TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/JDS4zUXXJG” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 21, 2019 2:50 pm […]
6/21/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The air is thick with humidity on the Suchiate River that separates Mexico from Guatemala. Yet the pontoon men are busy as usual. Using long poles, they strain as they push wooden rafts lashed to huge inner tubes from one bank to the other, illegally but openly ferrying goods and humans […]
6/21/2019
CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Naples, Fla., resident Joseph Fogg III, a longtime GOP fundraiser, arrived last month at the Trump International Hotel in Washington for a donor conference benefiting the president’s reelection campaign, he was asked by the organizers to place his phone inside a lockable pouch. Only after leaving the hotel’s Presidential Ballroom, where […]
6/21/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/DEMS/FEDERAL FUNDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday [6-21-19] proposed reinstating hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that was cut off by the Trump administration because thousands of their citizens sought asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico. The proposal was tucked […]
6/21/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States is more than doubling the number of asylum seekers it returns to Mexico in one city and adding groups like Cubans as it rapidly expands a policy to make migrants wait out claims south of the border, Mexican and U.S. officials said. The policy, known as the Migrant Protection […]
6/21/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the United States does impose tariffs on another $300 billion worth of Chinese goods, it would cost U.S. consumers $12.2 billion more for apparel, footwear, toys and household appliances each year, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said on Friday [6-21-19]. The tariffs would result in consumers paying another $4.4 billion on […]
6/21/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decisions to order and then suddenly abort a military strike against Iran set off a debate across the region on Friday [6-21-19] over whether his stop at the brink amounted to his gravest threat yet or a sign of capitulation. Iranians, locked in an escalating standoff with Mr. Trump over […]
6/21/2019
GOP/IRAN/LIZ CHENEY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decision to pull back on a planned military strike against Iran has divided Republicans, pitting hawks who criticized his midoperation retreat against a noninterventionist wing that sided with most Democrats to praise it. The rift highlights a longstanding debate in the Republican Party over national security that has played […]
6/21/2019
SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s in her forthcoming book. In ‘What Do We Need Men For?,’ her account of being harassed and mistreated by a series of men, which St. Martin’s Press is expected to publish next month, Ms. Carroll, […]
6/21/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said Friday [6-21-19] morning that the United States military had been ‘cocked and loaded’ for a strike against Iran on Thursday night, but that he called it off with 10 minutes to spare when a general told him that 150 people would probably die in the attack. In a series […]
6/21/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Felix H. Sater, a former business associate of President Trump’s, failed to show up on Friday [6-21-19] to an interview with House investigators meant to explore his work on a proposed Trump real estate project in Moscow. He will now face a congressional subpoena. Mr. Sater had voluntarily agreed to […]
6/21/2019
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Andrew Weissmann, one of the top prosecutors for Robert S. Mueller III on the Russia investigation, is writing a book that will explore his work on the special counsel’s inquiry, according to a publishing executive with knowledge of the deal. Mr. Weissmann appears to be the first prosecutor on the special […]
6/21/2019
DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump nominated Mark T. Esper, the secretary of the Army and former West Point classmate of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Friday [6-21-19] to be the next defense secretary. If confirmed, Mr. Esper, an Army infantryman who fought in the Persian Gulf war of 1991 before becoming a lobbyist […]
6/21/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting & more added last night. Iran can NEVER have Nuclear Weapons, not against the USA, and not against the WORLD!” -Donald […]
6/21/2019
IRAN/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Obama made a desperate and terrible deal with Iran – Gave them 150 Billion Dollars plus I.8 Billion Dollars in CASH! Iran was in big trouble and he bailed them out. Gave them a free path to Nuclear Weapons, and SOON. Instead of saying thank you, Iran yelled…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/21/2019
CONGRESS/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Death to America. I terminated deal, which was not even ratified by Congress, and imposed strong sanctions. They are a much weakened nation today than at the beginning of my Presidency, when they were causing major problems throughout the Middle East. Now they are Bust!….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 21, 2019 […]
6/21/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….On Monday they shot down an unmanned drone flying in International Waters. We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General. 10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not….” –Donald Trump, […]
6/21/2019
FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just revealed that the Failing and Desperate New York Times was feeding false stories about me, & those associated with me, to the FBI. This shows the kind of unprecedented hatred I have been putting up with for years with this Crooked newspaper. Is what they have done legal?…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/21/2019
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….’This Russia Collusion Hoax was perpetrated in part by people inside the government, and in part by a compliant (Fake News) media.’ Mollie Hemingway. @TuckerCarlson @foxandfriends The facts are starting to pour out. Stay tuned!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 21, 2019 7:19 am […]
6/21/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 2016, Donald Trump waffled over whether he would accept the election results if he lost. Since then, Trump has repeatedly joked about staying in office beyond the two terms the Constitution allows. Jerry Falwell Jr., Trump’s most prominent evangelical supporter, has suggested Trump should get two years tacked on to his […]
6/21/2019
DEMS/IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic senators blasted President Donald Trump for escalating tensions with Iran late Thursday [6-20-19] after The New York Times reported Trump had authorized then backtracked on targeted strikes on the Islamic Republic. The president authorized the strikes against Iran after an unmanned American drone was shot down off the Iranian coast, with […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes on Friday against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned $130-million surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching the attacks, the New York Times said. Trump had initially approved strikes on a handful of targets such as radar and missile batteries, the paper […]
6/20/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House communications director Hope Hicks told lawmakers Wednesday [6-19-19] that she had ‘never been asked to lie about matters of substance or consequence,’ contending that ‘white lies’ she had told on behalf of President Donald Trump were about small matters, such as his availability. The comments are part of the 273-page […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and his national security adviser, John Bolton, are engaged in an ongoing debate about how to handle Iran, a senior White House official told CNN. Trump moved to ease tensions with Iran on Thursday morning after Tehran downed a US drone near the Persian Gulf. In doing […]
6/20/2019
CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Canada’s prime minister left a meeting in the Oval Office Thursday [6-20-19] with a mixed political blessing: A proclamation of friendship from President Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau doesn’t want to be seen as chummy with Trump, since Trudeau’s liberal base back home despises him. But the reality is Canada — […]
6/20/2019
DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/MASSACHUSETTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday [6-20-19] blocked federal authorities from making civil immigration arrests inside the state’s courthouses. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction that blocks US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security ‘from civilly arresting parties, witnesses, and others attending Massachusetts courthouses on […]
6/20/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “S&P closes at Record High! https://t.co/C5nOXIQ7EJ” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2019 5:22 pm […]
6/20/2019
ELECTION/FLORIDA/HISPANICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump will make Miami the jumping off point for his 2020 outreach to Hispanic voters, a prized portion of the electorate in a prized state, Florida, which is key to his reelection effort. Vice President Mike Pence will roll out ‘Latinos for Trump’ in Miami on Tuesday, a day before Democrats […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump downplayed the dramatic escalation in tensions with Iran Thursday [6-20-19], after the downing of a US drone near the Persian Gulf sparked fears that tensions with Tehran could spill over into confrontation. Calling the shootdown ‘a new wrinkle, a new fly in the ointment,’ Trump told reporters in the […]
6/20/2019
DRONES/IRAN: “Iran made a big mistake [shooting down a US drone]. This drone was in international waters, clearly. We have it all documented. It’s documented scientifically, not just words. And they made a very bad mistake… And, fortunately, that drone was unarmed.. [I]t was over international waters; clearly over international waters. But we didn’t have […]
6/20/2019
MILITARY/SPACE FORCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, a noted conspiracy theorist, is skeptical of UFOs. But his Space Force could come in handy: Senators want answers about UFOs sighted by Navy pilots. By UFO, we mean unidentified flying object and not necessarily aliens. They’re probably not aliens, but the unidentified objects recorded by Navy pilots […]
6/20/2019
ICE/IMMIGRATION/MASSACHUSETTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Thursday [6-20-19] ruled that U.S. immigration authorities cannot arrest illegal immigrants at Massachusetts courthouses, the first order of its kind barring courthouse arrests. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued an injunction preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, from carrying out a directive authorizing arrests of […]
6/20/2019
DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Merck & Co Chief Executive Ken Frazier said on Thursday [6-20-19] a rule to base the price the U.S. government pays for some prescription drugs in it Medicare program on lower prices in other countries would face legal challenges if adopted. U.S. President Donald Trump said last year that one way his […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Donald Trump warned Thursday [6-20-19] that Iran ‘made a very big mistake’ after its military claimed responsibility for shooting down an American drone, but appeared to suggest the incident would not immediately result in an armed conflict following a week of steadily escalating tensions…Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it destroyed the drone […]
6/20/2019
ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The head of the U.S. federal agency in charge of mine safety said on Thursday [6-20-19] he has no plans to fast-track new limits for coal miner exposure to silica dust because he believes exposure rates are already falling. The comments come as the national coal miners and steel workers unions urge […]
6/20/2019
CANADA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to host Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau at the @WhiteHouse today!???? https://t.co/orlejZ9FFs” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2019 12:49 pm […]
6/20/2019
LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two years after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said would ‘create apprenticeships for millions of our citizens,’ not a single apprenticeship program has been created under the program, nor a single person trained. Apprenticeships rank so high as a priority for Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta that when he […]
6/20/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump is confident his core coalition of die-hard supporters can propel him to a second term in the White House, asserting in a new interview that he may not even bother reaching out to swing voters in his reelection campaign…Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, echoed that sentiment, telling Time that […]
6/20/2019
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roy S. Moore, the polarizing Alabama Republican who lost a Senate campaign in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct, said on Thursday that he would seek a rematch in next year’s election. His decision was an unsurprising act of defiance against many of his party’s national leaders, including President Trump, who […]
6/20/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate voted to block the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday [6-20-19], in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency over Iran. In three back-to-back […]
6/20/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/G20/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, holding a rare meeting with international journalists, said on Thursday [6-20-19] that he expected to resolve disagreements with the United States, particularly his purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system, in a one-on-one meeting with President Trump at the end of the month. The two leaders […]
6/20/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s leader, Xi Jinping, arrived in North Korea’s capital on Thursday [6-20-19] to a 21-gun salute at the airport, the release of thousands of balloons and crowds lining the streets, as his car wound its way to the mausoleum where the North’s founder lies. The elaborate ceremonial welcome for Mr. […]
6/20/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Declaring himself the victim of ‘an absurd political kidnapping,’ an American detained in Russia since December on espionage charges used a brief court appearance on Thursday [6-20-19] to appeal to President Trump to ‘keep American great’ by taking robust action to get him released. ‘Mr. President, we cannot keep America great […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday [6-20-19] night after a day of escalating tensions. As late as 7 p.m., military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike, after intense discussions and debate at the White […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has portrayed Iran’s recent moves, including its threat to resume stockpiling low-enriched uranium in violation of the nuclear agreement, as proof that Iran is an implacable rogue state, bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, that can be contained only through the threat of military force. Iran has indeed often acted […]
6/20/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran made a very big mistake!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2019 9:15 am […]
6/20/2019
JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The President has a really good story to tell. We have unemployment lower than we’ve seen in decades. We have people who stopped looking for work coming back into the labor force. We are in a record growth period.’ Michael Steel @MSNBC (do you believe?)” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2019 9:14 […]
6/20/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “S&P opens at Record High!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2019 8:58 am […]
6/20/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/ELECTION/FEDERAL RESERVE/ TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is firing up his economic Wayback Machine in an effort to boost markets, the economy and his own political fortunes heading into his reelection campaign. Economists warn that Trump’s approach, with its roots in 19th century mercantilism and 1980s Reaganism, risks back-firing on him in potentially significant […]
6/20/2019
G20/JAPAN/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump heads to G-20 meetings in Japan next week, companies and foreign governments are bracing for a world in which the foundation of global trading rules is upended. And they fear being forced to take sides between the reigning global superpower and its rising rival…Hyder said in an […]
6/19/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/EPA/OBAMA/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [6-19-19] issued its long-awaited replacement for former President Barack Obama’s most ambitious climate change regulation, rolling back rules in an effort to salvage the declining role of coal in the nation’s power supply. Critics charge that the new rule would cripple the fight against climate change […]
6/19/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/ETHICS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations hit headwinds Wednesday [6-19-19] as senators questioned the impact of her family’s coal fortune on her ability to work on climate issues at the world body. Kelly Craft, the current US ambassador to Canada, acknowledged during a Senate […]
6/19/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate has agreed to vote Thursday [6-20-19] on blocking President Donald Trump’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid out an agreement on the Senate floor Wednesday for senators to vote on 22 resolutions to terminate a series of weapons sales rolled […]
6/19/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since Election Day 2016, Stocks up almost 50%, Stocks gained 9.2 Trillion Dollars in value, and more than 5,000,000 new jobs added to the Economy. @LouDobbs If our opponent had won, there would have been a market crash, plain and simple! @TuckerCarlson @seanhannity @IngrahamAngle” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 7:12 pm […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/HISPANICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump wants his Democratic competitors for the White House to introduce themselves to the American public next week on his terms. Ahead of the first two Democratic presidential primary debates next Wednesday [6-19-19] and Thursday [6-20-19], the president and his political team are angling to dominate the news cycle with carefully […]
6/19/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-19-19] honored economist Arthur Laffer, a former adviser to Ronald Reagan who is known as the father of supply side economics, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom…The President also claimed that Laffer’s work ‘spurred economic reforms around the world and helped lift untold millions out of poverty,’ though […]
6/19/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Felix Sater, the Russian-born business associate of President Donald Trump who worked on the Moscow Trump Tower project, told CNN Wednesday [6-19-19] he will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday [6-21-19]. Sater’s testimony, which will be behind closed doors, is a sign that the House Intelligence Committee is […]
6/19/2019
EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration continues its hardline approach on Iran, the European Union — in a bid to preserve the Iran nuclear deal — is reluctant to impose sanctions for potential violations of that deal, two diplomatic sources told CNN. Federica Mogherini, the top EU foreign affairs official, has conveyed this sentiment […]
6/19/2019
MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to President Lopez Obrador — Mexico voted to ratify the USMCA today by a huge margin. Time for Congress to do the same here!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 6:01 pm […]
6/19/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/COURTS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a blow to the Trump administration, a federal trial judge said Wednesday [6-19-19] that he believes new evidence presented in a challenge to the 2020 census citizenship question ‘raises a substantial issue.’ The decision could lead to reopening one of three federal trials into the citizenship question and lead to further […]
6/19/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Reserve on Wednesday [6-20-19] held interest rates steady but opened the door to a possible cut this year amid fears of a slowing economy, in a move unlikely to calm President Donald Trump days after he suggested he might try to demote Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. The Fed’s rate-setting […]
6/19/2019
GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans expressed relief on Tuesday [6-18-19] when President Donald Trump announced Mark Esper, who currently serves as Secretary of the Army, would be the new acting Secretary of Defense after the dramatic implosion of Patrick Shanahan’s nomination. Esper is replacing Shanahan to lead the largest agency in the federal government as […]
6/19/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/OFFICIAL STATEMENT: “Melania and I send our best wishes for a memorable celebration to all those commemorating Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger of the United States Army marched into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order Number 3, declaring, ‘all slaves are free.’” -Donald Trump, “Presidential Message on Juneteenth, 2019,” whitehouse.gov, […]
6/19/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Just returning from Orlando and Doral (Miami), Florida, and heading to the Oval Office, where I will present the great Economist, Dr. Arthur Laffer, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 3:39 pm […]
6/19/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be interviewed LIVE tonight by @seanhannity on @FoxNews 9 P.M. Enjoy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 3:29 pm […]
6/19/2019
CONGRESS/E-MAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….asking Hillary Clinton why she deleted and acid washed her Emails AFTER getting a subpoena from Congress? Anybody else would be in jail for that, yet the Dems refuse to even bring it up. Rigged House Committee” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 2:48 pm […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “So sad that the Democrats are putting wonderful Hope Hicks through hell, for 3 years now, after total exoneration by Robert Mueller & the Mueller Report. They were unhappy with result so they want a Do Over. Very unfair & costly to her. Will it ever end? Why aren’t they…….” –Donald Trump, […]
6/19/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China would not normally be able to satisfy its consumer demand for pork, even before the epidemic of African swine fever has cut the nation’s pig population in half. Farmers in the United States would, normally, step in to help fill the gap. But in retaliation to the tariffs placed on Chinese […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially shut the door on censuring President Donald Trump Wednesday [6-20-19] but plans to view a minimally redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report this week, her latest attempt to juggle the competing impeachment factions within her caucus. Pelosi initially rejected an offer from Attorney General William […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/POLLS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If I didn’t have the Phony Witch Hunt going on for 3 years, and if the Fake News Media and their partner in Crime, the Democrats, would have played it straight, I would be way up in the Polls right now – with our Economy, winning by 20 points. But I’m […]
6/19/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ARE #RIGGED!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 9:20 am […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Dems are very unhappy with the Mueller Report, so after almost 3 years, they want a Redo, or Do Over. This is extreme Presidential Harassment. They gave Crooked Hillary’s people complete Immunity, yet now they bring back Hope Hicks. Why aren’t the Dems looking at the…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/19/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/E-MAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….33,000 Emails that Hillary and her lawyer deleted and acid washed AFTER GETTING A SUBPOENA FROM CONGRESS? That is real Obstruction that the Dems want no part of because their hearings are RIGGED and a disgrace to our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 9:18 am […]
6/19/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump might get what he wants from the Federal Reserve, which kept interest rates steady on Wednesday [6-19-19] but indicated that it could soon cut them as economic risks mounted and inflation remained stuck below target. A growing number of officials on the Fed’s policymaking committee expect to lower rates […]
6/19/2019
9/11/CONGRESS/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In public remarks and classified briefings, Trump administration officials keep emphasizing purported ties between Iran and Al Qaeda. Some lawmakers suspect that the executive branch is toying with claiming that it already has congressional authorization to attack Iran based on the nearly 18-year-old law approving a war over the Sept. 11, 2001, […]
6/19/2019
CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s campaign announced Wednesday [6-19-19] that he had raised $24.8 million over 24 hours as he kicked off his re-election bid, an enormous haul that punctuates the financial advantage he is expected to enjoy over his Democratic challengers in 2020. Mr. Trump’s one-day total was more than any Democratic presidential candidate […]
6/19/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Officially, President Xi Jinping of China is visiting North Korea this week to strengthen ‘strategic communication and exchanges’ between the two countries, as he wrote on Wednesday [6-19-19] in a front-page op-ed for a North Korean state newspaper. Unofficially, he is likely there to talk about — or at least send […]
6/19/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/HUMAN RIGHTS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Trump’s choice for United Nations ambassador said Wednesday [6-19-19] that Saudi Arabia must be held accountable for rights abuses and that humans have contributed to climate change, posing ‘real risks to our planet.’ The positions expressed by the nominee, Kelly Knight Craft, currently the ambassador to Canada, suggested she […]
6/19/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU! #Trump2020?? https://t.co/recnmmYAFN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2019 7:54 am […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After weeks of simmering frustration, House Democrats took their first shot on Wednesday [6-19-19] at questioning a key figure from Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into whether President Trump obstructed justice. They were not entirely happy with the results. Behind closed doors, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee pressed Hope […]
6/18/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/CRIME/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Tuesday [6-18-19] that he would not apologize for his harsh comments in 1989 about the Central Park Five, the five black and Latino men who as teenagers were wrongly convicted of the brutal rape of a jogger in New York City. Mr. Trump was asked about newspaper […]
6/18/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the otherwise boisterous world of the Australian news media, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, known as the ABC or ABC News, tends to resemble a very serious aunt. The public broadcaster is smart, loquacious and a bit boring; even audience members for its live news discussion program, ‘Q&A,’ can sometimes be […]
6/18/2019
DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days has bulked up the branch responsible for carrying out deportations in preparation for the mass arrests of undocumented immigrants, two Department of Homeland Security officials said on Tuesday [6-18-19], adding that the agency could not immediately deport “millions of illegal aliens” as President Trump had […]
6/18/2019
ELECTION/FLORIDA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump delivered a fierce denunciation of the news media, the political establishment and what he called his radical opponents on Tuesday [6-18-19] as he opened his re-election campaign in front of a huge crowd of raucous supporters by evoking the dark messaging and personal grievances that animated his 2016 victory. Almost […]
6/18/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t ever forget – this election is about YOU. It is about YOUR family, YOUR future, & the fate of YOUR COUNTRY. We begin our campaign with the best record, the best results, the best agenda, & the only positive VISION for our Country’s future! #Trump2020 https://t.co/Vmu28hKQh6” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, […]
6/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the ultimate act of moral cowardice, not one Democrat Candidate for president – not a single one – has stood up to defend the incredible men and women of ICE and Border Patrol. They don’t have the character, the virtue, or the spine! #Trump2020 https://t.co/oULNnVtxmW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 […]
6/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On no issue are Democrats more extreme – and more depraved – than when it comes to Border Security. The Democrat Agenda of open borders is morally reprehensible. It is the great betrayal of the American Middle Class and our Country as a whole! #Trump2020 https://t.co/f9RJhpp50J” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 […]
6/18/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Together, we are breaking the most sacred rule in Washington Politics: we are KEEPING our promises to the American People. Because my only special interest is YOU! #Trump2020 https://t.co/bYyK6sOrak” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 8:52 pm […]
6/18/2019
FLORIDA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU ORLANDO, FLORIDA!https://t.co/Va9FhByJi0” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 8:48 pm […]
6/18/2019
FLORIDA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me LIVE tonight in Orlando, Florida at 8:00 P.M. Eastern as we kickoff #Trump2020. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 6:54 pm […]
6/18/2019
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A little more than a year ago, moments after he fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet, President Donald Trump looked ahead optimistically to reshaping his Cabinet. Standing on the White House driveway, the president told reporters, ‘I’m really at a point where we’re getting very close to having the […]
6/18/2019
FLORIDA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Departing for Orlando, Florida with @FLOTUS Melania! https://t.co/EB2ewYArUP” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 3:32 pm […]
6/18/2019
ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A poll released hours before Donald Trump launches his 2020 reelection bid in Florida shows the president trailing Democratic White House hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in the nation’s largest swing state. The former vice president leads Trump among Florida voters by 50 percent to 41 percent, according to a […]
6/18/2019
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 11:59 am […]
6/18/2019
DEFENSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….I thank Pat for his outstanding service and will be naming Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, to be the new Acting Secretary of Defense. I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 11:59 am […]
6/18/2019
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/FLORIDA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The newspaper in Orlando, where the president is set to officially kick off his reelection bid Tuesday [6-18-19], has already announced its 2020 White House endorsement: anyone but Donald Trump…The Sentinel dubbed Trump’s ‘successful assault on truth’ as ‘the great casualty of this presidency, followed closely by his war on decency’ and […]
6/18/2019
GERMANY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “German DAX way up due to stimulus remarks from Mario Draghi. Very unfair to the United States!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 9:22 am […]
6/18/2019
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘ECB officials see Rate Cut as primary tool for any new stimulus’ @business” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 9:09 am […]
6/18/2019
CHINA/G20/JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China. We will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan. Our respective teams will begin talks prior to our meeting.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 8:39 am […]
6/18/2019
FLORIDA/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News doesn’t report it, but Republican enthusiasm is at an all time high. Look what is going on in Orlando, Florida, right now! People have never seen anything like it (unless you play a guitar). Going to be wild – See you later!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 6:30 […]