MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I can’t imagine any President having a better or closer relationship with their Vice President then the two of us. Just more FAKE NEWS, the Enemy of the People!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 11:42 am […]
Category: Media
11/17/2018
MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times did a phony story, as usual, about my relationship with @VP Mike Pence. They made up sources and refused to ask me, the only one that would know, for a quote….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 11:42 am […]
11/16/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN and Jim Acosta may have won their battle with the White House in court on Friday [11-16-18], but President Donald Trump has found a new weapon in his long war against the media. After a judge ruled that the White House violated the CNN correspondent’s right to due process by stripping […]
11/16/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN’s Jim Acosta has returned to his post at the White House following a court ruling that forced the Trump administration to reinstate his press pass. Now President Trump is vowing to create ‘rules and regulations’ for how White House reporters act. He says ‘you have to practice decorum’ at the White […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are not being told that the Republican Party is on track to pick up two seats in the U.S. Senate, and epic victory: 53 to 47. The Fake News Media only wants to speak of the House, where the Midterm results were better than other sitting Presidents.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are not being told that the Republican Party is on track to pick up two seats in the U.S. Senate, and epic victory: 53 to 47. The Fake News Media only wants to speak of the House, were the Midterm results were better than other sitting Presidents.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/16/2018
CIVIL RIGHTS/LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Apparent criminal charges against Julian Assange are thrusting the WikiLeaks founder back into American politics — a development that could create awkwardness across the political spectrum. Many liberals and civil rights activists have defended Assange as a journalist entitled to First Amendment protections. Conservatives have celebrated him for exposing Hillary Clinton’s […]
11/16/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Another account of life inside the Trump White House is set to join the ever-growing canon on the subject. Cliff Sims, a Trump adviser who joined the West Wing staff on Day One as a special assistant to the president after working on the campaign, is writing a memoir about his time working […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [11-15-18] imposed sanctions targeting 17 Saudi Arabian officials — but not the powerful crown prince — over the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than a month after the Saudi critic went missing. The Treasury Department designated the officials for sanctions over what it […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump said Wednesday [11-14-18] that one of his great achievements as president is lowering the media’s favorability among Americans, claiming a victory in his crusade against what he considers unfair press coverage at the same time that CNN is suing his administration to restore one of its reporter’s revoked White House […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is running very smoothly and the results for our Nation are obviously very good. We are the envy of the world. But anytime I even think about making changes, the FAKE NEWS MEDIA goes crazy, always seeking to make us look as bad as possible! Very dishonest!” –Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for CNN and the Trump administration are awaiting an initial ruling on the network’s federal lawsuit over press access to the White House. And they’re going to have to wait a little while longer. Judge Timothy J. Kelly heard nearly two hours of oral arguments about CNN’s request for a temporary […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump sought Wednesday [11-14-18] to land a massive blow in his long-fought battle against the news media, with administration lawyers asserting in court that the president could bar ‘all reporters’ from the White House complex for any reason he sees fit. The sweeping claim, which came in the first public hearing […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first hearing in CNN and Jim Acosta’s federal lawsuit against President Trump and several top White House aides ended with the judge saying that he would rule on Thursday [11-15-18]. CNN and Acosta are alleging that the White House’s suspension of his press pass violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Their […]
11/14/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/MEDIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ‘America First’ Trump administration has surprised critics with its willingness to sanction human rights abusers around the world. But with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, that willingness is facing its biggest test yet. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has permitted the use of a relatively new law, […]
11/14/2018
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers suing President Donald Trump over his decision to end special protections shielding certain immigrants from deportation are seeking unaired footage from his reality TV show ‘The Apprentice’ to try to bolster their case alleging the move was racially motivated, the attorneys said Wednesday [11-14-18]. Lawyers for Civil Rights, which sued Trump […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to fend off a legal challenge from CNN and other outlets over the revocation of journalist Jim Acosta’s White House ‘hard pass.’ U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly heard arguments Wednesday afternoon from lawyers representing CNN and the Justice Department. The news network is seeking an […]
11/13/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders often have the upper hand over CNN in the White House briefing room. But CNN has likely now claimed the advantage by moving the battle to the courtroom. First Amendment lawyers say courts have a history of defending access for journalists, and the […]
11/13/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The story in the New York Times concerning North Korea developing missile bases is inaccurate. We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new – and nothing happening out of the normal. Just more Fake News. I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!” -Donald […]
11/12/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/OBAMA FAMILY: “In her new memoir, ‘Becoming,’ former first lady Michelle Obama writes a passage explaining how her predecessor, Laura Bush, had extended her help to Obama when she was an incoming first lady, telling her that if Obama needed help, she was ‘a phone call away.’ In turn, Obama writes she did the same […]
11/12/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-12-18] suggested possible antitrust scrutiny for Comcast, which owns one of Trump’s frequent targets, NBC News…The association, which represents smaller cable companies, has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate Comcast’s merger with NBCUniversal, saying it poses a threat to competition. The Comcast-NBCU deal was […]
11/12/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American Cable Association has big problems with Comcast. They say that Comcast routinely violates Antitrust Laws. ‘These guys are acting much worse, and have much more potential for damage to consumers, than anything AT&T-Time Warner would do.’ Charlie Gasparino” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 12, 2018 1:13 pm […]
11/9/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During a rant on Friday [11-9-18] about CNN reporter Jim Acosta, President Donald Trump turned to another reporter, April Ryan. ‘You talk about somebody that’s a loser,’ Trump said of Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks who is African American. ‘She doesn’t know what the hell she’s […]
11/9/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [11-9-18] that he might revoke the credentials of additional White House reporters if they did not ‘treat the White House with respect,’ lobbing another threat at the news media two days after his administration effectively blacklisted the CNN correspondent Jim Acosta…The removal of Mr. Acosta’s credential, after […]
11/9/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Did you hear the one about President Trump? Or, more precisely, did you hear all 3,128 jokes? A think tank that has studied the content of late-night comedy for the past 26 years said Donald Trump was the butt of more jokes in 2017 than any other public figure has for a […]
11/9/2018
MEDIA/OBAMA/OBAMA FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pushed back at former first lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama over a forthcoming memoir in which the former first lady said she would ‘never forgive’ Trump for his role in the ‘birther’ movement…The former first lady writes in her new memoir that she will never […]
11/8/2018
MEDIA/RACISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders seized on a misleading video apparently first posted by a far-right personality associated with fringe media organization InfoWars as a basis for indefinitely suspending the press credentials of CNN’s chief White House correspondent. On Wednesday [11-8-18] evening, Sanders released a statement announcing that the White House […]
11/8/2018
CABINET/INTERIOR/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been exploring potential roles with Fox News, the energy industry or other businesses amid growing signs that he will leave President Donald Trump’s Cabinet as he faces investigations into his ethics, according to people knowledgeable about the discussions. The news comes just a day after Trump told reporters […]
11/8/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The day after his party lost its lock on the U.S. Congress, President Donald Trump walked into a White House press conference ready for political combat, name-checking Republicans who he blamed for losing their seats and lashing out at reporters who challenged his assertions. Republicans lost control of the House […]
11/7/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a stunning break with protocol, the White House said Wednesday [11-7-18] night that it’s suspending the press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta ‘until further notice.’ The move came just hours after Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, drew the ire of President Donald Trump and his allies by asking multiple questions […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In an hour and 26 combative minutes on Wednesday [11-7-18], President Donald Trump declared CNN reporter Jim Acosta an ‘enemy of the people,’ said he didn’t much care for NBC reporter Peter Alexander, either, told American Urban Radio Networks correspondent April Ryan to ‘sit down,’ and accused Yamiche Alcindor of ‘PBS NewsHour’ […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tuesday’s [11-6-18] Democratic victory for control of the House shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that many of these felled GOP candidates were in Hillary Clinton-won districts, and President Donald Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. But the Republican Senate gains and strong Florida and Georgia gubernatorial showings ran […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump lashed out at journalists during a surly and contentious news conference at the White House on Wednesday [11-7-18], renewing his attacks on the news media as ‘the enemy of the people’ just moments after pledging an end to partisan politics in the wake of a grueling midterm election. In tense […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To any of the pundits or talking heads that do not give us proper credit for this great Midterm Election, just remember two words – FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 7:52 am […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At 11:02 a.m. on Monday [11-5-18], after the Donald J. Trump for President campaign announced that Sean Hannity would appear at his rally on the eve of the midterm elections, the prime-time star of Fox News posted a Shermanesque tweet: ‘I will not be on the stage campaigning with the president.’ […]
11/4/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New Fox Poll shows a ‘40% Approval Rating by African Americans for President Trump, a record for Republicans.’ Thank you, a great honor!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2018 10:15 am […]
11/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: That’s because they treat me fairly! ‘@FoxNews tops @CNN and @MSNBC combined in October cable news ratings’ https://t.…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2018 10:30 am […]
11/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help people they depict as Central American invaders overrun the nation with cop killers. The new spot, tweeted by the President five days before the midterm elections, is the […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez called President Donald Trump’s new immigration ad an example of the President ‘at his worst.’ When asked Wednesday [10-31-18] by CNN’s Chris Cuomo for his reaction, Perez called the ad an example of Trump ‘fear mongering’…The ad, tweeted by Trump on Wednesday afternoon, shows a Hispanic […]
10/31/2018
CELEBS/ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jon Stewart has been done with ‘The Daily Show’ for years, but he’s still one of the strongest media critics around. In a new interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Stewart chided journalists for taking President Trump’s ‘bait’ and taking his anti-media attacks too personally. First, Stewart shared a familiar critique: That Trump […]
10/31/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “That’s because they treat me fairly! ‘@FoxNews tops @CNN and @MSNBC combined in October cable news ratings’ https://t.co/QX56Pwlmj4“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2018 10:33 pm […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Donald Trump has made good on his promises, and it drives Democrats Crazy!’ Brad Blakeman @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2018 10:25 am […]
10/31/2018
MASS SHOOTING/MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. We were treated so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful! https://t.co/9B9HgCF1G9“ -Donald […]
10/31/2018
MASS SHOOTINGS/MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad and solemn day. We were treaty so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!” -Donald Trump, […]
10/30/2018
ANTI-SEMITISM/MEDIA/RACISM/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Claiming the media holds him to a higher standard than his rivals, President Donald Trump doubled down Monday [10-29-18] night on the type of rhetoric his critics have argued influenced the perpetrators of a mail bomb scare against CNN and high-profile Democrats last week and a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I will be interviewed by Laura Ingraham tonight at 10:00 P.M. on @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 9:01 pm […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I will be interviewed by Laura Ingraham tonight at 10:00 P.M. on @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 8:53 pm […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be interviewed by Laura Ingraham tonight at 10:00 P.M. on @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 7:31 pm […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Check out tweets from last two days. I refer to Fake News Media when mentioning Enemy of the People – but dishonest reporters use only the word ‘Media.’ The people of our Great Country are angry and disillusioned at receiving so much Fake News. They get it, and fully understand!” -Donald Trump, […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN and others in the Fake News Business keep purposely and inaccurately reporting that I said the ‘Media is the Enemy of the People.’ Wrong! I said that the “Fake News (Media) is the Enemy of the People,” a very big difference. When you give out false information – not good!” -Donald […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….of Anger and Outrage and we will then be able to bring all sides together in Peace and Harmony. Fake News Must End!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 7:07 am […]
10/29/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is great anger in our Country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news. The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People, must stop the open & obvious hostility & report the news accurately & fairly. That will do much to put out the flame…” […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign announced on Monday [10-29-18] that it would spend $6 million to air a new television ad throughout the country in the run-up to next week’s midterm congressional elections, ‘making the closing sale to vote’ Republican. But Mr. Trump is not the one making this particular sale. Neither he, […]
10/29/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign released a national television ad Monday [10-29-18] that portrays the nation’s economy on the right track entering the midterm elections. But it makes no mention of Trump — a sign of Republicans’ challenge as they try to hang onto suburban House districts critical to their majority. The […]
10/28/2018
GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News is doing everything in their power to blame Republicans, Conservatives and me for the division and hatred that has been going on for so long in our Country. Actually, it is their Fake & Dishonest reporting which is causing problems far greater than they understand!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/28/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just watched Wacky Tom Steyer, who I have not seen in action before, be interviewed by @jaketapper. He comes off as a crazed & stumbling lunatic who should be running out of money pretty soon. As bad as their field is, if he is running for President, the Dems will eat him […]
10/28/2018
FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to Steve Rogers, FBI Joint Terror Task Force (Ret), for his very kind and generous remarks about me and my relationship to Law Enforcement. @JudgeJeanine” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2018 11:53 am […]
10/27/2018
MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump Thunders at Media for Smearing His Supporters after Bomb Scares https://t.co/Ggdhs9reY3 via @BreitbartNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2018 8:28 am […]
10/26/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I would like to begin today’s remarks by providing an update on the packages and devices that have been mailed to high-profile figures throughout our Country, and a media org. I am pleased to inform you that law enforcement has apprehended the suspect and taken him into custody. https://t.co/UFjwjjUkLd“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/26/2018
MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, ‘it’s just not Presidential!’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, […]
10/25/2018
CHINA/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times has a new Fake Story that now the Russians and Chinese (glad they finally added China) are listening to all of my calls on cellphones. Except that I rarely use a cellphone, & when I do it’s government authorized. I like Hard Lines. Just more made up Fake […]
10/25/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, […]
10/25/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The so-called experts on Trump over at the New York Times wrote a long and boring article on my cellphone usage that is so incorrect I do not have time here to correct it. I only use Government Phones, and have only one seldom used government cell phone. Story is soooo wrong!” […]
10/24/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The three-way test of wills over Saudi Arabia’s murder of an exiled journalist has started to play out in oil markets. Each day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains his drip feed of grisly details of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Each day, a reluctant President Donald […]
10/24/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The press gave primo coverage to Donald Trump’s outrageous utterances during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries because, well, he was a front-runner, and when front-runners speak, it’s news. After Trump secured the Republican nomination, the press gave similar notice to his tongue-wagging because—well, because it believes every trill and chirrup from a […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump decried the threat of political violence and called on the media to end its ‘hostility’ on Wednesday [10-24-18], hours after authorities intercepted bombs sent to a news network and prominent Democrats who have been the targets of some of his sharpest barbs. Trump’s pleas for harmony came as law […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump condemned the series of attempted attacks on high-profile Democrats and CNN on Wednesday [10-24-18], declaring that ‘acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States.’ Attempting a bipartisan pause during a divisive campaign season, Trump called for unity after crude pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, […]
10/24/2018
MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost as soon as the bombs arrived in the mail, the debate began: What role does violent political rhetoric have on these real-life acts of violence? Well, truth be told, a version of this debate has been raging for a while. Witness the reactions to President Trump’s recent praise of a congressman […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t expect Donald Trump to repent for heating America’s politics to a bitter boiling point, despite a day that could have turned into a tragedy after an unknown suspect mailed bombs to the President’s favorite targets. Trump did just about the bare minimum expected after the attempted attacks using improvised explosives on […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pointed the finger Wednesday [10-24-18] night at his opponents and the news media for the turbulent national political environment, on the same day it was revealed explosive devices were mailed to the Obamas, the Clintons, CNN and other public officials. Trump took no responsibility for the tone of the […]
10/24/2018
CIA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “CIA director Gina Haspel is set to brief President Donald Trump on the investigation into the death of Jamal Khashoggi on Thursday, as the President increasingly expresses frustration with the Saudi response and the country’s crown prince vows ‘justice’ for the journalist’s killers. Haspel traveled to Turkey on Monday […]
10/23/2018
CIA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump offered his most stinging indictment yet of a Saudi effort to silence a dissident journalist, calling the series of events that led to Jamal Khashoggi’s death ‘the worst cover up ever’…Later Tuesday [10-23-18], Trump went further, calling the episode a ‘total fiasco.’ The rebuke of Saudi Arabia’s […]
10/23/2018
IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 40 years after working on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman is back on the case. This time, it’s with a book: ‘The Case for Impeaching Trump’…’The Case for Impeaching Trump’ is part of a wave of new books and reissues of older works that is inspired […]
10/22/2018
EU/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media has been talking about recent approval ratings of me by countries around the world, including the European Union, as being very low….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2018 2:18 pm […]
10/22/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump said Monday [10-22-18] he’s not satisfied with the explanations he’s heard about the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi and is awaiting reports from U.S. personnel returning from the region. Khashoggi, who lived in the United States and wrote critically about the Saudi royal family, died earlier this […]
10/21/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facebook has just stated that they are setting up a system to ‘purge’ themselves of Fake News. Does that mean CNN will finally be put out of business?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, 2018 5:48 pm […]
10/21/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Top U.S. lawmakers turned their ire on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday [10-21-18] and said they believed he ordered the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, although the Trump administration maintained a more cautious stance…Corker, who received a classified briefing on the case on Friday [10-19-18], said he […]
10/19/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [10-19-18] that the U.S. Congress will be involved in determining the U.S. response to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ‘I’m going to have very much Congress involved in determining what to do,’ Trump told reporters in Scottsdale, Arizona. ‘I will very much listen […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s praise of a congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his election last year (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The White House Correspondents’ Association is accusing President Donald Trump of celebrating a crime when he praised a Republican Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Frida [10-19-18] that Saudi Arabia’s explanation for how journalist Jamal Khashoggi died at its consulate in Istanbul was credible. Speaking to reporters, Trump said Saudi Arabia’s announcement on the circumstances of Khashoggi’s death was a ‘good first step.’ He also said he prefers that any sanctions […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the hands of a Saudi Arabian government team means President Donald Trump now faces a question: what to do about it. On Friday [10-19-18], Saudi Arabia admitted the Washington Post columnist was dead and announced the arrest of 18 individuals including high ranking officials close to the […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump denied Friday [10-19-18] that his secretary of state was ever provided recordings of the alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, refuting a Friday report by ABC News…ABC News cited a senior Turkish official who told the network that Pompeo heard an audio recording of Khashoggi being […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [10-19-18] he doesn’t regret praising a Republican congressman who body slammed a reporter…Trump had praised Gianforte for assaulting a reporter during his campaign last May, saying ‘any guy who can do a body slam … he’s my guy’ and made a gesture mimicking a body slam. […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital and a close friend of President Donald Trump, has dropped out of next week’s Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia. Barrack told CNN that his session at the summit was canceled because he was scheduled to speak with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who pulled […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump had the crowd hanging on every word, every pause, every gesture. The thousands who gathered here had come to see what the president might serve up next. But they weren’t all that interested in hearing his latest policy pronouncements — they wanted to see Trump’s stand-up shtick. And on […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned President Donald Trump Friday [10-19-18] after he lauded a lawmaker from Montana a day earlier for body slamming a Guardian reporter…Speaking Thursday [10-18-19] at a rally in Missoula, Montana, Trump praised GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for an incident in 2017 in which an audio recording […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump reiterated his support for a Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter last year, even as he came under criticism on Friday [10-20-18] from U.S. lawmakers and press organizations…Trump’s praise for Greg Gianforte, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who pleaded guilty to an assault charge […]
10/18/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] praised Rep. Greg Gianforte’s body slamming a reporter in 2017, saying that anyone who did such a thing was ‘my kind of guy’…Since he was a candidate for the presidency, Trump has complained of ‘fake news,’ harassed individual outlets and journalists on Twitter, and […]
10/18/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY: “Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker warned the Trump administration on Thursday [10-18-18] that its information ‘clampdown’ on the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi can’t go on. The Tennessee Republican said in an interview he sought to view recent U.S. intelligence on Monday and Tuesday regarding Khashoggi’s […]
10/16/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-16-18] that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince intends to expand an investigation into missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and that the prince did not know what happened in the Turkish consulate where Khashoggi apparently disappeared. ‘Just spoke with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia who […]
10/18/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared earlier this month, President Donald Trump has acted like his own world-class spies and hackers don’t exist. The U.S. intelligence community is reportedly increasingly convinced that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is culpable in Khashoggi’s killing. Publicly, though, Trump has evinced no knowledge of […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “According to Collins and Zeleny, the fight — which Trump witnessed the start of (and sided with the more hard-line Bolton) — led some aides to speculate that one of the two combatants might leave the White House following it. (The betting money is on Kelly, who is not only on […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday [10-18-18] it ‘certainly looks’ as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened ‘very severe’ consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him. His warning came as the administration toughened its response to a disappearance that has sparked global […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday [10-18-18] as the White House struggles to contain a spiraling crisis over a journalist’s apparent death at a Saudi consulate. Trump stressed Wednesday [10-17-18] that he does not want to abandon Riyadh as it comes under increasing pressure […]
10/17/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s smiling photo op with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince disguised the reality of a blunt, tough meeting in which the top US diplomat told the royal his future as king depends on his handling of Jamal Khashoggi’s suspected murder. A source familiar with Pompeo’s Tuesday [10-16-18] meeting […]
10/17/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [10-17-18] that his administration has asked for any video or audio intelligence from Turkey’s investigation into the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who Turkey says was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul…Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who had been critical of Crown Prince Mohammed […]
10/17/2018
ECONOMY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Network News gave Zero coverage to the Big Day the Stock Market had yesterday.’ @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 7:40 am […]
10/17/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “AP headline was very different from my quote and meaning in the story. They just can’t help themselves. FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 7:09 am […]
10/17/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Trump could be the most honest president in modern history. When you look at the real barometer of presidential truthfulness, which is promise keeping, he is probably the most honest president in American history. He’s done exactly what he said he would do.’ Marc Thiessen, WPost” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 […]
10/16/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald J. Trump’s frequent threats and hostile acts directed toward journalists and the media are not only offensive and unbecoming of a democratic leader; they are also illegal. In the Trump era, nasty rhetoric, insults and even threats of violence have become an occupational hazard for political reporters and commentators. To […]