ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Not that long ago, it wasn’t hard to imagine moderate Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) breaking with President Donald Trump in his reelection campaign, given Nevada’s swing-state status and Heller’s refusal before the 2016 election to say whether he’d vote for Trump. But on Saturday [10-20-18], the two were acting like old […]
Category: A- Trump As President
10/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “Beautiful afternoon in Elko, Nevada. Thank you! Get out and VOTE TODAY!! #MAGA??#JobsNotMobs https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH https://t.co/AKfGzjrqCM“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 3:12 pm […]
10/20/2018
DEFICIT/ELECTION/TAXES/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said the administration was studying a tax cut for middle-income earners that could be rolled out some time around the beginning of November, just before pivotal congressional elections. Trump mentioned the proposed tax cut in the same week the U.S. government ended the 2018 fiscal year with a […]
10/20/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to Nevada to help a man who has become a good friend, Senator Dean Heller. He is all about #MAGA and I need his Help and Talent in Washington. Also, Adam Laxalt will be a GREAT GOVERNOR, and has my complete and total Endorsement. Winners Both!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, […]
10/20/2018
RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leaving Arizona after a fantastic Rally last night, in Mesa, honoring, and for, Martha @RepMcSally McSally. She is an inspiration & will be a GREAT SENATOR for the people of Arizona. Her opponent is a Nancy Pelosi puppet, really bad for State. Early Voting NOW! Will be back soon.” –Donald Trump, […]
10/20/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Scott is known as easily one of the best Governors in the USA. Florida is setting records in almost every category of success. Amazing achievement-the envy of the World. Ron DeSantis will build on this success. His incompetent opponent will destroy Florida – next Venezuela!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, […]
10/20/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ron @RonDeSantisFL DeSantis is working hard. A great Congressman and top student at Harvard & Yale, Ron will be a record setting governor for Florida. Rick Scott gave him tremendous foundations to further build on. His opponent runs one of the worst & most corrupt cities in USA!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/20/2018
ELECTION/VOTING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Get out and Early Vote for Brian Kemp. He will be a GREAT GOVERNOR for the State of Georgia!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 9:46 am […]
10/20/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be a great governor. He has been successful at whatever he has done, and has prepared for this very difficult and complex job for many years. He has my Strong Endorsement. His opponent is totally unqualified. Would destroy a great state!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the Democrats would stop being obstructionists and come together, we could write up and agree to new immigration laws in less than one hour. Look at the needless pain and suffering that they are causing. Look at the horrors taking place on the Border. Chuck & Nancy, call me!” –Donald Trump, […]
10/20/2018
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “National security leaders fear that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is on his way out — and that Donald Trump’s next Pentagon chief will be far more subservient to the president’s unilateral and bombastic whims. Mattis was instrumental in pulling back on Trump’s vow to ‘carpet bomb’ ISIS or pull troops […]
10/19/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [10-19-18] that the U.S. Congress will be involved in determining the U.S. response to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ‘I’m going to have very much Congress involved in determining what to do,’ Trump told reporters in Scottsdale, Arizona. ‘I will very much listen […]
10/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/COMMERCE/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBUR ROSS: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-19-18] threw his support behind speeding up water projects for agriculture and hydropower in the arid U.S. West, a move aimed to help build support for Republicans in tight congressional races in next month’s midterm elections. Trump signed a presidential memorandum that directs Interior Secretary Ryan […]
10/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, seeking to frame the choices for voters in the midterm elections, said Friday [10-19-18] that Democrats are ‘too extreme and too dangerous’ to take control of Congress. On a three-day swing out West to make his closing arguments for Republican candidates, Trump sought to hone in on immigration as […]
10/19/2018
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump fueled his 2016 campaign with fiery immigration rhetoric, visions of hordes flowing across the border to assault Americans and steal their jobs. Now, in the final weeks before midterm elections, he’s back at it as he looks to stave off Democratic gains in Congress. It’s an approach that offers both […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s praise of a congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his election last year (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The White House Correspondents’ Association is accusing President Donald Trump of celebrating a crime when he praised a Republican Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his […]
10/19/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s three-day campaign trip out West (all times local): 7:55 p.m. President Donald Trump has pounded Democrats at a rally in Mesa Arizona, saying they are to blame for America’s immigration problems. He says the new platform of the Democratic Party is ‘Radical socialism and open borders.’ […]
10/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A contentious conversation about politics is quietly happening in America’s suburbs among college-educated white men who hold opposing views of President Trump…Mr. Ikins and others like him were responding to a recent Times article reporting that, ahead of the midterm elections, many affluent suburban white men are warming up to or sticking […]
10/19/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beautiful evening in Mesa, Arizona with GREAT PATRIOTS – thank you! https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH #MAGARally??replay: https://t.co/6vHEaB37VH https://t.co/pHmU6pMKh7“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 10:17 pm […]
10/19/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This was outside of the massive totally full hangar tonight in Mesa, Arizona! https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH #MAGA?? https://t.co/7mx98y515I“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 10:13 pm […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Frida [10-19-18] that Saudi Arabia’s explanation for how journalist Jamal Khashoggi died at its consulate in Istanbul was credible. Speaking to reporters, Trump said Saudi Arabia’s announcement on the circumstances of Khashoggi’s death was a ‘good first step.’ He also said he prefers that any sanctions […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the hands of a Saudi Arabian government team means President Donald Trump now faces a question: what to do about it. On Friday [10-19-18], Saudi Arabia admitted the Washington Post columnist was dead and announced the arrest of 18 individuals including high ranking officials close to the […]
10/19/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On my way – see you all shortly! https://t.co/0pWiwCq4MH https://t.co/ahDmLiwPZi“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 8:23 pm […]
10/19/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WOW – Mesa, Arizona! Look forward to joining everyone soon. Something’s happening!! #MAGA?? https://t.co/z6LNGYoICO“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 7:51 pm […]
10/19/2018
NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday [10-20-18] that the U.S. would be abandoning a Cold War-era arms treaty, arguing that Russia has defied the terms of the decades-old agreement…Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev brokered the pact in 1987 to halt the proliferation of nuclear and conventional missiles…White House national security adviser John Bolton, […]
10/19/2018
GOP/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is what it is all about for the Republican Party! #JobsNotMobs https://t.co/8OabccPec5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 6:47 pm […]
10/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, asked about the Russian national charged with attempting to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections Friday [10-19-18], was quick to defend himself and repeat that there was ‘no collusion’ with his campaign…Federal prosecutors charged 44-year-old Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, of St. Petersburg, Russia, with conspiracy to defraud the […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump denied Friday [10-19-18] that his secretary of state was ever provided recordings of the alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, refuting a Friday report by ABC News…ABC News cited a senior Turkish official who told the network that Pompeo heard an audio recording of Khashoggi being […]
10/19/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is an uncertain moment for global trade. Longstanding agreements between the United States and its biggest trading partners have been called into question by President Donald Trump. The United Kingdom is working to disconnect itself from the European Union. Look more closely, however, and another, less-told story appears. Trade among […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [10-19-18] he doesn’t regret praising a Republican congressman who body slammed a reporter…Trump had praised Gianforte for assaulting a reporter during his campaign last May, saying ‘any guy who can do a body slam … he’s my guy’ and made a gesture mimicking a body slam. […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital and a close friend of President Donald Trump, has dropped out of next week’s Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia. Barrack told CNN that his session at the summit was canceled because he was scheduled to speak with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who pulled […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump had the crowd hanging on every word, every pause, every gesture. The thousands who gathered here had come to see what the president might serve up next. But they weren’t all that interested in hearing his latest policy pronouncements — they wanted to see Trump’s stand-up shtick. And on […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One month before Election Day, about 30 volunteers packed into a home in this northern Idaho town in the heart of Trump country, preparing to knock on doors to build support for a ballot measure to adopt Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Luke Mayville, an Idaho native who’s helping to lead the effort to […]
10/19/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#JobsNotMobs! https://t.co/U1suRW5j6G“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 1:41 pm […]
10/19/2018
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Beto O’Rourke is a total lightweight compared to Ted Cruz, and he comes nowhere near representing the values and desires of the people of the Great State of Texas. He will never be allowed to turn Texas into Venezuela!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 12:34 pm […]
10/19/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was never given or shown a Transcript or Video of the Saudi Consulate event. FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 12:26 pm […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned President Donald Trump Friday [10-19-18] after he lauded a lawmaker from Montana a day earlier for body slamming a Guardian reporter…Speaking Thursday [10-18-19] at a rally in Missoula, Montana, Trump praised GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for an incident in 2017 in which an audio recording […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump reiterated his support for a Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter last year, even as he came under criticism on Friday [10-20-18] from U.S. lawmakers and press organizations…Trump’s praise for Greg Gianforte, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who pleaded guilty to an assault charge […]
10/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/CALIFORNIA/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is jumping into Western water wars on the side of agricultural interests just weeks before the midterm elections — a major political gift for GOP incumbents in some of the most competitive House races in the country where water supply is a top campaign topic. The effort appears […]
10/19/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When referring to the USA, I will always capitalize the word Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 9:04 am […]
10/19/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Andy Biggs is doing a great job for Arizona and our Country! https://t.co/V561vXRpzx“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 9:02 am […]
10/19/2018
DEMS/NEW YORK/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and Andrew M. Cuomo, the liberal governor of New York, may not share much common ground, but they both like to build big things. Mr. Cuomo, who fancies himself a modern-day Robert Moses, wants to appeal to the master builder in Mr. Trump to gain his support for a […]
10/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers will next week question Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. Justice Department official who oversees a special counsel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and links between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow, committee chairmen said on Thursday [10-18-18]. The Republican chairmen of two U.S. House […]
10/18/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] praised Rep. Greg Gianforte’s body slamming a reporter in 2017, saying that anyone who did such a thing was ‘my kind of guy’…Since he was a candidate for the presidency, Trump has complained of ‘fake news,’ harassed individual outlets and journalists on Twitter, and […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/CONSPIRACY THEORY/DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] amped up his focus on immigration ahead of the midterm elections by claiming, without evidence, that Democrats were behind a group of Central American migrants trying to reach the U.S…Returning to the first issue that helped him vanquish more than a dozen Republican rivals […]
10/18/2018
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Nearly two years before he would begin his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump arrived in Washington to show off his plans for a luxury hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue under a deal he had reached to lease the site from the General Services Administration. But on that day in September 2013, he […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#JobsNotMobs!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 10:23 pm […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jon Tester says one thing to voters and does the EXACT OPPOSITE in Washington. Tester takes his orders form Pelosi & Schumer. Tester wants to raise your taxes, take away your 2A, open your borders, and deliver MOB RULE. Retire Tester & Elect America-First Patriot Matt Rosendale!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, […]
10/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump is now seriously considering Richard Grenell, the controversial U.S. ambassador to Germany, to replace Nikki Haley at the United Nations, according to three people familiar with the matter. Trump initially seemed to rule out choosing Grenell for the job, telling reporters he’d prefer to keep him in […]
10/18/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Thursday [10-18-18] denounced Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on Stormy Daniels earlier this week in which he referred to the adult film actress as ‘horseface’…Trump made the comment Tuesday [10-16-18] after a federal judge dismissed Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against the President for deriding Daniels’ account of […]
10/18/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY: “Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker warned the Trump administration on Thursday [10-18-18] that its information ‘clampdown’ on the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi can’t go on. The Tennessee Republican said in an interview he sought to view recent U.S. intelligence on Monday and Tuesday regarding Khashoggi’s […]
10/18/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Missoula, Montana. Get out and VOTE for @MattForMontana and @GregForMontana!! #MAGA?? https://t.co/6XgaceUu1e https://t.co/nEndInSOhw“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 8:54 pm […]
10/18/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has not given special counsel Robert Mueller a certain date by which his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election must be completed, a source within the Justice Department familiar with the investigation said. But speculation that it will wrap up immediately after […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley called on Thursday [10-18-18] for General Services Administrator Emily Murphy to testify again about President Donald Trump’s involvement in stopping the relocation of the FBI headquarters after a watchdog report said she ‘misled’ Congress. Quigley said on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room’ that Murphy was dishonest with him […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] threatened to order the military to close the U.S.-Mexico border if the flow of migrants making their way northward toward the U.S. is not stopped…Trump also hinted that the new trade deal reached by the U.S., Mexico and Canada could be in jeopardy if Mexico doesn’t […]
10/18/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump issued a warning to fellow Republicans to support coverage of pre-existing conditions with less than 20 days until the midterm elections…The tweet is in line with a familiar refrain from Trump’s recent campaign rallies and even dating back to his debates during the Republican primary. However, it’s not […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The only thing keeping Tester alive is he has millions and millions of dollars from outside liberals and leftists, who couldn’t care less about our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 7:11 pm […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be landing soon. Looking forward to seeing our next Senator from Montana, Matt Rosendale. He will represent our Country well, far better than Jon Tester who will vote with Cryin’ Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi – never with us!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 7:04 pm […]
10/16/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-16-18] that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince intends to expand an investigation into missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and that the prince did not know what happened in the Turkish consulate where Khashoggi apparently disappeared. ‘Just spoke with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia who […]
10/18/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared earlier this month, President Donald Trump has acted like his own world-class spies and hackers don’t exist. The U.S. intelligence community is reportedly increasingly convinced that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is culpable in Khashoggi’s killing. Publicly, though, Trump has evinced no knowledge of […]
10/18/2018
JAPAN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister @AbeShinzo of Japan has been working with me to help balance out the one-sided Trade with Japan. These are some of the investments they are making in our Country – just the beginning! https://t.co/ib2yB3Akkt“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 6:49 pm […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “According to Collins and Zeleny, the fight — which Trump witnessed the start of (and sided with the more hard-line Bolton) — led some aides to speculate that one of the two combatants might leave the White House following it. (The betting money is on Kelly, who is not only on […]
10/18/2018
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Mexico, we look forward to working with you! https://t.co/wf7sE0DHFT“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 5:51 pm […]
10/18/2018
CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand moving through Guatemala on Wednesday [10-17-18], defying calls by authorities not to make the journey after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off regional aid in reprisal.The caravan has grown steadily since it left the Honduran city of San […]
10/18/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look forward to being there. Something’s happening! #MAGA https://t.co/Cev7giQexE“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 4:22 pm […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe this, and what Democrats are allowing to be done to our Country? https://t.co/4aDpASkjIU“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 3:04 pm […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and if they don’t, they will after I speak to them. I am in total support. Also, Democrats will destroy your Medicare, and I will keep it healthy and well!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 2:43 pm […]
10/18/2018
CANADA/CHINA/ECONOMY/EU/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Take a trade war with China, mix in frosty economic relations with Canada and Europe, add in Federal Reserve rate hikes and here’s what you get: A recession by 2020. So says Ronald Temple, head of US equity for Lazard Asset Management. He told CNN Business that President Donald Trump’s protectionist […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican Ambassador to the United States Geronimo Gutierrez on Thursday [10-18-18] said he was not aware of a deal between the United States and Mexico to stop the Honduran migrant ‘caravan’ fleeing north to the United States’ southern border. When asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo on ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ if a deal […]
10/18/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “See you tonight Missoula, Montana! #MAGARally??https://t.co/2HZ66y4BS7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 11:46 am […]
10/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@StateDept @SecPompeo outside of the West Wing after our meeting this morning in the Oval Office… https://t.co/4GrmMdOhS1“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 10:53 am […]
10/18/2018
SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “…the Crown Prince. He is waiting for the results of the investigations being done by the Saudis and Turkey, and just gave a news conference to that effect.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 10:40 am […]
10/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned last night from Saudi Arabia and Turkey. I met with him this morning wherein the Saudi situation was discussed in great detail, including his meeting with…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 10:40 am […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Five senior Democratic members of Congress have questioned what they say is a Trump administration plan to build a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation across the street from Donald Trump’s downtown Washington hotel. In a letter sent on Thursday [10-18-18] to Emily Murphy, head of the General Services […]
10/18/2018
ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/JOE BIDEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday [10-18-18] said he hopes Democrats don’t try to impeach President Donald Trump if they retake the House of Representatives following next month’s midterm elections…The former vice president said Democrats should wait until special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is concluded […]
10/18/2018
ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @DaveBratVA7th is one of the hardest working, and smartest, people in Washington. He is strong on the Border, Crime, the Military, our Vets and the 2nd Amendment. He is a powerful vote for MAGA and loves the Great State of Virginia. Dave has my Total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/CRIME/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The assault on our country at our Southern Border, including the Criminal elements and DRUGS pouring in, is far more important to me, as President, than Trade or the USMCA. Hopefully Mexico will stop this onslaught at their Northern Border. All Democrats fault for weak laws!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….In addition to stopping all payments to these countries, which seem to have almost no control over their population, I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught – and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!..” –Donald […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/DEMS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am watching the Democrat Party led (because they want Open Borders and existing weak laws) assault on our country by Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, whose leaders are doing little to stop this large flow of people, INCLUDING MANY CRIMINALS, from entering Mexico to U.S…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, […]
10/18/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if a federal appeals court does not rule soon on the administration’s decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The U.S. Department of Justice wants the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday [10-18-18] it ‘certainly looks’ as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened ‘very severe’ consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him. His warning came as the administration toughened its response to a disappearance that has sparked global […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The U.S. Congress could request President Donald Trump’s tax returns under a seldom-used 1924 law, which Democrats say they plan to invoke promptly if they win control of the House of Representatives or the Senate in the Nov. 6 elections. In a move that would set up a battle […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Administration emails show that President Donald Trump intervened personally to keep FBI headquarters in downtown Washington rather than relocate it to the suburbs as had long been planned, congressional Democrats said Thursday [10-18-18]. The letter from Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says Trump’s direct involvement presents […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] lashed out over a caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States, saying that if Mexico does not stop them, he will use the military to ‘CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.’ Trump tweeted that he wanted ‘Mexico to stop this onslaught.’ He also suggested […]
10/18/2018
LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Days after President Trump had one defamation lawsuit dismissed, his lawyers were back in court Thursday [10-18-18] arguing to have another suit tossed out. Mr. Trump’s lawyers appeared before the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division to argue the president could not, while he is in office, be sued for defamation […]
10/18/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A caravan of migrants, nearly all of them Hondurans, is making its way north through Guatemala toward Mexico and the United States. It is the latest, and certainly the largest, iteration of a phenomenon that has occurred from time to time: big groups of Central Americans joining together to face the […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday [10-18-18] as the White House struggles to contain a spiraling crisis over a journalist’s apparent death at a Saudi consulate. Trump stressed Wednesday [10-17-18] that he does not want to abandon Riyadh as it comes under increasing pressure […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t expect Donald Trump to cop to a ‘thumpin” or a ‘shellacking’ if the midterm elections turn into a triumph for Democrats. The President, even as he races around the country animating rowdy campaign crowds and launching a full-on media blitz, is making one thing clear: if Republicans go down on November […]
10/17/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House counsel Don McGahn’s final day at the White House was WednesdaY [10-16-18], according to a White House official and a source with knowledge of the matter. McGahn has been planning to leave the White House, but a source told CNN his departure was expedited after President Donald Trump said […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ever since his vicious and totally false statements about Admiral Ron Jackson, the highly respected White House Doctor for Obama, Bush & me, Senator John Tester looks to be in big trouble in the Great State of Montana! He behaved worse than the Democrat Mob did with Justice K!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/17/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In recent months, President Donald Trump rarely spoke with Don McGahn. It’s not clear he even likes his top White House lawyer and campaign consigliere, who left his West Wing job Wednesday after 20 months fraught with plenty of tension and chaos, as well as some big wins for the […]
10/17/2018
ASIA/MILITARY/NOMINATION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Air Force General David Stilwell to be the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, a post that has remained unfilled for more than a year despite major challenges in the region. A White House statement on Wednesday [10-17-18] said Trump had announced […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the job of White House counsel is an indication the White House is preparing for possible post-election legal brawls with Democrats over everything from the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to possible impeachment if Democrats take over the House of Representatives. Pat […]
10/17/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty that has allowed Chinese companies to ship small packages to the United States at a steeply discounted rate, undercutting American competitors and flooding the market with cheap consumer goods. The withdrawal, announced by the White House on Wednesday [10-17-18], is part […]
10/17/2018
BUSINESS/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “And then there were none. The Trump administration said on Wednesday [10-17-18] that Prudential Financial, the giant insurer, would no longer be subject to stricter federal oversight, bringing to zero the number of financial firms outside the banking system that face such scrutiny. The Financial Stability Oversight Council said it was removing […]
10/17/2018
CANADA/CHINA/MEXICO/SOUTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fresh off securing trade agreements with South Korea, Canada and Mexico, President Trump is embarking on a new plan: refashioning the Trans-Pacific Partnership to his liking through a flurry of bilateral trade deals. Mr. Trump, who pulled the United States out of the trade pact with 11 other countries that […]
10/17/18
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald F. McGahn II departed as White House counsel on Wednesday [10-17-18], ending a tumultuous 21-month tenure during which he spearheaded some of President Trump’s most significant political accomplishments, including two appointments to the Supreme Court, but also became a chief witness against him in the special counsel investigation. Mr. McGahn’s […]
10/17/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald J. Trump’s first campaign finance report in July 2015 revealed a shoestring operation run by a handful of loyalists working from a two-room suite in Trump Tower and funded almost entirely by $1.8 million in loans from the candidate. More than three years later, the picture is starkly different. Reports […]
10/17/2018
EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Europe’s fragile peace deal with the U.S. on trade is at a breaking point. Washington is again threatening high tariffs on Europe’s all-important car industry just as U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to whip up support before midterm elections on Nov. 6. In an unusually outspoken attack, two top U.S. […]
10/17/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This afternoon, it was my great honor to present @USMC Sergeant Major John Canley the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/EI1DD4AkC9 https://t.co/6JJm1SRcQ9” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 5:03 pm […]