CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/OBAMA EXEC ORDERS/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the *Waters of the U.S.* Rule’ The order calls on federal agencies to revise a regulation put in place by former president Barack Obama called the Clean Water Rule. Signed in 2015, the rule expanded the number […]
Category: A- Trump As President
2/28/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Like many presidents before him, President Trump is pushing a bold budget proposal. But for a business executive used to getting his way, he is likely to find, as his predecessors did, that final budgets often bear little resemblance to the originals after being run through the shredder on Capitol Hill… Taking […]
2/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former President George W. Bush said Monday that the media is ‘indispensable to democracy,’ a break from the position of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump, who has called the press ‘the enemy of the American people.’ ‘I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. That we need the media […]
2/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great meeting with CEOs of leading U.S. health insurance companies who provide great healthcare to the American people.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 27, 2017 12:06pm […]
2/27/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 120 retired generals signed a letter Monday pushing back on the White House’s proposal to make major cuts to diplomacy and development. Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director, and retired Gen. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, are among the former three- and four-star generals who […]
2/27/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defense programs, the White House said Monday. ‘This budget will be a public safety and national security budget,’ Trump said at a bipartisan gathering of US governors at […]
2/27/2017
POLITICS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s hard to overstate how much is on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plate right now. He presides over a restive group of Republicans who deposed his predecessor. He’s dealing with a new president who — even on his best days — refuses to stick to the script and has no trouble […]
2/27/2017
GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “GOP now viewed more favorably than Dems, in Trump era (per NBC/WSJ poll) via @HotlineJosh: https://t.co/Soebxtg2Zd” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 27, 2017 04:48pm […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is taking the first major step toward putting together a federal budget proposal, asking federal agencies to draft plans to hike military spending and cut back other domestic programs—while making no changes to major entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare. One senior administration official said the plan would […]
2/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big dinner with Governors tonight at White House. Much to be discussed, including healthcare.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 26, 2017 03:13pm […]
2/26/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The father of the commando killed in a Special Operations raid in Yemen last month said in an interview published this weekend that he had refused to meet with President Trump on the day his son’s body was returned home, and criticized the White House over the mission, saying, ‘Don’t hide behind […]
2/26/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s sympathetic remarks about the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers — ‘these incredible kids,’ he has called them — were a surprising turn for a man who had vowed during the campaign to ‘immediately terminate’ their protections from deportation. But they are unlikely to be the last word. Mr. Trump […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will instruct federal agencies on Monday [2-27-17] to assemble a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and drastic enough cuts to domestic agencies that he can keep his promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone, according to four senior administration officials. […]
2/24/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump painted his election victory as a ‘win for conservative values’ in a speech to activists Friday morning that mixed traditional Republican positions on taxes and regulation with the economic nationalism that propelled him into the White House. In a freewheeling address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon […]
2/24/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Journalists from The New York Times and two other news organizations were prohibited from attending a briefing by President Trump’s press secretary on Friday, a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps. Reporters from The Times, CNN and Politico were not allowed to enter the West […]
2/24/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [2-23-17] he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the ‘top of the pack,’ saying the United States has fallen behind in its weapons capacity… In his first comments about the U.S. nuclear arsenal since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump was asked […]
2/24/2017
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda’ Under this order, each agency must designate an official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO), who will be responsible for reviewing current regulations and making recommendations to the agency head on how to modify them. The RRO must hone in on certain regulations, such as those […]
2/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the White House, President Trump was telling American chief executives that the days of being treated unfairly by Mexico — on trade, on immigration, on crime — were over. ‘You see what’s happening at the border: All of a sudden for the first time, we’re getting gang members out,’ Mr. […]
2/23/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “William H. McRaven, a retired four-star admiral and former Navy SEAL, defended journalists this week, calling President Trump’s denunciation of the media as ‘the enemy of the American people’ the ‘greatest threat to democracy’ he’s seen in his lifetime. That’s coming from a man who’s seen major threats to democracy… McRaven […]
2/23/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse this week said he’s sure the Russia-related cloud hanging over President Donald Trump’s administration will not be clearing up any time soon. And Republicans, he said, are beginning to take the accusations much more seriously. The subcommittee will then evaluate the legality of what took place during […]
2/23/2017
JOBS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a meeting Thursday [2-23-17] with the country’s top manufacturing executives, President Trump made a puzzling statement about trade. ‘We don’t have any good deals. In fact, I am trying to find a country where we actually have a surplus — surplus of trade. Everything is a deficit,’ he said. ‘I […]
2/23/2017
JOBS/REGULATIONS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called two dozen corporate executives to the White House on Thursday to advise the administration on taxes, regulation and infrastructure projects, as well as on ways to strengthen the U.S. workforce. Trump celebrated the expansion of U.S. manufacturing jobs that some companies have announced in the three months since his […]
2/22/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/MISC: “Very much enjoyed my tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture…A great job done by amazing people!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2017 07:50am […]
2/22/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s former campaign staffers claim they cracked the code for tamping down his most inflammatory tweets, and they say the current West Wing staff would do well to take note. The key to keeping Trump’s Twitter habit under control, according to six former campaign officials, is to ensure that […]
2/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump previewed a budget plan Wednesday [2-22-17] he said would be focused intently on slashing spending in a bid to reduce the national debt. It’s one of three major legislative proposals the White House is preparing ahead of Trump’s address to lawmakers next week, his first speech to a […]
2/22/2017
LGBTQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [2-22-17] night withdrew Obama-era protections for transgender students in public schools that let them use bathrooms and facilities corresponding with their gender identity. The announcement is a significant victory for opponents of the Obama administration’s guidelines who believe the federal government never should have gotten involved in […]
2/21/2017
ANTI-SEMITISM/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s remarks on anti-Semitism Tuesday would be unremarkable if they had come weeks ago. But Trump has struggled when asked about the topic in the past, criticizing reporters, changing the subject and generally avoiding the routine denunciation of prejudice most Presidents would give. On Tuesday, that changed when Trump said that […]
2/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Meeting with Generals at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Very interesting!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 20, 2017 02:33pm […]
2/20/2017
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, President Trump and his aides have insisted that they had no contact with Russian officials during the presidential campaign, a denial Mr. Trump repeated last week. ‘I have nothing to do with Russia,’ he told reporters on Thursday. ‘To the best of my knowledge, no person that I deal with […]
2/19/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior National Security Council staffer has been fired over his criticism of President Donald Trump’s administration. According to the Associated Press, ‘current and former administration officials’ said Western Hemisphere division chief Craig Deare was terminated following remarks he made Thursday at a private talk at the Wilson Center, a D.C.-based […]
2/18/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be having many meetings this weekend at The Southern White House. Big 5:00 P.M. speech in Melbourne, Florida. A lot to talk about!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 18, 2017 08:51am […]
2/16/2017
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump frequently depicts a nation suffering from a bloody crime wave—at times citing incorrect data or unverifiable accounts—raising the prospect of increased prosecutions and tougher penalties. That message is splitting the law-enforcement community and would contradict a growing consensus in his own party around policies aimed at reducing prison populations. […]
2/16/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter. The officials’ decision to keep information from Mr. Trump underscores the deep mistrust that has developed between the intelligence community […]
2/16/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday asked April Ryan, an African-American reporter and longtime White House correspondent, if she would arrange for him a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus.” – “Gregory Krieg and Ashley Killough, Trump asks African-American reporter to set up meeting with black lawmakers,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Feb. 16, 2017 […]
2/16/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a wild, combative press conference Thursday [2-16-17], President Donald Trump tried to erase doubts about his early days in the White House by returning to what got him there: being Donald Trump. Blunt and unscripted, the president lambasted the media as dishonest and unfair, blamed Democrats for the ‘mess’ he […]
2/16/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump bristled at a reporter’s question on Thursday about how he would combat an ‘uptick in anti-Semitism’ across the country, calling it ‘very insulting’ and insisting that he is ‘the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life.’ Jake Turx, who is Jewish, prefaced his question by […]
2/16/2017
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed a measure Thursday [2-16-17] that rolls back a last-minute Obama administration rule aimed at stopping the coal mining industry from dumping waste into nearby waterways. It is the first of what is expected to be many environmental regulation rollbacks sent to his desk by Congress. Both the House […]
2/16/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump held a press conference on Thursday [2-16-17] that was rather combative toward the media. He repeatedly called out the press for covering what he called ‘fake news.’ Shortly after the press conference, FOX News anchor Shepard Smith hit back hard. ‘It’s crazy what we’re watching every day, it’s absolutely […]
2/16/2017
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defended as highly effective his tenure so far in the White House, which has been marked by legal fights, West Wing power struggles, confrontations with U.S. allies, the withdrawal of one of his cabinet nominees, and the firing of his national security adviser after he misled the vice president […]
2/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump jettisoned two decades of diplomatic orthodoxy on Wednesday [2-15-17] by declaring that the United States would no longer insist on the creation of a Palestinian state as part of a peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians. Hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for the first time since […]
2/15/2017
EMAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a candidate for president, Donald J. Trump embraced the hackers who had leaked Hillary Clinton’s emails to the press, declaring at a rally in Pennsylvania, “I love WikiLeaks!” To the cheering throngs that night, Mr. Trump marveled that “nothing is secret today when you talk about the internet.” The leakers, […]
2/15/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILLIAM HAPPER: “The man tipped as frontrunner for the role of science adviser to Donald Trump has described climate scientists as ‘a glassy-eyed cult’ in the throes of a form of collective madness. William Happer, an eminent physicist at Princeton University, met Trump last month to discuss the post and says […]
2/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The municipal-bond market has an early read on President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening sanctuary cities: more bark than bite. The Jan. 25 order’s threat to cut federal funds to cities and counties that decline to cooperate with federal authorities enforcing policies on illegal immigrants is unlikely to hurt the municipalities’ […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Could Donald Trump’s latest scandal be as big as Watergate? Following revelations of Trump’s relationship with Russia, veteran news anchor Dan Rather says, this could be even bigger than Watergate. Taking to his Facebook, the former host of CBS Evening News writes that on a 1-10 scale of an […]
2/14/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/FOREIGN POLICY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trashing the Paris Agreement made for a great campaign prop at Donald Trump’s rallies, where the climate change accord was portrayed as a product of the out-of-touch, insufferable elites that Trump pledged to sweep from power. Now the landmark agreement, signed under President Obama, is fast becoming a nuisance for […]
2/14/2017
BANKING/DODD-FRANK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump accelerated his ambitious bid to roll back financial regulation Tuesday, signing into law a measure killing a Securities and Exchange Commission rule aimed at weeding out corruption in the energy industry. The rule in question is a requirement of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, and was completed in the […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/JUSTIN TRUDEAU: “Wonderful meeting with Canadian PM @JustinTrudeau and a group of leading CEO’s & business women from Canada????????and the United States????????” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 01:50pm […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/JUSTIN TRUDEAU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Welcome to the @WhiteHouse Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau! https://t.co/WKgF8Zo9ri” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 11:59am […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/JUSTIN TRUDEAU: “Today I will meet with Canadian PM Trudeau and a group of leading business women to discuss women in the workforce. https://t.co/bFAHPRXHdP” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 10:53am […]
2/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump will honor his pledge to build a border wall, and he has answered Mexico’s refusal to pay for it with threats of a 20% tax on Mexican imports. He says he’ll renegotiate NAFTA, and Mexicans fear he’ll try to limit investment in their country’s manufacturing and automotive sectors to revive […]
2/13/2017
POLITICS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his top aides coordinated their response to North Korea’s missile test on Saturday night in full view of diners at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida — a remarkable public display of presidential activity that is almost always conducted in highly secure settings. The scene — of aides […]
2/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The war between Trump and Silicon Valley is set to escalate. Bloomberg reported that another executive order, still being drafted, will overhaul the entire work-visa program on which Silicon Valley relies. Here, too, is an opportunity for Canada. If the Americans don’t want the highly skilled mobile people of the world, […]
2/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GUANTANAMO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering what to do about a Qaeda suspect being held in Yemen, a decision that presents an early test of President Trump’s campaign pledge to send terrorism suspects to the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The suspect, known as Abu Khaybar, was captured last fall in […]
2/13/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure, President Donald Trump promises the job will be done with materials made in U.S. ‘Buy American and hire American,’ Mr. Trump said on the campaign trail and in his inaugural address. But in a global economy where supply chains and markets are international, establishing a […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The U.S. government on Monday said it has put Venezuela’s vice president on a sanctions list for allegedly aiding drug traffickers, dealing a setback to the country’s hopes of rebooting bilateral ties during President Donald Trump’s first term. Executive Vice President Tareck El Aissami and Venezuelan financier Samark Lopez were placed on […]
2/13/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people who filled the pews of St. John’s Episcopal Church for a private service on the morning of the inauguration were a testament to the ascendancy of the religious right in Donald J. Trump’s Washington: James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family; Tony Perkins, the president of the Family […]
2/12/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After two days of very productive talks, Prime Minister Abe is heading back to Japan. L” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 08:04am […]
2/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 06:34am […]
2/12/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#ICYMI: Joint Statement with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on North Korea. https://t.co/qEC87FKB1D” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 12:02am […]
2/12/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Andrew Sullivan says it’s time for journalists to talk publicly about President Trump’s ‘mental stability.’ ‘To have such an unstable figure, incapable of accepting reality, at the center of the world, is an extremely dangerous thing,’ Sullivan said in an interview for Sunday’s ‘Reliable Sources’ on CNN. Sullivan’s view is that the […]
2/12/2017
MEXICO/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of demonstrators waving Mexican flags and hoisting signs denouncing President Trump marched through central Mexico City on Sunday, the largest mobilization so far here against what many label an anti-Mexican administration in the White House. ‘We are not against the American people. This is about Trump, who is spreading hate and […]
2/12/2017
CABINET/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It turns out, being the commander in chief may not what President Donald Trump thought it would be. Politico reports that aides to the president and close allies say that he is becoming frustrated with the challenges of being the most powerful man in the world. That includes everything from congressional fights […]
2/12/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Trump’s old office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan sits unoccupied now, unofficial storage space for the gathering trove of memorabilia that his two oldest sons say they hope will eventually be turned over to their father’s presidential library. But just one flight down, in Eric and […]
2/12/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The ties that bind the most powerful media mogul in the world to the leader of the free world just keep getting stronger. Or, more precisely, we keep learning just how strong they are. The question is where that leaves the rest of the world when they’re done divvying […]
2/12/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “These are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional center of management for a president’s dealings with an uncertain world. Three weeks into the Trump administration, council staff members get up in the morning, read President Trump’s Twitter posts and struggle to make policy to fit them. […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 06:24pm […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Playef golf today with Prime Minister Abe of Japan and @TheBig_Easy, Ernie Els, and had a great time. Japan is very well represented!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 06:15pm […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Having a great time hosting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the United States! https://t.co/Fvjsac89qS… https://t.co/hKqbMB2aQ9” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 01:28pm […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I are hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mrs. Abe at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. They are a wonderful couple!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 08:33am […]
2/11/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Donald Trump’s administration has already made it a habit to break with tradition. The president didn’t wave upon boarding Air Force One for the first time. His team fired the 60-year voice of the Inauguration Day parade. Now, Melania Trump’s role as first lady is starting to chart its own course. […]
2/10/2017
HEALTHCARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a recent meeting with pharmaceutical-industry bigwigs, President Trump declared that ‘we’re going to be cutting regulations at a level that nobody’s ever seen before.’ He also said that ‘we’re going to have tremendous protection for the people.’ It’s hard to see how he can do both. As with Trump’s proposed elimination […]
2/10/2017
FAA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has suggested changes to a national air-traffic control system he described as ‘totally out of whack,’ taking on an issue that has foiled numerous previous efforts at modernization. ‘We want the traveling public to have the greatest customer service and with an absolute minimum of delays,’ Mr. Trump said […]
2/9/2017
RELIGION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump promised last week that he would ‘totally destroy’ the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 provision of the tax code that allows the Internal Revenue Service to police the speech of churches and other nonprofits. But Congress doesn’t have to repeal the amendment to make good on Mr. Trump’s pledge. The Free […]
2/9/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) for publicly discussing the outcome of a special operations raid in Yemen last month, a day after a White House spokesman declared the mission a success. ‘Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission […]
2/9/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump told President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday [2-9-17] evening that the United States would honor the ‘One China’ policy, reversing his earlier expressions of doubt about the longtime diplomatic understanding and removing a major source of tension between the United States and China since shortly after he was […]
2/8/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Saturday [2-4-17], using his favorite 140-character medium, President Trump insulted the federal jurist who blocked his immigration order aimed at Muslim travelers, dismissing Judge James L. Robart as a ‘so-called judge.’ Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank, also on Twitter, responded tartly: ‘This *so-called* judge was nominated by […]
2/7/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump might not know too much about alcohol but he does know that KFC is Finger Lickin’ Good. The President doesn’t drink or smoke – but his eating habits are less than healthy. Trump loves his fast food – including KFC and McDonald’s. Last year he told the Daily Mail that […]
2/5/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/NEIL GORSUCH: “When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had ‘demonstrated a commitment to helping the less fortunate’ by working in the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project and the Harvard Defenders. His affiliation with these volunteer programs—which offer law school students […]
2/4/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump says that even though he doesn’t know how he’s going to get along with the Russian president, he doesn’t think that getting along with him would be bad for the country. ‘If Russia helps us in the fight against ISIS, which is a major fight — and Islamic terrorism all over […]
2/4/2017
HEALTHCARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Next on the agenda- Donald Trump held a meeting with the bosses of America’s biggest drug companies, an industry that has found itself in the president’s crosshairs for ‘getting away with murder’ by charging sky-high prices for medicines in public health-care schemes.” – The Economist, “Business this week,” The Economist Magazine, Feb. 4, […]
1/21/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We did a thing yesterday at the [inauguration] speech. Did everybody like the speech? I’ve been given good reviews. But we had a massive field of people. You saw them. Packed. I get up this morning, I turn on one of the networks, and they show an empty field. I say, wait […]
1/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USA: “Together, We Will Make America Strong Again. We Will Make America Wealthy Again. We Will Make America Proud Again. We Will Make America Safe Again. And, Yes, Together, We Will Make America Great Again.” -Donald Trump, “The Inaugural Address,” whitehouse.gov, Jan. 20, 2017 […]
1/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USA: “We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it’s going to be America First… I will fight for you with […]
1/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USA: “January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement the […]
1/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USA: “We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people. Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we […]
10/5/2016
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/HILLARY CLINTON/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “Hillary Clinton is the ringleader of a criminal enterprise and the only way to deliver justice is to mail in your ballots. Go out there get them done. November 8th, get in. We’re going to end this, folks. We’re going to end it. We can’t let this happen. We’re like […]
3/15/2016
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/RUSSIA: “When Donald Trump talks about his desire to have good relations between the U.S. and Russia, it’s not a recent attraction. Trump’s attempts to expand his business and his brand there date back decades, and this history casts a shadow over his pro-Russian foreign policy. As a presidential candidate, he courts […]