CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….China, which is for the first time doing poorly against us, is spending a fortune on ads and P.R. trying to convince and scare our politicians to fight me on Tariffs- because they are really hurting their economy. Likewise other countries. We are Winning, but must be strong!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
Category: A- Trump As President
8/4/2018
TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Tariffs will make our country much richer than it is today. Only fools would disagree. We are using them to negotiate fair trade deals and, if countries are still unwilling to negotiate, they will pay us vast sums of money in the form of Tariffs. We win either way……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/4/2018
BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Tariffs have had a tremendous positive impact on our Steel Industry. Plants are opening all over the U.S., Steelworkers are working again, and big dollars are flowing into our Treasury. Other countries use Tariffs against, but when we use them, foolish people scream!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2018 2:53 pm […]
8/4/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tariffs are working far better than anyone ever anticipated. China market has dropped 27% in last 4months, and they are talking to us. Our market is stronger than ever, and will go up dramatically when these horrible Trade Deals are successfully renegotiated. America First…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2018 2:47 pm […]
8/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY @USCG! https://t.co/cQo41jcoKn“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2018 10:18 am […]
8/4/2018
IVANKA/MELANIA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Melania Trump’s split with her husband over NBA superstar LeBron James is the most glaring example of a growing trend: The President’s family and some top officials are adopting positions at odds with his most divisive statements. The public feud between King James and the imperious President is on one level […]
8/3/2018
MIKE POMPEO/PRISONER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Declaring that ‘the clock had run out,’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Turkey on Friday [8-3-18] to free an American pastor imprisoned on espionage charges, in a case that had spurred United States to impose sanctions against two top Turkish government officials. Mr. Pompeo discussed the case of the evangelical […]
8/3/2018
ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘July is just the ninth month since 1970 that unemployment has fallen below 4%. Our economy has added 3.7 million jobs since I won the Election. 4.1 GDP. More than 4 million people have received a pay raise due to tax reform. $400 Billion brought back from ‘overseas.’ @FoxNews’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/3/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea is ‘of course’ closer to denuclearization, but he acknowledged it will take some time before that happens and said the schedule for divesting the country of its missiles and weapons would be set by Kim Jong Un…But earlier, on his way to […]
8/3/2018
COURTS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Friday [8-3-18] again said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be fully restored. Judge John Bates said the Trump administration still has failed to justify its proposal to end DACA, the Obama-era program that has protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as […]
8/3/2018
AFRICAN AMERICAN/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Pastor praises Trump as ‘pro-black’ at prison reform event’ https://t.co/xFKf1arebx“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 3, 2018 3:31 pm […]
8/3/2018
AFRICAN AMERICAN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Rasmussen_Poll: Today’s @realDonaldTrump approval ratings among black voters: 29% This time last year: 15% https://t.co/mazBCWoIMy @…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 3, 2018 1:50 pm […]
8/3/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Friday [8-3-18] that she knew an accounting treatment for a loan was wrong when preparing Manafort’s tax return. The accountant, Cynthia Laporta, said the accounting treatment involved the 2014 tax year. ‘I very much regret it,’ she […]
8/3/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Friday [8-3-18] that she prepared his tax returns despite her concerns about the propriety of classifying money he transferred from overseas as loans. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis asked the accountant, Cynthia Laporta, whether she was […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tennessee Republicans chose Bill Lee, a wealthy businessman who has never served in elected office, as their nominee for governor on Thursday [8-2-18], spurning a conservative candidate who eagerly sought — but only glancingly received — the support of President Trump’s White House. Mr. Lee prevailed in a field of six candidates, […]
8/2/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after describing in detail how millions of dollars in payments from Ukrainian oligarchs enabled Paul Manafort to live in luxury through 2014, federal prosecutors outlined on Thursday [8-2-18] how his financial fortunes reversed so sharply in subsequent years that he made his Manhattan condominium available on Airbnb. Witnesses […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior Trump administration officials warned on Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia is trying to interfere in November’s midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election and vowed to combat Moscow’s aggression. The high-profile alarm sounded at the daily White House briefing was striking for the officials’ unequivocal warnings, a departure from President Trump’s fumbling […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials on Thursday [8-2-18] vowed to defend the United States’ elections against threats from Russia and other countries, describing influence campaigns by America’s adversaries in blunt terms rarely used by President Trump. The heads of the nation’s national security agencies said Russia was still trying to influence and disrupt […]
8/2/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/REGULATIONS/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [8-2-18] unveiled its long-awaited proposal to dramatically weaken an Obama-era regulation designed to limit vehicle emissions, which contribute to climate change. The publication of the proposal sets up a race among opponents of the change — an unusual mix of environmentalists, automakers, consumer groups and […]
8/2/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/CALIFORNIA/CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/EPA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration took direct aim Thursday [8-2-18]at California’s role as de facto auto regulator for the nation, proposing to end the state’s ability to set its own fuel-efficiency standards and to dial back Obama-era limits on tailpipe emissions. The proposal would eliminate the sharp increase in fuel-economy mandates adopted […]
8/2/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. turned up the heat Wednesday [7-1-18] on China, with the Trump administration threatening to more than double proposed tariffs on imports while Congress passed a defense bill designed to restrict Beijing’s economic and military activity. The moves come as Beijing and Washington have failed to ease an escalating trade […]
8/2/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURT/IMMIGRANT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. government told a federal court judge on Thursday [8-2-18] that volunteers and non-profit groups, rather than government officials, should take the lead in locating more than 400 immigrant parents who were separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border and deported from the United States. The proposal came in a […]
8/2/2018
IVANKA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ivanka Trump said Thursday [8-2-18] she does not believe the press is the enemy of the American people, putting her at odds with a view repeatedly expressed by her father, President Donald Trump, and his White House, which declined to take a stand on the issue hours later. Asked at an Axios […]
8/2/2018
BUSH/CONGRESS/ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Positive references to President Donald Trump in June and July congressional campaign ads bested even those of President George W. Bush — whose approval ratings after 9/11 were some of the highest ever seen — at the same point in 2002, according to a new analysis. Bush was mentioned positively in about […]
8/2/2018
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER/AUTO INDUSTRY/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took another jab at President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-2-18], following news that the administration plans to revoke a signature Obama-era environmental regulation…The Trump administration wants to freeze a rule mandating that automakers work to make cars substantially more fuel efficient. It called its […]
8/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller continues to press for an interview with the Russian oligarch and his pop star son who encouraged Donald Trump Jr. to meet in June 2016 with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. The conversations between the attorney for Aras Agalarov and his […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans are currently holding onto the idea that they can hold their majority by the thinnest of threads. A special election on Tuesday [7-31-18] in Ohio may cut through that plan, setting off a sort of electoral panic with less than 100 days left before the midterm vote. The […]
8/2/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It has been more than two weeks since President Donald Trump met one-on-one with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, but Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats admitted Thursday [8-2-18] that he is still does not know the details of what was said during the sit-down. Briefing reporters from the […]
8/2/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two leading senators are asserting that President Donald Trump has not focused on the clear threat the Kremlin poses in the 2018 elections, with one Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee contending that Russian hackers may have already targeted most — if not all — sitting US senators. Ratcheting up the push […]
8/2/2018
IVANKA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 2, 2018 3:24 pm […]
8/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia’s efforts to disrupt the 2018 U.S. elections were ‘pervasive’ but have so far fallen short of Moscow’s campaign to interfere in the 2016 vote. Speaking at a White House briefing at a time when the administration is facing criticism for […]
8/2/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump received a new letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House said, in the latest public display of diplomacy between the two countries. The content of the letter wasn’t disclosed, but White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday [8-2-18] described the correspondence as the next […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Officially, President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania is intended to boost Republican Lou Barletta’s long-shot Senate campaign. But Trump’s own sagging fortunes — and the importance of the state to his 2020 reelection hopes — are top of mind. Barletta faces an uphill battle to oust two-term incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, who […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to being in the Great State of Ohio on Saturday night where I will be campaigning hard for a truly talented future Congressman, @Troy_Balderson. See you all then! Tickets: https://t.co/8UOykaI8uf https://t.co/jHdtAy5fgj“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 2, 2018 2:08 pm […]
8/2/2018
AGRICULTURE/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When the House and Senate meet on the very important Farm Bill – we love our farmers – hopefully they will be able to leave the WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD STAMPS PROVISION that the House approved. Senate should go to 51 votes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 2, 2018 1:57 pm […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pennsylvania has to love Trump because unlike all of the others before me, I am bringing STEEL BACK in a VERY BIG way. Plants opening up in Pennsylvania, and all over the Country, and Congressman Lou Barletta, who is running for the Senate in Pennsylvania, is really helping!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to being in the Great State of Pennsylvania where we had a tremendous victory in the Election. Will be campaigning hard for an original supporter, Lou Barletta, to replace a weak an ineffective Senator, Bob Casey. Lou is tough and smart, loves PA and our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Steve Stivers of Ohio has done a fantastic job as Chairman of the @NRCC. He is a great Congressman who is tough on crime & borders & an inspiration to our Military & Vets. Big on 2nd Amendment. Get out and vote for Steve on Aug 7th. He has my full […]
8/2/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some records sought by U.S. senators about the prior White House service of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not be available until the end of October, the U.S. National Archives said on Thursday, though it was unclear whether this would delay his confirmation process. The documents at […]
8/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Working hard, thank you! https://t.co/pNXbFNcf8z“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 2, 2018 12:23 pm […]
8/2/2018
AGRICULTURE/EU/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After the U.S. slapped tariffs on European steel and aluminum in June, Europe hit back with a tax that, among other things, made American kidney beans 25% more expensive in Europe. Now, Cindy Brown is running out of room to store kidney beans. One-ton bags of them cover the floors in […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s top aides said on Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia is behind ‘pervasive’ attempts to interfere in upcoming U.S. elections, in a rejection of denials of meddling that Russian President Vladimir Putin made directly to Trump. Trump’s national security team, including intelligence director Dan Coats and national security adviser […]
8/2/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/CALIFORNIA/CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is proposing to freeze fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light trucks in 2020, a move that will ease rules for auto makers and also likely intensify a legal fight with California. The proposal outlined Thursday [8-2-18] would eliminate the sharp increase in fuel-economy requirements adopted under the […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will travel to Ohio on Saturday [8-4-18] to campaign for Republican special election candidate Troy Balderson, according to a senior party official — a move that comes amid rising GOP fears about the race. A Republican loss, coming after special election defeats in Pennsylvania and Alabama, would be […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with the Koch brothers on Thursday [8-2-18], hammering the billionaire conservative donors’ trade policy rhetoric and questioning whether they are actually contributing to political campaigns…Over the weekend, top officials with the Koch network of donors criticized what it called the Trump administration’s ‘protectionist’ […]
8/2/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday [8-2-18] to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in Syria and Ukraine. The bill includes restrictions on new Russian sovereign debt transactions, energy […]
8/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, @foxandfriends is blowing away the competition in the morning ratings. Morning Joe is a dead show with very few people watching and sadly, Fake News CNN is also doing poorly. Too much hate and inaccurately reported stories – too predictable!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 2, 2018 6:04 am […]
8/2/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Charles Koch of Koch Brothers, who claims to be giving away millions of dollars to politicians even though I know very few who have seen this (?), now makes the ridiculous statement that what President Trump is doing is unfair to ‘foreign workers.’ He is correct, AMERICA FIRST!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump is heading to central Ohio Saturday [8-4018] to shore up support for a Republican House candidate who has struggled to raise money and is failing to motivate GOP voters. The Tuesday {7-31-18] special election between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor offers a preview of dozens of […]
8/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump devoted the majority of his time at a rowdy rally here on Thursday [8-2-18] targeting the news media, deriding the reporters present as ‘fake, fake disgusting news.’ The rally, intended to galvanize support for Representative Lou Barletta, a Republican who is running for Senate in this fall’s midterm elections, did […]
8/1/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued a final rule on Wednesday [8-1-18] that clears the way for the sale of many more health insurance policies that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act and do not have to cover prescription drugs, maternity care or people with pre-existing conditions. President Trump has said […]
8/1/2018
IMMIGRATION/REFUGEES/STEVEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is considering a second sharp reduction in the number of refugees who can be resettled in the United States, picking up where President Trump left off in 2017 in scaling back a program intended to offer protection to the world’s most vulnerable people, according to two former […]
8/1/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday [8-1-18] to end the special counsel investigation, an extraordinary appeal to the nation’s top law enforcement official to end an inquiry directly into the president. The order immediately raised questions from some lawyers about whether it was an […]
8/1/2018
LEGAL/LOBBYING/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mandate given to Robert S. Mueller III and his team was broad: to investigate not just Russian election interference but also any related crimes they might unearth. So when this group of seasoned prosecutors began rooting around Washington, they pounced on a ripe target — lobbyists taking millions […]
8/1/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump pushed his lawyers in recent days to try once again to reach an agreement with the special counsel’s office about his sitting for an interview, flouting their advice that he should not answer investigators’ questions, three people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday [8-1-18]. Mr. Trump has […]
8/1/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Private payrolls boom in July, increasing by 219,000 vs 185,000 estimate: ADP’ https://t.co/SeU9kGpima“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 1, 2018 4:16 pm […]
8/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me tomorrow night at 7pmE in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY! Tickets: https://t.co/dR6EzS3Q8L https://t.co/c52kIxvdF7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 1, 2018 4:04 pm […]
8/1/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/MILITARY/RUSSIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military. The legislation, part of the Pentagon’s spending bill, was drafted after a Reuters investigation last year […]
8/1/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prosecution questioning Wednesday [8-1-18] of the former manager of a luxury men’s clothing boutique Paul Manafort frequented, Alan Couture in New York, revealed an intriguing and mysterious development: someone apparently forged invoices from the store. Seeking to establish just how expensive Manafort’s tastes were, Manafort’s team got Maximillian Katzman—the store’s […]
8/1/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Wednesday [8-1-18] urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Russia investigation ‘right now,’ renewing public pressure on the nation’s top law-enforcement official to halt a probe that has resulted in charges against his former campaign officials and more than two dozen Russians…The president’s comments come […]
8/1/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Prosecutors on Wednesday [8-1-2018] introduced into evidence dozens of business, loan and tax-preparation records seized last year from the Virginia condominium owned by Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman now on trial on tax and bank-fraud charges. An FBI agent, Matthew Mikuska, testified that he and about 14 […]
8/1/2018
DHS/IMMIGATION/REFUGEES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering slashing the number of refugees it allows to come to the U.S. next year by as much as 44% as it looks to tighten its immigration crackdown, a senior administration official said. The plan under discussion seeks to cap the number of refugees granted resettlement in the […]
8/1/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House, looking to ratchet up trade pressure on China, is expected to announced today that it is more than doubling the size of the proposed tariffs to 25% from 10% on $200 billion of Chinese imports, industry sources said. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said there would be a […]
8/1/2018
CIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency analyst with expertise in Africa as the spy agency’s new deputy director, the White House said on Wednesday [8-1-18]. Trump, who has repeatedly questioned a U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia conducted an influence operation to swing the 2016 election in […]
8/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#PledgeToAmericasWorkers https://t.co/qIJQfQ3bos“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 1, 2018 2:22 pm […]
8/1/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to be joined by leading pastors and faith leaders from across our Nation today at the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/6sS1zGA1p7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 1, 2018 1:55 pm […]
8/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special election race in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor appears to be going right down to the wire. A Monmouth University poll released Wednesday [8-1-18] shows Balderson receiving 44% support and O’Connor pulling 43% with 11% of respondents saying they are undecided. That’s a […]
8/1/2018
CHINA/DEFENSE/SANCTIONS/SENATE/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate passed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Wednesday [8-1-18], backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military and sidestepping a potential battle with the White House over technology from major Chinese firms. The Senate voted 87-10 for the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act, or […]
8/1/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. administration will give an update on its planned tariffs on goods from China later on Wednesday [8-1-18], White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said following reports that President Donald Trump was considering increasing the rate from 10 percent to 25 percent…The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has scheduled a media call at […]
8/1/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’We already have a smoking gun about a campaign getting dirt on their opponent, it was Hillary Clinton. How is it OK for Hillary Clinton to proactively seek dirt from the Russians but the Trump campaign met at the Russians request and that is bad?’ Marc Thiessen, Washington Post” -Donald Trump, […]
8/1/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking back on history, who was treated worse, Alfonse Capone, legendary mob boss, killer and ‘Public Enemy Number One,’ or Paul Manafort, political operative & Reagan/Dole darling, now serving solitary confinement – although convicted of nothing? Where is the Russian Collusion?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 1, 2018 10:35 am […]
8/1/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’We already have a smocking gun about a campaign getting dirt on their opponent, it was Hillary Clinton. How is it OK for Hillary Clinton to proactively seek dirt from the Russians but the Trump campaign met at the Russians request and that is bad?’ Marc Thiessen, Washington Post” –Donald Trump, […]
8/1/2018
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian Collusion with the Trump Campaign, one of the most successful in history, is a TOTAL HOAX. The Democrats paid for the phony and discredited Dossier which was, along with Comey, McCabe, Strzok and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, used to begin the Witch Hunt. Disgraceful!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/1/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul Manafort worked for Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other highly prominent and respected political leaders. He worked for me for a very short time. Why didn’t government tell me that he was under investigation. These old charges have nothing to do with Collusion – a Hoax!” -Donald Trump, […]
8/1/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration took another whack at the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday [8-1-18]. Officials unveiled a final rule that will make it easier to obtain coverage through short-term health insurance plans, which don’t have to adhere to the law’s consumer protections. The move would reverse an Obama administration decision to limit […]
8/1/2018
DEMS/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!” -Donald Trump, […]
8/1/2018
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..remain in the FBI while he himself was being investigated. This is a real issue. It won’t go into a Mueller Report because Mueller is going to protect these guys. Mueller has an interest in creating the illusion of objectivity around his investigation.’ ALAN DERSHOWITZ….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 1, […]
8/1/2018
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’FBI Agent Peter Strzok (on the Mueller team) should have recused himself on day one. He was out to STOP THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP. He needed an insurance policy. Those are illegal, improper goals, trying to influence the Election. He should never, ever been allowed to……..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump appealed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election, drawing a rebuke from his fellow Republicans in Congress who said the probe must go on. It was Trump’s most direct call for his top U.S. law […]
8/1/2018
ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 percentage points in a head-to-head match-up, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. A plurality of registered voters, 44 percent, said they’d choose Biden in the 2020 presidential election, while 37 percent of voters said they would vote for Trump. […]
8/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No one knows better than President Donald Trump what worked for him in 2016, and now he’s going back to the well — trusting no one but himself — to stave off the threat of a Democratic rout in November that could cripple his presidency. At a rowdy rally in Tampa, […]
7/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has given Republicans good reason to tolerate his unruly leadership style. His tax cuts, deregulation push and nomination of conservative judges amount to the most orthodox Republican agenda any president has pursued since Ronald Reagan. Few had better reason to appreciate Mr. Trump’s results than Charles G. Koch, a billionaire […]
7/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [7-31-18] embraced a line of defense offered by his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, that ‘collusion is not a crime,’ even though he continued to deny any alleged ties between his campaign and Moscow during the 2016 election…For months, Trump has insisted that there was ‘no […]
7/31/2018
DEMS/GUNS/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “State officials, Democratic lawmakers and gun control groups waged a frantic legal fight on Tuesday [7-31-18] to block the online distribution of blueprints for 3-D printed ‘ghost guns,’ even as President Trump said he is ‘looking into’ his administration’s decision last month to allow the posting of instructions for making the untraceable, […]
7/31/2018
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With another judge expected to be confirmed Tuesday [7-31-18] by the Senate, President Trump and Senate Republicans are leaving an ever-expanding imprint on the judiciary, nudging powerful appeals courts rightward through a determined effort to nominate and confirm a steady procession of young conservative jurists. The confirmation of Judge Brett […]
7/31/2018
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration supports an existing law they say makes it illegal to own or make homemade plastic guns, a White House official said Tuesday [7-31-18], coming hours after President Donald Trump tweeted that the availability of the firearms ‘doesn’t seem to make much sense!’…The administration supports the three-decade-old law, Gidley said, […]
7/31/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/ICE/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official declined repeatedly at a congressional hearing Tuesday [7-31-18] to say whether the agency can document that migrant parents captured at the border and deported under the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy were given the opportunity to take their children. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, […]
7/31/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On my way to Tampa, Florida. Look forward to seeing everyone soon! https://t.co/BSB6IjBK7r“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2018 3:49 pm […]
7/31/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Worker pay rate hits highest level since 2008′ https://t.co/pMDxHQqcg9“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2018 3:39 pm […]
7/31/2018
ECONOMY/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There’s an old political cliche that goes like this: Presidents get too much credit when the economy is going well — and too much blame when it’s going poorly. That cliche begets this political reality: When the economy is good and/or people believe the economy is good, a president is usually popular. […]
7/31/2018
BORDER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Border Security is National Security, and National Security is the long-term viability of our Country. A Government Shutdown is a very small price to pay for a safe and Prosperous America!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2018 12:33 pm […]
7/31/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I don’t care what the political ramifications are, our immigration laws and border security have been a complete and total disaster for decades, and there is no way that the Democrats will allow it to be fixed without a Government Shutdown…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2018 12:33 pm […]
7/31/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House chief of staff John Kelly told staff on Monday [7-30-18] that President Trump had asked him to remain in his post through the 2020 election, White House officials said, a request that comes as tensions between the two men have eased in recent months. Mr. Kelly told staff he […]
7/31/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, on Tuesday [7-31-18] expressed concern about Russian interference in the upcoming November elections, saying President Donald Trump should do more to prevent meddling and that it appears a Russian agency was behind the latest Facebook fake-account controversy. ‘The administration is not doing close to […]
7/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [7-31-18] lit into Charles and David Koch, some of the Republican Party’s top donors, in a series of tweets, after they said over the weekend they wouldn’t financially back the party’s candidate for a North Dakota Senate seat…The Koch brothers’ network of about 500 conservative and libertarian donors […]
7/31/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump blasted the media as ‘unhinged’ and ‘crazy’ on Tuesday [7-31-18] morning, adding that news organizations ruin the lives of ‘innocent’ people as he continues his long-running battle with the fourth estate…Trump’s comments come after a spat with A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times. The pair held an […]
7/31/2018
GUNS/NRA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [7-31-18] voiced skepticism about the legal sale of 3-D printed firearms, writing on Twitter that the practice ‘doesn’t seem to make much sense!’ Mr. Trump said he had talked to the National Rifle Association about such firearms, though he didn’t give any detail about what steps he might […]
7/31/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly plans to stay in his post through the presidential election until 2020, a White House official told Reuters, putting to rest months of speculation that the retired military general would be the next to leave U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle. The news of […]
7/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump railed Tuesday [7-31-18] against billionaire conservative brothers Charles and David Koch, accusing them of being against key components of his populist agenda and suggesting they’re irrelevant in today’s Republican Party. Trump’s public attack, following a weekend in which he was criticized at a Koch network summer meeting, comes […]
7/31/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media is going CRAZY! They are totally unhinged and in many ways, after witnessing first hand the damage they do to so many innocent and decent people, I enjoy watching. In 7 years, when I am no longer in office, their ratings will dry up and they will be […]