COURTS/LAWSUIT/OBAMACARE/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge in Pennsylvania put a nationwide block on Trump administration rules that would have allowed virtually any employer to deny workers’ birth control coverage, one day after a federal judge halted the rules in a group of states. In her ruling Monday [1-14-19] afternoon, Judge Wendy Beetlestone sided with a […]
1/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For decades, politicians promised to secure the border, fix our trade deals, bring back our factories, get tough on China, move the Embassy to Jerusalem, make NATO pay their fair share, and so much else – only to do NOTHING (or worse)….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 5:19 pm […]
1/14/2019
TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke w/ President Erdogan of Turkey to advise where we stand on all matters including our last two weeks of success in fighting the remnants of ISIS, and 20 mile safe zone. Also spoke about economic development between the U.S. & Turkey – great potential to substantially expand!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/14/2019
AGRICULTURE/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s visit to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention comes at an awkward time as farmers and ranchers begin to feel the pinch of the partial government shutdown. The president delivered remarks Monday afternoon before an overwhelmingly friendly audience of members of the country’s largest farm group. But with […]
1/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: ‘Angel mom’ demands Trump’s wall, ‘we’ve become collateral damage’ https://t.co/FoUPO11tmM“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 3:38 pm […]
1/14/2019
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Silence of the Moms: Media Refuse to Discuss Angel Families https://t.co/AoVIquJge2 via @BreitbartNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 3:37 pm […]
1/14/2019
AGRICULTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President Trump Delivers Remarks at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 100th Annual Convention https://t.co/tMWj5zj3K0“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 2:48 pm […]
1/17/2019
2016 ELECTION/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “If you know anything about the White House’s reaction to the ongoing special counsel probe into Russia interference in the 2016 election, it’s these two words: ‘No collusion.’ Trump, as well as his top aides — everyone from senior counselor Kellyanne Conway to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders […]
1/14/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready to go on stage at the #AFBF100 in New Orleans – packed house! I will try and match the great game played yesterday by the New Orleans Saints and their incredible QB, Drew Brees. People here are very excited by the team. Going on stage now! https://t.co/ytZv0HLYun“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/14/2019
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [1-14-19] denied any ties to the Russian government, labeling a question on the subject ‘a disgrace’ after a flurry of reports over the weekend suggested the president had confiscated notes from a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and was suspected by the FBI of being […]
1/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/w5X8jqvtiS“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 10:49 am […]
1/14/2019
ENERGY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump shot back at reports that he has secretly acted as a Russian asset, bragging sarcastically on Twitter about an increase in U.S. domestic oil production that he indicated had hurt Russia’s energy industry, a main driver of its economy. Trump cited a segment on Fox News’ ‘Fox & Friends’ […]
1/14/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News gets crazier and more dishonest every single day. Amazing to watch as certain people covering me, and the tremendous success of this administration, have truly gone MAD! Their Fake reporting creates anger and disunity. Take two weeks off and come back rested. Chill!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 […]
1/14/2019
DEMS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Dems in Puerto Rico as Shutdown hits day 24.’ @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:35 am […]
1/14/2019
AGRICULTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready to address the Farm Convention today in Nashville, Tennessee. Love our farmers, love Tennessee – a great combination! See you in a little while.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:32 am […]
1/14/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nancy and Cryin’ Chuck can end the Shutdown in 15 minutes. At this point it has become their, and the Democrats, fault!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:26 am […]
1/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve been waiting all weekend. Democrats must get to work now. Border must be secured!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:23 am […]
1/14/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Smugglers are flooding our communities with drugs. *300 Americans die each week from heroin, 90% of it comes from south…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:19 am […]
1/14/2019
ECONOMY/IVANKA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Economic policies that @realDonaldTrump and @IvankaTrump have championed are producing some fantastic results for Americ…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:18 am […]
1/14/2019
FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GeraldoRivera: Based on the record, the allegation/suggestion that the #FBI came close to investigating @realDonaldTrump as a Russian s…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:18 am […]
1/14/2019
LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “RT @GOPChairwoman: It didn’t get the attention it deserved, but @realDonaldTrump recently signed a bill into law that will empower women al…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:17 am […]
1/14/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are not negotiating in good faith with @realDonaldTrump. Instead, Congressional Democra…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:17 am […]
1/14/2019
ENERGY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Gas prices drop across the United States because President Trump has deregulated Energy and we are now producing a great deal more oil than ever before.’ @foxandfriends But this is bad news for Russia, why would President Trump do such a thing? Thought he worked for Kremlin?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, […]
1/14/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I am doing exactly what I pledged to do, and what I was elected to do by the citizens of our great Country. Just as I promised, I am fighting for YOU!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 5:19 pm […]
1/14/2019
ELIZABETH WARREN/NATIVE AMERICANS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s been more than a century since the Wounded Knee massacre and the Battle of Little Bighorn, but both of these notorious conflicts were thrust into a national conversation about Native Americans and race following President Trump’s Sunday night tweet directed at Senator Elizabeth Warren. Mr. Trump, responding to a […]
1/14/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump said on Monday [1-14-19] that he has rejected a proposal by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to temporarily reopen the government in an effort to jump-start talks with Democratic lawmakers on funding a border wall. ‘I did reject it,’ Mr. Trump said of the proposal, speaking to reporters […]
1/14/2019
NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There are few things that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia desires more than the weakening of NATO, the military alliance among the United States, Europe and Canada that has deterred Soviet and Russian aggression for 70 years. Last year, President Trump suggested a move tantamount to destroying NATO: the withdrawal of […]
1/14/2019
2016 ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Private donors put up $107 million to usher Donald J. Trump into office in style two years ago, and it is now clear just how enthusiastically his inaugural committee went to town with it. There was $10,000 for makeup for 20 aides at an evening inaugural event. There was another $30,000 […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Border is eventually going to be militarized and defended or the United States, as we have known it, is going to cease to exist…And Americans will not go gentle into that good night. Patrick Buchanan. The great people of our Country demand proper Border Security NOW!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/CRIME/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump portrait of an unsustainable Border Crisis is dead on. ‘In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with Criminal Records, including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes & 4000 violent killings.’ America’s Southern…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:12 pm […]
1/13/2019
ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Best line in the Elizabeth Warren beer catastrophe is, to her husband, ‘Thank you for being here. I’m glad you’re here’ It’s their house, he’s supposed to be there!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:03 pm […]
1/13/2019
ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash! https://t.co/D5KWr8EPan” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 9:52 pm […]
1/13/2019
ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash! https://t.co/paf1CvesBa“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 9:08 pm […]
1/13/2019
AMAZON/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So sorry to hear the news about Jeff Bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting, I understand, is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post. Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, […]
1/13/2019
IRAN/ISIS/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “….Likewise, do not want the Kurds to provoke Turkey. Russia, Iran and Syria have been the biggest beneficiaries of the long term U.S. policy of destroying ISIS in Syria – natural enemies. We also benefit but it is now time to bring our troops back home. Stop the ENDLESS WARS!” -Donald Trump, […]
1/13/2019
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining ISIS territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms. Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds. Create 20 mile safe zone….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 5:53 pm […]
1/13/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wish I could share with everyone the beauty and majesty of being in the White House and looking outside at the snow filled lawns and Rose Garden. Really is something – SPECIAL COUNTRY, SPECIAL PLACE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 5:01 pm […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of illegal aliens who have committed sexual crimes against children are right now in Texas prisons. Most came through our Southern Border. We can end this easily – We need a Steel Barrier or Wall. Walls Work! John Jones, Texas Department of Public Safety. @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The damage done to our Country from a badly broken Border – Drugs, Crime and so much that is bad – is far greater than a Shutdown, which the Dems can easily fix as soon as they come back to Washington!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:36 am […]
1/13/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m in the White House, waiting. The Democrats are everywhere but Washington as people await their pay. They are having fun and not even talking!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:05 am […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:00 am […]
1/13/2019
DEMS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are saying that DACA is not worth it and don’t want to include in talks. Many Hispanics will be coming over to the Republican side, watch!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 9:58 am […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 9:58 am […]
1/12/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be interviewed by Jeanine Pirro at 9:00 P.M. on @FoxNews. Watch @JesseBWatters before and @greggutfeld after. All terrific people. I am in the White House waiting for Cryin’ Chuck and Nancy to call so we can start helping our Country both at the Border and from within!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/12/2019
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Donald Trump said Saturday [1-12-19] he was alone in the White House with a plan at the ready to reopen the federal government, but close White House advisers and staff said they remained in the dark about how he would end the three-week partial shutdown. Trump was slated to […]
1/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/3IH1yW2eTg“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 1:20 pm […]
1/12/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [1-12-19] said he would be willing to release the details of his private conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last summer…The president’s remarks came hours after a report by The Washington Post stating that Trump ‘has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details’ of his […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have a massive Humanitarian Crisis at our Southern Border. We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their ‘vacations’ and get back to work. I am in the White House ready to sign!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 11:14 am […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I do have a plan on the Shutdown. But to understand that plan you would have to understand the fact that I won the election, and I promised safety and security for the American people. Part of that promise was a Wall at the Southern Border. Elections have consequences!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/12/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I just watched a Fake reporter from the Amazon Washington Post say the White House is ‘chaotic, there does not seem to be a strategy for this Shutdown. There is no plan.’ The Fakes always like talking Chaos, there is NONE. In fact, there’s almost nobody in the W.H. but me, and… […]
1/12/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats could solve the Shutdown in 15 minutes! Call your Dem Senator or Congresswoman/man. Tell them to get it done! Humanitarian Crisis.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 9:47 am […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/CRIME/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “23% of Federal inmates are illegal immigrants. Border arrests are up 240%. In the Great State of Texas, between 2011 & 2018, there were a total of 292,000 crimes by illegal aliens, 539 murders, 32,000 assaults, 3,426 sexual assaults and 3000 weapons charges. Democrats come back!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats should come back to Washington and work to end the Shutdown, while at the same time ending the horrible humanitarian crisis at our Southern Border. I am in the White House waiting for you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 9:28 am […]
1/12/2019
JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lyin’ James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter S and his lover, agent Lisa Page, & more, all disgraced and/or fired and caught in the act. These are just some of the losers that tried to do a number on your President. Part of the Witch Hunt. Remember the ‘insurance policy?’ This […]
1/12/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have been FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President. At the same time, & as I have often said, getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. I fully expect that someday we will have good relations with Russia […]
1/12/2019
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller, & the 13 Angry Democrats – leaking machines who have NO interest in going after the Real Collusion (and much more) by Crooked Hillary Clinton, her Campaign, and the Democratic National Committee. Just Watch!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 […]
1/12/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….the FBI was in complete turmoil (see N.Y. Post) because of Comey’s poor leadership and the way he handled the Clinton mess (not to mention his usurpation of powers from the Justice Department). My firing of James Comey was a great day for America. He was a Crooked Cop……” -Donald Trump, […]
1/12/2019
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Funny thing about James Comey. Everybody wanted him fired, Republican and Democrat alike. After the rigged & botched Crooked Hillary investigation, where she was interviewed on July 4th Weekend, not recorded or sworn in, and where she said she didn’t know anything (a lie),….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 7:18 […]
1/12/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a […]
1/12/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The FBI was so distressed by President Donald Trump’s behavior in the second week of May 2017, when he fired FBI Director James B. Comey, that it opened criminal and counterintelligence investigations to determine if the president was acting on behalf of Russia against the United States or had […]
1/12/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday [1-12-19], members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void. He did not tip his hand on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, […]
1/12/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Saturday [1-12-19] unleashed an extended assault on the F.B.I. and the special counsel’s investigation, knitting together a comprehensive alternative story in which he had been framed by disgraced ‘losers’ at the bureau’s highest levels. In a two-hour span starting at 7 a.m., the president made a series […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Washington used to know how to have a serious debate about border security. Republicans demanded more money for Border Patrol agents and necessary fences. Democrats argued for better surveillance technology and more resources at the ports of entry. The two parties squabbled over how much to spend, how to pay for it […]
1/11/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal counterintelligence agents began an investigation of Donald Trump last year that aimed to find out whether the president had a clandestine agenda to help Russia, the New York Times and CNN reported Friday [1-11-19]. The revelation, which the White House called ‘absurd’ in a late-evening statement, suggests that the FBI […]
1/11/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The national champion Clemson Tigers football team will visit the White House on Jan. 14, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Friday [1-11-19]…It will be the second trip to the Trump White House for Clemson, which beat Alabama 44-16 in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday. The Tigers also […]
1/11/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “.@CNN called a San Diego news station (@KUSINews) for negative reports on the Wall. When the station said that Walls work, CNN no longer had interest. #FakeNews https://t.co/IDyXqmDsPq“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 6:29 pm […]
1/11/2019
PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Drug prices declined in 2018, the first time in nearly half a century. During the first 19 months of my Administration, Americans saved $26 Billion on prescription drugs. Our policies to get cheaper generic drugs to market are working!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 6:21 pm […]
1/11/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I look forward to hosting, right out of the great State of South Carolina, the 2019 NCAA Football Champion Clemson Tigers at the White House on Monday, January 14th. What a game, what a coach, what a team!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 6:00 pm […]
1/11/2019
DEMS/LEGAL/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democratic states are seeking to block new Trump administration rules that would make it harder for some women to get birth control at no cost. Lawyers for California and Pennsylvania appeared in separate district courts this week to challenge the rules, which would allow more employers to get exemptions to the Affordable […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Lately, both President Trump and his political opponents have wreaked collateral damage on an undeserving soft target in their discussions of a border wall: the Middle Ages. Donald Trump’s obsession with the wall makes sense for his infomercial of a presidency. Like the Snuggie or the Hawaii Chair, the wall would be […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/NATURAL DISASTER/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Sen. Rick Scott was just sworn into office on Tuesday -1-8-19], but by Thursday [1-10-19] he was on the phone with President Donald Trump lobbying him not to use Florida disaster money for a border wall. A concerned Scott, who delayed his start in Washington to serve the final […]
1/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: This afternoon, President Trump hosted a roundtable discussion with State, local, and community leaders, who spoke on how t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 5:11 pm […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: This is common sense. Congress must pass a bill that ends the crisis at our border. https://t.co/wD0PPKfpNM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 5:11 pm […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Friday [1-11-19] played down the prospects of an imminent emergency declaration to free up funding for his proposed border wall, saying in a reversal that he wasn’t ‘going to do it so fast.’ Locked in an impasse with Democrats over the wall, Trump has said repeatedly in recent […]
1/11/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite previously unfruitful negotiations during the last round of shutdown talks, President Donald Trump says he’s ripe to reopen the government — urging party leaders to return to Washington and vote for a wall, or barrier, or whatever they wish to call it — even ‘peaches’…Trump’s comments came shortly after Congress adjourned […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Friday [1-11-19] he is still open to declaring a national emergency over immigration at the southern border, but made clear he would ‘rather not,’ calling it an ‘easy way out’…One of the reasons Trump is reluctant to declare a national emergency: He believes his administration will be sued […]
1/11/2019
CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All minors at a massive tent camp for migrant children in Tornillo, Texas, have been have been placed with vetted sponsors, an official with the contractor that operates the facility for the Department of Health and Human Services said Friday[1-11-19-]. The release of the last children at the controversial desert facility comes […]
1/11/2019
CONGRESS/LEGISLATION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new bill circulating in Congress would give President Donald Trump broad authority to raise tariffs unilaterally on specific products if he determined foreign countries were employing higher import barriers than the United States, according to a draft copy of the legislation obtained by POLITICO. The draft legislation, called the United States […]
1/11/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Fake News Media keeps saying we haven’t built any NEW WALL. Below is a section just completed on the Border. Anti-climbing feature included. Very high, strong and beautiful! Also, many miles already renovated and in service! https://t.co/UAAGXl5Byr” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 12:50 pm […]
1/11/2019
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Donald Trump said Saturday [1-12-19] that media reports of dysfunction within his administration amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history were inaccurate because ‘there’s almost nobody in the W.H. but me’…The shutdown entered its fourth week on Saturday, with congressional lawmakers leaving town Friday as 800,000 federal workers […]
1/11/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. military began the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria following a drawdown ordered by President Donald Trump, a military official said Friday [1-11-19]. Col. Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the U.S.-coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, declined to discuss specific operational details of the […]
1/11/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…The Steel Barrier, or Wall, should have been built by previous administrations long ago. They never got it done – I will. Without it, our Country cannot be safe. Criminals, Gangs, Human Traffickers, Drugs & so much other big trouble can easily pour in. It can be stopped cold!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/11/2019
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The partial government shutdown is now the longest in American history. The shutdown entered its 22nd day on Saturday [1-12-19], surpassing the previous 21-day record set in late 1995 and early 1996 during the Clinton administration. Nine federal departments and several smaller agencies – one-fourth of the federal government – remain closed […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Humanitarian Crisis at our Southern Border. I just got back and it is a far worse situation than almost anyone would understand, an invasion! I have been there numerous times – The Democrats, Cryin’ Chuck and Nancy don’t know how bad and dangerous it is for our ENTIRE COUNTRY….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/11/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump seemingly teased plans for broader immigration reform on Friday [1-11-19], tweeting that he is open to a new path to citizenship for holders of a visa for high-skilled workers known as H-1B. The social media post comes as the White House negotiates with congressional Democrats to strike a deal […]
1/11/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship. We want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the U.S.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 […]
1/11/2019
MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I often said during rallies, with little variation, that ‘Mexico will pay for the Wall.’ We have just signed a great new Trade Deal with Mexico. It is Billions of Dollars a year better than the very bad NAFTA deal which it replaces. The difference pays for Wall many times over!” […]
1/11/2019
MIDDLE EAST/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My former boss, Secretary of State George Shultz, used to say that when an administration didn’t have a policy on a certain issue, the temptation always grew to give a speech instead. Judging by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s sweeping Cairo speech on Thursday [1-7-19], clearly that’s not the case […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The government shutdown and partisan wrangling over a wall at the southern border have produced high political drama in Washington, where President Trump has sought to portray the impasse as a national emergency. And as the shutdown reached a record 22nd day on Saturday, Americans following local and national media coverage would […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has stepped back from declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall, under pressure from congressional Republicans, his own lawyers and advisers, who say using it as a way out of the government shutdown does not justify the precedent it would set and the legal questions it could […]
1/11/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. […]
1/11/2019
DEMS/ETHICS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization has hired a former White House lawyer to handle inquiries from the Democrat-led House, two people familiar with the situation said on Friday [1-11-19], part of the strategy by the White House and the company to counter an expected onslaught of requests and subpoenas. The lawyer, […]
1/10/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When I took the Oath of Office…. https://t.co/GDhIqteKpv“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 9:43 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 9:42 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Something has changed. President Donald Trump’s headline-hungry governing style has never lacked for drama, but there’s a new sense of aimlessness lately in Trump’s frenetic search for a crisis, his efforts to control the headlines, distract from other events, and keep his base satisfied that he is the muscular fighter who will […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be interviewed at the Border by @seanhannity on @FoxNews tonight at 9:00. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:45 pm […]
1/10/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and longtime fixer, will testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee in February, an appearance that is likely to air potentially embarrassing details and set up a very public spectacle about his now-fraught relationship with the president. Cohen, who was sentenced to three […]
1/10/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dear Diary… https://t.co/NAuMaQW6fl“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:10 pm […]
1/10/2019
MIDDLE EAST/MIKE POMPEO/OBAMA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a major speech outlining the Trump administration’s Middle East policy on Thursday [1-10-19] that took aim at two of the Trump administration’s main foes: President Barack Obama and the Iranian regime. In lengthy remarks at the American University in Cairo, the US’ top diplomat invoked […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump claimed during his visit to the U.S. southern border on Thursday [1-10-19] that wheels predated the creation of the wall — launching almost immediate reaction on social media. But was he correct? The president, during his comments in a roundtable event with lawmakers and Border Patrol officials, made the argument […]