DODD-FRANK/ECONOMY/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ten years after the financial crisis, President Donald Trump’s administration is reining in an agency that was set up to avoid a repetition of the historic crash by spotting new risks on the horizon. The Office of Financial Research, which was given the power to pull together granular data from across the […]
Category: A- Trump As President
10/24/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Harley-Davidson on Tuesday [10-23-18] reported a surprisingly large decline in United States motorcycle sales. The company and its executives spent much time discussing the hit. Curiously, though, there was no mention of President Trump’s attacks on the company and what role they might have played in the poor sales. Harley-Davidson’s situation highlights […]
10/24/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The undercurrent of rage that has been driving U.S. politics for the past few years surfaced on Wednesday [10-24-18] in a series of suspected bombs sent to prominent U.S. Democrats and the news outlet CNN less than two weeks before congressional elections. None of the devices went off and no injuries were […]
10/24/2018
DHS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The safety of the American People is my highest priority. I have just concluded a briefing with the FBI, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Secret Service… https://t.co/nEUBcq4NOh“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 1:55 pm […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday {10-24-18] claimed that Democrats are threatening to endanger patients with pre-existing conditions while Republicans will protect them — an assertion at odds with his administration’s own persistent efforts to dismantle Obamacare…Public health experts say his claims are inaccurate, given his administration’s moves to roll back the […]
10/24/2018
CANADA/MIKE PENCE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s plan to create a U.S. Space Force would require a multiyear reorganization of military operations, with potential spillover effects on existing partnerships that involve Canada. Canada is watching and evaluating whether NORAD — the joint Canada-U.S. command defending North American air space — or the terms of Canada’s […]
10/24/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “The United States wasn’t invited. Neither was China. Yet the two countries will loom large over a high-stakes effort to rescue the World Trade Organization from the trade fight sparked by the two economic superpowers. President Donald Trump has accused the Geneva-based body of complacency when it comes to reining in China’s […]
10/24/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I agree wholeheartedly! https://t.co/ndzu0A30vU“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 11:04 am […]
10/24/2018
MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost as soon as the bombs arrived in the mail, the debate began: What role does violent political rhetoric have on these real-life acts of violence? Well, truth be told, a version of this debate has been raging for a while. Witness the reactions to President Trump’s recent praise of a congressman […]
10/24/2018
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will sign a 660-page bipartisan bill to address the opioid crisis during an event at the White House showcasing his administration’s work on the issue. Who will be there: The bill’s chief architects, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden and Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander. Sens. […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t expect Donald Trump to repent for heating America’s politics to a bitter boiling point, despite a day that could have turned into a tragedy after an unknown suspect mailed bombs to the President’s favorite targets. Trump did just about the bare minimum expected after the attempted attacks using improvised explosives on […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 7:45 am […]
10/24/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brian Kemp will be a GREAT Governor of Georgia. Stacey Abrams will destroy the State. Sooooo important, get out and VOTE for Brian!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 7:35 am […]
10/24/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are a great Sovereign Nation. We have Strong Borders and will never accept people coming into our Country illegally!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 6:56 am […]
10/24/2018
EU/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For those who want and advocate for illegal immigration, just take a good look at what has happened to Europe over the last 5 years. A total mess! They only wish they had that decision to make over again.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 6:52 am […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pointed the finger Wednesday [10-24-18] night at his opponents and the news media for the turbulent national political environment, on the same day it was revealed explosive devices were mailed to the Obamas, the Clintons, CNN and other public officials. Trump took no responsibility for the tone of the […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Democrats retake the House next month, they may take a couple of opportunities to work with President Donald Trump on legislation. But don’t expect any big economic deals. In the latest POLITICO Money podcast, reporters Elana Schor and Megan Cassella discuss their recent work with Sarah Karlin-Smith and Aaron […]
10/24/2018
NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin said on Wednesday [10-24-18] that U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to develop new ballistic missiles after the United States quits a landmark arms control pact were extremely dangerous. Trump, talking about Washington’s intention to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, has said that the United States will develop new intermediate-range […]
10/24/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Medical treatment would be more widely available to opioid abusers, while mailing illicit drugs would become more difficult under a rare bipartisan measure aimed at tackling the nation’s addiction crisis expected to be signed into law on Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a year more typically marked by partisan gridlock, […]
10/24/2018
CHINA/JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was the awkward moment beamed around the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meeting for the first time as leaders in 2014, shook hands, their gaze downcast, expressions grim. Both men seemed determined to avoid any hint that they were enjoying the encounter at a forum […]
10/24/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “The World Trade Organization is scrambling to develop a plan for the biggest reform in its 23-year history after U.S. President Donald Trump brought the world’s top trade court to the brink of collapse by blocking appointments of its judges and threatening to pull the United States out of the organization. Trump’s […]
10/24/2018
CIA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “CIA director Gina Haspel is set to brief President Donald Trump on the investigation into the death of Jamal Khashoggi on Thursday, as the President increasingly expresses frustration with the Saudi response and the country’s crown prince vows ‘justice’ for the journalist’s killers. Haspel traveled to Turkey on Monday […]
10/23/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For the third week in a row, President Donald Trump is criticizing Jerome Powell, the man he picked to lead the Federal Reserve. In an interview Tuesday [10-23-18] with The Wall Street Journal, Trump said that Powell raises interest rates ‘every time we do something great.’ The Fed chair ‘almost looks […]
10/23/2018
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump delivered some of his most pointed attacks yet on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday [10-23-18], calling the central bank the ‘biggest risk’ to the U.S. economy. In an Oval Office interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump said Powell ‘almost looks like he’s happy raising interest […]
10/23/2018
DEMS/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Economists in the Trump White House see socialism creeping back into American public discourse, and so they’ve issued a 70-page report in an attempt to put a stop to it. The Council of Economic Advisers’ study, titled ‘The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,’ runs through the experience of socialist or Communist economies — […]
10/23/2018
GOP/MIDDLE CLASS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump couldn’t get Obamacare repeal, an infrastructure plan or a border wall, but there’s one big wish-list item he’s succeeded in conjuring into reality: tax cuts. The greatest policy success of his first year in office was passing a landmark tax reform, something the Republican Party hadn’t been able […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises, don’t expect Congress to pass a new middle-class tax cut anytime in the near future. The President has talked up the possibility of a 10% tax cut for middle-income Americans on the campaign trail and in the White House in recent days. But the idea, which […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s remarks in recent days about a caravan of Central American migrants heading toward the United States have stirred up a political frenzy — in the process distorting reality and ignoring basic facts. Such caravans are nothing new — a smaller one formed last spring, and similar caravans have […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump set aside his old feud with Senator Ted Cruz on Monday [10-22-18] and headlined a packed rally to help the fellow Republican in his tight race in Texas with rising Democratic star Beto O’Rourke just two weeks before the Nov. 6 elections. During the 2016 campaign when […]
10/23/2018
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I agree with President Obama 100%! https://t.co/PI3aW1Zh5Q“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 6:18 pm […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump acknowledged on Tuesday [10-23-18] that he has ‘no proof’ for his claim that a migrant caravan approaching the U.S. southern border includes ‘Middle Easterners’ but suggested he could eventually back up the assertion. Pressed by reporters after signing a water bill alongside lawmakers in both parties, Trump said […]
10/23/2018
DEFENSE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DeptofDefense: Never forgotten! On Oct. 23, 1983, the #Beirut Marine Barracks bombing took the lives of 241 #Marines, #sailors and #sol…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 4:51 pm […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said Tuesday [10-23-18] he will work with the administration ‘over the coming weeks’ to develop President Donald Trump’s call for a new middle-class tax cut. The proposal appears mostly designed to rally GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections. It would face long odds […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will tout his response to the opioid crisis when he signs a sweeping bipartisan bill this week, but other drug-related deaths are on the rise and little is being done to address the broader scourge of addiction. Fatalities from misuse of methamphetamine, cocaine and benzodiazapines have surged while Washington’s […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/HHS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is eyeing a shake-up of its refugee operation — and scrutinizing its controversial director — as President Donald Trump steps up his call for another crackdown along the U.S.-Mexico border. A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services, which runs the refugee resettlement program, is conducting […]
10/23/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-23-18] he will probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, when both leaders will be in Paris for the centenary of the end of World War One. After a meeting in Moscow between Putin and Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, officials […]
10/23/2018
DEBT/ECONOMY/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-23-18] said he would not tolerate Puerto Rico using federal hurricane relief funds to pay off the island’s massive debt…It is unclear what the president was immediately referring to, but Trump has regularly railed against Puerto Rican officials, attempting to shift the blame after his administration […]
10/23/2018
TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billions of dollars are, and will be, coming into United States coffers because of Tariffs. Great also for negotiations – if a country won’t give us a fair Trade Deal, we will institute Tariffs on them. Used or not, jobs and businesses will be created. U.S. respected again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/23/2018
DEMS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#JobsNotMobs https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh https://t.co/DsJ82fArcq” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 11:29 am […]
10/23/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/6R85sd4LLD“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 11:23 am […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman John Faso of New York has worked hard and smart. Strong on Crime, Borders and our 2nd Amendment, John is respected by all. Vote for John. He has my complete and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 10:41 am […]
10/23/2018
HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people of Puerto Rico are wonderful but the inept politicians are trying to use the massive and ridiculously high amounts of hurricane/disaster funding to pay off other obligations. The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding & unpaid obligations with hurricane relief money!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 10:24 […]
10/23/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new administration proposal could bump coverage in the individual market. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LOOSENS RULES FOR HRAs — The administration wants to allow employers to utilize health reimbursement arrangements to help their workers purchase coverage on or off the Obamacare markets, touting it as a way to help small and mid-sized companies […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As early voting began Monday [10-22-18] in Florida, Senator Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum, who is running for governor, had former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. come to Jacksonville and Tampa to urge Democrats to go to the polls in what are two of the most hard-fought races in the […]
10/23/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jay Webber of New Jersey, running for Congress, is doing a great job against a person who is looking to raise Taxes substantially. Jay wants big Tax Cuts and Changes. A Harvard graduate and father of seven, Jay will be great for New Jersey and get the job done-and I will […]
10/23/2018
DEBT/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-23-18] accused Puerto Rico’s politicians of using ‘massive and ridiculously high amounts of hurricane/disaster funding’ to pay off other debts, and said he would not allow a bailout with relief money. ‘The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding & unpaid obligations with hurricane relief […]
10/23/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s trade war is already prompting farmers and agricultural forecasters to plan for a dismal 2019 growing season before the fall harvest is complete. Trade disputes — namely the escalating feud with China — have weighed on commodity prices and the president has threatened to ratchet up tariffs rather […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s political team reviewed polling from congressional districts that were competitive in the 2016 election. They showed that border protection, safeguarding immigration officers and standing up to illegal immigration resonated with voters there, according to a person with knowledge of the president’s strategy. The president seized on […]
10/23/2018
ELECTION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump fixed reporters with a hard gaze and declared: ‘I’m a very nonpolitical person, and that’s why I got elected President.’ Like much of what Trump says, his comment required a large helping of salt, since it came in a session in which his considerable, instinctive and often cynical political prowess […]
10/23/2018
2016 ELECTION/PAUL MANAFORT/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Under an unusual arrangement, Paul Manafort’s attorney has kept Donald Trump informed about the former campaign chairman’s meetings with prosecutors investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and, according to Trump’s lawyer, Manafort has not said anything damaging about the president. Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has not settled on a plan for what to do if a migrant caravan arrives at the southern border, despite threats by President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency or rescind aid from the countries whose people are journeying north. Top immigration officials and close Trump advisers are […]
10/23/2018
CIA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump offered his most stinging indictment yet of a Saudi effort to silence a dissident journalist, calling the series of events that led to Jamal Khashoggi’s death ‘the worst cover up ever’…Later Tuesday [10-23-18], Trump went further, calling the episode a ‘total fiasco.’ The rebuke of Saudi Arabia’s […]
10/23/2018
CIVIL RIGHTS/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-22-18] that transgender issues were in flux and he aims to protect the country after a report that his administration was considering defining gender as male or female based on genitalia at birth drew widespread condemnation…Asked about a campaign promise to protect the LGBT […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is betting that his ubiquitous role in the midterm elections — all Trump, all the time — will pay off for Republicans trying to hang onto their perilous majorities in Congress. Trump’s campaign said Tuesday it will spend more than $20 million on the November elections, including $6 million […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mob rule. A socialist takeover. Terrorists marching on the U.S. border. As President Donald Trump embraces the role of electoral boogeyman, he’s making closing arguments to midterm voters that increasingly resemble a Halloween horror story. The candidate who won the White House in part by harnessing many Americans’ anxieties is offering dire […]
10/23/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Paris next month, officials said on Tuesday [10-23-18], their first encounter since a summit in Helsinki that unleashed a storm of criticism that Trump was cosying up to the Kremlin. After a meeting in Moscow between Putin and […]
10/23/2018
IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 40 years after working on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman is back on the case. This time, it’s with a book: ‘The Case for Impeaching Trump’…’The Case for Impeaching Trump’ is part of a wave of new books and reissues of older works that is inspired […]
10/22/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Erik Paulsen of the Great State of Minnesota has done a fantastic job in cutting Taxes and Job Killing Regulations. Hard working and very smart. Keep Erik in Congress. He has my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 11:22 pm […]
10/22/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump repeated Monday [10-22-18] that he plans to offer a new tax cut plan before the midterms, even though no one seems to know what it will look like or how it might get through a Congress that only barely managed to pass his signature plan last year…The GOP has […]
10/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “We send our deepest condolences to @RepLouBarletta and the entire Barletta family, on the passing of his brother. Lou has been working so hard despite this terrible situation for the people of Pennsylvania. Our thoughts and prayers are with Lou and the entire Barletta family!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 […]
10/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today’s Democrat Party would rather protect criminal aliens than AMERICAN CITIZENS – which is why the Democrats must be voted OUT of OFFICE! #JobsNotMobs https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH https://t.co/axUEOzBAsZ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 9:30 pm […]
10/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At stake in this Election is whether we continue the extraordinary prosperity we have achieved – or whether we let the Radical Democrat Mob take a giant wrecking ball to our Country and our Economy! #JobsNotMobs https://t.co/POhRivI1BZ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 9:13 pm […]
10/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “We send our deepest condolences to Lou and the entire Barletta family – he has been working so hard despite this terrible situation for the people of Pennsylvania. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Lou!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 9:06 pm […]
10/22/2018
RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU HOUSTON, TEXAS. Get out and https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh! #JobsNotMobs https://t.co/JXiFjDFH6R https://t.co/Ebc1JfgUys“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 8:30 pm […]
10/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/flKQuv9MnX“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 8:23 pm […]
10/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is racing to address one of the Republican Party’s biggest challenges of the midterm elections: the massive number of open seats created by an exodus of GOP House members. President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-25-18] will host a Washington fundraiser for three Republican candidates vying for […]
10/22/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared himself a ‘nationalist’ during his rally here on Monday [10-22-18] night, officially tagging himself with the label that has long defined his populist rhetoric and protectionist policies…The comment marked the first time Trump has directly associated himself with the political ideology, which has long defined his outlook and […]
10/22/2018
ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Call it the mystery middle class tax cut. In recent days President Donald Trump has twice promised a new ‘major tax cut’ ahead of the November midterm elections, mystifying White House officials, congressional leaders, and tax wonks around town who mostly have no idea what he’s talking about. The pledge […]
10/22/2018
ENVIRONMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump on Monday [10-22-18] tweeted that the U.S. has the best air quality in the world ‘BY FAR!’ — but the map he shared on Twitter showed the air quality from 2016, the final year of Barack Obama’s presidency. And while the U.S. has lower levels of the single pollutant […]
10/22/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Massive crowds inside and outside of the @ToyotaCenter in Houston, Texas. Landing shortly – see everyone soon! #MAGA??https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH https://t.co/tj5S6Z2GY7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 4:35 pm […]
10/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Let’s go FLORIDA! https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH https://t.co/6kaVM1TaiB“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 2:55 pm […]
10/22/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WOW – thank you Houston, Texas! I am departing @Andrews_JBA now. See you in a few hours!! #MAGA?? https://t.co/UxZCo19cxT“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 2:27 pm […]
10/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I say of course they’re low – because for the first time in 50 years I am making them pay a big price for doing business with America. Why should they like me? — But I still like them!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 2:18 pm […]
10/22/2018
EU/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media has been talking about recent approval ratings of me by countries around the world, including the European Union, as being very low….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 2:18 pm […]
10/22/2018
ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is waging one of the most inflammatory closing arguments of any modern campaign, lacing his midterm rhetoric with easily disprovable claims that are building on the fact-challenged foundation of his presidency. With just two weeks to go before the midterm election, the President is doing what he does best, seizing […]
10/22/2018
ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’America: the Cleanest Air in the World – BY FAR!’ https://t.co/rMtxHSnof4“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 1:00 pm […]
10/22/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “‘Shock report: US paying more for illegal immigrant births than Trump’s wall’ https://t.co/FX3ljN7kPS“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October22, 2018 12:52 pm […]
10/22/2018
ANTI-SEMITISM/MASS SHOOTINGS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anti-Semitism has ‘moved from the margins into the mainstream,’ Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said Sunday [10-21-18]. His remarks on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ came a day after a gunman fatally shot 11 and injured seven others in Pittsburgh in the deadliest attack on a synagogue in […]
10/22/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “BOLTON IN RUSSIA AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCES INF WITHDRAWAL: White House national security adviser John Bolton is in Moscow this week after President Donald Trump’s declaration the U.S. plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The treaty, signed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, eliminated […]
10/22/2018
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump blamed the Mexican police and military, as well as Democrats in the United States, for failing to block a caravan of migrants trekking to the southern U.S. border, labeling it a ‘National Emergy’ [sic] in a series of tweets on Monday [10-22-18]…The group, which he claimed includes ‘criminals and […]
10/22/2018
TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big Night In Texas!!!!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 7:58 am […]
10/22/2018
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were not able to do the job of stopping people from leaving their country and coming illegally to the U.S. We will now begin cutting off, or substantially reducing, the massive foreign aid routinely given to them.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 7:57 am […]
10/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Every time you see a Caravan, or people illegally coming, or attempting to come, into our Country illegally, think of and blame the Democrats for not giving us the votes to change our pathetic Immigration Laws! Remember the Midterms! So unfair to those who come in legally.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, […]
10/22/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National Emergy. Must change laws!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, […]
10/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump escalated his immigration rhetoric at a midterm rally in Texas on Monday [10-22-18], falsely accusing Democrats of ‘encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our borders and overwhelm our nation.’ With weeks to go before Election Day, Trump is seeking to drive Republican turnout with […]
10/22/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MIDDLE EAST/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Twitter on Monday [10-22-18], President Trump said that ‘unknown Middle Easterners’ had infiltrated the caravan. That and almost all of his other assertions were inaccurate, misleading or incomplete…There is no evidence that ‘unknown Middle Easterners’ have infiltrated the migrant caravan heading toward the United States’ southern border. Reporters with The […]
10/22/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Tom Reed of New York’s 23rd District has done a great job. He has my complete and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 7:26 am […]
10/22/2018
GOP/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lisa Brewer wanted to get to President Trump’s rally early. She did, and then some — she and her daughter-in-law set down their chairs in line at 10 a.m. Sunday [10-21-18], more than 32 hours before the president was scheduled to step on stage at a downtown Houston arena on Monday […]
10/22/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump said Monday [10-22-18] he’s not satisfied with the explanations he’s heard about the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi and is awaiting reports from U.S. personnel returning from the region. Khashoggi, who lived in the United States and wrote critically about the Saudi royal family, died earlier this […]
10/22/2018
CHINA/EU/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Over the past few days the shape of what many in Europe and the United States call a new Cold War has begun to emerge — with threats and nuclear weapons that resemble the old one, punctuated by new dynamics, in part because of the rise of a rich, expanding and nationalist […]
10/22/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the stock market keeps dropping, President Trump could lose one of his favorite bragging rights. Concerns about higher interest rates, Mr. Trump’s trade policies and slower economic growth outside the United States have weighed heavily on stocks this month. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index is down 5 percent in October […]
10/21/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ron @RonDeSantisFL DeSantis had a great debate victory tonight against Andrew Gillum, a mayor who presides over one of the worst run, and most corrupt, cities in Florida. Ron will build on the great job done by Governor Rick Scott. Gillum will make Florida the next Venezuela!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, […]
10/21/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facebook has just stated that they are setting up a system to ‘purge’ themselves of Fake News. Does that mean CNN will finally be put out of business?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, 2018 5:48 pm […]
10/21/2018
DEMS/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Best Jobs Numbers in the history of our great Country! Many other things likewise. So why wouldn’t we win the Midterms? Dems can never do even nearly as well! Think of what will happen to your now beautiful 401-k’s!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, 2018 2:26 pm […]
10/21/2018
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Caravans are a disgrace to the Democrat Party. Change the immigration laws NOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, 2018 2:14 pm […]
10/21/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Full efforts are being made to stop the onslaught of illegal aliens from crossing our Souther Border. People have to apply for asylum in Mexico first, and if they fail to do that, the U.S. will turn them away. The courts are asking the U.S. to do things that are not doable!” […]
10/21/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Top U.S. lawmakers turned their ire on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday [10-21-18] and said they believed he ordered the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, although the Trump administration maintained a more cautious stance…Corker, who received a classified briefing on the case on Friday [10-19-18], said he […]
10/20/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Watched North Dakota’s Rep. Kevin Cramer easily win debate with Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Great job Kevin, you will be a great Senator!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 9:45 pm […]
10/20/2018
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “All levels of government and Law Enforcement are watching carefully for VOTER FRAUD, including during EARLY VOTING. Cheat at your own peril. Violators will be subject to maximum penalties, both civil and criminal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 7:36 pm […]
10/20/2018
JOE BIDEN/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off at dueling rallies in Nevada on Saturday [10-20-18], a preview of what could potentially become a nasty 2020 matchup in a critical swing state. Trump, rallying the GOP base in the northern city of Elko, labeled the Democrat ‘Sleepy Joe […]