FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 8:07 am […]
Category: A- Trump As President
4/15/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past. I have many (too many!) lawyers and they are probably wondering when their offices, and even homes, are going to be raided with everything, including their phones and computers, taken. All lawyers are deflated and concerned!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I never asked Comey for Personal Loyalty. I hardly even knew this guy. Just another of his many lies. His ‘memos’ are self serving and FAKE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 7:32 am […]
4/15/2018
MEDIA/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake News Media could demean was by my use of the term ‘Mission Accomplished.’ I knew they would seize on this but felt it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back. Use […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Comey throws AG Lynch ‘under the bus!’ Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? Was she promised a Supreme Court seat, or AG, in order to lay off Hillary. No golf and grandkids talk (give […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s $700,000 & more?” –Donald […]
4/15/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job. Slimeball!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: So proud of our great Military which will soon be, after the spending of billions of fully approved dollars, the fines…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 6:25 am […]
4/14/2018
ISIS/OBAMA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Welcome to the NBA.’ That was Barack Obama’s Inauguration-Day message to Donald Trump, when the outgoing president laid out the particularly nasty policy dilemma his successor faced in war-ravaged Syria. The question was whether to arm Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in eastern Syria, a seemingly arcane but hugely sensitive question with major […]
4/14/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So proud of our great Military which will soon be, after the spending of billions of fully approved dollars, the finest that our Country has ever had. There won’t be anything, or anyone, even close!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2018 7:29 am […]
4/14/2018
BRITAIN/FRANCE/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2018 7:21 am […]
4/13/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the Oval Office on Tuesday [4-10-18], as fears of a trade war with China roiled markets and panicked American farmers and lawmakers, Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s new top economic adviser, scored what passes for a major coup in a White House whipsawed by angry presidential tweets. He helped get […]
4/13/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Shortly before news became public on Monday [4-9-18] of an F.B.I. raid on the hotel room and office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Mr. Trump’s legal team met in Washington to draft a proposal that would allow him to be interviewed by the special counsel in the Russia investigation, […]
4/13/2018
ASIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As trade tensions with China escalate, President Trump has found new appeal in a regional trade pact he once called a ‘rape of our country.’ The pact’s members — including some of America’s most stalwart allies — might not make it so easy to come back. Officials in Japan, Australia and […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday [4-13-18] to block the Justice Department from reading documents related to his decade-long legal representation of Mr. Trump and that were taken in a recent F.B.I. raid. Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen still were […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Donald J. Trump asked Director James B. Comey of the F.B.I. to investigate and knock down a lurid but unverified report that placed Mr. Trump years earlier in a Moscow hotel suite with prostitutes, explaining to Mr. Comey that the fantastic story was untrue and was painful and distressing to his […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “James B. Comey’s searing, tell-all book touched off a forceful attack on the former F.B.I. director’s character by President Trump and his allies on Friday [4-13-18], even as many Democrats struggled with conflicted feelings about the man they blame for Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election. Pointed and salacious details […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his top aides launched pointed attacks on James Comey on Friday [4-13-18] over his forthcoming tell-all — and the offensive is only expected to intensify in the coming days as the former FBI director embarks on a series of media interviews ahead of the book’s Tuesday [4-17-18] […]
4/13/2018
CIA/DICK CHENEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-13-18] he has pardoned a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…Mr. Libby, now 67 years old, was convicted in 2007 of lying to a grand jury and obstructing justice in a case that involved the leaking of the identity […]
4/13/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DOJ just issued the McCabe report – which is a total disaster. He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey – McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 2:36 pm […]
4/13/2018
ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after consulting with a career ethics adviser at the Justice Department about his ability to oversee the Russia probe, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. For nearly a year, legal experts and journalists have […]
4/13/2018
CHINA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The images could not have provided a greater contrast. At one point on the globe, a nation’s leader in military fatigues, overseeing its largest display of naval power ever, and in waters that are at the heart of a regional territorial dispute. At another, a besieged president waylaid by seemingly endless domestic […]
4/13/2018
DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday [4-13-18] that Trump made […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The FBI raid of the office of President Donald Trump’s attorney caused the President’s team to back off presenting a proposal they were preparing for special counsel Robert Mueller about an interview with the President, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump’s legal team is now re-evaluating what, if […]
4/13/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday [4-13-18] that the criminal probe that led them to raid the offices of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is focused on the attorney’s ‘personal business dealings’ and has been going on for months. In the filing with a court […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took aim at former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey on Friday [4-13-18], calling him a ‘weak and untruthful slime ball’ days ahead of the publication of a new book by Mr. Comey that refers to the president as a ‘deeply flawed person and leader.’ In a […]
4/13/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are bringing back our factories, we are bringing back our jobs, and we are bringing back those four beautiful words: MADE IN THE USA! https://t.co/grABSrYUBX” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 11:21 am […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst “botch jobs” of history. It was my great honor to fire James Comey!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH. He is a weak and…..” –Donald Trump, […]
4/13/2018
BORDER/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Tremendous pressure is building, like never before, for the Border Wall and an end to crime cradling Sanctuary Cities. Started the Wall in San Diego, where the people were pushing really hard to get it. They will soon be protected!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 6:44 am […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels argued in a court hearing on Friday [4-13-18] that materials seized by federal investigators from U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer may concern his client, who claims the president slept with her. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump this week stepped up preparations to counter political and military challenges that could reshape his presidency, girding for a strike against Syria and pushing a campaign to discredit the Justice Department. Several aides described Mr. Trump seething over an FBI raid of his personal attorney’s files and […]
4/13/2018
HEALTHCARE/HHS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is pursuing a significant shift toward a more conservative health-care agenda, expanding the use of civil-rights laws to defend health-industry workers who object to medical procedures on religious grounds. Roger Severino, an administration appointee to the Department of Health and Human Services, is heading a new division at […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey pillories President Donald Trump in his soon-to-be-released book, ‘A Higher Loyalty,’ deriding him as a cruel and selfish liar who is ‘unethical,’ ‘untethered to truth’ and has likely never ‘recoiled from causing another person pain.’ From jabs at Trump’s height to ruminating on the status of […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump attacked James Comey as a ‘weak and untruthful slime ball’ on Friday [4-13-18] after the fired former FBI director castigated him as an unethical liar and likened him to a mob moss in a searing new memoir.The president fired Comey last May while his agency was investigating potential […]
4/13/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is “under criminal investigation,” the Justice Department said Friday [4-13-18]. In response to Cohen’s motion to restrain the evidence collected in Monday’s [4-9-18] raids of his home and office, the US attorney in New York asserted the raids were authorized by a […]
4/12/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Britain, France and the U.S. united Thursday [4-12-18] around broad plans for a military strike against Syria as they worked to bridge differences over the scope and purpose of a coordinated response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, U.S. officials said. President Donald Trump met with his national security team on […]
4/12/2018
ASIA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, in a sharp reversal, told a gathering of farm-state lawmakers and governors on Thursday [4-12-18] morning that the United States was looking into rejoining a multicountry trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he pulled out of days after assuming the presidency. Mr. Trump’s reconsideration of an […]
4/12/2018
EU/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said in a tweet early Thursday that he had never telegraphed the timing of an attack on Syria, and that such a strike — for which he put Russia and Syria on notice just one day earlier — ‘could be very soon or not so soon at all!’ France, on […]
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A breakthrough bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller is coming under a new threat: Partisan infighting among leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Confusion and distrust between Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and top Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has already delayed consideration of the hot-button bill, which is strongly opposed […]
4/12/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America’s greatest treasure is our people – and my Administration HEARS YOUR VOICE and HAS YOUR BACK. We are fighting to give every American a future of dignity, purpose and pride. AMERICAN SPIRIT is back! #TaxCuts https://t.co/oSGZe0irBf“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 2:03 pm […]
4/12/2018
ASIA/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump directed two of his top aides to study the possibility of re-engaging in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said in an interview Thursday [4-12-18]. The move would be a huge policy swing for Trump, a free-trade skeptic who walked away from the massive trade […]
4/12/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PM Thank you to all of the American workers who travelled here today! This event is dedicated to YOU: the hardworking Americans who make this nation run. You love your country, you provide for your family, you have PRIDE in your work and you cherish our GREAT AMERICAN FLAG! #TaxCuts https://t.co/RwaLpCRPh5“ -Donald […]
4/12/2018
TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One year after withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Donald Trump has asked his top economic advisers to study the possibility of re-entering the trade pact negotiations. Mr. Trump has deputized Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative, and Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, to study […]
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-12-18] that if he wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, he would have months ago…Trump was disputing a New York Times report published Tuesday [4-10-18] that said the President sought to fire Mueller in December following reports that Mueller was seeking Trump’s financial records. CNN […]
4/12/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-12-18] softened his rhetoric about potential airstrikes on Syria, a day after warning Russia that missiles ‘will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart.’ In an early morning tweet and later in comments at the White House, Trump attempted to cloud the timing of military action — […]
4/12/2018
JAMES MATTIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Thursday [4-12-18] said the U.S. has enough proof to act in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria, and President Donald Trump is looking at all his options…The Syrian government allegedly used chemical weapons on civilians in a suburb […]
4/12/2018
CONGRESS/AGRICULTURE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PM Just had an Agricultural Roundtable with memembers of Congress and Governors. I will be making remarks on the large scale TAX CUTS given to American families and workers at 1:45 P.M. from the Rose Garden. Join me live: https://t.co/XAchZ3zUSe https://t.co/Dqe8QhpDAZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 12:13 pm […]
4/12/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid’s parent made a $30,000 payment to a less famous individual: a former doorman at one of the real estate mogul’s New York City […]
4/12/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have agreed with the historically cooperative, disciplined approach that we have engaged in with Robert Mueller (Unlike the Clintons!). I have full confidence in Ty Cobb, my Special Counsel, and have been fully advised throughout each phase of this process.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 11:46 am […]
4/12/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Yom HaShoah we remember the six million Jews slaughtered in the Holocaust. With each passing year, our duty to remember this atrocity increases as we pledge #NeverAgain. #HolocaustRemembranceDay https://t.co/tyga4VtjLT“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 11:42 am […]
4/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova, who was set to join President Donald Trump’s legal team, on Wednesday [4-11-18] night called for the firing of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, telling Fox News that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has an obligation to dismiss his second in command. DiGenova joins a […]
4/12/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “In a series of tweets and pronouncements in recent days, President Donald Trump has outlined a military operation still in the planning stages, spelled out a decision timetable and pointed to the kinds of weapons he may use. ‘Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’’ he […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Good luck to Mike Pompeo during his Confirmation Hearing today. He will be a great Secretary of State!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:37 am […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two of the Trump administration’s most senior national security officials go before lawmakers Thursday [4-12-18] in the midst of high-level U.S. planning for a possible military strike against Syria in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack. Secretary of State-nominee Mike Pompeo faces the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation […]
4/12/2018
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our ‘Thank you America?’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 […]
4/12/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Governor Jerry Brown is doing the right thing and sending the National Guard to the Border. Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:08 am […]
4/12/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York Times, I would have fired him. Just more Fake News from a biased newspaper!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:03 am […]
4/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly slammed a federal probe into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential election campaign as a ‘witch hunt,’ said on Thursday [4-12-18] he backed a ‘cooperative’ approach to the investigation…Mueller has been tasked with looking into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 […]
4/11/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/TARIFFS/TAXES/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal Reserve Board policymakers raised concerns at their March meeting about the prospect of the United States heading into a global trade war, zeroing in on potential harm to American farmers such a clash would cause, according to minutes of the meeting released by the Fed on Wednesday [4-11-18]. The […]
4/11/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday [4-11-2018] that would allow special counsels like Robert S. Mueller III to appeal their firing to a panel of judges and possibly be reinstated. The committee’s chairman, Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, […]
4/11/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Fifteen months after Republicans took full control of Washington, the man once seen as central to the party’s upbeat and inclusive future is abandoning one of the most powerful jobs in the capital, imperiling the G.O.P. grip on the House and signaling that the political convulsions of the Trump era […]
4/11/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is pushing to reach a deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement by the beginning of May. But the timeline could be complicated by its refusal to budge from contentious proposals aimed at bringing manufacturing back to the United States. The administration has not significantly softened its position […]
4/11/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN AFFAIRS/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Trump’s fusillade of tweets about Syria, Russia and China this week set a new standard for contradictory and inconsistent positions in Mr. Trump’s approach to war, trade and relations with adversaries. The president promised never to telegraph military action against an enemy, yet all but showcased a coming missile strike […]
4/11/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “FBI agents who raided the home, office and hotel of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer sought communications that Trump had with attorney Michael Cohen and others regarding the infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ tape that captured Trump making lewd remarks about women a month before the election, according to sources familiar with the matter. […]
4/11/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send more National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, but said Wednesday [4-11-18] they will focus on fighting crime and not enforce policies of Washington…Brown said 400 troops will augment a current mission that fights transnational crime. The location of Guard personnel — and […]
4/11/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-11-18] said that U.S. missiles ‘will be coming’ to Syria, and warned he was willing to challenge Russia directly in launching a military strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over an alleged chemical-weapons attack. On Twitter Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump wrote: ‘Russia vows to shoot down any […]
4/11/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is seeking to blunt domestic opposition to its trade policies with a relief package for farmers affected by the U.S. trade spat with China, say officials involved in the discussions. The aid package, which could climb into the billions of dollars, is still being developed. Agriculture and congressional […]
4/11/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey’s memoir hits bookstores Tuesday [4-17-18], with the former FBI director planning a series of media appearances that will put him back in the public eye as a government watchdog is set to release a report examining his conduct in office. The media appearances, starting with an interview on […]
4/11/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Russia collusion probe. The Stormy Daniels allegations. The escalating tension with Moscow. The tempests that have separately buffeted the White House for months merged into a maelstrom this week and threatened to engulf President Donald Trump, who on Wednesday [4-11-18] railed against members of the Justice Department by name and […]
4/11/2018
BUDGET/DEFICIT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. government’s budget deficit widened in the first half of its fiscal year as spending rose faster than revenue compared with the first six months of fiscal 2017. The deficit, or the difference between the amount of money the government spent and what it took in, stood at $599.71 billion in […]
4/11/2018
ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump just took a giant step towards actual welfare reform” https://t.co/LQlACDDLug -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2018 2:47 pm […]
4/11/2018
MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a telephone call this month with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Donald Trump demanded that the kingdom and its Arab partners quickly end a nearly year-old dispute with Qatar that has left U.S. allies in the region fractured, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the conversation. Trump wants the […]
4/11/2018
DRUGS/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @StateDept: .@POTUS Trump at Signing of #FOSTA #SESTA bill: We are going to do everything in our power to make sure traffickers are brou…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2018 11:34 am […]
4/11/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “Donald Trump is acting like he feels the walls are closing in. The President perceives a marauding special counsel, an FBI plot to persecute him and a conspiracy within his own government to unfairly pry deep into his personal confidences held by a cherished confidant and personal attorney. Aides say he […]
4/11/2018
DRUGS/ TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The @WhiteHouse is partnering with @Interior and @NatlParkService to bring the @NSCsafety’s ‘Prescribed to Death’ Opioid Memorial to the Ellipse – beginning tomorrow, April 12th to April 18th. More information:” https://t.co/z4FPQxt4Bl https://t.co/XvScPqvAkQ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2018 10:47 am […]
4/11/2018
DEMS/OBAMA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all Democrat loyalists, or people that worked for Obama. Mueller is most conflicted of all (except Rosenstein who signed FISA & Comey letter). No Collusion, so they go crazy!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/11/2018
FBI/PAUL RYAN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump fumed over an FBI raid targeting his personal attorney, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday [4-11-18] he has been assured Trump does not intend to fire the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling. A Senate panel prepared meanwhile to consider a bill that would […]
4/11/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War. There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?” […]
4/11/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’ You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2018 5:57 am […]
4/11/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….doing things that nobody thought possible, despite the never ending and corrupt Russia Investigation, which takes tremendous time and focus. No Collusion or Obstruction (other than I fight back), so now they do the Unthinkable, and RAID a lawyers office for information! BAD!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2018 5:47 am […]
4/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday [4-11-18] to protect the office of the special counsel, one day after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump had the authority to fire a special prosecutor investigating Russia and the 2016 election. Robert Mueller, the special counsel, is […]
4/11/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “The Failing New York Times wrote another phony story. It was political pundit Doug Schoen, not a Ukrainian businessman, who asked me to do a short speech by phone (Skype), hosted by Doug, in Ukraine. I was very positive about Ukraine-another negative to the Fake Russia C story!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/10/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump canceled a trip to South America that was to have begun on Friday [4-13-18], the White House announced on Tuesday [4-10-18], citing the crisis in Syria as Mr. Trump fumed publicly about F.B.I. raids targeting his personal lawyer. In a brief statement, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday [4-9-18] were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related to the publisher of The National Enquirer’s role in silencing one of the women, several people […]
4/10/2018
MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his advisers on Tuesday [4-10-18] weighed a more robust retaliatory strike against Syria than last year’s missile attack, reasoning that only an escalation of force would look credible and possibly serve as a deterrent against further use of chemical weapons on Syrian civilians. A pair of Navy warships in […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday [4-9-18] were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump as well as information related to the role of the publisher of The National Enquirer in silencing one […]
4/10/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/GOP/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republican leaders, stung by President Donald Trump’s rebuke of Congress’ recent trillion-dollar spending spree, are moving to give their rank and file cover by passing a balanced budget amendment this week. But many conservatives, including a good number of House Republicans, say the vote is insincere at best — and blatantly […]
4/10/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump White House punched back at its own Justice Department Tuesday [4-10-18], with President Donald Trump and senior officials expressing outrage over a law enforcement raid on lawyer Michael Cohen—and making thinly veiled threats to fire special Russia prosecutor Robert Mueller…Angry and increasingly isolated, the president is more […]
4/10/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ‘believes he has the power to’ fire special counsel Robert Mueller, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday [4-10-18]… She did not suggest Trump would be moving to fire Mueller. Under the special counsel regulations, Mueller may be ‘disciplined or removed from office only by […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Federal prosecutors in New York asked the Trump Organization, President Donald Trump’s flagship company, for records relating to a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film actress as part of an investigation into Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, according to a person familiar with the matter. The request came in connection with […]
4/10/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide – to the White House. Congratulations! #RollTide” https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS https://t.co/JfGue4IIs1 -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2018 4:49 pm […]
4/10/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s latest tirade against Robert Mueller’s investigation does not appear to have prompted many Capitol Hill Republicans to reconsider the need for legislation to protect the special counsel. Instead, GOP lawmakers maintained Tuesday [4-10-18] that additional protections aren’t necessary all but offered a sobering warning: any move by Trump […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his first comments since the FBI raid on his home and office, Michael Cohen said the FBI agents ‘were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.’ The comments contrast with President Donald Trump who complained Monday [4-9-18] that agents ‘broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys…’ Cohen did not […]
4/10/2018
ECONOMY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fifteen U.S. corporations including online retailer Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), power company Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N) and insurer Prudential Financial Inc (PRU.N) avoided U.S. tax on nearly $25 billion in combined profits last year, a tax watchdog group said on Tuesday [4-10-18]. A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or […]
3/10/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser was abruptly forced out of his job on Tuesday [4-10-18] after months of internal frustration with his leadership and the arrival of a new national security adviser moving to establish power in the White House, according to people familiar with the matter. The departure […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a photo-op meant to portray President Donald Trump at his most commanding: Flanked by senior military leaders, Trump was there to plot America’s response to a suspected chemical gas attack in Syria. Instead, his boiling display in the White House Cabinet Room on Monday [4-9-18] evening only served to […]
4/10/2018
AFRICA/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump lifted a U.S. travel ban on citizens from Chad on Tuesday [4-10-18] after a six-month U.S. government review found improvements in the African country’s security standards, the White House said. The Trump administration added Chad to a revamped travel ban list in September after it said the Chadian […]
4/10/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very thankful for President Xi of China’s kind words on tariffs and automobile barriers…also, his enlightenment on intellectual property and technology transfers. We will make great progress together!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2018 1:30 pm […]
4/10/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very thankful for President Xi of China’s kind words on tarrifs and automobile barriers…also, his enlightenment on intellectual property and technology transfers. We will make great progress together!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2018, 12:51 pm […]