CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is putting together a package of anti-China measures, including tariffs on at least an annual $30 billion of Chinese imports, to pressure Beijing to end requirements that U.S. companies transfer technology to Chinese firms. According to a White House official and people briefed on administration deliberations, the measures […]
Category: A- Trump As President
3/15/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMAN: “The lawyer representing Stormy Daniels says that, on the heels of her lawsuit against Donald Trump, several other women are now exploring the possibility of legal action against the President. Attorney Michael Avenatti confirmed that several women recently came to him seeking to potentially build legal cases against Trump. He would not […]
3/14/2018
NAVY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Please join me with your thoughts and prayers for both aviators, their families and our incredible @USNavy. https://t.co/60bHhrp8Y1” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 11:31pm […]
3/14/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is bracing for more changes in the administration’s senior ranks following the recent departures of top officials including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council. President Donald Trump prefaced a further shuffle as he departed for California Tuesday [3-13-18]. ‘I’m really […]
3/14/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has created a working group to prepare for the landmark meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. But Mr. Trump’s sudden ousting on Tuesday [3-13-18] of Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson could delay critical elements of the planning until the Senate confirms […]
3/14/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has created a working group to prepare for the landmark meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. But Mr. Trump’s sudden ousting on Tuesday of Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson could delay critical elements of the planning until the Senate confirms his […]
3/14/2018
EDUCATION/GUNS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today the House took major steps toward securing our schools by passing the STOP School Violence Act. We must put the safety of America’s children FIRST by improving training and by giving schools and law enforcement better tools. A tragedy like Parkland can’t happen ever again!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 […]
3/14/2018
FAA/TARIFFS/TAXES/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will visit a Boeing plant in St. Louis on Wednesday [3-14-18] to celebrate the tax cut his party handed to American companies. But lurking in the background is a clash over trade — one in which Boeing is the most vulnerable target. The tariffs on steel and aluminum that […]
3/14/2018
DONALDISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for hosting! #MAGA https://t.co/9pHH60DVlX” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 04:20pm […]
3/14/2018
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the 2016 presidential election Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 18th Congressional District in southwestern Pennsylvania by 58%-38%, and rolled up a margin over his Democratic rival of more than 72,000 votes. That showing was one of Trump’s strongest in a state that he only won by some 44,000 votes. […]
3/14/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump is making steps toward a campaign against cyberbullying, hosting tech leaders at the White House next week, her office confirmed on Tuesday [3-13-18]. The meeting, first reported by The Washington Post — will include representatives from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Snap. It is set for Tuesday and […]
3/17/2018
AIR FORCE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump indicated he could support creating a new branch of the military to oversee all space activities, contradicting Pentagon brass and his own Air Force secretary who have opposed the idea. In remarks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Tuesday [3-13-18] during a visit to Southern California, Mr. Trump […]
3/14/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We cannot keep a blind eye to the rampant unfair trade practices against our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 09:37am […]
3/14/2018
CABINET/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Five of our incredible @Cabinet Secretaries are testifying on the Hill this morning on the need to rebuild our Nation’s crumbling infrastructure. We need to build FAST & we need to build for our FUTURE. Thank you @SenateCommerce for hosting this hearing! #InfrastructureInAmerica” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 08:54am […]
3/14/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Perhaps at no time in history have the business fundamentals of U.S. companies been better than they are today!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 08:12am […]
3/14/2018
2A/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is ready to sign a bill aimed at preventing school violence like the mass shooting that killed 17 in Florida last month, which would boost funding for coordination between schools and law enforcement and which the House of Representatives is poised to pass later on Wednesday [3-14-18]. As […]
3/14/2018
AMBASSADOR/DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hundreds of good people, including very important Ambassadors and Judges, are being blocked and/or slow walked by the Democrats in the Senate. Many important positions in Government are unfilled because of this obstruction. Worst in U.S. history!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 08:02am […]
3/14/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/PROTESTS/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump spent his day in California perusing border wall samples, needling state officials, raising money and upholding a White House tradition: inciting traffic so bad it gets a name. Obamajams made way for ‘Make America Late Again’ on Tuesday [3-13-18], as Trump paid his first visit to California — a rogue […]
3/13/2018
EDUCATION/GUNS/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After a gunman marauded through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, conservative commentators — looking for a culprit — seized on an unlikely target: an Obama-era guidance document that sought to rein in the suspensions and expulsions of minority students. Black students have never been the culprits in the mass […]
3/13/2018
2A/ATF/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida high school last month, President Trump vowed to overhaul some of the nation’s gun laws, promising to ‘do more to protect our children.’ The president announced a string of changes, including a ban of so-called bump stock devices, which can make […]
3/13/2018
MARINES/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All across this nation, we pray for our country and we THANK GOD for our United States Marines! Thank you. God Bless You. And God Bless America! https://t.co/vKXBd0CGH1” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 13, 2018 07:34pm […]
3/13/2018
MARINES/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military, straight from the heart of the American People: We support you, we thank you, we love you – and we will always have your back! https://t.co/oCt1nH3DON” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 13, […]
3/13/2018
ENERGY/ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/RICK PERRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Donald Trump is considering replacing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with candidates including Energy Secretary Rick Perry, according to an administration official, after an inspector general’s report last month said Dr. Shulkin had misspent taxpayer money during an official trip to Europe last year. The official said the discussions […]
3/13/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Core Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military, straight from the heart of the American People: We support you, we thank you, we love you – and we will always have your back! https://t.co/NEGCR6rM7Y” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 13, […]
3/13/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump ventured into what his team regards as enemy territory on Tuesday [3-13-18], and it was not a peace mission. In his first visit as president to California, the blue bastion of liberal resistance, Mr. Trump unloaded on Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and called on Congress to punish jurisdictions […]
3/13/2018
CIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The career Central Intelligence Agency officer picked by President Donald Trump to run the agency faced fresh questions Tuesday [3-13-18] from lawmakers over her role in the CIA’s interrogation program following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Gina Haspel, 61 years old, is the agency’s current deputy director, and she would become […]
3/13/2018
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but ruled out advancing legislation to undo President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, saying that such an action would be unlikely to succeed… The stance taken by Mr. McConnell, who has expressed opposition to the tariffs, effectively puts an end to questions about […]
3/13/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If we don’t have a wall system, we’re not going to have a country. Congress must fund the BORDER WALL & prohibit grants to sanctuary jurisdictions that threaten the security of our country & the people of our country. We must enforce our laws & protect our people! #BuildTheWall https://t.co/NGqNueukvj” -Donald Trump, […]
3/13/2018
CIA/FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE POMPEO/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s plan to nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to succeed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state positions a crucial Trump ally as the administration’s top diplomat, one who the president said is more in line with his foreign-policy vision. Mr. Pompeo is among the few outsiders to have […]
3/13/2018
REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after his boss, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, was ousted Steve Goldstein, the under secretary of public affairs at the State Department has been fired by the White House. Goldstein publicly contradicted the White House account of how Tillerson was fired on Tuesday [3-13-18] morning. Goldstein said Tillerson was officially […]
3/13/2018
CRIME/DRUGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole…’ https://t.co/NdLC6jZwWE” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 13, 2018 10:24am […]
3/13/2018
DHS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Schwab has resigned from his job as a Department of Homeland Security spokesman, saying he didn’t agree with Trump administration officials’ use of ‘misleading facts’ to attack Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf after the mayor issued a warning about an immigration sweep in late February. ‘I quit because I didn’t want to […]
3/13/2018
CAMPAIGN/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, was escorted out of the White House on Monday [3-12-18], two senior administration officials said. The cause of the firing was an unspecified security issue, said a third White House official with knowledge of the situation. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declined […]
3/13/2018
CIA/MIKE POMPEO/NOMINATIONS/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. […]
3/13/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [3-12-18] blocked Broadcom Ltd.’s $117 billion hostile bid for Qualcomm Inc., capping a remarkable series of moves by the Trump administration reflecting officials’ concerns about an intensifying arms race between the U.S. and China over advanced technologies. While Broadcom is a Singapore-based company, the U.S. […]
3/12/2018
ETHICS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino Jr., posted a message on his government Twitter account calling for the defeat of a Republican congressman who had angered the president. His West Wing counselor, Kellyanne Conway, weighed in on the Alabama Senate race during television interviews from the White House lawn. His […]
3/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee have drafted a report saying the panel’s yearlong probe into Russian election interference found no evidence that Moscow colluded with Donald Trump’s campaign or that the Kremlin favored Mr. Trump in the 2016 race. The panel found ‘bad judgment’ and some ‘inappropriate […]
3/12/2018
COMMERCE/NONTRUTHS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech […]
3/12/2018
NONTRUTHS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech veering […]
3/12/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech […]
3/12/2018
JOBS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech veering […]
3/12/2018
MILITARY/NONTRUTHS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech veering […]
3/12/2018
BUDGET/MILITARY/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday [3-11-18] evening to try to shore up support for Rick Saccone, the Republican on the ballot in a special election on Tuesday to fill a House seat representing a conservative western Pennsylvania district. But he spent most of his 75-minute speech veering […]
3/12/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday [3-12-18] to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship. In exchange, the actress, Stephanie Clifford, seeks an end to her deal to keep quiet […]
3/12/2018
2A/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump confirmed on Monday [3-12-18] that his administration would not immediately pursue a proposal to raise the age limit for buying an assault rifle, going back on earlier pledges that he made after last month’s deadly mass shooting at a South Florida high school. In a Twitter post, Mr. Trump said […]
3/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS, AFTER A 14 MONTH LONG IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION OR COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 12, 2018 07:49pm […]
3/12/2018
BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Monday [3-12-18] criticized President Donald Trump’s use of vulgarity on the campaign trail to mock NBC News anchor Chuck Todd, pointing to ‘an opportunity and responsibility to be examples to our kids.’ While campaigning Saturday in western Pennsylvania for GOP congressional candidate Rick Saccone, Trump mocked […]
3/12/2018
AMBASSADOR/EU/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Europe over trade and foreign policy, the Trump administration is moving to fill the long-vacant post of U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Washington has asked the EU if Portland hotelier Gordon Sondland would be an acceptable nominee, according to two senior European […]
3/12/2018
PENNSYLVANIA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pittsburgh Post Gazette just endorsed Rick Saccone for Congress. He will be much better for steel and business. Very strong on experience and what our Country needs. Lamb will always vote for Pelosi and Dems….Will raise taxes, weak on Crime and Border.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 12, 2018 09:43am […]
3/12/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is finally set to make his first visit to California as president this week, as his administration battles the state over its immigration policies and some of his fellow Republicans here look to keep their distance from him. Mr. Trump is scheduled to travel to the state Tuesday [3-13-18], […]
3/12/2018
2A/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House. Legislation moving forward. Bump Stocks will soon be out. Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to State Law. Armed guards OK, deterrent!… On 18 to 21 Age Limits, watching court cases and […]
3/12/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Sunday [3-11-18] announced a plan to reduce gun violence at schools that includes spending federal money on training school staffers to carry concealed weapons, but not President Donald Trump’s earlier call to raise the age limit for buying guns. Instead, the plan creates a federal panel to study […]
3/11/2018
RELIGION/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Carol Rains, a white evangelical Christian, has no regrets over her vote for President Trump. She likes most of his policies and would still support him over any Democrat. But she is open to another Republican… While the men in the pulpits of evangelical churches remain among Mr. Trump’s most stalwart supporters, […]
3/11/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is putting the finishing touches on its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, three senior officials said on Sunday [3-11-18], and President Trump is likely to present it soon, despite risking swift rejection by the Palestinians and having already taken on another of the world’s thorniest disputes, with North […]
3/11/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Sunday [3-11-18] disputed a New York Times report describing discussions it said he had had with a veteran lawyer about joining the White House to help handle matters related to the special counsel inquiry. In a pair of tweets, Mr. Trump wrote that The Times ‘purposely wrote a false […]
3/11/2018
DEMS/POLITICAL FIGURES/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday [3-11-18] defended President Donald Trump’s new comments about Rep. Maxine Waters, saying he ‘likes making funny names. During Saturday night’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Trump dismissed the California Democrat as a ‘very low-IQ individual.’ … ‘I’ve been with the president and at campaigns. You know, […]
3/11/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/NORTH KOREA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Sunday [3-11-18] blamed Senate Democrats for the dearth of experts at the State Department, ignoring the department’s high turnover and the number of positions for which there is no nominee. ‘The Democrats continue to Obstruct the confirmation of hundreds of good and talented people who are needed […]
3/11/2018
DONALD ON DONALD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rasmussen and others have my approval ratings at around 50%, which is higher than Obama, and yet the political pundits love saying my approval ratings are ‘somewhat low.’ They know they are lying when they say it. Turn off the show – FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 11, 2018 […]
3/11/2018
MILITARY/NATO/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “The U.S. military has sharply reduced combat operations at Turkey’s Incirlik air base and is considering permanent cutbacks there, according to U.S. officials, a shift they said was driven by tensions between Washington and Ankara. The base was the centerpiece of the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State for several years, but conflicting […]
3/11/2018
DEMS/STATE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats continue to Obstruct the confirmation of hundreds of good and talented people who are needed to run our government…A record in U.S. history. State Department, Ambassadors and many others are being slow walked. Senate must approve NOW!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 11, 2018 09:49am […]
3/11/2018
FAKE NEWS/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republicans are 5-0 in recent Congressional races, a point which the Fake News Media continuously fails to mention. I backed and campaigned for all of the winners. They give me credit for one. Hopefully, Rick Saccone will be another big win on Tuesday.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 11, 2018 09:02am […]
3/11/2018
EDUCATION/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will propose arming school staff and raising the minimum age to 21 to purchase certain firearms in a school safety proposal that the administration will release on Sunday [3-11-2018], a White House spokesman said in broadcast comments. … During his presidential campaign, Trump touted his support for gun […]
3/11/2018
FAKE NEWS/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Failing New York Times purposely wrote a false story stating that I am unhappy with my legal team on the Russia case and am going to add another lawyer to help out. Wrong. I am VERY happy with my lawyers, John Dowd, Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow. They are doing […]
3/10/2018
DONALDISM/GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The trip was ostensibly an effort to help Republicans stave off a deflating defeat in a western Pennsylvania congressional district that President Trump won by 20 points. And in a rally at Pittsburgh’s airport on Saturday evening, Mr. Trump did mention the Republican running in Tuesday’s [3-13-18] special election, Rick Saccone, a […]
3/10/2018
ECONOMY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is strongly considering Christopher P. Liddell, a White House official who was an executive at Microsoft and General Motors, to succeed his departing top economic adviser, Gary D. Cohn, according to two people briefed on the discussions. Mr. Trump has not made a firm decision, those briefed on the process […]
3/10/2018
PENNSYLVANIA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me LIVE in Moon Township, Pennsylvania at 7:00pmE. Great crowd for a #MAGA rally! https://t.co/PYJNg0WGDL” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 10, 2018 06:56pm […]
3/10/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is in discussions with a veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during the impeachment process about joining the White House to help deal with the special counsel inquiry, according to four people familiar with the matter. The lawyer, Emmet T. Flood, met with Mr. Trump in the Oval […]
3/10/2018
CANADA/CHILE/COLOMBIA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/NAFTA/PERU/TPP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will make the first visit of his presidency to Latin America next month, the White House said on Saturday [3-9-18], traveling to Peru for a summit meeting of Western Hemisphere nations where he will convene with a group of leaders who have criticized his statements and policies on immigration. The […]
3/10/2018
ECONOMY/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While attention has been focused on President Trump’s disputed decision in January to reverse drilling restrictions in nearly all United States coastal waters, the administration has also pursued a rollback of Obama-era regulations in the Gulf. Those rules include safety measures put in place after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater […]
3/10/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Epic crowd in Moon Township, Pennsylvania tonight. Thank you! Get out on Tuesday and VOTE for Rick @Saccone4PA18. Together, we are MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 10, 2018 4:37pm […]
3/10/2018
PENNSYLVANIA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to Moon Township, Pennsylvania, to be with a really good person, State Representative Rick Saccone, who is running for Congress. Big & happy crowd (why not, some of the best economic numbers ever). Rick will help me a lot. Also, tough on crime & border. Loves 2nd A & VETS” -Donald […]
3/10/2018
EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The European Union, wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on trade, are complaining about the tariffs on Steel & Aluminum. If they drop their horrific barriers & tariffs on U.S. products going in, we will likewise drop ours. Big Deficit. If not, we Tax Cars etc. FAIR!” – Donald […]
3/10/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese President XI JINPING and I spoke at length about the meeting with KIM JONG UN of North Korea. President XI told me he appreciates that the U.S. is working to solve the problem diplomatically rather than going with the ominous alternative. China continues to be helpful!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the first hours after hearing that North Korea’s leader wanted to meet with me to talk denuclearization and that missile launches will end, the press was startled & amazed.They couldn’t believe it. But by the following morning the news became FAKE.They said so what, who cares!” – Donald […]
3/10/2018
CRIME/NAVY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Kristian Saucier, a man who has served proudly in the Navy, on your newly found Freedom. Now you can go out and have the life you deserve!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 10, 2018 10:52am […]
3/10/2018
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “An ethics watchdog has filed a criminal and civil complaint over a payment by President Trump’s lawyer to an adult-film actress to stay quiet about an alleged affair with Trump. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed complaints with the Department of Justice and the Office of Government Ethics over […]
3/10/2018
DRUGS/MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “President Donald Trump attacked his critics, promoted his steel and aluminum tariffs and tossed out an idea to have drug dealers face the death penalty, addressing a raucous rally on Saturday for a Republican congressional candidate in a tight race. … Continuing his battle against the mainstream news media, Trump insulted […]
3/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke to Prime Minister Abe of Japan, who is very enthusiastic about talks with North Korea. Also discussing opening up Japan to much better trade with the U.S. Currently have a massive $100 Billion Trade Deficit. Not fair or sustainable. It will all work out!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. […]
3/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May will make it more likely the administration will kill the Iranian nuclear agreement, some current and former western officials said. … Wendy Sherman, the lead U.S. negotiator on the Iran deal who also […]
3/10/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese President XI JINPING and I spoke at length about the meeting with KIM JONG UN of North Korea. President XI told me he appreciates that the U.S. is working to solve the problem diplomatically rather than going with the ominous alternative. China continues to be helpful!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since his election in May, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea has been something of an odd man out in Washington’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on North Korea, calling again and again for talks as President Trump was threatening ‘fire and fury.’ At one point, Mr. Trump even accused him […]
3/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The deal with North Korea is very much in the making and will be, if completed, a very good one for the World. Time and place to be determined.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 9, 2018 07:42pm […]
3/9/2018
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will get his military parade, but it is unlikely to mirror the Paris Bastille Day event which inspired him as it will not involve any heavy military vehicles like tanks to avoid doing damage to the streets of Washington, according to a Pentagon planning memo shown to CNN. The […]
3/9/2018
AUSTRALIA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke to PM @TurnbullMalcolm of Australia. He is committed to having a very fair and reciprocal military and trade relationship. Working very quickly on a security agreement so we don’t have to impose steel or aluminum tariffs on our ally, the great nation of Australia!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 9, 2018 […]
3/9/2018
LEGAL/PRESS SECRETARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/SARAH SANDERS/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump is upset with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders over her responses Wednesday [3-7-18] regarding his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, a source close to the White House tells CNN. … On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters that the arbitration was won ‘in the President’s […]
3/9/2018
DHS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ACLU filed a class-action lawsuit Friday [3-9-18] charging the Trump administration with separating immigrant parents from children as they await asylum proceedings. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court of the Southern District of California, accuses the government of ‘forcible separation of parents from their young children for no legitimate […]
3/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [3-9-18] appeared to set new conditions for a meeting between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, saying that the North must take ‘concrete steps’ toward denuclearizing for the U.S. to follow through on Trump’s acceptance of Kim’s invitation the previous […]
3/9/2018
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL COHEN/WOMEN: “The lawyer handling the Stormy Daniels scandal for President Donald Trump’s corporate and personal representative, Michael Cohen, comes from the same small New York law firm that earned thousands of dollars from the Trump campaign at the end of last year. Cohen’s use of a law firm connected to Trump’s […]
3/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA /TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For at least two decades, leaders in North Korea have been seeking a personal meeting with an American president. Now, as a summit unexpectedly appears possible, analysts fear U.S. President Donald Trump’s understaffed administration may lack the expertise to successfully turn a political spectacle long sought by Pyongyang […]
3/9/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is ignoring a bipartisan congressional inquiry regarding documents about the Rob Porter scandal, prompting the House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat to request that the White House be subpoenaed over the matter. The committee’s investigation into White House security clearances began after Porter, a former staff secretary, resigned […]
3/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to accept a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un caught the world off guard. In agreeing to sit down with North Korea’s third-generation leader, Mr. Trump has boosted the stature of Mr. Kim—a man he has ridiculed as ‘Little Rocket Man’ and threatened with […]
3/9/2018
AMBASSADOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The outgoing US ambassador to Panama issued a scathing critique of President Donald Trump and his foreign policies in an op-ed, saying that a betrayal of ‘the traditional core values of the United States’ led to his resignation. ‘I resigned because the traditional core values of the United States, as manifested in […]
3/9/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/SAM NUNBERG: “Former Donald Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg, who had balked at testifying in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, appeared at the federal courthouse in Washington on Friday [3-9-18] as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. … Nunberg had been subpoenaed by the federal […]
3/9/2018
AUSTRALIA/CHINA/JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From Japan and South Korea to Australia and Europe, officials lined up on Friday [3-9-18] to seek exemptions from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports, while Chinese producers called on Beijing to retaliate in kind. … South Korea, the third largest steel exporter to the United […]
3/8/2018
CAMPAIGN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump dined at the ornate Georgetown home of a prominent Washington lawyer on Wednesday [3-7-18] night with wealthy donors who are expected to play crucial roles in financing his re-election campaign. The dinner was the latest in a series of donor events associated with a pair of independent groups — America […]
3/8/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TARIFFS/TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A trade pact originally conceived by the United States to counter China’s growing economic might in Asia now has a new target: President Trump’s embrace of protectionism. A group of 11 nations — including major United States allies like Japan, Canada and Australia — is set to sign a broad […]
3/8/2018
AUSTRALIA/CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/GARY D. COHN: “President Trump defied opposition from his own party and protests from overseas on Thursday [3-8-18] as he signed an order imposing stiff and sweeping new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. But he sought to soften the impact on America’s closest allies with a more flexible plan […]
3/8/2018
LIBYA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States military has carried out twice as many airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya since President Trump took office as it has publicly acknowledged, raising questions about whether the Pentagon has sought to obscure operations in the strife-torn North African nation. The total number of strikes — eight since […]
3/8/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration rejected on Thursday [3-8-18] Idaho’s plan to allow the sale of stripped-down, low-cost health insurance that violates the Affordable Care Act… While rejecting Idaho’s plan in its current form, Ms. Verma encouraged the state to keep trying, and she suggested that, ‘with certain modifications,’ its proposal might be […]
3/8/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed, idiosyncratic leaders who have traded threats of war. The White House said that Mr. Trump had accepted the invitation, and Chung Eui-yong, […]