MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be interviewed by Chris Wallace on @FoxNews at 2:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 18, 2018 12:30 pm […]
11/18/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FoxNewsSunday: Chris Wallace during his interview at the White House with President Trump. Check your local listings to watch this Sund…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 18, 2018 9:47 am […]
11/18/2018
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is hinting at major personnel shakeups coming to his administration, saying that his Homeland Security secretary needs to be ‘much tougher’ and leaving open the possibility his chief of staff might not serve out the rest of his term…When asked about the fate of White House chief of […]
11/18/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reps.-elect Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) are already going head-to-head over President Donald Trump’s decision to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, giving a preview of how a new class of lawmakers will grapple over the issue next year. During a panel discussion CBS was to air Sunday [11-18-18] on […]
11/18/2018
CIA/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not want to listen to an audio recording of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi despite facing mounting pressure to punish Saudi Arabia for the killing. Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, and Turkey has given the […]
11/18/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is name-calling Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for saying Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general is unconstitutional. Trump says Schiff shouldn’t complain that Whitaker wasn’t confirmed by the Senate because neither was special counsel Robert Mueller, who’s investigating 2016 election interference and possible ties between Moscow and Trump’s […]
11/18/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump said in an interview aired Sunday [11-18-18] that he most likely would not sit for an interview with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, asserting that ‘we’ve wasted enough time on this witch hunt and the answer is, probably, we’re finished.’ The president also claimed […]
11/17/2018
CALIFORNIA/FIRST RESPONDERS/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incredible to be with our GREAT HEROES today in California. We will always be with you! https://t.co/B1MCTF83Zf“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 9:48 pm […]
11/17/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President @realDonaldTrump is traveling to California to meet with those impacted by the devastating wildfires. Learn how t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 12:03 pm […]
11/17/2018
CALIFORNIA/FIRST RESPONDERS/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to California with @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy, @RepLaMalfa, and @KenCalvert. Look forward to being with our brave Firefighters, First Responders and @FEMA, along with the many brave People of California. We are with you all the way – God Bless you all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 11:47 am […]
11/17/2018
MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I can’t imagine any President having a better or closer relationship with their Vice President then the two of us. Just more FAKE NEWS, the Enemy of the People!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 11:42 am […]
11/17/2018
MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times did a phony story, as usual, about my relationship with @VP Mike Pence. They made up sources and refused to ask me, the only one that would know, for a quote….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 11:42 am […]
11/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Andrew Gillum on having run a really tough and competitive race for Governor of the Great State of Florida. He will be a strong Democrat warrior long into the future – a force to reckon with!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2018 11:39 am […]
11/17/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I can get Nancy Pelosi as many votes as she wants in order for her to be Speaker of the House. She deserves this victory, she has earned it – but there are those in her party who are trying to take it away. She will win! @TomReedCongress” –Donald […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s post-midterm election news conference at the White House last week took a surprising turn when a reporter asked about locking down his 2020 ticket. ‘Mike, will you be my running mate?’ Mr. Trump asked Vice President Pence, who stood up, raised his hand, and nodded. ‘Will you? Thank you. […]
11/16/2018
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you @JerryBrownGov. Look forward to joining you and @GavinNewsom tomorrow in California. We are with you! https://t.co/UuXWAadmov” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 10:14 pm […]
11/16/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [11-16-18] night returned to the issue of the migrant caravan, a topic he placed intense focus on before the midterm elections but since then has remained largely silent about. Before Friday night, Trump had not written about the caravan on Twitter since before the midterm elections. At […]
11/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON: “The fact is, I was a much better candidate than Hillary Clinton. I went to the right states; she went to the wrong states. She was not a good campaigner. Obviously, I campaigned very well. And I easily won the election and the Electoral College — 306 — I guess it was […]
11/16/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Isn’t it ironic that large Caravans of people are marching to our border wanting U.S.A. asylum because they are fearful of being in their country – yet they are proudly waving….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 7:43 pm […]
11/16/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….their country’s flag. Can this be possible? Yes, because it is all a BIG CON, and the American taxpayer is paying for it!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 7:43 pm […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Brian Kemp on becoming the new Governor of Georgia. Stacey Abrams fought brilliantly and hard – she will have a terrific political future! Brian was unrelenting and will become a great Governor for the truly Wonderful People of Georgia!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 7:37 pm […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Ron DeSantis on becoming the new Governor of Florida. Against all odds, he fought & fought & fought, the result being a historic victory. He never gave up and never will. He will be a great Governor!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 7:36 pm […]
11/16/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump awarded seven people the Medal of Freedom on Friday [11-16-18], including the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Amid introducing the awardees of the nation’s highest civilian honor, some online noticed the president seemed to include a joke about Scalia’s virility. Trump welcomed Scalia’s wife, Maureen, and […]
11/16/2018
DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pfizer is planning to raise prices on 41 drugs in January, a few months after the company agreed to defer hikes under heavy pressure from President Donald Trump. The manufacturer said Friday it would raise the list price of all but four of the drugs by 5%, effective January 15. Three drugs […]
11/16/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN and Jim Acosta may have won their battle with the White House in court on Friday [11-16-18], but President Donald Trump has found a new weapon in his long war against the media. After a judge ruled that the White House violated the CNN correspondent’s right to due process by stripping […]
11/16/2018
ATF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is considering a top national police official to be his director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an appointment that critics say could be a potential reward for his support of a White House-backed sentencing reform bill. Opponents of bipartisan legislation to overhaul federal sentencing […]
11/16/2018
DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Drug giant Pfizer announced on Friday [11-15-16] it will increase the list prices of 41 medicines in January, just months after it agreed to temporarily roll back price hikes under pressure from President Donald Trump. Pfizer’s new price increases, which take effect Jan. 15, will apply to 10 percent of its portfolio, […]
11/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos is asking to delay a looming prison stint by citing an appeal that challenges the legality of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment. Papadopoulos elected not to mount such a challenge in his own case last year when Mueller’s office charged him with […]
11/16/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump expressed regret in an interview to be aired this weekend for not marking Veterans Day with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. ‘I should have done that,’ the president told Fox News Sunday in an interview that will air on Sunday [11-18-18]. ‘I was extremely busy on calls for […]
11/16/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM https://t.co/Mgeg4wijTk“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 4:47 pm […]
11/16/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN’s Jim Acosta has returned to his post at the White House following a court ruling that forced the Trump administration to reinstate his press pass. Now President Trump is vowing to create ‘rules and regulations’ for how White House reporters act. He says ‘you have to practice decorum’ at the White […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are not being told that the Republican Party is on track to pick up two seats in the U.S. Senate, and epic victory: 53 to 47. The Fake News Media only wants to speak of the House, where the Midterm results were better than other sitting Presidents.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/16/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Today in the East Room of the @WhiteHouse, it was my true privilege to award seven extraordinary Americans with the Presidential Medal of Freedom…https://t.co/TuEy635mav“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 16, 2018 2:35 pm […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are not being told that the Republican Party is on track to pick up two seats in the U.S. Senate, and epic victory: 53 to 47. The Fake News Media only wants to speak of the House, were the Midterm results were better than other sitting Presidents.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/16/2018
CIVIL RIGHTS/LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Apparent criminal charges against Julian Assange are thrusting the WikiLeaks founder back into American politics — a development that could create awkwardness across the political spectrum. Many liberals and civil rights activists have defended Assange as a journalist entitled to First Amendment protections. Conservatives have celebrated him for exposing Hillary Clinton’s […]
11/16/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [11-16-18] said he has answered a list of questions from Robert Mueller about his dealings with Russia and other matters being investigated by the special counsel. However, the president said he has not yet submitted his responses to the special counsel’s office. Trump has long […]
11/16/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [11-16-18] raised the prospect of ending his escalating trade war with China, but signaled US negotiators still want more a few more concessions from their largest trading partner…The Chinese government earlier this week made an initial offer on trade, which Trump said addressed 142 negotiating […]
11/16/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Another account of life inside the Trump White House is set to join the ever-growing canon on the subject. Cliff Sims, a Trump adviser who joined the West Wing staff on Day One as a special assistant to the president after working on the campaign, is writing a memoir about his time working […]
11/16/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Officials in the Donald Trump administration have now learned the lesson taught many of their predecessors. Beware the power of the first lady. Melania Trump basically forced out a top national security official this week, a reminder to many that first ladies wield a unique kind of power…The White House announced […]
11/16/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will travel to California on Saturday to review wildfire damage, the White House said. Trump will ‘meet with individuals impacted by the wildfires,’ said White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters on Thursday [11-15-18]. Details of the trip will be provided later, she said. California lawmakers criticized Trump last weekend […]
11/16/2018
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump says he should have visited Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Veterans Day — a traditional presidential act. Trump, who rarely admits a faux pas, told ‘Fox News Sunday’ that ‘in retrospect, I should have’ gone, but he was busy on calls and had just returned from abroad. Trump was […]
11/16/2018
CANADA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is so unpopular in Canada that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using the specter of the U.S. president to attack his conservative rival ahead of a national election set for next year. Trudeau, whose ruling Liberals have a 12-seat majority in the 338-seat parliament, calls Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer […]
11/16/2018
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nick Ayers could almost be confused for a college fraternity brother as he flashes a broad grin in a selfie taken with Mike Pence just moments after the Indiana governor was named Donald Trump’s running mate. In fact, the baby-faced campaign strategist in the white undershirt had a pivotal role in Trump’s […]
11/16/2018
CABINET/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Andrew Wheeler, a former congressional aide and lobbyist who has led the Environmental Protection Agency since his scandal-plagued predecessor resigned earlier this year, got President Donald Trump’s nod Friday for the permanent job. Wheeler’s promotion from acting to permanent EPA chief would keep him as a methodical and effective agent in Trump’s mission […]
11/16/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [11-16-18] said he had ‘very easily’ completed his written answers for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, but had not yet submitted them to Mueller’s office. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he wrote the […]
11/16/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/NOMINATION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The fight over President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, with lawyers in a pending gun rights case asking the justices on Friday [11-16-18] to decide if the action was lawful. Critics have said the Republican president’s appointment […]
11/16/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has recognized seven ‘extraordinary Americans’ with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s the highest honor America gives a civilian. Recipients include doctor and Republican Party donor Miriam Adelson, wife of Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. The Adelsons have donated millions to Trump and the GOP in recent […]
11/16/2018
ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Friday [11-16-18] said he intends to nominate Andrew R. Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, to be the permanent administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The E.P.A. has been at the center of the Trump administration’s agenda to reduce the regulations on industry, and Mr. Wheeler has been instrumental […]
11/16/2018
CONGRESS/CRIME/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Mitch McConnell told President Trump in a private meeting on Thursday [11-15-18] that there is not likely to be enough time to bring a bipartisan criminal justice bill up for a vote this year, regardless of the support it has in the Senate and the White House, according to people […]
11/16/2018
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservative lawyer George Conway, the husband of presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, called President Donald Trump’s administration ‘a s***show in a dumpster fire’ in an interview released Friday [11-16-18]. Conway, a frequent critic of the administration in which his wife is a prominent figure, said his views on the administration were tested […]
11/16/2018
CHINA/MIKE PENCE/TRADE WAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “US and Chinese leaders presented opposing visions for the world in back-to-back speeches at the 2018 APEC conference in Papua New Guinea on Saturday [11-17-18], amid rising tensions between the world’s two major powers. Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke of the need for global cooperation and international trade, telling the Asia-Pacific […]
11/16/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/GOP/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans are urging President Donald Trump to quickly nominate a permanent attorney general, hoping a new top law enforcement officer will blunt bipartisan concern over the future of special counsel Robert Mueller and boost the GOP ahead of tough government funding talks. Even after Trump’s latest attack on Mueller […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Thursday [11-15-18] that President Donald Trump has ‘failed miserably’ in his attempts to support US troops. ‘He’s failed miserably when it comes to supporting our troops and their families,’ the senator from Illinois said. Duckworth is a veteran who lost both legs during an explosion in Iraq […]
11/15/2018
SEX ABUSE/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is taking a closer look at sexual harassment happening in the sky. On Thursday [11-15-18], Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the creation of a National In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force, which will ‘review current practices, protocols and requirements of U.S. airlines in responding to and […]
11/15/2018
DHS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump mocked news stories Thursday [11-15-18] about imminent staff shake-ups, even as advisers tell reporters that post-election changes are on the way…Trump was not specific about possible changes, but aides said he is considering removing homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and that White House Chief of Staff John […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA: “Melania Trump says she’s OK with the criticism and ridicule she has received for tackling online bullying and remains committed to the issue because ‘it will provide a better world for our children.’ The first lady told attendees Thursday [11-15-18] at an annual online safety conference to consider using ‘negative words’ directed at them […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly talked with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Thursday [11-15-18] about issues that will likely top the agenda of his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin said he and Pence spoke on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Singapore, discussing arms […]
11/15/2018
JOBS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump is spinning a tale regarding the number of jobs he’s provided for military veterans. At a veterans’ event Thursday [11-15-18], he said the unemployment rate for former service members is its best in 21 years. He’s not even close. It’s only a one-year low. And it was even lower […]
11/15/2018
IRAN/IRAQ/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is asking the Senate to approve a new ambassador to Iraq as the U.S. ratchets up pressure on neighboring Iran and as some Republicans in Congress call for a stronger response to Tehran’s influence in Baghdad. Trump on Thursday [11-15-18] officially asked the Senate to confirm Matthew Tueller, who […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump might return to Mississippi to campaign for a Republican U.S. senator who’s facing a Democrat in a runoff. The White House is looking at holding a rally in Mississippi before the Nov. 27 runoff, but plans were still not definite on Wednesday [11-14-18]. That’s according to a person […]
11/15/2018
AFRICA/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump has nominated a South Florida-based luxury fashion and handbag designer to be the new U.S. ambassador to South Africa. The White House announced the nomination of native South African Lana Marks late Wednesday [11-14-18]. Marks was born and raised in South Africa and is now the CEO of […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump visited with Marines and spoke at a White House veterans’ conference Thursday [11-15-18] amid fallout over his decision not to visit an American cemetery during his weekend trip to Paris to commemorate the end of World War I. The president and first lady Melania Trump spent about 40 minutes […]
11/15/2018
CALIFORNIA/CLIMATE CHANGE/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump plans to travel to California on Saturday [11-17-18] to tour the damage and meet with those affected by the wildfires that have ravaged the state. He is expected to land at Beale Air Force Base and travel to Paradise, the town in Northern California that has been decimated […]
11/15/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the confirmed death toll at 71 and the list of unaccounted for people more than 1,000, authorities in Northern California on Friday [11-16-18] searched for those who perished and those who survived the fiercest of wildfires ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump. The president on Saturday is […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “Like most unsubstantiated claims leveled by President Donald Trump, his allegations of fraud in the high-stakes recount in Florida’s Senate and gubernatorial elections started with a tweet. Shortly after polls closed on last week’s midterm election, the president warned of a ‘big corruption scandal’ in Florida as officials struggled to tally […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Criticized for picking an acting attorney general who has a history of speaking out against Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, President Donald Trump launched another attack Thursday [11-15-18] against the special counsel. Claiming that ‘the inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess,’ Trump tweeted that investigators ‘have found […]
11/15/2018
DONALD JR/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. insist they aren’t worried about special counsel Robert Mueller. But half a dozen people in contact with the White House and other Trump officials say a deep anxiety has started to set in that Mueller is about to […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [11-15-18] imposed sanctions targeting 17 Saudi Arabian officials — but not the powerful crown prince — over the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than a month after the Saudi critic went missing. The Treasury Department designated the officials for sanctions over what it […]
11/15/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A political group aiming to be a megaphone for President Donald Trump’s policies raised $26 million in its first year in operation, new disclosures show, the vast majority of which came in through a political nonprofit that does not have to reveal its donors. The group, America First, consists of two parts […]
11/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is our sacred duty to support America’s Service Members every single day they wear the uniform – and every day after when they return home as Veterans. Together we will HONOR those who defend us, we will CHERISH those who protect us, and we will celebrate the amazing heroes… https://t.co/kovcIj4fwU” -Donald […]
11/15/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Last year, I signed the landmark VA Accountability Act to ensure those who mistreat our Veterans can be held fully accountable. Since my inauguration, we have removed more than 3,600 government employees who were not giving our Vets the care they deserve…. https://t.co/KqWXXt7D4U” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2018 3:39 pm […]
11/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “It was my great honor to host a @WhiteHouse Conference on Supporting Veterans & Military Families… To everyone here today who has served our Country in uniform, & to every Veteran & Military family across our land, I want to express the eternal gratitude of our entire Nation! https://t.co/MK8jUaTGFK“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to visit with our GREAT U.S. MARINES at the Marine Barracks here in Washington, D.C. We love you @USMC @MBWDC! https://t.co/ASWmDZrDRK https://t.co/xYrPw9zzVv“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2018 3:08 pm […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump erupted at special counsel Robert Mueller on Twitter on Thursday [11-15-18] morning, calling the special counsel’s Russia probe a ‘witch hunt like no other in American history,’ lashing out at Mueller’s team and firing off baseless accusations of corruption as the White House reportedly negotiates whether and […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump said Wednesday [11-14-18] that one of his great achievements as president is lowering the media’s favorability among Americans, claiming a victory in his crusade against what he considers unfair press coverage at the same time that CNN is suing his administration to restore one of its reporter’s revoked White House […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The only ‘Collusion’ is that of the Democrats with Russia and many others. Why didn’t the FBI take the Server from the DNC? They still don’t have it. Check out how biased Facebook, Google and Twitter are in favor of the Democrats. That’s the real Collusion!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Universities will someday study what highly conflicted (and NOT Senate approved) Bob Mueller and his gang of Democrat thugs have done to destroy people. Why is he protecting Crooked Hillary, Comey, McCabe, Lisa Page & her lover, Peter S, and all of his friends on the other side?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump insisted Thursday [11-15-18] that despite a recent flurry of high-level reshuffling inside his administration, with more reportedly on the way, his White House ‘is running very smoothly.’ The media, Trump said, had overhyped personnel moves, which have included the removal of Jeff Sessions as attorney general and […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fresh off three days of private meetings with his personal lawyers, President Trump renewed his attacks on Thursday [11-15-18] on the special counsel investigation, calling it ‘A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!’ The barrage, launched on Twitter, ended a period of relative quiet by the president […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will focus on creating a ‘verifiable plan’ for North Korea’s denuclearization, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday [11-15-18], but an accounting of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and testing sites will not be a prerequisite for the meeting. […]
11/15/2018
OBAMA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….care how many lives the ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won’t even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!” -Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don’t…” -Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] once again tried to make a case for voter ID laws by using a grocery store analogy, inexplicably claiming shoppers need to show identification to buy cereal…The President appeared to be referencing an earlier argument he’d made this summer — that because photo identification is […]
11/15/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I wrote in this space before the midterm that President Donald Trump has a better than 50 percent chance of being re-elected in 2020. Since the results of the 2018 election rolled in, several people have asked if I feel the same way given the Democratic gains in the suburbs and upper […]
11/15/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is running very smoothly and the results for our Nation are obviously very good. We are the envy of the world. But anytime I even think about making changes, the FAKE NEWS MEDIA goes crazy, always seeking to make us look as bad as possible! Very dishonest!” –Donald Trump, […]
11/15/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for CNN and the Trump administration are awaiting an initial ruling on the network’s federal lawsuit over press access to the White House. And they’re going to have to wait a little while longer. Judge Timothy J. Kelly heard nearly two hours of oral arguments about CNN’s request for a temporary […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One is huddling with the Russian President, gripping-and-grinning with the Japanese prime minister and pressing Myanmar’s ruler to free imprisoned journalists. The other is tweeting fury at the special counsel, sitting for lengthy sessions with his private attorneys and working to salvage his image as commander in chief after it took […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday [11-15-18] that the US will not require North Korea to provide a full list of its nuclear and missile sites before President Donald Trump meets with dictator Kim Jong Un for a second summit slated for early next year. Washington and Pyongyang have been […]
11/15/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year. Chief among them is a withdrawal from the economy’s sugar high. Fiscal stimulus from the GOP tax cuts is likely to start running out. The Federal Reserve […]
11/14/2018
FRANCE/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Emmanuel Macron’s spokesman accused Donald Trump of lacking ‘common decency’ Wednesday [11-14-18] after the US President blasted his French counterpart in a series of tweets following his visit to Paris. During a pointed speech at the Elysée Palace in Paris, Benjamin Griveaux took issue with the timing of Trump’s barbs on Tuesday […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump sought Wednesday [11-14-18] to land a massive blow in his long-fought battle against the news media, with administration lawyers asserting in court that the president could bar ‘all reporters’ from the White House complex for any reason he sees fit. The sweeping claim, which came in the first public hearing […]
11/14/2018
IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] announced his support for a bipartisan prison reform bill, called the FIRST Step Act…Trump added that the White House pledge ‘to ‘Hire American’ includes those leaving prison and looking for a very fresh start — new job, new life.’ Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared […]
11/14/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/HOUSE OF REPS/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threw his support behind a substantial revision of the nation’s prison and sentencing laws on Wednesday [11-14-18], opening a potential path to enacting the most significant changes to the criminal justice system in a generation. The tentative legislative package, developed by a bipartisan group of senators and […]
11/14/2018
CONGRESS/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] endorsed a criminal justice deal taking shape in Congress, giving a boost to the measure even as it faces a cool reception in the Senate from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. It’s unclear whether the package, which includes sentencing reform provisions that divide the Senate Republican Caucus, […]
11/14/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] backed a criminal justice reform plan being pushed by one of his top advisers, son-in-law Jared Kushner. The ‘First Step Act,’ developed by Kushner and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, is designed to improve rehabilitation programs for former prisoners and give judges more discretion […]
11/14/2018
LAWSUIT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first hearing in CNN and Jim Acosta’s federal lawsuit against President Trump and several top White House aides ended with the judge saying that he would rule on Thursday [11-15-18]. CNN and Acosta are alleging that the White House’s suspension of his press pass violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Their […]
11/14/2018
PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our pledge to hire American includes those leaving prison and looking for a very fresh start — new job, and new life. The legislation I am supporting today contains many significant reforms. Read more here: https://t.co/BwQ3qd9Fyk https://t.co/6DUY9KNTpR“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 6:26 pm […]
11/14/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller again pushed back the sentencing of former Donald Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates because the longtime GOP operative is still cooperating on ‘several ongoing investigations.’ The delay, laid out in a new one-page joint filing, stands in contrast to two other high-profile former Trump officials — […]
11/14/2018
DEMS/GOP/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am grateful to be here today w/ Members of the House & Senate who have poured their time, heart and energy into the crucial issue of Prison Reform. Working together w/ my Admin over the last two years, these members have reached a bipartisan agreement…https://t.co/wflidv2cZr“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 […]
11/14/2018
CALIFORNIA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to Governor Jerry Brown to let him know that we are with him, and the people of California, all the way!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2018 2:58 pm […]