PROTESTS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox and the son of a frequent ally of President Trump’s, condemned the president’s performance after the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and pledged to donate $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League. In an email on Thursday [8-17-17], a copy of which was obtained by […]
Category: A- Trump As President
8/17/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defended the ‘beautiful’ statues commemorating Confederate leaders and lamented efforts to remove them, weighing in on an issue central to the weekend’s deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va… The debate over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a top commander of Confederate forces in the Civil War, […]
8/17/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s specific attacks on about a half-dozen U.S. senators, all but one of whom are fellow Republicans, in just the past four weeks are prompting senators to protect their own while casting a wary eye at an unpredictable White House. Mr. Trump’s latest target is Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), […]
8/17/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House pulled the plug Thursday [8-17-17] on a planned council that was to advise President Donald Trump on rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, acknowledging that the proposed members would come under pressure not to participate because of the controversy surrounding the president’s remarks amid the Charlottesville furor. ‘The President’s Advisory […]
8/17/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 01:45pm […]
8/17/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 01:00pm […]
8/17/2017
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Cory Booker plans to introduce a bill to remove statues from the US Capitol honoring Confederate soldiers despite President Donald Trump calling these memorials ‘beautiful.’ ‘I will be introducing a bill to remove Confederate statues from the US Capitol building. This is just one step. We have much work to do,’ […]
8/17/2017
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “South Korea’s leader said President Donald Trump agreed to discuss options, including a U.S. military strike, with him before taking any action to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. President Moon Jae-in’s remarks Thursday came as the latest round of warlike rhetoric over North Korea’s weapons tests appeared […]
8/17/2017
GOP/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Taking down statues of Confederate figures is ‘just like’ removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks, Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday [8-17-17], adding that the white nationalist and far-left protesters in Charlottesville over the weekend were ‘equally as bad’ and ‘disgusting.’ The Republican governor made the comments during an appearance […]
8/17/2017
CYBERWAR/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is close to making a decision to elevate the status of the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders and tackle adversaries, current and former officials told Reuters on Thursday [8-17-17]. A current U.S. official, who was speaking on […]
8/17/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You… can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also… the beauty that is being taken […]
8/17/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many meetings today in Bedminster including with Secretary Linda M and Small Business. Job numbers are looking great!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 07:59am […]
8/17/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The public is learning (even more so) how dishonest the Fake News is. They totally misrepresent what I say about hate, bigotry etc. Shame!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 05:32am […]
8/17/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Publicity seeking Lindsey Graham falsely stated that I said there is moral equivalency between the KKK, neo-Nazis & white supremacists… and people like Ms. Heyer. Such a disgusting lie. He just can’t forget his election trouncing.The people of South Carolina will remember!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 05:19am and 05:24am […]
8/16/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fox News, television’s equivalent of a presidential safe space, kept up its steadfast defense of President Trump even as he faced an uproar this week over his response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia last Saturday. Anchors like Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson praised the president and lauded […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump found himself increasingly isolated in a racial crisis of his own making on Wednesday [8-16-17], abandoned by the nation’s top business executives, contradicted by military leaders and shunned by Republicans outraged by his defense of white nationalist protesters in Charlottesville, Va. The breach with the business community was the most […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The bar for a chief executive of a public corporation to repudiate a United States president is extraordinarily high. Corporate leaders aren’t given their power, prestige, responsibility and nine-figure pay packages to use the corner office as their personal soapbox. With President Trump’s comments on white supremacists and other right-wing extremists ringing […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After President Trump accused Amazon on Wednesday [8-16-17] morning of hurting local retailers and jobs by not paying taxes, the company’s shares dipped in premarket trading. ‘Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt — many jobs being lost!’ he tweeted […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s personal lawyer on Wednesday [8-17-17] forwarded an email to conservative journalists, government officials and friends that echoed secessionist Civil War propaganda and declared that the group Black Lives Matter ‘has been totally infiltrated by terrorist groups.’ The email forwarded by John Dowd, who is leading the president’s legal team, […]
8/16/2017
SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mayor of Phoenix says he is ‘disappointed’ that President Donald Trump has scheduled a rally for his city as the nation ‘is still healing from the tragic events in Charlottesville,’ and says he wants Trump to delay the event. Mayor Greg Stanton, a Democrat who has been in office since 2012, […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia has rocked his administration, leading to rising speculation that some top officials may be looking for a way out. A parade of business executives broke ties with Trump on Wednesday [8-16-17], a day after he blamed white nationalists and counter-protesters in equal […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “The rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism has released a letter to the congregation of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s longtime synagogue condemning President Trump’s widely criticized statements about the violent protests in Charlottesville. In a letter sent to members of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun this evening, Rabbi Emeritus […]
8/16/2017
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The Trump administration is poised to issue a rule unwinding an Obama -era requirement that employee health benefits include contraception, which will spark a fresh round of litigation over an issue that has been before courts for six years. Federal health officials are expected to finalize a regulation that would allow employers […]
8/16/2017
MILITARY/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The nation’s top military officers issued public statements condemning racial bigotry and extremism, a rare foray into domestic politics that indicated deep unease Wednesday [8-16-17] in the Pentagon with President Trump’s views on race and underscored his growing isolation. The social media posts from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff — the […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two of President Donald Trump’s councils of top business leaders are disbanding, following controversial remarks made by Mr. Trump on Tuesday [8-15-17]. Mr. Trump tweeted Wednesday that he was ending the White House council on manufacturing and the Strategic and Policy Forum. One of the councils had planned to disband after a […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 12:14pm […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid reports of disgust and dismay among White House officials in the wake of President Trump’s insistence that ‘both sides’ bear the blame for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Va.., Saturday, there appears to be one member of the administration who couldn’t be happier: White House Chief Strategist Steve […]
8/16/2017
SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid a rocky week of messaging for Donald Trump following a white nationalist rally that turned deadly last weekend, the president is returning to his comfort zone: the campaign rally. The Trump campaign is set to hold a rally in Phoenix next Tuesday [8-22-17] night in what will be his first rally […]
8/16/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, in his most comfortable element at the gilded Trump Tower on Tuesday [8-15-17] as he took questions from reporters, was surrounded by approving aides as he took jabs at the media. A few male aides who were gathered to the right side of the podium chuckled and […]
8/16/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday [8-16-17] there was no equivalence between fascists and those who opposed them, a rare rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump by one of his closest foreign allies. Trump inflamed tensions after a deadly rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, by insisting that counter-protesters […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump shared on Twitter a cartoon on Tuesday [8-15-17] morning of a train running over a person with a CNN logo covering the person’s head, three days after a fatal collision in Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Trump deleted his retweet minutes later. Mr. Trump has been under fire for how he has […]
8/15/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is cutting off an Obama-era pathway to the United States for young migrants fleeing violence in Central America, further narrowing the options for thousands of people hoping to seek refuge here as the White House moves to tighten immigration rules. As of Wednesday [8-16-17], the Department of Homeland Security […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday [8-15-17] as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. Never has he gone as far in defending their actions as he did during a wild, […]
8/15/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Premiums for the most popular health insurance plans would shoot up 20 percent next year, and federal budget deficits would increase by $194 billion in the coming decade, if President Trump carried out his threat to end certain subsidies paid to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act, the Congressional Budget Office […]
8/15/2017
IRAN/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “During his rise to power, President Trump proved he has a finely honed sense of what threats, intimidation and bluster can accomplish. In recent days, he has received reminders — including from South Korea, Iran and Venezuela — that geopolitics operates with a different set of rules than real estate or […]
8/15/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump reverted Tuesday [8-15-17] to blaming both sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., and at one point questioned whether the movement to pull down Confederate statues would lead to the desecration of memorials to George Washington. Abandoning his precisely chosen and carefully delivered condemnations of the Ku Klux Klan […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Walmart’s chief executive has issued a strong rebuke of President Trump’s response to the protests that turned violent in Charlottesville, Va., saying the president ‘missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together.’ The criticism came in a statement that the retailer’s chief executive, Doug McMillon, emailed to employees Monday […]
8/14/2017
ECONOMY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump named Tomas Philipson, an economist at the University of Chicago who has specialized in health-care policy, to the three-member Council of Economic Advisers on Monday [8-14-17]. Mr. Philipson briefly served as an adviser to the Trump transition team last fall on health-care matters and was a senior economic […]
8/15/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump continued his attacks against individual Senate Republicans, criticizing Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and his pivotal health-care vote at a news conference Tuesday [8-15-17] at Trump Tower in New York City. A week after Mr. Trump knocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) over the Senate’s failure to […]
8/15/2017
PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Plenty of fire and fury greeted President Trump along Fifth Ave. in Manhattan on Monday [8-14-17] when he made his first visit home since he took office seven months ago. Thousands of protesters rallied outside the iconic Trump Tower skyscraper where the President is staying, while another group nearby staged a mock […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2017 10:21am […]
8/15/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By ordering his first trade action against Beijing, while amping up pressure on Chinese leaders to rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear menace, U.S. President Donald Trump is bringing to a head two of the most intractable problems that bedevil U.S.-China relations. There are hints that Mr. Trump’s hard-nosed strategy could be […]
8/15/2017
DHS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Weeks before a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, led to three deaths and 19 injuries, the Trump administration revoked a grant to Life After Hate, a group that works to de-radicalize neo-Nazis. The Department of Homeland Security had awarded the group $400,000 as part of its Countering Violent Extremism program […]
8/15/2017
AFGHANISTAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States should withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan and stop listening to ‘stooges; in Kabul, the Taliban warned in an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-15-17]. The Trump administration is working to finalize a regional strategy that could include nearly 4,000 additional U.S. troops, part of […]
8/15/2017
PROTESTS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three chief executives resigned Monday [8-14-17] from a manufacturing-advisory council to the Trump administration in an apparent protest of the president’s failure to quickly condemn the white supremacists who marched and engaged in violence in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend. Drugmaker Merck MRK +0.29% & Co. issued a statement Monday morning on Twitter […]
8/14/2017
CRIME/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The white supremacists and right-wing extremists who came together over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., are now headed home, many of them ready and energized, they said, to set their sights on bigger prizes. Some were making arrangements to appear at future marches. Some were planning to run for public office. Others, […]
8/14/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is facing heated criticism over not publicly condemning white nationalists for inciting this weekend’s bloody confrontation in Charlottesville, Va., but on Monday [8-14-17] he criticized the head of Merck pharmaceuticals for quitting a federal panel in protest of Mr. Trump’s equivocal response to the violence. Merck’s chief executive, Kenneth C. […]
8/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States’ top general and South Korea’s president both said on Monday [8-14-17] that they hoped to avoid war with North Korea over its nuclear weapons, with the American commander stressing that the Pentagon was preparing military options only as a last resort. In a meeting with President […]
8/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided not to launch a threatened missile attack on Guam, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Tuesday, but warned that he could change his mind ‘if the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions.’ The report, published early Tuesday [8-15-17], could help dial […]
8/14/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump bowed to overwhelming pressure that he personally condemn white supremacists who incited bloody demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend — labeling their racists views ‘evil’ after two days of equivocal statements. ‘Racism is evil,’ Mr. Trump said. ‘And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and […]
8/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela had become a pariah among fellow Latin American leaders as his beleaguered country staggered toward dictatorship. But a threat by President Trump to use the American military against Mr. Maduro’s government has united those leaders in a different direction: demanding that the United States keep out […]
8/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has mastered the art of the swaggering politician, but when tragedy strikes, he has struggled to find his footing. By projecting the persona of a chin-out American leader eager to punch first and deal with the consequences later, Trump is missing the softer touch that past presidents have effectively […]
8/14/2017
MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leaving for New York City and meetings on military purchases and trade.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 05:29pm […]
8/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big day in Washington, D.C., even though White House & Oval Office are being renovated. Great trade deals coming for American workers!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 05:17pm […]
8/14/2017
PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@Merck Pharma is a leader in higher & higher drug prices while at the same time taking jobs out of the U.S. Bring jobs back & LOWER PRICES!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 05:09pm […]
8/14/2017
EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order as soon as Tuesday [8-15-17] that would sharply compress the time federal agencies spend weighing environmental reviews of highways, bridges and other infrastructure projects. The order, according to a senior administration official, will require federal agencies to cooperate from the earliest stages of […]
8/14/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Los Angeles-based tech company is resisting a federal demand for more than 1.3 million IP addresses to identify visitors to a website set up to coordinate protests on Inauguration Day — a request whose breadth the company says violates the Constitution… The request also covers emails between the site’s organizers […]
8/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to stay at his home in Trump Tower Monday {8-14-17] night for the first time in his presidency. Mr. Trump is scheduled to leave his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Monday for a quick stop at the White House to sign a presidential memorandum on China’s laws, […]
8/14/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CRIME/JEFF SESSIONS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday [8-14-17] morning he expects President Donald Trump to explicitly condemn white supremacists, in the wake of deadly violence at a weekend rally in Virginia and growing pressure on Mr. Trump to break decisively with nationalist groups that backed his campaign and presidency. ‘He will […]
8/14/2017
DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President’s Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 07:54am […]
8/14/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Luther Strange of the Great State of Alabama has my endorsement. He is strong on Border & Wall, the military, tax cuts & law enforcement.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 05:38am […]
8/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to Washington this morning. Much work to do. Focus on trade and military. #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 05:26am […]
8/13/2017
MIKE PENCE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Vice President Mike Pence tamped down President Donald Trump’s threats of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela amid growing regional fears that such comments have strengthened that country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. Mr. Pence spoke Sunday [8-13-17] night in neighboring Colombia, two days after Mr. Trump jolted the region by saying he was […]
8/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up Obamacare. But his own administration is separately dangling hundreds of millions of dollars before states to bail out their insurance markets. Alaska will get $323 million over the next five years to coax its lone Obamacare insurer to remain in the market and hold […]
8/13/2017
CRIME/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, in the wake of deadly weekend violence at a white-supremacy rally in Virginia, is facing pressure to break decisively with such nationalist groups that largely backed his campaign and presidency, or risk a fraying of his fragile governing coalition. The rally erupted in violence in Charlottesville on Saturday [8-12-17], […]
8/13/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Inside President Donald Trump’s White House, no one seems to be looking forward to September. Senior officials have described the coming month as ‘brutal,’ ‘bad’ or ‘really tough’ because of the confluence of complicated issues — but they also say it’s pivotal to getting the presidency back on course. Aides hope […]
8/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Trump’s remarks on Friday [8-11-17] that he would not rule out a ‘military option’ to quell the chaos in Venezuela set off a late-night diplomatic duel, with the defense minister accusing Mr. Trump of ‘an act of madness’ and the White House saying it had turned away a call from […]
8/12/2017
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Condolences to the family of the young woman killed today, and best regards to all of those injured, in Charlottesville, Virginia. So sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 06:25pm […]
8/12/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We will continue to follow developments in Charlottesville, and will provide whatever assistance is needed. We are ready, willing and able. https://t.co/mCTYBgUePi” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 04:49pm […]
8/12/2017
DONALDISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must remember this truth: No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are ALL AMERICANS FIRST. https://t.co/FesMiQSKKn” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 04:19pm […]
8/12/2017
CRIME/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. #Charlottesville https://t.co/DB22fgnu6L” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 03:23pm […]
8/12/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration announced plans Saturday [8-12-17] to pressure China over alleged intellectual property theft, adding the threat of trade retaliation to an ongoing campaign seeking greater cooperation from Beijing in the North Korean nuclear crisis. Aides said President Donald Trump will sign a directive Monday ordering his trade representative […]
8/12/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me live from Bedminster, New Jersey: https://t.co/P3cRVvE0cY” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 02:26pm […]
8/12/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Am in Bedminster for meetings & press conference on V.A. & all that we have done, and are doing, to make it better-but Charlottesville sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 01:00pm […]
8/12/2017
CRIME/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2017 12:19pm […]
8/11/2017
CUBA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The University of Miami received a nervous call from the Trump administration: American diplomats in Havana were getting sick with headaches, dizziness and hearing loss. Washington needed answers. At least six patients were flown from Cuba to the university’s hospital this year to determine the cause of a medical mystery that […]
8/11/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House chief of staff John Kelly spent this week in Bedminster, N.J., pondering changes in the West Wing, according to four White House officials. Kelly summoned aides to President Donald Trump’s golf club there to ask about their portfolios and make suggestions on how to make the West Wing […]
8/11/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Press Conference – Following National Security Briefing in Bedminster, New Jersey. ?https://t.co/v5O8GglOIK https://t.co/H1Zi5XRKEo” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2017 09:06pm […]
8/11/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As promised on the campaign trail, we will provide opportunity for Americans to gain skills needed to succeed & thrive as the economy grows! https://t.co/ZycW4PPcU5” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2017 04:43pm […]
8/11/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We want to make sure that we have the workforce development programs we need to ensure these jobs are…. https://t.co/tyqbvvmBn4” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2017 01:29pm […]
8/11/2017
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Shortly after tweeting the US military was ‘locked and loaded’ should North Korea ‘act unwisely,’ President Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Friday [8-11-17] to emphasize his point by retweeting images of US B-1 bombers currently stationed in Guam. Featuring a series of photos depicting B-1B Lancers deployed to the US […]
8/11/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, there was no formal policymaking process in the West Wing: no set protocol for meeting with the president, giving him information, or presenting various options with which to make decisions. Sometimes, multiple staffers said, disagreements broke out in the Oval Office in […]
8/11/2017
AL GORE/CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Friday [8-11-17] that President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate change agreement was fueling, rather than weakening, momentum among environmental activists. Gore, whose follow-up to his 2006 Oscar-winning documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ is showing in movie theaters worldwide this month, said […]
8/11/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s hotel in Washington, DC, jacked up its rates after he took office more than it had planned to charge — and the posh facility outperformed his company’s expectations as a result, a new report said Friday [8-11-17]. The Trump International Hotel, in the opulently renovated Old Post Office near […]
8/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump issued his starkest warning yet against North Korea, saying that ‘military solutions’ were ‘in place, locked and loaded’ should Pyongyang ‘act unwisely.’ From his working vacation at his golf resort in Bedminister, N.J., the president made the warning Friday [8-11-17] on Twitter just before 7:30 a.m. Eastern […]
8/11/2017
LGBTQ/NAVY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said he would follow directions from the president on transgender people in the military but believes ‘any patriot’ should be allowed to serve. Spencer, speaking to reporters on Thursday [8-10-17] on a visit to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, said he would abide by any policy […]
8/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has been engaging in back-channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, the Associated Press reported on Friday [8-11-17], as President Donald Trump stepped up his warnings to Pyongyang amid rising tensions in the region. The dialogue involved Joseph Yun, the U.S. envoy for North Korea policy, […]
8/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GERMANY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the outskirts of this small town in southern Germany, the U.S. is spending $1 billion on a hospital an Army general describes as the most ambitious medical construction project the military has ever undertaken. The excavators rumbling across an expanse of red soil close to the size of 90 football […]
8/10/2017
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Trump said on Thursday [8-10-17] that he had not considered firing Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the election, contradicting private statements the president has made to his aides and friends about his desire to dismiss Mr. Mueller… The Justice Department investigation into […]
8/10/2017
LGBTQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [8-10-17] that he is doing the United States military a ‘great favor’ by barring transgender people from serving in its ranks — even though the Pentagon has made no move to expel personnel since the commander in chief first tweeted the policy about-face two weeks ago. The […]
8/10/2017
AMBASSADOR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump offered gratitude rather than outrage on Thursday [8-10-17] for Russia’s decision to force the United States Embassy in Moscow to slash its personnel by 755 people, despite bipartisan condemnation from other American leaders who protested the Cold War-style move. President Vladimir V. Putin last month ordered the seizure of two […]
8/10/2017
CRIME/DRUGS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency Thursday [8-10-17], establishing a formal designation for the crisis that could shape the way his administration responds… A White House commission on the opioid crisis led by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a one-time Republican rival and subsequent backer of Mr. […]
8/10/2017
EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The amount of money the Environmental Protection Agency is penalizing polluters they’ve sued for breaching federal regulations has plummeted by 60% under President Donald Trump, a report released Thursday [8-10-17] has found. Between January and July, fines resulting from settlements have been significantly lighter on polluters’ pocketbooks on average compared to previous […]
8/10/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tensions flared publicly between President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with the president criticizing his party’s Senate leader for the failure to advance a health-care bill through the Republican-led chamber… The president’s tweets followed criticism from Dan Scavino Jr., Mr. Trump’s social-media director and a senior aide, who […]
8/10/2017
HEALTHCARE/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mitch, get back to work and put Repeal & Replace, Tax Reform & Cuts and a great Infrastructure Bill on my desk for signing. You can do it!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 10, 2017 11:40am […]
8/10/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When North Korea has made military threats in recent times, it has usually sought an off-ramp before tensions could spill over into armed conflict. But the current standoff—U.S. President Donald Trump warning North Korea of ‘fire and fury,’ Pyongyang declaring its intention to send missiles into the waters off Guam, […]
8/10/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jamaicans and other foreign workers have long powered the summer economy in the upscale tourist haven of Martha’s Vineyard, cleaning hotel rooms, waiting tables and mixing fudge. This year, many local businesses had to come up with a Plan B. Facing a shortage of foreign laborers, local restaurants have reduced hours of […]
8/10/2017
HEALTHCARE/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years, couldn’t get it done. Must Repeal & Replace ObamaCare!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 10, 2017 05:54am […]
8/9/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Washington needs a vacation from itself. ‘Doing nothing is exhausting,’ said Jason Chaffetz, the former Republican congressman from Utah, whose head start began with a surprise resignation in June. Yet for those who remain in Congress — and across the city’s motley roster of aides, journalists, consultants and lobbyists — the collective […]
8/9/2017
DOLLAR/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is the closest thing to a certainty in the global economy. When trouble flares and anxiety mounts, people who manage money traditionally entrust it to a seemingly indomitable refuge, the American dollar. Yet on Wednesday, in the hours after President’s Trump’s threat to unleash ‘fire and fury’ on North Korea if […]