JAPAN/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As every Japanese knows, when you travel abroad, you must bring home some ‘omiyage’ — souvenirs. But after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s first day visiting President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., the Japanese public is wondering whether their leader, embattled at home by influence-peddling scandals, might […]
Category: A- Trump As President
4/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump, confronting legal threats on multiple sides, sought on Wednesday [4-18-18] to discredit a pornographic actress alleging a sexual encounter with him and investigators examining whether his campaign worked with Russia to sway the 2016 election, saying both were dealing in fake allegations. Mr. Trump turned to Twitter early Wednesday […]
4/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The tabloid news company American Media Inc. agreed to let a former Playboy model out of a contract that had kept her from talking freely about an alleged affair with Donald J. Trump. The settlement agreement, reached on Wednesday [4-18-18], ends a lawsuit brought by the model, Karen McDougal, and […]
4/18/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Here in the largest soybean-producing county in the country, a snowy winter has left North Dakota farmers like Robert Runck with time on their hands before spring planting — time they have spent stewing over how much they stand to lose if President Trump starts a trade war with China…Stern warnings are […]
4/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the span of 24 hours, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has done what none of her colleagues in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet have before: successfully telegraphed to her boss that she will not quietly suffer his public humiliations. Haley was initially blamed by White House aides for […]
4/17/2018
BUSINESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “States and Cities throughout our Country are being cheated and treated so badly by online retailers. Very unfair to traditional tax paying stores!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 5:59 PM […]
4/18/2018
CONGRESS/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many lawmakers have expressed support for the recent missile strikes against Syria, launched without congressional approval, but a number harbor concerns that the White House believes it now has broad authority to undertake further, riskier attacks that could lead to full-blown war. They say the Trump administration has expressed an expansive […]
4/18/2018
CONSUMER PROTECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate on Wednesday [4-18-18] moved to eliminate a 2013 consumer protection measure intended to combat discrimination in auto lending, marking an expansive new use of its power to kill federal regulations. The lawmakers voted 51-47 to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s guidance, which Republicans attacked as harmful to auto […]
4/18/2018
IRAN/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SENATE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers emerged from a classified administration briefing on Tuesday [4-17-18] expressing concern about administration policy on Syria and the legal justification for last week’s military strikes against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. ‘I am very unnerved by what I’m hearing and seeing,’ said Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican… The administration […]
4/18/2018
BUSINESS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USPS: “Three nominees to the board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service pledged Wednesday [4-18-18] to take an impartial look at President Donald Trump’s claims that Amazon is ripping off the agency — but stopped short of directly contradicting him. In a hearing, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill asked Trump’s nominees to the USPS […]
4/18/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [4-18-18] that former FBI Director James Comey was not fired because of the Russia investigation — a statement directly at odds with the President’s own comments on Comey’s dismissal. ‘Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director in history, was not fired because of the phony Russia […]
4/18/2018
IMMIGRATION/RACISM/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What exactly did President Donald Trump mean by ‘breeding’ when he tweeted Wednesday [4-18-18] about cities that will not cooperate with the federal government to deport the undocumented… ‘There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept…’ Taken […]
4/18/2018
ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Best wishes to Prime Minister @Netanyahu and all of the people of Israel on the 70th Anniversary of your Great Independence. We have no better friends anywhere. Looking forward to moving our Embassy to Jerusalem next month!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 11:30 AM […]
4/18/2018
DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday [4-18-18] urged Speaker Paul Ryan to schedule debate on bills to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in a move aimed at reviving a push that sputtered in the Senate in February. Backers said they had 240 House […]
4/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [4-18-18] he recently sent Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo on a secret trip to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, in an effort to set up a summit between the two leaders. Mr. Pompeo, tapped by Mr. Trump last month […]
4/18/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen have asked a federal judge to consider four candidates to review material seized by the FBI that may be protected by attorney-client privilege, rather than let prosecutors look at it first. In a Tuesday [4-17-18] night letter to U.S. District Judge Kimba […]
4/18/2018
GOLF/JAPAN/ TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Japan’s Shinzo Abe are making time for a round of golf during their Mar-a-Lago summit. The leaders arrived at Trump International Golf Club, a Trump-owned course, in West Palm Beach early Wednesday morning. Trump and Abe are both avid golfers and played last year at another Trump […]
4/18/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his outside advisers are increasingly worried that his longtime personal attorney might be susceptible to cooperating with federal prosecutors. Two sources close to the president said people in Trump’s inner circle have in recent days been actively discussing the possibility that Michael Cohen — long seen as […]
4/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A consensus emerged Tuesday [4-18-18] at the White House and Mar-a-Lago about how to clean up the administration’s suddenly muddled plans to crack down on Russia: Blame Nikki Haley. Several administration officials said the US ambassador to the United Nations got ahead of President Donald Trump’s decision-making when she hit […]
4/18/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director in history, was not fired because of the phony Russia investigation where, by the way, there was NO COLLUSION (except by the Dems)!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 7:05 AM […]
4/18/2018
GOP/SENATE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior U.S. Republican senator said on Wednesday [4-18-18] he would strongly oppose any plan to make permanent the temporary individual tax cuts that are included in a tax overhaul recently passed by Congress…Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress are moving forward with a plan to vote, before the 2018 midterm elections, […]
4/18/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A South Korean official said Seoul could push for a more permanent peace agreement on the Korean Peninsula, potentially involving the U.S. and China, to replace the armistice that ended the Korean War. Such a move could pave the way for a deal to end the standoff over North Korea’s […]
4/18/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday [4-18-18] he will oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, making it unlikely he will have the committee’s backing before the full Senate votes. Senator Robert Menendez criticized the Trump administration, and […]
4/18/2018
GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The speakership is Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s to lose. But there is one person who could help him out. It’s been years in the making, but McCarthy’s early openness to Trump and his continued and steady relationship with President Donald Trump could be one of his best assets in his […]
4/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week. Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed. Details of Summit are being worked out now. Denuclearization will be a great thing for World, but also for North Korea!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 5:42 […]
4/18/2018
FBI/LEAKS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s drive to crack down on government leaks scored its first guilty pleas on Tuesday [4-17-18] as a former FBI special agent admitted to leaking classified information to the media and to keeping classified information at his home without permission. Former FBI Agent Terry Albury, 39, appeared in federal court […]
4/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited North Korea more than two weeks ago for a secret meeting with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, sources confirmed to CNN. Pompeo, who is US President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, didn’t take any officials from the White House or State Department […]
4/18/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)! https://t.co/9Is7mHBFda” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 5:08 AM […]
4/18/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept. Jerry Brown is trying to back out of the National Guard at the Border, but the people of the State are not happy. Want Security & Safety NOW!” –Donald […]
4/18/2018
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @AbeShinzo: フロリダに到着し、早速トランプ大統領との首脳会談に臨みました。今日は、大半を北朝鮮問題に費やし、非常に重要な点で認識を一致させることができました。 「日本のために最善となるようベストを尽くす」 トランプ大統領は、来る米朝首脳会談で拉致問題を取り上げ…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 4:45 AM […]
4/18/2018
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Today’s Court decision means that Congress must close loopholes that block the removal of dangerous criminal aliens, i…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 4:42 AM […]
4/18/2018
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: ….Congress – House and Senate must quickly pass a legislative fix to ensure violent criminal aliens can be removed f…’ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 4:42 AM […]
4/18/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: States and Cities throughout our Country are being cheated and treated so badly by online retailers. Very unfair to tr…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 4:42 AM […]
4/17/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that Donald Trump has a thing about women. In addition to his three wives, there are scores, perhaps hundreds, possibly thousands of women he’s hit on, dated, married, cheated on, employed, promoted, denounced and ridiculed. But there’s another type of individual he has a thing for—some […]
4/17/2018
ECONOMY/IMF/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The global economy is looking stronger than it has in years, but as world leaders gather here this week for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund, they will be particularly attuned to possible economic disruptions stemming from decisions being made just a few blocks away at the White House. […]
4/17/2018
MEDIA/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IvankaTrump: Great to be with Secretary Mnuchin & former Governor Sununu in Derry, NH on #TaxDay to highlight the tremendous benefits o…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 4:55 PM […]
4/17/2018
MEDIA/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FoxBusiness: WATCH LIVE: @IvankaTrump and @stevenmnuchin1 host tax event on Tax Day in New Hampshire. (Courtesy: WBZ) https://t.co/C3zr…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 4:55 PM […]
4/17/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [4-17-18] his administration has had direct talks with North Korea at ‘very high levels,’ as U.S. officials seek to negotiate the terms of a meeting between Mr. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Mr. Trump said he expects the meeting to happen ‘probably in […]
4/17/2018
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Congress – House and Senate must quickly pass a legislative fix to ensure violent criminal aliens can be removed from our society. Keep America Safe!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 4:34 PM […]
4/17/2018
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today’s Court decision means that Congress must close loopholes that block the removal of dangerous criminal aliens, including aggravated felons. This is a public safety crisis that can only be fixed by….” -Donald Trump, T witter.com, April 17, 2018 4:34 PM […]
4/17/2018
DHS/HAITI/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Newly released internal documents are raising questions about the Trump administration’s decision to end protections for tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants — and whether the argument that the protections were no longer merited was valid. Under President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has been aggressive in ending a number […]
4/17/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House made an announcement about President Donald Trump’s taxes on Tuesday! [4-17-18] ‘The President filed an extension for his 2017 tax return, as do many Americans with complex returns,’ White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. ‘He will file his tax return by the extension deadline of […]
4/17/2018
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Welcome Prime Minister Abe! https://t.co/538EYyfWDq“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 3:45 PM […]
4/17/2018
DEA/DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration Tuesday [4-17-18] proposed changing federal rules to say that officials must consider how badly a drug is being abused in setting quotas for the production of the medication. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the publishing of the proposed rule changes in a speech in North Carolina, saying the […]
4/17/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Diane Kacprowski showed up at 57th Street Books in Chicago early on Tuesday [4-17-18] on a mission to be one of the first to snap up a copy of James Comey’s scalding memoir about his time at the helm of the FBI and his abrupt firing by President Donald Trump. ‘A […]
4/17/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A source close to President Trump said he’s still ‘apoplectic’ about the FBI raids on Michael Cohen’s hotel room, office and home. He continues to be fixated on the raid over everything else, including former FBI Director James Comey’s new book, the source said. The source said he’s concerned about […]
4/17/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For the second straight year, President Donald Trump is holding a rally instead of attending the White House Correspondents Dinner. The president’s campaign announced [Tuesday 4-17-18] that Trump will hold a rally on April 28 in Michigan. The event in the town of Washington, which is outside Detroit, is slated to begin […]
4/17/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Stormy Daniels released a composite sketch on Tuesday [4-17-18] of the man she alleges threatened her in 2011 and is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can identify the perpetrator. The disclosure of the drawing and the announcement of the monetary reward on ABC’s ‘The View’ mark yet another theatrical twist […]
4/17/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t be holding a vote on legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump, essentially killing the bipartisan bill. McConnell tells Fox News that the measure’s ‘not necessary’ despite a push by Republican and Democratic senators to bring […]
4/17/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley got ahead of herself in announcing new sanctions on Russia, a top aide to President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-17-18]. Still, National Economic Council chairman Larry Kudlow insisted there was no confusion within the administration about the sanctions issue…Haley announced on CBS’s ‘Face […]
4/17/2018
MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rasmussen just came out at 51% Approval despite the Fake News Media. They were one of the three most accurate on Election Day. Just about the most inaccurate were CNN and ABC News/Washington Post, and they haven’t changed (get new pollsters). Much of the media is a Scam!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/17/2018
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready to meet Prime Minister Abe of Japan, a truly fine gentleman!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 12:51 PM […]
4/17/2018
CONGRESS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pressure grew in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [4-17-18] to debate legislation protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in a challenge to President Donald Trump, who has declared as ‘dead’ an existing program allowing them to legally study and work in the United States. A coalition of Republican and […]
4/17/2018
IMMIGRATION/NEIL GORSUCH/ SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Neil Gorsuch joined liberal justices to provide the tie-breaking vote in a Supreme Court ruling Tuesday [4-17-18] that said a federal immigration law requiring deportation for certain crimes was unconstitutionally vague. The case, Sessions v. Dimaya, focused on a Filipino with permanent U.S. residency who had been convicted […]
4/17/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @NFIB: Our Optimism Index reached its 16th consecutive month in the top 5% of 45 years of survey readings – and it was the 1st time in 3…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 12:26 PM […]
4/17/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @VP: Thanks to the historic TRUMP TAX CUTS, today marks the last time the American people will file taxes under a complicated & outdated…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 12:26 PM […]
4/17/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RepKevinBrady: Starting next year, you will be able to file under the new tax law, which means MORE money in your pocket – all without…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 12:25 PM […]
4/17/2018
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s April 7 attack on innocent civilians violated international law, the Chemical Weapons Co…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 12:25 PM […]
4/17/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Out with the old, in with the new: tax cuts and reforms that look out for hardworking taxpayers ⬇ https://t.co/eEHFWkG8xm“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 12:24 PM […]
4/17/2018
CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “San Diego County leaders on Tuesday [4-17-18] began debating whether to join the Trump administration’s court challenge to a California law limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, amid a conservative backlash to the so-called sanctuary movement. Approval by the Republican-controlled Board of Supervisors in California’s second-largest county, one that shares a […]
4/17/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President Trump’s tax cuts will generate greater economic opportunities for all. https://t.co/kcTsLNN1Uu“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 11: 46 AM […]
4/17/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump probably can’t fire special counsel Robert Mueller himself. So if he wants to end or limit Mueller’s Russia probe, he’ll need to find someone who will. He may have his man in Solicitor General Noel Francisco, a little-known Trump appointee who happens to have an ax to grind […]
4/17/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A handful of House Republicans have endorsed legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from any attempt by President Donald Trump to remove him, even as GOP leaders insist that such legislation is unnecessary. Rep. Charlie Dent introduced a version of the bill on Friday [4-13-18], and on Monday [4-16-18], […]
4/17/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California officials rejected President Donald Trump’s request for National Guard troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico, federal officials said Monday [4-16-18]. Robert G. Salesses, a Defense Department official working on the deployment plan, said California officials turned down a Border Patrol request for about 237 troops to help with […]
4/17/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A US judge said President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen could review materials seized when the FBI raided his home, office and hotel room last week for any communications with the President, but held off on deciding how prosecutors will ultimately be able to use the evidence. In a […]
4/17/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So many people are seeing the benefits of the Tax Cut Bill. Everyone is talking, really nice to see!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 17, 2018 7:24 AM […]
4/16/2018
ECONOMY/HISPANICS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Monday [4-16-18] the Republican tax law and his push to slash regulations are driving one of the ‘greatest booms’ to the U.S. economy and helping Hispanic workers. Trump praised the strength of the economy at a business round-table in a predominantly Latino Miami suburb, telling the audience the […]
4/16/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. is examining ways to retaliate against Beijing’s restrictions on U.S. providers of cloud computing and other high-tech services, effectively opening a new front on its trade offensive against China. According to individuals familiar with the administration’s thinking, the U.S. trade representative’s office is putting together a fresh trade complaint, […]
4/16/2018
DEMS/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump went to West Virginia this month to talk about tax cuts, but he got a bit distracted. He talked about China, the North American Free Trade Agreement, border security, ‘sanctuary cities’ and states he won in 2016. Eventually he turned to his prepared comments on taxes.’This was going to be […]
4/16/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When it comes to James B. Comey’s book-tour crusade against President Trump, the question for hard-core Hillary Clinton fans boils down to this: Curse Mr. Comey, or cheer him? Curse him, mostly. They may be card-carrying members of ‘the Resistance,’ who oppose everything that the president stands for, but Mrs. […]
4/16/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For decades, James B. Comey cultivated an image of purity as a lawman who stood above politics and politicians. Then came the book tour. With the release of his memoir this week and a set of high-profile media interviews to publicize it, Mr. Comey — whose firing by President Trump made […]
4/16/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump rejected, for now at least, a fresh round of sanctions set to be imposed against Russia on Monday [4-16-18], a course change that underscored the schism between the president and his national security team. The president’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, had announced on Sunday […]
4/16/2018
CONGRESS/DRUGS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deep within President Donald Trump’s plan to combat opioid abuse, overshadowed by his call for the death penalty for some drug traffickers, is a push to expand the use of medication to treat addiction. It’s a rare instance in which Trump isn’t trying to dismantle Obama administration policies, and where fractious Republicans […]
4/16/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House says a decision on new economic sanctions against Russia will be made soon — not committing to an announcement Monday [4-16-2018] that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had said to expect… Haley had said Sunday [4-15-18] that new sanctions were coming against Russia for enabling the government of Syrian […]
4/16/2018
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump disclosed on Tuesday [4-17-18] that the United States is having direct talks at ‘extremely high levels’ with Pyongyang to try to set up a summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump made the acknowledgement during a picture-taking session with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]
4/16/2018
BRITAIN/FRANCE/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The three-country coalition that launched airstrikes in Syria came together despite persistent trans-Atlantic tensions—a period of unity made possible, White House officials said, because of good relations between the U.S. and French presidents and an alliance against Russia that eased strains with the U.K. The coalition was rooted in the shared goal […]
4/16/2018
MIKE PENCE/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican pollster who had planned to split time advising both Vice President Mike Pence and the United Nations ambassador, Nikki R. Haley, on national security issues withdrew from the dual role on Sunday [4-15-18] night, a White House official said. The move by the veteran strategist, Jon Lerner, who […]
4/16/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Trump resumed his attacks Monday [4-16-18] on James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and said that Mr. Comey, his former deputy and others ‘committed many crimes!’ The president — in his first Twitter post since the airing of Mr. Comey’s first public interview about his months serving […]
4/16/2018
ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is seeking to assemble an Arab force to replace the U.S. military contingent in Syria and help stabilize the northeastern part of the country after the defeat of Islamic State, U.S. officials said. John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, recently called Abbas Kamel, Egypt’s acting intelligence […]
4/16/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE PENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new national security aide to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stepped down on Sunday [4-15-18], only two days after being officially named to the job, after a behind-the-scenes White House argument hit the headlines, a White House official said. The appointment of Jon Lerner to Pence’s team […]
4/16/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration said Monday [4-16-18] that it is evaluating prospects for new sanctions against Russian entities and companies involved in Syria’s chemical-weapons program, a day after a top diplomat said Washington was ready to impose new punitive actions…On Sunday [4-15-18], the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said […]
4/16/2018
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first major speech on drug prices on April 26, revisiting an issue he campaigned on but that is unlikely to yield major legislative changes. The strategy is unlikely to call for actions of the sort Trump touted on the campaign trail like allowing the […]
4/16/2018
GOP/LEGAL/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Donald Trump openly toys with the possibility of firing deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or special counsel Robert Mueller (or both), the New York Times editorial board has published a striking and strident piece warning Republicans that the time is now or never to speak out against the sitting president…The […]
4/16/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump deferred to his Pentagon chief’s caution and tempered his preference for a more robust attack on Syria over allegations it used deadly gas on civilians, the first hints at the direction of his revamped national-security team. The decision late last week, detailed by people familiar with the process, […]
4/16/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump on Monday [4-16-18] accused fired FBI officials James Comey and Andrew McCabe of committing ‘many crimes,’ his latest salvo at the bureau in the wake of the former bureau director’s media tour to support his upcoming book. ‘Comey drafted the Crooked Hillary exoneration long before he talked […]
4/16/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it approved a $43,000 soundproof phone booth last year for the office of embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt, a congressional watchdog unit said on Monday [4-16-18]. The Government Accountability Office said the EPA violated the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which […]
4/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey said he believes ‘it’s possible’ that Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump…Comey was fired by the President last year in the midst of the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign associates colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. When he was still […]
4/16/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game as the U.S. keeps raising interest rates. Not acceptable!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 16, 2018 7:31 am […]
4/16/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comey drafted the Crooked Hillary exoneration long before he talked to her (lied in Congress to Senator G), then based his decisions on her poll numbers. Disgruntled, he, McCabe, and the others, committed many crimes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 16, 2018 7:25 am […]
4/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/GOP/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, his White House staff and the Republican National Committee escalated their attacks on Monday [4-16-18] against the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who called Trump a ‘morally unfit’ leader in an interview. James Comey, who was fired by Trump last year amid an […]
4/16/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thom Tillis isn’t the kind of Republican who typically challenges Donald Trump. The North Carolina senator backs the president’s agenda and holds his tongue when it comes to the tweets. As others abandoned Trump after the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape emerged, Tillis stood by his endorsement. But now, he’s a lead sponsor […]
4/16/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer whose offices and home were raided last week will ask a judge to limit federal prosecutors’ ability to review seized documents at a hearing which adult film star Stormy Daniels is expected to attend. Michael Cohen, who prosecutors revealed last week is under criminal […]
4/15/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump say they should be allowed to review the material seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last week from Mr. Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen before government investigators begin their own, according to a court filing late Sunday [4-15-18]. The filing asks a Manhattan federal judge […]
4/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Another white collar lawyer has turned down the opportunity to represent President Donald Trump, citing an unidentified conflict, as the President struggles to add to the legal team representing him in the special counsel investigation. People close to Trump contacted New York attorney Steven Molo, a former prosecutor who specializes […]
4/15/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, used the same Delaware limited-liability company in two secret deals relating to alleged sexual encounters involving his clients, according to people familiar with the matter. Venture capitalist Elliott Broidy paid an initial installment of $62,500 to the company, Essential Consultants LLC, as part of […]
4/15/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic voters are showing a higher level of interest in the 2018 midterm elections than are Republicans, with three-quarters of Democrats saying their vote for Congress is intended as a message of opposition to President Donald Trump, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. While Democratic interest in the election rose […]
4/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign has ramped up its fund-raising this year, bringing in $20.2 million, while investing heavily in cultivating a wide base of small donors, according to reports filed Sunday [4-15-18] afternoon with the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Trump’s campaign apparatus spent nearly $8.2 million through the end of last month, […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “For the second time in a week, President Trump on Sunday [4-15-18] excoriated the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey in a series of tweets after details from Mr. Comey’s tell-all book were leaked before its official release. In the latest tirade, which unfolded over an hour, the president declared that […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If there was any chance that President Trump and James B. Comey could have avoided all-out war, it ended Sunday [4-15-18] night. That was when ABC News aired an interview with Mr. Comey, the president’s fired F.B.I. director, as he uses a publicity blitz for his searing tell-all memoir, ‘A Higher […]
4/15/2018
MEDIA/OBAMA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just hit 50% in the Rasmussen Poll, much higher than President Obama at same point. With all of the phony stories and Fake News, it’s hard to believe! Thank you America, we are doing Great Things.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 9:44 am […]