BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi privately questioned President Donald Trump’s ‘manhood’ after a contentious meeting Tuesday [12-11-18] about funding his wall at the southern border…Pelosi, in a feisty mood after the heated exchange with the President, also compared the President to a skunk…The press-filled Oval Office meeting had been slated […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “‘This has spiraled downward,’ Nancy Pelosi declared. That turned out to be an understatement. For 17 awkward and tense minutes in the Oval Office on Tuesday [12-11-18], President Donald Trump and his Democratic adversaries — Pelosi, the expected incoming House speaker, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader — clashed […]
12/11/2018
CRIME/LEGISLATION/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thanks to Leader McConnell for agreeing to bring a Senate vote on Criminal Justice this week! These historic changes will make communities SAFER and SAVE tremendous taxpayers dollars. It brings much needed hope to many families during the Holiday Season.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 5:09 pm […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday [12-11-18] to shut down the government over his demand for a multi-billion dollar border wall during a remarkable televised clash with the top House and Senate Democrats in the Oval Office. Trump traded taunts and threats with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy […]
12/11/2018
IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to two women did not violate campaign finance laws…Court filings last week drew renewed attention to six-figure payments made […]
12/11/2018
CHINA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTIONS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] he would intervene with the U.S. Justice Department in the case against a Chinese telecommunications executive if it would help secure a trade deal with Beijing…Trump expressed optimism that he could strike a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the […]
12/11/2018
CIA/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] that he stood by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and pleas from U.S. senators for Trump to condemn the kingdom’s de facto ruler. Trump refused to comment on whether Crown Prince […]
BORDER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nancy Pelosi was on fire with her fellow Democrats. Minutes after a very public showdown with Donald Trump on Tuesday [12-11-18] over his border wall with Mexico, the House minority leader returned to the Capitol and railed against the president in a private meeting with her colleagues…Congressional Democrats are feeling smug […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump clashed sharply with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in a remarkable Oval Office meeting before reporters Tuesday [12-11-18], with the president threatening to shut down the government and the Democrats warning him they will not bend. In a pitched partisan argument televised for all to see, the […]
12/11/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’I don’t care what you think of the President…it cannot bleed over to the FBI…Comey is confirming there is bias in the FBI…’ -Chris Swecker” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 1:55 pm […]
12/11/2018
DEMS/FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey just totally exposed his partisan stance by urging his fellow Democrats to take back the White House in 2020. In other words, he is and has been a Democrat. Comey had no right heading the FBI at any time, but especially after his mind exploded!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/11/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday [12-11-18] that he’s having no trouble finding a new chief of staff and that he is in ‘no rush’ to fill the job, despite having already burned through two such top aides and being turned down by his reported first choice…Trump’s rebuttals […]
12/11/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort told a U.S. judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] they needed more time to evaluate prosecutors’ allegations that Manafort lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team and breached his plea deal. During a U.S. District Court hearing in Washington, Manafort’s lawyer […]
12/10/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….which it was not (but even if it was, it is only a CIVIL CASE, like Obama’s – but it was done correctly by a lawyer and there would not even be a fine. Lawyer’s liability if he made a mistake, not me). Cohen just trying to get his sentence […]
12/11/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Fake News has it purposely wrong. Many, over ten, are vying for and wanting the White House Chief of Staff position. Why wouldn’t someone want one of the truly great and meaningful jobs in Washington. Please report news correctly. Thank you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 8:30 am […]
12/11/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very productive conversations going on with China! Watch for some important announcements!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 8:19 am […]
12/11/2018
MEDIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great job by Michael Anton on @foxandfriends. A true National Security expert!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 8:11 am […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….People do not yet realize how much of the Wall, including really effective renovation, has already been built. If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall. They know how important it is!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, […]
12/11/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…..I look forward to my meeting with Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi. In 2006, Democrats voted for a Wall, and they were right to do so. Today, they no longer want Border Security. They will fight it at all cost, and Nancy must get votes for Speaker. But the Wall […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….however, for strictly political reasons and because they have been pulled so far left, do NOT want Border Security. They want Open Borders for anyone to come in. This brings large scale crime and disease. Our Southern Border is now Secure and will remain that way…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/ICE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…..Ice, Border Patrol and our Military have done a FANTASTIC job of securing our Southern Border. A Great Wall would be, however, a far easier & less expensive solution. We have already built large new sections & fully renovated others, making them like new. The Democrats,…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2018 […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite the large Caravans that WERE forming and heading to our Country, people have not been able to get through our newly built Walls, makeshift Walls & Fences, or Border Patrol Officers & Military. They are now staying in Mexico or going back to their original countries…….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, […]
12/11/2018
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate narrowly confirmed Jonathan Kobes as a federal appeals court judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] even as the American Bar Association questioned his understanding of ‘complex legal analysis’ and ‘knowledge of the law.’ Mr. Kobes, a 44-year-old aide to Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, is the second of President […]
12/11/2018
SENATE/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate confirmed Justin Muzinich on Tuesday [12-11-18] to be deputy secretary of the Treasury Department, broadening the portfolio of one of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s top aides and adding another moderate voice to the upper ranks of President Trump’s economic team. Mr. Muzinich, 41, was approved by a vote […]
12/11/2018
AGRICULTURE/ENTITLEMENTS/LEGISLATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate easily passed a sprawling farm bill, 87 to 13, on Tuesday [12-11-18], advancing an ambitious $867 billion measure that rejected stricter work requirements for food-stamp recipients that were pushed by House Republicans and cheered by President Trump. The twice-a-decade legislation provides a safety net for farmers hit with unexpected weather […]
12/11/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] ordered the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to pay President Trump about $293,000 in legal fees and sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had requested about $389,000 in legal fees, but the judge, S. James Otero of United States District […]
12/11/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Trump extended his timeline on Tuesday [12-11-18] for choosing a new chief of staff to succeed John F. Kelly, telling reporters that he was in ‘no rush’ and that the search process could drag on for weeks as the White House scrambles to find a suitable candidate […]
12/11/2018
CRIME/LEGISLATION/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky reversed course on Tuesday [12-11-18] and said that the Senate would vote on a criminal justice bill before the end of the year, stiff-arming some of his hard-line conservatives and teeing up a bipartisan policy achievement that has eluded lawmakers for years. Advocates of the proposed […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “It was Round 1: Nancy Pelosi vs. President Trump. The likely new House speaker arrived at the White House on Tuesday [12-11-18] afternoon, ready to take on the president. The subject was a potential government shutdown, and funding for Mr. Trump’s beloved wall. What followed was a remarkable televised exchange […]
12/11/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump-aligned Republican activists in New Hampshire are quietly maneuvering to fortify his standing and avoid a potentially disruptive primary challenge in 2020. In the most far-reaching move, Donald Trump’s allies are looking to scrap the state GOP’s tradition of remaining neutral in the primary — to clear the way for an endorsement […]
12/11/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump openly fought with the top two Democratic lawmakers in the Oval Office on Tuesday [12-11-18] about government funding, as disagreements over a U.S.-Mexico border wall prompted Trump repeatedly to threaten a late December government shutdown. Trump’s demand for billions of dollars to build the southwest border […]
12/10/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “No one ever said being White House chief of staff was easy. Dick Cheney, who served in the role for President Gerald Ford, blamed the job for his first heart attack. President Barack Obama’s third chief, Bill Daley, came down with shingles from the stress. But despite the pressure, […]
12/10/2018
GANGS/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a cloudy afternoon, Mayra Ayala shepherded her family along the winding footpaths of a hillside cemetery in Ilobasco, a town about 35 miles from the capital. The group of nine clambered over dozens of brightly painted mausoleums while descending to a purple tomb topped with three crosses. Two years had […]
12/10/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump defended himself on Monday against prosecutors’ accusation that he directed illegal payments ahead of the 2016 election to two women to stay silent about alleged extramarital affairs with him, insisting that the payments were ‘a simple private transaction’ — not election-related spending subject to campaign-finance laws. In […]
12/10/2018
AFRICA/HUMAN RIGHTS/LOBBYING/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a July evening, Trump administration officials and allies, including the president’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, gathered with investors atop the Hay-Adams hotel overlooking the White House for a cocktail reception featuring a short presentation by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s special envoy to the United States. An invitation […]
12/10/2018
AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday [12-11-18] to unveil a plan that would weaken federal clean water rules designed to protect millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of miles of streams nationwide from pesticide runoff and other pollutants. Environmentalists say the proposal represents a historic assault on wetlands regulation […]
12/10/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Trump administration officials at high-stakes climate talks here offered an unapologetic defense of fossil fuels on Monday [12-10-18], arguing that a rapid retreat from coal, oil and gas was unrealistic. While that stance brought scorn from environmentalists and countries that favor stronger action to fight global warming, there are signs that […]
12/10/2018
STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Trump has often bragged about having his pick of only the best people to serve in his administration. Being publicly rejected by his first choice for chief of staff — and embarking on a very public search for someone else — has made Mr. Trump’s claim harder […]
12/10/2018
MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of nearly four dozen former senators warned current and future members of the Senate on Monday [12-10-18] that the United States is ‘entering a dangerous period,’ and urged them to defend America’s democracy by serving national interests rather than political ideologies…The senators — 32 Democrats, 10 Republicans and two […]
12/10/2018
DEMS/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Former FBI Director James Comey under fire for his testimony acknowledging he knew that the Democrats paid for that phony Trump Dossier.’ @LouDobbs Details on Tuesday night.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 10, 2018 9:28 pm […]
12/10/2018
JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey’s behind closed doors testimony reveals that ‘there was not evidence of Campaign Collusion’ with Russia when he left the FBI. In other words, the Witch Hunt is illegal and should never have been started!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 10, 2018 9:11 pm […]
12/10/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said if President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to make illegal hush payments during the 2016 election then he could be indicted after he leaves office…In a sentencing memo on Friday [12-7-18], prosecutors from the Manhattan US attorney’s office said Cohen acted at the direction of […]
12/10/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-10-18] sought to downplay the campaign-finance crimes of his former attorney Michael Cohen by returning to a theme he’s sounded before: Comparing Cohen’s actions to a civil violation of federal election law by President Barack Obama’s first campaign. Legal experts say there’s no comparison between […]
12/10/2018
JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump fired James Comey as the head of the FBI. He has described Comey as a liar and a leaker. He has said he did the country a favor by firing Comey. And on Sunday [12-9-18], this from Trump’s Twitter feed: ‘Leakin’ James Comey must have set a […]
12/10/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Donald Trump was hunting for a new chief of staff Monday [12-10-18], a day after the leading candidate for the job unexpectedly dropped out of the running and set off a new round of staffing confusion at the White House. After White House aide Nick Ayers told Trump […]
12/10/2018
FHFA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is expected nominate Mark Calabria, an outspoken critic of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to take over as the mortgage giants’ top regulator, a senior administration official told POLITICO. Calabria, now Vice President Mike Pence’s chief economist, had expressed interest in becoming the next director of the Federal […]
12/10/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows wrote a secret memo last month about how House Republicans could counter Democratic plans to investigate and potentially impeach Donald Trump. Now, the president is eyeing the North Carolina Republican — one of his closest allies on Capitol Hill — […]
12/10/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trade talks between the United States and China are moving forward even though Beijing is fuming over the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive. China’s top trade negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, spoke on the phone Tuesday [12-11-18] with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, […]
12/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday [12-9-18] night implored Democrats to nominate a presidential candidate in 2020 who could unseat President Donald Trump, calling the president’s behavior in office ‘an attack on our values’ and saying that Democrats ‘have to win’ the presidency. Comey pointed to Trump’s targeting of private […]
12/10/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unless U.S.-China trade talks wrap up successfully by March 1, new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a ‘hard deadline’ after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers. Global markets are jittery about a collision between the […]
12/10/2018
LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald J. Trump, protected from criminal charges while in office, is now facing the prospect of indictment when he becomes a private citizen. On Friday [12-7-18], federal prosecutors in New York accused Trump of a felony: violating campaign-finance laws with hush-money payments intended to skew the 2016 election. […]
12/10/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-10-18] sought to downplay the felony his former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to this month, arguing that Cohen’s hush money payments on behalf of Trump were a ‘simple private transaction’ rather than a breach of campaign finance law. Apparently citing a Fox News […]
12/10/2018
JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Democrats can’t find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey’s testimony. No Smocking Gun…No Collusion.’ @FoxNews That’s because there was NO COLLUSION. So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution,…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 10, 2018 6:46 […]
12/10/2018
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump’s meeting Tuesday [12-11-18] with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer may go a long way toward determining whether the government enters a partial shutdown before Christmas. But as Democrats seriously re-engage with Trump for the first time in nearly a year, their broad distrust of the president has expectations […]
12/9/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am in the process of interviewing some really great people for the position of White House Chief of Staff. Fake News has been saying with certainty it was Nick Ayers, a spectacular person who will always be with our #MAGA agenda. I will be making a decision soon!” -Donald Trump, […]
12/9/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump Administration has accomplished more than any other U.S. Administration in its first two (not even) years of existence, & we are having a great time doing it! All of this despite the Fake News Media, which has gone totally out of its mind-truly the Enemy of the People!” –Donald Trump, […]
12/9/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/DEFENSE/MILITARY/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has backed plans to request $750 billion from Congress for defense spending next year, a U.S. official said on Sunday, signaling a Pentagon spending hike at a time of potential belt-tightening elsewhere in the government. Trump, faced with a budget deficit at a six-year high, told his Cabinet […]
12/9/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Nick Ayers, Donald Trump’s top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday [12-9-18], the latest sign of a chaotic White House […]
12/9/2018
CONGRESS/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday [12-7-18] testimony was so untruthful! This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now […]
12/9/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn’t know, didn’t recall, or couldn’t remember things when asked. Opened investigations on 4 Americans (not 2) – didn’t know who signed off and didn’t know Christopher Steele. All lies!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 9, 2018 8:38 am […]
12/8/2018
MILITARY/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my honor to attend today’s #ArmyNavyGame in Philadelphia. A GREAT game played all around by our HEROES. Congratulations @ArmyWP_Football on the win! https://t.co/WDLkM6VE2T“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 6:31 pm […]
12/8/2018
MILITARY/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#ArmyNavyGame?? https://t.co/Yjhq6r6F9h“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 6:22 pm […]
12/8/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s Saturday [12-8-18] confirmation that chief of staff John Kelly will soon leave the White House signaled more than the end of a tortured relationship. It was the latest sign of Trump’s singular focus on his 2020 re-election campaign. Trump is likely to replace Kelly — a former […]
12/8/2018
MILITARY/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great honor to be headed to the Army-Navy game today. Will be there shortly, landing now! https://t.co/ByAfESq8aS” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 2:07 pm […]
12/8/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Watched Da Nang Dick Blumenthal on television spewing facts almost as accurate as his bravery in Vietnam (which he never saw). As the bullets whizzed by Da Nang Dicks head, as he was saving soldiers….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 1:58 pm […]
12/8/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “….left and right, he then woke up from his dream screaming that HE LIED. Next time I go to Vietnam I will ask ‘the Dick’ to travel with me!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 1:58 pm […]
12/8/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very sad day & night in Paris. Maybe it’s time to end the ridiculous and extremely expensive Paris Agreement and return money back to the people in the form of lower taxes? The U.S. was way ahead of the curve on that and the only major country where emissions went down last […]
12/30/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great work by my Administration over the holidays to save Coast Guard pay during this #SchumerShutdown. No thanks to the Democrats who left town and are not concerned about the safety and security of Americans!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 30, 2018 11:56 am […]
12/8/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’This is collusion illusion, there is no smoking gun here. At this late date, after all that we have gone through, after millions have been spent, we have no Russian Collusion. There is nothing impeachable here.’ @GeraldoRivera Time for the Witch Hunt to END!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 11:01 […]
12/8/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am pleased to announce my nomination of four-star General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the United States Army – as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing General Joe Dunford, who will be retiring….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 9:19 am […]
12/8/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….I am thankful to both of these incredible men for their service to our Country! Date of transition to be determined.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 9:19 am […]
12/8/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “AFTER TWO YEARS AND MILLIONS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS (and a cost of over $30,000,000), NO COLLUSION!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 8, 2018 8:01 am […]
12/8/2018
EU/MILITARY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The idea of a European Military didn’t work out too well in W.W. I or 2. But the U.S. was there for you, and always will be. All we ask is that you pay your fair share of NATO. Germany is paying 1% while the U.S. pays 4.3% of a much larger […]
12/8/2018
FRANCE/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well for Paris. Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting ‘We Want Trump!’ Love France.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/7/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: This afternoon, President Trump delivered remarks at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference where he reinf…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 10:58 pm […]
12/7/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The Justice Department says that President Donald Trump directed illegal payments to buy the silence of two women whose claims of extramarital affairs threatened his presidential campaign, the first time prosecutors have connected Trump to a federal crime. In a court filing , prosecutors said former Trump lawyer and fixer […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key pieces of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation appear to be falling into place. In three court filings Friday, prosecutors for the first time connected President Donald Trump to a crime involving hush money payments to a porn actress. They revealed new details about outreach from Russia early in […]
12/7/2018
CHINA/IRAN/SANCTIONS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior administration official said on Friday [12-7-18] that the United States had repeatedly warned Huawei, one of China’s flagship technology firms, about violating American sanctions on Iran before the arrest Saturday [12-8-18] of one of its top executives…The arrest, which was executed by Canadian authorities in Vancouver, has threatened to […]
12/7/2018
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “George Conway, a prominent conservative lawyer, is married to Kellyanne Conway, a White House counselor well known to cable viewers as a passionate defender of President Trump. But for months, Mr. Conway has been developing his own following through his frequent criticisms of the president on Twitter. And this week, […]
12/7/2018
BUSH FAMILY/REX TILLERSON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump denounced his first secretary of state, Rex W. Tillerson, as ‘dumb as a rock’ and ‘lazy as hell’ on Friday [12-7-18] after Mr. Tillerson said that the president had regularly pushed him to take actions that were illegal. Mr. Trump, who fired Mr. Tillerson with a Twitter post […]
12/7/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Victorina Morales, a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., disclosed in an interview with The New York Times this week that she had been working illegally at the facility for more than five years. Ms. Morales, 45, a Guatemalan immigrant, entered the United States at the California border […]
12/7/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Federal prosecutors said on Friday [12-7-18] that President Trump directed illegal payments to ward off a potential sex scandal that threatened his chances of winning the White House in 2016, putting the weight of the Justice Department behind accusations previously made by his former lawyer. The lawyer, Michael D. […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House attempted to dismiss a barrage of new developments in the Russia investigation Friday [12-7-18], saying the updates were not ‘of value’ and not related to the president. President Donald Trump also posted on Twitter, appearing to feel vindicated after special counsel Robert Mueller released new details […]
12/7/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller said Friday [12-7-18] that Paul Manafort breached the terms of his guilty plea by repeatedly lying to prosecutors about his contacts with the Trump administration, bringing the longtime GOP operative’s problems directly into the Trump White House. Mueller’s charges against Manafort had until now largely […]
12/7/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the past month, Nick Ayers has been a White House chief of staff in waiting. President Donald Trump informally offered Ayers a job as his top aide during a private huddle at an election night party in the White House residence last month. Several White House staff and advisers […]
12/7/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Totally clears the President. Thank you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 6:00 pm […]
12/7/2018
JAMES COMEY/JUSTIC DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI director James Comey on Friday [12-7-18] called President Donald Trump’s attacks against the Justice Department ‘deeply troubling’ and said Americans on both sides of the aisle should continue to call out the president’s insults…The president early Friday morning sent a flurry of tweets criticizing special counsel […]
12/7/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Another day, another set of rumors about the future of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. President Donald Trump and aides declined to comment publicly Friday [12-7-18] on news reports that Kelly will soon leave his post; some officials said privately there are signs that Kelly’s departure is imminent, […]
12/7/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a day when all eyes were on special counsel Robert Mueller, President Donald Trump had a busy Friday [12-7-18] of his own. And his flurry of personnel announcements, teases of more to come and biting comments about his former secretary of state were seen by some as an attempt […]
12/7/2018
JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is being reported that Leakin’ James Comey was told by Department of Justice attorneys not to answer the most important questions. Total bias and corruption at the highest levels of previous Administration. Force him to answer the questions under oath!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 4:49 pm […]
12/7/2018
CRIME/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hopefully Mitch McConnell will ask for a VOTE on Criminal Justice Reform. It is extremely popular and has strong bipartisan support. It will also help a lot of people, save taxpayer dollars, and keep our communities safe. Go for it Mitch!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 3:56 pm […]
12/7/2018
REX TILLERSON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump hurled insults Friday [12-7-18] at former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling him ‘dumb as a rock’ and ‘lazy as hell’ after the former ExxonMobil chief executive publicly described his own frustration while serving in the administration…The tweet came after Tillerson told CBS News’s Bob Schieffer Thursday [12-6-18] […]
12/7/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [12-7-18] that he plans to nominate former Attorney General William Barr to his old job, naming a formal replacement for Jeff Sessions after ousting him last month and inserting a new controversial figure into special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump told reporters outside […]
12/7/2018
MIKE POMPEO/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mike Pompeo is doing a great job, I am very proud of him. His predecessor, Rex Tillerson, didn’t have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock and I couldn’t get rid of him fast enough. He was lazy as hell. Now it is a whole new ballgame, great […]
12/7/2018
MILITARY/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to name Army Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military’s highest-ranking officer, two administration officials said Friday [12-7-18]. Milley would replace Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford whose second, two-year term expires in 2019. Trump signaled to reporters on Friday that he […]
12/7/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President Trump Delivers Remarks at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference https://t.co/5oV86XUX1o” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 1:48 pm […]
12/7/2018
GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/PAUL MANFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Court filings on Friday [12-7-18] regarding Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen reveal the ways in which the special counsel’s investigation can endanger President Trump’s future. Special Counsel Robert Mueller also revealed on Tuesday [12-4-18] that former national security adviser Michael Flynn offered ‘substantial assistance’ to the Russia investigation […]
12/7/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating The Honorable William P. Barr for the position of Attorney General of the United States. As the former AG for George H.W. Bush….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 11:18 am […]
12/7/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….and one of the most highly respected lawyers and legal minds in the Country, he will be a great addition to our team. I look forward to having him join our very successful Administration!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 11:18 am […]
12/7/2018
NIKKI HALEY/NOMINATION/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “I am pleased to announce that Heather Nauert, Spokeswoman for the United States Department of State, will be nominated to serve as United Nations Ambassador. I want to congratulate Heather, and thank Ambassador Nikki Haley for her great service to our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 11:16 am […]