CALIFORNIA/CLIMATE CHANGE/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump plans to travel to California on Saturday [11-17-18] to tour the damage and meet with those affected by the wildfires that have ravaged the state. He is expected to land at Beale Air Force Base and travel to Paradise, the town in Northern California that has been decimated […]
Category: A- Trump As President
11/15/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the confirmed death toll at 71 and the list of unaccounted for people more than 1,000, authorities in Northern California on Friday [11-16-18] searched for those who perished and those who survived the fiercest of wildfires ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump. The president on Saturday is […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “Like most unsubstantiated claims leveled by President Donald Trump, his allegations of fraud in the high-stakes recount in Florida’s Senate and gubernatorial elections started with a tweet. Shortly after polls closed on last week’s midterm election, the president warned of a ‘big corruption scandal’ in Florida as officials struggled to tally […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Criticized for picking an acting attorney general who has a history of speaking out against Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, President Donald Trump launched another attack Thursday [11-15-18] against the special counsel. Claiming that ‘the inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess,’ Trump tweeted that investigators ‘have found […]
11/15/2018
DONALD JR/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. insist they aren’t worried about special counsel Robert Mueller. But half a dozen people in contact with the White House and other Trump officials say a deep anxiety has started to set in that Mueller is about to […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [11-15-18] imposed sanctions targeting 17 Saudi Arabian officials — but not the powerful crown prince — over the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than a month after the Saudi critic went missing. The Treasury Department designated the officials for sanctions over what it […]
11/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is our sacred duty to support America’s Service Members every single day they wear the uniform – and every day after when they return home as Veterans. Together we will HONOR those who defend us, we will CHERISH those who protect us, and we will celebrate the amazing heroes… https://t.co/kovcIj4fwU” -Donald […]
11/15/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Last year, I signed the landmark VA Accountability Act to ensure those who mistreat our Veterans can be held fully accountable. Since my inauguration, we have removed more than 3,600 government employees who were not giving our Vets the care they deserve…. https://t.co/KqWXXt7D4U” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2018 3:39 pm […]
11/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “It was my great honor to host a @WhiteHouse Conference on Supporting Veterans & Military Families… To everyone here today who has served our Country in uniform, & to every Veteran & Military family across our land, I want to express the eternal gratitude of our entire Nation! https://t.co/MK8jUaTGFK“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to visit with our GREAT U.S. MARINES at the Marine Barracks here in Washington, D.C. We love you @USMC @MBWDC! https://t.co/ASWmDZrDRK https://t.co/xYrPw9zzVv“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2018 3:08 pm […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump erupted at special counsel Robert Mueller on Twitter on Thursday [11-15-18] morning, calling the special counsel’s Russia probe a ‘witch hunt like no other in American history,’ lashing out at Mueller’s team and firing off baseless accusations of corruption as the White House reportedly negotiates whether and […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump said Wednesday [11-14-18] that one of his great achievements as president is lowering the media’s favorability among Americans, claiming a victory in his crusade against what he considers unfair press coverage at the same time that CNN is suing his administration to restore one of its reporter’s revoked White House […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The only ‘Collusion’ is that of the Democrats with Russia and many others. Why didn’t the FBI take the Server from the DNC? They still don’t have it. Check out how biased Facebook, Google and Twitter are in favor of the Democrats. That’s the real Collusion!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Universities will someday study what highly conflicted (and NOT Senate approved) Bob Mueller and his gang of Democrat thugs have done to destroy people. Why is he protecting Crooked Hillary, Comey, McCabe, Lisa Page & her lover, Peter S, and all of his friends on the other side?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump insisted Thursday [11-15-18] that despite a recent flurry of high-level reshuffling inside his administration, with more reportedly on the way, his White House ‘is running very smoothly.’ The media, Trump said, had overhyped personnel moves, which have included the removal of Jeff Sessions as attorney general and […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fresh off three days of private meetings with his personal lawyers, President Trump renewed his attacks on Thursday [11-15-18] on the special counsel investigation, calling it ‘A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!’ The barrage, launched on Twitter, ended a period of relative quiet by the president […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will focus on creating a ‘verifiable plan’ for North Korea’s denuclearization, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday [11-15-18], but an accounting of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and testing sites will not be a prerequisite for the meeting. […]
11/15/2018
OBAMA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….care how many lives the ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won’t even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!” -Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don’t…” -Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] once again tried to make a case for voter ID laws by using a grocery store analogy, inexplicably claiming shoppers need to show identification to buy cereal…The President appeared to be referencing an earlier argument he’d made this summer — that because photo identification is […]
11/15/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I wrote in this space before the midterm that President Donald Trump has a better than 50 percent chance of being re-elected in 2020. Since the results of the 2018 election rolled in, several people have asked if I feel the same way given the Democratic gains in the suburbs and upper […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is running very smoothly and the results for our Nation are obviously very good. We are the envy of the world. But anytime I even think about making changes, the FAKE NEWS MEDIA goes crazy, always seeking to make us look as bad as possible! Very dishonest!” –Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for CNN and the Trump administration are awaiting an initial ruling on the network’s federal lawsuit over press access to the White House. And they’re going to have to wait a little while longer. Judge Timothy J. Kelly heard nearly two hours of oral arguments about CNN’s request for a temporary […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One is huddling with the Russian President, gripping-and-grinning with the Japanese prime minister and pressing Myanmar’s ruler to free imprisoned journalists. The other is tweeting fury at the special counsel, sitting for lengthy sessions with his private attorneys and working to salvage his image as commander in chief after it took […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday [11-15-18] that the US will not require North Korea to provide a full list of its nuclear and missile sites before President Donald Trump meets with dictator Kim Jong Un for a second summit slated for early next year. Washington and Pyongyang have been […]
11/15/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year. Chief among them is a withdrawal from the economy’s sugar high. Fiscal stimulus from the GOP tax cuts is likely to start running out. The Federal Reserve […]
11/14/2018
FRANCE/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Emmanuel Macron’s spokesman accused Donald Trump of lacking ‘common decency’ Wednesday [11-14-18] after the US President blasted his French counterpart in a series of tweets following his visit to Paris. During a pointed speech at the Elysée Palace in Paris, Benjamin Griveaux took issue with the timing of Trump’s barbs on Tuesday […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump sought Wednesday [11-14-18] to land a massive blow in his long-fought battle against the news media, with administration lawyers asserting in court that the president could bar ‘all reporters’ from the White House complex for any reason he sees fit. The sweeping claim, which came in the first public hearing […]
11/14/2018
IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] announced his support for a bipartisan prison reform bill, called the FIRST Step Act…Trump added that the White House pledge ‘to ‘Hire American’ includes those leaving prison and looking for a very fresh start — new job, new life.’ Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared […]
11/14/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/HOUSE OF REPS/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threw his support behind a substantial revision of the nation’s prison and sentencing laws on Wednesday [11-14-18], opening a potential path to enacting the most significant changes to the criminal justice system in a generation. The tentative legislative package, developed by a bipartisan group of senators and […]
11/14/2018
CONGRESS/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] endorsed a criminal justice deal taking shape in Congress, giving a boost to the measure even as it faces a cool reception in the Senate from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. It’s unclear whether the package, which includes sentencing reform provisions that divide the Senate Republican Caucus, […]
11/14/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] backed a criminal justice reform plan being pushed by one of his top advisers, son-in-law Jared Kushner. The ‘First Step Act,’ developed by Kushner and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, is designed to improve rehabilitation programs for former prisoners and give judges more discretion […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first hearing in CNN and Jim Acosta’s federal lawsuit against President Trump and several top White House aides ended with the judge saying that he would rule on Thursday [11-15-18]. CNN and Acosta are alleging that the White House’s suspension of his press pass violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Their […]
11/14/2018
PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our pledge to hire American includes those leaving prison and looking for a very fresh start — new job, and new life. The legislation I am supporting today contains many significant reforms. Read more here: https://t.co/BwQ3qd9Fyk https://t.co/6DUY9KNTpR“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 6:26 pm […]
11/14/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller again pushed back the sentencing of former Donald Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates because the longtime GOP operative is still cooperating on ‘several ongoing investigations.’ The delay, laid out in a new one-page joint filing, stands in contrast to two other high-profile former Trump officials — […]
11/14/2018
DEMS/GOP/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am grateful to be here today w/ Members of the House & Senate who have poured their time, heart and energy into the crucial issue of Prison Reform. Working together w/ my Admin over the last two years, these members have reached a bipartisan agreement…https://t.co/wflidv2cZr“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 […]
11/14/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to Governor Jerry Brown to let him know that we are with him, and the people of California, all the way!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 2:58 pm […]
11/14/2018
CALIFORNIA/FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Was just briefed by @FEMA_Brock and @SecretaryZinke, who are in California. Thank you to the great Firefighters, First Responders and @FEMA for the incredible job they are doing w/ the California Wildfires. Our Nation appreciates your heroism, courage & genius. God Bless you all!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 2:35 […]
11/14/2018
JOBS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not seen in many years, America’s steelworkers get a hard-earned raise because of my Administration’s policies to help bring back the U.S. steel industry, which is critical to our National Security. I will always protect America and its workers!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 2:28 pm […]
11/14/2018
ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “By multiple accounts, Donald Trump is in one of the deepest funks of his presidency. The bad news is that the challenges and threats that are making his mood so dark are likely to get worse before they get better. The President is angry at his rebuke from voters in […]
11/14/2018
BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/DHS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday [11-14-18] that budget negotiations are set to move forward so long as President Donald Trump doesn’t interfere with them…He added that Senate Democrats also want to ensure that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker doesn’t interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s […]
11/14/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is set to formally sign a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement in just two weeks — but the Republican loss of the House in the midterms means he’ll need Democratic support to get the deal through Congress next year. Administration officials have expressed optimism […]
11/14/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As speculation for 2020 begins to heat up, a little more than 3 in 10 Americans want to see President Donald Trump win a second term in the White House, according to a new poll. A Monmouth University poll out Wednesday found that though the president’s approval rating stands fairly steady at […]
11/14/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A political clobbering, bickering aides and now a public grenade launched across the White House by the first lady have placed President Donald Trump in a position he loathes: backed into a corner. A week after standing in the East Room and declaring victory in the midterm elections, the President is […]
11/14/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new Justice Department analysis released Wednesday [11-14-18] backs up President Donald Trump’s appointment last week of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker despite a growing political and legal backlash. The 20-page DOJ memo — addressed to top White House attorney Emmet Flood — leans heavily on historical precedent to argue […]
11/14/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/MEDIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ‘America First’ Trump administration has surprised critics with its willingness to sanction human rights abusers around the world. But with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, that willingness is facing its biggest test yet. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has permitted the use of a relatively new law, […]
11/14/2018
ECONOMY/EU/FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After taking criticism in Europe for his ‘America First’ foreign policy, President Donald Trump resumed his complaints about NATO and the costs of the military partnership with Europe on Monday [11-12-18]…Trump’s tweets reiterated his complaints about the high cost of providing military protection for countries that sell the USA more goods […]
11/14/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Chinese government has presented an offer to the United States to try to push forward stalled trade talks before the leaders of the two economic superpowers meet at the end of this month, according to two people briefed on the discussions. The opening bid falls short of many of the […]
11/14/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is skipping the Kennedy Center Honors, again. For the second year in a row, Trump and his wife Melania will not attend the event meant to honor contributions to American culture on Dec. 2, Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s spokeswoman said Tuesday [11-13-18]. Grisham confirmed to USA TODAY that […]
11/14/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The midterms suggest that President Donald Trump needs to double down on populism, just not the sort that’s been his signature to this point. Trump is both too populist and not populist enough. His populism is largely, although not entirely, a matter of style — combative, lacerating, emotive, unpredictable and grandiose. This […]
11/14/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Wednesday [11-14-18] defended the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general to replace the ousted Jeff Sessions, rejecting the views of critics that the move ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. A legal opinion sent to […]
11/14/2018
FRANCE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the United States must respect each other, in a response to a flurry of critical tweets by Donald Trump. Macron said in an interview Wednesday [11-14-18] with French television TF1 from the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of southern France that ‘the French […]
11/14/2018
PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says he’s ‘thrilled’ to support a bipartisan bill to reform federal sentencing guidelines. The legislation is the first major rewrite of the nation’s criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation. Lawmakers reached agreement this week on legislation that would boost rehabilitation efforts for federal prisoners and give judges more […]
11/14/2018
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said he would make a decision on the future of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen soon, the Daily Caller reported on Wednesday [11-14-18], with speculation rampant he would soon replace her…Asked about another possible staffing change to replace White House chief of staff John Kelly, Trump told […]
11/14/2018
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers suing President Donald Trump over his decision to end special protections shielding certain immigrants from deportation are seeking unaired footage from his reality TV show ‘The Apprentice’ to try to bolster their case alleging the move was racially motivated, the attorneys said Wednesday [11-14-18]. Lawyers for Civil Rights, which sued Trump […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to fend off a legal challenge from CNN and other outlets over the revocation of journalist Jim Acosta’s White House ‘hard pass.’ U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly heard arguments Wednesday afternoon from lawyers representing CNN and the Justice Department. The news network is seeking an […]
11/14/2018
GOP/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The annual convention of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group, has long been a glittering and bustling affair. In the Trump era, though, the group has become more powerful than ever, supplying intellectual energy and judicial candidates to an assertive administration eager to reshape the legal landscape. But as the group […]
11/14/2018
FRANCE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The French president responded Wednesday [11-14-18] evening to President Trump’s scathing personal attack on him, declining to lash out and instead taking the long view. In a television interview on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which President Emmanuel Macron was visiting, he made clear that he was not going to […]
11/13/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The existence of more than a dozen supposedly secret North Korean missile bases should come as a surprise to nobody — certainly not the United States or South Korea. Both have access to military intelligence that far exceeds what is available in the private sector. If anything, the latest findings […]
11/13/2018
CONGRESS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to throw his support behind bipartisan criminal justice legislation during an event at the White House on Wednesday [11-14-18], two sources close to the process said. Trump is scheduled to announce on Wednesday that he is supporting the latest iteration of the First Step Act, a […]
11/13/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/COURTS/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced during a Diwali ceremonial lighting ceremony at the White House Tuesday [11-13-18] that he is nominating Neomi Rao to fill Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals…The President has interviewed Rao, who currently serves as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory […]
11/13/2018
AMBASSADOR/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will nominate retired Gen. John Abizaid, the former head of US Central Command, as the new American ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the White House announced Tuesday [11-13-18]. The nomination comes at a critical moment in diplomatic relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, as the White House […]
11/13/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The state of Maryland launched a court challenge on Tuesday [11-13-18] to the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general, saying the president overstepped his constitutional authority and broke federal law. Trump installed Whitaker as acting attorney general last week after ordering […]
11/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump sought to intervene in Florida’s legally mandated vote recount Tuesday [11-13-18], calling on the state’s Democratic senator to admit defeat and again implying without evidence that officials in two pivotal counties are trying to steal the election…Still, the state elections department and the Florida Department of Law […]
11/13/2018
CABINET/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shakeup as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was thought to be out as soon as this week, according to two people with knowledge […]
11/13/2018
CABINET/DHS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump is moving toward major shuffles of his cabinet and his West Wing staff, as members of the Trump family are working to leave a mark on personnel decisions after a bruising midterm election cycle, several people familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday [11-13-18]. Mr. Trump is almost […]
11/13/2018
CHINA/EU/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s trade war has provoked an internal fight among his top economic advisers, with officials sparring both publicly and behind the scenes over the best approach to dealing with China, the European Union and other trading partners. The disagreements spilled into view on Tuesday [11-13-18] as Larry Kudlow, the director […]
11/13/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders often have the upper hand over CNN in the White House briefing room. But CNN has likely now claimed the advantage by moving the battle to the courtroom. First Amendment lawyers say courts have a history of defending access for journalists, and the […]
11/13/2018
ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bottled-up hostility in President Donald Trump’s administration flowed to the surface Tuesday [11-13-18] during a remarkable 12-hour period following an awkward midterm détente and tense trip to Paris over which the president is still seething. At the White House, Trump appeared poised to dismiss Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen […]
11/13/2018
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Another round of upheaval engulfed President Donald Trump’s White House on Tuesday [11-13-18], with the future of several senior aides in doubt just a week after U.S. congressional elections. Three Trump cabinet members – Chief of Staff John Kelly, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke – could […]
11/13/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Boom: Record high business optimism, need for employees at 45-year high’ https://t.co/jBFjEwAcfd” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 4:35 pm […]
11/13/2018
HOLIDAY/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to host a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, in the Roosevelt Room at the @WhiteHouse this afternoon. Very, very special people! https://t.co/kQk7IvpSFo https://t.co/tYlBABg4JF“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 4:20 pm […]
11/13/2018
HOLIDAY/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we gathered for Diwali, a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains throughout the United States & around the world. Hundreds of millions of people have gathered with family & friends to light the Diya and to mark the beginning of a New Year. https://t.co/epHogpTY1A https://t.co/9LUwnhngWJ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, […]
11/13/2018
HOLIDAY/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we gathered for Diwali, a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains throughout the United States & around the world. Hundreds of millions of people have gathered with family & friends to light the Diya and to mark the beginning of a New Year. https://t.co/a1QRfaPm37 https://t.co/LKRTr0nCQl“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, […]
11/13/2018
DEMS/FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The incoming Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee intends to investigate President Donald Trump’s impact on the integrity of the Justice Department and the FBI, according to a letter sent to top federal law enforcement officials on Tuesday. Representative Jerrold Nadler, now the […]
11/13/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We mourn for the lives lost and we pray for the victims of the California Wildfires. I want to thank the Firefighters and First Responders for their incredible courage in the face of grave danger…. https://t.co/3YQYZR8OzS“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 2:38 pm […]
11/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is expected to provide written answers to questions from the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as soon as this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday [11-13-18]. The questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller that Trump […]
11/13/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The story in the New York Times concerning North Korea developing missile bases is inaccurate. We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new – and nothing happening out of the normal. Just more Fake News. I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!” -Donald […]
11/13/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “When will Bill Nelson concede in Florida? The characters running Broward and Palm Beach voting will not be able to ‘find’ enough votes, too much spotlight on them now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 11:32 am […]
11/13/2018
BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amazon’s move to establish a new headquarters in the Washington area will have one immediate political impact: putting CEO Jeff Bezos more in President Donald Trump’s face than ever. Bezos’ ownership of The Washington Post, which he bought back in 2013, has enraged Trump, sparking Twitter-fueled allegations from the president that Amazon […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By the way, when the helicopter couldn’t fly to the first cemetery in France because of almost zero visibility, I suggested driving. Secret Service said NO, too far from airport & big Paris shutdown. Speech next day at American Cemetery in pouring rain! Little reported-Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/MILITARY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, fresh off a tense visit to Paris, on Tuesday [11-13-18] fired off a string of tweets attacking French President Emmanuel Macron for floating the idea of a self-reliant European military and the country’s wine tariffs, while accusing Macron of swiping at Trump’s nationalism to distract from his own shortcomings…Trump’s […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [11-13-18] claimed he tried to salvage a trip to a French cemetery for American troops, but that the Secret Service nixed his idea of driving after he reportedly couldn’t fly in the rain. The president was in Paris last weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By the way, when the helicopter couldn’t fly to the first cemetery in France because of almost zero visibility, I suggested driving. Secret Service said NO, too far from airport & big Paris shutdown. Speech next day at American Cemetary in pouring rain! Little reported-Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “……MAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, 2018 8:18 am […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%, and an unemployment rate of almost 10%. He was just trying to get onto another subject. By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 13, […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!” […]
11/13/2018
DHS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to remove Department of Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen and is considering replacing chief of staff John Kelly in another shakeup of his administration, a source close to the White House said. Trump has been mulling removing Nielsen, a Kelly protege who became the […]
11/12/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VOTER FRAUD: “The concerted effort by Republicans in Washington and Florida to discredit the state’s recount as illegitimate and potentially rife with fraud reflects a cold political calculation: Treat the recount as the next phase of a campaign to secure the party’s majority and agenda in the Senate. That imperative — described […]
11/13/2018
FRANCE/MILITARY/NATIONALISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump issued a blistering personal attack on Tuesday [11-13-18] against President Emmanuel Macron of France, his host last weekend, and sought to douse a furor over his decision not to visit a cemetery of American soldiers while in France because of rain. Two days after returning from Paris, Mr. Trump responded […]
11/13/2018
ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For weeks before the midterm elections, President Trump warned ominously about the threat from a caravan of migrants streaming from Central America toward Mexico’s border with the United States. It was a fearsome mix of criminals and ‘unknown Middle Easterners,’ Mr. Trump claimed darkly, one that constituted a genuine national emergency. But […]
11/13/2018
CENSUS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For years, some Democrats said gerrymandering was an insurmountable roadblock to the House majority that couldn’t be cleared until after the 2020 census. Then along came President Donald Trump. House Democrats steamrolled Republicans in an array of districts last week, from those drawn by independent commissions or courts, to seats crafted […]
11/12/2018
CONGRESS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House officials and a bipartisan group of senators are mounting an ambitious effort to push criminal justice legislation through Congress by the end of the year, four sources close to the process told CNN. But first, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who has been leading the […]
11/12/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has repeatedly used his bully pulpit to threaten California’s federal funding, but the government — and his own party in Congress — don’t seem to be listening. After Trump’s latest threat over the weekend to withdraw funding, some feared the president may punish the Democratic-led state during one […]
11/12/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Immigration advocates who filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration’s asylum ban are waiting for the court’s first move, which is expected on Tuesday [11-13-18]. President Donald Trump on Friday [11-9-18] signed a proclamation setting into motion a ban on most asylum claims for immigrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. […]
11/12/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ETHICS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will consult with ethics officials about any matters that could require him to recuse himself, the Justice Department said on Monday [11-12-18], after critics called on him to step aside from overseeing a Special Counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election…Whitaker […]
11/12/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-12-18] suggested possible antitrust scrutiny for Comcast, which owns one of Trump’s frequent targets, NBC News…The association, which represents smaller cable companies, has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate Comcast’s merger with NBCUniversal, saying it poses a threat to competition. The Comcast-NBCU deal was […]
11/12/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Half of voters say the new Democratic-controlled House should not begin impeachment proceedings next year, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. But even though overall public support for impeaching Trump is tepid (33 percent) and 51 percent don’t support impeachment, House Democrats could find themselves squeezed by a restive […]
11/12/2018
FRANCE/HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday [11-12-18] that President Donald Trump’s decision to not attend a ceremony at an American burial ground in France because of rain ‘let down our country’…Trump, who was in Paris to commemorate the centennial of the end of World War I with other world leaders, has […]
11/12/2018
OIL/OPEC/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hopefully, Saudi Arabia and OPEC will not be cutting oil production. Oil prices should be much lower based on supply!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 12, 2018 1:21 pm […]