TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When you’re almost 800 Billion Dollars a year down on Trade, you can’t lose a Trade War! The U.S. has been ripped off by other countries for years on Trade, time to get smart!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 4:23 pm […]
Category: A- Trump As President
6/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @CLewandowski_: Looking forward to being on @foxandfriends tomorrow around 7:45 AM on @FoxNews. Hope you watch.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 4:09 pm […]
6/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @foxandfriends: 223,000 jobs added in May, even the NYT runs out of words to describe how good the numbers are! https://t.co/K1GB8G0zsf“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 4:04 pm […]
6/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JesseBWatters: The media had it’s worst week ever! @charliekirk11 and @JoeConchaTV break it down on @WattersWorld https://t.co/uMEblnh6…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 4:02 pm […]
6/2/2018
MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why is it that the Wall Street Journal, though well meaning, never mentions the unfairness of the Tariffs routinely charged against the U.S. by other countries, or the many Billions of Dollars that the Tariffs we are now charging are, and will be, pouring into U.S. coffers?’ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, […]
6/2/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States must, at long last, be treated fairly on Trade. If we charge a country ZERO to sell their goods, and they charge us 25, 50 or even 100 percent to sell ours, it is UNFAIR and can no longer be tolerated. That is not Free or Fair Trade, […]
6/2/2018
DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was No Collusion with Russia (except by the Democrats). When will this very expensive Witch Hunt Hoax ever end? So bad for our Country. Is the Special Counsel/Justice Department leaking my lawyers letters to the Fake News Media? Should be looking at Dems corruption instead?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, […]
6/2/2018
DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was No Collusion with Russia (except by the Democrats). When will this very expensive Witch Hunt Hoax ever end? So bad for our Country. Is the Special Councel/Justice Department leaking my lawyers letters to the Fake News Media? Should be looking at Dems corruption instead?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, […]
6/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Real @FoxNews is doing great, Fake News CNN is dead! https://t.co/1p37tPiB3v“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 11:46 am […]
6/2/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very surprised that China would be doing this? https://t.co/D03kV07dF7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 11:35 am […]
6/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/8lI2lomGkh“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 11:28 am […]
6/2/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KimKardashian: I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 11:18 am […]
6/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now this is a record that will never be broken! https://t.co/rtpLfvsBU5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 11:13 am […]
6/2/2018
DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….’$17 million spent, it’s a scam Investigation. Americans are being worked. We now know there was Russian collusion, with Russians and the Democrats. The Mueller team is stacked with anti-Trumpers, who actually represented Clinton people (& gave $’s to Crooked H).’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 7:40 am […]
6/2/2018
INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘John Brennan, no single figure in American history has done more to discredit the intelligence community than this liar. Not only is he a liar, he’s a liar about being a liar.’ Dan Bongino on @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 7:06 am […]
6/2/2018
INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ‘”John Brennan, no single figure in American history has done more to discredit the Intelligence community than this liar. He’s a liar about being a liar.’” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 6:57 am […]
6/2/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘We ran out of words to describe how good the jobs numbers are.’ Neil Irwin of the @nytimes.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 6:40 am […]
6/1/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP A PRESIDENT: “One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s top lieutenants is expected to hand-deliver a letter to President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday [6-1-18] as administration officials have grown increasingly optimistic about the chances for the first summit between leaders of the two countries. The letter from Mr. […]
6/1/2018
DEMS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film actress who says she had a sexual encounter with President Trump, has sought help for his legal battle against Mr. Trump from leading Democratic operatives. Mr. Avenatti contacted an official in the network of liberal groups led by David Brock, while someone […]
6/1/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea wants the United States to know: It’s not about the money. In the flurry of diplomacy to get the planned Singapore summit talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-un back on track, North Korea has been emphatic that it will not relinquish its nuclear weapons in exchange for American […]
6/1/2018
OBAMA/PARDONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative author and filmmaker pardoned by President Trump, claimed victory on Friday [6-1-2018] over what he characterized as a political prosecution by the administration of President Barack Obama. In terms that evidently resonated with Mr. Trump, who is aggrieved about investigations that he blames on his predecessor, Mr. […]
6/1/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Chris McDaniel first ran for Senate four years ago, his campaign became a cause for disaffected and restless Republicans across the country. Activists waving ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ flags flooded Mississippi. Tea Party-aligned groups spent millions supporting him. Donald J. Trump — who was still a year away from announcing his […]
6/1/2018
JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Trump broke years of presidential protocol on Friday [6-1-18] morning by posting a tweet that signaled a strong jobs report was on its way from the Labor Department an hour before the report was released. The Bureau of Labor Statistics routinely releases its monthly employment report on the first Friday of […]
6/1/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department has spent roughly $17 million investigating Russian meddling in the presidential election since last May, according to a new spending report released Thursday [5-31-18]. The department previously said $6.7 million had been spent from May 2017 through September 2017. Thursday’s expenditure report shows new costs of approximately […]
6/1/2018
ENERGY/NATIONAL SECURITY/RICK PERRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-1-18] formally threw his weight behind an administration push to compel power companies to keep their coal-fired and nuclear plants operating in the name of national security — an effort that has stirred criticism from environmentalists, the oil and gas industry and some free-market Republicans…The […]
6/1/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/ENERGY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are haggling over how to get Beijing to carry out recent promises to purchase more American farm and energy products, with Washington pushing for long-term contracts that Chinese officials are reluctant to commit to. The snag is hanging over high-level negotiations scheduled for this weekend. U.S. […]
6/1/2018
JOHN KELLY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump received a top-level visitor from North Korea on Friday [6-1-18] who came bearing a letter from the country’s dictator Kim Jong Un as the two sides work toward a meeting between the two world leaders. Trump was meeting in the Oval Office with Kim’s envoy, Kim Yong […]
6/1/2018
COAST GUARD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FoxNews: President @realDonaldTrump participates in the U.S. Coast Guard [@USCG] Change-of-Command Ceremony. https://t.co/ekWubVkf1h“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 1, 2018 1:07 pm […]
6/1/2018
JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump, breaking with longstanding practice surrounding sensitive economic data, tweeted early Friday [6-1-18] that he was ‘looking forward’ to the release of the Labor Department’s employment figures, which subsequently showed a sharp gain in payrolls and another decline in the jobless rate. Mr. Trump was briefed on the data on […]
6/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Californians prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday [6-5-18] to choose candidates in primary elections, the state’s quirky electoral rules and a softening of support for Democrats among suburban voters could disrupt the party’s ambitious plan to wrest as many as 10 seats from Republicans in California. November’s general election […]
6/1/2018
DEFENSE/IRAQ/ISIS/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has told Congress it estimates that nearly 500 civilians were killed as a result of US military actions in the first year of the Trump administration. ‘(The Department of Defense) assesses that there are credible reports of approximately 499 civilians killed and approximately 169 civilians injured during 2017’ as […]
6/1/2018
AGRICULTURE/CANADA/CHINA/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump attacked Canada on Friday [6-1-18] morning, seemingly offering a defense of the controversial tariffs he imposed this week and accusing America’s northern neighbor of treating U.S. agricultural industries ‘very poorly…’ Trump has made resetting U.S. trade relationships around the globe a key priority for his administration, most notably […]
6/1/2018
AGRICULTURE/CANADA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Canada has treated our Agricultural business and Farmers very poorly for a very long period of time. Highly restrictive on Trade! They must open their markets and take down their trade barriers! They report a really high surplus on trade with us. Do Timber & Lumber in U.S.?” – Donald Trump, […]
6/1/2018
IMMIGRATION/JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is examining ways U.S. industries could hire more immigrant workers on a temporary basis, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday [6-1-18], as data showed the United States unemployment rate at an 18-year low…Earlier on Friday, Labor Department data showed job growth accelerated in May and […]
6/1/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 1, 2018 6:21 am […]
6/1/2018
CELEBS/IVANKA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show? A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 1, 2018 6:15 am […]
6/1/2018
CELEBS/IVANKA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump called on Friday [6-1-18] for comedian Samantha Bee to be fired after she made a vulgar comment about his daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on her cable television program. His remarks capped a week when a debate over the language used by two television stars became […]
6/1/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A.P. has just reported that the Russian Hoax Investigation has now cost our government over $17 million, and going up fast. No Collusion, except by the Democrats!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 1, 2018 6:05 am […]
6/1/2018
JAMES COMEY/PARDONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “There are multiple explanations for President Donald Trump’s latest pardon storm but they are all rooted in a defining character trait — his relish for wielding unchecked power. By expunging the conviction of conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, and by hinting at more controversial pardons to come, Trump is showing […]
5/31/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions ‘beleaguered’ and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president’s inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general’s job. The White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and the president’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, pleaded with Trump […]
5/31/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is pushing changes in immigration laws to make it easier to jail and quickly deport children who cross the border illegally. He also wants to make it harder to pursue asylum. To him, these are legal ‘loopholes’ that Congress needs to close to stop illegal immigration. But these proposals […]
5/31/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is deepening his investment in the midterm elections, stepping up his travel across the country to raise money and rally Republicans in hopes of overcoming the tide of history by retaining control of Congress in the fall. Nearly every president in modern history has lost congressional seats during their […]
5/31/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [5-31-18] that a delegation of officials from North Korea was expected to deliver him a letter from their leader, Kim Jong-un, in an extraordinary meeting on Friday [6-1-18] in Washington. Mr. Trump told reporters it was not clear if the show of tenuous détente would […]
5/31/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was not the racist comment that made the president angry. It was the apology from ABC. Wading into a public outcry over remarks by the comedian Roseanne Barr, President Trump did not condemn the Twitter post about a black former aide to President Barack Obama that led to the swift cancellation […]
5/31/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump said on Thursday [5-31-18] that he planned to issue a pardon to Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative author, commentator and filmmaker, and was strongly considering commuting the sentence of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, a Democrat. Flexing his clemency power as he and his team face multiple criminal […]
5/31/2018
CANADA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration raised the prospect of a global trade war by imposing tariffs on imports from the closest U.S. neighbors and allies, who swiftly pledged to retaliate with duties of their own. President Donald Trump is pursuing an aggressive strategy to win economic concessions from neighbors and allies in an […]
5/31/2018
CANADA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said on Thursday [5-31-18] that it would impose tariffs on metals imported from its closest allies, a measure certain to strain diplomatic relationships and provoke retaliation against businesses and consumers in the United States. Tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum from the European Union, […]
5/31/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions on multiple occasions over the last 14 months to overturn his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to a source familiar with the President’s demands. Trump made the request on several occasions — each to no avail. The President’s […]
5/31/2018
CANADA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision Thursday [5-31-18] to slap steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union capped a whipsaw week that reflected not just the deep divisions among his top economic advisers, but the changeable attitudes of the irascible and unpredictable president himself. Senior administration officials profess privately […]
5/31/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SecPompeo: The proposed summit offers a historic opening for @POTUS and Chairman Kim to boldly lead U.S. and #DPRK into a new era of pe…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 4:15 pm […]
5/31/2018
GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans are bitterly protesting the Trump administration’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. allies — alarmed that the White House ignored their frenzied lobbying campaign and afraid that the party could suffer at the polls in November. The GOP’s free-traders were mollified this spring as the Trump administration exempted U.S. allies […]
5/31/2018
CANADA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s move to slap penalties on imports from U.S. allies and China is moving the country to the brink of a global trade war — with U.S. consumers, farmers and manufacturers caught in the middle — as the White House tries to wrest concessions from reluctant trading partners. The […]
5/31/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and any coordination with President Donald Trump’s campaign has cost more than $16 million so far. That’s according to a financial report released Thursday [5-31-18] by the Justice Department. The investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller accounted for nearly […]
5/31/2018
MEDIA/PARDON/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday [5-31-18] that he is considering pardoning Martha Stewart and commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentence. Trump floated the idea of pardoning or commuting the sentences of the two former ‘Apprentice’ series stars hours after he pardoned the conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza. […]
5/31/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating suspected Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election spent $4.5 million between October last year and March 2018, the Department of Justice said on Thursday [5-31-18]. In addition, other Justice Department ‘components’ spent $5.476 million on activities supporting the investigation, the department said […]
5/31/2018
MEDIA/PARDON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [5-31-18] he would issue a’full pardon’ to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was convicted in 2014 for funneling illegal campaign contributions to a Republican Senate candidate. Hours later, Mr. Trump followed up and said he was considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, […]
5/31/2018
COMMERCE/ELECTIONS/GOP/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to follow through on steel and aluminum tariffs against some of the United States’ closest allies puts a series of vulnerable Republicans at considerable risk, leading some of those candidates to caution the President against following through with the trade talk. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters […]
5/31/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [5-31-18] he expects North Korean officials to travel from New York to Washington on Friday to deliver a ‘very positive’ letter to him from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Mr. Trump said he was hopeful that his meeting with Mr. Kim could still […]
5/31/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is better known for speaking directly to his base than trying to win over his critics. But when it comes to selling Trump’s Iran strategy and other foreign policy initiatives, the White House has been blasting out its talking points to an uncharacteristically inclusive list of foreign policy […]
5/31/2018
CANADA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “The U.S. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union starting on Friday [6-1-18], the Trump administration said, raising the specter of trade war with some of Washington’s closest allies, who said they would retaliate. Mexico’s Economy Ministry quickly said it would target several U.S. […]
5/31/2018
BUSINESS/CANADA/COMMERCE/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 200 points Thursday [5-31-18] as investors broadly recoiled from the stock market after the Trump administration made good on its plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow industrials, 28 traded lower, while all major […]
5/31/2018
EU/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum from the European Union marks a new low in deteriorating trans-Atlantic relations and promises to complicate life for EU leaders grappling with growing problems inside the bloc. Coming just weeks after Mr. Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and a […]
5/31/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very good meetings with North Korea.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 8:15 am […]
5/31/2018
PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two days after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump was busy kicking up a storm of his own. Speaking in Alabama on Friday night, September 22, 2017, Trump took aim at the small group of NFL players who were kneeling, during the national anthem, as a protest […]
5/31/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 7:11 am […]
5/31/2018
MEDIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The corrupt Mainstream Media is working overtime not to mention the infiltration of people, Spies (Informants), into my campaign! Surveillance much?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 7:05 am […]
5/31/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iger, where is my call of apology? You and ABC have offended millions of people, and they demand a response. How is Brian Ross doing? He tanked the market with an ABC lie, yet no apology. Double Standard!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 6:53 am […]
5/31/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with North Korea in New York have been very positive and he is expecting the delegation from Pyongyang to travel to Washington on Friday [6-1-18] to deliver a letter to him from leader Kim Jong Un…If the North Korean delegation goes to the White House, […]
5/31/2018
SPORTS/IVANKA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @AP_Politics: Trump set to promote youth sports, wants such activities to be more accessible to economically disadvantaged children: htt…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 5:59 am […]
5/31/2018
SPORTS/IVANKA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dougmillsnyt: Children race as @realDonaldTrump looks on with @IvankaTrump and New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera they as they part…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 5:58 am […]
5/31/2018
IVANKA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IvankaTrump: Today @POTUS hosted #FieldDay at the @WhiteHouse with the announced President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 5:56 am […]
5/31/2018
IVANKA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @HerschelWalker: What an awesome day in D.C. participating @WhiteHouse Sports & Fitness Day with @IvankaTrump @POTUS @MistyMayTreanor @M…” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 5:56 am […]
5/31/2018
CELEBS/FBI/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RUSH LIMBAUGH ‘If the FBI was so concerned, and if they weren’t targeting Trump, they should have told Trump. If they were really concerned about the Russians infiltrating a campaign (hoax), then why not try to stop it? Why not tell Trump? Because they were pushing this scam.’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/31/2018
POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “A majority of voters believe President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is harmful to his presidency and the nation’s standing in the world. The president‘s Twitter feed, which has more than 52 million followers, is his primary communications tool. But more than 3 in 5 voters, 62 percent, think Trump’s use of Twitter […]
5/31/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was a quick but telling exchange. At a House committee hearing earlier this month, Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas was grilling Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Trump administration’s plans for North Korea…’Will you leave them with a civilian nuclear program?’ Castro asked. After a long pause, […]
5/31/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FAIR TRADE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 31, 2018 4:19 pm […]
5/31/2018
ELECTIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “U.S. election officials responsible for managing more than a dozen close races this November share a fear: Outdated voting machines in their districts could undermine confidence in election results that will determine which party controls the U.S. Congress…Most of the dozen-plus state and local election officials interviewed by Reuters said they […]
5/30/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A New York judge set a June 15 deadline Wednesday [5-30-18] for lawyers for President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer to make attorney-client privilege claims over data seized in April raids, saying it was important not to delay the criminal investigation. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said a […]
5/30/2018
CELEBS/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kim Kardashian West met with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday [5-30-18], and the subject seemed an unlikely one for a glamorous celebrity and cosmetics mogul: prison reform. But the reason for Ms. Kardashian West’s interest is the case of Alice Johnson, a 63-year-old Tennessee woman who, according to the […]
5/30/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump acknowledged on Wednesday [5-30-18] the furor over a racist Twitter post made by Roseanne Barr, but focused on an apology issued by ABC instead of the offensive content of the television star’s remarks…It was the first time the president, who previously had called Ms. Barr to congratulate her on the […]
5/30/2018
GANGS/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump claimed that his administration was deporting members of the gang ‘by the thousands.’ Data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows this is not possible…Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not break down deportations according to gang affiliation, a spokesman for the agency said. But based on the number of arrests alone, […]
5/30/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ever since President Trump pulled out of planned talks with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, officials from both countries have been scrambling to salvage the summit meeting and keep it on track for June 12 in Singapore. A process that normally would take months is now being compressed […]
5/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [5-30-18] that he wished he had chosen another lawyer to be his attorney general, instead of Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from the sensitive Russia investigation early in the Trump administration. Mr. Trump was responding to an interview on CBS with Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican […]
5/30/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-29-18] accused Mexico of doing ‘nothing’ to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, and repeated his election campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for his planned border wall. Very quickly Mexico replied: no we won’t. Trump was addressing supporters in a campaign-style rally in […]
5/30/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior Republican congressman disputed President Donald Trump’s claim that ‘spies’ infiltrated his 2016 campaign, saying that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was conducting a legitimate probe of Russian election meddling. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.), who heads the House oversight committee, also said he understood Mr. Trump’s frustration with […]
5/30/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump didn’t mince words last fall when he explained to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that he wouldn’t relent in his criticism of NFL players who were kneelingduring the national anthem to protest social injustice. ‘This is a very winning, strong issue for me,’ Mr. Trump said in a phone […]
5/30/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dietitians have been consulted in the White House kitchens. Steak has been swapped out for Dover sole, his favored fish. And hamburger buns have been discarded — or at least the tops have. President Donald Trump, who embarked upon a mission to shed 10 to 15 pounds in January, has acknowledged in […]
5/30/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/FBI/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior Republican congressman disputed President Donald Trump’s claim that ‘spies’ infiltrated his 2016 campaign, saying that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was conducting a legitimate probe of Russian interference in the election. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.), who heads the House oversight committee, also said he understood Mr. Trump’s […]
5/30/2018
DRUGS/FDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed the ‘Right to Try Act’ Wednesday [5-30-18], a measure aimed at helping terminally ill patients access drug treatments that are yet to be fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Trump, at a White House ceremony surrounded by patients and families who will be affected by the […]
5/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Imagine this scenario: You wake up on a Wednesday [5-30-18] morning. You scroll through Twitter to see what’s happened overnight. And you come across a tweet from your boss in which he says he would/should never have hired you. Happy Hump Day! That’s the nightmare that Attorney General Jeff Sessions woke […]
5/30/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NEW YORK/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior North Korean official arrived in New York on Wednesday [5-30-18] in the highest-level official visit to the United States in 18 years, as President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sought to salvage prospects for a high-stakes nuclear summit. Kim Yong Chol, the former military intelligence chief […]
5/30/2018
ABORTION/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESDIENT/WOMEN: “Step by methodical step, the Trump administration is remaking government policy on reproductive health — moving to limit access to birth control and abortion and bolstering abstinence-only sex education. Social and religious conservatives praise the administration for promoting ‘a culture of life.’ But women’s-rights activists and some medical experts view the […]
5/30/2018
PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Moments ago, it was my great honor to sign #RightToTry into law! https://t.co/mtPiHsBc1H https://t.co/hFtpyJlV4h” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2018 12:19 pm […]
5/30/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s first public reaction to the cancellation of ‘Roseanne’ is a shot at Disney CEO Bob Iger. What he didn’t say is just as notable. He didn’t say anything critical of Roseanne Barr’s racist and conspiratorial tweets — the comments that got her fired on Tuesday [5-29-18]…Trump and Barr have been […]
5/30/2018
GUNS/SCHOOL SHOOTING/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will meet with the families of victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting on a visit to Texas on Thursday [5-31-18], White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Wednesday [5-30-18]. Eight students and two teachers were killed at the Santa Fe High School near Houston when a teenage […]
5/30/2018
PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the #RightToTry Law I signed today, patients with life threatening illnesses will finally have access to experimental treatments that could improve or even cure their conditions. These are experimental treatments and products that have shown great promise… https://t.co/FIUwhpUpoL” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2018 12:11 pm […]
5/30/2018
PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today I am proud to keep another promise to the American people as I sign the #RightToTry Legislation into law. https://t.co/VD8CN5YfIo“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2018 12:09 pm […]
5/30/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that ‘ABC does not tolerate comments like those’ made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?” -Donald […]
5/30/2018
ELECTION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 2006, Andrés Manuel López Obrador lost his first presidential race by a hair. He refused to concede, and in a surreal ceremony donned a presidential sash and declared himself Mexico’s legitimate president. Earlier, in a fiery speech in the capital’s historic square, he cursed Mexico’s governing institutions…Now the 64-year-old leftist nationalist […]
5/30/2018
DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [5-3018] said he expects major drug companies to slash prices on their products in two weeks, but did not provide details on which companies would do so or the means by which they would provide such reductions…A Health and Human Services Department (HHS) spokeswoman said the agency […]