LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has received and rejected a request for documents as part of Congress’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign. Cohen, a longtime attorney for the Trump Organization, remains a personal lawyer for Trump. He served as a cable television surrogate […]
Category: A- Trump As President
5/30/2017
BUDGET/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s vow to massively rebuild the US armed forces comes with an interesting wrinkle in his first budget request: a call to close military bases. Trump’s Pentagon is asking for a new commission to study closing or revamping bases in its budget request, as the Defense Department says it has […]
5/30/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy. Dems would do it, no doubt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2017 08:59am […]
5/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GERMANY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2017 05:40am […]
5/29/2017
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Federal officials, following through on a pledge by President Trump, have drafted a rule to roll back a federal requirement that many religious employers provide birth control coverage in health insurance plans. The mandate for free contraceptive coverage was one of the most hotly contested Obama administration policies adopted under the Affordable […]
5/29/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The boldest ideas for changing the nation’s tax code are either dead or on political life support, as the Republican effort in Congress to reshape the tax system moves much more slowly than lawmakers and their allies in business had hoped. The clear winner, so far, is the status quo. Republicans, who […]
5/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, who has never made a secret of his hostility toward Iran, called recently for a grand regional strategy among Sunni nations to isolate the country. But Tehran received that threat with surprising equanimity because, in practice, the Trump administration has shown a willingness to do business with the country… […]
5/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 28, 2017 07:10am […]
5/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived in Italy after having a very successful NATO meeting in Brussels. Told other nations they must pay more, not fair to U.S.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 28, 2017 06:57am […]
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big G7 meetings today. Lots of very important matters under discussion. First on the list, of course, is terrorism. #G7Taormina” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 27, 2017 04:58am […]
5/27/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just left the #G7Summit. Had great meetings on everything, especially on trade where… ‘we push for the removal of all trade-distorting practices….to foster a truly level playing field.’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 27, 2017 11:16 to 11:17am […]
5/27/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 27, 2017 07:17am […]
5/27/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many NATO countries have agreed to step up payments considerably, as they should. Money is beginning to pour in- NATO will be much stronger.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 27, 2017 05:03am […]
5/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s push to get in front of the pack at a NATO summit generated indignation in the Balkans and garnered attention on social media — but the man he shoved aside took it in stride. At Thursday’s gathering in Brussels, Trump put his right hand on the right arm […]
5/26/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese officials have told the U.S. that they’ve tightened inspections and policing along the border with North Korea as part of U.N. sanctions aimed at halting Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile activities, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said Friday [5-26-17]. Beijing’s action reflects a growing awareness about the urgent […]
5/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leaders from the world’s major industrialized nations began talks on Friday [5-26-17] at a G7 summit in Sicily which is expected to expose deep divisions with U.S. President Donald Trump over trade and climate change. The two-day summit, at a cliff-top hotel overlooking the Mediterranean, began a day after Trump blasted […]
5/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready to engage G7 leaders on many issues including economic growth, terrorism, and security.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 26, 2017 05:14am […]
5/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived in Italy for the G7. Trip has been very successful. We made and saved the USA many billions of dollars and millions of jobs.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 26, 2017 05:13am […]
5/25/2017
CAMPAIGN/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Carrier, the company President Trump pledged to keep on American soil, informed the state of Indiana this week that it will soon begin cutting 632 workers from an Indianapolis factory. The manufacturing jobs will move to Monterrey, Mexico, where the minimum wage is $3.90. That was not supposed to happen, according to […]
5/25/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [5-25-17] punctured any illusions that he was on a fence-mending tour of Europe, declining to explicitly endorse NATO’s mutual defense pledge and lashing out at fellow members for what he called their ‘chronic underpayments’ to the alliance. On a tense day when Mr. Trump brought the ‘America […]
5/25/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court refused Thursday [5-25-17] to reinstate President Trump’s revised travel ban, saying it ‘drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.’ The decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., was a fresh setback for the administration’s efforts to limit travel from […]
5/25/2017
INTELLIGENCE/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [5-24-17] condemned ‘leaks of sensitive information,’ responding to a complaint by Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, over disclosures of details from the investigation into Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since 2005. ‘The alleged leaks coming out of government agencies are deeply troubling,’ Mr. Trump said in a statement. ‘These […]
5/25/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declined for now to give the House Oversight Committee documents it had requested regarding communications between former FBI chief James Comey and President Donald Trump, the head of the panel said on Thursday [5-25-17]. The FBI said it was still evaluating the request, which had a […]
5/25/2017
DONALDISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for your support. Together, we will MAKE AMERICA SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! #POTUSAbroad #USA?? https://t.co/42vCwr5GkA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2017 03:06pm […]
5/25/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Pentagon investigation has found that more than 100 civilians were killed after the U.S. dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March. The probe found that the U.S. bomb triggered secondary explosions from devices clandestinely planted there by ISIS fighters. And the military says the secondary blasts caused […]
5/25/2017
NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today’s ceremony is a day for both remembrance and resolve. #NATOMeeting #NATO https://t.co/YNZV3bTek” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2017 12:54pm […]
5/25/2017
NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [5-25-17] chastised NATO leaders for not paying their fair share to protect the alliance, complaining in front of them that the defense burden the United States has shouldered for many years is “not fair” to its taxpayers. Trump also did not explicitly affirm that an attack on […]
5/24/2017
JAMES COMEY/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday [5-24-17] he doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump that former FBI Director James Comey is a ‘nut job.’ His remarks were in response to a New York Times report that the President bragged to two top Russian officials earlier this month that firing ‘nut […]
5/24/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to publicly endorse NATO’s mutual defense commitment at a ceremony on Thursday [5-25-17] at the alliance’s headquarters, an administration official said, breaking months of silence about whether the United States would automatically come to the aid of an ally under attack. Mr. Trump will make the promise […]
5/24/2017
BUDGET/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE MNUCHIN: “Trump administration officials, testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday [5-23-17] on their 10-year budget plans, pointed to a more pressing fiscal problem: They could run out of room to pay the government’s bills within the next few months. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked Congress to raise the debt limit—which risks shutting […]
5/24/2017
BUDGET/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations said on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts would ‘simply make it impossible’ for the global organization to maintain essential operations. The statement, by a United Nations spokesman, added to the growing criticism of a budget submission for the 2018 fiscal year that would reduce funding […]
5/24/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for the warm welcome to Brussels, Belgium this afternoon! https://t.co/1AvYSameD4” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 24, 2017 03:11pm […]
5/24/2017
CABINET/DEFENSE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. warplanes dropped more weapons on Afghanistan in April than in any other single month since 2012, according to new statistics, as military officials press U.S. President Donald Trump to send thousands more troops to the country. The escalation in the use of American air power was partly due to an effort […]
5/24/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The team tasked by the White House with finding a new director for the FBI is resetting its search, a senior administration official told CNN. President Donald Trump said last week that he was ‘very close’ to choosing a new FBI director to replace James Comey, who was leading the investigation […]
5/24/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump told his Philippine counterpart that Washington has sent two nuclear submarines to waters off the Korean peninsula, the New York Times said, comments likely to raise questions about his handling of sensitive information. Trump has said ‘a major, major conflict’ with North Korea is possible […]
5/24/2017
POPE FRANCIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world. https://t.co/Jhe7SROaxD” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 24, 2017 07:20am […]
5/23/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has retained the services of a trusted lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and suspected Russian interference in last year’s election, according to people familiar with the decision. Kasowitz, who has known Trump for decades, has represented Trump in numerous cases, including on […]
5/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump traveled to Bethlehem on Tuesday [5-23-17], meeting with the Palestinian leader and vowing again to ‘do everything I can’ to break through decades of resistance to reach a peace deal but reporting no concrete progress. A day after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Trump visited […]
5/23/2017
CRIME/DRUGS/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/PHILIPPINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump praised President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines in a phone call last month for doing an ‘unbelievable job on the drug problem’ in the island nation where the government has sanctioned gunning down suspects in the streets. Mr. Trump also boasted that the United States has ‘two nuclear […]
5/23/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “Finally some good news for President Trump: His new budget stands absolutely no chance of being enacted by Congress. Moving forward with the cuts outlined in the $4.1 trillion spending plan created by the budget director, Mick Mulvaney, formerly one of the most determined fiscal hawks in Congress, would no […]
5/23/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush was baffled at the latest kerfuffle between the White House and the Office of Government Ethics. On Monday [5-22-17], The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump’s White House refused to disclose to the OGE any ethics waivers granted to former lobbyists […]
5/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [5-23-17] that Israeli and Palestinian leaders are ready to strike a peace agreement, but both sides used the president’s visit to voice the daunting obstacles that stand in the way of reaching it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, […]
5/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East were great. Trying hard for PEACE. Doing well. Heading to Vatican & Pope, then #G7 and #NATO.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2017 10:47am […]
5/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for such a wonderful and unforgettable visit, Prime Minister @Netanyahu and @PresidentRuvi.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2017 10:43am […]
5/23/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump asked two of the government’s top intelligence chiefs to publicly deny evidence of cooperation between his campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, multiple current and former US officials confirmed to CNN Monday [5-22-17]. The revelations, first reported by The Washington Post, deepen the intrigue over alleged […]
5/23/2017
BUDGET/ECONOMY/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s claim that his budget will erase the deficit in 10 years relies on an accounting gimmick. His economic advisers have insisted for months that his proposal to slash tax rates can be revenue neutral, meaning the tax code will collect as much money as it does today after cutting […]
5/23/2017
BORDER/BUDGET/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget calls for more spending for border security and immigration enforcement — but the ask is still modest compared to what fulfilling his campaign pledges would likely cost. The budget proposed by the White House on Tuesday includes $2.6 billion for border security — $1.6 billion of which […]
5/22/2017
ETHICS/LOBBYING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose any ethics waivers granted to former lobbyists who have work in the White House or federal agencies. The latest conflict came in recent days when the […]
5/22/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump began a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank on Monday [5-22-17], wading into a generations-old Middle East standoff that will pose an early test of whether his business deal-making skills can translate to the high-wire world of international diplomacy… Mr. Netanyahu repeated his longstanding position that he […]
5/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Monday [5-22-17] to delay ruling on a lawsuit that could determine whether the government will continue paying subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to health insurance companies for the benefit of low-income people — effectively prolonging uncertainty that is already rattling the health […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The NYPD expects to shell out $42.5 million by the end of June protecting President Trump, his namesake tower and his family, officials said Monday [5-22-17]. Trump’s one-day trip back to the city earlier this month, his first since taking office, cost the city $1.2 million, deputy commissioner Vincent Grippo told the […]
5/22/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister @Netanyahu and @PresidentRuvi- on behalf of @FLOTUS Melania and myself, thank you for the invitation… https://t.co/Z5YCpaRV6t” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2017 03:14pm […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is billing its budget as a plan to ‘reform the welfare system’ and replace ‘dependency with dignity of work,’ while saving $274 billion over 10 years, according to a four-page memo obtained by POLITICO. The White House budget, to be released Tuesday [5-23-17], will suggest taking an ax to […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s budget that is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday [5-23-17] will include $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid — a move that underscores the President’s resolve to significantly downsize the federal program even as Republican lawmakers are clashing over the issue in Congress. The $800 billion reduction, confirmed to CNN […]
5/22/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @netanyahu: Ever Stronger חזקים תמיד ???? https://t.co/Ecf5p4HjfZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2017 08:13am […]
5/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As voters in Iran danced in the streets, celebrating the landslide re-election of a moderate as president, President Trump stood in front of a gathering of leaders from across the Muslim world and called on them to isolate a nation he said had ‘fueled the fires of sectarian conflict and terror.’ […]
5/21/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans on Sunday [5-21-17] inched away from President Trump amid mounting evidence that he may have sought to interfere in the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In a sign of growing anxiety, several important Republicans expressed discomfort with Mr. Trump’s firing of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, […]
5/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#RiyadhSummit #POTUSAbroad?? https://t.co/WdDEOiV6oS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2017 04:51pm […]
5/21/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump looked to make clear that the United States is not at war with Islam in a major speech here on Sunday, instead defining the battle against terrorist groups as a ‘battle between good and evil’ as he urged Muslim-majority countries to redouble their counterterrorism efforts. ‘This is not a […]
5/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speech transcript at Arab Islamic American Summit ➡️https://t.co/eUWxJXJxbe Replay ➡️https://t.co/VtmlSqciXx #RiyadhSummit #POTUSAbroad” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2017 11:47am […]
5/21/2017
EDUCATION/FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FLOTUS: I had a wonderful time with the students at the American International School #Riyadh today. #SaudiaArabia https://t.co/AVzVV0W…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2017 06:15am […]
5/20/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Looking forward to the afternoon and evening ahead. #POTUSAbroad https://t.co/JJOra0KfyR” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 20, 2017 04:44am […]
5/19/2017
BUDGET/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal would cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Science and Technology nearly in half, while paring by 40 percent funding for E.P.A. employees who oversee and put in place environmental regulations, according to a White House document that was shared with The New York Times. And […]
5/19/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office, two people briefed on the discussions tell CNN. White House officials believe the President has […]
5/19/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#WeeklyAddress?? ➡️https://t.co/UYEhgch4Hl https://t.co/HIQoFuc5cy” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 19, 2017 05:16pm […]
5/19/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The law enforcement investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign has identified a current White House official as a significant person of interest, showing that the probe is reaching into the highest levels of government, according to people familiar with the matter. The senior White House adviser under […]
5/19/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea’s deputy U.N. envoy said on Friday [5-19-17] that the United States needed to roll back its “hostile policy” toward the country before there could be talks between the pair. ‘As everybody knows, the Americans have gestured (toward) dialogue,’ North Korea’s Deputy U.N. Ambassador Kim In Ryong told reporters […]
5/19/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “On Tuesday [5-16-17] afternoon, President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan huddled at the White House — and then gave a joint press conference. Within hours, Erdogan was at the Turkish ambassador’s home in upper Northwest Washington, watching as his personal guards participated in a bloody and violent clash […]
5/19/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s attorneys originally wanted him to submit an updated financial disclosure without certifying the information as true, according to correspondence with the Office of Government Ethics. Attorney Sheri Dillon said she saw no need for Trump to sign his 2016 personal financial disclosure because he is filing voluntarily this year. But […]
5/19/2017
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia has condemned a series of US coalition airstrikes on a military convoy allied with President Bashar al-Assad in Syria as ‘totally unacceptable.’ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov hit out at the attack Friday [5-19-17], according to state news agency RIA-Novosti. ‘Any military actions leading to the aggravation of the situation […]
5/19/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready for my big foreign trip. Will be strongly protecting American interests – that’s what I like to do!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 19, 2017 09:24am […]
5/19/2017
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manual Santos Thursday [5-18-17], President Donald Trump was asked a very simple question: Had he urged then-FBI Director James Comey to slow or stop an FBI investigation into deposed national security adviser Michael Flynn? ‘No. No. Next question,’ Trump responded. It was […]
5/19/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Given his current political fortunes, if President Donald Trump’s crucial first foreign trip passes off without a disaster, it will be considered a success. The President embarks on a journey Friday [5-19-17] to Saudi Arabia, Israel and global summits in Italy and Belgium, after one of the most tumultuous and damaging […]
5/18/2017
CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [5-18-17] that an investigation of his campaign’s possible ties to Russia is a ‘witch hunt’ and should be quickly brought to a close, but the appointment of a special counsel and recent grand jury subpoenas suggest a federal criminal probe is expanding to include other suspicious activity […]
5/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “When President Trump sets off on his first international trip as president on Friday [5-18-17], his itinerary will include two Middle Eastern countries, Israel and Saudi Arabia, where he explored business deals before taking office. In Israel, Mr. Trump has long sought a tower project in Tel Aviv. But he […]
5/18/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Several White House advisers and personal associates of President Trump have urged him to hire an experienced outside lawyer to help him deal with issues arising from a surging controversy over whether his campaign had ties to Russia, according to several people briefed on the conversations. The recommendations came even before a […]
5/18/2017
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration informed U.S. lawmakers that it intends to launch formal negotiations on overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement, a big bet by President Donald Trump that he can win concessions from Canada and Mexico, and push a deal through Congress. Mr. Trump, who called the trade deal a […]
5/18/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘President Donald J. Trump Proclaims 5/14/2017 through 5/20/2017 as #PoliceWeek’ Proclamation➡️http://45.wh.gov/sLr2xt #ThankACop #LESM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2017 09:03pm […]
5/18/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s budget proposal next week will include a new benefit for America’s working parents, one Democrats have long championed and Republicans have long opposed: paid family leave. The president’s first detailed budget request on Tuesday [5-16-17] will seek funds for the creation of a program to grant mothers and fathers six […]
5/18/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that Mr. Trump was not personally under investigation, according to two people briefed on the call. Mr. Comey told the president that if he wanted […]
5/18/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump next week will propose the U.S. can balance the federal budget over 10 years with substantial cuts to safety-net programs such as food stamps and other anti-poverty efforts, combined with a tax and regulatory overhaul that speeds up the nation’s economic growth rate, a senior White House budget official […]
5/17/2017
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not since the release of the Access Hollywood tape, in which Donald Trump bragged about groping women by the genitals, have some conservatives thought so seriously, if a bit wistfully, about two words: President Pence. The scandals clouding Trump’s presidency — including, most recently, his firing of FBI Director James Comey, […]
5/18/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Senate Democrats called Thursday [5-18-17] for President Donald Trump’s company to disclose significant more details about how it’s been operating since its owner became president. In a letter to the Trump Organization’s new leadership, including the president’s adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, Sen. Patrick Leahy and […]
5/18/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, in a remarkable move for a sitting president, lashed out Thursday [5-18-17] at the appointment of a special counsel — made by his own Justice Department — to oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with his campaign. Trump, casting himself as […]
5/18/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “President Donald Trump is considering scaling back White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s public role, according to several officials familiar with the president’s thinking, as Trump also weighs a broader shakeup of his communications shop in the wake of several scandals. The press secretary, who has turned into a household […]
5/18/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2017 09:07am […]
5/18/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2017 06:39am […]
5/17/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Did you hear the one about the Russians paying off the future president of the United States? It seems House Republicans have. Their two highest-ranking members on Wednesday walked into a firestorm of their own making, negotiating the latest Republican headache after The Washington Post reported that Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, […]
5/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump leaves on Friday [5-19-71] for a nine-day, five-city foreign excursion, his first trip outside the United States as the country’s leader and top diplomat. He doesn’t really want to go. In recent days, Mr. Trump has groused to several friends that he is not looking forward to leaving his […]
5/17/2017
INTELLIGENCE/LEAKS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The classified information that President Donald Trump shared last week with Russian officials had been gathered by Israeli intelligence, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, a disclosure that could have far-reaching consequences for U.S. national security. The intelligence—concerning terrorist threats against airliners—was meant for U.S. eyes only and was provided […]
5/17/2017
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [5-17-17] will interview four candidates for the position of director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. Spicer, who was aboard Air Force One with Trump, said the president would meet with acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former Oklahoma Governor […]
5/17/2017
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “President Donald Trump loves to talk. To tweet. To be quoted. To sound off. To make news. Which makes the fact that he hasn’t tweeted in more than 20 hours — despite blockbuster reports that he asked then FBI Director James Comey to end the investigation into former national […]
5/17/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday [5-17-17] morning that President Donald Trump needs to ‘right the ship’ and get his ‘house in order’ after reports emerged that Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to end his investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. ‘Clearly, the administration needs to […]
5/17/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, amid his own swirling controversies, advised United States Coast Guard Academy graduates that while things aren’t always fair, ‘you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight.’ ‘Never, never, never give up. Things will work out just fine,’ he said in New London, Connecticut, Wednesday. The comment […]
5/17/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After a week of tumult and negative news, the protective Republican wall around President Donald Trump is starting to crack. Leading Republican politicians are becoming more vocal in their complaints, while networks are struggling to find Republicans willing to go on-air to defend the president… ‘We’ve seen this movie before,’ Sen. John […]
5/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/LEAKS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday [5-17-17] he would be willing to provide the U.S. Congress a record of President Trump’s meeting with top Russian envoys, bringing scoffs on Capitol Hill that the Kremlin could help shed light on the disclosures of reportedly highly classified intelligence. The provocative offer for the […]
5/17/2017
LEAKS/POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday [5-16-17] that U.S. President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript. But a leading U.S. Republican politician said he would have little faith in any notes Putin might […]
5/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SUDAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sudan’s controversial President Omar al-Bashir is due to attend a summit in Saudi Arabia that will bring together US President Donald Trump and leaders of Muslim majority nations, a senior Sudanese lawmaker said Wednesday [5-17-17]. Bashir, who’s led his country for almost three decades, has been charged with crimes against humanity, […]
5/17/2017
LEGAL/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The elephant in the room whenever talking about Donald Trump and the Russia investigation is the big ‘I’ word — impeachment. The word had been in the not-so-far reaches of liberal conspiracy talk since Trump was elected. There’s a web site with more than 976,000 signed onto a petition encouraging Congress to […]
5/16/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, President Trump’s senior advisers had planned his first foreign trip with hopes of investing it with historic grandeur: a tour of the world’s three great monotheistic religions, capped by an address to the Muslim world in Saudi Arabia that will serve as Mr. Trump’s answer to the speech former President […]