FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he’s still open to sitting down ‘under certain circumstances’ with Robert Mueller despite venting about the number of witnesses that the special counsel has nailed for lying…The remarks were the latest in a months-long tussle between Trump’s legal team and Mueller — who is investigating […]
Category: A- Trump As President
9/7/2018
MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] appeared to make light of a Montana politician’s assault on a reporter. During a rally in Billings, Montana, Trump praised Greg Gianforte, a current House Republican lawmaker who, as a congressional candidate, assaulted a reporter from The Guardian last year during an interview on the […]
9/7/2018
CRIME/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under our horrible immigration laws, the Government is frequently blocked from deporting criminal aliens with violent felony convictions. House GOP just passed a bill to increase our ability to deport violent felons (Crazy Dems opposed). Need to get this bill to my desk fast!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2018 11:35 am […]
9/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was questioned in front of a grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia probe on Friday [9-7-18] about his years-long relationship with Stone and about Wikileaks, the associate’s lawyer told Reuters. Randy Credico, a comedian and […]
9/7/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [9-7-18] called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the New York Times after the news outlet published a column this week by an anonymous administration official questioning his fitness for office. Trump also said he was considering taking action against the Times, whose […]
9/7/2018
ECONOMY/LABOR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Worker pay gains in areas of the country that helped power Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory were substantially slower than in the rest of the country during the first year of his administration, new government data shows. In the 220 counties that flipped from voting for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in 2012 […]
9/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] urged Montanans to support Republican Matt Rosendale for Senate, recalling Sen. Jon Tester’s derailing of a Cabinet nominee and warning that the Democratic lawmaker is ‘never going to give us his vote’…Rosendale is running in a tight race against Tester in a state Trump carried […]
9/7/2018
MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-7-18] accused journalist Bob Woodward of using ‘made up’ quotes in his forthcoming book, insisting that the comments attributed to him in the book could not be accurate because ‘I don’t talk the way I am quoted’…Woodward’s book, which he has said was written using […]
9/7/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Woodward book is a scam. I don’t talk the way I am quoted. If I did I would not have been elected President. These quotes were made up. The author uses every trick in the book to demean and belittle. I wish the people could see the real facts – and […]
9/7/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matt Rosendale will be a Great Senator from a Great State, Montana! He is a fighter who will be tough on Crime and the Border, fight hard for our 2nd Amendment and loves our Military and our Vets. He has my full and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2018 […]
9/7/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What was Nike thinking?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2018 5:56 am […]
9/7/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US president Donald Trump has threatened to intensify his trade war with China, warning he could impose tariffs on almost all its imports. He said he could move ‘very soon’ to impose tariffs on $200bn (£155bn) worth of products with taxes on another $267bn ‘ready to go on short notice.’ If […]
9/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [9-7-18] that the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is not only bad for the country, it’s ‘really, really unfair for the midterms.’ Trump said the inquiry should have been wrapped up a ‘long time ago.’ Asked about the investigation he has […]
9/7/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump declared Friday [9-7-18] that the Justice Department should investigate and unmask the author of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece purportedly written by a member of an administration ‘resistance’ movement straining to thwart his most dangerous impulses. Trump cited ‘national security’ as the reason for […]
9/7/2018
CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is campaigning for Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who is seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Trump urged state Republicans to get behind Cramer’s campaign during an event in Fargo. He says Cramer will help Republicans push for stronger borders and ‘no crime’ and help […]
9/7/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/CANADA/TAXES/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [9-7-18] he does not want to hurt Canada’s economy but also warned that if he imposes taxes on cars it would be ‘devastating’ for the neighboring country…Trump spoke on route to Fargo, North Dakota, while Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland was meeting in Washington with […]
9/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump tries to rebut the portrayal in the latest attention-grabbing book, he has denied not only saying the things attributed to him, but also that he has ever said anything like them. The problem for Mr. Trump is that, in some cases at least, the record shows that he […]
9/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump intensified his attack Friday [9-7-18] on an anonymous Op-Ed essay published in The New York Times, declaring that he wanted Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the source of the article, which he has condemned as an act of treason. Mr. Trump said he was also considering action […]
9/7/2018
KELLYANNE CONWAY/MEDIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump believes the author of an anonymous op-ed criticizing his leadership and detailing a ‘resistance’ within his administration is ‘somebody in national security,’ Kellyanne Conway said on Friday [9-7-18]…Conway said she doesn’t believe the unnamed senior administration official who wrote The New York Times op-ed is a White […]
9/6/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [9-6-18] moved to abandon a longstanding court settlement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept locked up, proposing new regulations that would allow the government to detain families until their immigration cases are decided. Homeland Security officials said that ending the so-called Flores agreement of […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stressed on Thursday [9-6-18] that he believes the judiciary has broad authority to check the power of the White House, but refused to criticize the man who selected him, President Donald Trump. In a second day of testimony, Kavanaugh declined to comment on Trump’s criticism […]
9/6/2018
FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A small group of House Republicans is urging President Donald Trump to declassify documents related to the beginning of the Justice Department’s Russia investigation. Trump has already signaled that he may do so, tweeting on Thursday [9-6-18] that there may be ‘Declassification to find Additional Corruption.’ He did not elaborate, […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s progress toward winning confirmation to the Supreme Court but decried the ‘anger and the meanness on the other side,’ blasting Democrats’ behavior toward his nominee as ‘sick.’ During a campaign rally in Montana, Trump sought to elevate Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a political […]
9/6/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators’ questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one of the president’s attorneys told The Associated Press on Thursday [9-6-18]. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said questions about […]
9/6/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for the Uzbek man charged in the 2017 truck attack that killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path asked a judge Thursday [9-6-18] to bar the government from seeking the death penalty, saying the decision, which ultimately rests with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, had become too politicized. The lawyers […]
9/6/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Montana, I love you! https://t.co/9J4Xv2PoNw“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 9:48 pm […]
9/6/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/RPOYiqsHHH“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 9:38 pm […]
9/6/2018
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/ NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Three weeks from now, in New York, President Trump will find himself in the setting he most relishes: seated at the head of a polished table, calling on those seated around him, rewarding those he likes and cutting off those who displease him. It is not a revival of ‘The […]
9/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Getting ready to go on stage for Matt Rosendale, who will be a great Senator. Jon Tester has let the people of Montana down & does not deserve another six years. Matt is strong on Crime, the Borders, & will save your Second Amendment from the onslaught. Loves our Military & […]
9/6/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [9-6-18] a possible shutdown of the U.S. government over border wall funding ‘most likely’ would not happen until after the November congressional elections. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he had been persuaded that closing the government would hurt his fellow Republican candidates. Trump […]
9/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Landing in Montana now to support Matt Rosendale for U.S. Senate! #MAGA https://t.co/0MIEyWxMbW“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 6:15 pm […]
9/6/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Are the investigative ‘journalists’ of the New York Times going to investigate themselves – who is the anonymous letter writer?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 6:12 pm […]
9/6/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Many senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses, an anonymous Trump official wrote in the New York Times on Wednesday [9-5-18]. In the column, the official described ‘early whispers’ among members of […]
9/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Four major tech companies have sent a last minute letter to the Office of the US Trade Representative asking to be exempted from a possible new round of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. The companies, Dell, (DVMT) Cisco (CSCO), Juniper Networks (JNPR)and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), are worried the […]
9/6/2018
ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is walking back the notion of an imminent pullout of US forces from Syria, promising to remain until there is an ‘enduring defeat’ of ISIS. ‘This means we are not in a hurry to pull out,’ said Ambassador Jim Jeffrey, the newly appointed US special representative, noting that creating […]
9/6/2018
MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday [9-6-18] scolded the media for its ‘wild obsession’ with unmasking the anonymous author of The New York Times’ explosive editorial alleging a ‘quiet resistance’ within the Trump administration…A flood of senior administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence and several cabinet […]
9/6/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look forward to seeing everyone in Montana tonight! #MAGA https://t.co/fyHduA2Peo“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 12:16 pm […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump assailed a vulnerable Democrat, attacked those in his own administration seeking to undermine his agenda and warned supporters that his own impeachment is at stake in November’s midterm elections at a rally Thursday [9-6-18] night in Montana. Addressing a senior administration official’s anonymous, critical op-ed in The New York […]
9/6/2018
CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The US government should cover mental health treatment costs for immigrant children who officials separated from their parents, a new lawsuit argues. The class-action lawsuit, filed by a group of lawyers in federal court this week, also seeks unspecified damages for children affected by the Trump administration’s now-reversed zero tolerance policy […]
9/6/2018
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will forge ahead with a plan to keep migrant families detained together through the course of immigration proceedings, according to a Federal Register announcement Thursday [9-6-18]. The administration will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking that sets standards for the care of families, a step that may terminate the […]
9/6/2018
CONGRESS/GOVERMENT/PAUL RYAN/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday [9-6-18] he has a good understanding with President Donald Trump to fund the government by a Sept. 30 deadline, despite Trump’s comments a day earlier that he would be willing to shut down government if Congress does not provide enough border security funding. […]
9/6/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The record is quite remarkable. The President has faithfully followed the agenda he campaigned on in 2016. People should focus on the results, and they’re extraordinary!’ James Freeman – Wall Street Journal” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 9:09 am […]
9/6/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump sought to heighten the sense of urgency for his base Thursday [9-6-18] when he told supporters that if he is impeached, ‘it’s your fault, ’cause you didn’t go out to vote.’ Trump has discussed the prospect of being impeached before, but his comments come after a whirlwind […]
9/6/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wall Street is learning to live with President Trump’s criticism of prominent companies. Mr. Trump has made a habit of attacking well-known public corporations, including Amazon, Harley-Davidson and Google. In some cases, his supporters have piled on with threats to boycott the companies’ products or services. The stocks of those firms have […]
9/6/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for his declaration of trust in his U.S. counterpart, vowing to continue cooperation on denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula…Kim’s praise for Trump was conveyed through a South Korean delegation that met with Kim in Pyongyang on […]
9/6/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Damaging portraits of President Donald Trump are drawing new attention to the options available to military commanders who feel they have been given an illegal or seriously ill-advised order by their commander in chief. A New York Times op-ed penned by a ‘senior official’ and excerpts from a new book by […]
9/6/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “ALONE. THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP must be feeling this morning. In the last two days, the Washington establishment has pummeled him like no president has been pummeled before. BOB WOODWARD’s book ‘Fear’ has 400-plus pages drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with people who work for and with the […]
9/6/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cosumer confidence highest in 18 years, Atlanta Fed forecasts 4.7 GDP, manufacturing jobs highest in many years. ‘It’s the story of the Trump Administration, the Economic Success, that’s unnerving his detractors.’ @MariaBartiromo” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 6:31 am […]
9/6/2018
ECONOMY/JOBS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Deep State and the Left, and their vehicle, the Fake News Media, are going Crazy – & they don’t know what to do. The Economy is booming like never before, Jobs are at Historic Highs, soon TWO Supreme Court Justices & maybe Declassification to find Additional Corruption. Wow!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
9/6/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims ‘unwavering faith in President Trump.’ Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 5:58 am […]
9/6/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] welcomed Kim Jong Un’s remarks saying his faith in Trump was unchanged as the North Korean leader and that Pyongyang aimed to achieve denuclearization within Trump’s first term in office. ‘Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims ‘unwavering faith in President Trump.’ Thank you […]
9/6/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/GERMANY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Concern over the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump has shot to the top of an annual ranking of Germans’ biggest fears, easily outstripping worries about refugees and terrorism, a survey showed on Thursday [9-6-18]. The ‘Fears of the Germans’ survey from R+V Versicherung showed that 69 percent are worried that […]
9/6/2018
CHINA/EU/GERMANY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “German industrial orders fell unexpectedly in July on weak foreign demand, data showed on Thursday [9-6-18], in a further sign that factories in Europe’s largest economy are feeling the bite of U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies. The Federal Statistics Office said contracts for ‘Made in Germany’ goods were down […]
9/5/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said President Donald Trump’s lawyers have already responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest proposal to interview Trump, and suggested they could soon be coming to an agreement on writing some responses for investigators. Giuliani, one of the President’s attorneys, confirmed to Chris Cuomo Wednesday [9-5-18] on […]
9/5/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m draining the Swamp, and the Swamp is trying to fight back. Don’t worry, we will win!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 10:22 pm […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Does the so-called ‘Senior Administration Official’ really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 6:40 pm […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TREASON?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 5:15 pm […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Failing New York Times! https://t.co/SHsXvYKpBf“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 4:45 pm […]
9/5/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my honor to welcome the Amir of Kuwait to the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/b5iqsajpOj https://t.co/8wtucJrtEl“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 4:10 pm […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and his aides unleashed on Wednesday [9-5-18] an increasingly aggressive pushback campaign against journalist Bob Woodward’s new book about the West Wing, calling the account ‘boring,’ ‘untrue’ and ‘a work of fiction.’ Trump also suggested that the release of passages from the book was timed to disrupt the […]
9/5/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me tomorrow night at 7:00pm MDT in Billings, Montana for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY! Get your tickets here: https://t.co/fyHduA2Peo“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 2:09 pm […]
9/5/2018
CONGRESS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies are calling on him to release reams of classified documents connected to the FBI’s Russia probe. Republican Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Lee Zeldin are asking Trump to declassify additional portions of the application the FBI submitted to surveil former […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government over border security issues. In answer to a question from a reporter, Trump said: ‘If it’s about border security, I’m willing to do anything. We have to protect our borders.’” –Reuters Staff, “Trump says willing […]
9/5/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] Defense Secretary James Mattis will remain in his job, a day after a report, denied by Mattis, that he had made disparaging remarks about the president. Asked by reporters at the White House whether he was considering replacing Mattis, Trump said: ‘He’ll stay […]
9/5/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] said he did not discuss assassinating Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, disputing an account in a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward. Trump, speaking to reporters during a visit with Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, said a possible assassination was ‘never even discussed’…Trump […]
9/5/2018
CANADA/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] said the United States should have a fair trade deal with Canada, as the two countries resumed negotiations over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump made the comments during a visit with Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.” –Lisa Lambert, “Trump says […]
9/5/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TRUMP’S TARIFF CUTS: House lawmakers easily passed legislation on Tuesday [9-4-18] to waive tariffs on roughly 1,700 imported products used by U.S. manufacturers, sending to President Donald Trump’s desk a bill that some of his allies have said undercuts the president’s trade leverage. Supporters of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An unnamed senior Trump administration official assailed President Donald Trump’s ‘amorality’ and reckless decision-making in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday [9-5-18] and said he or she is part of a ‘resistance’ working to thwart Trump’s worst impulses…The Times said disclosing the name of the official, who is known to […]
9/5/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you General Mattis, book is boring & untrue! https://t.co/Bq79ZjF3Dk“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:54 am […]
9/5/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you General Kelly, book is total fiction! https://t.co/J5iUONhRin“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:51 am […]
9/5/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts. I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way? As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand […]
9/5/2018
AGRICULTURE/ECONOMY/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump Economy is booming with help of House and Senate GOP. #FarmBill with SNAP work requirements will bolster farmers and get America back to work. Pass the Farm Bill with SNAP work requirements!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:21 am […]
9/5/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost everyone agrees that my Administration has done more in less than two years than any other Administration in the history of our Country. I’m tough as hell on people & if I weren’t, nothing would get done. Also, I question everybody & everything-which is why I got elected!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
9/5/2018
CHINA/MEDIA/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to previews of Bob Woodward’s new book, ‘Fear,’ former top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn headed off President Trump’s efforts to withdraw from both the U.S.-South Korea trade deal and NAFTA by simply removing the notices from his desk before he could sign them. ‘I can stop this,’ Cohn […]
9/5/2018
ELECTIONS/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With special counsel Robert Mueller and his associates quietly and methodically doing their investigatory work, with November’s midterms looking for Republicans like a mixed bag at best, and with Bob Woodward’s new book Fear painting the president as ‘an idiot’ and his White House as ‘Crazytown,’ Donald Trump seems to be […]
9/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of hugging dictators and dissing democrats, Donald Trump is now seen around the world as a deranged toddler—symbolized by the Trump ‘blimp baby’ that flew over Britain this summer and is now embarking on its own world tour. But beneath all the crazy talk that comes out of […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Years ago, businessman Donald Trump advised those who would succeed in business that a little paranoia might help. With some inside his administration announcing that trusted appointees are trying to thwart him, he now has support for any paranoid inclinations of his own…The most troublesome parts of Trump’s agenda involve favoring Vladimir […]
9/5/2018
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTENT/LEGAL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul Ryan is rejecting President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Justice Department shouldn’t prosecute two GOP congressmen because it will hurt the party’s election prospects in November. Ryan tells reporters Wednesday [9-5-18], ‘Justice is blind. Justice should be blind.’ The Wisconsin Republican says political party should have no […]
9/5/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] that the United States was not yet ready to come to an agreement over trade disputes with China but he said talks would continue. The world’s two largest economies have slapped tariffs on $50 billion of each other’s goods in a tit-for-tat trade […]
9/5/2018
IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he remained open to the possibility of talks between Washington and Tehran, but said Iran was in turmoil and struggling to survive…In May, Trump withdrew the United States from a 2015 international agreement intended to stall Tehran’s nuclear capabilities and has since reimposed sanctions […]
9/5/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MIDDLE EAST/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said terrorism, Syria and Yemen were among the topics of discussion during a White House meeting Wednesday with the emir of Kuwait. Trump said Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was a ‘very special friend’ of his, while the 89-year-old Kuwaiti ruler said he was ‘very happy’ […]
9/5/2018
MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will mark the solemn 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by participating in a ceremony at the 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania on Tuesday [9-11-18], the White House said. First lady Melania Trump will accompany the president to the remembrance in Shanksville. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump unloaded Wednesday [9-5-18] against an explosive new book from journalist Bob Woodward, labeling the tell-all memoir ‘a work of fiction’ as West Wing staff scrambled to rebut its vivid depictions of White House dysfunction…Venting for a second day, Trump tweeted that ‘Fear: Trump in the White House’ was […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/ELECTIONS/GOVERMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] held out the possibility of a government shutdown before the November elections over his effort to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as Republican congressional leaders publicly urged him away from that path and predicted it wouldn’t occur…Trump’s stance on whether he’d force a […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government if Congress does not provide enough funding for border security, reversing a stance he took a day earlier. Trump made his comments at a meeting with congressional Republican leaders at the White House about the […]
9/5/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday [9-5-18] there were no ongoing preparations for a future meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. ‘We don’t have any information about the preparation of such a meeting,’ Ushakov told journalists. The two presidents last met in Helsinki in July.” […]
9/5/201
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?” –Donald Trump, […]
9/5/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ‘unwavering trust for President Trump’ and wants to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula before the US leader finishes his term, South Korean officials said Thursday [9-6-18]…Chung said Kim told him North Korea ‘was willing to take more active measures toward denuclearization […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new book by Bob Woodward, the longtime Washington Post reporter, portrays a White House with relentless infighting and a work culture so toxic and volatile that many of President Trump’s top advisers and cabinet members became accustomed to working around their boss, whom they described as unstable and uninformed. ‘Fear: […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward’s explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration, asking loyal aides to help determine who cooperated with the book. ‘The book is fiction,’ Trump said Wednesday [9-5-18] in the Oval Office alongside the […]
9/5/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s impossible to know in the moment when a presidency begins to dissolve. But after a devastating 48 hours, it’s already clear that Donald Trump’s will never be the same. Whatever your view of Trump, his behavior and his presidency, Washington is watching the opening act of a stunning attempt to […]
9/4/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump denied late Tuesday [9-4-18] night that he called Jeff Sessions ‘mentally retarded’ and made fun of his Southern heritage, his latest push back to Bob Woodward’s upcoming book on the Trump White House. ‘The already discredited Woodward book, so many lies and phony sources, has me calling Jeff […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/GOP/JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has hurled numerous insults at Democrats, the news media and even those in his own party. But the president has also been on the receiving end, including from people who work in his administration. ‘Fear: Trump in the White House,’ by Bob Woodward, is the latest book to […]
9/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Pledge to America’s Workers’ https://t.co/wbGZU6oi9G“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:44 pm […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed…The northern province and surrounding areas are the last major enclave held by insurgents fighting Assad, […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-4-18] pushed back against Bob Woodward’s scathing new account of how the White House operates, saying that it’s ‘just another bad book’ and suggesting that Woodward made up some of the content…It was the latest rebuke from Trump and his administration on the veteran journalist’s book […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying on Tuesday [9-4-18] the area was a ‘nest of terrorists’. Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ the […]
9/4/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [9-4-18] that Nike was sending ‘a terrible message’ with an advertising campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterback whose decision to kneel during the national anthem sparked a national controversy. ‘I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. Trump wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges […]
9/4/2018
HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everyone in the path of #Gordon please heed the advice of State and local officials and follow @NHC_Atlantic for updates. The Federal Government stands ready to assist. Be safe! https://t.co/sJiL4wnQID“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 1:24 pm […]