ASIA/CHINA/MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday ‘there will be near-term and long-term consequences’ in response to a reported build-up of defense systems in the South China Sea. Sanders said the Trump administration has ‘raised concerns’ about the measures ‘directly’ with Chinese authorities. The remarks came in response to […]
Category: A- Trump As President
5/3/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump and Robert Mueller look ready to go to war. It was always theoretically possible that the Russia investigation could end with the President and the special counsel on either side of a constitutional showdown. But a breakneck sequence of events over the last two days may have made the […]
5/3/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Give Rudy Giuliani this: He knows how to make an entrance. The former New York City mayor, 2008 presidential candidate and longtime pal of President Donald Trump has been on the job as a legal adviser to the President for exactly two weeks. But, in that fortnight, he has managed […]
5/3/2018
MIKE PENCE/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump proclaimed the U.S. ‘a nation of believers’ Thursday [5-3-18] and cited his administration’s support of religious rights in a Rose Garden gathering with faith leaders. Marking the National Day of Prayer, Mr. Trump described his backing for the annual March for Life antiabortion rally, steps his administration has […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump and his aides are ‘panicking,’ the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels said Thursday [5-3-18] afternoon, and are ‘just making it up as they go along’ as they deal with Trump’s mounting legal challenges. Rudy Giuliani, who joined the president’s legal team last month, disclosed Wednesday [5-2-18] […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Rudy Giuliani may have added to the legal headaches of his new law client and old friend, President Donald Trump, when he drew a link Thursday [5-3-18] between a hush money payment to a porn actress and the potential fallout if her allegations of a tryst with Trump had gone public […]
5/3/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#NationalDayOfPrayer https://t.co/nFUc3uyQL8“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2018 1:20 pm […]
5/3/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Luke Messer says President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Todd Rokita is introducing a resolution to end special counsel Robert Mueller’s ‘witch hunt’ into Trump’s campaign. Mike Braun wants Indiana voters to know he’s a convention-busting businessman — ‘just like President Trump.’ The bloody Republican primary in one of […]
5/3/2018
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “This spring marks 4yrs since the Phoenix VA crisis. We won’t forget what happened to our GREAT VETS. Choice is vital, but the program needs work & is running out of $. Congress must fix Choice Program by Memorial Day so VETS can get the care they deserve. I will sign immediately!” […]
5/3/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to celebrate the #NationalDayOfPrayer at the @WhiteHouse, in the Rose Garden! Proclamation: https://t.co/4jAxJnBJoq https://t.co/AsWTfpu290“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2018 11:27 am […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [5-3-18] said his longtime lawyer was reimbursed for a payment he made to a former adult film star to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. The president said the agreement with Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, was made […]
5/3/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal investigators wiretapped the phone lines of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen before the FBI seized records and documents in a raid last month on his offices, hotel room and home, NBC News reported on Thursday [5-3-18]. NBC, citing sources familiar with legal proceedings involving Cohen, […]
5/3/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Trade negotiators from the U.S. and China are digging in for the first round of what they expect to be recurring, difficult talks that don’t produce an immediate settlement. Beijing is bracing for lengthy sparring with Washington, though Chinese officials said that in recent weeks they had tried to get […]
5/3/2018
AFRICA/CHINA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese military personnel are targeting American flight crews in the skies over the east African nation of Djibouti using a high-powered laser in what amounts to a new show of Chinese harassment of the U.S. military at a time of heightened tensions between the nations, according to Pentagon officials. The incidents bolster […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “…despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2018 6:00 am […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “…very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2018 5:46 am […]
5/3/2018
LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The lawyer for one of the women suing President Donald Trump for defamation is seeking recordings of ‘The Apprentice’ from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Summer Zervos filed a lawsuit against Trump in January 2017, in which she alleged that Trump defamed her in 2016 after she said he sexually assaulted her in […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [5-3-18] his personal lawyer was paid back through a monthly retainer, not campaign funds, for the $130,000 given to adult-film star Stormy Daniels to stop ‘false and extortionist accusations’ she made about a sexual encounter with him. Trump, who in April told reporters he did […]
5/3/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Rudy Giuliani’s cable rollout as a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, and the torrent of statements he made Wednesday [5-2-18] night, caught many in the White House offguard and flat-footed, highlighting the continued chaotic nature of the President’s communications strategy. Giuliani told CNN Thursday [5-3-18] he and Trump are […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Trump administration officials are arriving in China this week armed with tough talk about Beijing’s need to change its trade practices. But within the United States delegation there is little consensus about what concessions America should try to extract — or the best approach to getting the Chinese to agree. […]
5/2/2018
GUANTANAMO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has transferred a Guantánamo Bay prisoner to the custody of Saudi Arabia, a spokeswoman announced on Wednesday [5-2-18]. The handoff is the first time a detainee has left the wartime prison under President Trump, who vowed to fill it back up but has now instead overseen a reduction in […]
5/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When President Trump learned this week that his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, reportedly called him ‘an idiot’ on several occasions, he expressed little in the way of frustration or anger, an uncharacteristically low-key response from someone with little tolerance for slights. Attending a fund-raising dinner on Monday [4-30-18], […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump reimbursed Michael D. Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer, for a $130,000 payment that Mr. Cohen has said he made to keep a pornographic film actress from going public before the 2016 election with her story about an affair with Mr. Trump, according to Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of […]
5/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “Trade clashes with Europe are brewing. Border tensions with Mexico are boiling. Negotiations with North Korea and Iran are murky as ever. What can Americans expect in these uncertain times? We’ll see what happens. President Trump, a new-to-the-game politician who once campaigned on a promise of ‘I alone can fix […]
5/2/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A year ago Friday [5-4-18], Representative Claudia Tenney of New York stood among dozens of enthusiastic colleagues in the Rose Garden to celebrate passage of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. When President Trump made his way on stage, Ms. Tenney clapped and smiled. On this not-so-happy […]
5/2/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jane Chu, the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that she would step down from her post in June, according to a statement released by the N.E.A. last week. Now, it will fall on President Trump to appoint the new head of an agency that he has tried and […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump plans to hire Emmet T. Flood, the veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment, to replace Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer who has taken the lead in dealing with the special counsel investigation, who is retiring, according to two people briefed on the matter. In […]
5/2/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have been briefed on the U.S. C-130 ‘Hercules’ cargo plane from the Puerto Rico National Guard that crashed near Savannah Hilton Head International Airport. Please join me in thoughts and prayers for the victims, their families and the great men and women of the National Guard.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, […]
5/2/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar with the administration’s internal debate said on Wednesday [5-2-18]. There is a chance Trump might […]
5/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ty Cobb, the top White House lawyer representing President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation, is leaving his role at the end of the month, the White House said Wednesday [5-2-18]. Mr. Cobb will be replaced on the legal team by Emmet Flood, according to a person familiar with the […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering executive action that would restrict some Chinese companies’ ability to sell telecommunications equipment in the U.S., based on national-security concerns, said several people familiar with the matter. The move, if it happens, would represent a significant escalation of a growing feud between the U.S. and China […]
5/2/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday [5-2-18] to ‘get involved’ with the Justice Department’s ongoing task of producing documents to lawmakers after accusations the agency has refused requests on a variety of topics. The message thrust the President deeper into an ongoing battle between conservatives and the Justice Department, and specifically with […]
5/2/2018
MUSLIMS/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has called courts unfair and political and repeatedly assailed the 9th Circuit, the U.S. court system’s westernmost division, where some of his key immigration policies have stalled. Other observers describe America’s judges as conservative or liberal, implying they bring an ideology to their decision-making that goes beyond […]
5/2/2018
MIKE POMPEO/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is trying to hit reset at the State Department on the eve of a critical decision on the Iran nuclear deal and a potential summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump made his first visit to the department on Wednesday [5-2-18] for the ceremonial swearing-in […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can a president be forced to testify? While the Supreme Court has never definitively ruled on the subject, the answer appears to be yes. The question was tested during the Watergate scandal in 1974, when justices held unanimously that a president could be compelled to comply with a subpoena for tapes […]
5/2/2018
CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Rigged System – They don’t want to turn over Documents to Congress. What are they afraid of? Why so much redacting? Why such unequal ‘justice?’ At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, […]
5/2/2018
HHS/LAWSUITS/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two organizations that support birth control filed lawsuits on Wednesday [5-2-18] seeking to block the Trump administration from shifting a federal family-planning grant program toward prioritizing groups that are faith-based and counsel abstinence.The lawsuits were filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. by Planned Parenthood and the National Family Planning & […]
5/2/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NEW BOOK – A MUST READ! ‘The Russia Hoax – The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump’ by the brilliant Fox News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett. A sad chapter for law enforcement. A rigged system!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2018 8:33 am […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump lawyer / fixer / organizer of Playboy model (alleged) mistress payoffs Michael Cohen graces the cover of the National Enquirer this week, pictured looking hangdog and droopy under the headline ‘PAYOFFS & THREATS EXPOSED: TRUMP FIXER’S SECRETS & LIES!’ It’s a particularly uncomfortable display, given that the Enquirer is owned […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday [5-2-18] morning that questions by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team about whether he obstructed justice amount to a ‘setup & trap…’ Trump’s tweet comes after the New York Times published a leaked list of questions Mueller would like to ask the President, several of which were […]
5/2/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The questions are an intrusion into the President’s Article 2 powers under the Constitution to fire any Executive Branch Employee…what the President was thinking is an outrageous…..as to the President’s unfettered power to fire anyone..’ Joe Digenova, former US Attorney” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2018 8:23 am […]
5/2/2018
BUSINESS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has again asked a U.S. court to dismiss a suit accusing him of flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption by refusing to separate himself from his business empire while in office, claiming ‘absolute immunity.’ The lawsuit, filed by the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia, accused Trump of […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/ROBERT MUELLER/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch […]
5/2/2018
DEFENSE/GUANTANAMO/ISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Pentagon has missed a deadline for coming up with new policies regarding detainees captured on the battlefield and the transfer of those individuals to Guantanamo Bay, a deadline set by a January 30 executive order signed by President Donald Trump…Trump’s executive order said Secretary of Defense James Mattis should ‘recommend […]
5/1/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has given President Trump a list of questions for an interview, and the president—should he agree to sit for questioning—is in for the toughest exam of his life. By providing the president’s legal team with advance notice of these questions, Mueller has made clear that he […]
5/1/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Opening another front in the battle over immigration policy, Texas and six other states sued the federal government on Tuesday [5-1-18] in an attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The lawsuit — joined by Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia — asserts that the Obama […]
5/1/2018
EU/IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [5-1-18] embraced Israel’s claims that Iran entered a nuclear deal with the world’s major powers under false pretenses, a stark divergence from its European allies, who said the disclosures broke little new ground and reinforced, rather than weakened, the case for the 2015 deal. The administration echoed […]
5/1/2018
CHINA/EU/TRADE DEALS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has set the stage for weeks of heightened tension between the U.S. and its trading partners as administration officials race to meet self-imposed deadlines to complete a series of high-stakes negotiations with China, Mexico, Canada and Europe. A U.S. trade delegation left Tuesday [5-1-18] for China hoping to […]
5/1/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has insisted he is eager to make the case to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, that he has done nothing wrong. But the questions that Mr. Mueller wants to ask show why the president’s lawyers have countered that an interview would be a minefield for Mr. Trump. […]
5/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Dr. Harold Bornstein described in hyperbolic prose then-candidate Donald Trump’s health in 2015, the language he used was eerily similar to the style preferred by his patient. It turns out the patient himself wrote it, according to Bornstein. ‘He dictated that whole letter. I didn’t write that letter,’ Bornstein told CNN […]
5/1/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were ‘leaked’ to the media. No questions on Collusion. Oh, I see…you have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed, and an investigation begun with illegally leaked classified information. Nice!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2018 5:47 am […]
5/1/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After months of conceding to demands from a small group of House Republicans for more visibility into continuing investigations, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, pushed back on Tuesday, declaring that the Justice Department ‘is not going to be extorted.’ His comment came the day after revelations that […]
5/1/2018
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s top trade official wants to finish a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement by the middle of the month to get a revised pact to a vote in Congress by the end of this year. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told a gathering at the U.S. […]
5/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [5-1-18] said it was ‘disgraceful’ that questions the special counsel would like to ask him were publicly disclosed, and he incorrectly noted that there were no questions about collusion. The president also said collusion was a ‘phony’ crime. While Mr. Trump is right that the word […]
5/1/2018
CALIFORNIA/EPA/LAWSUIT/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A coalition led by California sued the Trump administration over car emissions rules on Tuesday [5-1-18], escalating a revolt against a proposed rollback of fuel economy standards that threatens to split the country’s auto market. In a lawsuit filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, […]
5/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to thank and welcome heroic crew members and passengers of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 at the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/fYYgWToddi“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2018 2:42 pm […]
5/1/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said his administration would likely announce ‘in the next couple of days’ a location and date for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Mr. Trump made the remark in response to a question from a reporter in the Oval Office. A day earlier he […]
5/1/2018
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “In any other political environment, headlines about the President of the United States’ alleged affair with a porn star and her bulldog attorney who is hellbent on publicizing the details would be radioactive for the President’s party. But this isn’t any other political environment. As Republicans awkwardly answer questions about Stormy Daniels’ […]
5/1/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations @ArmyWP_Football! https://t.co/rmaLoZMWtK” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2018 1:14 pm […]
5/1/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today I had the great honor of awarding the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, for the first time in 21 years, to the @ArmyWP_Football Black Knights at the @WhiteHouse. Congratulations! https://t.co/KRQXR3xEES“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2018 11:57 am […]
5/1/2018
AFRICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Yesterday, it was my great honor to welcome President @MBuhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the @WhiteHouse!???? https://t.co/ApOC3CUSjV“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2018 10:23 am […]
5/1/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crime that never happened! Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2018 6:34 am […]
5/1/2018
CHINA/NAFTA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Delegation heading to China to begin talks on the Massive Trade Deficit that has been created with our Country. Very much like North Korea, this should have been fixed years ago, not now. Same with other countries and NAFTA…but it will all get done. Great Potential for USA!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/30/2018
AFRICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump welcomed the first leader from sub-Saharan Africa to the White House on Monday [4-30-18] nearly 15 months into his term. The discussions with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari centered around security challenges, including the nearly decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s northeast. But the meeting’s tricky subtext was […]
4/30/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Monday [4-30-18] that he would like to meet North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, at the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, declaring that if their rendezvous is a success, ‘there’s a great celebration to be had on the site.’ In a tone that mixed […]
4/30/2018
POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “It makes all the sense in the world that President Donald Trump would personally go after Sen. Jon Tester. Mysteriously and without any proof, Trump said he knows things that could sink the Montana Democrat’s re-election bid. We assume this is a specious claim from a master conspiracy theorist until we see […]
4/30/2018
EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A trade standoff between the U.S. and the European Union went late into Monday [4-30-18], with the Trump administration deferring until the last minute a decision on whether to impose planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the bloc’s members and other countries. Just hours ahead of a self-imposed midnight […]
4/30/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee refused Monday [4-30-18] to agree with President Donald Trump’s criticism of the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, nor the President’s call for the Montana Democrat to resign in the wake of the Dr. Ronny Jackson scandal. ‘I’m not in the critiquing […]
4/30/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is running very smoothly despite phony Witch Hunts etc. There is great Energy and unending Stamina, both necessary to get things done. We are accomplishing the unthinkable and setting positive records while doing so! Fake News is going ‘bonkers!’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2018 6:02 pm […]
4/30/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don’t exist). They are totally unhinged, and the great success of this Administration is making them do and say things that even they can’t believe they are saying. Truly bad people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, […]
4/30/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During Small Business Week, we celebrate the great, hard-working entrepreneurs across our country who have started and operate a small business!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2018 5:39 pm […]
4/30/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The migrant ‘caravan’ that is openly defying our border shows how weak & ineffective U.S. immigration laws are. Yet Democrats like Jon Tester continue to support the open borders agenda – Tester even voted to protect Sanctuary Cities. We need lawmakers who will put America First.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, […]
4/30/2018
LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Stephanie Clifford, the former adult-film actress professionally known as Stormy Daniels, filed a lawsuit on Monday [4-30-18] against President Donald Trump in Manhattan federal court, accusing him of defaming her in a recent tweet. Mr. Trump posted the tweet on April 18, in response to a sketch Ms. Clifford released of a […]
4/30/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While Democrats came up short in last Tuesday’s 4-24-18] Arizona special election — losing by fewer than five points in a district Donald Trump carried by 21 points — the results offer yet another sign the party still holds the energy edge heading into November’s midterm election. As we approach […]
4/30/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among millennials as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll. The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 […]
4/30/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After years of costly layoffs and plant closings, things are looking up for the heavy-machinery giant Caterpillar, which forecasts solid global sales growth and increased demand this year. Yet despite the corporate investment incentives at the center of President Trump’s tax overhaul, the company’s executives have no plans to supercharge investment or […]
4/30/2018
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MUSLIMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Monday [4-30-18] that he would not apologize for campaign statements calling for a ‘Muslim ban,’ appearing to undercut an assertion at a Supreme Court argument last week from Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco. In defending Mr. Trump’s efforts to restrict travel from several predominantly Muslim countries, […]
4/30/2018
AFRICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In January, when word got out that President Trump had disparaged African nations in vulgar terms during an Oval Office rant about immigration policy, his remarks were met with alarm and outrage by leaders and others on the continent. But on Monday [4-30-18] at the White House, both Mr. Trump and President […]
4/30/2018
CHINA/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: In April, China is said to have tested an invisibility cloak that would allow ordinary fighter jets to suddenly vanish from radar screens. This advancement, which could prove to be a critical intelligence breakthrough, is one that American officials fear China may […]
4/30/2018
CANADA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said on Monday [4-30-18] that it would delay a decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico for another 30 days, giving key allies a reprieve as the White House tries to extract concessions from trading partners who have resisted those demands. The […]
4/30/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the […]
4/30/2018
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I recently had a terrific meeting with a bipartisan group of freshman lawmakers who feel very strongly in favor of Congressional term limits. I gave them my full support and endorsement for their efforts. #DrainTheSwamp” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2018 1:54 pm […]
4/30/2018
MARCO RUBIO/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, in a move that may undercut his party’s message about the recent tax overhaul ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, told the Economist magazine there is ‘no evidence whatsoever’ the law significantly helped American workers…The tax overhaul, which sailed through the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in December […]
4/30/2018
IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [4-30-18] that pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal would not have a negative impact on his upcoming nuclear talks with North Korea, and he said he would be open to negotiating a new nuclear accord with Tehran…Trump declined to say whether the United […]
4/30/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Numerous countries are being considered for the MEETING, but would Peace House/Freedom House, on the Border of North & South Korea, be a more Representative, Important and Lasting site than a third party country? Just asking!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2018 7:19 am […]
4/30/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is DEAD as we know it. This was a total disaster and an embarrassment to our great Country and all that it stands for. FAKE NEWS is alive and well and beautifully represented on Saturday night!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2018 7:10 am […]
4/29/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Headline: ‘Kim Prepared to Cede Nuclear Weapons if U.S. Pledges Not to Invade’ – from the Failing New York Times. Also, will shut down Nuclear Test Site in May.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2018 9:59 pm […]
4/29/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a failure last year, but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it. The filthy ‘comedian’ totally bombed (couldn’t even deliver her lines-much like the Seth Meyers weak performance). Put Dinner to rest, or start over!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2018 9:38 pm […]
4/29/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Trump’s Triumphs are driving his critics Crazy!’ Thank you Steve Hilton @NextRevFNC, just want to do what is right for our wonderful U.S.A.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2018 8:29 pm […]
4/29/2018
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A long, grueling journey gave way to what could be a long, uncertain asylum process Sunday [4-29-18] as a caravan of immigrants finally reached the border between the United States and Mexico, setting up a dramatic moment and a test of President Trump’s anti-immigrant politics. More than 150 migrants, part of a […]
4/29/2018
OBAMA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just got recent Poll – much higher than President O at same time….Well, much more has been accomplished!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2018 6:54 am […]
4/29/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While Washington, Michigan, was a big success, Washington, D.C., just didn’t work. Everyone is talking about the fact that the White House Correspondents Dinner was a very big, boring bust…the so-called comedian really ‘bombed.’ @greggutfeld should host next year! @PeteHegseth” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2018 6:45 am […]
4/29/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great evening last night in Washington, Michigan. The enthusiasm, knowledge and love in that room was unreal. To the many thousands of people who couldn’t get in, I cherish you….and will be back!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2018 6:21 am […]
4/28/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me LIVE in Washington, Michigan at 7:00pmE on @FoxNews! #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2018 5:45 pm […]
4/28/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look forward to being in the Great State of Michigan tonight. Major business expansion and jobs pouring into your State. Auto companies expanding at record pace. Big crowd tonight, will be live on T.V.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2018 8:54 am […]
4/28/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea. Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set. Also spoke to Prime Minister Abe of Japan to inform him of the ongoing negotiations.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, […]
4/28/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT : “‘Clapper lied about (fraudulent) Dossier leaks to CNN’ @foxandfriends FoxNews He is a lying machine who now works for Fake News CNN.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2018 7:58 am […]
4/28/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “….great people of Montana will not stand for this kind of slander when talking of a great human being. Admiral Jackson is the kind of man that those in Montana would most respect and admire, and now, for no reason whatsoever, his reputation has been shattered. Not fair, Tester!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/27/2018
ANGELA MERKEL/EU/FRANCE/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This time, there were fewer hugs. President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday [4-27-18] for a visit of less than three hours. He greeted Merkel outside the West Wing with a handshake and a kiss on each cheek, a traditional welcome but far short […]