TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/UhTjBuWY2h” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2019 9:00 pm […]
3/20/2019
GOP/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump cracked a joke during his visit to an Ohio army tank plant on Wednesday [3-20-19], telling a crowd that he would have gotten into one of the tanks on showcase behind him if it wasn’t for former presidential contender Michael Dukakis…What turned out to be one of the biggest political […]
3/20/2019
DEMS/FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director and long-time confidante of President Donald Trump, plans to turn over documents to the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into potential obstruction of justice. Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sent Hicks a detailed […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He is a ‘whack job,’ a ‘husband from hell,’ and a ‘stone cold LOSER.’ Those were just some of the insults President Donald Trump hurled on Wednesday at a once little-known corporate litigator who happens to be married to one of his top White House aides, Kellyanne Conway. With a […]
3/20/2019
OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leaving the GREAT STATE of OHIO for the @WhiteHouse. A really great day!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2019 7:07 pm […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump complained Wednesday [3-20-19] that he didn’t receive a thank you for approving the funeral the late Sen. John McCain wanted, marking his latest grievance in his recent onslaught against the Arizona Republican…Last year, McCain died of brain cancer, and as part of his services, lay in state in […]
3/20/2019
ECONOMY/SOCIALISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has enlisted his senior economic advisers to flesh out one of his early 2020 presidential campaign themes: Socialism is coming. In recent months, traditionally staid official White House economic reports and briefings have begun to emphasize the potentially massive costs of an ambitious socialist agenda and warn that America […]
3/20/2019
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Bar Association is proposing a major overhaul of the US immigration system, calling the courts that decide whether to deport immigrants ‘irredeemably dysfunctional’…The only way to fix ‘serious systemic issues,’ the report argues, is to create what’s known as an Article I court. Akin to tax or bankruptcy courts, this […]
3/20/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/ssJNhlTMzy” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2019 6:37 pm […]
3/20/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “I think that Twitter is a way that I get out the word when we have a corrupt media. And it is corrupt and it’s fake. So Twitter is a way that I can get out the word. Because our media is so dishonest — a lot of it — the mainstream. A […]
3/20/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: [Reporter: “Do you know when the Mueller report will be released, Mr. President?”] “I have no idea. No collusion. No collusion… I had the greatest electoral victory — one of them — in the history of our country. Tremendous success. Tens of millions of voters. And now somebody is going to write […]
3/20/2019
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Wednesday [3-20-19] morning, the leader of the free world tweeted this: ‘George Conway, often referred to as Mr. Kellyanne Conway by those who know him, is VERY jealous of his wife’s success & angry that I, with her help, didn’t give him the job he so desperately wanted. I barely […]
3/20/2019
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/HILLARY CLINTON: “You know, Hillary wanted to put windmills all over the place. Let’s put up some windmills. ‘When the wind doesn’t blow, just turn off the television, darling, please.’ ‘No wind out today. There’s no wind. Please turn off the television, quickly.’ Put the windmills up and watch the value of your house […]
3/20/2019
IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Support for impeaching President Donald Trump has fallen 7 points since December, a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, following Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calling impeachment ‘so divisive to the country.’ The decline — from 43% in favor in December to 36% now — stems largely from a change in […]
3/20/2019
TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA: “I think that Twitter is a way that I get out the word when we have a corrupt media. And it is corrupt and it’s fake. So Twitter is a way that I can get out the word. Because our media is so dishonest — a lot of it — the mainstream. A […]
3/20/2019
KELLYANNE CONWAY: [Reporter: “Mr. President, your tweets about George Conway, how do they fit the standard of the First Lady’s BE BEST campaign?”] “Well, I don’t know him. Yeah, I don’t know him. He’s a whack job, there’s no question about it. But I really don’t know him. He — I think he’s doing a […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [3-20-19] went after the late Sen. John McCain once again, saying that he ‘gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted,’ but ‘didn’t get a thank you.’ Speaking in front of a crowd at a tank plant in Lima, Ohio, the president continued the attacks […]
3/20/2019
2016 ELECTION/ELECTORAL COLLEGE/ROBERT MUELLER: “I just won an election with 63 million votes or so. Sixty-three million. I had 206 to 223 in the Electoral College — 306 to 223. And I’m saying to myself, wait a minute, I just won one of the greatest elections of all time in the history of this country […]
3/20/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Reserve sent a clear signal Wednesday [3-20-19] that it’s unlikely to raise interest rates at all this year, a striking change from December when central bank officials judged that two more hikes might be necessary in 2019. That message is certain to please President Donald Trump, who last year […]
3/20/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER: [Reporter: “Do you know when the Mueller report will be released, Mr. President?”] “I have no idea. No collusion. No collusion. I have no idea when it’s going to be released. It’s interesting that a man gets appointed by a deputy; he writes a report. You know — never figured that one out. […]
3/20/2020
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You know, the nice part about running for President this time, as opposed to last time… This time, I’ve done it far greater than I said I was going to do it. So it’s going to be really easy on the debate stage when they hit me with nonsense and I say, […]
3/20/2019
ISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “ISIS Caliphate two years ago in red vs. ISIS Caliphate TODAY. (Was even worse in November 2016 before I took office). https://t.co/MUgfex4rCj” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2019 4:25 pm […]
3/20/2019
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/HILLARY CLINTON: “You know, Hillary wanted to put windmills all over the place. Let’s put up some windmills. ‘When the wind doesn’t blow, just turn off the television, darling, please.’ ‘No wind out today. There’s no wind. Please turn off the television, quickly.’ Put the windmills up and watch the value of your house […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN: “I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted — which, as President, I had to approve. I don’t care about this. I didn’t get ‘thank you.’ That’s okay. We sent him on the way. But I wasn’t a fan of John McCain. So now, what we could say is: Now we’re […]
3/20/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “John McCain campaigned for years to repeal and replace Obamacare — for years, in Arizona. A great state. I love the people of Arizona. But he campaigned, for years, for ‘repeal and replace.’ So did Rob and so did a lot of senators. When he finally had the chance to do it, […]
3/20/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Really beautiful to see! https://t.co/DKq2TIeiSs” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2019 3:57 pm […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN: “A lot of people are asking, because they love me, and they ask me about a man named John McCain. And if you want, I could tell you about — should I or not? Yes? Yes? So, I have to be honest: I’ve never liked him much. Hasn’t been for me. I’ve really […]
3/20/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great news from @Ford! They are investing nearly $1 BILLION in Flat Rock, Michigan for auto production on top of a $1 BILLION investment last month in a facility outside of Chicago. Companies are pouring back into the United States – they want to be where the action is!” –Donald Trump, […]
3/20/2019
MILITARY/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am thrilled to be here in Ohio with the hardworking men and women of the Lima Army Tank Plant! We are here today to celebrate a resounding victory for all of you, for Northwest Ohio, for our GREAT MILITARY, and for our entire Country…https://t.co/ZWbjX0Be9m“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2019 3:23 […]
3/20/2019
ISIS/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [3-20-19] said ISIS will be ‘gone by tonight’ and held up a pair of maps to reporters that he claimed shows the dramatic reduction of the Islamic State’s presence in Syria since his election in 2016. The president unfolded the maps — printed on the same page, […]
3/20/2019
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday [3-20-19] defended President Donald Trump’s attacks on her husband George Conway saying he’s ‘a counterpuncher’ and asserting that the president is free to respond when he’s accused of having a mental illness…Conway’s defense of her boss comes as Trump has spent the past two days ripping her […]
3/20/2019
BRAZIL/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “In the past month alone, Brazil has called for a regime change in Venezuela. Iraq is inching forward in discussions with the Kurds. Mexico has threatened to not ratify the new NAFTA. Turkey threatened to nullify local election results. Thailand has passed a troubling cybersecurity law that alarms human rights activists. Guess what? At a time of growing global tensions, […]
3/20/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facebook has apologized to the White House’s social media director for blocking his Facebook page. The apparent reason? His posts too closely resembled that of a bot. Dan Scavino, the director of social media for the White House, on Tuesday [3-19-19] noticed that he was unable to post comments on the page […]
3/20/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/ELECTORAL COLLEGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his latest attack on Democrats running against him in 2020, President Donald Trump is now defending the constitutional mechanism he once opposed, the very thing that got him elected in the first place. The Electoral College…In his latest attack on Democrats running against him in 2020, President Donald Trump is […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The widow and daughter of John McCain on Wednesday [3-20-19] criticized President Donald Trump and his online supporters for repeated attacks on the former U.S. senator, Republican presidential nominee and Vietnam War hero who was tortured during five and a half years spent as a prisoner of war. Speaking on Wednesday […]
3/20/2019
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kellyanne Conway’s spouse is a ‘husband from hell!’ President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, escalating his awkward public fight with the husband of one of his closest advisers. A ‘whack job,’ he added later. Trump’s feud with George Conway played out with ever more heated rhetoric on social media. Conway, an attorney who […]
3/20/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) at the White House next week. The president will welcome Netanyahu for his third White House visit since Trump took office, the White house said Wednesday. They will discuss Middle East issues in a meeting March 25 and Trump will […]
3/20/2019
BREXIT/BRITAIN/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has offered the British prime minister advice on Brexit. The president’s son said this week that she should have followed it. Donald Trump Jr. accused ‘the European elites’ of trying to sabotage Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, in an op-ed in The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday [3-20-19]. He put […]
3/20/2019
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two years ago, some of America’s largest corporations were tearing up their business plans to accommodate President Trump, fearful that he could send their shareholders and customers fleeing with a tweet. Now they have a new strategy: Ignore him. This week, General Motors became the latest recipient of a barrage of […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is an obsession he cannot seem to shake. Senator John McCain of Arizona has been dead for seven months, but President Trump’s feud with him is very much alive, and in front of a military audience at a tank plant here in Lima, Ohio, on Wednesday [3-20-19], he took it […]
3/20/2019
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [3-20-19] that the last territory in Syria held by the Islamic State would be ‘gone by tonight,’ despite reports of continuing fighting between the extremist group and American-backed local forces in Syria. It was the second time over the last month that Mr. Trump was ready to […]
3/20/2019
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “George Conway, often referred to as Mr. Kellyanne Conway by those who know him, is VERY jealous of his wife’s success & angry that I, with her help, didn’t give him the job he so desperately wanted. I barely know him but just take a look, a stone cold LOSER & […]
3/19/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee announced Monday [3-18-19] that it received responses from a ‘large number’ of the 81 individuals and entities who were asked to provide documents as part of the panel’s wide-ranging investigation into obstruction of justice allegations against President Donald Trump — but the committee was mum on details […]
3/19/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE (ACA): [Reporter: “Mr. President, why are you attacking Senator John McCain seven months after his death?”] “I’m very unhappy that he didn’t repeal and replace Obamacare, as you know… He told us, hours before, that he was going to repeal and replace. And then for some reason — I think I understand the […]
3/19/2019
BRAZIL: “The relationship that we have right now with Brazil has never been better. I think there was a lot of hostility with other Presidents. There is zero hostility with me.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump and President Bolsonaro of the Federative Republic of Brazil Before Bilateral Meeting,” whitehouse.gov, Mar. 19, 2020 […]
3/19/2020
FACEBOOK/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “So something is happening with those groups of folks that are running Facebook and Google and Twitter. And I do think we have to get to the bottom of it. It’s very fair — it’s collusive, and it’s very, very fair to say that we have to do something about it. And if […]
3/18/2019
BUDGET/CONGRESS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the laws of the United States of America, and in accordance with section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (the ‘Act’), as amended, 2 U.S.C. 901a, I hereby order that, on October 1, 2019, direct spending budgetary resources for […]
3/16/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENVIRONMENT/FRANCE: “How is the Paris Environmental Accord working out for France? After 18 weeks of rioting by the Yellow Vest Protesters, I guess not so well! In the meantime, the United States has gone to the top of all lists on the Environment.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 16, 2019 5:22 pm […]
3/26/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/B6NgsZuJdy” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 16, 2019 10:50 am […]
3/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION: “Congress’s vote to deny the crisis on the southern border is a vote against reality. It’s against reality. It is a tremendous national emergency. It is a tremendous crisis. Last month, more than 76,000 illegal migrants arrived at our border. We’re on track for a million illegal aliens to rush our borders. People hate […]
3/15/2019
RACISM: [Reporter: “Do you see, today, white nationalism as a rising threat around the world?”] “I don’t really. I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. I guess if you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that’s the case. I don’t know enough about it yet. They’re […]
3/15/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke w/ @GovRicketts. The people of Nebraska & across the Midwest, especially the Farmers & Ranchers, are feeling the impacts from severe weather. The first responders & emergency response teams have done a great job dealing w/ record flooding, high winds, & road closures.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 […]
3/15/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/tEgQFkcMs1” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 3:46 pm […]
3/15/2019
NEW ZEALAND/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….that we stand in solidarity with New Zealand – and that any assistance the U.S.A. can give, we stand by ready to help. We love you New Zealand!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 2:14 pm […]
3/15/2019
NEW ZEALAND/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke with Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, regarding the horrific events that have taken place over the past 24 hours. I informed the Prime Minister….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 2:14 pm […]
3/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I’d like to thank all of the Great Republican Senators who bravely voted for Strong Border Security and the WALL. This will help stop Crime, Human Trafficking, and Drugs entering our Country. Watch, when you get back to your State, they will LOVE you more than ever before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March […]
3/15/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO A PRESIDENT AGAIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 8:56 am […]
3/15/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….should never have been appointed and there should be no Mueller Report. This was an illegal & conflicted investigation in search of a crime. Russian Collusion was nothing more than an excuse by the Democrats for losing an Election that they thought they were going to win…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/15/2019
ANDREW MCCABE/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, if there was knowingly & acknowledged to be ‘zero’ crime when the Special Counsel was appointed, and if the appointment was made based on the Fake Dossier (paid for by Crooked Hillary) and now disgraced Andrew McCabe (he & all stated no crime), then the Special Counsel…….” –Donald […]
3/15/2019
OBAMA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘New evidence that the Obama era team of the FBI, DOJ & CIA were working together to Spy on (and take out) President Trump, all the way back in 2015.’ A transcript of Peter Strzok’s testimony is devastating. Hopefully the Mueller Report will be covering this. @OANN @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/15/2019
DEMS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ‘Jexodus’ movement encourages Jewish people to leave the Democrat Party. Total disrespect! Republicans are waiting with open arms. Remember Jerusalem (U.S. Embassy) and the horrible Iran Nuclear Deal! @OANN @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 7:03 am […]
3/15/2019
NEW ZEALAND/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/15/2019
CRIME/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps to deal with the national emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011 (Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations), in view of the evolution of these […]
3/14/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump mocked newly announced presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Thursday [3-14-19], saying the Texan moves his hands too much and that he might be ‘crazy.’ O’Rourke, a former congressman, announced his bid for president on Thursday with a video filmed in his hometown of El Paso. In it, O’Rourke […]
3/14/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Breitbart News Network https://t.co/HdGfwuASWC via @BreitbartNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 10:05 pm […]
3/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/884dpZi52P” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 9:31 pm […]
3/14/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/JARED KUSHNER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top aide to President Donald Trump found out FBI Director James Comey would be fired when a letter terminating him was sent to the wrong printer, according to a new book, ‘Kushner, Inc.’ The book by Vicky Ward, which CNN has reviewed, paints a chaotic account of the […]
3/14/2019
RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The top communications official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, John Ullyot, announced his resignation Thursday, according to an internal email obtained by CNN and a statement from Secretary Robert Wilkie. Ullyot will officially leave his post as the assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs in early April and will be ‘announcing […]
3/14/2019
BREXIT/OBAMA/UK: [Reporter: “Mr. President, you were a great supporter of Brexit initially. Are you still a great supporter of Brexit given how things are playing out?”] “Well, I was. It wasn’t that I was a supporter. I predicted it was going to happen, and I was right. And people laughed when I predicted it, and […]
3/14/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBER ROSS: “Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday [3-14-19] that his congressional testimony on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census has been truthful, even displaying a series of photographs in rebuttal to Democrats who argue otherwise…Democrats have claimed that Ross misled them at a March 2018 hearing, when he appeared to testify […]
3/14/2019
COURTS/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Roger Stone will go to trial in early November in Washington on charges that he lied about his efforts to secretly contact WikiLeaks in 2016, a federal judge decided Thursday [3-14-19]. The longtime Donald Trump adviser’s trial is now scheduled to start November 5 and is likely to last about two […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “The Senate delivered a high-profile rebuke to President Donald Trump over his signature agenda issue Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats to overturn the President’s national emergency border declaration. The vote was 59-41, an overwhelming vote against the President’s executive action. Lawmakers don’t have enough votes, however, to override a certain […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration may send a volunteer emergency response team to assist with security and humanitarian efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to four current and former officials briefed on the discussions. With border arrest numbers on the rise, the Trump administration has been ‘casting about’ for ways to devote additional resources […]
3/14/2019
DEFENSE/EU/MILITARY/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite many European countries boosting their defense budgets, only seven of the 29 NATO allies are currently reaching the recommended spending target of 2% of gross domestic product, according to NATO’s annual report, which was published Thursday [3-14-19]. President Donald Trump has long criticized NATO countries over their failure to meet the […]
3/14/2019
DEFENSE/EU/MILITARY/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite many European countries boosting their defense budgets, only seven of the 29 NATO allies are currently reaching the recommended spending target of 2% of gross domestic product, according to NATO’s annual report, which was published Thursday [3-14-19]. President Donald Trump has long criticized NATO countries over their failure to meet the […]
3/14/2019
LGBTQ/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence hosted Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his same-sex partner at the Naval Observatory for the Friends of Ireland breakfast on Thursday [3-14-19]. While the Pences hosted Varadkar last year as part of an annual trip the Irish delegation makes to Washington, this year the vice president and […]
3/14/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House of Representatives on Thursday [3-14-19] passed a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be released to the public once it is completed. The vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, with 420 members voting in favor of the resolution and zero voting against it. Four Republicans […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate delivered a stunning bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the president’s national emergency declaration. In a 59-41 vote, the Senate approved a House passed-resolution to block Trump from funding his border wall without congressional approval. The GOP revolt will […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “I look forward to VETOING the just passed Democrat inspired Resolution which would OPEN BORDERS while increasing Crime, Drugs, and Trafficking in our Country. I thank all of the Strong Republicans who voted to support Border Security and our desperately needed WALL!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 2:43 pm […]
3/14/2019
LAWSUIT/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A divided New York appeals panel has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss or stall a lawsuit brought by a former ‘Apprentice’ contestant who claims Trump sexually assaulted her a decade ago. The appellate panel voted 3-2 to deny Trump’s bid to head off the suit from Summer Zervos, who […]
3/14/2019
VETO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “VETO!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 2:16 pm […]
3/14/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin clashed Thursday with House Democrats over their plans to seize President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin, who would field the Democrats’ coming demand for the returns, repeatedly declined to detail how he would handle the request since he has yet to receive it, though he appeared to imply […]
3/14/2019
BREXIT/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump expressed skepticism Thursday [3-14-19] that the United Kingdom could put the question of whether to leave the European Union to another vote, saying it would be unfair. In a news conference with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Trump said he was ‘surprised at how badly’ Brexit negotiations have gone […]
3/14/2019
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/FAA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump put pressure on Boeing Thursday [3-14-19] to fix the issues with its 737 MAX airliners, adding that he hopes the grounding of the jets is only ‘for a short period of time.’ While speaking to reporters during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Trump said his […]
3/14/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations @Toyota! BIG NEWS for U.S. Auto Workers! The USMCA is already fixing the broken NAFTA deal. https://t.co/f9iHprPk5B” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 11:18 am […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 9:46 am […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two weeks ago, Sen. Thom Tillis said President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration violated the separation of powers and created a dangerous precedent, stating in an op-ed that he would vote to reverse it. On Thursday [3-14-19], the North Carolina Republican flipped and sided with Trump on the border vote. While a […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prominent legal scholars agree that our actions to address the National Emergency at the Southern Border and to protect the American people are both CONSTITUTIONAL and EXPRESSLY authorized by Congress….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 9:13 am […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….If, at a later date, Congress wants to update the law, I will support those efforts, but today’s issue is BORDER SECURITY and Crime!!! Don’t vote with Pelosi!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 9:13 am […]
3/14/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aleksej Gubarev is a Russian technology entrepreneur who runs companies in Europe and the United States that provide cut-rate internet service. But he is best known for his appearance in 2016 in a dossier that purported to detail Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election — and the Trump campaign’s complicity. […]
3/14/2019
COURTS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York state appeals court rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on his television show ‘The Apprentice,’ or delay it until after he leaves the White House. In a 3-2 decision on Thursday [3-14-19], the Appellate Division in Manhattan said […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “A dozen Republicans joined Senate Democrats on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border, arguing that the president had exceeded his powers in trying to build a border wall over Congress’s objections. The 59-to-41 vote on a measure already approved by the House set […]
3/14/2019
STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, signaled on Thursday [3-14-19] that he would likely block a congressional request to obtain President Trump’s tax returns on privacy grounds, setting up a potential legal battle if Democrats follow through with plans to request those documents. During an occasionally testy hearing before the House […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…A quick catch-up: Today, a dozen Republicans in the Senate voted with Democrats to reject President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall. Their rebuke comes just hours after the House — in an overwhelming, bipartisan, 420-0 vote — backed a resolution urging the Justice […]
3/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “After pulling all remaining American diplomats from Venezuela on Thursday [3-14-19], the Trump administration warned the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, that any pressure on Juan Guaidó, the self-declared interim president who has the White House’s support, would be met with an ‘immediate reaction’ from the international community. But it remained unclear what […]
3/14/2019
COURTS/LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York appeals court on Thursday [3-14-19] rejected President Trump’s argument that the Constitution makes him immune from state lawsuits, clearing the way for a defamation suit from a former contestant on ‘The Apprentice’ who has said Mr. Trump groped her. The five-judge panel in Manhattan ruled that Summer […]
3/14/2019
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Happy National Ag Day! https://t.co/hNkOh0TqvW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 7:40 am […]
3/14/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The three very weak and untalented late night ‘hosts’ are ‘fighting over table scraps. Carson did a great job, it wasn’t political. I don’t know what they’re going to do in 2024 when he’s no longer President? Will be wacky in the unemployment line.’ Michael Loftus @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, […]
3/14/2019
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Time and again — when President Trump stood by Saudi Arabia after the killing of a Virginia-based journalist, when it looked as if he might intervene in the special counsel’s Russia investigation and when he threatened to declare a national emergency to pay for his border wall — lawmakers on Capitol […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/CRIME/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are ‘Border Deniers.’ They refuse to see or acknowledge the Death, Crime, Drugs and Human Trafficking at our Southern Border!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 6:54 am […]