DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘There is no Collusion. All of these investigations are in search of a crime. Democrats have no evidence to impeach President Trump. Ridiculous!’ @DevinNunes @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2019 3:17 pm […]
Category: A- Trump As President
3/4/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Now that the Dems are going to try & switch from Collusion to some other reason, it makes them continue to look like sore losers who didn’t accept the WILL OF THE PEOPLE in the last election – they will do anything to get rid of the President.’ @AriFleischer It will […]
3/4/2019
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The military drills, or war games as I call them, were never even discussed in my mtg w/ Kim Jong Un of NK—FAKE NEWS! I made that decision long ago because it costs the U.S. far too much money to have those ‘games’, especially since we are not reimbursed for the […]
3/4/2019
DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With their new monopoly on power in the Legislature, Democrats have seized the opportunity to highlight their opposition to the Trump administration in several policy areas, including access to abortion, immigrant rights, gun control and election reform. So far, however, they have not confronted the New Yorker in the White House […]
3/4/2019
FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FEMA has been told directly by me to give the A Plus treatment to the Great State of Alabama and the wonderful people who have been so devastated by the Tornadoes. @GovernorKayIvey, one of the best in our Country, has been so informed. She is working closely with FEMA (and me!).” […]
3/4/2019
FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FEMA has been told directly by me to give the A Plus treatment to the Great State of Alabama and the wonderful people who have been so devastated by the Tornadoes. @GovIvey, one of the best in our Country, has been so informed. She is working closely with FEMA (and me!).” […]
3/4/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Sunday [3-3-19] night that the high-profile congressional testimony offered last week by his former personal attorney may have contributed to the collapse of nuclear negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a summit in Vietnam. Trump thus far has attributed his decision to walk […]
3/4/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With Senator Rand Paul’s decision to support a resolution to block President Trump’s emergency declaration, Congress appears ready to deliver a stern rebuke to the president over his border wall and a clear statement that it will defend its ability to control federal spending. Senator Paul, a libertarian-minded Kentuckian, said he will […]
3/4/2019
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr. faced questions on Monday [3-4-29] over the publication of a book and new Instagram posts that may have violated a gag order prohibiting him from making public statements about the legal proceedings against him. The office of the special counsel, Robert S. […]
3/4/2019
DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee delivered a flurry of demands for documents from the executive branch and the broader Trump world on Monday [3-4-19] that detailed the breadth and ambition of a new investigation into possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by President Trump and his administration. […]
3/4/2019
GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “President Trump has implied that a golf course owned by the Trump Organization in Scotland helps cement the United States’ relationship with Britain, just a few days after a Scottish court ruled that the company had to pay expenses in a failed lawsuit. The Trump International golf course near Aberdeen, in northeastern […]
3/3/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “And also illegally leaking to Fake News CNN & others? https://t.co/GAItdhWniB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:28 pm […]
3/3/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Schumer & the Democrats are hurting our Country. Senate Republicans must take BOLD ACTION! https://t.co/QFqCaYmVPJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:24 pm […]
3/3/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To the great people of Alabama and surrounding areas: Please be careful and safe. Tornadoes and storms were truly violent and more could be coming. To the families and friends of the victims, and to the injured, God bless you all!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 10:10 pm […]
3/3/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @ChatByCC: @realDonaldTrump President Trump made America great again! #MAGA Now it’s up to us to help him keep America great. #KAG #T…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:08 pm […]
3/3/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @rcale1776: Jon Stewart ‘Listen up everybody, the Trump Justice Dept is doing an excellent job administrating the 911 compensation act’…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:07 pm […]
3/3/2019
DEMS/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For the Democrats to interview in open hearings a convicted liar & fraudster, at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea, is perhaps a new low in American politics and may have contributed to the ‘walk.’ Never done when a president is overseas. Shame!” –Donald Trump, […]
3/3/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….President. We are WINNING big, the envy of the WORLD, but just think what it could be?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 7:08 pm […]
3/3/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Presidential Harassment by ‘crazed’ Democrats at the highest level in the history of our Country. Likewise, the most vicious and corrupt Mainstream Media that any president has ever had to endure – Yet the most successful first two years for any” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 7:02 pm […]
3/7/2019
LAWSUIT/MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit against Trump Organization on Thursday [3-7-19] alleging that he was not paid for legal fees he incurred after turning on the president. Cohen, in the lawsuit filed in New York, says he was part of an agreement with the […]
3/3/2019
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The reason I do not want military drills with South Korea is to save hundreds of millions of dollars for the U.S. for which we are not reimbursed. That was my position long before I became President. Also, reducing tensions with North Korea at this time is a good thing!” […]
3/3/2019
IVANKA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My wonderful daughter, Ivanka, will be interviewed tonight by Steve Hilton on ‘The Next Revolution.’ @FoxNews 9:00 P.M. She works so hard and has achieved so much for the U.S.A.(and gets so little credit!). Then watch Mark Levin at 10:00 P.M., a great show!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 2:52 pm […]
3/3/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Look how they’re acting now and how we act when we’re in the majority. What the Democrats are doing is an abuse of power. They couldn’t find anything…they took a Fake Dossier & couldn’t find any Collusion. Now they have a fake witness in Cohen.’ Congressman Mark Green, (R-TN).” –Donald Trump, […]
3/2/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After more than two years of Presidential Harassment, the only things that have been proven is that Democrats and other broke the law. The hostile Cohen testimony, given by a liar to reduce his prison time, proved no Collusion! His just written book manuscript showed what he…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March […]
3/2/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/PTLqvZNwqY” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 8:39 pm […]
3/2/2019
NASA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’ve got NASA ‘rocking’ again. Great activity and success. Congrats to SPACEX and all!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 7:48 pm […]
3/2/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The brand new manuscript for a new book by failed lawyer Michael Cohen shows his testimony was a total lie! Pundits should only use it.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 7:34 pm […]
3/2/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Virtually everything failed lawyer Michael Cohen said in his sworn testimony last week is totally contradicted in his just released manuscript for a book about me. It’s a total new love letter to ‘Trump’ and the pols must now use it rather than his lies for sentence reduction!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/2/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you @marklevinshow! https://t.co/dwQR11genG” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 11:21 am […]
3/2/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “@TeamCavuto It was a 3 day train ride to Vietnam, not 3 hours!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 10:44 am […]
3/2/2019
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…said was a total lie, but Fake Media won’t show it. I am an innocent man being persecuted by some very bad, conflicted & corrupt people in a Witch Hunt that is illegal & should never have been allowed to start – And only because I won the Election! Despite this, […]
3/2/2019
GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: 93% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. 52% Approval Rating overall! Not bad considering I get the most unfair (B…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:51 am […]
3/2/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security. Without stro…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:50 am […]
3/2/2019
ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Since my election as President the Dow Jones is up 43% and the NASDAQ Composite almost 50%. Great news for your 401(k)…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:48 am […]
3/2/2019
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dcexaminer: Pence says President Trump has ‘no higher priority than the safety of the American people.’ #CPAC2019 https://t.co/fmBGjTBC…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:23 am […]
3/2/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TeamTrump: Get your OFFICIAL campaign merchandise @ https://t.co/avCW7TGIn1 or, if you’re at @CPAC, check out our Official booth!” #Tea…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:22 am […]
3/2/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be speaking at CPAC at 11:30 this morning. Record crowd, live broadcast. Enjoy!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 8:40 am […]
3/2/2019
GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very proud of perhaps the greatest golf course anywhere in the world. Also, furthers U.K. relationship! https://t.co/3xTzzJH6Iq –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 8:31 am […]
3/1/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Asked recently by CNN’s Jake Tapper whether the Trump administration had any reaction to Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to court the racist party Jewish Power amid his reelection bid—a divisive move that has earned the Israeli prime minister widespread condemnation in the United States—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: ‘We’re not about to […]
3/1/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All wars end—eventually. So it is with the yearlong China-U.S. trade war, which now appears to be in its final stages. Tariffs will be lifted, Beijing will promise to buy more American goods and take a harder stance on technology transfers and industrial espionage, and Trump will declare victory. Yet any […]
3/1/2019
NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nothing in his summit with Kim Jong Un became President Donald Trump like the leaving it (to paraphrase Macbeth). ‘Sometimes you have to walk,’ Trump said at a closing news conference in Hanoi, after his abortive talks with the North Korean dictator. At least he had a closing news conference. The […]
3/1/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The day after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, White House national security adviser Susan Rice gathered her staff for a pep talk. About a third of the room was crying. Everyone was in shock. Trump had defeated Hillary Clinton, an upset of historic proportions that promised, […]
3/1/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is claiming his relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (gihm jung oon) is ‘very good,’ despite the collapse of the two leaders’ summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. A day after returning to Washington, Trump said on Twitter on Friday [3-1-19] that the two had ‘very substantive negotiations.’ He […]
3/1/2019
CONGRESS/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump claimed Friday [3-1-19] that his former lawyer Michael Cohen shopped a book to publishers that portrayed Trump in a favorable light, vastly at odds with Cohen’s damning testimony to Congress. In a tweet, Trump said that Cohen’s manuscript was a ‘love letter’ to him and that Congress should […]
3/1/2019
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In addition to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other federal prosecutors, several U.S. congressional committees are pursuing investigations focusing on President Donald Trump, looking at questions regarding Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election as well as the Republican president’s finances. Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products because trade talks were progressing well. He also delayed plans to impose 25-percent tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday [3-1-19], as previously scheduled…Farmers are a key constituency for Trump’s Republican Party, and the U.S. president’s […]
3/1/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican officials are carrying out the Trump administration’s immigration agenda across wide stretches of the border, undercutting the Mexican government’s promises to defend migrants and support their search for a better life. The Mexican authorities are blocking groups of migrants at border towns, refusing to allow them onto international bridges to apply […]
3/1/2019
CLINTONS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mark J. Penn, one of the primary architects of President Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign, met briefly with President Trump in the Oval Office last week, according to two people in attendance. The face-to-face meeting, the first between Mr. Trump and the onetime loyal adviser to the Clintons, marked what some […]
3/1/2019
ELECTION/GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A small group of Republican strategists opposed to President Trump, branding themselves Defending Democracy Together, quietly conducted polling and focus groups last fall to gauge whether the president was vulnerable to a primary challenge in 2020. Assembling a presentation for sympathetic political donors, they listed points of weakness for Mr. Trump […]
3/1/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump embarked on his trip to Vietnam with a political cloud hanging over his head and keen to show progress on a thorny foreign policy issue that has befuddled many of his predecessors. Now, he is just back from a Hanoi summit with North Korea that collapsed and […]
3/1/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump responded to criticism Friday [3-1-19] about his apparent acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s denial that he had any involvement in the death of a young American who had been held in North Korean custody…After meeting with Kim in Vietnam for a summit on North […]
3/1/2019
CONGRESS/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Saturday [3-2-19] that a just-released manuscript of a book written by Michael Cohen would show his longtime personal lawyer had lied to Congress without offering evidence for the explosive claim…It’s unclear whether any such manuscript exists, whether Trump has seen it or whether the president is continuing […]
3/1/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and China are reportedly nearing a trade agreement that would result in the lifting of most of the sanctions imposed on Chinese goods last year. Beijing, too, would lower tariffs and other measures impacting U.S. imports, in a deal that is in its final stages of negotiations, The Wall […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said late Friday [3-1-19] that he has asked China to remove its tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports as the two countries work on reaching a broader trade agreement addressing Beijing‘s trade practices…Trump had been promising to ratchet up tariffs on billions worth of Chinese imports on March 1, but […]
3/1/2019
CONGRESS/DEFICIT/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The self-described ‘king of debt’ is about to get religion. In the next several months, the Trump administration faces several big spending and budget showdowns with Congress. And after mostly brushing off deficit concerns while pushing through a costly tax-cut plan, the White House now plans to reposition itself as an unlikely […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….and I did not increase their second traunch of Tariffs to 25% on March 1st. This is very important for our great farmers – and me!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 6:08 pm […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have asked China to immediately remove all Tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.) based on the fact that we are moving along nicely with Trade discussions….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 6:08 pm […]
3/1/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wants to raise $1 billion for his reelection. But his top advisers worry that the super PAC at the center of that effort is hurting, lacking a high-wattage leader who can cajole millionaire and billionaire donors to fork over huge sums. Trump political aides, members of the president’s […]
3/1/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….for Otto’s mistreatment and death. Most important, Otto Warmbier will not have died in vain. Otto and his family have become a tremendous symbol of strong passion and strength, which will last for many years into the future. I love Otto and think of him often!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March […]
3/1/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “never like being misinterpreted, but especially when it comes to Otto Warmbier and his great family. Remember, I got Otto out along with three others. The previous Administration did nothing, and he was taken on their watch. Of course I hold North Korea responsible….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 […]
3/1/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The chairman of the House Oversight Committee issued a stark warning Friday [3-1-19] to White House counsel Pat Cipollone, demanding that the White House turn over documents and comply with interviews related to how the White House handled security clearances of some of the President’s closest advisers. Democratic […]
3/1/2019
JARED KUSHNER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff in May to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported on Thursday [2-28-19]. It said senior administration officials were troubled by the decision, which prompted then White House Chief of Staff John […]
3/1/2019
CONGRESS/SPACE FORCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has sent a legislative proposal to Congress calling for the establishment of a Space Force within the United States military, a top defense priority for the Trump administration, senior defense officials said Friday [3-1-19]. If authorized by Congress, the proposal would allow for the creation of a sixth service […]
3/1/2019
DEMS/MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence said in a wide-ranging speech Friday [3-1-19] that President Donald Trump and the United States will continue dialog with North Korea to pressure the country towards denuclearization, after a recent summit between the two countries was cut short due to disagreements in negotiations…But faced with Trump’s […]
3/1/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Friday [3-1-19] that he believes climate change could threaten economic growth. It’s a position that puts him at odds with the Trump administration and the President himself, who has openly questioned whether the climate is warming at all…Hassett, an economist long involved in […]
3/1/2019
ISIS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told American troops on Thursday [2-28-19] that U.S.-backed forces in Syria have retaken 100 percent of the territory once held by Islamic State militants, contradicting the commander of the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, who said it would take another week…Earlier on Thursday, the commander of Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum […]
3/1/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen’s book manuscript shows that he committed perjury on a scale not seen before. He must have forgotten about his book when he testified. What does Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, say about this one. Is he being paid by Crooked Hillary. Using her lawyer?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March […]
3/1/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…and the fraudulent and dishonest statements he made on Wednesday. No way, it’s time to stop this corrupt and illegally brought Witch Hunt. Time to start looking at the other side where real crimes were committed. Republicans have been abused long enough. Must end now!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 […]
3/1/2019
DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oh’ I see! Now that the 2 year Russian Collusion case has fallen apart, there was no Collusion except bye Crooked Hillary and the Democrats, they say, “gee, I have an idea, let’s look at Trump’s finances and every deal he has ever done. Let’s follow discredited Michael Cohen…..” -Donald […]
3/1/2019
CONGRESS/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress must demand the transcript of Michael Cohen’s new book, given to publishers a short time ago. Your heads will spin when you see the lies, misrepresentations and contradictions against his Thursday testimony. Like a different person! He is totally discredited!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 8:08 am […]
3/1/2019
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, just revealed that Michael Cohen wrote a ‘love letter to Trump’ manuscript for a new book that he was pushing. Written and submitted long after Charlottesville and Helsinki, his phony reasons for going rogue. Book is exact opposite of his fake testimony, which now is a lie!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/1/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Great to be back from Vietnam, an amazing place. We had very substantive negotiations with Kim Jong Un – we know what they want and they know what we must have. Relationship very good, let’s see what happens!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 7:49 am […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There were encouraging signs leading up to the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. For his part, Trump signaled a subtle but important shift in his approach toward North Korea’s denuclearization — repeatedly saying, ‘Speed is not important to me’ and ‘I’m in no […]
2/28/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today in Alaska, it was my great honor to visit with our brave men and women of the United States Military at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. We are forever grateful for their service and sacrifice. THANK YOU! https://t.co/4REVxKUsHT“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 11:35 pm […]
2/28/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/ywNk8EhOh0” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 11:00 pm […]
2/28/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/hUK9dSBM3M“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 10:59 pm […]
2/28/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As Michael Cohen shed new light on the inner workings of President Donald Trump’s family business Wednesday [2-27-19], he rattled off a list of Trump Organization officials who are now likely to face congressional scrutiny of their own. Under questioning by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, Trump’s former personal […]
2/28/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be interviewed by @seanhannity at 9:00 P.M. on @FoxNews. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 8:15 pm […]
2/28/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everyone MUST watch the opening to @TuckerCarlson – A Classic! @foxnews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 8:12 pm […]
2/28/2019
DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top money man, Allen Weisselberg, has long managed Trump’s global business while shunning the blinding spotlight his boss commands. Now, with Democrats demanding Weisselberg come to Capitol Hill to answer their questions, Trump will need to consider whether a man who has worked for his family for more […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Time is not on President Donald Trump’s side if he still hopes to put a stop to North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions after the collapse of his summit with Kim Jong Un. Negotiators seeking to lay new groundwork for a potential agreement will probably have to proceed in a far more […]
2/28/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is drawing praise from unlikely corners for his surprise decision to walk away from the historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ‘President Trump did the right thing by walking away and not cutting a poor deal for the sake of a photo op,’ Senate […]
2/28/2019
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump walked away from a summit with North Korea on Thursday [2-28-19] saying his administration was ‘positioned to do something very special’ on denuclearization. Experts had their doubts. Trump’s own Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo even acknowledged the lack of progress with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un: […]
2/28/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Long before Michael Cohen came to Congress to cast President Donald Trump as a ‘con man’ and possibly a criminal, the president’s longtime personal attorney had given doubters plenty to chew on. Cohen arrived at House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s much-anticipated hearing on Wednesday [2-27-19] just two months removed from […]
2/28/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [2-28-19] he did not hold Kim Jong Un responsible for the death of Otto Warmbier, the U.S. college student who died after being imprisoned in North Korea. In 2016, Warmbier, then 21 years old, was arrested and accused of committing a ‘hostile act’ as he […]
2/28/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It almost sounded like compassion — compassion for the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — when President Donald Trump explained that Kim ‘felt very badly’ about what had happened to Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student taken prisoner by Kim’s henchmen for 17 months. Gone were Trump’s charges that […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the end, President Donald Trump did the unexpected: He walked away. A visibly deflated Trump began the news conference wrapping up his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by talking about anything else. He riffed on the potential nuclear crisis between India and Pakistan. The violent crackdown […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior North Korean official contradicted President Donald Trump on Thursday [2-28-19], denying that his country had insisted on the removal of all sanctions in return for dismantling a key nuclear facility. In a rare news conference addressing the reason why nuclear talks broke down in Hanoi early Thursday, North Korea’s […]
2/28/2019
CONGRESS/HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump criticized the congressional testimony of his former lawyer Michael Cohen as ‘shameful’ and accused Cohen of lying ‘a lot.’ Trump’s remarks Thursday [2-28-19] came just hours after Cohen, during extraordinary testimony before a House committee, branded Trump as a ‘con man’ and a racist and accused […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump abruptly ended a long-planned summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on Thursday [2-28-19], acknowledging the two leaders did not reach an agreement that accomplished the U.S. goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. ‘Sometimes you have to walk,’ Trump told a news conference in Hanoi that was moved […]
2/28/2019
MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There’s extra trouble brewing between Donald Trump and the press and, as usual, it’s of the president’s making. As you’ve probably read, the White House barred reporters from Reuters, The Associated Press, Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times from covering Trump’s dinner with Kim Jong Un on Wednesday [2-27-19] at the Hanoi […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump framed the breakdown of his nuclear summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as wisely knowing when ‘to walk.’ But the stunning collapse revealed the limits of his unique brand of personal diplomacy and raised concerns about future efforts to disarm a global threat. Eyeing the history books […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States and North Korea offered conflicting accounts and traded blame on Thursday [2-28-19] after a second summit meeting between President Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ended abruptly without any agreement on nuclear disarmament or easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. ‘Sometimes you have to walk,’ Mr. Trump […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was an unlikely bromance that began last summer in Singapore. The relationship seemed ready to blossom even more this week in Vietnam — until, suddenly, the date went sour. President Trump, who prides himself on his negotiating skills, began his second summit meeting with Kim Jong-un — the North Korean […]
2/28/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael D. Cohen’s explosive testimony this week about President Trump’s potentially felonious conduct has not moved House Democratic leaders closer to initiating impeachment proceedings against the president, with top lawmakers preferring to pursue multiple intertwined inquiries as they await the results of the special counsel’s investigation. Democrats on Thursday [2-28-19] emphasized […]
2/28/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “New efforts by President Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies, and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other. The president’s senior advisers […]
2/28/2019
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump declared on Thursday [2-28-19] that ‘we just took over 100 percent’ of territory controlled by the Islamic State in Syria — a claim that reports from the battle front suggested was 100 percent untrue…Over the past month, American forces have been working with Syrian fighters to seize the last square […]
2/28/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The family of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died in 2017 after being imprisoned in North Korea, spoke out on Friday about President Trump’s refusal to blame Kim Jong-un for the death of their son, saying the North Korean leader was responsible. The statement was the first reaction from […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday [2-28-19] that North Korea is not ready to wind down its nuclear weapons program, telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he understands how much work the country has put into its arsenal. Trump spoke with Hannity after two days of meetings on denuclearization with North Korean […]
2/28/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/WOMEN: “Yesterday’s testimony by Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, before the House Oversight Committee was full of theatrics. But between allegations of presidential lawbreaking and racism were revelations about how the Trump Organization operated. They weren’t flattering. Mr. Trump inflated his net worth to apply for bank loans, according […]