TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More records! #MAGA https://t.co/2CP5eq40Fy“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 10:00 am […]
Category: A- Trump As President
6/20/2018
CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @PastorDScott: Once the mid terms are over, liberals won’t talk about detained or separated illegal immigrant children until 2020. #itsa…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 9:02 am […]
6/20/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GlobalGolfPost: The golf world has lost a legend in five-time Open Championship winner Peter Thomson. READ: https://t.co/TfMHo2GeDG h…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 09:01 am […]
6/20/2018
FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’FBI texts have revealed anti-Trump Bias.’ @FoxNews Big News, but the Fake News doesn’t want to cover. Total corruption – the Witch Hunt has turned out to be a scam! At some point soon the Mainstream Media will have to cover correctly, too big a story!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, […]
6/20/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @EricTrump: It is hard to believe that the historic North Korea / Kim Jong Un summit was exactly one week ago. Truly amazing to see the…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 08:43 am […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s the Democrats fault, they won’t give us the votes needed to pass good immigration legislation. They want open borders, which breeds horrible crime. Republicans want security. But I am working on something – it never ends!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 08:41 am […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-20-18] backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Trump signed an executive order requiring that immigrant families be detained together when they are caught […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is ramping up his political travel ahead of the midterm elections, eying November as the most potent referendum on his presidency even as he faces widespread condemnation over his administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy. Trump’s focus on the midterms, which Republicans believe will come with an invigoration of […]
6/20/2018
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News is not mentioning the safety and security of our Country when talking about illegal immigration. Our immigration laws are the weakest and worst anywhere in the world, and the Dems will do anything not to change them & to obstruct-want open borders which means crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/20/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge in Los Angeles has rejected a request by the adult film actress Stormy Daniels to restart her lawsuit there against U.S. President Donald Trump and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. In an order dated Tuesday [6-19-18], U.S. District Judge James Otero said the amount of media attention in […]
6/19/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon announced on Monday [6-18-18] that it was suspending a major military exercise with South Korea that President Trump had criticized as a waste of money. The decision to cancel — at least for now — the large-scale, long-planned Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise set for August had been expected […]
6/19/2018
OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued a sweeping new rule on Tuesday [6-19-18] to make it easier for small businesses to band together and set up health insurance plans that skirt many requirements of the Affordable Care Act, offering lower costs but also fewer benefits. President Trump, speaking at a 75th anniversary celebration of […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “National Guard troops from eight states will be withheld or recalled from the southern border, the states’ governors announced this week, over mounting objections to the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents there. The governors of Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia and North Carolina declared […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump and two members of his cabinet mounted an aggressive defense on Monday [6-18-18] of his policy of separating children from their parents at the border in response to a growing outcry from members of both parties…Attorney General Jeff Sessions also defended the practice, while insisting that ‘we do not […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/BUSH/CHILDREN/HILLARY CLINTON/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/OBAMA FAMILY: “In the weeks since the Trump administration instituted a zero tolerance policy that seeks to criminally prosecute anyone who crosses the border unlawfully and effectively causes children to be separated from their families, criticism has poured in from advocacy groups, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and a host of political […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump ridiculed on Tuesday [6-19-18] what he said was a total lack of security at the nation’s borders, falsely blaming Democrats for separating families and dismissing as ‘crazy’ Republican proposals to hire thousands of new immigration judges. Rejecting a proposal by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to end family separations by […]
6/19/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU @HouseGOP! https://t.co/scvACfJwts“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 09:36 pm […]
6/19/2018
-SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Earlier today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the @WhiteHouse!???? https://t.co/cCubCyiRm5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 09:17 pm […]
6/19/2018
SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Earlier today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the @WhiteHouse!???? https://t.co/cCubCyiRm5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 09:17 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is meeting with Republicans Tuesday [6-19-18] on Capitol Hill at a pivotal moment — both for his presidency and his party — as the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares to hold major votes on two very different immigration bills this week…It’s the heart-wrenching stories of immigrant families […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Guatemalan woman who was separated from her 7-year-old son after crossing the border from Mexico last month filed a new lawsuit on Tuesday [6-19-18] challenging the Trump administration’s practice of splitting up immigrant families even when an adult claims asylum. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, demands the immediate […]
6/19/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/MIKE POMPEO/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration said Tuesday [6-19-18] it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, delivering on a long-running threat to leave the organization unless it made major changes. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the U.S. withdrawal in […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-19-18] called on Congress to give his administration the power to detain and deport migrant families as a unit, saying he considered that the ‘only solution to the border crisis’ and separation issue that has rocked immigration negotiations and his administration. Following Mr. Trump’s remarks, Senate Majority […]
6/19/2018
COURT/FBI/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorneys for a former Senate staff member accused of lying to federal investigators said President Donald Trump’s remarks on the case were ‘highly prejudicial,’ and asked a judge to order him and other executive branch officials to keep quiet about the case in public. In federal district court in Washington, D.C., […]
6/19/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Millions of small businesses and self-employed people will be able to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act consumer protections under a much-debated rule released Tuesday [6-19-18] by the Trump administration. The rule is a far-reaching step by the administration to wield its regulatory powers to chisel away at […]
6/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen took aggressive steps to collect on a multimillion-dollar debt in October 2016, at the time he was seeking to come up with $130,000 to pay a former adult-film star for agreeing to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump. The debt stemmed from a loan to […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump amplified his heated immigration rhetoric on Tuesday [6-19-18], accusing Democrats of wanting migrants to ‘infest our country’ and turning a speech on the economy into an angry tirade defending his harsh stance. It was a reflection of Trump’s growing frustration that the family separation crisis roiling his administration has […]
6/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is working on measures that protect agriculture and other critical industries from retaliatory tariffs being threatened by China amid an escalating trade dispute between the two countries, a top adviser to President Donald Trump said. Peter Navarro told reporters on Tuesday [6-19-18] that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to take a moment to address the current illegal immigration crisis on the Southern Border…it has been going on for many, many decades… https://t.co/1F7EK9Ef88“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 01:04 pm […]
6/19/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU @HouseGOP! https://t.co/scvACfJwts“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 01:04 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday [6-19-18] evening to rally House Republicans behind an immigration bill he panned just five days ago. Now Republicans have to decide: Which Trump do they believe? Speaker Paul Ryan and his top lieutenants are well aware that only the president can give […]
6/19/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU @NFIB! #NFIB75 https://t.co/5ppZhQhZu0“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 12:35 pm […]
6/19/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me tomorrow in Duluth, Minnesota for a #MAGA Rally! Tickets: https://t.co/mhhJB8WQlF https://t.co/gP59o1RDqW“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 10:22 am […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#CHANGETHELAWS Now is the best opportunity ever for Congress to change the ridiculous and obsolete laws on immigration. Get it done, always keeping in mind that we must have strong border security.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 9:11 am […]
6/19/2018
CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must always arrest people coming into our Country illegally. Of the 12,000 children, 10,000 are being sent by their parents on a very dangerous trip, and only 2000 are with their parents, many of whom have tried to enter our Country illegally on numerous occasions.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If you don’t have Borders, you don’t have a Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
CRIME/DEMS/GANGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are the problem. They don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13. They can’t win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I can’t think of something more concerning than a law enforcement officer suggesting that their going to use their powers to affect an election!’ Inspector General Horowitz on what was going on with numerous people regarding my election. A Rigged Witch Hunt!p” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
CRIME/GERMANY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Crime in Germany is up 10% plus (officials do not want to report these crimes) since migrants were accepted. Others countries are even worse. Be smart America!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democrats are banking on a surge of female candidates to help them recapture the House of Representatives this November. But Democrats may not benefit as much as they hope from this dynamic unless their historic roster of female nominees can help the party solve its greatest remaining challenge with female voters. To […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans scrambled on Tuesday [6-19-18] to craft legislation that would quell an outcry over the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, with an opinion poll showing most Americans oppose the policy. The family separations and detentions of children, highlighted by videos of youngsters in cages […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [6-18-18] he would not allow the United States to become a ‘migrant camp’ as his administration faced a barrage of criticism for separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats and some in Trump’s own Republican Party have admonished the administration for […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Republicans try to keep their midterm election strategy focused on the economy, tax cuts and falling unemployment, President Trump sent his clearest signal yet on Monday [6-18-18] that he intends to make divisive, racially charged issues like immigration central going into the campaign season. Facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s family […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller spent years on the political fringe in the nation’s capital as high-decibel immigration hard-liners, always warning about the dangers of open borders but rarely in a position to affect law or policy. Now, Mr. Sessions, the attorney general and former senator from Alabama, and Mr. […]
6/18/2018
CHILDREN/HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday [6-18-18] entered the mounting furor over the Trump administration’s policy of separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents, calling for an immediate halt to a practice he condemned as abuse. United States immigration authorities have detained almost 2,000 children in the past […]
6/18/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump tries to tilt global trade in the United States’ favor, he is increasingly putting his finger on the scale to help once-iconic industries that are declining as a share of the American economy, at the expense of some of the country’s fastest-growing sectors. The president’s attempts to boost […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump remained resistant on Monday [6-18-18] in the face of growing public outcry over his administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border, repeating the false assertion that Democrats were the ones to blame for it, and suggesting that criminals — not parents — were toting juveniles to […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are growing anxious over President Donald Trump’s policy to break up families at the border — and now even his closest allies are trying to help find a way out of a growing political crisis. With the White House refusing to reverse the practice and demanding Congress step into the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy and resulting separations of undocumented parents and kids is exploding into the most emotive and politically unpredictable test yet of President Donald Trump’s effort to change the character of America. As outrage grows over traumatic stories of families being torn apart, the big question this […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his Cabinet are refusing to publicly back down from their intensely controversial practice of separating migrant families at the border, despite pressure from fellow Republicans to ease up on what critics are calling a heartless policy…Trump hit back at the criticism during a space policy event at the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the Trump administration’s practice of taking undocumented immigrant children from their families and putting them in government facilities on US borders, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Only 28% approve. But among Republicans, there is majority support for the policy that has resulted in an […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker directed the state National Guard not to send any assets or personnel to the US-Mexico border because of the Trump administration’s ‘inhumane treatment’ of children, communications director Lizzy Guyton said in a statement. ‘I think it’s cruel and inhumane, and we told the National Guard to hold steady […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/BUSH FAMILY/HILLARY CLINTON/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama provided a signal boost on Monday [6-18-18] to another former first lady, Laura Bush, for her opinion piece slamming the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the border. Speaking at a women’s forum award ceremony on Monday, Clinton also said […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Undaunted and unapologetic, President Donald Trump defended his administration’s border-protection policies Monday [6-18-18] in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. Tough action is needed to fight illegal immigration, he declared and the U.S. ‘will not be a migrant camp’ on his watch. […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are openly admonishing the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the border…Whether the blistering statements will manifest themselves into legislation remains to be seen. Such action would require GOP members to directly defy Trump, something the party has been hesitant to pursue in an election year. And the Senate […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers joined protesters outside immigration detention facilities in New Jersey and Texas on Sunday [6-17-18] for Father’s Day demonstrations against the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border…The events came as news stories highlighting the family separations intensified political pressure on the White House, even […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy that has resulted in thousands of family separations at the border hasn’t deterred immigrants from trying to enter the country illegally, despite the administration’s predictions that it would, internal Department of Homeland Security documents obtained by CNN show. The documents, which refer to the effort […]
6/18/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTUARY CITIES/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration, escalating its fight with so-called sanctuary cities, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [6-18-18] to narrow a lower court’s nationwide order preventing the federal government from denying public safety grants to municipalities that limit cooperation on immigration enforcement. The Justice Department asked the high […]
6/18/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comey gave Strozk his marching orders. Mueller is Comey’s best friend. Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 10:27 am […]
6/18/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A strange paradox is unfolding in Washington right now: As President Donald Trump acts less and less like a traditional Republican, traditional Republicans have become more and more afraid to cross him. In just the past couple of weeks, Mr. Trump has shredded the traditional Republican playbook on free trade. He has […]
6/18/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If President Obama (who got nowhere with North Korea and would have had to go to war with many millions of people being killed) had gotten along with North Korea and made the initial steps toward a deal that I have, the Fake News would have named him a national hero!” […]
6/18/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [6-18-18] ordered the Pentagon to establish a stand-alone Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces..The move quickly drew some backlash from one key senator, who said the president was overstepping his bounds by unilaterally calling for the creation of a new military service…Jerry Hendrix, […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is the Democrats fault for being weak and ineffective with Boarder Security and Crime. Tell them to start thinking about the people devastated by Crime coming from illegal immigration. Change the laws!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 8:53 am […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Children are being used by some of the worst criminals on earth as a means to enter our country. Has anyone been looking at the Crime taking place south of the border. It is historic, with some countries the most dangerous places in the world. Not going to happen in the U.S.” […]
6/18/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CHANGE THE LAWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 8:50 am […]
6/18/2018
EU/GERMANY/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin coalition. Crime in Germany is way up. Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 8:04 […]
6/18/2018
DEMS/GANGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why don’t the Democrats give us the votes to fix the world’s worst immigration laws? Where is the outcry for the killings and crime being caused by gangs and thugs, including MS-13, coming into our country illegally?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 7:46 am […]
6/18/2018
ELECTIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [6-18-18] dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan advantage. Sidestepping major rulings, the nine justices decided both cases on narrow legal grounds […]
6/18/2018
CHILDREN/DEMS/DHS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans are lining up two measures for potential floor votes – both a conservative bill and one that is the product of negotiations involving centrists in the chamber. But prospects for some kind of legislative breakthrough have been imperiled by controversy over the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, which has led […]
6/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s romp through white, working-class America in 2016 was nowhere more traumatic for Democrats than in Wisconsin, which flipped Republican in a presidential race for the first time since 1984. Now, two years after his stunning victory in the state, shell-shocked Democrats are beginning to pick up the pieces, pouring money […]
6/17/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jose Luis Garcia was watering his lawn and drinking his morning coffee outside his home in Southern California last Sunday [6-10-18] when federal immigration authorities showed up. Mr. Garcia — a 62-year-old Mexican immigrant who has been a legal resident since the 1980s, according to his family — shouted for help. He […]
6/17/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The young women had come from 48 states across the country, yearning for moments of belonging they rarely found at home. Cheyenne Martin, a 19-year-old student at Georgetown University, described being ridiculed by classmates for her desire to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency one day. But this weekend she […]
6/17/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leading figures of both parties demanded on Sunday [6-17-18] that President Trump halt his administration’s practice of separating children from their parents when apprehended at the border, as the issue further polarized the already divisive immigration debate in Washington. Republican lawmakers, the former first lady Laura Bush, a conservative newspaper and a […]
6/17/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FBI agent Peter Strzok, who was sharply criticized by the inspector general last week for sending anti-Trump text messages, has agreed to appear before congressional committees that invite him to testify, his lawyer said in a letter made public Sunday [6-17-18]. Mr. Strzok was the lead agent on the Federal […]
6/17/2018
ECONOMY/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which binds the economies of the U.S., Canada and Mexico, has rarely looked as murky as it does right now. Negotiators missed a self-imposed deadline to rewrite the deal in May. Then a quarrel between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister […]
6/15/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [6-15-18] evening walked back Donald Trump’s criticism of a House GOP bill shielding Dreamers from deportation, saying in a statement that the president would sign the legislation. After a daylong, dizzying back-and-forth over Trump’s position, White House spokesman Raj Shah said Trump misunderstood a question on ‘Fox […]
6/15/2018
EU/G7/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great discussions with European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk at the #G7Summit in Canada last week. https://t.co/kGxXe50459“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 5:32 pm […]
6/15/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s assertion Friday [6-15-18] that he has ‘solved’ the North Korean nuclear weapons threat again diverged from how Secretary of State Mike Pompeo depicted the outcome of this week’s summit between Mr. Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Mr. Pompeo, in meetings in South Korea and […]
6/15/2018
G7/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media said that I did not get along with other Leaders at the #G7Summit in Canada. They are once again, WRONG! https://t.co/I6eEKEZV6z“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 5:23 pm […]
6/15/2018
NORTH KOREA/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [6-15-18] that his historic meeting with Kim Jong-un gave credibility to the North Korean leader, whom critics call a brutal dictator. The president also called Mr. Kim ‘the strong head’ of the communist country, adding: “He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want […]
6/15/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [6-15-18] that he would not sign a compromise immigration bill worked out by Republican lawmakers in the House, severely damaging its prospects ahead of a vote planned for next week. Speaker Paul D. Ryan is planning to hold votes on two immigration measures: a […]
6/15/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Trump went on offense on Friday [6-15-18] with a withering series of attacks on the F.B.I., congressional Democrats, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Canada’s prime minister, football players, the media, the special counsel and other favorite targets even as he hailed his relations with the leaders of North Korea, China and Russia. […]
6/15/2018
CALIFORNIA/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Calling for an end to the ‘media circus’ that has engulfed his numerous legal cases, Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal fixer, has asked a judge in California to keep his adversary, the lawyer Michael Avenatti, from speaking about him in the news media. In a motion filed on Thursday […]
6/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [6-15-18] that a new internal Justice Department report proved there had been F.B.I. bias against him ahead of the 2016 presidential election, citing ‘vicious’ texts between investigators and findings that he said illustrated ‘criminal’ behavior by the bureau’s former director. In a wide-ranging interview on […]
6/15/2018
GERMANY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have a great relationship with Angela Merkel of Germany, but the Fake News Media only shows the bad photos (implying anger) of negotiating an agreement – where I am asking for things that no other American President would ask for! https://t.co/Ib97nN5HZt“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 5:03 pm […]
6/15/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-15-18] upended delicate House negotiations over immigration legislation by suggesting he wouldn’t sign a compromise measure, prompting a clarifying tweet from the president and leaving Republicans uncertain about how to proceed. In a morning interview with Fox News, Mr. Trump had indicated he wouldn’t sign […]
6/15/2018
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans were in full-on damage control Friday [6-15-18] morning as they sought to downplay President Donald Trump’s comments that he wouldn’t support the GOP compromise bill. After toiling away for weeks on a hard-fought compromise bill that tackled border security and even delivered Trump his campaign promise of a border wall, […]
6/15/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said on Friday [6-15-18] that it would move ahead with tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese products, drawing a vow of retaliation from Beijing and escalating a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. President Trump’s decision to impose the penalties is the latest twist by a […]
6/15/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The US government has separated at least 2,000 children from parents at the border since implementing a policy that results in such family separations, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday [6-15-18]. From April 19 through May 31 of this year, 1,995 minors traveling with 1,940 adults who said they were the […]
6/15/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beijing retaliated against planned U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods by targeting high-value American exports—including farm products, cars, and crude oil—stepping up the potential for a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Shortly after the Trump administration unveiled plans Friday to impose tariffs of 25% on $50 billion in Chinese […]
6/15/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his allies seized Friday [6-15-18] on the Justice Department inspector general’s report into the Hillary Clinton email investigation to claim special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling probe is corrupt and must end. Try telling that to Mueller. Hours after the president thundered from the White House […]
6/15/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump rejected a Justice Department watchdog’s conclusion that there was no political bias in the Hillary Clinton email investigation, saying ‘the scum on top’ of the FBI were shown to be ‘plotting against my election.’ Appearing first on the Fox News program ‘Fox & Friends’ and later […]
6/15/2018
BUSH FAMILY/CLINTONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve had to beat 17 very talented people including the Bush Dynasty, then I had to beat the Clinton Dynasty, and now I have to beat a phony Witch Hunt and all of the dishonest people covered in the IG Report…and never forget the Fake News Media. It never ends!” -Donald […]
6/15/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top political people and campaigns. Didn’t know Manafort was the head of the Mob. What about Comey and Crooked Hillary and all of the others? Very unfair!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, […]
6/15/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are forcing the breakup of families at the Border with their horrible and cruel legislative agenda. Any Immigration Bill MUST HAVE full funding for the Wall, end Catch & Release, Visa Lottery and Chain, and go to Merit Based Immigration. Go for it! WIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 […]
6/15/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-15-18] defended his warm praise of Kim Jong Un, saying his newfound affinity for the North Korean dictator was making Americans safer. At the same time, Trump expressed esteem for the forced deference North Koreans show for their leader and joked he wished ‘my people’ […]
6/15/2018
GARY COHN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former economic adviser Gary Cohn warned that a trade war with US allies could wipe out the benefits of the tax cuts Trump worked to pass…Asked if a trade war could erase the benefits of the tax reform bill passed last December, Cohn said, ‘Yes, it could.’ […]
6/15/2018
CABINET/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “The last two secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs were private-sector outsiders intent on bringing expertise from beyond Washington’s Capital Beltway into the VA. But Robert Wilkie, President Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee to head the department, is the opposite—a long-serving public official steeped in federal bureaucracy. Mr. Wilkie has decades of […]
6/15/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday [6-15-18] it was possible he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer, and Moscow did not rule out a meeting. Asked whether he was planning to meet with Putin this summer, Trump said it was possible. ‘It’s possible that we’ll meet, yeah,’ Trump told […]
6/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Donald Trump was 100% right to fire James Comey.’ Mark Levin” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 7:03 am […]