MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is consistent about almost nothing. Which is what makes his long-running war on truth and facts all the more remarkable. The President’s lack of concern for established facts is long and well-documented. According to the latest tabulations by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker, Trump has said 8,718 false or […]
Category: A- Trump As President
2/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to cancel $929 million in federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project, threatening the state’s plan to complete the first phase of a project that has intensified a rivalry between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a Tuesday [2-19-19] letter from the Federal […]
2/19/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is assembling a sprawling, corporate-style reelection campaign with 10 divisions reporting to a single senior adviser, campaign manager Brad Parscale — a top-down structure that represents everything Trump’s improvisational 2016 effort was not. The organization, described in interviews by a half-dozen Trump top political aides, prioritizes the campaign’s digital- […]
2/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/SPENDING/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The administration Tuesday [2-19-19] threatened to withdraw almost a billion dollars in federal funds allocated to a high-speed rail line in California, but the state’s governor counterpunched by suggesting the threat was retaliation for fighting President Donald Trump’s ‘national emergency’ declaration on a border wall. On Tuesday evening, the Transportation Department threatened […]
2/19/2019
MIDDLE EAST/NUCLEAR/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Trump administration officials advocated for a plan to build dozens of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia despite warnings that the move could pose ethical concerns and violate federal law, according to a report released by House Democrats. The 24-page report was compiled for the House Committee on Oversight […]
2/19/2019
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Maryland’s Republican governor, who’s viewed as a potential primary challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020, said the President’s poll numbers show he’s ‘pretty weak in the general election.’ Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made the comments to CBS News in an interview set to air Wednesday [2-20-19] morning as the moderate Republican […]
2/19/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday [2-19-19] night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation. Rosen, currently deputy secretary of the U.S. Department […]
2/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional leaders did not object when they were informed two years ago that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, Andrew McCabe, the bureau’s former acting director, said Tuesday [2-19-19]. In an interview on NBC’s ‘Today’ show, McCabe said the secret briefing […]
2/19/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A memoir by a fired former deputy director of the FBI? In normal times, it might not attract much attention. But in the Trump years, it becomes a best seller. Andrew McCabe’s ‘The Threat’ reached No. 1 on Amazon’s best selling books list on Monday [2-18-19], one day before its official […]
2/19/2019
CONGRESS/MILITARY/SPACE FORCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed a new policy directive Tuesday [2-19-19] laying out his administration’s long-awaited plans for establishing a Space Force…The document, officially called Space Policy Directive-4, was discussed earlier Tuesday by Gen. David Goldfein, the chief of staff of the Air Force…Defense officials tell CNN that following Trump’s signing of […]
2/19/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “A week before another high-profile summit with Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump said Tuesday [2-19-19] he’s in ‘no rush’ to have North Korea denuclearize – as long it continues to hold off on testing of nuclear weapons and missiles…Trump flies next week to Hanoi, Vietnam, for two days of meetings […]
2/19/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [2-19-19] that there was ‘no rush’ to denuclearize North Korea, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, he’s meeting next week…The president is meeting with Kim in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27 and 28. The two leaders, who had their first meeting in Singapore in June, agreed to […]
2/19/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Sen. Bernie Sanders, who entered the growing field running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday [2-19-19], had ‘missed his time’ for a successful bid for the White House. Trump has repeatedly raised what he has been describing as the threat of socialism in U.S. politics, most […]
2/19/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/ELECTION/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday [2-19-19] that he never called Andrew McCabe’s wife a ‘loser,’ attempting to rebut the account of the former FBI deputy director, who said the president used the term to describe his wife over her failed campaign for Virginia’s state Legislature…McCabe, who worked for the FBI for […]
2/19/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/xRbxknI4Nf“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 11:50 am […]
2/19/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I never said anything bad about Andrew McCabe’s wife other than she (they) should not have taken large amounts of campaign money from a Crooked Hillary source when Clinton was under investigation by the FBI. I never called his wife a loser to him (another McCabe made up lie)!” -Donald […]
2/19/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Washington Post is a Fact Checker only for the Democrats. For the Republicans, and for your all time favorite President, it is a Fake Fact Checker!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 10:22 am […]
2/19/2019
EDUCATION/FLORIDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to leverage a tax incentive championed by President Donald Trump to launch a five-fold expansion of charter schools in the state. Some 250 Florida communities could be candidates for the new charter schools under the DeSantis plan. The DeSantis budget proposed linking the state‘s Schools of Hope program […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump took a swing at California on Tuesday [2-19-19] morning with tweets criticizing the state for leading the legal charge against his efforts to fund a southern border wall by declaring a national emergency…The president forecast legal challenges Friday [2-15-19] when he announced his use of emergency powers during a […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “California and 15 other states sued President Donald Trump on Monday [2-18-19] over his decision to declare a national emergency to free up funding for his controversial border wall, calling the move ‘unlawful and unconstitutional.’ The states allege in their lawsuit that Trump’s emergency declaration exceeds the power of the president and […]
2/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The failed Fast Train project in California, where the cost overruns are becoming world record setting, is hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately needed Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 8:53 am […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/19/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Bernie Sanders was mulling a 2020 campaign last year, he said he would likely pull the trigger if he thought he was the ‘best candidate’ to defeat President Donald Trump. Now that he’s officially in the race for the White House, a key element of his argument is that he is […]
2/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The failed Fast Train project in California, were the cost overruns are becoming world record setting, is hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately needed Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 7:48 am […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As I predicted, 16 cities, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/19/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Had the opposition party (no, not the Media) won the election, the Stock Market would be down at least 10,000 points by now. We are heading up, up, up!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 7:30 am […]
2/19/2019
ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’….(The Witch Hunt) in time likely will become recognized as the greatest scandal in American political history, marking the first occasion in which the U.S. government bureaucrats sought to overturn an election (presidential)!’ Victor Davis Hanson And got caught! @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 7:21 am […]
2/19/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/NUCLEAR/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Trump administration officials have pushed to build nuclear power plants throughout Saudi Arabia over the vigorous objections of White House lawyers who question the legality of the plan and the ethics of a venture that could enrich Trump allies, according to a new report by House Democrats released […]
2/19/2019
CONGRESS/DEFENSE/SPACE FORCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump moved forward with his planned United States Space Force on Tuesday [2-19-19], signing an order to begin the process for establishing a new branch of the military that would be dedicated to handling threats in space. Mr. Trump’s directive orders the Defense Department to ‘marshal its space resources to […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, has already sued the Trump administration more than 40 times, positioning himself on the front lines of the Golden State’s resistance to the president’s policies. Yesterday, he added another big lawsuit to the tally. Mr. Becerra, along with his counterparts in 15 other states, challenged President Trump’s […]
2/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has called the Russia investigation a hoax, a witch hunt and fake news. But since he has been in office, Mr. Trump has tried to end the inquiry into his campaign’s possible coordination with Russia during the 2016 presidential election, opening himself up to questions about whether […]
2/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As federal prosecutors in Manhattan gathered evidence late last year about President Trump’s role in silencing women with hush payments during the 2016 campaign, Mr. Trump called Matthew G. Whitaker, his newly installed attorney general, with a question. He asked whether Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States attorney for […]
2/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has publicly criticized dozens of people and groups related to federal inquiries into contacts between his campaign and Russia, according to a New York Times analysis of nearly every public statement or Twitter post that he has made while in office. The attacks, which number nearly 1,200, are […]
2/18/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Remember this, Andrew McCabe didn’t go to the bathroom without the approval of Leakin’ James Comey!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 10:26 pm […]
2/18/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A coalition of 16 states filed suit on Monday [2-18-19] to block President Donald Trump’s effort to fund his border wall by declaring a national emergency, calling it a ‘flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles.’ The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, is the third in […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @real_defender: @realDonaldTrump Our country is making unprecedented progress thanks to the fact that we finally have a president who is…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 10:23 pm […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Andrew – We all miss beautiful Meadow! https://t.co/a5PLSwpJyx“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 10:21 pm […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you JT! https://t.co/L1HDeXWazc” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 10:13 pm […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amazing! https://t.co/uUNCL1hPAk” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 10:00 pm […]
2/18/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The biggest abuse of power and corruption scandal in our history, and it’s much worse than we thought. Andrew McCabe (FBI) admitted to plotting a coup (government overthrow) when he was serving in the FBI, before he was fired for lying & leaking.’ @seanhannity @FoxNews Treason!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, […]
2/18/2019
CONGRESS/MILITARY/SPACE FORCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a directive on Tuesday [[2-19-19] to establish a new branch of the military dedicated to space but instead of being a fully independent department it will remain part of the Air Force to assuage concerns in Congress, a senior administration official told POLITICO. The presidential directive, […]
2/18/2019
LATINOS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Donald Trump on Monday [2-18-19] stopped just short of threatening military action in Venezuela when he urged the country’s military to remove its disputed president, Nicolas Maduro, and to allow humanitarian aid to come in…Trump’s speech had a triple purpose: It reinforced his administration’s support for the Venezuelan leader recognized by […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Today more than 50 countries around the world now recognize the rightful government of Venezuela. The Venezuelan people have spoken and the world has heard their voice. They are turning the page on Socialism and Dictatorship; and there will be NO GOING BACK! https://t.co/C3DL5RFfiE“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 8:17 pm […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “I ask every member of the Maduro regime: End this nightmare of poverty, hunger and death. LET YOUR PEOPLE GO. Set your country free! Now is the time for all Venezuelan Patriots to act together, as one united people. Nothing could be better for the future of Venezuela!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The people of Venezuela are standing for FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY – and the United States of America is standing right by their side!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 5:30 pm […]
2/18/2019
SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are here to proclaim that a new day is coming in Latin America. In Venezuela and across the Western Hemisphere, Socialism is DYING – and liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being REBORN…https://t.co/hPL5W48Pmg“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 5:26 pm […]
2/18/2019
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hope you are enjoying your President’s Day, our Country is making unprecedented progress!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 3:22 pm […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Working hard, thank you! https://t.co/tnuHnw8kll“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 3:10 pm […]
2/18/2019
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan moved to put the Nobel genie back in the bottle on Monday [2-18-19] when he told the country’s Parliament that he would not comment on President Trump’s surprise announcement that Mr. Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Trump’s announcement on Friday[2-15-19], […]
2/18/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’This was an illegal coup attempt on the President of the United States.’ Dan Bongino on @foxandfriends True!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 8:29 am […]
2/18/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….There is a lot of explaining to do to the millions of people who had just elected a president who they really like and who has done a great job for them with the Military, Vets, Economy and so much more. This was the illegal and treasonous ‘insurance policy’ in full action!” […]
2/18/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. He was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more deranged. He and Rod Rosenstein, who was hired by Jeff Sessions (another beauty), look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught…..” -Donald Trump, […]
2/18/2019
BORDER/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday [2-18-19] challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall. The lawsuit is part of a constitutional confrontation that Mr. Trump set off on Friday [2-15-19] when he […]
2/18/2019
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’After two years and interviewing more than two hundred witnesses, the Senate Intelligence Committee has NOT discovered any direct evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump Campaign and Russia.’ Ken Dilanian @NBCNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 6:56 am […]
2/18/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is lashing out at key officials involved in the Russia probe, namely former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and the current deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. In an interview with CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ that aired Sunday [2-17-19], McCabe described Rosenstein as having raised the prospect of invoking […]
2/18/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kamala Harris had the best campaign roll-out. Amy Klobuchar’s snowy debut showed grit. Elizabeth Warren’s opening campaign video was a bit odd. Take it from an unlikely armchair pundit sizing up the 2020 Democratic field: President Donald Trump. In tweets, public remarks and private conversations, Trump is making clear he is […]
2/18/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “A senior North Korean official known as Kim Jong-un’s ‘butler’ has begun scouting hotels, factory sites and resorts in Vietnam ahead of the North Korean leader’s highly anticipated summit meeting with President Trump in Hanoi next week. The official, Kim Chang-son, who serves as Mr. Kim’s de facto chief of staff, […]
2/18/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Trump on Monday [2-18-19] delivered his sharpest warning yet to Venezuela’s military authorities in an increasingly tense showdown over that country’s crisis, proclaiming they would ‘lose everything’ by remaining loyal to President Nicolás Maduro and refusing to allow in emergency aid stockpiled on the border. Mr. Trump gave the warning in […]
2/17/2019
CALFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KimStrassel: Death of a California Dream https://t.co/sBnSecSriX via @WSJOpinion” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 11:28 pm […]
2/17/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a ‘poor little Angel’ when in fact he was a big part of the…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 6:49 pm […]
2/17/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: ….Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton pe…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 6:49 pm […]
2/17/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Mueller investigation is totally conflicted, illegal and rigged! Should never have been allowed to begin, except for the Collusion and many crimes committed by the Democrats. Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 6:45 pm […]
2/17/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/r8N9m5vQlF“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 1:29 pm […]
2/17/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/y61loNunTJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 1:28 pm […]
2/17/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 7:56 am […]
2/17/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 7:52 am […]
2/17/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “52% Approval Rating, 93% in Republican Party ( a record )! Pretty amazing considering that 93% (also) of my press is REALLY BAD. The ‘people’ are SMART!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 7:41 am […]
2/17/2019
AMBASSADOR/DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats in the Senate are still slow walking hundreds of highly qualified people wanting to come into government. Never been such an abuse in our country’s history. Mitch should not let Senate go home until all are approved. We need our Ambassadors and all others NOW!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 […]
2/17/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Important meetings and calls on China Trade Deal, and more, today with my staff. Big progress being made on soooo many different fronts! Our Country has such fantastic potential for future growth and greatness on an even higher level!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 7:00 am […]
2/16/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TomFitton: Mueller Will Harass @RealDonaldTrump for Entire Term https://t.co/eoQVP6MsmF via @JudicialWatch” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 11:56 pm […]
2/16/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TomFitton: .@NYTIMES complains @realDonaldTrump crackdown on asylum scamming is working. https://t.co/K8j94ITalL“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 11:56 pm […]
2/16/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “RT @TomFitton: BIG: Strzok/Page Docs Show More Collusion to Protect Hillary Clinton; Voter Fraud Crisis–Thousands of Aliens Illegally Voti…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 11:52 pm […]
2/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @real_defender: @realDonaldTrump Protecting America and putting Americans first. Thank you Mr. President!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 11:06 pm […]
2/16/2019
EU/ISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The U.S. does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. We do so much, and spend so much – Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. We are pulling back after […]
2/16/2019
EU/ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. The Caliphate is ready to fall. The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them……..” -Donald […]
2/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: https://t.co/nJORBjwint“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 7:17 pm […]
2/16/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trade negotiators have just returned from China where the meetings on Trade were very productive. Now at meetings with me at Mar-a-Lago giving the details. In the meantime, Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, […]
2/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILDING THE WALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 7:10 pm […]
2/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/nJORBjwint” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 2:40 pm […]
2/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/f6Jd2FzayZ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 11:43 am […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “All through the 2016 campaign Donald Trump warned about the menace of immigration by reciting the lyrics of a song called ‘The Snake,’ about a kind woman who takes a snake into her home, only to die when he bites her. The snake tells the woman, ‘You knew I was a […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Friday [2-15-19] signed a deal for far less money than he wanted to start to put up a tiny fraction of a slat-fence variety of the long-promised border wall he says he’s been building but hasn’t. It was clearly a loss. He still called it a win…Trump declaring […]
2/15/2019
FEMA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has nominated a senior Federal Emergency Management Agency official to lead the agency, following director Brock Long’s resignation earlier this week. Jeffrey Byard is currently FEMA’s associate administrator for the Office of Response and Recovery, the ‘senior-most executive over disaster response, recovery, logistics, and field operations,’ according to […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We’re ending the week on a high note: The government isn’t going to shut down tonight! Republicans, Democrats, Congress and the President came together (mostly), put aside their differences (kinda), and have passed a stopgap spending bill that lacks Trump’s stated $5.7 billion for the border wall. He officially signed the bill […]
2/15/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/NEW JERSEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee received a sweeping request for financial records this week from prosecutors in New Jersey, the second subpoena the group has received in as many weeks as its fundraising and spending draws mounting scrutiny. The committee said Friday that it is in contact with the New […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As President Trump declared a national emergency on Friday [2-15-19] to bypass Congress and build his long-promised wall, he again painted a portrait of a lawless, chaotic border and cited arguments about the effectiveness of the kind of barrier he has in mind that were not rooted in facts. Illegal border crossings […]
2/15/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/OBAMA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Outraged House Republicans sued President Barack Obama in 2014 for spending billions of federal dollars without congressional approval — and won. Now many House and Senate Republicans could side with President Trump for doing what they saw as a grave abuse of power by Mr. Obama — circumventing an unwilling Congress in […]
2/15/2019
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “William F. Weld, the maverick former governor of Massachusetts, announced on Friday [2-15-19] that he would form an exploratory committee to challenge President Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 nomination, presenting himself as a dissident voice in a political party that has abandoned its mainstream roots. Mr. Weld, 73, is the first […]
2/15/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Standing in the Rose Garden on Friday [2-15-19] morning, President Trump heaped praise on Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio show host, who earlier in the week gave his blessing to a bipartisan spending bill that did not include the money Mr. Trump had demanded for a wall…During Mr. Trump’s 50 minutes […]
2/15/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/INVESTIGATIONS/NEW JERSEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New Jersey’s attorney general has stepped into the investigation of President Trump’s $107 million presidential inaugural fund, issuing an administrative subpoena for the fund’s financial records, including any that document fund-raising in the state. The action, taken last week by the state’s consumer protection office, came on the heels of […]
2/15/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/COMMERCE/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Commerce Department is expected to submit a report to President Trump in the coming days that could give the United States authority to impose tariffs on foreign cars and car parts on the basis of protecting national security, setting up another potential skirmish with America’s trading partners. An administration official […]
2/15/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump reeled off a list of his favorite media personalities on Friday [2-15-19] when asked who might have influenced his decision to declare a national emergency after Congress refused to give him money for a border wall. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham — a powerful bloc […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday [2-15-19] in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build a wall there, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a confrontation over the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution. Trying to […]
2/15/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite telling his doctor that he would like to lose 10 to 15 pounds, President Trump gained weight over the past year and is now officially obese. The president was weighed last week as part of his annual physical, and is now at 243 pounds, according to Dr. Sean Conley, the White […]
2/15/2019
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great job by law enforcement in Aurora, Illinois. Heartfelt condolences to all of the victims and their families. America is with you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 15, 2019 6:11 pm […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/LAWSUIT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is well aware that his national emergency declaration will face legal challenges, but he’s moving forward anyway…Trump’s frustration draws from the number of times courts have already blocked White House policies, such as the travel ban and ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The President […]
2/15/2019
CENSUS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBER ROSS: “The Trump administration’s controversial plan to determine who is and who is not a U.S. citizen during the 2020 census will be decided by the Supreme Court. The justices agreed Friday [2-15-19] to squeeze the blockbuster case on to their April calendar, presumably because the decennial census questionnaire is scheduled […]
2/15/2019
CHINA/MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “From North Korea and China to Fox News hosts and conservative commentator Ann Coulter, President Donald Trump did not stick to the script on Friday when he outlined his plans to declare a national emergency for a wall along the southern U.S. border. The president started his nearly hour-long remarks, all […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump met his day of defeat with a list of grievances. He lashed out at Congress for denying him the money to build a border wall. He called his Democratic rivals liars. He blasted former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan for inaction when the GOP controlled Congress. And, of course, […]
2/15/2019
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the same chamber that wields vast oversight power over his office, President Donald Trump decried ‘ridiculous partisan investigations,’ during his second State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-12-19] night. Speaking to a joint session of a divided Congress, Trump called for an end to any investigations into his administration…Democrats […]