DEFENSE/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-2-19] his pressure on NATO nations to pay more for their defense is leading to tens of billions of dollars more in contributions, but the allies may need to boost their budgets even more. Trump used a well-worn script about burden-sharing with NATO Secretary General […]
4/3/2019
CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William Barr did not properly convey how damaging their findings were for President Donald Trump, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported. The investigators said Barr, in his memo to Congress, did not adequately portray […]
4/3/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress must get together and immediately eliminate the loopholes at the Border! If no action, Border, or large sections of Border, will close. This is a National Emergency!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2019 8:45 am […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/MEDIA/MITCH MCCONNELL/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…This will be a great campaign issue. I never asked Mitch McConnell for a vote before the Election as has been incorrectly reported (as usual) in the @nytimes, but only after the Election when we take back the House etc. Republicans will always support pre-existing conditions!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was never planning a vote prior to the 2020 Election on the wonderful HealthCare package that some very talented people are now developing for me & the Republican Party. It will be on full display during the Election as a much better & less expensive alternative to ObamaCare…” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/3/2019
TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-3-19] ordered a crackdown on counterfeit products on third-party online marketplaces, asking for more information on how the United States can better track and curb such sales. The memo signed by Trump said that the value of global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods may rise to […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [4-2-19] that former Vice President Joe Biden is ‘being taken care of pretty well by the socialists,’ suggesting that a recent wave of criticism of the potential 2020 presidential candidate is the product of attacks hatched by his own party’s left wing. Criticism of the former […]
4/4/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE PARTY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 6:49 am […]
4/3/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JARED KUSHNER/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even as President Donald Trump threatens to shut down the southern border, his administration is quietly working on a plan to expand some forms of legal immigration into the U.S. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been working for months on a proposal that could increase the number of […]
4/2/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Fox News contributor Morgan Ortagus, the expected pick to become the next State Department spokesperson, repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, a CNN review found. Ortagus publicly lambasted then-candidate Trump over what she called his ‘isolationist foreign policy approach,’ and blasted behavior she qualified as […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/CONGRESS/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump said he called Chinese President Xi Jinping a ‘king’ during a state visit to Beijing in 2017 and that the Communist Party leader appeared to appreciate the remark. Speaking Tuesday [4-2-19] at the National Republican Congressional Committee spring dinner in Washington, Trump said Xi had denied he […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [4-1-19] he was willing to wait until after the 2020 presidential election to get Congress to vote on a new healthcare plan, giving Republicans time to develop a proposal to replace Obamacare. Congressional Republicans have been unable thus far to draft a proposal to replace […]
4/2/2019
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/OIL: “The United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. And that all happened over the last two years. Big difference. Hillary wanted to put up wind. Wind. If you — if you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations your house just went […]
4/2/2019
FACT CHECK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said during a meeting with NATO’s secretary general Tuesday that his father was ‘born in a very wonderful place in Germany./ Fred Trump was born in the Bronx. His father — Trump’s grandfather — was born in Germany. Happy International Fact-Checking Day! Trump has made 9,451 false or […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s senior economic aides are scrambling to impress upon him the potentially dire economic costs of his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, according to two people familiar with the matter. Both Kevin Hassett and Larry Kudlow, the president’s top economic advisers, have shared papers and data with Trump […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appeared to backpedal on Tuesday [4-2-19] from his initial desire for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be released to Congress and the public, a sharp diversion from his enthusiastic calls for the release of the highly anticipated report. In a series of tweets, Trump disparaged congressional […]
4/2/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Michelle Bowman, who has served on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors since November 2018, for a 14-year term on the board beginning on Feb. 1, 2020, the White House said on Tuesday [4-2-19]. Bowman, who ran the Kansas state bank commission before […]
4/2/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump told Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ‘I guess I’m stuck with you’ in a recent phone call, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday [4-2-19], underscoring tensions between the White House and the independent central bank. The Trump administration has repeatedly and publicly blasted the Fed […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/ECONOMY/MEXICO/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-2-19] that shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border could have a dire impact on the economy, but contended that the move was about national security, and ‘that’s more important than trade.’ Trump threatened last week to close the southern border if Mexico did not do more to […]
4/2/2019
NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Today, it was my great honor to welcome @NATO Secretary General @JensStoltenberg to the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/4drPHXZBWH” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 2:59 pm […]
4/2/2019
MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we celebrate the tremendous accomplishments of Americans with ASD and reaffirm our commitment to work together to ensure that every member of our society is afforded equal opportunities to reach their full potential. #WorldAutismAwarenessDay https://t.co/JQbJ2TGA3P” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 2:42 pm […]
4/2/2019
ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday [4-2-19] he told President Donald Trump the Senate would not be doing a comprehensive healthcare bill, even as Trump has sought to revive healthcare as an issue for the 2020 campaign. ‘I made it clear to him (Trump) we were not going to […]
4/2/2019
COMMERCE/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is feuding internally over the fate of airwaves critical to 5G networks, threatening to undermine the country’s push to speed development of the super-fast wireless service and set the global standards around the technology. The clash pits FCC Chairman Ajit Pai against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and NASA […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-2-19] he was prepared to close the U.S. southern border if necessary but that Mexico has apprehended thousands of people in recent days and its actions have made a big difference in the immigration situation. Trump threatened on Friday [3-29-19] to close the border with Mexico […]
4/2/2019
BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rico’s government on Tuesday over federal aid directed to the island territory, pushing an inaccurate figure for the cost of hurricane recovery effort and ripping local leaders as ‘grossly incompetent’ and corrupt. In a string of tweets late Monday night and Tuesday morning, Trump falsely […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘I haven’t seen any Democrats down here at the Border working with us or asking to speak to any of us. They have an open invitation. We are getting overrun, our facilities are overcapacity. We are at an emergency crisis.’ Art Del Cueto, National Border Patrol Council.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, […]
4/2/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/jVIodsTNNH” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 9:51 am […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After many years (decades), Mexico is apprehending large numbers of people at their Southern Border, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. They have ALL been taking U.S. money for years, and doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for us, just like the Democrats in Congress!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 9:41 am […]
4/2/2019
BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats formally punted on releasing a budget blueprint on Tuesday [4-2-19], instead unveiling a bill that would increase military and domestic spending caps by more than $350 billion over the next two years. The proposal frustrated fiscal hawks on both sides of the aisle and Democrats on the party’s […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 32-year-old woman from China carrying four cellphones and a thumb drive infected with malware gained access to Mar-a-Lago during President Trump’s visit to the Florida resort over the weekend, federal court records show. The woman, identified as Yujing Zhang, had arrived at the Palm Beach resort and showed two Chinese passports […]
4/2/2019
EU/MILITARY/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward moment on Tuesday [4-2-19] for Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, as he sat stiffly by while President Trump criticized German […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, in his most recent rebuke of Central American nations for what he says is their failure to address the issue of migration, announced plans to cut off aid to three nations — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — known as the Northern Triangle. Critics of the cuts say they […]
4/2/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump backed off plans to introduce a Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act after Senator Mitch McConnell privately warned him that the Senate would not revisit health care in a comprehensive way before the November 2020 elections. Reversing himself in the face of Republican consternation, Mr. Trump said his […]
4/2/2019
DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no amount of testimony or document production that can satisfy Jerry Nadler or Shifty Adam Schiff. It is now time to focus exclusively on properly running our great Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 7:54 am […]
4/2/2019
BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [4-2-19] lashed out at Puerto Rico’s local lawmakers as ‘grossly incompetent’ and singled out one of his favorite targets, Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, as ‘crazed and incompetent.’ Mr. Trump’s latest invective toward the local leaders of an island devastated by a hurricane […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/ECONOMY/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-2-19] that closing the southern border with Mexico could damage the United States economy, but said protecting America’s security was more important than trade. In remarks from the Oval Office, Mr. Trump reiterated his threat to shut the border if Mexico, America’s third largest trading partner, cannot restrict […]
4/2/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller was a God-like figure to the Democrats, until he ruled No Collusion in the long awaited $30,000,000 Mueller Report. Now the Dems don’t even acknowledge his name, have become totally unhinged, and would like to go through the whole process again. It won’t happen!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, […]
4/2/2019
MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “World Autism Awareness Day 2019: Significance, history and theme via @htTweets https://t.co/kRLZoYEIJS” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 7:02 am […]
4/2/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 1998, Rep.Jerry Nadler strongly opposed the release of the Starr Report on Bill Clinton. No information whatsoever would or could be legally released. But with the NO COLLUSION Mueller Report, which the Dems hate, he wants it all. NOTHING WILL EVER SATISFY THEM! @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 […]
4/2/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico is President Donald J. Trump. So many wonderful people, but with such bad Island leadership and with so much money wasted. Cannot continue to hurt our Farmers and States with these massive payments, and so little appreciation!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/2/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before, & all their local politicians do is complain & ask for more money. The pols are grossly incompetent, spend the money foolishly or corruptly, & only take from USA….” –Donald […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/JAPAN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Japanese space agency recently landed a spacecraft on a miniscule asteroid traveling nearly 14,000 miles per hour relative to Earth. Many observers have concluded that it will take a similar feat to land the U.S.-Japan trade agreement negotiations expected to kick off in the next several weeks. Congress and the […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A looming battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over government spending and the debt limit could make the 35-day government shutdown look like a blip. A series of budget deadlines converge in the coming months that could leave Washington on the precipice of another shutdown, $100 billion in automatic spending cuts and […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a woman carrying Chinese passports accused of illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Yujing Zhang claimed a friend had asked her to fly from Shanghai to the club to try to speak to a member of Trump’s family about economic relations between the […]
4/2/2019
HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It turns out that Donald Trump alone can’t fix it. The President’s chaos theory of management, rule by threats, focus on pleasing his political base and policy-lite sloganeering are being exposed as ill-suited to effective governance as the nation wrestles with two perennial controversies given new life this week: health care and immigration. […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The Republican Party will be the champion of preexisting conditions. You have to do it. Some of you like it, some of you don’t, but you’re going to have to like. Not only for politics, it’s the right thing. We want to be the party of great health care. I am, right now, […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/CRIME/DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/POLICE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We have the border. We have, if you look at it, we have the immigration but we have a lot — we have the crime. We have the police. We have the military. We have so much. They have health care right now. We have to take that away from them. We take […]
4/1/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….the crazed and incompetent Mayor of San Juan have done such a poor job of bringing the Island back to health. 91 Billion Dollars to Puerto Rico, and now the Dems want to give them more, taking dollars away from our Farmers and so many others. Disgraceful!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/1/2019
FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….are GREAT, but the politicians are incompetent or corrupt. Puerto Rico got far more money than Texas & Florida combined, yet their government can’t do anything right, the place is a mess – nothing works. FEMA & the Military worked emergency miracles, but politicians like…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, […]
4/1/2019
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “A White House staff member has told House investigators that senior officials have overruled concerns raised about 25 individuals whose security clearances were initially denied over a range of disqualifying issues — such as fears about foreign influence and potential conflicts-of-interests — warning of the grave implications to […]
4/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/LEGISLATION/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats today killed a Bill that would have provided great relief to Farmers and yet more money to Puerto Rico despite the fact that Puerto Rico has already been scheduled to receive more hurricane relief funding than any ‘place’ in history. The people of Puerto Rico…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….back the House. It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America. Also, Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions. The Republican Party will be known as the Party of Great HealtCare. Meantime, the USA is doing better than ever & is respected again!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….are developing a really great HealthCare Plan with far lower premiums (cost) & deductibles than ObamaCare. In other words it will be far less expensive & much more usable than ObamaCare. Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 […]
4/1/2019
GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn’t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health insurance. The Republicans…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 9:13 pm […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/DHS/GOP/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is thrusting his hard-line posture on immigration back to the fore this week, with plans for a Friday [4-5-19] trip to the southern border and possible new executive actions to restrict border crossings. But days after Trump renewed his long-standing threat to shut down the southern border entirely, even […]
4/1/2019
BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate was unable to bridge a partisan divide Monday [4-1-19] over disaster aid, leaving in the lurch Puerto Ricans still recovering from Hurricane Maria, Californians trying to rebuild from wildfires and Midwestern communities soaked by recent floods. Neither Republicans, pushing for immediate aid for the Midwest, nor Democrats, pushing for […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the 2020 presidential election gets into full swing, President Donald Trump is focusing on one of his favorite topics: immigration. Over the past several days, the president has warned he’ll cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Central American nations where migrants come from, and he threatened to seal off the entire southern […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump has renewed his threats to shut down the southern US border, officials in his administration are nervously watching his Twitter feed. Trump has been repeatedly warned by officials that shutting down the US-Mexico border could result in billions of dollars in economic losses, destabilize border towns and cities, […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Energized by special counsel Robert Mueller’s finding of “no collusion” with Russia, President Donald Trump is relitigating a host of contentious policy battles – from health care to immigration – that could dramatically shape his reelection effort. Trump faces a political dynamic on Capitol Hill that has not changed. Democrats, who control the House and […]
4/1/2019
BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration’s now-abandoned plan to eliminate $17.6 million in federal funding for the Special Olympics is looking like a boon for the nonprofit. Rather than cutting off the Special Olympics from all federal money, lawmakers are weighing a possible increase for the fifth year in a row as high-profile advocates rally […]
4/1/2019
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group advocating for journalists and First Amendment rights is asking a judge to clear away one of the key obstacles the Justice Department is citing as grounds for withholding portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report: the presence of information gathered through the secret actions of a grand […]
4/1/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled Monday [4-1-19] that congressional Republicans would wait until after the 2020 elections to vote on a GOP replacement for Obamacare — putting off a presumably savage legislative battle on a hot-button campaign issue until after his re-election bid…Trump claimed that the as-yet-unseen Republican proposal ‘will be truly […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/LEGISLATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats should stop fighting Sen. David Perdue’s disaster relief bill. They are blocking funding and relief for our great farmers and rural America!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 11:47 am […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump could initiate chaos and grave economic disruption by finally making good on his threat to slam shut the southern border, yet he’s clearly tempted to do it anyway. Such a dramatic gesture would fulfill many of Trump’s most fundamental short-term political goals and indulge a domineering personality and a […]
4/1/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [4-1-19] lashed out at Democrats for fighting his administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a controversial move set to undergo legal scrutiny by the Supreme Court in the coming months…The president’s comment comes one year ahead of the next Census milestone, April […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No matter what information is given to the crazed Democrats from the No Collusion Mueller Report, it will never be good enough. Behind closed doors the Dems are laughing!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 9:43 am […]
4/1/2019
GOP/LEGISLATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two competing legislative proposals aimed at providing disaster relief failed to advance in the Senate on Monday amid a fight over funding for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. The Senate first voted on a GOP proposal that Democrats objected to because they argued it did not provide adequate aid for Puerto Rico. […]
4/1/2019
OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The cost of ObamaCare is far too high for our great citizens. The deductibles, in many cases way over $7000, make it almost worthless or unusable. Good things are going to happen! @SenRickScott @senatemajldr @SenJohnBarrasso @SenBillCassidy” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 8:41 am […]
4/1/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question. Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 8:03 am […]
4/1/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Mexico must use its very strong immigration laws to stop the many thousands of people trying to get into the USA. Our…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:15 am […]
4/1/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “@realDonaldTrump: Everybody is asking how the phony and fraudulent investigation of the No Collusion, No Obstruction Trump Campaign bega…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:14 am […]
4/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats, working with Republicans in Congress, can fix the Asylum and other loopholes quickly. We have a major National Emergency at our Border. GET IT DONE NOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:13 am […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the long awaited Mueller Report conclusions have been released, most Democrats and others have gone back to the pre-Witch Hunt phase of their lives before Collusion Delusion took over. Others are pretending that their former hero, Bob Mueller, no longer exists!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:07 am […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HIV-AIDS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wants to eliminate HIV in the U.S., contain the opioid crisis and lower the cost of prescription drugs — but all of those need Obamacare to be successful. And Trump just promised to kill it. His HIV plan relies on key pieces of Obamacare to expand access to prevention […]
4/1/2019
CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China announced on Monday [4-1-19] that it would ban all variants of the powerful opioid fentanyl, a move that could slow the supply of a drug that in recent years has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the United States. By declaring that all varieties of fentanyl are now controlled […]
4/1/2019
BUDGET/CRIME/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Monday [4-1-19] hosted about 300 guests, including convicted felons, at the White House for the ‘First Step Act Celebration,’ a party intended to bring attention to a rare piece of bipartisan legislation he passed last year, and which he plans to highlight on the campaign trail. The East Room […]
4/1/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump often complained about how President Barack Obama drew red lines that he never enforced, and how a diminished America let Russia walk into Syria unchallenged, something he said would not happen if the Russian leader respected the United States president. Now, in Venezuela, President Trump […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jaden Rams used to be on fire for Donald Trump. Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, when he was 13, he put on a red MAGA hat and matching tie and yelled his support at a rally in his hometown, Grand Junction, Colo…Today he calls the presidential campaign and its aftermath ‘a […]
4/1/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Wednesday [4-3-19] to authorize a subpoena that Democrats can use to try to force the Justice Department to hand over an unredacted copy of the special counsel’s report and underlying evidence. The move on Monday [4-1-19] by Representative Jerrold […]
4/1/2019
CONGRESS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “A whistle-blower working inside the White House has told a House committee that senior Trump administration officials granted security clearances to at least 25 individuals whose applications had been denied by career employees for ‘disqualifying issues’ that could put national security at risk, the committee’s Democratic staff said Monday […]
4/1/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the heart of President Trump’s negotiations with China is a troubling contradiction: The United States wants to use the trade talks to encourage the country to adopt a more market-oriented economy. But a key element of a prospective deal may end up reinforcing the economic power of the Chinese state. […]
3/28/2019
ENVIRONMENT/FLORIDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will tour troubled Lake Okeechobee by air on Friday [3-29-19] and meet with state and local officials to highlight the administration’s work with Florida on dike repairs. The White House will tout state-federal partnerships on environmental funding, offering Florida as an example of how high-dollar projects can be […]
3/31/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are allowing a ridiculous asylum system and major loopholes to remain as a mainstay of our immigration system. Mexico is likewise doing NOTHING, a very bad combination for our Country. Homeland Security is being sooo very nice, but not for long!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2019 6:41 pm […]
3/31/2019
DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Outrageous, it’s the Adam Schiff problem. People abusing the access to classified data to then go out in public and make allegations that didn’t prove to be true. You look at a decision to essentially investigate a political rival. Who made it?’ James Freeman, @WSJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2019 2:39 […]
3/31/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody is asking how the phony and fraudulent investigation of the No Collusion, No Obstruction Trump Campaign began. We need to know for future generations to understand. This Hoax should never be allowed to happen to another President or Administration again!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2019 2:21 pm […]
3/30/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The Trump Administration has succeeded in dramatically raising the costs to Iran for its sinister behavior, at no cost to the U.S. or our allies. That’s the definition of a foreign-policy achievement.’ Bret Stephens, @nytimes We are getting stronger all over the world, watch!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2019 5:24 pm […]
3/30/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico must use its very strong immigration laws to stop the many thousands of people trying to get into the USA. Our detention areas are maxed out & we will take no more illegals. Next step is to close the Border! This will also help us with stopping the Drug flow from […]
3/30/3019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It would be so easy to fix our weak and very stupid Democrat inspired immigration laws. In less than one hour, and then a vote, the problem would be solved. But the Dems don’t care about the crime, they don’t want any victory for Trump and the Republicans, even if good for […]
3/30/2019
LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. Process should move quickly! @foxandfriends @RepRalphNorman” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2019 7:14 am […]
3/29/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A huge thanks to @HeatherNauert for serving America at the @StateDept. Great work! I’m proud to have you join the Fulbright board! https://t.co/oq0ZaA3MID” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 29, 2019 10:26 pm […]
3/29/2019
DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats will vote Tuesday [4-2-19] on a resolution condemning the Trump administration’s decision to call for the elimination of the entire Affordable Care Act…The resolution is largely a symbolic one as Democrats try to counter the President’s own health care moves and keep the conversation focused on their own legislation […]
3/29/2019
MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “The Trump administration on Friday [3-29-19] granted a Utah request for a more limited Medicaid expansion, effectively short-circuiting a ballot measure approved by voters in November. The approval allows Utah to expand its program to those who earn up to 100% of the poverty level, or about $12,500 for an individual and […]
3/29/2019
BORDER/DEFENSE/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Department of Homeland Security has requested assistance from the Defense Department to mount approximately 218 miles of new and replacement barriers along the US-Mexico border, according to documents released by the Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization. In a February 25 memo to the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland Security […]
3/29/2019
OBAMACARE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s week started Sunday [3-24-19] afternoon with one of the biggest personal victories of his presidency. His attorney general’s four-page synopsis of the special counsel’s completed report said the intensive investigation ‘did not establish’ that the Trump campaign ‘conspired or coordinated with the Russian government,’ granting actual credence to what […]
3/29/2019
ABORTION/HHS/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration took an important step on Friday [3-29-19] in its push to restrict access to abortion and contraception, announcing that it would give as much as $5.1 million in family planning funds to a nonprofit organization funded by allies of the Catholic Church. The grant from the Department of […]
3/29/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a former trading floor in an office tower in Rosslyn, Va., with sweeping views of the Potomac River, the Trump 2020 campaign is settling in. It has about 40 staff members and counting, reported $19.2 million in cash on hand in its last report and has spent $4.5 million on online […]
3/29/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/FOREIGN AID/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [3-29-19] that there would be a ‘very good likelihood’ that he would seal off the United States border with Mexico next week, even as he moved to punish Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador for migrant caravans by cutting off all foreign aid to the countries. […]
3/29/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Moon Jae-in of South Korea will meet with President Trump in Washington on April 11, his office announced on Friday [3-29-19], as Mr. Moon struggles to salvage his role as a mediator between Mr. Trump and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Mr. Moon has devoted his government’s diplomatic efforts […]
3/29/2019
HEALTHCARE/ROBERT MUELLER/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a rally in Michigan, President Trump misstated the findings of the special counsel investigation, misleadingly promised to protect patients with pre-existing conditions and falsely described funding for a restoration program for the Great Lakes. WHAT MR. TRUMP SAID: ‘By the way, we’re bringing a lot of those car companies […]
3/29/2019
ICE/IMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Donald Trump’s children and campaign staff arrived in South Florida during the 2016 presidential campaign, they were often greeted at the airport by Zoltan Tamas in a black Cadillac Escalade. As a senior security guard at Trump National Golf Club in the town of Jupiter, Mr. Tamas was licensed to […]