IRAN/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The drumbeat of war between the United States and Iran grew louder on Friday [6-14-19] as President Donald Trump flatly rejected Tehran’s insistence that it had nothing to do with a pair of oil tanker explosions this week…The remarks are the latest instance of the Trump administration ratcheting up pressure on the […]
Category: A- Trump As President
6/14/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The dishonest media will NEVER keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE! #MAGA https://t.co/e36YM4QCEx” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2019 2:15 pm […]
6/14/2019
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Announcing great, expanded HRAs—big win for small employers and workers. This is a fantastic plan! My Administration has worked very hard on creating more affordable health coverage. https://t.co/DQbUfGJc1I” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2019 2:14 pm […]
6/14/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Radical Left Dems are working hard, but THE PEOPLE are much smarter. Working hard, thank you! https://t.co/KDHH5jYbGV” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2019 1:51 pm […]
6/14/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our GREAT @USArmy. America loves you! #ArmyBday https://t.co/MyypBVGMoW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2019 12:03 pm […]
6/14/2019
DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-14-19] offered a tepid assessment about Pat Shanahan’s chances of becoming the permanent defense secretary, saying, ‘We are going to see.’ Trump on Tuesday [6-11-19] indicated Shanahan’s nomination was a done deal, even though it’s been more than a month since the White House announced on […]
6/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: https://t.co/c40BQpZFtW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2019 11:26 am […]
6/14/2019
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-14-19] likened his wife to the beloved former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, saying, ‘We have our own Jackie O, it’s called Melania, Melania T.’ Trump has often talked up his wife as a strong asset in the White House, and Melania Trump seemed to channel Jackie […]
6/14/2019
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-14-19] declined to give Vice President Mike Pence an early endorsement for president in 2024. When asked in an interview with ‘Fox & Friends’ whether Pence would have his ‘automatic endorsement,’ Trump tried to sidestep the question. ‘Well, it’s — I love Mike, we are running […]
6/14/2019
IRAN/JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed this week’s attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in a phone call on Friday [6-14-19], the White House said, adding that Trump thanked Abe for Abe’s effort to facilitate talks with Iran. Trump and Abe also spoke […]
6/14/2019
DEMS/ETHICS/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [6-14-19] that he has no plans to fire top aide Kellyanne Conway after an independent federal agency recommended that she be removed from her job after she repeatedly used her office for political purposes. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel sent a report to Trump […]
6/14/2019
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-14-19] tried again to rectify the mess he made by saying he would likely accept dirt on a political opponent from a foreign entity, going on ‘Fox & Friends’ to clean up the comments. Trump insisted during a meandering 50-minute interview that ‘of course’ he would alert […]
6/14/2019
INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [6-14-19] reversed course over whether he would report foreign interference in a political campaign to U.S. law enforcement, telling Fox News in an interview he would ‘of course’ contact authorities. In a television interview with ABC News earlier this week, Trump had said he would be […]
6/14/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Natalie Harp, fighting Stage 2 Cancer and doing really well, was a GREAT guest on @foxandfriends. Right To Try is producing some truly spectacular results. Proud of Natalie!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2019 5:51 am […]
6/14/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House lawyer Don McGahn ‘may have been confused’ during his testimony as part of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Friday [6-14-19]. Trump, in comments to ABC News, rejected the account of McGahn, a key witness in […]
6/14/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [6-14-19] said the Strait of Hormuz, a key commercial shipping route, would not be closed following attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, or at least not for long. Trump, in an interview on Fox News, blamed Iran for the attack on Thursday […]
6/13/2019
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s accusation on Thursday [6-13-19] that Iran was behind an attack on two oil tankers forces President Trump to confront a choice he has avoided until now: whether to make good on his threat that Tehran would ‘suffer greatly’ if American interests were imperiled. For weeks, Mr. […]
6/13/2019
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump unloaded a baffling cargo of words Wednesday [6-12-19] after George Stephanopoulos asked him whether his son Donald Jr. should have contacted the FBI in June 2016 when a gang of Russians offered him ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton. Not necessarily, Trump implied in his first answer. Asked about his own […]
6/13/2019
BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 600 companies and trade associations, including Walmart and Target, have signed a letter telling President Donald Trump that an escalating trade war with China will hurt families, jobs and the U.S. economy. The letter, dated Thursday [6-13-19] and organized by a business coalition called Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, comes […]
6/13/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/CELEBS/CRIME/LABOR/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [6-13-19] took another turn advertising his administration’s work on criminal justice, one of the only bipartisan achievements he can campaign on and an issue he hopes will win over at least some African-American and centrist white voters. Mr. Trump praised the First Step Act, as the law […]
6/13/2019
ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In President Trump’s first two years in office, factory job growth accelerated, an achievement he has been claiming credit for ahead of the 2020 election, particularly in the industrial Midwest. His administration is ‘restoring American manufacturing,’ Mr. Trump told workers at an Ohio factory in March. Some of the 465,000 factory jobs […]
6/13/2019
DEMS/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump, the special counsel report was supposed to put Russia in his rearview mirror. But with some off-the-cuff remarks in the Oval Office, he has thrust his relationship with Moscow back into the debate over the future of his presidency. Mr. Trump’s defiant declaration that ‘I’d take it’ if Russia again […]
6/13/2019
ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly two years ago, FBI Director Chris Wray set up an office tasked solely with stopping the type of Russian interference efforts that infected the 2016 campaign. On Wednesday [6-12-19] night, President Donald Trump undercut the whole operation in a matter of seconds. In an ABC News interview, the president first proclaimed […]
6/13/2019
JOBS/PRISONERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today we announced vital new actions that we are taking to help former inmates find a job, live a crime-free life, and succeed beyond their dreams….https://t.co/BBQ8gpFunJ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 4:03 pm […]
6/13/2019
BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told reporters he met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the White House today, though it was not immediately clear what the pair discussed. Cook’s visit comes as Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on roughly $300 billion worth of goods imported from China, including Apple’s flagship iPhone. The […]
6/13/2019
DEMS/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his senior advisers moved quickly on Thursday [6-13-19] to downplay and muddle his explosive assertion that he might not report to the FBI offers of election help from a foreign entity. As Trump’s Democratic opponents eviscerated him and one of his leading Republican supporters called his comments a […]
6/13/2019
IRAN/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘It is the assessment of the U.S. government that Iran is responsible for today’s attacks in the Gulf of Oman….’ @StateDept @SecPompeo https://t.co/sTIB0p1kCE” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 2:01 pm […]
6/13/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While I very much appreciate P.M. Abe going to Iran to meet with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, I personally feel that it is too soon to even think about making a deal. They are not ready, and neither are we!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 1:21 pm […]
6/13/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While I very much appreciate P.M. Abe going to Iran to meet with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, I personally feel that it is too soon to even think about making a deal. They are not ready, and neither are we!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 1:13 pm […]
6/13/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “They’ve been wrong all along! https://t.co/z5tSV2JLEf” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 1:01 pm […]
6/13/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “GOP gadfly Justin Amash and Donald Trump Jr. got into a Twitter slap fight Thursday [6-13-19] morning after the president’s son teased a campaign appearance for Amash’s primary challenger. The spat stemmed from Amash becoming the first congressional Republican to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a dispute that has resulted […]
6/13/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump unveiled proposed changes to the presidential aircraft, including a new red-white-and-blue color scheme for the Air Force One jets that have maintained the same exterior visage for decades. In an interview that aired Thursday [6-13-19] on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ the president gave host George Stephanopoulos a peek at […]
6/13/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN/WOMEN: “The Trump administration found a rare area of bipartisan agreement with the launch of a strategy to reduce global conflict and foster long-term peace by engaging more women in security agreements, political life and civic society. But even as the initiative draws praise, analysts worry about the administration’s commitment to fully realizing […]
6/13/2019
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s statement Friday [6-14-19] that Iran was behind brazen attacks on two fuel tankers in the Gulf of Oman ignored the crucial question posed by his stakes-raising claim — about what the United States plans to do about it. Trump argued in a Fox News interview on Friday that […]
6/13/2019
CAMPAIGN/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….and other really bad people, SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN! They even had an ‘insurance policy’ just in case Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democrats lost their race for the Presidency! This is the biggest & worst political scandal in the history of the United States of America. Sad!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/13/2019
DEMS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….which he is a member. When @RepAdamSchiff took calls from another person, also very successfully purporting to be a Russian Operative, did he call the FBI, or even think to call the FBI? NO! The fact is that the phony Witch Hunt is a giant scam where Democrats,…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/13/2019
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Senator @MarkWarnerVA spoke at length, and in great detail, about extremely negative information on me, with a talented entertainer purporting to be a Russian Operative, did he immediately call the FBI? NO, in fact he didn’t even tell the Senate Intelligence Committee of….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 8:37 am […]
6/13/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I meet and talk to ‘foreign governments’ every day. I just met with the Queen of England (U.K.), the Prince of Wales, the P.M. of the United Kingdom, the P.M. of Ireland, the President of France and the President of Poland. We talked about ‘Everything!’ Should I immediately….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/13/2019
FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….call the FBI about these calls and meetings? How ridiculous! I would never be trusted again. With that being said, my full answer is rarely played by the Fake News Media. They purposely leave out the part that matters.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 8:23 am […]
6/13/2019
FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..call the FBI about these calls and meetings? How ridiculous! I would never be trusted again. With that being said, my full answer is rarely played by the Fake News Media. They purposely leave out the part that matters.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 7:59 am […]
6/13/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I meet and talk to ‘foreign governments’ every day. I just met with the Queen of England (U.K.), the Prince of Whales, the P.M. of the United Kingdom, the P.M. of Ireland, the President of France and the President of Poland. We talked about ‘Everything!’ Should I immediately…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/13/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Dems fight us at every turn – in the meantime they are accomplishing nothing for the people! They have gone absolutely ‘Loco,’ or Unhinged, as they like to say!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 7:11 am […]
6/13/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is being criticized for comments he gave to ABC on Wednesday [6-12-19] that he would listen if a foreign government offered negative information on a political opponent. On Thursday morning Trump went after both California Rep. Adam Schiff and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrats on the House […]
6/13/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Congress cannot Impeach President Trump (did nothing wrong) because if they did they would be putting themselves above the law. The Constitution provides criteria for Impeachment – treason, bribery, high crimes & misdemeanors. Unless there is compelling evidence, Impeachment…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 6:03 am […]
6/13/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unrelated to Russia, Russia, Russia (although the Radical Left doesn’t use the name Russia anymore since the issuance of the Mueller Report), House Committee now plays the seldom used ‘Contempt’ card on our great A.G. & Sec. of Commerce – this time on the Census. Dems play a…..” –Donald […]
6/13/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….can to embarrass the Trump Administration (and Republicans), attack the Trump Administration. This is campaigning by the Dems.’ Attorney David Bruno. So true! In the meantime they are getting NO work done on Drug Pricing, Infrastructure & many other things.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 5:51 am […]
6/13/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unrelated to Russia, Russia, Russia (although the Radical Left doesn’t use the name Russia anymore since the issuance of the Mueller Report), House Committee now plays the seldom used ‘Contempt’ card on our great A.G. & Sec. of Commerce – this time on the Census. Dems play a…..” –Donald […]
6/13/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..much tougher game than the Republicans did when they had the House Majority. Republicans will remember! “This has already been argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, but the House doesn’t want to wait. This is a common thread between all of the Committees – do whatever you…” –Donald Trump, […]
6/13/2019
MICHAEL FLYNN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “General Michael Flynn, the 33 year war hero who has served with distinction, has not retained a good lawyer, he has retained a GREAT LAWYER, Sidney Powell. Best Wishes and Good Luck to them both!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 5:21 am […]
6/13/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s multi-front trade war on the global stage has opened two distinct political battles over tariffs in the domestic arena that will shape the future of U.S. trade policy: in his race for reelection, and in the coming reckoning in Congress on his legislative priority, a renegotiated NAFTA. The […]
6/12/2019
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A ‘beautiful’ letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touted by President Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-11-19] lacked substance and did not contain any details on a way forward for the stalled denuclearization talks between the two countries, according to a source familiar with its contents. On the eve of […]
6/12/2019
ECONOMY/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘It’s about peace and Prosperity, that’s how Republican Presidents get elected, and this President has delivered on the Economy and he’s delivered on keeping America Stronger & Safer. Our biggest enemy is not any one of these Democrats, it’s the Media.’ John McLaughlin, pollster” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 10:52 pm […]
6/12/2019
CHINA/JOE BIDEN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Biden would be China’s Dream Candidate, because there would be no more Tariffs, no more demands that China stop stealing our IP, things would go back to the old days with America’s manufacturers & workers getting shafted. He has Zero Credibility!’ @IngrahamAngle So true!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 10:50 […]
6/12/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘It’s about peace and Properity, that’s how Republican Presidents get elected, and this President has delivered on the Economy and he’s delivered on keeping America Stronger and Safer. Our biggest enemy is not any one of these Democrats, it’s the Media.’ John McLaughlin, pollster” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 10:32 pm […]
6/12/2019
CHINA/JOE BIDEN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Biden would be America’s Dream Candidate, because there would be no more Tariffs, no more demands that China stop stealing our IP, things would go back to the old days with America’s manufacturers & workers getting shafted. He has Zero Credibility!’ @IngrahamAngle So true!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 10:07 […]
6/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you very much! https://t.co/UOeTBUqfhE” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:45 pm […]
6/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “is = if (Spell)! Not like Chris. https://t.co/wBIGo2ffzB” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:44 pm […]
6/12/2019
REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Tonight’s 1600 Daily looks at how President @realDonaldTrump is delivering on his promise to roll back the regulation that…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:38 pm […]
6/12/2019
AGRICULTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Farmers deserve this, they are GREAT! https://t.co/0dFkx0vUkl” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:34 pm […]
6/12/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS will welcome Polish President @andrzejduda and Mrs. Agata Kornhauser-Duda for their…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:33 pm […]
6/12/2019
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @VP: President @realDonaldTrump made the opioid crisis a primary focus of his administration. Today, I am in Montana to further our supp…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:32 pm […]
6/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you! https://t.co/tagXwv2imY” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:32 pm […]
6/12/2019
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @mike_pence: The American people will continue to be drawn to @realDonaldTrump’s consistent, conservative leadership – and I couldn’t be…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:23 pm […]
6/12/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CIA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department will request interviews with senior Central Intelligence Agency officers as part of Attorney General William Barr’s review of the origins of the 2016 Russia investigation and surveillance surrounding then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign, The New York Times reported Wednesday [6-12-19]. The interview plans indicate the department […]
6/12/2019
CENSUS/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Civil Liberties Union late Wednesday night asked the Supreme Court to wait until the fall to decide if it wants to allow the Trump administration to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. In a motion sent to the court, the group suggested that the justices send […]
6/12/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/POLAND/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a pleasure to host my friends President Andrzej Duda and Mrs. Agata Kornhauser-Duda of Poland at the @WhiteHouse today. U.S.-Poland ties are at an all-time high. Thank you for being such an exemplary Ally! https://t.co/tvhHIpsrFo” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 7:34 pm […]
6/12/2019
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump had an unusual entourage this week as George Stephanopoulos and an ABC News crew followed him to Iowa and met him at the White House for the president’s first network news interview in more than four months, a sign that Trump may be hoping to reach beyond his base ahead […]
6/12/2019
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s disruptive trade policies are the biggest threat to an otherwise healthy U.S. economy, business leaders said Wednesday [6-12-19]. ‘It’s just raising the risk of a bad outcome,’ Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase and chairman of the Business Roundtable, told reporters at a briefing to discuss […]
6/12/2019
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-12-19] revived his attacks on the polling industry, denying reports that his own internal polling has indicated trouble ahead for his reelection bid, even as public polls show warning signs. The president pushed back on a New York Times story detailing his response to a ‘devastating’ 17-state […]
6/12/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-12-19] renewed his assertion that Russia had pulled personnel out of Venezuela, pushing back on Moscow’s denials that it had any plans to do so. Trump last week tweeted that Russia ‘has informed us that they have removed most of their people from Venezuela,’ where it’s backed […]
6/12/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/HOUSE OF REPS/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior State Department official on Wednesday [6-12-19] defended the Trump administration’s use of an emergency declaration to push through arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, telling a hostile House committee that holding back the weapons would have offered an opening to commercial rivals in […]
6/12/2019
2016 ELECTION/CIA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Department officials intend to interview senior C.I.A. officers as they review the Russia investigation, according to people briefed on the matter, indicating they are focused partly on the intelligence agencies’ most explosive conclusion about the 2016 election: that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia intervened to benefit Donald […]
6/12/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump rails against the Federal Reserve and urges it to lower interest rates, a similar push is coming from a group founded this year by three left-leaning millennials — albeit for very different reasons. Mr. Trump regularly points out that inflation is low and says that the Fed should […]
6/12/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House committee voted on Wednesday [6-12-19] to recommend that two cabinet secretaries be held in contempt of Congress, hours after President Trump invoked executive privilege to block disclosure of crucial documents on the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s […]
6/12/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MILITARY/POLAND/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump welcomed Poland’s nationalist president to the White House on Wednesday [6-12-19] with an elaborate show of support, promising more American troops, defending Warsaw’s record on democracy and staging a rare and showy F-35 jet flyover to mark their friendship. In his latest embrace of Europe’s nationalist surge, Mr. Trump […]
6/12/2019
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators on Wednesday [6-12-19] that he did not inform his father at the time about a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer promising ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton and that he was not kept abreast of negotiations over a proposed real estate project in […]
6/12/2019
DEMS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the biggest applause lines of Pete Buttigieg’s latest trip to Iowa came when he said: ‘Faith isn’t the property of one political party.’ After years of playing down or even ceding the message of faith and values to Republicans, Democratic presidential candidates are trying to reclaim it in the 2020 […]
6/12/2019
MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..The Fake (Corrupt) News Media said they had a leak into polling done by my campaign which, by the way and despite the phony and never ending Witch Hunt, are the best numbers WE have ever had. They reported Fake numbers that they made up & don’t even exist. WE WILL WIN […]
6/12/2019
MEDIA/POLLS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News has never been more dishonest than it is today. Thank goodness we can fight back on Social Media. Their new weapon of choice is Fake Polling, sometimes referred to as Suppression Polls (they suppress the numbers). Had it in 2016, but this is worse…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/12/2019
FLORIDA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow! Just got word that our June 18th, Tuesday, ANNOUNCEMENT in Orlando, Florida, already has 74,000 requests for a 20,000 seat Arena. With all of the big events that we have done, this ticket looks to be the ‘hottest’ of them all. See you in Florida!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 […]
6/12/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Despite the Phony Witch Hunt, we will continue to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you!! https://t.co/MXuiolM745” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 7:20 am […]
6/12/2019
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..The Fake (Corrupt) News Media said they had a leak into polling done by my campaign which, by the way and despite the phony and never ending Witch Hunt, are the best numbers WE have ever had. They reported Fake numbers that they made up & don’t even exist. WE WILL […]
6/12/2019
MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News has never been more dishonest than it is today. Thank goodness we can fight back on Social Media. There new weapon of choice is Fake Polling, sometimes referred to as Suppression Polls (they suppress the numbers). Had it in 2016, but this is worse………” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, […]
6/12/2019
FLORIDA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow! Just got word that our June 18th, Tuesday, ANNOUNCEMENT in Orlando, Florida, already has 74,000 requests for a 20,000 seat Arena. With all of the big events that we have done, this tickets looks to be the “hottest” of them all. See you in Florida!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 […]
6/12/2019
CHINA/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threw up a smokescreen of deflection and confusing counter attacks Thursday [6-13-19] as a furor mounted over his staggering comment that he would be open to dirt dug up on his 2020 opponents by foreign powers such as Russia or China. The President even implied — clearly erroneously — […]
6/12/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said the Justice Department would have ‘no choice’ but to charge President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice if he finished his term without being impeached. Speaking with NPR’s Scott Detrow in an interview published Wednesday [6-12-19], Harris said special counsel Robert Mueller essentially set the stage […]
6/12/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump and his top allies are moving to make Justin Amash pay for becoming the sole Republican congressman to call for the president’s impeachment. Trump and his top advisers have discussed the prospect of backing a primary challenge to the Michigan lawmaker — a highly unusual move for a president […]
6/11/2019
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Someone should call Obama up. The Obama Administration spied on a rival presidential campaign using Federal Agencies. I mean, that seems like a headline to me?’ @TuckerCarlson It will all start coming out, and the Witch Hunt will end. Presidential Harassment!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2019 11:28 pm […]
6/11/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/DEMS/LOBBYING/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats are examining whether a former arms-industry lobbyist serving as a midlevel State Department official played a role in the Trump administration’s decision last month to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without seeking legislative approval, lawmakers and current and former government officials said. A House committee […]
6/11/2019
MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [6-11-19] waved a piece of paper that he said was part of a ‘very long and very good’ secret agreement with Mexico, refusing to describe it but vowing that it will go into effect whenever he wants it to. The president’s dramatic flourish, delivered as he left […]
6/11/2019
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It wasn’t long after the oak tree arrived on the South Lawn of the White House, a gift from a World War I battlefield in France, that it suddenly disappeared. The oak, which was supposed to be a symbol of a longstanding French-American alliance, had been placed in quarantine, because it was […]
6/11/2019
ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. repeatedly ripped into each other on Tuesday [6-11-19] as unfit to lead the country as they both traveled to the battleground state of Iowa, giving voters a preview of what a general election matchup between the two men might look like. […]
6/11/2019
COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted on Tuesday [6-11-19] to authorize the Judiciary Committee to go to court to enforce two subpoenas related to Robert S. Mueller III’s inquiry — threatening to open a new legal front in the Democrats’ efforts to investigate President Trump and his administration. The resolution, which passed […]
6/11/2019
AGRICULTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beautiful afternoon in Iowa. Thank you to all of our Nation’s Farmers. May God bless you, and may God Bless America! https://t.co/VYA2bSzMWf” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2019 8:21 pm […]
6/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Trump administration gives final approval for year-round E15 use’ https://t.co/WPrDiyfpIW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2019 5:20 pm […]
6/11/2019
ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, here in Iowa, we honor America’s cherished farming heritage. We salute your commitment to American Energy Independence — and we celebrate the bright future we are forging together powered by clean, affordable AMERICAN ETHANOL! https://t.co/WhuPwrETYk“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2019 4:45 pm […]
6/11/2019
DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed behind closed doors with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday [6-12-19], according to a source familiar with the matter. Trump Jr.’s meeting comes after Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) issued a subpoena to compel him to appear before the panel, following up […]
6/11/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump teased a group of reporters on the South Lawn Tuesday [6-11-19] by waving around what he said was a one-page deal with Mexico…Trump refused to disclose details of the document, but continued to emphasize his supposed strong relationship with Mexico. The president then took a jab at the Democrats, saying, […]
6/11/2019
AGRICULTURE/CONGRESS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On my way to Iowa – just heard nearly 1,000 agriculture groups signed a letter urging Congress to approve the USMCA. Our Patriot Farmers & rural America have spoken! Now Congress must do its job & support these great men and women by passing the bipartisan USMCA Trade Agreement!” –Donald Trump, […]
6/11/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Good day in the Stock Market. People have no idea the tremendous potential our Country has for GROWTH – and many other things!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2019 8:55 am […]