hidden documents that’s likely to ignite a precedent-setting legal showdown between Congress and the administration. Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), citing an arcane law […]
4/3/2019
ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Count Chuck Grassley as among those displeased by President Donald Trump’s attacks on wind energy. The longtime Iowa GOP senator told Iowa reporters on Wednesday [4-3-19] afternoon that Trump’s comments implying turbines cause cancer was ‘idiotic.’ Then he explained to Capitol Hill reporters that the president needs to stop railing […]
4/3/2019
CHINA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday [4-4-19] with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, who is in Washington for trade talks, according to Trump’s schedule released by the White House on Wednesday [4-3-19] night. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT) in the Oval Office, […]
4/3/2019
ENTITLEMENTS/JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s plans for food stamps could cost more than 750,000 people their benefits, and most of these folks are among the poorest of the poor. The administration wants to make more Americans work for their food stamps by limiting states’ ability to seek waivers from the current employment requirement. More […]
4/3/2019
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans used the ‘nuclear option’ Wednesday [4-3-19] to unilaterally reduce debate time on most presidential nominees, the latest in a series of changes to the fabric of the Senate to dilute the power of the minority. The move by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) immediately paves the way to […]
4/3/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “More than half of the House Judiciary Committee’s 81 targets in its obstruction of justice and corruption investigation into President Donald Trump have declined to produce documents, according to a POLITICO analysis. Two weeks after committee chairman Jerrold Nadler’s March 18 deadline, 14 witnesses contacted by POLITICO indicated through […]
4/3/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Wednesday [4-3-19] overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Trump administration for backing a lawsuit seeking to throw out all of Obamacare, with eight Republicans joining a near-unanimous Democratic caucus. The non-binding resolution is one of is one of several steps Democrats are taking to try to link vulnerable […]
4/3/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “An accounting firm is asking the House Oversight and Reform Committee to issue it a subpoena before sending lawmakers 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday [4-3-19], adding that the firm intends to turn over the documents. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) told reporters that […]
4/3/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The First Step Act proves that our Country can achieve amazing breakthroughs when we put politics aside, and put the interests of ALL Americans FIRST. https://t.co/dTKubkIBQn https://t.co/kILIFjXglO” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2019 12:09 pm […]
4/3/2019
DEFENSE/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-2-19] his pressure on NATO nations to pay more for their defense is leading to tens of billions of dollars more in contributions, but the allies may need to boost their budgets even more. Trump used a well-worn script about burden-sharing with NATO Secretary General […]
4/3/2019
CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William Barr did not properly convey how damaging their findings were for President Donald Trump, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported. The investigators said Barr, in his memo to Congress, did not adequately portray […]
4/3/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress must get together and immediately eliminate the loopholes at the Border! If no action, Border, or large sections of Border, will close. This is a National Emergency!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2019 8:45 am […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/MEDIA/MITCH MCCONNELL/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…This will be a great campaign issue. I never asked Mitch McConnell for a vote before the Election as has been incorrectly reported (as usual) in the @nytimes, but only after the Election when we take back the House etc. Republicans will always support pre-existing conditions!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was never planning a vote prior to the 2020 Election on the wonderful HealthCare package that some very talented people are now developing for me & the Republican Party. It will be on full display during the Election as a much better & less expensive alternative to ObamaCare…” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/3/2019
TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-3-19] ordered a crackdown on counterfeit products on third-party online marketplaces, asking for more information on how the United States can better track and curb such sales. The memo signed by Trump said that the value of global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods may rise to […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [4-2-19] that former Vice President Joe Biden is ‘being taken care of pretty well by the socialists,’ suggesting that a recent wave of criticism of the potential 2020 presidential candidate is the product of attacks hatched by his own party’s left wing. Criticism of the former […]
4/4/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE PARTY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 6:49 am […]
4/3/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JARED KUSHNER/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even as President Donald Trump threatens to shut down the southern border, his administration is quietly working on a plan to expand some forms of legal immigration into the U.S. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been working for months on a proposal that could increase the number of […]
4/2/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Fox News contributor Morgan Ortagus, the expected pick to become the next State Department spokesperson, repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, a CNN review found. Ortagus publicly lambasted then-candidate Trump over what she called his ‘isolationist foreign policy approach,’ and blasted behavior she qualified as […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/CONGRESS/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump said he called Chinese President Xi Jinping a ‘king’ during a state visit to Beijing in 2017 and that the Communist Party leader appeared to appreciate the remark. Speaking Tuesday [4-2-19] at the National Republican Congressional Committee spring dinner in Washington, Trump said Xi had denied he […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [4-1-19] he was willing to wait until after the 2020 presidential election to get Congress to vote on a new healthcare plan, giving Republicans time to develop a proposal to replace Obamacare. Congressional Republicans have been unable thus far to draft a proposal to replace […]
4/2/2019
FACT CHECK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said during a meeting with NATO’s secretary general Tuesday that his father was ‘born in a very wonderful place in Germany./ Fred Trump was born in the Bronx. His father — Trump’s grandfather — was born in Germany. Happy International Fact-Checking Day! Trump has made 9,451 false or […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s senior economic aides are scrambling to impress upon him the potentially dire economic costs of his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, according to two people familiar with the matter. Both Kevin Hassett and Larry Kudlow, the president’s top economic advisers, have shared papers and data with Trump […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appeared to backpedal on Tuesday [4-2-19] from his initial desire for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be released to Congress and the public, a sharp diversion from his enthusiastic calls for the release of the highly anticipated report. In a series of tweets, Trump disparaged congressional […]
4/2/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Michelle Bowman, who has served on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors since November 2018, for a 14-year term on the board beginning on Feb. 1, 2020, the White House said on Tuesday [4-2-19]. Bowman, who ran the Kansas state bank commission before […]
4/2/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump told Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ‘I guess I’m stuck with you’ in a recent phone call, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday [4-2-19], underscoring tensions between the White House and the independent central bank. The Trump administration has repeatedly and publicly blasted the Fed […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/ECONOMY/MEXICO/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-2-19] that shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border could have a dire impact on the economy, but contended that the move was about national security, and ‘that’s more important than trade.’ Trump threatened last week to close the southern border if Mexico did not do more to […]
4/2/2019
NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Today, it was my great honor to welcome @NATO Secretary General @JensStoltenberg to the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/4drPHXZBWH” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 2:59 pm […]
4/2/2019
MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we celebrate the tremendous accomplishments of Americans with ASD and reaffirm our commitment to work together to ensure that every member of our society is afforded equal opportunities to reach their full potential. #WorldAutismAwarenessDay https://t.co/JQbJ2TGA3P” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 2:42 pm […]
4/2/2019
ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday [4-2-19] he told President Donald Trump the Senate would not be doing a comprehensive healthcare bill, even as Trump has sought to revive healthcare as an issue for the 2020 campaign. ‘I made it clear to him (Trump) we were not going to […]
4/2/2019
COMMERCE/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is feuding internally over the fate of airwaves critical to 5G networks, threatening to undermine the country’s push to speed development of the super-fast wireless service and set the global standards around the technology. The clash pits FCC Chairman Ajit Pai against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and NASA […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-2-19] he was prepared to close the U.S. southern border if necessary but that Mexico has apprehended thousands of people in recent days and its actions have made a big difference in the immigration situation. Trump threatened on Friday [3-29-19] to close the border with Mexico […]
4/2/2019
BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rico’s government on Tuesday over federal aid directed to the island territory, pushing an inaccurate figure for the cost of hurricane recovery effort and ripping local leaders as ‘grossly incompetent’ and corrupt. In a string of tweets late Monday night and Tuesday morning, Trump falsely […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘I haven’t seen any Democrats down here at the Border working with us or asking to speak to any of us. They have an open invitation. We are getting overrun, our facilities are overcapacity. We are at an emergency crisis.’ Art Del Cueto, National Border Patrol Council.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, […]
4/2/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/jVIodsTNNH” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 9:51 am […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After many years (decades), Mexico is apprehending large numbers of people at their Southern Border, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. They have ALL been taking U.S. money for years, and doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for us, just like the Democrats in Congress!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 9:41 am […]
4/2/2019
BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats formally punted on releasing a budget blueprint on Tuesday [4-2-19], instead unveiling a bill that would increase military and domestic spending caps by more than $350 billion over the next two years. The proposal frustrated fiscal hawks on both sides of the aisle and Democrats on the party’s […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 32-year-old woman from China carrying four cellphones and a thumb drive infected with malware gained access to Mar-a-Lago during President Trump’s visit to the Florida resort over the weekend, federal court records show. The woman, identified as Yujing Zhang, had arrived at the Palm Beach resort and showed two Chinese passports […]
4/2/2019
EU/MILITARY/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward moment on Tuesday [4-2-19] for Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, as he sat stiffly by while President Trump criticized German […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, in his most recent rebuke of Central American nations for what he says is their failure to address the issue of migration, announced plans to cut off aid to three nations — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — known as the Northern Triangle. Critics of the cuts say they […]
4/2/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump backed off plans to introduce a Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act after Senator Mitch McConnell privately warned him that the Senate would not revisit health care in a comprehensive way before the November 2020 elections. Reversing himself in the face of Republican consternation, Mr. Trump said his […]
4/2/2019
DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no amount of testimony or document production that can satisfy Jerry Nadler or Shifty Adam Schiff. It is now time to focus exclusively on properly running our great Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 7:54 am […]
4/2/2019
BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [4-2-19] lashed out at Puerto Rico’s local lawmakers as ‘grossly incompetent’ and singled out one of his favorite targets, Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, as ‘crazed and incompetent.’ Mr. Trump’s latest invective toward the local leaders of an island devastated by a hurricane […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/ECONOMY/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-2-19] that closing the southern border with Mexico could damage the United States economy, but said protecting America’s security was more important than trade. In remarks from the Oval Office, Mr. Trump reiterated his threat to shut the border if Mexico, America’s third largest trading partner, cannot restrict […]
4/2/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller was a God-like figure to the Democrats, until he ruled No Collusion in the long awaited $30,000,000 Mueller Report. Now the Dems don’t even acknowledge his name, have become totally unhinged, and would like to go through the whole process again. It won’t happen!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, […]
4/2/2019
MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “World Autism Awareness Day 2019: Significance, history and theme via @htTweets https://t.co/kRLZoYEIJS” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 7:02 am […]
4/2/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 1998, Rep.Jerry Nadler strongly opposed the release of the Starr Report on Bill Clinton. No information whatsoever would or could be legally released. But with the NO COLLUSION Mueller Report, which the Dems hate, he wants it all. NOTHING WILL EVER SATISFY THEM! @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 […]
4/2/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico is President Donald J. Trump. So many wonderful people, but with such bad Island leadership and with so much money wasted. Cannot continue to hurt our Farmers and States with these massive payments, and so little appreciation!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/2/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before, & all their local politicians do is complain & ask for more money. The pols are grossly incompetent, spend the money foolishly or corruptly, & only take from USA….” –Donald […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/JAPAN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Japanese space agency recently landed a spacecraft on a miniscule asteroid traveling nearly 14,000 miles per hour relative to Earth. Many observers have concluded that it will take a similar feat to land the U.S.-Japan trade agreement negotiations expected to kick off in the next several weeks. Congress and the […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A looming battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over government spending and the debt limit could make the 35-day government shutdown look like a blip. A series of budget deadlines converge in the coming months that could leave Washington on the precipice of another shutdown, $100 billion in automatic spending cuts and […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a woman carrying Chinese passports accused of illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Yujing Zhang claimed a friend had asked her to fly from Shanghai to the club to try to speak to a member of Trump’s family about economic relations between the […]
4/2/2019
HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It turns out that Donald Trump alone can’t fix it. The President’s chaos theory of management, rule by threats, focus on pleasing his political base and policy-lite sloganeering are being exposed as ill-suited to effective governance as the nation wrestles with two perennial controversies given new life this week: health care and immigration. […]
4/1/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….the crazed and incompetent Mayor of San Juan have done such a poor job of bringing the Island back to health. 91 Billion Dollars to Puerto Rico, and now the Dems want to give them more, taking dollars away from our Farmers and so many others. Disgraceful!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/1/2019
FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….are GREAT, but the politicians are incompetent or corrupt. Puerto Rico got far more money than Texas & Florida combined, yet their government can’t do anything right, the place is a mess – nothing works. FEMA & the Military worked emergency miracles, but politicians like…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, […]
4/1/2019
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “A White House staff member has told House investigators that senior officials have overruled concerns raised about 25 individuals whose security clearances were initially denied over a range of disqualifying issues — such as fears about foreign influence and potential conflicts-of-interests — warning of the grave implications to […]
4/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/LEGISLATION/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats today killed a Bill that would have provided great relief to Farmers and yet more money to Puerto Rico despite the fact that Puerto Rico has already been scheduled to receive more hurricane relief funding than any ‘place’ in history. The people of Puerto Rico…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….back the House. It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America. Also, Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions. The Republican Party will be known as the Party of Great HealtCare. Meantime, the USA is doing better than ever & is respected again!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….are developing a really great HealthCare Plan with far lower premiums (cost) & deductibles than ObamaCare. In other words it will be far less expensive & much more usable than ObamaCare. Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 […]
4/1/2019
GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn’t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health insurance. The Republicans…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 9:13 pm […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/DHS/GOP/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is thrusting his hard-line posture on immigration back to the fore this week, with plans for a Friday [4-5-19] trip to the southern border and possible new executive actions to restrict border crossings. But days after Trump renewed his long-standing threat to shut down the southern border entirely, even […]
4/1/2019
BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate was unable to bridge a partisan divide Monday [4-1-19] over disaster aid, leaving in the lurch Puerto Ricans still recovering from Hurricane Maria, Californians trying to rebuild from wildfires and Midwestern communities soaked by recent floods. Neither Republicans, pushing for immediate aid for the Midwest, nor Democrats, pushing for […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the 2020 presidential election gets into full swing, President Donald Trump is focusing on one of his favorite topics: immigration. Over the past several days, the president has warned he’ll cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Central American nations where migrants come from, and he threatened to seal off the entire southern […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump has renewed his threats to shut down the southern US border, officials in his administration are nervously watching his Twitter feed. Trump has been repeatedly warned by officials that shutting down the US-Mexico border could result in billions of dollars in economic losses, destabilize border towns and cities, […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Energized by special counsel Robert Mueller’s finding of “no collusion” with Russia, President Donald Trump is relitigating a host of contentious policy battles – from health care to immigration – that could dramatically shape his reelection effort. Trump faces a political dynamic on Capitol Hill that has not changed. Democrats, who control the House and […]
4/1/2019
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group advocating for journalists and First Amendment rights is asking a judge to clear away one of the key obstacles the Justice Department is citing as grounds for withholding portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report: the presence of information gathered through the secret actions of a grand […]
4/1/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled Monday [4-1-19] that congressional Republicans would wait until after the 2020 elections to vote on a GOP replacement for Obamacare — putting off a presumably savage legislative battle on a hot-button campaign issue until after his re-election bid…Trump claimed that the as-yet-unseen Republican proposal ‘will be truly […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/LEGISLATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats should stop fighting Sen. David Perdue’s disaster relief bill. They are blocking funding and relief for our great farmers and rural America!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 11:47 am […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump could initiate chaos and grave economic disruption by finally making good on his threat to slam shut the southern border, yet he’s clearly tempted to do it anyway. Such a dramatic gesture would fulfill many of Trump’s most fundamental short-term political goals and indulge a domineering personality and a […]
4/1/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [4-1-19] lashed out at Democrats for fighting his administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a controversial move set to undergo legal scrutiny by the Supreme Court in the coming months…The president’s comment comes one year ahead of the next Census milestone, April […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No matter what information is given to the crazed Democrats from the No Collusion Mueller Report, it will never be good enough. Behind closed doors the Dems are laughing!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 9:43 am […]
4/1/2019
GOP/LEGISLATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two competing legislative proposals aimed at providing disaster relief failed to advance in the Senate on Monday amid a fight over funding for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. The Senate first voted on a GOP proposal that Democrats objected to because they argued it did not provide adequate aid for Puerto Rico. […]
4/1/2019
OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The cost of ObamaCare is far too high for our great citizens. The deductibles, in many cases way over $7000, make it almost worthless or unusable. Good things are going to happen! @SenRickScott @senatemajldr @SenJohnBarrasso @SenBillCassidy” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 8:41 am […]
4/1/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question. Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 8:03 am […]
4/1/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Mexico must use its very strong immigration laws to stop the many thousands of people trying to get into the USA. Our…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:15 am […]
4/1/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “@realDonaldTrump: Everybody is asking how the phony and fraudulent investigation of the No Collusion, No Obstruction Trump Campaign bega…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:14 am […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats, working with Republicans in Congress, can fix the Asylum and other loopholes quickly. We have a major National Emergency at our Border. GET IT DONE NOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:13 am […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the long awaited Mueller Report conclusions have been released, most Democrats and others have gone back to the pre-Witch Hunt phase of their lives before Collusion Delusion took over. Others are pretending that their former hero, Bob Mueller, no longer exists!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:07 am […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HIV-AIDS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wants to eliminate HIV in the U.S., contain the opioid crisis and lower the cost of prescription drugs — but all of those need Obamacare to be successful. And Trump just promised to kill it. His HIV plan relies on key pieces of Obamacare to expand access to prevention […]
4/1/2019
CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China announced on Monday [4-1-19] that it would ban all variants of the powerful opioid fentanyl, a move that could slow the supply of a drug that in recent years has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the United States. By declaring that all varieties of fentanyl are now controlled […]
4/1/2019
BUDGET/CRIME/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Monday [4-1-19] hosted about 300 guests, including convicted felons, at the White House for the ‘First Step Act Celebration,’ a party intended to bring attention to a rare piece of bipartisan legislation he passed last year, and which he plans to highlight on the campaign trail. The East Room […]
4/1/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump often complained about how President Barack Obama drew red lines that he never enforced, and how a diminished America let Russia walk into Syria unchallenged, something he said would not happen if the Russian leader respected the United States president. Now, in Venezuela, President Trump […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jaden Rams used to be on fire for Donald Trump. Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, when he was 13, he put on a red MAGA hat and matching tie and yelled his support at a rally in his hometown, Grand Junction, Colo…Today he calls the presidential campaign and its aftermath ‘a […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Wednesday [4-3-19] to authorize a subpoena that Democrats can use to try to force the Justice Department to hand over an unredacted copy of the special counsel’s report and underlying evidence. The move on Monday [4-1-19] by Representative Jerrold […]