MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Watched MSNBC this morning just to see what the opposition was saying about events of the past week. Such lies, almost everything they were saying was the opposite of the truth. Fake News! No wonder their ratings, along with CNN, are WAY DOWN. The hatred Comcast has is amazing!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/8/2019
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I would like to thank the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and his foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, together with all of the many representatives of both the United States and Mexico, for working so long and hard to get our agreement on immigration completed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2019 […]
6/8/2019
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everyone very excited about the new deal with Mexico!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2019 8:47 am […]
6/8/2019
NAFTA/NANCY PELOSI/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nervous Nancy Pelosi & the Democrat House are getting nothing done. Perhaps they could lead the way with the USMCA, the spectacular & very popular new Trade Deal that replaces NAFTA, the worst Trade Deal in the history of the U.S.A. Great for our Farmers, Manufacturers & Unions!” –Donald Trump, […]
6/8/2019
AGRICULTURE/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MEXICO HAS AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FROM OUR GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2019 7:03 am […]
6/8/2019
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico will try very hard, and if they do that, this will be a very successful agreement for both the United States and Mexico!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2019 6:02 am […]
6/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Brandon Judd, National Border Patrol Council: ‘That’s going to be a huge deal because Mexico will be using their strong Immigration Laws – A game changer. People no longer will be released into the U.S.’ Also, 6000 Mexican Troops at their Southern Border. Currently there are few!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, […]
6/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While the reviews and reporting on our Border Immigration Agreement with Mexico have been very good, there has nevertheless been much false reporting (surprise!) by the Fake and Corrupt News Media, such as Comcast/NBC, CNN, @nytimes & @washingtonpost. These ‘Fakers’ are Bad News!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2019 5:47 am […]
6/7/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-7-19] dropped his unpopular plan to impose tariffs on hundreds of billion of dollars of goods from Mexico after the two countries reach a deal to stem the flow of Central American migrants entering the United States. Trump said that Mexico had agreed to take ‘strong measures’ […]
6/7/2019
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Roger Stone employee Andrew Miller has turned over records related to his old boss to a federal grand jury, including the now-indicted political operative’s schedule from the 2016 Republican National Convention, his attorney said Friday [6-7-19]. Miller testified about his former employer to the grand jury last week, and during […]
6/7/2019
CENSUS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Oversight Committee’s Democratic staff charged in a memo on Friday [6-7-19] that the White House ‘interfered directly and aggressively’ with a previously undisclosed interview the panel conducted Monday [6-3-19] with former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach related to the Trump administration’s push to include a citizenship […]
6/7/2019
NASA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-7-19] appeared to back off the goal his administration set just several months ago to put humans back on the moon by 2024. Trump wrote in a tweet NASA should instead focus on exploring Mars. ‘For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be […]
6/7/2019
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 […]
6/7/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 7:31 […]
6/7/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly be the State Department. Thank you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 7:25 […]
6/7/2019
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 […]
6/7/2019
HEALTHCARE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is expected to name Tomas Philipson, a former University of Chicago economist and specialist in health care policy, as his next chief economist in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the matter. Philipson, who already serves as one of the three members of the Council of Economic […]
6/7/2019
BUSINESS/CONGRESS/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. business groups warned President Donald Trump on Friday [6-7-19] that he risks losing his chance of achieving a major trade victory in Congress if he follows through on a plan to impose a 5 percent tariff on all Mexican goods starting Monday [6-10-19]. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been vocally […]
6/7/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dow Jones has best week of the year!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 4:43 pm […]
6/7/2019
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I mean, the idea that I would be intimidated by Donald Trump? He’s the bully that I knew my whole life. He’s the bully that I have always stood up to. He’s the bully who used to make fun when I was a kid and stutter, and I would smack them […]
6/7/2019
NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump used his downtime on Air Force One to fire off another attack on Nancy Pelosi, scolding the House speaker for privately criticizing him while he was overseas. Though Trump has not stuck to the political tradition of leaving politics on America’s shores while abroad, he referred to the […]
6/7/2019
EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He was treated to full royal pageantry in London, an aerial tour of the sites of the Normandy landings in France and a round of golf at his luxury resort on the coast of Ireland. Now, it’s back to reality for Donald Trump. A growing number of political troubles are greeting the […]
6/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading back to D.C. Many great things are happening for our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 12:43 pm […]
6/7/2019
NASA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon – We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/7/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are incapable of doing a good and solid Immigration Bill!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 12:27 pm […]
6/7/2019
AGRICULTURE/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If we are able to make the deal with Mexico, & there is a good chance that we will, they will begin purchasing Farm & Agricultural products at very high levels, starting immediately. If we are unable to make the deal, Mexico will begin paying Tariffs at the 5% level on Monday!” […]
6/7/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…and have no intention of doing anything other than going on a fishing expedition to see if they can find anything on me – both illegal & unprecedented in U.S. history. There was no Collusion – Investigate the Investigators! Go to work on Drug Price Reductions & Infrastructure!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/7/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nervous Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to herself and her family for having made such a disgusting statement, especially since I was with foreign leaders overseas. There is no evidence for such a thing to have been said. Nervous Nancy & Dems are getting Zero work done in Congress….” –Donald Trump, […]
6/7/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….and have no intention of doing anything other going on a fishing expedition to see if they can find anything on me – both illegal & unprecedented in U.S. history. There was no Collusion – Investigate the Investigators! Go to work on Drug Price Reductions & Infrastructure!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/7/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nervous Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace to herself and her family for having made such a disgusting statement, especially since I was with foreign leaders overseas. There is no evidence for such a thing to have been said. Nervous Nancy & Dems are getting Zero work done in Congress,…” –Donald Trump, […]
6/7/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China is subsidizing its product in order that it can continue to be sold in the USA. Many firms are leaving China for other countries, including the United States, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs. No visible increase in costs or inflation, but U.S. is taking in Billions!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/7/2019
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our great @VP Mike Pence! https://t.co/k2fmu5bR5R” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 9:44 am […]
6/7/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/MEXICO/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is trying to pull off the riskiest high-wire act of his presidency, threatening to escalate trade battles with Mexico and China even as warnings signals flash about a possible recession arriving just as his reelection campaign begins. Trump is edging to the brink of a two-front trade war in […]
6/7/2019
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s the Middle East arms race that many people don’t want to talk about. The White House may be preoccupied with Iran’s past pursuit of nuclear weapons and its present strategic status in the region. But simmering nearby is another rapid militarization, conducted by a favored family of the White House, […]
6/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/xrrzYhPu0i” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 6:29 am […]
6/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/lNh7hQiQTN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 6:02 am […]
6/7/2019
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#DDay75thAnniversary #DDay75 https://t.co/c8OTeHVScr” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 2:43 am […]
6/7/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘Mueller’s report was pure, political garbage!’ @SeanHannity https://t.co/lRjtoPTiO8” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 2:01 am […]
6/7/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “John Solomon: Factual errors and major omissions in the Mueller Report show that it is totally biased against Trump.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2019 1:49 am […]
6/7/2019
CHINA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese President Xi Jinping had the ultimate tour guide on his visit to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this week: His ‘bosom friend,’ Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin released photos late Thursday [6-6-19] of Putin showing Xi around his hometown, the former imperial capital of tsarist Russia. The Chinese leader saw […]
6/7/2019
ECONOMY/JOBS/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers, business executives and economists have all tried to warn President Trump that his trade policies could hurt growth. On Friday [6-7-19], the government reported that employers added just 75,000 jobs in May, a fact that will be hard for him to ignore. The increase was a far cry from what […]
6/7/2019
CONGRESS/ARMS-WEAPONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When the Trump administration declared an emergency last month and fast-tracked the sale of more American arms to Saudi Arabia, it did more than anger members of Congress who opposed the sale on humanitarian grounds. It also raised concerns that the Saudis could gain access to technology that would let them […]
6/7/2019
BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump visited Britain in 2018 and met Queen Elizabeth II, he caused a social media stir by walking in front of the British monarch as they inspected her honor guard, forcing her to step around him — a breach of protocol. On Thursday [6-6-19], a day after his first […]
6/7/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico has two options in confronting the migration standoff with Washington: He can bow to President Trump’s demands, and take in tens of thousands of new asylum seekers. Or he can refuse, and face the threat of tariffs on all Mexican imports to the United States. […]
6/7/2019
MIKE PENCE/NASA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months the Trump administration has been proclaiming an Apollo-like urgency to return astronauts to the moon within five years. On Friday [6-7-19], President Trump appeared to suggest on Twitter that NASA was focusing on the wrong goal…Aspects of the administration’s space policy have been widely praised, including a renewed focus […]
6/7/2019
ELECTION/LEGISLATION/MITCH MCCONNELL/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A raft of legislation intended to better secure United States election systems after what the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, called a ‘sweeping and systematic’ Russian attack in 2016 is running into a one-man roadblock in the form of the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. The bills include […]
6/7/2019
EU/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his aides have sent a dizzying, seemingly conflicting set of messages to Iran in recent weeks, ordering more troops to the Middle East and a carrier to the Arabian Sea as military threats even while declaring that Washington is seeking new negotiations, not war. European allies, still trying […]
6/6/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [6-6-19] called Nancy Pelosi a ‘nasty, vindictive, horrible person’ in response to the House speaker telling lawmakers she wanted Trump to go to prison…POLITICO reported Wednesday [6-5-19] that Pelosi said she wanted Trump to go to prison while pushing back on Democratic efforts to impeach […]
6/6/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Seventeen major automakers urged President Donald Trump on Thursday [6-6-19] to moderate his administration’s plan to freeze auto emissions standards and avoid a clash with California over rules designed to promote more efficient vehicles. The message from automakers comes just weeks before a final rule attacking the state and rolling back […]
6/6/2019
BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “It may come as a surprise that the nation’s oldest grassroots environmental group is at the forefront of the border wall debate. But a Sierra Club lawsuit is temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to reallocate government funds to build the barrier on federal protected land. The 127-year-old group says it sees […]
6/6/2019
ASIA/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving some manufacturing out of China, but much of it remains outside of the United States. Instead, a number of other countries are benefiting from Trump’s trade war, according to data released by the Census Bureau on Thursday [6-6-19]. US imports from Vietnam are up 38% […]
6/6/2019
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has fired his lawyers who arranged a 2017 plea deal that helped set the tone for others to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Flynn’s attorneys, Rob Kelner and Steve Anthony, said in a court filing Thursday morning their longtime […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump met the moment, perfectly, with words that summoned poetry from their simplicity. Turning from a crowd gathered among graves of Americans cut down in Normandy, he gazed into aged faces of their peers who lived and who never forgot the horror of the beaches below. He led a standing […]
6/6/2019
DEMS/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION: “The Democrats — Congress has been a disaster. They won’t change. They won’t do anything. They want free immigration — immigration to pour into our country. They don’t care who it is. They don’t care what kind of a record they have. It doesn’t make any difference. They’re not going to be changing anything. […]
6/6/2019
GOLF/IRELAND/TRUMP FAMILY: “When Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. arrived in the one corner of Ireland celebrating their father’s first visit as U.S. president, they had one question for the locals: ‘Does Doonbeg love Trump?’ Unlike the protests that greeted Trump in London this week, there were no inflatable blimps depicting him as a baby or […]
6/6/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IngrahamAngle: For my full interview with @realDonaldTrump from Normandy, tune in tonight #IngrahamAngle @FoxNews 10pET https://t.c…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 2:32 pm […]
6/6/2019
FEDERAL FUNDING/LEGISLATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump Thursday [6-6-19] signed a package that would deliver $19.1 billion in disaster relief to communities across the country that are still recovering from a spate of catastrophic hurricanes, wildfires and flooding. The House passed the bill, H.R. 2157 (116), on Monday [6-3-19] after Republicans successfully thwarted three […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#DDay75thAnniversary https://t.co/GIsoLML4NP” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 2:04 pm […]
6/6/2019
FEDERAL FUNDING/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just signed Disaster Aid Bill to help Americans who have been hit by recent catastrophic storms. So important for our GREAT American farmers and ranchers. Help for GA, FL, IA, NE, NC, and CA. Puerto Rico should love President Trump. Without me, they would have been shut out! https://t.co/HXvYYdcNW5” –Donald […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “To the men who sit behind me, and to the boys who rest in the field before me: your example will never grow old. Your legend will never tire, and your spirit – brave, unyielding, and true – will NEVER DIE! #DDay75thAnniversary https://t.co/5qwQjkvHdl” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 12:55 pm […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “Today, we remember those who fell, and we honor all who fought, here in Normandy. They won back this ground for civilization. To more than 170 Veterans of the Second World War who join us today: You are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live! #DDay75thAnniversary https://t.co/n0uIVHlkRL” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/6/2019
DEMS/HOLIDAY/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three senior House Democrats are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his plans to speak at the Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who oversees the Appropriations subpanel that funds Interior, expressed […]
6/6/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So sorry to hear about the terrible accident involving our GREAT West Point Cadets. We mourn the loss of life and pray for the injured. God Bless them ALL!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 11:36 am […]
6/6/2019
2016 ELECTION/COURTS/DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. congressional Democrats moved closer on Thursday [6-6-19] to suing in federal court for access to the unredacted Mueller report on Russian election meddling, and its underlying evidence, taking a step bound to intensify their clash with President Donald Trump. After months of stonewalling by Trump of their many investigations of […]
6/6/2019
IRELAND/PROTESTS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Protesters in Dublin on Thursday [6-6-19] hoisted the ‘Trump Baby’ inflatable blimp that has become a staple of rallies against the U.S. president, who was spending his second night in a row at a golf hotel he owns in Ireland. The six-meter high blimp, which depicts Donald Trump as a snarling, diaper-wearing […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#DDay75thAnniversary https://t.co/0fYfpvUghk” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 6:50 am […]
6/6/2019
GOLF/IRELAND/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Donald Trump is on a global tour of his own businesses — and it’s putting more money in his bank account. On Wednesday [6-5-19], the president traveled to his luxury resort on Ireland’s west coast for a visit that will bring world-wide publicity and increased security to the location, and, if past trends […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “Heading over to Normandy to celebrate some of the bravest that ever lived. We are eternally grateful! #DDay75thAnniversary #DDay75 https://t.co/rg15c32Gow” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 2:38 am […]
6/6/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With Congress enmeshed in a fraught debate over whether to impeach President Donald Trump, Robert Mueller’s brief and dramatic news conference provided a sharp reminder that impeachment is not the only option for addressing the president’s alleged misdeeds. The outlines of a potential civilian prosecution of a former president Trump are […]
6/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A big and beautiful day today!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 12:57 am […]
6/6/2019
BRITAIN/EU/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The President has received glowing reviews from the British Media. Here at home, not so much. MSNBC Ramps up hateful coverage and promotes conspiracy theories during Trump’s trip to Europe.’ @seanhannity The good news is that @maddow is dying in the ratings, along with @CNN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 12:55 […]
6/6/2019
CONGRESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana reached into his seemingly bottomless well of folksy barbs on Tuesday [6-4-19] and said, ‘There’s a reason that the American people think that members of Congress were born tired and raised lazy.’ The next day, the Senate left for D-Day celebrations after a three-day workweek in […]
6/6/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico and the United States are discussing significant changes in asylum rules and border enforcement that could forestall President Trump from imposing tariffs on all Mexican imports, senior officials from both countries said Thursday [6-6-19]. The changes under consideration would give the United States a greater ability to reject requests for entry […]
6/6/2019
CONGRESS/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans have suggested that they might join Democrats in pushing back against President Trump’s vow to use emergency powers to impose a sharp tax increase on Americans when they buy Mexican goods, unless and until the Mexican government does more to stop migrants from reaching and illegally crossing the American border. […]
6/6/2019
ARMS/ASIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is proposing to sell more than $2 billion worth of tanks and other military equipment to Taiwan, American officials said on Thursday [6-6-19]. The sale would add to tensions between the United States and China, which are already clashing over trade, communications technology and a military buildup in the […]
6/6/2019
BRITAIN/EU/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “After the president’s three-day state visit to Britain, world leaders commemorated the World War II operation in northern France. President Trump left France for Ireland after meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and attending a D-Day commemoration. While visiting the American cemetery in Normandy, he also took swipes at Robert S. Mueller III, […]
6/6/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/ENVIRONMENT/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The world’s largest automakers warned President Trump on Thursday [6-6-19] that one of his most sweeping deregulatory efforts — his plan to weaken tailpipe pollution standards — threatens to cut their profits and produce ‘untenable’ instability in a crucial manufacturing sector. In a letter signed by 17 companies including Ford, General […]
6/6/2019
EU/HOLIDAY/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “With marble crosses and Stars of David marking the graves of those who died fighting the Nazis on D-Day visible in the background, President Trump used the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy to bash the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, in an interview with […]
6/6/2019
EU/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS/WAR: “Standing on a sun-drenched bluff above the Normandy beaches, where 10,000 soldiers sacrificed themselves to a savage fusillade of gunfire and opened the way for Europe’s liberation in 1944, President Trump declared on Thursday [6-6-19], ‘We are gathered here on freedom’s altar.’ Seventy-five years after the D-Day invasion, the president, who has […]
6/6/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#DDay75thAnniversary #DDay75 https://t.co/BwfVEt7gTG” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 12:40 am […]
6/6/2019
DEMS/FEDERAL RESERVE/INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group of Democratic senators wants top officials at the Federal Reserve to examine whether Deutsche Bank complied with anti-money-laundering and other laws after bank employees flagged transactions tied to President Trump as potentially suspicious. The request, in a letter sent Thursday [6-6-19], was in response to a New York Times […]
6/6/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After weeks of pledging to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II in contempt for defying subpoenas, House Democrats appear poised to pursue an alternative path to try to force them into sharing information. A resolution that the House Rules Committee […]
6/6/2019
MICHAEL FLYNN/NATIONAL SECURITY/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prosecutors released audio on Thursday [6-6-19] of a voice mail message that President Trump’s personal lawyer left for a lawyer for Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, shortly after Mr. Flynn agreed in 2017 to cooperate with the special counsel’s investigation. The message and its tone offer […]
6/5/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that she’d like to see President Donald Trump ‘in prison’ as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday [6-4-19] night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings. Pelosi met with Nadler (D-N.Y.) and several other top Democrats who are aggressively […]
6/5/2019
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It matters little whether orders to hide the U.S.S. John S. McCain from President Donald Trump’s sight during his U.S. Navy base visit came directly from Trump or, as acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney would have it, they were issued by a ’23- or 24-year-old person’ on the White House advance […]
6/5/2019
BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It looked for all the world like a boardroom scene from ‘The Apprentice,’ with President Trump appraising the candidates to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, even as she stood by his side at a news conference on Tuesday [6-4-19]…And then, as if slipping off-camera to interview the contenders, Mr. Trump sought […]
6/5/2019
ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In places like Montgomery County, Tex., and Pickens County, S.C., which voted for President Trump by more than 45 percentage points in 2016, the job market surged during the first two years of his administration. Questions remain, though, about how much of the improvement was his doing, and whether the pattern […]
6/5/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since early in his tenure, President Trump has sought to stage a military parade through the heart of Washington, only to be thwarted. So now he has settled on the next best thing: He will take over an existing patriotic display in the capital. The Trump administration has ordered major changes in […]
6/5/2019
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “He quoted Roosevelt and gently greeted frail veterans at a D-Day commemoration, hours after proclaiming Bette Midler a ‘psycho’ and Chuck Schumer a ‘creep.’ He exalted soldiers’ bravery while dismissing his avoidance of service in Vietnam, calling it a country ‘nobody heard of.’ He toasted Britain’s queen at a Buckingham Palace banquet, […]
6/5/2019
BRITAIN/CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By the time he left London on Wednesday [6-5-19], President Trump somehow ended his state visit there a full 360 degrees from where he started. Which was referring to the Duchess of Sussex, the American-born Meghan Markle, as ‘nasty.’ Assessing the perceived degree of nastiness of the duchess in an interview before […]
6/5/2019
BORDER/BRITAIN/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump reassured Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, on Wednesday [6-5-19] that Britain’s exit from the European Union would ‘work out very well,’ including for Ireland, ‘with your wall, your border.’ This remark prompted the Irish leader to reply ‘one thing we want to avoid, of course, is a wall or border […]
6/5/2019
ABORTION/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration announced Wednesday [6-5-19] that the federal government would sharply curtail federal spending on medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses, mainly by ending fetal-tissue research within the National Institutes of Health. The move goes a long way toward fulfilling a top goal of anti-abortion groups that have lobbied […]
6/5/2019
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “On the 75th anniversary of a defining battle of the defining war of human history so far, it’s clear that military service has never been less important to American voters. President Donald Trump, who is in Europe to commemorate D-Day, felt completely comfortable explaining his own lack of service in Vietnam because […]
6/5/2019
GOP/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican senators said Wednesday [6-5-19] that President Donald Trump should delay implementing the Mexico tariffs until he has made the case directly to them. Members want him to appear before them next week so they can appeal directly to him about the tariffs and urge him to back down from his threat, […]
6/5/2019
MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….talks with Mexico will resume tomorrow with the understanding that, if no agreement is reached, Tariffs at the 5% level will begin on Monday, with monthly increases as per schedule. The higher the Tariffs go, the higher the number of companies that will move back to the USA!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/5/2019
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Immigration discussions at the White House with representatives of Mexico have ended for the day. Progress is being made, but not nearly enough! Border arrests for May are at 133,000 because of Mexico & the Democrats in Congress refusing to budge on immigration reform. Further…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2019 5:42 […]
6/5/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [6-5-19] that progress was being made in talks with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants to the United States and would continue on Thursday [6-6-19], but unless an agreement can be reached a 5% tariff on Mexican goods would begin on Monday [6-3-19]. ‘Immigration discussions […]
6/5/2019
BORDER/DEMS/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democratic leaders are facing sharp pushback from rank-and-file members on plans to deliver billions of dollars to ease the migrant crisis at the southern border, threatening to drag out another border funding fight with President Donald Trump. Leaders of several groups, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the […]
6/5/2019
JOE BIDEN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new poll out Wednesday [6-5-19] spells danger for President Donald Trump’s reelection chances in one of the unlikeliest of places: Texas. The Quinnipiac University poll shows that Joe Biden would top Trump by four points — 48 percent to 44 percent — in a general election matchup there, an outcome […]
6/5/2019
CHINA/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s campaign is itching to take on Joe Biden over his pro-free trade past and his comments downplaying the China threat — an issue Republicans see as especially potent in critical Rust Belt states where Trump is struggling and the former vice president has strength. But in interviews with POLITICO, […]