MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office will make a sentencing recommendation for former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday [12-4-18], in a court filing that is expected to shed light on the extent of Flynn’s cooperation in the Russia probe.Flynn, who held the White House job for […]
Category: A- Trump As President
12/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The uproar over the revocation of CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s ‘hard pass,’ which grants physical access to White House grounds and is an essential tool for any reporter on that beat, passed quickly after CNN and Acosta immediately took the government to court and resoundingly won. But amnesia is dangerous, particularly constitutional […]
12/4/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump plans to hold a second summit meeting early next year with Kim Jong-un, even though North Korea has failed to follow through with promises to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program, John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, said on Tuesday…Mr. Bolton was referring to a pledge that the […]
12/4/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday [12-4-18] formally demanded financial records from U.S. President Donald Trump’s businesses as part of their lawsuit alleging his dealings with foreign governments violate anti-corruption clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The attorneys general issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization […]
12/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Representatives Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins campaigned this fall while out on bail for felony charges. Representative Greg Gianforte had been convicted of misdemeanor assault. Senator Bob Menendez’s trial on bribery and fraud charges had resulted in a hung jury. How did voters respond? All four were re-elected last month, Mr. […]
12/4/2018
AMAZON/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USPS: “President Trump spent much of last spring accusing Amazon of pulling a ‘scam’ on the American taxpayer and ripping off the United States Postal Service. On Tuesday [12-4-18], his administration delivered its own verdict: Not so much. The task force created by Mr. Trump to investigate the Postal Service’s finances did conclude […]
12/4/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s been only two days since President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China announced a truce in the trade war, but exactly what promises were made remains far from clear — and the calm may not last long. The U.S. and China got what they wanted. Briefly. News of the […]
12/4/2018
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he will visit the mourning family of former President George H.W. Bush on Tuesday [12-4-18] at Blair House, near the White House…Located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, Blair House is the official guest house for U.S. presidents. Trump will attend Wednesday’s [12-5-18] state funeral for […]
12/4/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump warned China on Tuesday [12-4-18] that if President Xi Jinping failed to make good on the trade promises reached during their weekend meeting, the United States would impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports. Referring to himself as a ‘Tariff Man,’ Mr. Trump issued a series of tweets that […]
12/3/2018
LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge has finalized the schedule for when state challengers suing President Donald Trump over proceeds from the Trump International Hotel get to seek evidence for their case. Judge Peter Messitte has ordered that the initial disclosure of evidence occur by the end of the month in a lawsuit brought […]
12/3/2018
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Donald Trump, there was once no worse insult than being ‘a Bushie.’ That, a former White House official told POLITICO earlier this year, was ‘worse than being a Democrat.’ If Trump has been thinking such thoughts since the death of former president George H.W. Bush on Saturday [12-1-18], he […]
12/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Throughout his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, special counsel Robert Mueller has imposed on his team an ironclad rule: nobody leaks and nobody speaks — out of court, that is. But when it comes to official court filings — indictments, plea agreements, sentencing memos — […]
12/3/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the U.S. Capitol on Monday [12-3-18] night to pay his respects to predecessor George H.W. Bush. Accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, the president who has had friction with the Bush family paused in silence at the ex-president’s flag-draped casket in the rotunda […]
12/3/2018
COURTS/LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge on Monday [12-3-18] said lawyers for Maryland and Washington, D.C., can begin issuing subpoenas in a lawsuit that accuses President Donald Trump of using his luxury hotel in Washington to unconstitutionally profit from his political office. The attorneys general in Maryland and Washington say they plan to […]
12/3/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress about Donald Trump’s Moscow project prompted a new frenzy of ‘Did the president commit a crime?’ chatter among legal pundits. Finding—or refuting—a smoking gun of criminality has become the singular focus for the president’s supporters and critics alike, and his ex-lawyer’s […]
12/3/2018
CONGRESS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump used his Twitter feed on Monday [12-3-18] to accuse his former personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, of lying under oath and said he should receive the maximum jail sentence as he praised another former adviser, Roger J. Stone Jr., for saying he would never testify against the president. Mr. […]
12/3/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Of all of President Trump’s former associates who have come under scrutiny in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, his former personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, has undertaken perhaps the most surprising and risky legal strategy. Mr. Cohen has twice pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to a litany of […]
12/3/2018
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former President George Bush made his final journey to the nation’s capital on Monday [12-3-18], his coffin arriving at the Capitol as the rays of the setting sun washed over the plaza where family and friends stood solemnly during a 21-gun salute that began four days of commemoration of his life […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/PAUL MANAFORT/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In mid-May 2017, Paul Manafort, facing intensifying pressure to settle debts and pay mounting legal bills, flew to Ecuador to offer his services to a potentially lucrative new client — the country’s incoming president, Lenín Moreno. Mr. Manafort made the trip mainly to see if he could broker a deal […]
12/3/2018
AGRICULTURE/AUTO INDUSTRY/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump cast his trade accord with President Xi Jinping of China as a huge victory for American farmers, automakers and other key political constituencies — statements that helped send volatile financial markets higher on Monday [12-3-18] and seemed intended to calm worries about the economic toll of a protracted […]
12/3/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to newly inaugurated Mexican President @lopezobrador_. He had a tremendous political victory with the great support of the Mexican People. We will work well together for many years to come!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 2:42 pm […]
12/3/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will ratchet down its forecast of the number of lives that would be saved by rolling back the Obama vehicle fuel efficiency standards, an administration source told POLITICO. The change would reduce one of the main benefits that the administration had touted in a rule change it proposed […]
12/3/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump weighed in publicly Monday [12-3-18] on two key witnesses in the Russia investigation, attacking his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen while praising long-time political aide Roger Stone for refusing to cooperate with prosecutors. The president also maintained his criticism of Russia special counsel Robert Mueller, saying […]
12/3/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-9-18] encouraged the courts to give his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen the severest punishment possible, washing his hands of Cohen’s guilty pleas and practically erasing any possibility of a presidential pardon…CNN reported Saturday that Cohen believed earlier in the spring that Trump would pardon him, […]
12/3/2018
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to being with the Bush Family to pay my respects to President George H.W. Bush.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 11:37 am […]
12/3/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bob Mueller (who is a much different man than people think) and his out of control band of Angry Democrats, don’t want the truth, they only want lies. The truth is very bad for their mission! [Twitter for iPhone]” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 10:56 am […]
12/3/2018
ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’I will never testify against Trump.’ This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about ‘President Trump.’ Nice to know that some people still have ‘guts!’” –Donald Trump, […]
12/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….his wife and father-in-law (who has the money?) off Scott Free. He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 10:29 am […]
12/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time.’ You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term? He makes up stories to get a GREAT & ALREADY reduced deal for himself, […]
12/3/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China will buy more U.S. agricultural goods, the White House said in its readout of the trade-war ceasefire President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached in Buenos Aires this weekend. But the details, beyond Trump’s pledge to hold off on imposing additional tariffs, were blurry — like which ag […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/G20/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-3-18] expressed hope that he and the presidents of China and Russia might jointly agree to scale back defense spending, writing on Twitter that he was ‘certain’ that such talks would take place and saying the amount of money the U.S. spends on defense is ‘crazy’…Trump’s tweet […]
12/3/2018
2016/ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump called for a ‘full and complete’ sentence for his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday [12-3-18], weighing in on a judicial proceeding with accusations Cohen lied about dealings with Russia during his 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 12 after pleading […]
12/3/2018
BORDER/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We would save Billions of Dollars if the Democrats would give us the votes to build the Wall. Either way, people will NOT be allowed into our Country illegally! We will close the entire Southern Border if necessary. Also, STOP THE DRUGS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 8:45 am […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am certain that, at some time in the future, President Xi and I, together with President Putin of Russia, will start talking about a meaningful halt to what has become a major and uncontrollable Arms Race. The U.S. spent 716 Billion Dollars this year. Crazy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Xi and I have a very strong and personal relationship. He and I are the only two people that can bring about massive and very positive change, on trade and far beyond, between our two great Nations. A solution for North Korea is a great thing for China and ALL!” –Donald […]
12/3/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Farmers will be a a very BIG and FAST beneficiary of our deal with China. They intend to start purchasing agricultural product immediately. We make the finest and cleanest product in the World, and that is what China wants. Farmers, I LOVE YOU!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 8:01 am […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/G20/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My meeting in Argentina with President Xi of China was an extraordinary one. Relations with China have taken a BIG leap forward! Very good things will happen. We are dealing from great strength, but China likewise has much to gain if and when a deal is completed. Level the field!” -Donald Trump, […]
12/3/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [12-3-18] said U.S.-China relations had taken a big step forward over the weekend after he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to hold off on new tariffs, and urged Beijing to finalize a trade deal with Washington. ‘My meeting in Argentina with President Xi of […]
12/3/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America may get its most intimate look yet inside Robert Mueller’s secretive Russia investigation in the next four days, with a series of disclosures that have the potential to be greatly damaging for President Donald Trump. Court filings focusing on Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on […]
12/2/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs on cars coming into China from the U.S. Currently the tariff is 40%.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 2, 2018 11:00 pm […]
12/2/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This week, Jews around the world will celebrate the miracles of Hanukkah. @FLOTUS Melania and I send our very best wishes for a blessed and Happy Hanukkah! https://t.co/LrnGcc86w4 https://t.co/Kdjeyvkzmb“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 2, 2018 3:15 pm […]
12/1/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/G20/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump has issues. And the team of G-20 ‘sherpas’ negotiating the joint statement to sum up the annual leaders’ summit were more than happy to take note of them if it meant the explosive American president wouldn’t blow up their work. One of Trump’s issues is the multilateral trading […]
12/1/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to halt the imposition of additional trade tariffs and further open their countries’ markets to one another, the Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Saturday [12-1-18]. ‘The two leaders reached consensus to stop imposing new tariffs,’ Wang […]
12/1/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Statement from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the Passing of Former President George H.W. B…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 1, 2018 12:50 am […]
12/1/2018
G20/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was very much looking forward to having a press conference just prior to leaving Argentina because we have had such great success in our dealing with various countries and their leaders at the G20….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 1, 2018 10:21 am […]
12/1/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….However, out of respect for the Bush Family and former President George H.W. Bush we will wait until after the funeral to have a press conference.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 1, 2018 10:21 am […]
12/1/2018
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President George H.W. Bush led a long, successful and beautiful life. Whenever I was with him I saw his absolute joy for life and true pride in his family. His accomplishments were great from beginning to end. He was a truly wonderful man and will be missed by all!” -Donald Trump, […]
12/1/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Statement from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the Passing of Former President George H.W. Bush https://t.co/qxPsp4Ggs7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 1, 2018 12:49 am […]
11/30/2018
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @EPN: En mi último día como Presidente, me siento muy honrado de haber participado en la firma del nuevo Tratado Comercial entre México,…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 10:16 pm […]
11/30/2018
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @AbeShinzo: アルゼンチンでＧ２０サミットが開幕しました。この機会を活かし、トランプ大統領、モディ首相と、初めてとなる日米印三か国による首脳会談を行いました。「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」という共通の目標に向かって、緊密に連携していくことで一致しました。 htt…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 10:14 pm […]
11/30/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TheBlueHouseENG: President Moon (@moonriver365) and President Trump (@realDonaldTrump) reaffirmed their commitment to closely coordinat…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 10:13 pm […]
11/30/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just signed one of the most important, and largest, Trade Deals in U.S. and World History. The United States, Mexico and Canada worked so well together in crafting this great document. The terrible NAFTA will soon be gone. The USMCA will be fantastic for all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 […]
11/30/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Watch @seanhannity on @FoxNews NOW. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 9:03 pm […]
11/30/2018
CALIFORNIA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in California on Friday [11-30-18] left in place a nationwide injunction that blocks the President’s asylum restrictions from going into effect. Judge Jon S. Tigar of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the government had not shown that the President’s policy ‘is a lawful […]
11/30/2018
AMBASSADOR/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Almost two months after President Donald Trump said he would quickly name a replacement for Nikki Haley, he is still struggling to pick his next ambassador to the United Nations. At first, former deputy national security adviser to the President Dina Powell was under consideration, then took herself out of contention. […]
11/30/2018
G20/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Donald Trump thought he could end this week with a high note at the G20 summit, Robert Mueller’s investigation certainly scuttled those plans. Hours before Trump boarded his plane to Argentina, a bombshell landed in Trumpworld with the news Michael Cohen had pleaded guilty to lying to Congress […]
11/30/2018
G20/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great day at the #G20Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thank you! https://t.co/4IHvUdOygc” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 7:23 pm […]
11/30/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/SOUTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “South Korean exports sustained growth in annual terms in November but missed expectations, official data showed on Saturday 12-1-18], as the first drop in shipments to China in over two years underlined cooling global demand. Exports by Asia’s fourth-largest economy grew 4.5 percent last month from a year earlier, missing […]
11/30/2018
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal employees are not to use the terms ‘resistance’ or ‘#resist’ in statements regarding President Donald Trump, according to guidance issued by the Office of the Special Counsel on Nov. 27. The guidance, emailed to federal employees, states that use of those terms when discussing the President, as well as supporting or […]
11/30/2018
CHINA/G20/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For the better part of a year, the United States and China have been engaged in a tit-for-tat trade war. It’s time to stop. The meeting on Saturday [12-1-18] between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Buenos Ares is the place to make that […]
11/30/2018
COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge ruled against the Justice Department on Friday [11-30-18] in a lawsuit over withholding federal money from so-called sanctuary cities, the latest blow to the Trump administration’s hardline immigration tactics. The lawsuit challenged the Justice Department’s efforts to punish sanctuary cities by withholding a key law enforcement grant […]
11/30/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping will hold the most important meeting between the leaders of the United States and China in decades in Argentina on Saturday [12-1-18] night. It’s not just that the two men have the power to call a truce in a multi-billion dollar trade war that […]
11/30/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet briefly at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, albeit only ‘on their feet,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday, according to a Russian-state media outlet. According to a translation of Peskov remarks, he said ‘all participants will intersect’ at the G-20, suggesting […]
11/30/2018
CONGRESS/DONALD JR/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing Donald Trump Jr.’s interviews with the panel last September, in light of a guilty plea from President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer. On Thursday [11-29-18], Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the timeline related to plans for a Trump Tower […]
11/30/2018
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great reviews on the USMCA – sooo much better than NAFTA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 3:23 pm […]
11/30/2018
NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To the Great people of Alaska. You have been hit hard by a ‘big one.’ Please follow the directions of the highly trained professionals who are there to help you. Your Federal Government will spare no expense. God Bless you ALL!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 3:19 pm […]
11/30/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/G20/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As world leaders gather for the G-20 summit in Argentina, a giant baby Trump balloon is floating over the streets of Buenos Aires in protest of President Donald Trump. The massive orange, diaper-wearing effigy that wears a grimace on its face and grips a cellphone in its hand was flown to […]
11/30/2018
BUSH FAMILY/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The contrast couldn’t be more striking. President George H.W. Bush was a war hero, an internationalist who played a consequential role in maintaining the post-war world order. In domestic politics, he is remembered as a pillar of the Republican establishment, a pragmatist who pined for a ‘kinder, gentler nation.’ President Donald […]
11/30/2018
G20/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump spoke briefly with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday [11-30-18] on the sidelines of the G-20 summit, a move that could further inflame tensions both in the United States and abroad. The exchange between the two leaders was not scheduled, and comes after U.S. and Turkish […]
11/30/2018
G20/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House denied Friday [11-30-18] that President Donald Trump has a pull-aside meeting planned with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Kremlin said an impromptu meeting between the two leaders would occur. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that the two leaders may chat ‘on their feet’ […]
11/30/2018
G20/RUSSIA/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is set to meet with world leaders today and Saturday [12-1-18] during the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There’s little expected in the way of climate change discussions ahead of the big United Nations conference that kicks off in Poland next week, but the likelihood of new […]
11/30/2018
CHINA/G20/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A day before President Donald Trump departed for the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, several top officials gathered in the Oval Office to strategize about Trump’s highly anticipated meeting there with China’s president. Seated around Trump’s Resolute Desk were Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross […]
11/30/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#USMCA?????? https://t.co/7CYsY -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 8:08 am […]
11/30/2018
FBI/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday [11-30-18], after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said Manafort had breached his plea agreement. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team must […]
11/30/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats on Friday [11-30-18] warned that other associates of President Donald Trump may have lied to Congress, a day after his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to doing so as part of a probe of Russian meddling in U.S. politics. Lawmakers did not level direct accusations […]
11/30/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is planning to propose a fully independent Department of the Space Force as a sixth branch of the military next year, according to a draft presidential directive POLITICO obtained on Thursday [11-29-18]— despite the expected pushback from a Democratic-controlled House and continuing Pentagon efforts to study alternatives […]
11/30/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel’s office and President Trump found themselves in rare agreement on Friday [11-30-18] over Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort: Nothing is off the table. Prosecutors for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, said in court that they have not decided whether to charge […]
11/30/2018
FBI/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday [11-30-18], after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said Manafort had breached his plea agreement. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team must […]
11/30/2018
CANADA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/G20/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He has called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada ‘very dishonest and weak.’ He has also, perhaps jokingly, accused Canada — which came into formal being in 1867 — of burning down the White House during the War of 1812. But on Friday [11-30-18] morning, President Trump, Mr. Trudeau and Mexico’s […]
11/30/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sometimes two campaign promises can conflict. This happened after the Trump administration poured more resources into prosecuting migrants for crossing the Southwest border earlier in the year. What followed was a significant slowdown in the pursuit of drug traffickers, another key administration priority. The decline turned around after Trump aides dispatched more […]
11/30/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts sought to put the acrimony of the past two years behind them on Friday as they signed a new trade agreement governing hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce that underpins their mutually dependent economies. Meeting for the first time since the revised North […]
11/30/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Let’s start with the state of Donald Trump,’ Fox News’s Chris Wallace said at the outset of the president’s latest on-camera interview, on Nov. 17, in the manner of a support-group facilitator pausing for a little check-in before an unpacking of recent events. ‘How dark is your mood?’ It’s easy to forget […]
11/30/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia. Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn’t do the project. Witch Hunt” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2018 4:59 am […]
11/30/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it mildly). Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run my business-very legal & very cool, talked about it on the […]
11/30/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump woke up in balmy Buenos Aires early Friday [11-30-18], but his mind was back in Washington as he defended his decision to continue pursuing business deals as he ran for president in 2016, including looking ‘lightly’ at constructing a building in Russia. The president’s Twitter defense […]
11/29/2018
SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Arrived in Argentina with a very busy two days planned. Important meetings scheduled throughout. Our great Country is extremely well represented. Will be very productive!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 10:31 pm […]
11/29/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Alan Dershowitz: ‘These are not crimes. He (Mueller) has no authority to be a roving Commissioner. I don’t see any evidence of crimes.’ This is an illegal Hoax that should be ended immediately. Mueller refuses to look at the real crimes on the other side. Where is the IG REPORT?” […]
11/29/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’This demonstrates the Robert Mueller and his partisans have no evidence, not a whiff of collusion, between Trump and the Russians. Russian project legal. Trump Tower meeting (son Don), perfectly legal. He wasn’t involved with hacking.’ Gregg Jarrett. A total Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 9:50 pm […]
11/29/2018
G20/MELANIA/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just landed in Argentina with @FLOTUS Melania! #G20Summit https://t.co/Zg15gmPazF“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 8:41 pm […]
11/29/2018
2016 ELECTION/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday [11-29-18] at his former personal attorney Michael Cohen after Cohen’s guilty plea to a new criminal charge in the Southern District of New York. While Trump might want to practice his poker face a bit when facing adversity, it is easy […]
11/29/2018
G20/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was only a half-hour into his nine-hour flight to the G20 summit here in the Argentine capital when he decided to pull the plug on the most hotly anticipated moment of his trip: a lengthy face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But while Trump’s abrupt decision quashed concerns […]
11/29/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel oversaw history defying gains in the Senate and unprecedented fundraising strength. I have asked her to serve another term for my 2020 re-elect, because there is no one better for the job!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 7:04 pm […]
11/29/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have been working hard on this – and it’s only going to get better! https://t.co/MtGjmhMO8B“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 5:47 pm […]
11/29/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With all of the new books coming out you can’t forget two of the great originals written by @GreggJarrett and @JudgeJeanine Pirro. Their books both went to #1. Go get them now, the phony Witch Hunt is well explained!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 5:43 pm […]
11/29/2018
MEDIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@DBongino’s new book, ‘Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump,’ is terrific. He’s tough, he’s smart, and he really gets it. His book is on sale now, I highly recommend!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 5:34 pm […]
11/29/2018
ECONOMY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@StephenMoore and Arthur Laffer, two very talented men, have just completed an incredible book on my Economic Policies or, as they call it, #TRUMPONOMICS….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 5:14 pm […]
11/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….They have really done a great job in capturing my long-held views and ideas. This book is on sale now – a terrific read of a really interesting subject!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 5:14 pm […]
11/29/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DHS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed President Donald Trump Thursday [11-29-18] for holding up spending talks and offered his own hard line as a fight over Trump’s border wall heats up. Schumer said Trump could either accept a bipartisan bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security or simply extend […]
11/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@SteveScalise has written an absolutely fascinating book (BACK IN THE GAME) on the world of D.C. politics, and more. He has experienced so much, in a short period of time. Few people have had his bravery or courage, and he has come all the way back. A big power and great person!” […]
11/29/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One idea considered for the proposed Trump Tower in Moscow was to offer Russian President Vladimir Putin the penthouse, according to Felix Sater, who was working on the project with Michael Cohen. RELATED: Michael Cohen pleads guilty, says he lied about Trump’s knowledge of Moscow project Sater, a Russian-born onetime business […]