IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization has fired at least 18 undocumented workers over the past two months, The Washington Post reported Monday. [2-4-19] The purge of workers reported by the Post followed repeated reports about President Donald Trump’s company employing undocumented immigrants despite the President’s near-constant focus on the issue of immigration. Trump’s […]
Category: A- Trump As President
2/4/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sat down with President Donald Trump on Monday [2-4-19]. That marked their first meeting since the president nominated Powell to the post and follows months of strong criticism from Trump about his nominee and the Fed. The central bank said in a statement it was […]
2/4/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Monday evening for an informal dinner at the White House residence to discuss the health of the US economy, according to a statement from Federal Reserve. The dinner, which had not been on the President’s public schedule, comes weeks after […]
2/4/2019
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The US and South Korea have reached a preliminary agreement on the cost of keeping nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea, two State Department officials said, alleviating fears among President Donald Trump’s advisers that he could move to withdraw US troops during his upcoming summit with North Korea’s leader. Under […]
2/4/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell met for dinner with President Donald Trump on Monday [2-4-19] evening, the first time the two men have spoken since Powell was sworn in as the central bank’s chief last February. Powell, who has been the target of months of criticism from the president over […]
2/4/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said there is a ‘good chance’ he’ll declare a national emergency to build his proposed border wall and said he would use his State of the Union address next week to once again make a case for the barrier. ‘I think there’s a good chance we’ll have to do […]
2/4/2019
CABINET/INTERIOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday [2-4-19] that he will nominate acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to the job permanently, saying he has done ‘a fantastic job from the day he arrived.’ Bernhardt has been serving temporarily since Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke departed the Trump Cabinet nearly two months ago […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort will be sentenced for the first time on March 13, a federal judge in Washington who approved his guilty plea said Monday [2-4-19]. The court date sets up one of the most anticipated bookends of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into […]
2/4/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Many Senate Republicans are deeply opposed to President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, with enough resistance that the president might ultimately be forced to veto a measure intended to block him. Interviews with a dozen GOP senators on Monday [2-4-19] revealed broad efforts to wave Trump […]
2/4/2019
INTERIOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will nominate David Bernhardt to be the new Interior secretary. The announcement in a tweet from the president Monday [2-4-19] ends a nearly two-month-long search for a permanent replacement for Ryan Zinke, who in early December announced his resignation amid multiple scandals and ethics investigations. Bernhardt, who was […]
2/4/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than a handful of those sitting in the House chamber Tuesday [2-5-19] evening to hear President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address hope to replace him in two years’ time. And these Democratic 2020 hopefuls are making statements of their own by who will be joining them for the primetime […]
2/4/2019
INTERIOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am pleased to announce that David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior, will be nominated as Secretary of the Interior. David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to having his nomination officially confirmed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 4, 2019 3:13 pm […]
2/4/2019
OBAMA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New England Patriots safety Duron Harmon said he doesn’t plan to attend the White House if his Super Bowl-winning team receives an invite from President Donald Trump. Harmon was, however, receptive to the idea of meeting with President Barack Obama instead. In an interview that aired on TMZ Sports, Harmon was asked […]
2/4/2019
INTELLIGENCE/ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “ISIS will claim victory over the US and is likely to regain territory as a result of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, according to a new report released Monday [2-4-19] by the Pentagon’s Inspector General…The report, the first of its kind since Trump announced plans to pull all troops […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are wrestling with how aggressively they will investigate the president and whether impeachment proceedings will ultimately be warranted. Publicly, the discussion has largely centered on worries about the political implications of moving forward. Some Democrats are concerned that aggressive oversight might trigger a backlash from voters; others worry that holding President […]
2/4/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. special envoy for North Korea met with South Korea’s national security adviser on Monday [2-4-19] to discuss a planned second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Seoul’s presidential office said. Stephen Biegun explained to Chung Eui-yong Washington’s stance toward North Korea ahead of […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When the conservative lawyer Neomi Rao appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, she’ll be interviewing for a job on the country’s second most powerful court. But both her allies and enemies will be watching with something even bigger in mind: her viability as a future Supreme Court nominee. […]
2/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He likes the instant gratification of Twitter tirades to prefab statements from his press office. He prefers improvising at a political rally to earnest policy addresses. But on Monday [2-4-19], President Trump was doing a fairly unusual thing, for him: working on a draft of a speech and then practicing delivering […]
2/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to announce in his State of the Union speech a national commitment to end transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, with a goal of stopping its spread in this country by 2030. A senior administration official with knowledge of Mr. Trump’s preparations confirmed the plan on Monday, […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Escalating one of the investigations into President Trump’s inaugural committee, federal prosecutors ordered on Monday [2-4-19] that its officials turn over documents about donors, finances and activities, according to two people familiar with the inquiry. The subpoena seeks documents related to all of the committee’s donors and guests; any benefits […]
2/4/2019
IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s unexpected announcement that he wanted American troops in Iraq to stay there to ‘watch Iran’ achieved a previously unattainable goal on Monday [2-4-19]: unity in the Iraqi political establishment. The problem for Mr. Trump was that the unity was a collective rejection of his proposal, and added momentum to proposed […]
2/4/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump met Monday [2-4-19] evening with the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome H. Powell, whom the president has repeatedly criticized as jeopardizing economic growth by raising interest rates. It was the first meeting between the two men since Mr. Powell became the Fed’s chairman last year. The Fed said in […]
2/4/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-4-19], he can quite justifiably say that the state of the economy is good. Unemployment is low, inflation is muted and growth has continued unabated for nearly 10 years. As a college professor, I’m often drawn to giving letter grades, […]
2/4/2019
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump’s legislative path to a border wall has narrowed significantly on the eve of Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union speech, and his fallback plan to circumvent Congress by declaring a state of emergency could create a major division in his own party. As he prepares to make his case to […]
2/4/2019
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Richard M. Nixon once said, ‘People react to fear, not love; they don’t teach that in Sunday [2-3-19] school, but it’s true.’ No president since has deployed fear quite like Donald J. Trump. Whether it is the prospect of a crime wave at the border with Mexico or nuclear war with North […]
2/3/2019
CRIME/GOP/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country, Republicans must be prepared to do whatever is necessary for STRONG Border Security. Dems do nothing. If there is no Wall, there is no Security. Human Trafficking, Drugs and Criminals of all dimensions – KEEP OUT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 3, 2019 5:03 […]
2/3/2019
CRIME/GOP/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country, Republicans must be prepared to do whatever is necessary for STRONG Border Security. Dems do nothing. If there is no Wall, there is no Security. Human Trafficking, Drugs and Criminals of all dimensionns – KEEP OUT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 3, 2019 4:59 […]
2/3/2019
GOLF/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everyone is asking how Tiger played yesterday. The answer is Great! He was long, straight & putted fantastically well. He shot a 64. Tiger is back & will be winning Majors again! Not surprisingly, Jack also played really well. His putting is amazing! Jack & Tiger like each other.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/2/2019
MEDIA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be interviewed Sunday morning on @FaceTheNation and prior to the Super Bowl on @CBS at 3:30 P.M. Enjoy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 2, 2019 11:37 pm […]
2/2/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ed Gillespie, who ran for Governor of the Great State of Virginia against Ralph Northam, must now be thinking Malpractice and Dereliction of Duty with regard to his Opposition Research Staff. If they find that terrible picture before the election, he wins by 20 points!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 2, 2019 8:01 […]
2/2/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrat Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia just stated, ‘I believe that I am not either of the people in that photo.’ This was 24 hours after apologizing for appearing in the picture and after making the most horrible statement on ‘super’ late term abortion. Unforgivable!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 2, 2019 7:39 […]
2/2/2019
GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus have played many rounds of golf together. On Saturday [2-2-19], the two were joined by No. 45 … or by President Trump. The three played together Saturday at Trump National Jupiter in Florida, according to the White House press pool. Trump himself tweeted out a photo confirming […]
2/2/2019
GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great morning at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida with @JackNicklaus and @TigerWoods! https://t.co/mdPN4yvS8e“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 2, 2019 1:10 pm […]
2/5/2019
HOLIDAY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania and I send our greetings to those celebrating the Lunar New Year. Today, people across the United States and around the world mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year with spectacular fireworks displays, joyful festivals, and family gatherings…https://t.co/yM6qZng5m0“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 5, 2019 12:08 pm […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the day Sen. Cory Booker declared he was running in 2020, President Donald Trump said the New Jersey Democrat has ‘no chance’ of taking the White House. ‘I say no chance,’ Trump said of Booker’s shot at the presidency in an interview with CBS News ‘Face the Nation’ host Margaret […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration defended its efforts to identify and reunify migrant children who had been separated from their undocumented parents along the US-Mexico border in a response to a court order filed Friday [2-1-19]. US District Judge Dana Sabraw had ordered the administration to respond to a Health and Human Services Department […]
2/1/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In 1993, Donald Trump took on the political establishment of Palm Beach, Florida, and took from that experience a blueprint for the future. This formative political campaign started with a business proposition. The town council of Palm Beach had recently turned down Trump’s plan to build eight homes that he planned […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under pressure from fellow Republicans to reset his contentious presidency, Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats a choice in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday [2-5-19]: Work together to make progress, or fight each other and get nothing done. He signaled on Friday that the address, an annual rite of […]
2/1/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For all of President Donald Trump’s talk about ‘America first,’ the next two years of his presidency could shine a sharp spotlight on America abroad. His State of the Union address next week will be dissected for clues on how he’ll deal with a full plate of foreign policy challenges. His […]
2/1/2019
FLORIDA/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the government open again, President Donald Trump at last headed Friday [2-1-19] for a weekend at his happy place: his Mar-a-Lago private club on Florida’s southeastern coast. Trump typically spends many winter weekends at the Palm Beach estate, golfing at another nearby private club he owns and dining on an outdoor […]
2/1/2019
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s assertion that a senior law enforcement official privately gave assurances that he is not under scrutiny in the investigations shadowing him partly served as a defense strategy but also raised new questions about how the Justice Department is conducting the inquiries. Mr. Trump said in an interview […]
2/1/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s family business has employed undocumented workers more broadly than it was previously believed, with multiple workers losing their jobs last month at a Trump golf club in southern New Jersey. The club in Pine Hill, N.J., known as the Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia, was the third Trump property […]
2/1/2019
CHRIS CHRISTIE/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump regularly expresses pique over scathing kiss-and-tell books written by former aides and advisers. But he had no beef with ‘Let Me Finish’ by Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and his onetime transition director…But not nice to his family, it was pointed out, most notably Jared Kushner, […]
2/1/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump will undergo his annual physical exam next week, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told CNN…Trump’s physical exam year sparked controversy after Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the physician to the President at the time, described Trump as being in ‘excellent health’ despite revealing that the President was borderline […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as ‘very rigid’ during negotiations over ending the government shutdown last month and claimed his Democratic rival engaged in ‘very bad politics’ on his proposed border wall. The president made the remarks in an interview with CBS, part of which will air on […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is doing all he can to blow up border security spending talks. But few people on Capitol Hill are listening. Lawmakers and aides from both parties are plowing ahead with negotiations this weekend, ignoring Trump’s growing public disgust for a closed-door process that is increasingly unlikely to deliver a […]
2/1/2019
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal judge overseeing the Roger Stone case is considering a gag order, she said at a hearing in Washington on Friday [2-1-19]…Jackson cautioned Stone, a longtime Republican campaign adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, against treating the buildup to the trial ‘like a book tour’ and reminded him […]
2/1/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/BUSINESS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Layoffs for about 4,000 salaried staff at General Motors are due to start Monday [2-4-19]– a previously announced move that comes just as President Donald Trump prepares to trumpet American manufacturing at next week’s State of the Union address. The layoffs are part of a 15% reduction in white collar jobs […]
2/1/2019
EU/MIKE POMPEO/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday [2-1-19] that the US is suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a key pact with Russia that has been a centerpiece of European security since the Cold War…The long-expected suspension, which has raised concerns about a renewed arms race with Moscow and put European […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facing a still-new Democratic-run House, President Donald Trump will try to use next week’s State of the Union address to call for unity and bipartisan cooperation, officials said Friday, even on hot-button issues like border security…In an email to supporters asking for ideas on the speech, however, the Trump campaign took out […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump appeared to suggest Friday [2-1-19] that he will announce some kind of border wall action during next week’s State of the Union. Asked if he expects to declare a national emergency on the wall funding issue, Trump told reporters: ‘I don’t want to say it, but you’ll hear the […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [2-1-19] reversed its decision to abruptly replace the top acting watchdog at the Education Department after the move drew swift backlash from multiple congressional Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren. President Donald Trump had appointed Phil Rosenfelt, the department’s deputy general counsel, as the new acting inspector general, […]
2/1/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “National African American History Month is an occasion to rediscover the enduring stories of African Americans and the gifts of freedom, purpose, and opportunity they have bestowed on future generations…https://t.co/n9kf58NruZ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 3:07 pm […]
2/1/2019
BUSINESS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [2-1-19] praised Foxconn’s announcement that it will move forward with a facility in Wisconsin after he spoke to the company’s CEO, although the company did not explicitly say what type of jobs will be at the plant…Louis Woo, special assistant to Foxconn chairman and president Terry Gou, […]
2/1/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE “Thank you to Senator Rob Portman and Senator Cory Gardner for the early and warm endorsement. We will ALL WIN in 2020 together!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 2:25 pm […]
2/1/2019
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: ‘We added 304,000 jobs, which was a shocker to a lot of people. It wasn’t a shocker to me.’ https://t.co/hHzogMtXG5” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 2:19 pm […]
2/1/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great news on Foxconn in Wisconsin after my conversation with Terry Gou! https://t.co/2wtuCdl7TX” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 1:44 pm […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Fox News figures are sending a message to President Donald Trump: Pull the trigger on declaring a national emergency. With a little over two weeks until another possible government shutdown, multiple Fox hosts and commentators are goading the president into taking the emergency option to build a wall on the southern border, […]
2/1/2019
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! https://t.co/29dViqkEV7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 10:48 am […]
2/1/2019
AFGHANISTAN/CONGRESS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defended his decision to remove troops from Syria and Afghanistan in a series of tweets Friday [2-1-19] morning, a day after the Senate issued a rebuke of the president cautioning against the ‘precipitous withdrawal’ of military forces. Trump said he inherited ‘a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan,’ wars […]
2/1/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Best January for the DOW in over 30 years. We have, by far, the strongest economy in the world!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 9:16 am […]
2/1/2019
ABORTION/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three years after handing down a major decision in favor of abortion rights in a Texas case, the Supreme Court is faced with a nearly identical case from a neighboring state. The biggest difference? There’s a new president in town – and a new Supreme Court. That makes the justices’ upcoming […]
2/1/2019
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….after 18 long years. Syria was loaded with ISIS until I came along. We will soon have destroyed 100% of the Caliphate, but will be watching them closely. It is now time to start coming home and, after many years, spending our money wisely. Certain people must get smart!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/1/2019
AFGHANISTAN/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I inherited a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan, the ‘Endless Wars’ of unlimited spending and death. During my campaign I said, very strongly, that these wars must finally end. We spend $50 Billion a year in Afghanistan and have hit them so hard that we are now talking peace…” –Donald Trump, […]
2/1/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump often uses stock market gains as the main indicator for the strength of the overall economy. But most economists agree it’s not the best way to judge whether the economy is doing well. Basically, it’s a guessing game. When news happens, traders are constantly trying to predict whether other […]
1/31/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This Witch Hunt must end! https://t.co/3og7H4uUw2“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 11:26 pm […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-31-19] weighed in on the field of 2020 Democratic challengers, proclaiming that Sen. Kamala Harris had the best campaign rollout while continuing to needle Sen. Elizabeth Warren about her claimed Native American heritage. Harris formally announced her campaign last Sunday in a raucous rally in Oakland, […]
1/31/2019
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Billionaire Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $500,000 to a legal defense fund set up to help aides to President Donald Trump that are involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The Adelsons each contributed $250,000 on Oct. 1 to the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, which was set […]
1/31/2019
FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nellie Ohr, the wife of DOJ official Bruce Ohr, was long ago investigating for pay (GPS Fusion) members of my family, feeding it to her husband who was then giving it to the FBI, even though it was created by ousted & discredited Christopher Steele. Illegal! WITCH HUNT” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/DONALD JR/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just out: The big deal, very mysterious Don jr telephone calls, after the innocent Trump Tower meeting, that the media & Dems said were made to his father (me), were just conclusively found NOT to be made to me. They were made to friends & business associates of Don. Really sad!” […]
1/31/2019
HUD/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Faced with years of managerial failures and deteriorating living conditions in the country’s largest public housing system, the Trump administration has imposed more control on the New York City Housing Authority. A federal monitor will have oversight of NYCHA, which runs 2,417 buildings that are home to some 400,000 New Yorkers. […]
1/31/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/MIKE PENCE/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When New York expanded abortion rights last week for the first time in 49 years, Democrats across the state were exultant. Now, that jubilation has been met with an equal and opposite reaction. Anti-abortion advocates, from grass-roots activists all the way to the White House, are taking aim at New […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/ HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats have long stoked suspicions about whether President Trump knew his son met with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, pointing to phone calls that Donald Trump Jr. received from a blocked number around the time of the meeting. New evidence obtained by Senate investigators appears […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-31-19] talks with China aimed at defusing a bilateral trade war were making good progress, but top aides directly involved in the negotiations stressed there are many difficult issues that need to be worked out. However, a White House statement issued hours later stressed there are […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our great U.S. Border Patrol Agents made the biggest Fentanyl bust in our Country’s history. Thanks, as always, for a job well done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 7:14 pm […]
1/31/2019
DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [1-31-19] proposed an ambitious overhaul of the drug purchasing system in its latest bid to lower the cost of medicines. The Department of Health and Human Services proposed eliminating a legal exemption and making the rebates drugmakers give insurance plans and middlemen in the drug supply chain […]
1/31/2019
AFGHANISTAN/DEMS/FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy Thursday [1-31-19], opposing his plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and shrink American forces in Afghanistan. In a bipartisan voteof 68-to-23, lawmakers advanced a measure sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., warning against a ‘precipitous withdrawal’ […]
1/31/2019
IRAN/ISIS/MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just concluded a great meeting with my Intel team in the Oval Office who told me that what they said on Tuesday at the Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media – and we are very much in agreement on Iran, ISIS, North Korea, etc. Their testimony was distorted press…. https://t.co/Zl5aqBmpjF“ […]
1/31/2019
INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I would suggest you read the COMPLETE testimony from Tuesday. A false narrative is so bad for our Country. I value our intelligence community. Happily, we had a very good meeting, and we are all on the same page!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 4:40 pm […]
1/31/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has long been faulted for his use of English, with the Flesch-Kincaid readability test once scoring the president at a fourth-grade level. Despite all the criticism, however, it’s hard to deny his success in communicating to a strong base of supporters, who seem to stick with him no […]
1/31/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/6wK5He4pk5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 2:19 pm […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “New Jersey Democrats are restarting their efforts on a bill that would force President Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns. The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation voted 3-0, with one abstention, on Thursday [1-31-19] to approve the bill, NJ S119 (18R), which would require candidates for president […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/CRIME/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very sadly, Murder cases in Mexico in 2018 rose 33% from 2017, to 33,341. This is a big contributor to the Humanitarian Crisis taking place on our Southern Border and then spreading throughout our Country. Worse even than Afghanistan. Much caused by DRUGS. Wall is being built!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, […]
1/31/2019
HUD/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is announcing it will implement greater oversight at the troubled New York City Housing Authority Thursday, following a federal complaint about dangerous conditions in the housing complexes last year. A source familiar with the negotiations told POLITICO that federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson […]
1/31/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Schumer and the Democrats are big fans of being weak and passive with Iran. They have no clue as to the danger they would be inflicting on our Country. Iran is in financial chaos now because of the sanctions and Iran Deal termination. Dems put us in a bad place – […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking for China to open their Markets not only to Financial Services, which they are now doing, but also to our Manufacturing, Farmers and other U.S. businesses and industries. Without this a deal would be unacceptable!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 9:56 am […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “More troops being sent to the Southern Border to stop the attempted Invasion of Illegals, through large Caravans, into our Country. We have stopped the previous Caravans, and we will stop these also. With a Wall it would be soooo much easier and less expensive. Being Built!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, […]
1/31/2019
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday [1-31-19] aimed at encouraging government contractors to ‘buy American’ as part of the administration’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing. The new order asks federal agencies to encourage those who receive federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects to use American materials and products, including […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [1-31-19] he would either strike a very big trade deal with China or ‘postpone’ it, but it was not clear precisely what he was referring to…The world’s two largest economies are trying to strike a deal on trade by early March to avoid a […]
1/31/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course Thursday [1-31-19] and said that he and the intelligence community ‘are all on the same page.’ Trump met with his director of national intelligence and other top […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are becoming the Party of late term abortion, high taxes, Open Borders and Crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 8:36 am […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on chances a deal could be reached between Republican and Democratic lawmakers working on a border security agreement after an impasse that led to a 35-day partial government shutdown. ‘I don’t think they’re going to make a deal,’ Trump told reporters at the White House. Trump […]
1/31/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-31-19] that ‘unity’ will be the theme of his first State of the Union address under divided government and that he respects Stacey Abrams, who will give the Democratic response. ‘I hope she does a good job. I respect her,’ Trump said of Abrams, who will be […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee are wasting their time. Democrats, despite all of the evidence, proof and Caravans coming, are not going to give money to build the DESPERATELY needed WALL. I’ve got you covered. Wall is already being built, I don’t expect much help!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….China’s representatives and I are trying to do a complete deal, leaving NOTHING unresolved on the table. All of the many problems are being discussed and will be hopefully resolved. Tariffs on China increase to 25% on March 1st, so all working hard to complete by that date!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….meeting with their top leaders and representatives today in the Oval Office. No final deal will be made until my friend President Xi, and I, meet in the near future to discuss and agree on some of the long standing and more difficult points. Very comprehensive transaction….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump proclaimed on Thursday [1-31-19] that without funding for his wall at the southwestern border, the panel of lawmakers negotiating a broad compromise on border security would be ‘wasting their time,’ issuing what appeared to be an ultimatum even as lawmakers pleaded for a chance to reach a deal that would […]
1/31/2019
INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday [1-31-19] that will push for federal dollars spent on infrastructure projects to be put toward American companies and bolster workers his top trade adviser described as ‘blue-collar Trump people’ the administration has focused on helping. That description, given to reporters by Peter Navarro, […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump expressed optimism Thursday [1-31-19] about reaching a landmark trade deal with China, but said in an interview that he would consider leaving in place some tariffs on Chinese goods even if the two sides strike an agreement…As he hosted the Chinese delegation in the Oval Office earlier in the […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s top trade negotiators are in the U.S. meeting with our representatives. Meetings are going well with good intent and spirit on both sides. China does not want an increase in Tariffs and feels they will do much better if they make a deal. They are correct. I will be……” -Donald Trump, […]