FCC/NET NEUTRALITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The telecom industry won a big victory in May when the FCC launched a repeal of its Obama-era net neutrality rules, over the objections of Democrats and tech giants like Google and Netflix. Now both sides are about to find out how sweeping the reversal might be. The FCC, under Trump-appointed […]
Category: A- Trump As President
11/15/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said on Wednesday [11-15-17] that he would leave the agency this month. ‘It has been a joy of my life to have the opportunity to serve our country as the first director of the consumer bureau by working alongside all of […]
11/15/2017
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has turned his daily intelligence briefing — a routine that in previous administrations has been a dry, formal affair — into a free-flowing conversation during which he peppers his CIA director, former House member Mike Pompeo, with questions about everything from national security threats to the internal dynamics […]
11/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you! https://t.co/EQMwv1XbiM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:58am […]
11/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you, working hard! https://t.co/TmNdNPBJ3m” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:53am […]
11/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While in the Philippines I was forced to watch @CNN, which I have not done in months, and again realized how bad, and FAKE, it is. Loser!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:45am […]
11/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@foxandfriends will be showing much of our successful trip to Asia, and the friendships & benefits that will endure for years to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:40am […]
11/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our great country is respected again in Asia. You will see the fruits of our long but successful trip for many years to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:30am […]
11/14/2017
GOP/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Republicans, seeking to head off the first Senate Democratic victory in Alabama in decades, are grasping for ways to derail their nominee, Roy Moore, whose campaign has been engulfed by allegations of sexual misconduct. President Donald Trump spoke on the phone from Vietnam with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and discussed […]
11/14/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents. The annual report of the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission said that while […]
11/14/2017
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Bar Association has been a key gatekeeper for the federal courts since it began evaluating judicial nominees in the 1940s, but it is losing influence among Republicans in the U.S. Senate who view it as a liberal group. Tensions between Senate Republicans and the association, the largest organization of […]
11/14/2017
DEFENSE/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators on Tuesday [11-14-17] took a rare look at the decades-old presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike, posing questions at a hearing about the process President Donald Trump would follow if he were to order such an attack… Three former government and military officials who were questioned by the […]
11/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators on Tuesday [11-14-17] took a rare look at the decades-old presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike, posing questions at a hearing about the process President Donald Trump would follow if he were to order such an attack. Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee committee […]
11/14/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/JAPAN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At each stop on his 12-day, five-country Asia tour, President Donald Trump emphasized one aspect of his visit above all else: his personal rapport with the heads of state who hosted him. He golfed with Shinzo Abe, complimenting the Japanese prime minister’s accidental backward tumble into a bunker as graceful. […]
11/14/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A former government official criticized for being the principal author of the legal justifications for ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ was narrowly confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday as the top lawyer for the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Trump administration. Steven Bradbury, a Washington lawyer at Dechert LLP who was a […]
11/14/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is considering economist Mohamed El-Erian as one of several candidates to serve as the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman, according to a person familiar with the matter. The process of selecting the central bank’s No. 2 official began this month after President Donald Trump nominated Fed governor Jerome Powell […]
11/14/2017
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republican leaders on Tuesday [11-14-17] were working to lock in votes for a 10-year, $1.4 trillion tax cut up for consideration this week, a task complicated by lingering worries among rank-and-file lawmakers about whether President Donald Trump would turn against them in favor of the Senate’s version. Emerging from […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU ASIA! #USA?? https://t.co/FziKSbrzcu” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:39pm […]
11/14/2017
DRUGS/HHS/NOMINATIONS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump tweeted Monday [11-13-17] that his nominee for HHS secretary, Alex Azar will ‘be a star for … lower drug prices!’ But the record of the former top executive for Eli Lilly, which tripled the price of a top-selling insulin drug while he led its U.S. operation, suggests a different […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just returned from Asia after 12 very successful days. Great to be home!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 11:42pm […]
11/14/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 11:34pm […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Alternative facts. Lies. Distortions. Exaggerations. Misstatements. Half truths. Call it what you want, but there’s one indisputable fact: Donald Trump does a stunning amount of it. According to a count maintained by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker and updated Tuesday morning, Trump has now made 1,628 false or misleading claims in his […]
11/14/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, during questioning at a congressional hearing Tuesday [11-14-17], sidestepped questions about whether President Trump’s vitriol toward CNN was factoring into the Department of Justice’s review of a mammoth media merger. AT&T is trying to buy Time Warner Inc. — which owns CNN, HBO, […]
11/14/2017
CHINA/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [11-14-17] that he had discussed the situation of three UCLA men’s basketball players arrested for shoplifting in China with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing hope that the three would soon be able to return to the U.S… UCLA freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were […]
11/14/201
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One year after helping President Donald Trump win the election and earning more than $15 million from a dozen political candidates and committees, the data firm Cambridge Analytica doesn’t have any U.S. political clients, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission records. Research firms that work with winning campaigns usually […]
11/14/2017
AMBASSADORS/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU to the amazing staff and their families of the United States Embassy in the Philippines. Keep up the GREAT WORK! https://t.co/3ABVXTsJM0” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 04:11am […]
11/14/2017
DONALDISM/FAKE NEWS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the most accurate polls last time around. But #FakeNews likes to say we’re in the 30’s. They are wrong. Some people think numbers could be in the 50’s. Together, WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/YhrwkdObhP” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 03:07am […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be making a major statement from the @WhiteHouse upon my return to D.C. Time and date to be set.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 01:23am […]
11/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived at #ASEAN50 in the Philippines for my final stop with World Leaders. Will lead to FAIR TRADE DEALS, unlike the horror shows from past Administrations. Will then be leaving for D.C. Made many good friends!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:26am […]
11/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After my tour of Asia, all Countries dealing with us on TRADE know that the rules have changed. The United States has to be treated fairly and in a reciprocal fashion. The massive TRADE deficits must go down quickly!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:20am […]
11/13/2017
HILLARY CLINTON/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department said Monday [11-13-17] that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton. The department, in a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee, said the prosecutors would examine allegations that […]
11/13/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office. The nominee, Brett J. Talley, is awaiting a Senate confirmation vote that could come as early as Monday [11-13-17] […]
11/13/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. was in communication during the 2016 campaign with WikiLeaks, the online operation that last year published a trove of damaging Democratic emails that the U.S. intelligence community concluded were stolen by Russian hackers, according to an email obtained by The Wall Street Journal. On Sept. 20, […]
11/13/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s effort to pitch coal at the international climate change meeting backfired on Monday [11-13-17], drawing heckling and booing at White House officials and energy industry representatives at a U.S. event. The White House-sponsored panel discussion — held on the sidelines of the annual international climate change conference — […]
11/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Those hoping President Donald Trump would use a bilateral meeting with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday [11-13-17] to publicly denounce the country’s violent war on drug users were instead treated to platitudes about the weather… Trump ignored shouted questions from reporters about whether he’d press Duterte on human rights… While […]
11/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Venezuela was ruled in default on a missed interest payment by S&P Global Ratings, pushing the cash-strapped South American country and its creditors one step closer to a reckoning of its $150 billion debt load. The decision by S&P, one of the two main U.S. rating companies along with Moody’s […]
11/13/2017
HHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday nominated former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar to be his next Health and Human Services secretary, moving to stabilize the agency at the center of his administration’s biggest domestic policy failure. Azar, a veteran of George W. Bush’s administration, would succeed Tom Price, who resigned after POLITICO reported […]
11/13/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am proud of the Rep. House & Senate for working so hard on cutting taxes {& reform.} We’re getting close! Now, how about ending the unfair & highly unpopular Indiv Mandate in OCare & reducing taxes even further? Cut top rate to 35% w/all of the rest going to middle income […]
11/13/2017
HHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Happy to announce, I am nominating Alex Azar to be the next HHS Secretary. He will be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 13, 2017 09:57am […]
11/13/2017
CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday [11-13-17] let part of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban go into effect, ruling that the government can bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countries if they have no connections to the United States… The interim decision means the ban will apply […]
11/13/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday pushed lawmakers debating tax reform proposals in the Republican-controlled Congress to end the Obamacare individual mandate and cut the top income tax rate to 35 percent. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate were debating their respective plans this week before heading home for […]
11/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte found common ground during their first extended meeting but skirted difficult issues such as alleged human-rights abuses in Mr. Duterte’s war on drugs and Chinese claims to the South China Sea. The meeting on Monday was seen as a way for the U.S. […]
11/13/2017
PHILIPPINES/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be leaving the Philippines tomorrow after many days of constant mtgs & work in order to #MAGA! My promises are rapidly being fulfilled.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 13, 2017 07:33am […]
11/13/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great day of bilateral meetings at #ASEANSummit on trade, which we are turning around to be great deals for our country! https://t.co/2ahAvm4n9s” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 13, 2017 07:29am […]
11/13/2017
HHS/TOM PRICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tom Price left his job as Health and Human Services secretary in September, but the investigation into his use of private jets for official travel now threatens to enmesh others in the department. The department’s inspector-general’s probe will review who approved — or should have been approving — Price’s use of […]
11/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after he called three former heads of U.S. intelligence agencies ‘political hacks,’ President Donald Trump said he had full confidence in the agencies and indicated he believed their report that concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election. But the president’s shift in tone failed to mollify the targets […]
11/12/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you! https://t.co/TD0rYcWN8C” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 12, 2017 09:29am […]
11/12/2017
MILITARY/NAVY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three U.S. aircraft carriers with around 200 jet fighters in total sailed in close formation with several other warships here in the Sea of Japan on Sunday [11-12-17], the largest display of U.S. naval firepower in the region for a decade as nearby North Korea trades war threats with Washington. In exercises […]
11/12/2017
PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “We had a wonderful visit to Vietnam, thank you President Tran Dai Quang! Heading to the #ASEANSummit 50th Anniv Gala in the Philippines now. https://t.co/WfSd8EE3Nm” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 12, 2017 06:20am […]
11/12/2017
PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Just landed in the Philippines after a great day of meetings and events in Hanoi, Vietnam! https://t.co/YxHRNhhPWo” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 12, 2017 05:21am […]
11/12/2017
TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Eleven Pacific-Rim nations said on Saturday [11-11-17] that they had made significant progress toward reaching a major trade pact 10 months after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S., but disagreements from Canada prevented a final deal. Trade ministers said they had agreed on ‘core elements’ of a revised version of the […]
11/12/2017
PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Just landed in the Philippines after a great day of meetings and events in Hanoi, Vietnam!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 12, 2017 05:06am […]
11/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his advisers have begun developing their own concrete blueprint to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a plan intended to go beyond previous frameworks offered by the American government in pursuit of what the president calls ‘the ultimate deal.’ After 10 months of educating themselves […]
11/11/2017
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’ Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 11, 2017 07:48pm […]
11/11/2017
FAKE NEWS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Does the Fake News Media remember when Crooked Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, was begging Russia to be our friend with the misspelled reset button? Obama tried also, but he had zero chemistry with Putin.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 11, 2017 07:43pm […]
11/11/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. There always playing politics – bad for our country. I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. […]
11/11/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Met with President Putin of Russia who was at #APEC meetings. Good discussions on Syria. Hope for his help to solve, along with China the dangerous North Korea crisis. Progress being made.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 11, 2017 07:16pm […]
11/11/2017
PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be doing a joint press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam then heading for final destination of trip, the Phillipines.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 11, 2017 06:35pm […]
11/11/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Xi of China has stated that he is upping the sanctions against #NoKo. Said he wants them to denuclearize. Progress is being made.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 11, 2017 06:32pm […]
11/11/2017
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘Presidential Proclamation Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War’ ➡️https://t.co/hgUQP9leqK ➡️https://t.co/9C0yyIv9Ws https://t.co/f9snmRUA4a” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 11, 2017 07:35am […]
11/10/2017
REX TILLERSON/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday [11-10-17] that a wave of arrests among the elite in Saudi Arabia raises ‘a few concerns,’ as he is awaiting word on ‘how these particular individuals are dealt with.’ His assessment of the Saudi corruption investigation contrasted with comments from President Donald Trump, […]
11/10/2017
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump delivered a full-throated defense of economic nationalism here Friday [11-10-17], telling a Pacific Rim summit that the U.S. wouldn’t enter into multilateral trade deals, in a message that differed sharply from the one China laid out at the same forum. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies […]
11/10/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Brett J. Talley, President Trump’s nominee to be a federal judge in Alabama, has never tried a case, was unanimously rated ‘not qualified’ by the American Bar Assn.’s judicial rating committee, has practiced law for only three years and, as a blogger last year, displayed a degree of partisanship unusual for a […]
11/10/2017
ECONOMY/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has been reminded time and again in recent years that economic security is not merely RELATED to national security – economic security IS national security. It is vital to our national strength. #APEC2017 https://t.co/8gKQUhit2X” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 10, 2017 05:43am […]
11/10/2017
ECONOMY/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has been reminded time and again in recent years that economic security is not merely RELATED to national security -economic security IS national security. It is vital to our national strength. #APEC2017 https://t.co/mGPeyZEyqm” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 10, 2017 05:31am […]
11/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is prepared to work with each of the leaders in this room today to achieve mutually beneficial commerce that is in the interests of both your countries and mine. That is the message I am here to deliver today. #APEC2017 https://t.co/CM3Hqt16A8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 10, 2017 […]
11/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today I am here to offer a renewed partnership with America — to work together to strengthen the bonds of friendship and commerce between all of the nations of the Indo-Pacific, and together, to promote our prosperity and security. #APEC2017 https://t.co/gN2YbS9CYB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 10, 2017 05:06am […]
11/10/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In more and more places throughout this region, citizens of SOVEREIGN and INDEPENDENT nations have taken greater control of their destinies, and unlocked the potential of their people. #APEC2017 https://t.co/a570IIGe0I” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 10, 2017 04:50am […]
11/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Throughout my travels, I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the good news from America. I’ve had the honor of sharing our vision for a free & open Indo-Pacific — a place where sovereign & independent nations, w/diverse cultures & many different dreams, can all prosper side-by-side. https://t.co/qBOCY3u7YV” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/10/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Just landed in Da Nang, Vietnam to deliver a speech at #APEC2017” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 10, 2017 12:45am […]
11/9/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Convincing big U.S. dairy owners to buy robots to milk their cows – and reduce the farmhands they employ – used to be a tough sell for Steve Fried. Recently, his job has gotten easier, he says, in part because of President Donald Trump… Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration through stepped-up […]
11/9/2017
CRISIS/FEMA/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A main power line that serves the northern half of Puerto Rico failed Thursday [11-9-17], knocking out electricity to seven cities that had only recently regained service and dealing a major setback to the island’s desperate efforts to regain normality. Seven weeks after Hurricane Maria completely disabled Puerto Rico’s power grid, […]
11/9/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Visiting Vietnam for the first time, President Trump arrived for an economic summit meeting on Friday [11-10-17] in a country still grappling with the legacy of its war with the United States two generations ago — land mines and Agent Orange, and some three million people killed. Yet here in Vietnam, […]
11/9/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly three months after President Trump announced his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, the United States and its international allies are still trying to come up with the troops required to carry it out. The relatively few American and international troops in Afghanistan are charged with training the Afghan military […]
11/9/2017
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New York and 15 other states can sue President Donald Trump to prevent him from rescinding legal protection for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Thursday [11-9-17]. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis amounted […]
11/9/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My meetings with President Xi Jinping were very productive on both trade and the subject of North Korea. He is a highly respected and powerful representative of his people. It was great being with him and Madame Peng Liyuan!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 9, 2017 06:44pm […]
11/9/2017
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100’s of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would’ve […]
11/9/2017
DRUGS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Department of Justice plans to classify illicit versions of fentanyl as Class 1 drugs in an emergency effort to stop the creation of new synthetic opioids and make prosecution easier. DOJ and Drug Enforcement Administration officials announced Thursday that they intend to classify substances structurally related to fentanyl in ‘schedule […]
11/9/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading into the second week of the Affordable Care Act’s annual open-enrollment period, early sign-ups and traffic appear strong, according to industry and government officials, with more than 600,000 people selecting plans through the federal HealthCare.gov website in the initial days. ACA insurers including Highmark Health, CareSource, Independence Blue Cross and Sanford […]
11/9/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a U.S.-China summit emphasizing personal rapport over progress on deep-seated differences, President Donald Trump blended tough talk with chumminess, calling Xi Jinping ‘a very special man.’ The two countries’ rivalry will be more clearly on display as the two presidents move on to Vietnam on Friday and outline conflicting visions […]
11/9/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal this month expect that a Federal Reserve led by Jerome Powell would mean little change in monetary policy and a less aggressive approach to financial regulation. Most survey respondents expect the Fed to raise short-term interest rates next month and lift them three times […]
11/9/2017
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The probability of a U.S. withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement is roughly 1 in 4, according to private-sector forecasters, who said such a move would likely weigh on economic growth. President Donald Trump has threatened to pull the U.S. out of Nafta if efforts to renegotiate it fail. […]
11/9/2017
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the coming months and years ahead I look forward to building an even STRONGER relationship between the United States and China. ???? https://t.co/mK3SB7t3EV” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 9, 2017 08:58am […]
11/9/2017
MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American trade negotiators are taking aggressive measures to close what they describe as a Mexican ‘back door’ through which steel and other auto-manufacturing components produced outside North America are sold tariff-free in the U.S. The U.S. trade representative has proposed a significant expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement so-called […]
11/9/2017
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Xi, thank you for such an incredible welcome ceremony. It was a truly memorable and impressive display! ?https://t.co/J9x51h1LBe https://t.co/g4Z7mO5cV9” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 9, 2017 02:08am […]
11/8/2017
DEMS/POLITICS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tuesday’s [11-7-17] elections favoring Democrats could give conservative forces more urgency in an area President Donald Trump is already moving on aggressively: reshaping the federal courts. Trump and his advisers are moving at break-neck speed compared with past presidents. Republicans pushed four conservative US appeals court judges through the Senate last week, […]
11/9/2017
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “I am leaving China for #APEC2017 in Vietnam. @FLOTUS Melania is staying behind to see the zoo, and of course, the Great WALL of China before going to Alaska to greet our AMAZING troops.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 9, 2017 08:17pm […]
11/8/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security offered a degree of assurance to Senate Democrats critical of the administration’s tough immigration enforcement agenda during a confirmation hearing Wednesday [11-8-17]. Kirstjen Nielsen told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee she would prioritize the arrest of […]
11/8/2017
CHINA/DRUGS/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is looking to President Xi Jinping to ‘do something’ about America’s opioid epidemic, for which he blames China… Buying opioids from China, despite legal prohibitions, remains as easy as providing money and a shipping address. A drug bazaar thrives on Chinese websites, providing one-stop shopping for users around the […]
11/8/2017
CUBA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [11-8-17] continued to pare back rules intended to normalize ties with Cuba, announcing new regulations tightening travel and financial transactions by Americans. President Donald Trump had said in June he would reverse steps taken by predecessor Barack Obama to relax a decades-old U.S. embargo against the […]
11/8/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Mexican man who earlier this year sued the Trump administration, alleging he had been unlawfully deported, was arrested this week and charged with illegally re-entering the U.S. Juan Manuel Montes Bojorquez, 23 years old, was arrested near Calexico, Calif., along the Mexican border, on Monday [11-6-17], according to federal court records. […]
11/8/2017
SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to all of the ‘DEPLORABLES’ and the millions of people who gave us a MASSIVE (304-227) Electoral College landslide victory! https://t.co/7ifv5gT7Ur” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 8, 2017 01:17pm […]
11/8/2017
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to a full day of meetings with President Xi and our delegations tomorrow. THANK YOU for the beautiful welcome China! @FLOTUS Melania and I will never forget it! https://t.co/sQoUWIGAiQ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 8, 2017 10:40am […]
11/8/2017
TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost 10 months after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of a sweeping Pacific trade pact, the 11 countries left behind are pushing forward for an agreement without Washington on the sidelines of the Pacific Rim’s biggest annual economic summit. Led by Japan, trade negotiators are meeting in this seaside […]
11/8/2017
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NoKo has interpreted America’s past restraint as weakness. This would be a fatal miscalculation. Do not underestimate us. AND DO NOT TRY US. https://t.co/4llqLrNpK3” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 8, 2017 10:15am […]
11/8/2017
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “On behalf of @FLOTUS Melania and I, THANK YOU for an unforgettable afternoon and evening at the Forbidden City in Beijing, President Xi and Madame Peng Liyuan. We are looking forward to rejoining you tomorrow morning! https://t.co/ma0F7SHbVU” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 8, 2017 09:27am […]
11/7/2017
CHINA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leaving South Korea now heading to China. Looking very much forward to meeting and being with President Xi!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 7, 2017 11:57pm […]
11/7/2017
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Together, we dream of a Korea that is free, a peninsula that is safe, and families that are reunited once again! https://t.co/9tsZRCC83j” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 7, 2017 10:43pm […]
11/7/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anyone who doubts the strength or determination of the U.S. should look to our past….and you will doubt it no longer. https://t.co/zyuYc0fIH6” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 7, 2017 10:14pm […]
11/7/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The North Korean regime has pursued its nuclear & ballistic missile programs in defiance of every assurance, agreement, & commmitment it has made to the U.S. and its allies. It’s broken all of those commitments… https://t.co/xJ4jUpA8d8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 7, 2017 10:12pm […]