CELEBS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the highest level, and with great Anger and Hate! They like to call themselves ‘Elite,’ but they are not Elite. In fact, it is often the people that they so strongly oppose that are actually the Elite. The movie coming out is made in order…” –Donald Trump, […]
Category: A- Trump As President
8/9/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [8-9-19] he was not ready to strike a trade deal with China and indicated the next round of talks might not take place as scheduled in early September — raising new doubts about the future of the negotiations and stoking uncertainty on Wall Street…The Dow Jones […]
8/9/2019
GUNS/LEGISLATION/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [8-9-19] expressed optimism that he will secure bipartisan consensus on ‘meaningful background checks’ and other gun reform measures despite staunch opposition from the National Rifle Association and years of federal inaction on the deeply divisive issue. In early morning tweets, the president said he has spoken in […]
8/9/2019
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [8-9-19] expressed optimism that he’ll secure bipartisan consensus on ‘meaningful background checks’ and other gun reform measures despite staunch opposition from the National Rifle Association and years of federal inaction on the deeply divisive issue. In early morning tweets, the president said he has spoken in recent […]
8/9/2019
JOE BIDEN/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [8-9-19] said he would be ‘thrilled’ to run against Joe Biden in next year’s election, claiming that the former vice president is ‘not playing with a full deck’ after a series of public flubs at campaign events the day before. Speaking to the Asian & […]
8/9/2019
DEMS/HISPANICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Julián Castro on Friday [8-9-19] defended his brother’s tweeting out a list of constituents who have donated to President Donald Trump, lambasting local businesses that he said profit ‘off the backs of Hispanic customers’ while supporting a president who has vilified that same community…Castro’s remarks came amid controversy that erupted after […]
8/9/2019
GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….mentally ill or deranged people. I am the biggest Second Amendment person there is, but we all must work together for the good and safety of our Country. Common sense things can be done that are good for everyone!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2019 7:03 am […]
8/9/2019
CONGRESS/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Serious discussions are taking place between House and Senate leadership on meaningful Background Checks. I have also been speaking to the NRA, and others, so that their very strong views can be fully represented and respected. Guns should not be placed in the hands of…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2019 7:03 […]
8/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KTHopkins: Imagine living in a time when a national newspaper revises its front page headline because the lefties can’t handle truth.…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2019 6:41 am […]
8/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KTHopkins: LISTEN to my chat with Maggie Haberman from the failing @NYT ‘Why has the failing NYT changed its headline?’ #SoundCloud…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2019 6:40 am […]
8/9/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @OliverMcGee: Retweet if you see @IlhanMN GETS A PASS By The Media says @TuckerCarlson! ‘Media ignores @Ilhan Omar’s Tax Fraud with som…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2019 6:35 am […]
8/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Jim_Jordan: Border Patrol took us to the border itself, including a boat patrol of the Rio Grande River. We saw Mexican government au…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 10:42 pm […]
8/8/2019
GOP/PARDONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Illinois’ delegation of House Republicans on Thursday [8-8-19] urged President Donald Trump not to commute the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the state’s former governor, after the president told reporters he was considering doing so. In a statement, Reps. Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Adam Kinzinger, Rodney Davis and Mike Bost said that […]
8/8/2019
GUNS/MASS SHOOTINGS/NRA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sees a rare political opportunity to act on gun control — and if there was ever a time to do it, this is probably it. Nine out of 10 Trump voters support universal background checks, according to a new poll — and a majority favor other gun control […]
8/8/2019
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….career in the military, retiring from the U.S. Navy in 2010. He commanded at every level, including the Naval Special Warfare Command. He has also served as a National Security Fellow at Harvard University. I have no doubt he will do a great job!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 6:12 […]
8/8/2019
INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….coincides with the retirement of Dan Coats. A new Acting Director of National Intelligence will be named shortly.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 5:19 pm […]
8/8/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe filed suit Thursday [8-8-19] against the FBI and Justice Department, claiming that his March 2018 ouster — on the day he planned to retire after a 21-year career — was politically motivated retaliation driven by President Donald Trump, who was angry at McCabe’s role […]
8/8/2019
FRANCE/G7/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-8-19] accused French President Emmanuel Macron of sending ‘mixed signals’ to Iran amid an apparent diplomatic breakdown between Washington and Tehran…The president’s posts follow reports that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has shared several phone conversations with Macron in recent weeks seeking to tamp down tensions with the […]
8/8/2019
FRANCE/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran is in serious financial trouble. They want desperately to talk to the U.S., but are given mixed signals from all of those purporting to represent us, including President Macron of France….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 12:51 pm […]
8/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I know Emmanuel means well, as do all others, but nobody speaks for the United States but the United States itself. No one is authorized in any way, shape, or form, to represent us!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 12:51 pm […]
8/8/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-8-19] called on the Federal Reserve to take steps to weaken the U.S. dollar — a move that would make American exports more competitive in world markets while increasing prices on imported goods…Trump’s comment break with a long tradition of presidents expressing public support for a […]
8/8/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….John Deere, our car companies, & others, to compete on a level playing field. With substantial Fed Cuts (there is no inflation) and no quantitative tightening, the dollar will make it possible for our companies to win against any competition. We have the greatest companies…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2019 […]
8/8/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….in the world, there is nobody even close, but unfortunately the same cannot be said about our Federal Reserve. They have called it wrong at every step of the way, and we are still winning. Can you imagine what would happen if they actually called it right?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/8/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As your President, one would think that I would be thrilled with our very strong dollar. I am not! The Fed’s high interest rate level, in comparison to other countries, is keeping the dollar high, making it more difficult for our great manufacturers like Caterpillar, Boeing,…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, […]
8/8/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/CUBA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is a new hint of life in the dilapidated downtown of Ciudad Juárez, which residents abandoned as a recession and drug gang murders ravaged the city a decade ago. Thousands of Cubans, waiting in limbo for a decision on their requests for asylum in the United States, have made the […]
8/8/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China may turn its currency into a weapon. It has already stopped buying American crops. Its mining industry stands ready to hold back minerals that are crucial to making iPhones and missiles, and its policymakers are openly discussing doing without American trade. Nearing the end of a tumultuous week that left stock […]
8/8/2019
AUSTRALIA/CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mike Pompeo, the United States secretary of state, came to Sydney a few days ago and described the American relationship with Australia as an ‘unbreakable alliance.’ I was there, at the State Library of New South Wales, surrounded by Australia’s foreign policy elite (including Malcolm Turnbull). I noticed both Mr. Pompeo’s […]
8/8/2019
GUNS/MASS SHOOTINGS/NRA/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the wake of two mass shootings, the divisive politics of gun control appeared to be in flux on Thursday [8-8-19] as President Trump explored whether to back expanded background checks on gun purchasers and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, signaled that he would at least be open to […]
8/8/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has complained that the Federal Reserve has been hurting the economy, first by raising interest rates and then by not lowering them fast enough. ‘No help from Fed!’ he said on Twitter last week, in what has become a typical broadside. But a New York Times analysis shows that […]
8/8/2019
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the past week, President Donald Trump has described China’s trade practices as ‘an anchor on us,’ saying Beijing is ‘killing us’ and wants to ‘hurt’ U.S. jobs. Yet as Chinese officials increasingly hint at a potentially violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, Trump has remained largely silent. […]
8/8/2019
ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump had hoped to head into the 2020 campaign season as the world’s consummate deal-maker. He may instead enter his reelection campaign not just empty-handed, but vulnerable to the charge that his policies have helped sow chaos across the globe. His trade war with China keeps escalating, with mounting […]
8/8/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director who was fired for statements he made about communications between the bureau and the press, sued the F.B.I. and the Justice Department on Thursday [8-8-19], alleging that the dismissal was retaliatory and politically motivated. The Justice Department engaged in a ‘politically motivated […]
8/7/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just watched a world class loser, Tim O’Brien, who I haven’t seen or spoken to in many years, & knows NOTHING about me except that he wrote a failed hit piece book about me 15 years ago. Fired like a dog from other jobs? Saw him on Lyin’ Brian Williams Trump Slam […]
8/7/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I am so amazed that MSNBC & CNN can keep putting on, over and over again, people that have no idea what I am all about, and yet they speak as experts on ‘Trump.’ Same people since long before the 2016 Election, and how did that work out for the Haters […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump departed the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday [8-7-19], he told officials traveling with him the visit was a smash success. After flashing thumbs-up and taking selfies with nurses and staff, Trump deemed the reception at the level 1 trauma center — where dozens of […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My time spent in Dayton and El Paso with some of the greatest people on earth. Thank you for a job well done! https://t.co/TNVDGhxOpo” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 10:02 pm […]
8/7/2019
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When he [Donald Trump] said after Charlottesville there were, and I quote, ‘very fine people on both sides’, I said, then it gave license and safe harbor to white supremacists and Neo Nazis and the Klu Klux Klan. These words not only stunned America, but they stunned the world and in […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incredible afternoon in El Paso, Texas. We love you, and are with you, all the way! https://t.co/pTNhHapx86” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 8:43 pm […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, his press secretary and his director of social media accused Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, both of whom are Democrats, of misrepresenting the reception Trump received from shooting victims during his visit to a Dayton hospital. Facts First: This is false. While both Brown […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Dems new weapon is actually their old weapon, one which they never cease to use when they are down, or run out of facts, RACISM! They are truly disgusting! They even used it on Nancy Pelosi. I will be putting out a list of all people who have been so […]
8/7/2019
DHS/RACISM/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House officials rebuffed efforts by their colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a year to make combating domestic terror threats, such as those from white supremacists, a greater priority as specifically spelled out in the National Counterterrorism Strategy, current and former senior administration officials as well as […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leaving El Paso for the White House. What GREAT people I met there and in Dayton, Ohio. The Fake News worked overtime trying to disparage me and the two trips, but it just didn’t work. The love, respect & enthusiasm were there for all to see. They have been through so […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I don’t know who Joaquin Castro is other than the lesser brother of a failed presidential candidate (1%) who makes a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth. Joaquin is not the man that his brother is, but his brother, according to most, is not much. Keep fighting Joaquin!” –Donald […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I don’t know who Juaquin Castro is other than the lesser brother of a failed presidential candidate (1%) who makes a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth. Juaquin is not the man that his brother is, but his brother, according to most, is not much. Keep fighting Juaquin!” –Donald […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/FBI/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The issue of white extremism is taking on a new and important role in the American political conversation, and it is separate from the problem of guns and the people who will use them to mow down their fellow citizens. The two issues mix together after mass shootings carried out by racially […]
8/7/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/GUNS/LEGISLATION/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, put the brakes on Republicans’ quick embrace of ‘red flag’ laws as a response to last weekend’s gun violence, saying on Wednesday [8-7-19] that any gun-related legislation moving through the Senate must be accompanied by a House bill requiring background checks on all gun purchasers. […]
8/7/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee sued on Wednesday [8-7-19] to force the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II to testify before Congress, asking a federal judge to strike down the Trump administration’s claim that top presidential aides are ‘absolutely immune’ from its subpoenas. In a filing in the […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic presidential candidates lashed President Trump on Wednesday [8-7-19] with their sternest denunciations yet of his exploitation of racism for political purposes and resistance to gun control, in a day of biting criticism that also highlighted differences between Democrats over how best to understand the recent rise of hate crimes in America. […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald J. Trump doesn’t always seem like a candidate focused on expanding his base of support. He may have done so anyway. The share of Americans who say they have a favorable view of him has increased significantly since the 2016 election. And over the last few months, some of the highest-quality […]
8/7/2019
GUNS/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump landed in El Paso on Wednesday [8-7-19] afternoon to try to console a city reeling from tragedy, but was greeted by protesters after a contentious day in which he clashed with rivals and critics even as he visited with grieving residents in Dayton, Ohio. The White House had signaled […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/GUNS/MASS SHOOTINGS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mr. Trump’s schedule was meant to follow the traditional model of apolitical presidential visits with victims, law enforcement officials and hospital workers after calamities like the mass shootings that resulted in 31 deaths in Dayton and El Paso and that created a new sense of national crisis over assault weapons and […]
8/7/2019
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Joe Biden lit into President Donald Trump on Wednesday [8-6-19], assailing his moral compass and asserting that the president ‘has publicly and unapologetically embraced a political strategy of hate, racism and division.’ Vowing that ‘we can’t, and I will not, let this man be reelected,’ Biden warned an audience in […]
8/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/RCcXfhUwP3” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 3:36 pm […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people I met today in Dayton are the finest anywhere! https://t.co/sBxKZWExcR” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 3:25 pm […]
8/7/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 41-year-old Detroit man deported to Iraq in June died Tuesday [8-6-19], according to the American Civil Liberties Union and two people close the man’s family. The man, Jimmy Aldaoud, spent most of his life in the U.S., but was swept up in President Donald Trump’s intensified immigration enforcement efforts. Edward […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We love you Dayton, Ohio! https://t.co/IaCZAdyuzL” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 3:02 pm […]
8/7/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Watching Fake News CNN is better than watching Shepard Smith, the lowest rated show on @FoxNews. Actually, whenever possible, I turn to @OANN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 2:55 pm […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud. It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with. They were all amazing!o” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just left Dayton, Ohio, where I met with the Victims & families, Law Enforcement, Medical Staff & First Responders. It was a warm & wonderful visit. Tremendous enthusiasm & even Love. Then I saw failed Presidential Candidate (0%) Sherrod Brown & Mayor Whaley totally…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 2:48 […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Scavino45: President @realDonaldTrump with the incredible medical staff at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio today. Some extremely…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 2:36 pm […]
8/7/2019
JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Watching Sleepy Joe Biden making a speech. Sooo Boring! The LameStream Media will die in the ratings and clicks with this guy. It will be over for them, not to mention the fact that our Country will do poorly with him. It will be one big crash, but at least China […]
8/7/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we honor all of our Country’s Purple Heart recipients, their loved ones, and our Gold Star Families for their immeasurable sacrifice. These American Patriots represent the unyielding and unmatched strength and determination of the U.S. Armed Forces: https://t.co/EVhPJD5azu https://t.co/fcQMg9JI4q” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 9:46 am […]
8/7/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….terrible thing to watch, especially when things could be taken care of sooo easily. We will WIN anyway, but it would be much easier if the Fed understood, which they don’t, that we are competing against other countries, all of whom want to do well at our expense!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/7/2019
CHINA/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Three more Central Banks cut rates.’ Our problem is not China – We are stronger than ever, money is pouring into the U.S. while China is losing companies by the thousands to other countries, and their currency is under siege – Our problem is a Federal Reserve that is too…..” –Donald […]
8/7/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….proud to admit their mistake of acting too fast and tightening too much (and that I was right!). They must Cut Rates bigger and faster, and stop their ridiculous quantitative tightening NOW. Yield curve is at too wide a margin, and no inflation! Incompetence is a…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/NRA/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump this week said his administration has done ‘much more than most’ to help curb mass shootings in the U.S. While Trump boasts of action on firearms, his administration has actually eased gun restrictions over the past two and a half years. Federal agencies have implemented more than half […]
8/7/2019
DEMS/MASS SHOOTINGS/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Meanwhile, the Dayton, Ohio, shooter had a history of supporting political figures like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and ANTIFA.’ @OANN I hope other news outlets will report this as opposed to Fake News. Thank you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 5:58 am […]
8/7/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism,’ was the correct description in the first headline by the Failing New York Times, but it was quickly changed to, ‘Assailing Hate But Not Guns,’ after the Radical Left Democrats went absolutely CRAZY! Fake News – That’s what we’re up against..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, […]
8/7/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “..’This is an astounding development in journalism. I’ve never seen it happen before, I’ve just never seen anything like this! Is that journalism today? I don’t think so!’ Mark Penn, Former Clinton Advisor. @TuckerCarlson After 3 years I almost got a good headline from the Times!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 […]
8/7/2019
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “South Korea has agreed to pay substantially more money to the United States in order to defend itself from North Korea. Over the past many decades, the U.S. has been paid very little by South Korea, but last year, at the request of President Trump, South Korea paid $990,000,000..” –Donald […]
8/7/2019
MILITARY/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Talks have begun to further increase payments to the United States. South Korea is a very wealthy nation that now feels an obligation to contribute to the military defense provided by the United States of America. The relationship between the two countries is a very good one!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/7/2019
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump this week said his administration has done ‘much more than most’ to curb mass shootings in the United States. While Trump boasts of action on firearms, his administration has eased gun restrictions over the past 2½ years. Federal agencies have implemented more than half a dozen policy changes — […]
8/6/2019
DEMS/MASS SHOOTINGS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas on Tuesday [8-6-19] said she declined an invitation to join President Donald Trump on his upcoming visit to El Paso, Texas, as the city recovers from a mass shooting…Trump’s visit to El Paso Wednesday [8-7-19] comes after a man opened fire at a shopping center, […]
8/6/2019
IMMIGRATION/RACISM/RELIGION/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In recent years a number of Catholic bishops have denounced President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and harsh rhetoric toward immigrants and people of color. But one church leader went one step further, becoming likely the first Catholic bishop in the United States to publicly accuse Trump of racism. In a series of […]
8/6/2019
GOP/GUNS/LEGISLATION/MASS SHOOTINGS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The deadly massacres over the weekend have sent Senate Republicans searching to find a robust response to help prevent future mass shootings amid loud demands that they quickly pass tougher gun control measures sought by Democrats. On a private conference call Monday [8-5-19], Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed the steps […]
8/6/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is pushing his bitter trade war with China into an aggressive and unpredictable new phase, bewildering Wall Street and risking an even bigger slowdown heading into a 2020 election in which the economy was supposed to be the president’s strongest selling point. The Trump administration on Monday [8-5-19] […]
8/6/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The number of Mexicans refused immigrant visas to the U.S. because they might become dependent on government benefits skyrocketed under President Donald Trump, according to State Department data obtained by POLITICO. Between Oct. 1 and July 29, the State Department denied 5,343 immigrant visa applications for Mexican nationals on the grounds that the […]
8/6/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has announced that he will travel on Wednesday to the scenes of the two weekend mass shootings, defying backlash by some in both communities who have urged him not to come. Trump had been widely expected to pay visits to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, at some […]
8/6/2019
BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Environmentalists have asked a judge to stop a plan to replace existing vehicle barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, arguing the Trump administration unlawfully waived dozens of laws as part of the project that will ultimately damage wildlife habitat. The injunction request filed Tuesday seeks to halt work on 68 miles […]
8/6/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [8-7-19] will bring a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he offers for a divided America will be complicated by his own incendiary, anti-immigrant rhetoric that mirrors language linked to […]
8/6/2019
MASS SHOOTING/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “El Paso opened a grief center on Tuesday [8-6-19] to help people cope with last weekend’s mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were killed and many others were wounded. The center opened a day before President Donald Trump was due to visit […]
8/6/2019
DEMS/GOP/MASS SHOOTING/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ohio’s Republican governor bucked his party to call for expanded gun laws Tuesday [8-6-19] and some Democrats in Texas told President Donald Trump to stay away as both states reeled from a pair of shootings that killed 31 people. A racist screed remained the focus of police investigating the massacre at […]
8/6/2019
CALIFORNIA/GOP/LAWSUITS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee — along with the California Republican Party — filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday [8-6-19] in an attempt to block a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that requires Trump to release his taxes to qualify for the March 2020 primary ballot…The pair […]
8/6/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be going to Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, tomorrow to meet with First Responders, Law Enforcement, and some of the victims of the terrible shootings.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2019 3:57 pm […]
8/6/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “… are NOT planning to illegally subvert the 2020 Election despite all that has been said to the contrary. It all sounded good until I watched Kevin Cernekee, a Google engineer, say terrible things about what they did in 2016 and that they want to ‘Make sure that Trump losses…” –Donald Trump, […]
8/6/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…in 2020.’ Lou Dobbs stated that this is a fraud on the American public. @peterschweizer stated with certainty that they suppressed negative stories on Hillary Clinton, and boosted negative stories on Donald Trump. All very illegal. We are watching Google very closely!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2019 12:51 pm […]
8/6/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@sundarpichai of Google was in the Oval Office working very hard to explain how much he liked me, what a great job the Administration is doing, that Google was not involved with China’s military, that they didn’t help Crooked Hillary over me in the 2016 Election, & that they…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/6/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China on Tuesday [8-6-19] strongly rejected the Trump administration’s determination that it’s manipulating its currency for an unfair trade advantage and accused the United States of protectionist behavior that is hurting the global economy…The Central Bank also accused the United States of ‘wayward unilateralism and protectionist behavior that seriously undermines international […]
8/6/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/OBAMA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-6-19] attacked former President Barack Obama over the latter’s statement on the weekend’s mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, tweeting edited quotes from Fox News hosts to make his point and again claiming he is ‘the least racist person’ in the world…Obama on Monday afternoon lamented […]
8/6/2019
MASS SHOOTINGS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After two mass shootings rocked the United States last weekend, headlines from Sydney to Paris depicted the bloodshed as America battling itself. International reactions to previous mass shootings focused on the ubiquity of guns in the United States — a culture that many people around the globe see as alien — […]
8/6/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans, under intense pressure to respond to this weekend’s massacres, are coalescing around legislation to help law enforcement take guns from those who pose an imminent danger — a measure that, if signed into law, would be the most significant gun control legislation enacted in 20 years. Such ‘red flag’ […]
8/6/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The trade war between Washington and Beijing took an unexpected turn this week as China let its currency drop sharply and the United States responded by officially designating the country a currency manipulator. The confrontation underscored the Trump administration’s focus on weakness in foreign currencies — and the corresponding strength of […]
8/6/2019
E-MAILS/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. senior counterintelligence agent in the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations who made inflammatory comments about President Trump in text messages, sued the Justice Department and the F.B.I. on Tuesday [8-6-19] for firing him. The F.B.I. said last summer that it had terminated Mr. Strzok for […]
8/6/2019
SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “An international summit meeting on Tuesday [8-6-19] that was meant to break the political stalemate in Venezuela became a one-sided showcase for the United States’ toughest sanctions yet on President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime. During the conference of more than 50 countries in Lima, Peru, the Trump administration rejected compromises proposed by […]
8/6/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As they have learned in the last two years, our great American Farmers know that China will not be able to hurt them in that their President has stood with them and done what no other president would do – And I’ll do it again next year if necessary!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/6/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Massive amounts of money from China and other parts of the world is pouring into the United States for reasons of safety, investment, and interest rates! We are in a very strong position. Companies are also coming to the U.S. in big numbers. A beautiful thing to watch!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/6/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “@sundarpichai of Google was in the Oval Office working very hard to explain how much he liked me, what a great job the Administration is doing, that Google was not involved with China’s military, that they didn’t help Crooked Hillary over me in the 2016 Election, and that they…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/6/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….are NOT planning to illegally subvert the 2020 Election despite all that has been said to the contrary. It all sounded good until I watched Kevin Cernekee, a Google engineer, say terrible things about what they did in 2016 and that they want to “Make sure that Trump losses…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/6/2019
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….in 2020.’ Lou Dobbs stated that this is a fraud on the American public. @peterschweizer stated with certainty that they suppressed negative stories on Hillary Clinton, and boosted negative stories on Donald Ttump. All very illegal. We are watching Google very closely!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2019 6:47 am […]
8/6/2019
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘It’s political season and the election is around the corner. They want to continue to push that racist narrative.’ @ainsleyearhardt @foxandfriends And I am the least racist person. Black, Hispanic and Asian Unemployment is the lowest (BEST) in the history of the United States!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2019 5:57 am […]