CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! https://t.co/a0G7GWi74k“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 26, 2019 11:42 am […]
Category: A- Trump As President
1/26/2019
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “’We absolutely need a physical barrier or Wall, whatever you want to call it. The President yesterday laid all that out. We need to do it all, including the Wall. I provided the same information to the previous administration, & it was ignored.’ Mark Morgan, Border Chief for ‘O’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/26/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to the Republican National Committee, (the RNC), who voted UNANIMOUSLY yesterday to support me in the upcoming 2020 Election. Considering that we have done more than any Administration in the first two years, this should be easy. More great things now in the works!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 26, 2019 […]
1/26/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/26/2019
DEMS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “21 days goes very quickly. Negotiations with Democrats will start immediately. Will not be easy to make a deal, both parties very dug in. The case for National Security has been greatly enhanced by what has been happening at the Border & through dialogue. We will build the Wall!” –Donald Trump, […]
1/26/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’I like the fact that the President is making the case (Border Security & Crime) to the American people. Now we know where Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer & the Democrats stand, which is no Border Security. Will be big 2020 issue.’ Matt Schlapp, Chair, ACU. Bigger than anyone knows!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/26/2019
CONGRESS/FBI/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others? What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter’s deleted texts & Wiener’s laptop? Much more!” –Donald Trump, […]
1/26/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During the 2016 presidential campaign and transition, Donald J. Trump and at least 17 campaign officials and advisers had contacts with Russian nationals and WikiLeaks, or their intermediaries, a New York Times analysis has found. At least 10 other associates were told about interactions but did not have any themselves. Knowledge […]
1/25/2019
GOP/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Less than four months ago, the staid Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan became an unlikely battleground between anti-fascism activists and a far-right group known as the Proud Boys. After the Proud Boys’ founder, Gavin McInnes, spoke at the club, vandalism and violence ensued, as people associated with the group squared off […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump agreed on Friday [1-25-19] to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations continued over how to secure the nation’s southwestern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed to force Democrats to give him billions of dollars for his long-promised wall. The president’s concession paved the way for […]
1/25/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Some of the most prominent voices in the conservative base were furious at President Trump on Friday [1-25-19] after he agreed to reopen the government without getting money for a border wall — the sort of terms he had spent more than a month rejecting. They derided the deal as a […]
1/25/2019
GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events. For 60 minutes Mr. […]
1/25/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The indictment unsealed this month charging Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Trump campaign officials in June 2016, with obstruction of justice in another case raises an interesting question: Why would the Justice Department pursue a case in which there is little likelihood of ever getting the defendant […]
1/25/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, revealed on Friday [1-25-19] the most direct link yet between parallel efforts by the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks to damage Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election using Democratic Party material stolen by Russians. A top Trump campaign official dispatched Roger J. Stone […]
1/25/2019
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Roger Stone, an informal political adviser to President Donald Trump, downplayed his Friday [1-25-19] indictment by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller as based on a ‘process crime’ that doesn’t show collusion with WikiLeaks or the Russian government…Stone denied ever speaking to the […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump conceded Friday [1-25-19] to mounting pressure that he reopen the federal government, agreeing to a temporary funding measure that would allow federal employees to return to work but that does not include the billions of dollars in border wall funding he’s spent the past month demanding. The outcome of […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill into law Friday [1-25-19] night that does not include his requested $5.7 billion for a border wall. The White House announced late Friday that Trump had signed the measure, a three-week stopgap bill that will reopen shuttered parts of the government through February 15. […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump touted GOP unity for 33 days of a partial government shutdown. But by the 34th day, it was clearly gone — and so was the shutdown by the end of the 35th. Senate Republicans had finally had it and were struggling to continue to defend the president’s position and […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There’s no spinning what happened in Washington on Friday [1-25-19]: Donald Trump caved to Nancy Pelosi — and a compromise to reopen the government was struck. The bigger question is how. How, after 3+ years of Trump running roughshod on the political process, did Pelosi, the newly installed speaker of the […]
1/25/2019
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump reached a deal to reopen the government, some furloughed workers across the United States are relieved, while others are not feeling quite optimistic yet…Friday’s deal would soon return federal workers to their jobs, but it’s not immediately clear when are they going to get paid. About 800,000 federal […]
1/25/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the day of his indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller, former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone seems to have lost the support of one of his greatest heroes, former President Richard Nixon — or at least Nixon’s foundation. The Nixon Foundation sought to distance itself Friday from Stone after […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Before President Donald Trump finished speaking from the Rose Garden, putting a temporary end to the five-week government shutdown, a running group text between several of his former aides lit up with complaints…Bewildered by his decision to accept a deal without funding for a wall on the southern border […]
1/25/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The president announced a deal on Friday [1-25-19] to temporarily end to the longest-ever government shutdown, teeing up three weeks of negotiations to end the stalemate over funding for a wall along the southern border. Trump, speaking from the White House, said the temporary relief would allow the 800,000 federal employees who […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I wish people would read or listen to my words on the Border Wall. This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to […]
1/25/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Every criminal case brought against a senior member of the Trump campaign as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has revealed a new attempt to conceal contacts with Russia or intermediaries linked to the Kremlin. Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney to President Donald Trump; Michael […]
1/25/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Trump announced Friday [1-25-19] his willingness to end the shutdown for three weeks. During that time, he will use the State of the Union and other events to build pressure for a wall. In the words of Bill O’Reilly, ‘Political chess game continues. President Trump reopens government — a […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Conservatives had a quick message for President Donald Trump after he announced a deal to end the government shutdown without funds for his border wall: You caved!…’Nancy Pelosi is alpha,’ tweeted conservative film maker Mike Cernovich. And right wing commentator Michael Malice opined: ‘Apparently a wall isn’t as good as […]
1/25/2019
CONGRESS/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Call it Donald Trump’s second wall, only this time the president’s target is not migrants coming north but dollars going south to help storm-tossed Puerto Rico. Additional food aid for the island’s poor will soon be exhausted without supplemental funds opposed by the White House. At the same time, billions […]
1/25/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has donated his salary from the third-quarter of 2018 to the federal agency that researches alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. The White House says Trump donated $100,000 to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcoholism is a personal issue for the president. His older brother, Fred Jr., died […]
1/25/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/RUFlgMxOUq“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 25, 2019 2:39 pm […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Seven percent of Americans against the border wall believe that Congress should fund President Donald Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border if that is the only way to end the government shutdown. That fact is an enormous opportunity to change the dynamic between this Congress and this president. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Friday [1-25-19] after President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies without providing any money for the president’s border wall. Soon after Trump announced the deal Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden, the House and Senate quickly […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION! Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better. Who alerted CNN to be there?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 25, 2019 11:16 am […]
1/25/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Bloomberg came to Virginia on Friday [1-25-19] to deliver a message to Democrats: I told you so. The former New York City mayor delivered his most scathing remarks about Trump since he called then-candidate Donald Trump a ‘dangerous demagogue’ and knocked his business credentials in a speech at the 2016 Democratic […]
1/25/2019
MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The Trump administration ordered all non-emergency U.S. diplomatic staff to leave Venezuela on Thursday [1-24-19] amid that country’s growing political turmoil. The decision marked an about-face for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who defiantly declared Wednesday [1-23-19] night that he would keep American embassy staff in the country after embattled Venezuelan […]
1/25/2019
POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s midterm report card is in, and few voters are giving the president high marks after two years in office. A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll asked voters to assign a letter grade to Trump at the halfway point of his term in the White House, and only a combined 34 percent […]
1/25/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/FLORIDA/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nation’s biggest swing state looks even more like Trump Country heading into 2020. Newly released Florida voter data suggest President Donald Trump will begin his reelection campaign as the favorite in a state that offers a windfall of 29 electoral votes. The driving force: white voters who broke Republican and […]
1/24/2019
NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All day on Thursday [1-24-19] those around the nation wondered why President Donald Trump decided to postpone his State of the Union address. The president’s Wednesday [1-23-19] decision came across as a cordial announcement on his Twitter page shortly before midnight. That surprised some people…The president’s decision followed days of partisan […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sometimes out of failure comes success. Or at least progress. That may be what happened on the floor of the Senate on Thursday [1-24-19] afternoon when both a Republican bill and a Democratic one designed to reopen the government failed to garner the 60 votes they needed to move forward to a […]
1/24/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A third rate conman who interviewed me many years ago for just a short period of time has been playing his biggest con of all on Fake News CNN. Michael D’Antonio, a broken down hack who knows nothing about me, goes on night after night telling made up Trump stories. Disgraceful!” -Donald […]
1/24/2019
ECONOMY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great earnings coming out of Stock Market. Too bad Media doesn’t devote much time to this!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 10:09 pm […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After the Senate voted down two proposals to reopen the government on Thursday [1-24-19], lawmakers are searching for a way to end the partial shutdown, though it is still not clear whether Democrats and the White House will be able to find common ground as President Donald Trump continues to push for […]
1/24/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday [1-24-19] warned against ‘destructive interference’ in Venezuela from outside forces and called President Nicolas Maduro to reaffirm Moscow’s support for the embattled leader – one day after the Trump administration declared Maduro’s presidency illegitimate. Putin’s phone call to Maduro was a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-24-19] he is open to a measure to end the partial government shutdown for three weeks in exchange for a ‘down payment’ on his border wall, marking a potential breakthrough in the weekslong stalemate. Trump’s comments that he would consider a ‘reasonable agreement’ worked out by Senate […]
1/24/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MICHAEL COHEN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was subpoenaed Thursday [1-24-19] to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in mid-February, a source close to Cohen told CNN. Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis confirmed the subpoena was issued Thursday and said that Cohen intended to comply. ‘We will comply and hope to […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the Senate has shot down President Donald Trump’s compromise offer to end the month-long government shutdown, White House officials aren’t sure of their next move. But they do know one thing: they’re losing, and they want to cut a deal. The president is weighing the idea of a three-week […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DHS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion in potential funds for his signature border wall should he go that route, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN. Trump has not ruled […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration expects to launch a policy as early as Friday [1-25-19] that forces people seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, marking one of the most significant changes to the immigration system of Donald Trump’s presidency. The changes are set to […]
1/24/2019
CALIFORNIA/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the few Republican lawmakers left in Sacramento announced he would become a Democrat, dealing another blow to the party’s California fortunes and diminishing the role of Republican moderates. With Assemblyman Brian Maienschein’s defection, Republicans hold just 19 out of 80 seats in the California Assembly. The entire state legislative delegation […]
1/24/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has clung to power for years through political manipulation, harsh security measures and economic corruption — classic strongman tactics all-too common among autocratic leaders Donald Trump has praised worldwide. Yet the U.S. president has relentlessly trashed Maduro from the moment he took office. Why? For an American […]
1/24/2019
CRIME/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nancy just said she ‘just doesn’t understand why?’ Very simply, without a Wall it all doesn’t work. Our Country has a chance to greatly reduce Crime, Human Trafficking, Gangs and Drugs. Should have been done for decades. We will not Cave!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 11:16 am […]
1/24/2019
GARY COHN/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Gary Cohn, the former top economic adviser to President Donald Trump, told MSNBC on Thursday [1-24-19] that his former boss has ‘got to get the government open’ and allow a steady flow of immigrants into the U.S. to maintain economic growth. Cohn, a former executive at Goldman Sachs, was director of […]
1/24/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-24-19] it was sad that his former personal attorney is trying to to delay his public testimony to Congress, calling it ‘so interesting’ that Michael Cohen’s legal counsel has strong ties to Trump’s 2016 opponent. Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to violations tied to his […]
1/24/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Without a Wall there cannot be safety and security at the Border or for the U.S.A. BUILD THE WALL AND CRIME WILL FALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 8:37 am […]
1/24/2019
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…back home where they belong, no more Rockets or M’s being fired over Japan or anywhere else and, most importantly, no Nuclear Testing. This is more than has ever been accomplished with North Korea, and the Fake News knows it. I expect another good meeting soon, much potential!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/24/2019
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media loves saying ‘so little happened at my first summit with Kim Jong Un.’ Wrong! After 40 years of doing nothing with North Korea but being taken to the cleaners, & with a major war ready to start, in a short 15 months, relationships built, hostages & remains….” […]
1/24/2019
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So interesting that bad lawyer Michael Cohen, who sadly will not be testifying before Congress, is using the lawyer of Crooked Hillary Clinton to represent him – Gee, how did that happen? Remember July 4th weekend when Crooked went before FBI & wasn’t sworn in, no tape, nothing?” -Donald Trump, […]
1/24/2019
ECONOMY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The economy is doing great. More people working in U.S.A. today than at any time in our HISTORY. Media barely covers! @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 6:56 am […]
1/24/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Party officials are delivering an unmistakable message as the 2020 campaign season begins: The GOP is the party of Trump. The Republican National Committee is poised to express its ‘undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency’ as the committee’s members conclude their annual winter meeting here […]
1/24/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A great new book just out, ‘Game of Thorns,’ by Doug Wead, Presidential Historian and best selling author. The book covers the campaign of 2016, and what could be more exciting than that?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 6:35 am […]
1/24/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the future—the future being next week—your news source of choice will contain only stories about Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Flexing all the verve and moxie of mind-control masters, the duo has annexed the attention of the nation’s editors and producers. If he tweets about the wall or the shutdown or […]
1/24/2019
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBER ROSS: “One White House aide mused that the shutdown was like a paid vacation for some furloughed workers. President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law said employees’ ‘little bit of pain’ was worth it for the good of the country. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross questioned why cash-poor workers were using food banks instead of […]
1/24/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The counter-puncher caved. President Donald Trump’s decision to postpone his State of the Union address under pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised allies, contradicted top aides who had been working on an alternative speech plan and left all of Washington trying to determine whether it signaled new willingness by Trump […]
1/24/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MICHAEL COHEN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a subpoena to compel Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, to appear before the panel next month to formally correct false testimony that he delivered last year about a proposed Trump Organization project in Moscow, one of his lawyers confirmed on Thursday [1-24-19]. The […]
1/24/2019
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the first two years of his presidency, it seemed like Donald Trump could, as he famously put it during his campaign, shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose his voters. Republican majorities in the House and the Senate negotiated his agenda on Capitol Hill. The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, […]
1/24/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Trump has finally met a strongman he does not like. After making friends with autocrats around the world, Mr. Trump has drawn a red line with Nicolás Maduro, demanding that the iron-fisted president of Venezuela hand power to his opposition. Mr. Trump’s forceful challenge to Mr. Maduro is the first […]
1/24/2019
NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump is battling a man, he tends to belittle his foe with nicknames like ‘Cryin’ Chuck’ and ‘Low-energy Jeb.’ When he is in a fight with a woman, he is known to lob insults like ‘horseface’ and ‘ugly’ and ‘dog.’ But Mr. Trump has never before faced an adversary […]
1/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….alternative venue for the SOTU Address because there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber. I look forward to giving a ‘great’ State of the Union Address in the near future!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 11:18 pm […]
1/23/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over. I am not […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/NANCY PELOSI/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is looking at his options. After being disinvited from giving his State of the Union address in the House chamber, Trump is scouting for a new venue to give the annual address. While the president had been planning to speak in the House – as is customary – […]
1/23/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House confirmed Wednesday [1-23-19] that President Donald Trump sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Press secretary Sarah Sanders, in a short statement to reporters, said, ‘The President responded to Chairman Kim’s letter.’ Kim Yong Chol, North Korea’s lead negotiator on nuclear talks, visited Washington last […]
1/23/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will NOT be giving his State of the Union speech on the House floor next Tuesday [1-22-19]. That much now seems definite, following an exchange of hugely passive-aggressive letters between Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday [1-23-19]– a battle of words that ended with Pelosi informing […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats aren’t the only ones who wish President Donald Trump weren’t obsessed with building a border wall. Even hard-line conservative immigration activists are frustrated with Trump’s relentless focus on a border wall — and are pushing him to embrace what they call more effective enforcement policies as part of any deal with […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democratic leaders are drafting a letter to President Donald Trump that would propose $5 billion in border security if he agrees to reopen the government, but Trump warned Wednesday [1-23-19] that the partial government shutdown could drag on for a while. The Democrats’ proposal does not include money for any ‘new […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Dems offer Trump money — with strings attached. House Democrats are drafting a letter to President Donald Trump offering roughly $5 billion for border security – if the president agrees to reopen the government. The catch: The money can’t be used for any ‘new structures’ (read: a wall) along the southern border. […]
1/23/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [1-23-19] that ‘Honduras is doing nothing’ to stop migrant caravans from coming toward the US, less than a day after Vice President Mike Pence praised Honduras for its efforts to stop caravans…The President has been a frequent critic of granting foreign aid to Central American […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The federal government has been partially shut down for more than a month because of an impasse between Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the president’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southern border. Democrats have remained adamant in their opposition to such a barrier. However, on Wednesday, […]
1/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The Historic Results of President Donald J. Trump’s First Two Years in Office’ https://t.co/AFnWWiLlCa“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 2:09 pm […]
1/23/2019
GOVERNMENT/POLLS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating is at an all-time high amid a historically long partial government shutdown and concerns about the president’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Nearly 6-in-10 voters — 57 percent — disapprove of Trump’s job performance, compared to the 40 percent […]
1/23/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Even Trump Haters like (MS)NBC acknowledge you ‘BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!’ https://t.co/bKIgmHUW5P“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 2:00 pm […]
1/23/2019
VENEZUELA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The citizens of Venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate Maduro regime. Today, I have officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela. https://t.co/WItWPiG9jK“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 1:47 pm […]
1/23/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen is trying to delay his public testimony before the House Oversight Committee, with Cohen’s lawyer citing ‘ongoing threats against his family’ and his continued cooperation with investigators. Cohen had been scheduled to testify on Feb. 7 at the highly anticipated hearing, which his […]
1/23/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democratic investigators launched a probe on Wednesday [1-23-19] into the Trump administration’s use of security clearances and temporary security clearances, accusing the White House of playing fast and loose with the nation’s most guarded secrets. Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings laid out several lines of inquiry on the matter […]
1/23/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump’s approval rating falls, the Republican Party is grasping him ever tighter. Gathering in New Mexico, the Republican National Committee’s governing body will take the unusual step Friday of voting to declare the party’s ‘undivided support’ for Trump and his ‘effective presidency.’ Amid concerns about the political fallout […]
1/23/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican Party’s governing body is set to offer its ‘undivided support’ for Donald Trump and his ‘effective presidency,’ lending its backing to the president and his re-election campaign. The Republican National Committee’s resolutions committee unanimously approved the measure Wednesday [1-23-19] at a winter meeting in New Mexico, clearing the way […]
1/23/2019
ECONOMY/GOVERNMENT/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America’s corporate leaders are shrugging off a monthslong trade war, a protracted government shutdown and other looming economic threats, projecting that revenue growth in 2019 will be strong largely on the assumption that President Trump will reach a deal with China. They seem to be increasingly isolated in that view. In […]
1/23/2019
NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke highly of U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said on Thursday [1-24-19], and expressed satisfaction over the results of talks between officials from both countries about a second summit between Kim and Trump. Kim said he would trust Trump’s approach, the North’s official KCNA […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said late Wednesday [1-23-19] that he would deliver his State of the Union address once the federal government reopens, capping a day of brinkmanship with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who told the president that he was not welcome to deliver the speech in the House chamber while the government is […]
1/23/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said he would deliver his State of the Union address after the federal government reopens, capping a day of brinkmanship with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His apparent capitulation came even as House Democrats said they were prepared to give him a substantial sum of money for border security — but […]
1/23/2019
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A month before President Trump is scheduled to meet for a second time with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan appealed to Mr. Trump to keep him in the loop as he seeks a disarmament deal with the North. Mr. Abe, speaking in an interview Wednesday […]
1/23/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, praised President Trump’s ‘unusual determination and will’ to settle their nuclear arms dispute through a second summit meeting, saying that he would move ‘step by step’ to achieve his goals in negotiations with the Americans, the North’s official news media reported on Thursday [1-24-19]. Mr. Kim […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As new polls released on Wednesday [1-23-19] showed that a majority of Americans had cooled to the idea of a protracted government shutdown over his long-promised border wall, President Trump woke up with the same two options facing him as the past 33 days: He could fight back or concede. Or maybe […]
1/23/2019
DEMS/MIKE PENCE/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, the vast majority of Americans revere the legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., but they aren’t always on the same page when it comes to the meaning of that legacy. Take, for example, the contrast between how Vice President Mike Pence and two congressional Democrats spoke about […]
1/23/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said he would look for alternative venues for his State of the Union address on Tuesday [1-22-19], appearing to capitulate after Speaker Nancy Pelosi again told him she would not invite him to deliver it at the House until the government reopens. The decision came after a tit-for-tat between […]
1/23/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:59 am […]
1/23/2019
CRIME/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:57 am […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Great unity in the Republican Party. Want to, once and for all, put an end to stoppable crime and drugs! Border Security and Wall. No doubt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:48 am […]
1/23/2019
VENEZUELA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president sets the stage for dramatic escalation in the coming days, as forces within and outside Venezuela wrestle to determine its future. Embattled President Nicolas Maduro responded to Trump’s announcement by cutting ties with the US and […]
1/23/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ended the week-long skirmish over the timing of his State of the Union address Wednesday [1-23-19] night by agreeing to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request to delay the speech until the government shutdown is resolved. The move is a reversal from his position from earlier in the day, when […]
1/23/2019
ASIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three days after being sworn into office as the nation’s 45th president, Donald J. Trump on this day in 2017 fulfilled a campaign promise by signing an executive order pulling the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free-trade pact. The president called the TPP — which had been […]