MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last night, it was my great honor to host America’s senior defense and military leaders for dinner at the White House. America’s military is the GREATEST fighting force in the history of the world. They all have my pledge of unwavering commitment to our men and women in uniform!” https://t.co/BjWKcMX0iL –Donald Trump, […]
Category: A- Trump As President
4/10/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2018 6:08 am […]
4/10/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney–client privilege is dead!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2018, 6:07 am […]
4/9/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Monday’s [4-9-18] FBI raids on Michael Cohen’s office, home and hotel room are the clearest sign yet that the president’s longtime attorney is in serious legal jeopardy. They also represent yet another threatening development facing Donald Trump after more than a year of investigations into his campaign and presidency—perhaps the most […]
4/9/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Monday [4-9-18] that he will meet with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, in May or early June, setting a timeline for the historic summit between the American president and the mercurial North Korean strongman. Last month, Mr. Trump abruptly accepted an invitation to meet with Mr. […]
4/9/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department, accused by President Trump of ‘slow walking’ its response to a congressional inquiry into the F.B.I.’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email case, said on Sunday [4-8-18] that it was appointing a United States attorney to speed the production of documents. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee […]
4/9/2018
CHINA/EU/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One is a good customer, a military ally and an old friend, although lately its behavior has been erratic. The other is also a good customer, and despite a few spats and some lingering mistrust, it’s getting to be a more lucrative and dependable business partner all the time. Which side […]
4/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Monday [4-9-18] denounced the suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria over the weekend as a ‘barbaric act,’ and said he will make a decision in the next 24 to 48 hours about whether to retaliate militarily as he did to a similar assault […]
4/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The F.B.I. on Monday [4-9-18] raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, […]
4/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become famous for his ability to weather blistering critiques from the White House like the one President Trump delivered Monday [4-9-18] when he told reporters he wished he had ‘a different attorney general.’ In response to repeated attacks from the president over his decision to […]
4/9/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/UKRAINE: “The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to Mr. Trump and his associates in the […]
4/9/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The F.B.I. raided the Rockefeller Center office and Park Avenue hotel room of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Monday [4-9-18] morning, seizing business records, emails and documents related to several topics, including a payment to a pornographic film actress. Mr. Trump, in an extraordinarily angry response, […]
4/9/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [4-9-18] promised relief to U.S. farmers caught up in his administration’s burgeoning trade dispute with China…China last week said it would levy penalties on U.S. soybeans, sorghum and other agricultural products, hours after the Trump administration unveiled plans to impose tariffs of 25% on Chinese products […]
4/9/2018
OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration took additional steps to weaken Obamacare on Monday [4-9-18], allowing U.S. states to relax the rules on what insurers must cover and giving states more power to regulate their individual insurance markets.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule that allows states to select essential health […]
4/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of pages of internal FBI documents related to bureau’s decisions emanating from the 2016 election were delivered to congressional investigators Monday [4-9-18], officials said — the latest document handover in a six-month-old probe that has proved frustrating for Republicans up to President Donald Trump. The delivery comes amid a […]
4/9/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleges to have had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, said in a new court filing Monday [4-9-18] that she would not have signed a hush agreement in 2016 had she known that Trump himself was not a party to it…Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, […]
4/9/2018
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great @Cabinet meeting at the @WhiteHouse this morning!” https://t.co/kzmfovwUeb https://t.co/7AgbwbFNuw -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2018 2:32 pm […]
4/9/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal government’s top voice on ethics has sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency outlining areas of concern regarding agency chief Scott Pruitt. The pointed letter from David Apol, the acting director and general counsel of the Office of Government Ethics, summarizes reports of Pruitt’s conduct, including a rental […]
4/9/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are not doing what’s right for our country. I will not rest until we have secured our borders and restored the rule of law!” https://t.co/zKGgPlaadS -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2018, 2:17 pm […]
4/9/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Monday [4-9-18] he is likely to make a decision by the end of the day about the U.S. response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed dozens of civilians. In a cabinet meeting Monday, Mr. Trump denounced the weekend attack as ‘atrocious’ and said […]
4/9/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [4-9-18] extended the timetable for his anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the summit might not happen until early June. ‘We’ll be meeting with them sometime in May, or early June,’ Mr. Trump said at the start of a cabinet meeting. The […]
4/9/2018
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump always strives to command center stage, but the pugilistic American President is now embroiled in so many escalating global and domestic tests of will, it’s becoming impossible to keep count. Unrestrained and lashing out at enemies at home and abroad, Trump is increasingly exporting the turbulence that has exhausted […]
4/9/2018
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @StateDept: .@POTUS Trump condemns the heinous attack on innocent Syrians with banned chemical weapons. #Syria” https://t.co/qiEahlL3Ah -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2018, 11:55 am […]
4/9/2018
DEFICIT/ECONOMY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The massive tax cuts signed into law in December, which Republicans said would pay for themselves, will balloon the U.S. deficit in years ahead, the Congressional Budget Office said on Monday [4-9-18], possibly hobbling President Donald Trump’s future agenda. The deficit – the amount that Washington’s spending exceeds its revenues – will […]
4/9/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VLADIMIR PUTIN: “Can you have a good relationship with the leader of Russia at the same time you have a bad relationship with the country of Russia? The quest to do exactly that has been at the heart of President Donald Trump’s global strategy. He has tried hard to separate his leader-to-leader relationship […]
4/9/2018
INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration announced on Monday [4-9-18] a new effort to speed environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects, a White House official said.U.S. President Donald Trump has made shortening the often lengthy timetable to get approvals for new highways, runways and other projects a key focus of his infrastructure reform plans. Trump […]
4/9/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%. Does that sound like free or fair trade. No, it sounds […]
4/9/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Older, white, educated voters helped Donald Trump win the White House in 2016. Now, they are trending toward Democrats in such numbers that their ballots could tip the scales in tight congressional races from New Jersey to California, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll and a data analysis of competitive districts shows. Nationwide, whites […]
4/8/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Republican leaders scramble to stave off a Democratic wave or at least mitigate their party’s losses in November, a strategy is emerging on the right for how to energize conservatives and drive a wedge between the anti-Trump left and moderate voters: warn that Democrats will immediately move to impeach President Trump […]
4/8/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VLADIMIR PUTIN/WAR: “President Trump on Sunday [4-8-18] promised a ‘big price’ to be paid for what he said was a chemical weapons attack that choked dozens of Syrians to death the day before, and a top White House official said the administration would not rule out a missile strike to retaliate against the […]
4/8/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After threatening to slap China with new tariffs, Trump administration officials on Sunday [4-8-18] softened some of the rhetoric, noting that the penalties aren’t imminent and there is ample time to work out a deal and step back from a possible trade war. President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-5-18] signaled an escalation […]
4/8/2018
JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is denying White House chief of staff John Kelly is suffering from diminished credibility and influence following a Washington Post report Saturday on Kelly’s recent struggles. ‘Story on John Kelly isn’t true, just another hit job!’ Trump wrote in a Sunday 4-8-2018] tweet that claimed the newspaper produces […]
4/7/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump moves to fulfill one of the central promises of his campaign — to get tough on an ascendant China — he faces a potential rebellion from a core constituency: farmers and other agricultural producers who could suffer devastating losses in a trade war. Mr. Trump’s threat to impose […]
4/6/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will not attend the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this year, continuing a boycott that began his first year in office, the White House announced on Friday [4-6-18], but the president will ‘actively encourage’ members of his administration to go in celebration of the First Amendment. The president’s decision did […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “President Trump defended his pugnacious approach to trade policy on Friday [4-6-18], just hours after he doubled down on a White House plan to punish China by threatening to levy tariffs on an additional $100 billion in Chinese imports…But the United States has said it will take its complaint about Chinese […]
4/6/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on seven of Russia’s richest men and 17 top government officials on Friday [4-6-18] in the latest effort to punish President Vladimir V. Putin’s inner circle for interference in the 2016 election and other Russian aggressions. The sanctions are designed to penalize some of Russia’s […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said Friday [4-6-18] that he’s willing to suffer some short-term losses in the stock market in order to get favorable trade with China, as he escalates his threats to impose tariffs on Chinese goods…The stock market — which has been up and down all week on news of trade […]
4/6/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to @bernieandsid on their new @77wabcradio morning radio show in New York City. It was an honor to join you two – good luck!” https://t.co/sulTcRp3IC -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2018 3:36 pm […]
4/6/2018
BUSINESS/JOBS/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘BET founder: Trump’s economy is bringing black workers back into the labor force’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2018 3:23 pm […]
4/6/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump wants to be a provocateur again. Why else would he bring up his specious and repeatedly disproven claim that millions voted illegally in California, where he was walloped by Hillary Clinton? And why would he intentionally recall and brag about one of the single most controversial things he’s ever […]
4/6/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [4-5-18] he did not know about a $130,000 payment made to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels for her silence, his first public acknowledgment of the scandal surrounding an alleged sexual affair that has plagued him for months. ‘No,’ a terse Trump told reporters aboard Air […]
4/6/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Stocks ended the week the way they began it: tumbling as investors worry that tariffs and harsh words between the U.S. and China will touch off a trade war that derails the global economy. That came with the U.S. considering duties on an additional $100 billion in goods imported from China. […]
4/6/2018
EPA/JOHN KELLY/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told President Donald Trump last week that he is convinced Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt needs to step down after a series of negative reports about his spending habits and management style, a White House official said Friday [4-6-18]. Though Mr. […]
4/6/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States punished dozens of Russian oligarchs and government officials on Friday [4-6-18] with sanctions that took direct aim at President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, as President Donald Trump’s administration tried to show he’s not afraid to take tough action against Moscow. Seven Russian tycoons, including aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, were […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow apparently didn’t get much advance notice of President Donald Trump’s threat to impose an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports. Asked by reporters Friday [4-6-18] when he first learned of the president’s decision to instruct his top trade official to consider the new […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China vowed strong retaliation if the U.S. imposes newly threatened tariffs on Chinese goods and ruled out engaging in negotiations while Washington is escalating the pressure on Beijing over trade. President Donald Trump’s announcement late Thursday [4-5-18] that he was considering penalties on an additional $100 billion in Chinese goods brought […]
4/6/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “AMERICA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!” https://t.co/5jxdojPZmN –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2018 11:24 am […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s tough policy on China trade took shape in a White House meeting last August—and at the center was an often-overlooked man. Decades of quiet negotiations had gotten nowhere, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told senior White House advisers and cabinet officials gathered in the Roosevelt Room…U.S. Ambassador […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Liu He, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, came to Washington in late February, he was expected to make arrangements for restarting trade talks that President Donald Trump had put on ice. But just as Liu arrived, the Trump administration announced global steel and aluminum tariffs aimed at […]
4/6/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It might very well be that Donald Trump tweets himself into a one-term presidency. Following the President’s recent tweets about Amazon and news of a growing trade war with China, stocks slid on Tuesday [4-3-18] and Wednesday [4-4-18] morning. While the stock market rebounded on Wednesday afternoon, more rocky days are […]
4/6/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt held 25-times more meetings with industry representatives than environmental advocates during his first seven months in office, according to a Reuters analysis of his schedule, reflecting the agency’s pro-business approach under his tenure. The newly released records, obtained by the Environmental Integrity Project watchdog group […]
4/6/2018
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, on Friday [4-6-18] called for Scott Pruitt to resign as head of the Environmental Protection Agency amid a growing scandal involving a condo he rented at well-below-market rates from a lobbyist’s wife as well as his spending […]
4/6/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a private citizen in 2016 Mitt Romney delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump. But as a Senate candidate in 2018 the former Republican presidential nominee says he’s focused on looking ‘forward.’ Romney told audience members Thursday [4-5-18] at a community theater in Utah, where he is vying to replace retiring […]
4/6/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Do you believe that the Fake News Media is pushing hard on a story that I am going to replace A.G. Jeff Sessions with EPA Chief Scott Pruitt, who is doing a great job but is TOTALLY under siege? Do people really believe this stuff? So much of the media is […]
4/6/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After days of President Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric against immigration via Mexico, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto delivered a stern response to his US counterpart, telling him that ‘nothing and no one stands above the dignity of Mexico.’ The five-minute-long speech was delivered in Spanish and posted in a video on the […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “China, which is a great economic power, is considered a Developing Nation within the World Trade Organization. They therefore get tremendous perks and advantages, especially over the U.S. Does anybody think this is fair. We were badly represented. The WTO is unfair to U.S.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2018 9:32 am […]
4/6/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump floated replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt as recently as this week, even as the scandal-ridden head of the Environmental Protection Agency has faced a growing list of negative headlines, according to people close to the President. ‘He was 100% still trying to protect […]
4/6/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who repr…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2018 6:29 am […]
4/6/2018
JOBS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite the Aluminum Tariffs, Aluminum prices are DOWN 4%. People are surprised, I’m not! Lots of money coming into U.S. coffers and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2018 6:11 am […]
4/5/2018
CALIFORNIA/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Officials from the Trump administration and the State of California, who have been negotiating behind the scenes on car emissions standards, are expected to reopen talks that could preserve rules targeted by the Environmental Protection Agency for elimination, according to people briefed on the talks. Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. administrator, announced […]
4/5/2018
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump dispensed on Thursday [4-5-18] with what he called a ‘boring’ speech on tax reform here, tossing his text to his fans before launching into a lengthy tirade against immigration that included an accusation that Democrats were embracing dangerous policies to secure immigrant votes. Mr. Trump traveled to West Virginia to […]
4/5/2018
CANADA/CHINA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of fraught negotiations and stalled talks, the Trump administration is aiming to announce a preliminary deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement this month, moving to resolve one trading conflict as a separate clash with China looms. A final agreement is far from guaranteed, but the White House is […]
4/5/2018
2016 ELECTIONS/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Corey Lewandowski had a blunt message for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee: He wasn’t going to answer their ‘fucking’ questions. Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, was the final witness in the yearlong House investigation that descended into vitriol and back-biting — ultimately resulting in two separate partisan […]
4/5/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is under increased White House scrutiny over his housing and travel arrangements as some of his own senior staff are expressing growing frustration with the public criticism of their boss, according to four people, including an E.P.A. official, who have spoken with […]
5/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, transformed this week what has appeared to be a weakness — his relative lack of independence — into a strength. Since he was appointed in May by Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, the […]
4/5/2018
CALIFORNIA/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and California are fighting a furious multifront legal war, and every week seems to bring a new courtroom battle… The state has filed 29 lawsuits against the federal government since President Trump took office, on issues including immigration, the environment and voting rights…That same day, Mr. Sessions filed suit […]
4/5/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s leaders sound supremely confident that they can win a trade war with President Trump. The state news media has depicted him as a reckless bully intent on undermining the global trading system, while presenting the Chinese government as a fair-minded champion of free trade. And China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has […]
4/5/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to President Donald Trump, the mightiest, richest country in the world is under a threat so huge and scary that it will require the deployment of military forces — as many as 2,000 to 4.000, Trump said Thursday [4-5-18]– along its 2,000-mile southern border. The danger consists of a ragtag caravan […]
4/5/2018
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you @WVGovernor Jim Justice. It was my great honor to be with the amazing people of West Virginia today! #MAGA” https://t.co/IwPuQNadMM -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2018 3:28 pm […]
4/5/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thanks to our historic TAX CUTS, America is open for business, and millions of American workers are seeing more take-home pay through higher wages, salaries and bonuses!” https://t.co/0u3dpLJiV2 -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2018 3:12 pm […]
4/5/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s tit-for-tat with Beijing over potential tariffs has ushered in a high-stakes standoff over the future of trade between the world’s two largest economies. The combatants will now follow a timeline stretching over the next half year, during which the two sides will seek to negotiate a new normal. President […]
4/5/2018
MILITARY/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The largest association of doctors in the United States is arguing that there is ‘no medically valid reason’ to bar transgender individuals from serving in the military, countering President Donald Trump’s policy issued in March…The letter, signed by AMA CEO James Madara, argues that Mattis’ recommendations to the President ‘mischaracterized and rejected […]
4/5/2018
EPA/LEGAL/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An Environmental Protection Agency lawyer said he wasn’t provided the full facts when he ruled there was no ethics violation in Administrator Scott Pruitt’s lease of a bargain-priced Capitol Hill condo with ties to a fossil fuels lobbyist. In the meantime, White House officials sounded increasingly doubtful Thursday [4-5-18] about […]
4/5/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The number of women running for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday [4-5-18], the vast majority of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. Their ranks will continue to grow in the weeks ahead, with filing deadlines still to […]
4/5/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump made a congratulatory phone call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, White House chief of staff John Kelly wasn’t on the line. When Trump tapped John Bolton to be his next national security adviser, Kelly wasn’t in the room. And when Trump spent a Mar-a-Lago weekend chafing over […]
4/5/2018
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: The White House said late Thursday [4-5-18] that President Donald Trump intends to nominate a top auto-safety agency official to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as regulators debate reducing planned fuel efficiency increases through 2025. Heidi King, who was named deputy administrator in September, is slated to run the […]
4/5/2018
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump grew irritated with his top military brass and national security team on Tuesday [4-3-18] when they advised him an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Syria would be unwise and could not provide a timeline for when American forces could exit, people familiar with the matter said. In […]
4/5/2018
BUSINESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Washington Post, Amazon’s ‘chief lobbyist,’ has another (of many) phony headlines, ‘Trump Defiant As China Adds Trade Penalties.’ WRONG! Should read, ‘Trump Defiant as U.S. Adds Trade Penalties, Will End Barriers And Massive I.P. Theft.’ Typically bad reporting!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2018 8:10 am […]
4/5/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Caravan is largely broken up thanks to the strong immigration laws of Mexico and their willingness to use them so as not to cause a giant scene at our Border. Because of the Trump Administrations actions, Border crossings are at a still UNACCEPTABLE 46 year low. Stop drugs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/5/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. aluminum prices are falling despite a tariff aimed at boosting domestic production of the metal. That’s good news for manufacturers of products such as beer cans and car hoods, which are paying 3% less for aluminum than they were before the Trump administration announced the tariff on March 1. These manufacturers […]
4/4/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to sanction ‘several’ Russian oligarchs with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin over 2016 election interference, according to two senior administration officials. The officials said the sanctions will likely come later this week. The planned sanctions would be the latest public step the US has […]
4/4/2018
ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said on Wednesday [4-4-18] that the United States is committed to continuing to fight the Islamic State in Syria, signaling a retreat by President Trump from his insistence that the 2,000 American forces there quickly return home from the conflict…Mr. Trump met with military commanders to discuss the future […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said Wednesday [4-4-18] it would deploy National Guard troops to the border with Mexico and would consider building a wall along at least one military base set on the border. Administration officials also said they were hoping for a high-profile congressional debate this spring and summer over U.S. protections […]
4/4/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The attorney who represented a porn star and Playboy model in deals that buried their allegations of sexual encounters with Donald Trump in exchange for six-figure payouts said the ‘whole truth’ about the now-public scandal has not been told. In exclusive interviews with CNN, attorney Keith M. Davidson said he believes […]
4/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When dozens of high school students from across Wisconsin marched through his hometown, chanting his name and demanding new gun control laws, Paul D. Ryan, the House speaker, was not around to hear them, having just wrapped up a trip to the Czech Republic. But Randy Bryce was… Mr. Bryce is […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/DEFENSE/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will issue a proclamation on Wednesday [4-4-28] directing the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to work with governors to deploy National Guard troops to the southwest border to assist the Border Patrol in combating illegal immigration…In recent days, and in anticipation of an annual increase in […]
4/4/2018
MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has agreed to keep U.S. troops in Syria, U.S. officials said on Wednesday [4-4-18], but only until the defeat of the Islamic State extremist group, a task he expects to be completed in a matter of months. Mr. Trump’s decision, at a White House meeting, was a recognition of […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Central American migrants stranded on a journey through Mexico because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Mexican government say they will struggle on toward the United States, even as their ‘caravan’ said it would disband in Mexico City. Fearful of the risks to children among the bedraggled and tired knot […]
4/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The leaders of three major players in Syria — Russia, Iran and Turkey — ended a summit Wednesday [4-4-18] with a commitment to achieving a ‘lasting ceasefire’ in Syria, even as the future role of US forces in the country remains in doubt. The meeting in the Turkish capital Ankara brought […]
4/4/2018
GOP/PAC/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will attend a private dinner benefiting pro-Trump super PAC America First Action on Wednesday [4-4-18] night in Washington…Jeff Miller, a GOP strategist and lobbyist, will host Wednesday’s private dinner, according to a source with knowledge, the third of its kind with supporters of America First Action, the primary super […]
4/4/2018
CHINA/GOP/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, is critical of the Trump administration’s tariffs… He says the tariffs could affect Missouri’s ability to export food abroad, and the U.S. should instead focus on pursuing trade cases it already has against China with the World Trade Organization. The American Soybean Association, a […]
4/4/2018
ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mission in Syria is ‘coming to a rapid end,’ the White House said Wednesday [4-4-18], amid calls by President Donald Trump to withdraw troops in Syria from the continuing war against Islamic State. The White House offered no timetable for the U.S. presence in Syria but said the Trump administration along […]
4/4/2018
CHINA/STEVE BANNON/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist and 2016 campaign CEO, had a fiery response on Wednesday [4-4-18] to Wall Street’s dim view of Trump’s trade actions against China…Bannon, who maintains ties to the White House, said Trump’s recent moves to impose tariffs are a signal to the Chinese that […]
4/4/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-4-18] tried to tamp down economic anxieties over tariffs recently announced by China and the United States…On Tuesday [4-3-18], the Trump administration published a list of about 1,300 Chinese exports — worth about $50 billion annually — that it intends to target with 25% tariffs. China responded […]
4/4/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Earlier this year I spoke about Dr. King’s legacy of justice and peace, and his impact on uniting Americans. #MLK50 Proclamation:” https://t.co/XXtPO0VX5A https://t.co/SH0esMSyMT -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2018 10:05 am […]
4/4/2018
CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the four U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing who lost their lives in yesterday’s Southern California helicopter crash. We pray for their families, and our great @USMC.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2018 9:50 am […]
4/4/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump in recent days has decried ‘weak’ US border laws that he says leave the US vulnerable to unfettered immigration — but some of his policies could have the effect of worsening a Central American migrant crisis. Even as the Department of Homeland Security says the southern border ‘is more […]
4/4/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China stepped up its trade fight with the U.S., retaliating against proposed tariffs on Chinese goods by targeting high-value American exports, from airplanes to soybeans, in a tactic Beijing officials say is meant to secure a truce. Hours after the Trump administration unveiled plans to impose tariffs of 25% on Chinese […]
4/4/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When you’re already $500 Billion DOWN, you can’t lose!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2018 8:20 am […]
4/4/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/MCMASTER/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his last public remarks as national security adviser, Lt. Gen. HR McMaster offered harsh words for Russia Tuesday [4-3-18] during a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC. ‘We have failed to impose sufficient costs’ on Russia, McMaster said at the event, which also included a Q&A with […]