TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “THANK YOU to our generous hosts in Hanoi this week: President Trong, Prime Minister Phuc, and the wonderful people of Vietnam! https://t.co/AMqF0dfRhP“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 5:25 am […]
Category: A- Trump As President
2/28/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “RT @StateDept: President @realDonaldTrump and @SecPompeo participate in a Press Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 28, 2019. https:/…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 28, 2019 5:10 am […]
2/28/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The news that President Donald Trump walked away from negotiations with North Korea early and empty-handed led many experts and lawmakers to heave sighs of relief, even as the summit’s abrupt finale raises questions about where things go from here. Many had worried that the President, eager to score a […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea asked for only a partial lifting of sanctions during a meeting this week with US President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said during a rare news conference early Friday [3-1-19] morning. Pyongyang would be willing to allow US experts to witness North Korea permanently dismantle uranium and […]
2/27/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He has spent months inside his Park Avenue apartment glued to cable news, his legal bills growing and federal prosecutors amassing evidence against him they would use as leverage. He watched his onetime friend and former boss, now the president of the United States, smear him on Twitter and make vague, […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen accused him of breaking the law while in office and said for the first time that Trump knew in advance about a WikiLeaks dump of stolen emails that hurt his 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton. In a dramatic televised hearing […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/ETHICS/GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice of New York, a former federal prosecutor, has asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate a statement Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz made about Michael Cohen, saying that she believes the GOP lawmaker’s comments could rise to the level of witness tampering and intimidation. Gaetz, a close […]
2/27/2019
GOP/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Florida Bar is investigating Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after his threatening tweet last night about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. Francine Andía Walker, the group’s director of communications, said the Florida Bar received a number of calls and emails regarding the tweet after it posted. According to […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the high-stakes battle between President Donald Trump and Michael Cohen, some of the people in their immediate orbit are ending up as collateral hits. Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer dropped several names of people in Trump’s inner circle Wednesday during his nationally televised testimony before the […]
2/27/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a downtown cafe in Washington one recent winter morning, Xia Yeliang’s impassioned defense of Donald Trump’s politics pulled some patrons’ attention away from their mugs. Inquisitive eyes darted toward where Xia sat, as he enthusiastically navigated a litany of conservative Republican talking points: welfare reform, immigration control, the migrant caravan, […]
2/27/2019
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office has subpoenaed the Trump inaugural committee for documents related to its finances. The subpoena, dated February 26 and obtained by CNN, says the attorney general, Karl Racine, is investigating ‘whether the Committee’s expenditures of its nonprofit funds were wasteful, mismanaged, and/or improperly provided private […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen said under oath Wednesday [2-27-19] that he had never traveled to Prague to collude with Russian officials in 2016, denying a key claim of the infamous ‘dossier’ that alleged a conspiracy between Trump and the Kremlin. His comments during a […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer on Wednesday [2-27-19] laid out a series of damning accusations against the president, presenting evidence of alleged lies and criminal conduct and expressing remorse over his decade of service to a man he described as unstable and racist. Michael Cohen testified to the House […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Testimony by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and ‘fixer,’ to a U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday [2-27-19] highlighted several legal risks Trump may face. Among his claims, Cohen said the Republican president directed ‘hush money’ payments ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and that Trump knew in […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said on Wednesday [2-27-19] that Trump has not released his tax returns because he feared that public scrutiny would lead to an audit and tax penalties. In congressional testimony that could aid efforts by House Democrats to obtain Trump’s […]
2/27/2019
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [2-27-19] praised Vietnam for working to reduce the trade imbalance with the U.S. as Vietnamese carriers signed deals to buy Boeing jets and technologies valued at more than $20 billion. VietJet is buying 100 Boeing 737-Max jets and 215 GE/CFM joint venture engines, and Bamboo Airways […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Republicans may want to re-think one of their planned 2020 campaign themes: It seems that President Donald Trump has met a ‘socialist’ country he actually likes. In recent months Trump has repeatedly cited what he calls the growing threat of socialism in an effort to tarnish leftist Democrats eyeing the Oval Office […]
2/27/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disba…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 11:25 am […]
2/27/2019
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Great meeting and dinner with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam tonight. Looking forward to continuing our discussions tomorrow! #HanoiSummit https://t.co/J3x6lUGzjS“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 10:38 am […]
2/27/2019
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Great meetings and dinner tonight in Vietnam with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. Very good dialogue. Resuming tomorrow!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 10:36 am […]
2/27/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: https://t.co/Wo4C4hsP43“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 10:24 am […]
2/27/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: https://t.co/t6egb4Neir“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 10:24 am […]
2/27/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, lodged a series of explosive accusations against the president in his prepared testimony before the House Oversight Committee, further incensing the man he once claimed he’d take a bullet for. While many of the accusations are ones long posited […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The witness slumped a bit, digging his dress shoes into the blue diamond carpet pattern, mouth sagging at the sides like a hound who knows he has defied his master. From the start on Wednesday [2-27-19], Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, had been willing to concede quite […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/ETHICS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael D. Cohen’s congressional testimony on Wednesday [2-27-19] revived questions about whether President Trump broke the law by failing to disclose that he footed the bill for a hush payment to a pornographic film actress. Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee grilled Mr. Cohen, who served for a decade […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In early 2014, Donald J. Trump approached his personal bankers at Deutsche Bank to sound them out about potentially lending him money to buy the Buffalo Bills. He provided the bankers with a collection of bare-bones personal financial statements. The documents were provided so that Deutsche Bank — the only […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump’s former lawyer told Congress on Wednesday [2-27-19] that Mr. Trump remained deeply involved in the arrangement to pay hush money to a pornographic film actress, even while in the White House, telling him just a year ago to lie to a journalist about the president’s involvement. Testifying before […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE/CONGRESS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The dramatic public testimony to Congress on Wednesday [2-27-19] morning by President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, could intensify the legal issues facing the president in the criminal and civil investigations that are swirling around him, legal experts said. Mr. Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight and Reform […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer accused him on Wednesday [2-27-19] of an expansive pattern of lies and criminality, offering a damning portrayal of life inside the president’s orbit where he said advisers sacrificed integrity for proximity to power. Michael D. Cohen, who represented Mr. Trump for a decade, laid […]
2/27/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The attorney general for the District of Columbia has subpoenaed documents from President Trump’s inaugural committee, the third governmental body to delve into how the fund raised $107 million and spent it to celebrate Mr. Trump’s swearing-in. The latest subpoena follows similar demands for documents by federal prosecutors in Manhattan […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “It was a moment of diplomatic stagecraft months in the making. But it didn’t take long for President Donald Trump’s domestic troubles to get in the way. As Trump sat alongside the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, at a luxury hotel here, he was immediately confronted by the explosive […]
2/27/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress on Wednesday [2-27-19] that some reimbursement checks issued to him for hush-money payments to an adult film star were signed by Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer. Cohen said Donald Trump himself, while president, signed a […]
2/27/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All false reporting (guessing) on my intentions with respect to North Korea. Kim Jong Un and I will try very hard to work something out on Denuclearization & then making North Korea an Economic Powerhouse. I believe that China, Russia, Japan & South Korea will be very helpful!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/27/2019
JARED KUCHNER/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “White House adviser Jared Kushner discussed his Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday [2-27-19], and the two also discussed increasing U.S.-Turkish cooperation and ways to boost economic conditions in the region. Kushner, who has responsibility for Washington’s Israel-Palestinian policy, has said the peace plan will address […]
2/27/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fiat Chrysler will be adding more than 6,500 JOBS in Michigan (Detroit area), doubling its hourly workforce as part of a 4.5 Billion Dollar investment. Thank you Fiat Chrysler. They are all coming back to the USA, it’s where the action is!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 4:20 am […]
2/27/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying & fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked’s lawyer!” -Donald Trump, […]
2/27/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, meant to demonstrate his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is working, instead ended with no joint agreement after Kim insisted all US sanctions be lifted on his country. That was a bridge too far for the US President, who said Kim offered […]
2/27/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VIETNAM: “With President Donald Trump and his senior aides halfway around the world, the White House’s political allies held down the home front against a blistering attack back in Washington. The president’s sons, advisers and friends collectively unloaded on Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen as he delivered explosive testimony […]
2/26/2019
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “This week’s second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes place in a highly symbolic location: Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. For the Trump administration, the venue appears to be intended as a symbol of free-market victory: Vietnam’s economy has thrived as it has […]
2/26/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Oversight Committee has instructed its Democratic members not to deviate from agreed upon lines of questioning at Michael Cohen’s public hearing Wednesday [2-27-19], prompting grumbling from several Democrats on the panel who want to press President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney about a range of matters related […]
2/26/2019
DEMS/GUNS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is threatening to veto two Democratic bills expanding federal background checks on gun purchases, saying they do not sufficiently protect gun owners’ Second Amendment rights. The House is expected to vote this week on separate bills requiring background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms and extending the […]
2/26/2019
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Geoffrey S. Berman became the top federal prosecutor in New York, some skeptics worried he would be President Donald Trump’s puppet. A year later, the Trump camp is suggesting he is part of the crowd that is out to ‘get’ the president. Berman is a Republican who contributed to […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and his national emergency declaration(all times local): 6:30 p.m. The House has voted to block President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration, a measure intended get him billions of extra dollars to build his border wall. Democrats pushed the measure through the chamber by 245-182, with 13 Republicans […]
2/26/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Trump arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday [2-26-19] to discuss denuclearization with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, capping off months of threats and weapons tests, recriminations and rapprochements. As the men prepared to meet for the second time in eight months, their avowed goal of achieving a lasting peace […]
2/26/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will have just wrapped up the first day of his summit meeting in Vietnam with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, when back home in Washington, Michael D. Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, takes the stand on Wednesday morning to testify publicly against him before the House […]
2/26/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “When he vowed to ‘solve’ the North Korea problem just before his inauguration two years ago, President Trump made clear he meant eliminating its nuclear arsenal. But on the eve of a second meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, the president sounds prepared to accept much less, at least […]
2/26/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the first problems that Mike Pompeo solved for Donald Trump was the President’s Daily Brief. On every morning (or at least some of them), the president has traditionally received the most crucial findings of the United States spying apparatus, personally delivered in a solemn face-to-face exchange with a […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “More than a dozen Republicans voted with Democrats to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the United States border with Mexico. If the Senate also passes the bill, Mr. Trump has promised that he would veto the bill to protect his emergency declaration. Several Republicans voted to block President […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build his border wall will affect Texas more than any other state, and the residents of the Lone Star State are soundly against his decision to use those powers. Three in five Texas voters disapprove of Trump using his emergency executive powers to fund a […]
2/26/2019
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization has accused a law firm of removing references about its long-term relationship with the company from its website as the organization alleges a conflict of interest over a lawyer from the firm working for a House committee that’s investigating the President’s company. In a new statement Monday [2-25-19], the Trump […]
2/26/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen expressed contrition Tuesday [2-26-19] upon his return to Capitol Hill, apologizing to the Senate Intelligence Committee for the lies he told during his 2017 testimony, according to multiple sources familiar with his interview. Cohen testified for roughly nine hours behind closed […]
2/26/2019
DEMS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats should stop talking about what I should do with North Korea and ask themselves instead why they didn’t do ‘it’ during eight years of the Obama Administration?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 26, 2019 9:36 pm […]
2/26/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Vietnam is thriving like few places on earth. North Korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize. The potential is AWESOME, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend Kim Jong Un. We will know fairly soon – Very Interesting!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/26/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Twitter announced that it is permanently suspending Jacob Wohl, a 21-year-old Internet hoaxer and supporter of President Donald Trump, following the publication of a USA TODAY article in which he boasted of using the social media platform to spread lies and disinformation. In the article published Tuesday [2-26-19] morning, Wohl […]
2/26/2019
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, plans to offer up a document to lawmakers that he claims will show the president engaged in criminal conduct related to a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, according to a person familiar with his planned congressional testimony. The person said the […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House voted Tuesday [2-26-19] to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, delivering a harsh rebuke to the president’s attempt to go around Congress to fund a border wall. Every Democrat voted in favor, along with 13 Republicans. The Senate, which needs just fourGOP votes to approve it and send it […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump sees his border wall crusade as a base-pleasing 2020 campaign asset, proof that he is the ultimate immigration hard-liner. But his wall might not be built for years, if ever. In the meantime, Trump has yet to deliver on several other campaign promises that immigration hawks call far more […]
2/26/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democratic lawmakers will question U.S. President Donald Trump’s former aide Michael Cohen at a public hearing on Wednesday [2-27-19] over whether Trump’s lawyers misled ethics officials about illegal hush payments to women during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a memo seen by Reuters. Cohen will be asked in the House […]
2/26/2019
CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents released Tuesday [2-26-19] by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch. In addition,1,303 complaints were reported to the Justice Department during that same time frame, according to […]
2/26/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hillary Clinton said this week that she has little faith in President Donald Trump’s ability to negotiate for North Korean denuclearization, and speculated that any claims of victory will be like putting ‘lipstick on a pig.’ The former secretary of State told journalist Tina Brown in a podcast episode released […]
2/26/2019
CHINA/SUMMIT/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced Sunday [2-24-19] on Twitter that he would be delaying an increase in tariffs against China and plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to settle on a final trade agreement. Trump said ongoing trade negotiations with China have been “very productive” and he would delay the […]
2/26/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s potential trade deal with China might temporarily soothe relations between the world’s two largest economies without actually tackling the big issues that drove Trump to impose duties. Trump on Monday [2-25-19] announced that the two nations were getting ‘very, very close’ to a deal and said Chinese negotiators […]
2/26/2019
VIETNAM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived in Vietnam. Thank you to all of the people for the great reception in Hanoi. Tremendous crowds, and so much love!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 26, 2019 10:08 am […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Thirty minutes into an off-the-cuff defense of his decision to declare a national emergency to help build his border wall, President Donald Trump made an admission that may have handed ammunition to legal opponents of the move. Trump, who has long described the situation on the Southwest border as a ‘crisis’ […]
2/26/2019
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, is now in the sights of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., whose office is set to bring charges against him. A federal jury in Virginia already convicted Mr. Manafort in a financial fraud scheme that could send him to prison […]
2/26/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen plans to tell U.S. lawmakers this week that Trump asked him several times about a proposed skyscraper project in Moscow long after he secured the Republican presidential nomination, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Cohen’s assertion that Trump was inquiring […]
2/26/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, will provide documents to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday [2-27-19] that he says prove Trump committed ‘illicit’ acts, according to prepared congressional testimony obtained by POLITICO. The documents include one of 11 checks that Trump purportedly wrote after he became president […]
2/25/2019
ELECTION/LATINOS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump tweeted, on January 20, that he had reached 50 percent approval among Hispanic-Americans, most fair-minded observers reacted with skepticism, if not outright disbelief. Trump was, after all, still the same man who announced his candidacy by accusing Mexico of sending ‘rapists’ across the border, the same man who […]
2/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Trump declared on Monday [2-25-19] morning that he expects a ‘very tremendous summit’ later this week with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, suggesting again that his eventual goal is to convince Mr. Kim to abandon his nuclear weapons. Mr. Trump’s comments, at a breakfast meeting with the nation’s governors, […]
2/25/2019
CHINA/DEMS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decision to back off his threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods carries substantial political risk as the president faces increased pressure from Republicans, Democrats and some of his own advisers to win the kind of tough concessions that Beijing has long resisted. Citing ‘substantial progress’ in talks between the […]
2/25/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia. ‘What is the senator’s middle name?’ she asked the ballroom of meatloaf-eating Republicans in Greenville, S.C. ‘What’s the name of the bar the senator’s family owned?’ For those of you playing […]
2/25/2019
AMBASSADOR/FOREIGN POLICY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “The woman President Donald Trump chose to represent America at the United Nations is a billionaire known for her bursting political Rolodex, disarmingly sunny disposition — and limited foreign policy experience. Kelly Craft pulled off one unquestionable achievement in her stint as ambassador to Canada under Trump: She maintained good […]
2/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Heading over to Vietnam for my meeting with Kim Jong Un. Looking forward to a very productive Summit!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 3:17 pm […]
2/25/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China Trade Deal (and more) in advanced stages. Relationship between our two Countries is very strong. I have therefore agreed to delay U.S. tariff hikes. Let’s see what happens?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 3:12 pm […]
2/25/2019
MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is my honor today to announce that Danny Burch, a United States citizen who has been held hostage in Yemen for 18 months, has been recovered and reunited with his wife and children. I appreciate the support of the United Arab Emirates in bringing Danny home…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/25/2019
MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Danny’s recovery reflects the best of what the United States & its partners can accomplish. We work every day to bring Americans home. We maintain constant and intensive diplomatic, intelligence, and law enforcement cooperation within the United States Government and with…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 2:08 pm […]
2/25/2019
MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…our foreign partners. Recovering American hostages is a priority of my Admin, and with Danny’s release, we have now secured freedom for 20 American captives since my election victory. We will not rest as we continue our work to bring the remaining American hostages back home!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, […]
2/25/2019
GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to @DJohnsonPGA on his 20th PGA Tour WIN. Not only is Dustin a truly great golfer, he is a wonderful guy. Big year ahead for Dustin!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 1:50 pm […]
2/15/2019
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said on Friday [2-15-19] that he is exploring a challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020…Weld’s most recent political bid was a 2016 run for vice president on the Libertarian ticket alongside former presidential candidate and New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. By jumping […]
2/25/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since my election as President the Dow Jones is up 43% and the NASDAQ Composite almost 50%. Great news for your 401(k)s as they continue to grow. We are bringing back America faster than anyone thought possible!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 10:12 am […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “’Why on earth would any Republican vote not to put up a Wall or against Border Security. Please explain that to me?’ @Varneyco” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 10:01 am […]
2/25/2019
2016 ELECTION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A woman who worked on Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign sued him in federal court on Monday [2-25-19], alleging that he forcibly kissed her at a campaign event in Florida months before the election. In the lawsuit, the woman, Alva Johnson, who is black, also accused the president’s campaign […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security. Without strong Borders, we don’t have a Country – and the voters are on board with us. Be strong and smart, don’t fall into the Democrats ‘trap’ of Open Borders and Crime!” –Donald Trump, […]
2/25/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Senator Harry Reid (he got thrown out) is working hard to put a good spin on his failed career. He led through lies and deception, only to be replaced by another beauty, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer. Some things just never change!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 7:53 am […]
2/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Meeting for breakfast with our Nation’s Governors – then off to Vietnam for a very important Summit with Kim Jong Un. With complete Denuclearization, North Korea will rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse. Without it, just more of the same. Chairman Kim will make a wise decision!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, […]
2/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: So funny to watch people who have failed for years, they got NOTHING, telling me how to negotiate with North Korea. Bu…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 7:30 am […]
2/25/2019
ENERGY/OIL/OPEC/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oil prices getting too high. OPEC, please relax and take it easy. World cannot take a price hike – fragile!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 6:58 am […]
2/25/2019
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, who has done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts,etc.) than almost any other Pres!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/25/2019
INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Highly respected Senator Richard Burr, head of Senate Intelligence, said, after interviewing over 200 witnesses and st…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 6:36 am […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We have a State of Emergency at our Southern Border. Border Patrol, our Military and local Law Enforcement are doing a great job, but without the Wall, which is now under major construction, you cannot have Border Security. Drugs, Gangs and Human Trafficking must be stopped!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….productive talks, I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1. Assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a Summit for President Xi and myself, at Mar-a-Lago, to conclude an agreement. A very good weekend for U.S. & China!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to report that the U.S. has made substantial progress in our trade talks with China on important structural issues including intellectual property protection, technology transfer, agriculture, services, currency, and many other issues. As a result of these very……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 5:39 pm […]
2/24/2019
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So funny to watch people who have failed for years, they got NOTHING, telling me how to negotiate with North Korea. But thanks anyway!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 12:27 pm […]
2/24/2019
DEMS/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The only Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee…And, where’s the Server that the DNC refused to give to the FBI? Where are the new Texts between Agent Lisa Page and her Agent lover, Peter S? We want them now!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/24/2019
GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “93% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. 52% Approval Rating overall! Not bad considering I get the most unfair (BAD) press in the history of presidential politics! And don’t forget the Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 10:02 am […]
2/24/2019
GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Poll: Suburban women are coming back into the Republican Party in droves ‘because of the Wall and Border Security. 70% support Border Security and the Wall.’ Not believing the Walls are immoral line. Beverly Hallberg, Independent Women’s Forum @KatiePavlich A great USA issue!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 9:56 am […]
2/24/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chairman Kim realizes, perhaps better than anyone else, that without nuclear weapons, his country could fast become one of the great economic powers anywhere in the World. Because of its location and people (and him), it has more potential for rapid growth than any other nation!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Xi of China has been very helpful in his support of my meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last thing China wants are large scale nuclear weapons right next door. Sanctions placed on the border by China and Russia have been very helpful. Great relationship with Chairman Kim!” –Donald Trump, […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very productive talks yesterday with China on Trade. Will continue today! I will be leaving for Hanoi, Vietnam, early tomorrow for a Summit with Kim Jong Un of North Korea, where we both expect a continuation of the progress made at first Summit in Singapore. Denuclearization?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/24/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “HOLD THE DATE! We will be having one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C., on July 4th. It will be called ‘A Salute To America’ and will be held at the Lincoln Memorial. Major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favorite President, me!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]