JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] Defense Secretary James Mattis will remain in his job, a day after a report, denied by Mattis, that he had made disparaging remarks about the president. Asked by reporters at the White House whether he was considering replacing Mattis, Trump said: ‘He’ll stay […]
9/5/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] said he did not discuss assassinating Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, disputing an account in a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward. Trump, speaking to reporters during a visit with Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, said a possible assassination was ‘never even discussed’…Trump […]
9/5/2018
CANADA/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] said the United States should have a fair trade deal with Canada, as the two countries resumed negotiations over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump made the comments during a visit with Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.” –Lisa Lambert, “Trump says […]
9/5/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TRUMP’S TARIFF CUTS: House lawmakers easily passed legislation on Tuesday [9-4-18] to waive tariffs on roughly 1,700 imported products used by U.S. manufacturers, sending to President Donald Trump’s desk a bill that some of his allies have said undercuts the president’s trade leverage. Supporters of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An unnamed senior Trump administration official assailed President Donald Trump’s ‘amorality’ and reckless decision-making in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday [9-5-18] and said he or she is part of a ‘resistance’ working to thwart Trump’s worst impulses…The Times said disclosing the name of the official, who is known to […]
9/5/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you General Mattis, book is boring & untrue! https://t.co/Bq79ZjF3Dk“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:54 am […]
9/5/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you General Kelly, book is total fiction! https://t.co/J5iUONhRin“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:51 am […]
9/5/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts. I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way? As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand […]
9/5/2018
AGRICULTURE/ECONOMY/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump Economy is booming with help of House and Senate GOP. #FarmBill with SNAP work requirements will bolster farmers and get America back to work. Pass the Farm Bill with SNAP work requirements!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:21 am […]
9/5/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost everyone agrees that my Administration has done more in less than two years than any other Administration in the history of our Country. I’m tough as hell on people & if I weren’t, nothing would get done. Also, I question everybody & everything-which is why I got elected!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
9/5/2018
CHINA/MEDIA/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to previews of Bob Woodward’s new book, ‘Fear,’ former top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn headed off President Trump’s efforts to withdraw from both the U.S.-South Korea trade deal and NAFTA by simply removing the notices from his desk before he could sign them. ‘I can stop this,’ Cohn […]
9/5/2018
ELECTIONS/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With special counsel Robert Mueller and his associates quietly and methodically doing their investigatory work, with November’s midterms looking for Republicans like a mixed bag at best, and with Bob Woodward’s new book Fear painting the president as ‘an idiot’ and his White House as ‘Crazytown,’ Donald Trump seems to be […]
9/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of hugging dictators and dissing democrats, Donald Trump is now seen around the world as a deranged toddler—symbolized by the Trump ‘blimp baby’ that flew over Britain this summer and is now embarking on its own world tour. But beneath all the crazy talk that comes out of […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Years ago, businessman Donald Trump advised those who would succeed in business that a little paranoia might help. With some inside his administration announcing that trusted appointees are trying to thwart him, he now has support for any paranoid inclinations of his own…The most troublesome parts of Trump’s agenda involve favoring Vladimir […]
9/5/2018
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTENT/LEGAL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul Ryan is rejecting President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Justice Department shouldn’t prosecute two GOP congressmen because it will hurt the party’s election prospects in November. Ryan tells reporters Wednesday [9-5-18], ‘Justice is blind. Justice should be blind.’ The Wisconsin Republican says political party should have no […]
9/5/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] that the United States was not yet ready to come to an agreement over trade disputes with China but he said talks would continue. The world’s two largest economies have slapped tariffs on $50 billion of each other’s goods in a tit-for-tat trade […]
9/5/2018
IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he remained open to the possibility of talks between Washington and Tehran, but said Iran was in turmoil and struggling to survive…In May, Trump withdrew the United States from a 2015 international agreement intended to stall Tehran’s nuclear capabilities and has since reimposed sanctions […]
9/5/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MIDDLE EAST/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said terrorism, Syria and Yemen were among the topics of discussion during a White House meeting Wednesday with the emir of Kuwait. Trump said Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was a ‘very special friend’ of his, while the 89-year-old Kuwaiti ruler said he was ‘very happy’ […]
9/5/2018
MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will mark the solemn 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by participating in a ceremony at the 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania on Tuesday [9-11-18], the White House said. First lady Melania Trump will accompany the president to the remembrance in Shanksville. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump unloaded Wednesday [9-5-18] against an explosive new book from journalist Bob Woodward, labeling the tell-all memoir ‘a work of fiction’ as West Wing staff scrambled to rebut its vivid depictions of White House dysfunction…Venting for a second day, Trump tweeted that ‘Fear: Trump in the White House’ was […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/ELECTIONS/GOVERMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] held out the possibility of a government shutdown before the November elections over his effort to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as Republican congressional leaders publicly urged him away from that path and predicted it wouldn’t occur…Trump’s stance on whether he’d force a […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government if Congress does not provide enough funding for border security, reversing a stance he took a day earlier. Trump made his comments at a meeting with congressional Republican leaders at the White House about the […]
9/5/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday [9-5-18] there were no ongoing preparations for a future meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. ‘We don’t have any information about the preparation of such a meeting,’ Ushakov told journalists. The two presidents last met in Helsinki in July.” […]
9/5/201
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?” –Donald Trump, […]
9/5/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ‘unwavering trust for President Trump’ and wants to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula before the US leader finishes his term, South Korean officials said Thursday [9-6-18]…Chung said Kim told him North Korea ‘was willing to take more active measures toward denuclearization […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new book by Bob Woodward, the longtime Washington Post reporter, portrays a White House with relentless infighting and a work culture so toxic and volatile that many of President Trump’s top advisers and cabinet members became accustomed to working around their boss, whom they described as unstable and uninformed. ‘Fear: […]
9/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward’s explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration, asking loyal aides to help determine who cooperated with the book. ‘The book is fiction,’ Trump said Wednesday [9-5-18] in the Oval Office alongside the […]
9/5/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s impossible to know in the moment when a presidency begins to dissolve. But after a devastating 48 hours, it’s already clear that Donald Trump’s will never be the same. Whatever your view of Trump, his behavior and his presidency, Washington is watching the opening act of a stunning attempt to […]
9/4/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump denied late Tuesday [9-4-18] night that he called Jeff Sessions ‘mentally retarded’ and made fun of his Southern heritage, his latest push back to Bob Woodward’s upcoming book on the Trump White House. ‘The already discredited Woodward book, so many lies and phony sources, has me calling Jeff […]
9/4/2018
CHINA/INDIA/MIKE POMPEO/PAKISTAN/TRUMP PEOPLE:“US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will talk tough on terrorism to Pakistan and attempt to strengthen his country’s links with India during what is likely to be a difficult and potentially testing visit to South Asia beginning Wednesday [9-5-18]. The visit comes as the US tilts away from Pakistan, while deepening strategic […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/GOP/JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has hurled numerous insults at Democrats, the news media and even those in his own party. But the president has also been on the receiving end, including from people who work in his administration. ‘Fear: Trump in the White House,’ by Bob Woodward, is the latest book to […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/JAMES MATTIS/JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Woodward book has already been refuted and discredited by General (Secretary of Defense) James Mattis and General (Chief of Staff) John Kelly. Their quotes were made up frauds, a con on the public. Likewise other stories and quotes. Woodward is a Dem operative? Notice timing?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, […]
9/4/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Statement from White House @PressSec, Sarah Sanders: https://t.co/mE73HSi6Rl“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 5:49 pm […]
9/4/2018
JOHN KELLY: “Statement from White House Chief of Staff, General John Kelly: https://t.co/LUN8cDr3N5“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 5:38 pm […]
9/4/2018
JAMES MATTIS: “Statement from Secretary of Defense, James Mattis: https://t.co/OneaxKCneV“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 5:37 pm […]
9/4/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an Exceptionally Qualified and Deserving Nominee for the Supreme Court’ https://t.co/nD5XZo9yIm“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 4:03 pm […]
9/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Cook is a decorated Marine Corps Veteran who loves and supports our Military and Vets. He is Strong on Crime, the Border, and supported Tax Cuts for the people of California. Paul has my total and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:55 pm […]
9/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Pledge to America’s Workers’ https://t.co/wbGZU6oi9G“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:44 pm […]
9/4/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Brett Kavanaugh hearings for the future Justice of the Supreme Court are truly a display of how mean, angry, and despicable the other side is. They will say anything, and are only….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:41 pm […]
9/4/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….looking to inflict pain and embarrassment to one of the most highly renowned jurists to ever appear before Congress. So sad to see!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:41 pm […]
9/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jon Kyl will be an extraordinary Senator representing an extraordinary state, Arizona. I look forward to working with him!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:40 pm […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed…The northern province and surrounding areas are the last major enclave held by insurgents fighting Assad, […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-4-18] pushed back against Bob Woodward’s scathing new account of how the White House operates, saying that it’s ‘just another bad book’ and suggesting that Woodward made up some of the content…It was the latest rebuke from Trump and his administration on the veteran journalist’s book […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying on Tuesday [9-4-18] the area was a ‘nest of terrorists’. Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ the […]
9/4/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [9-4-18] that Nike was sending ‘a terrible message’ with an advertising campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterback whose decision to kneel during the national anthem sparked a national controversy. ‘I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. Trump wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges […]
9/4/2018
HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everyone in the path of #Gordon please heed the advice of State and local officials and follow @NHC_Atlantic for updates. The Federal Government stands ready to assist. Be safe! https://t.co/sJiL4wnQID“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 1:24 pm […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump again raised a threat to the broadcast licenses of TV stations that air news programming he dislikes. ‘NBC FAKE NEWS, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct,’ Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wanted to have Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assassinated last year but his defense secretary ignored the request, according to a new book that depicts top Trump aides sometimes sidestepping instructions to limit what they see as his damaging and dangerous behavior. Excerpts from the book, entitled ‘Fear’ and written […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “U.S. President Donald Trump will chair a U.N. Security Council meeting on Iran this month to spotlight its ‘violations of international law’ during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Tuesday [9-4-18]. The United States, which holds the council presidency for September, […]
9/4/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TRUMP SLAMS CANADA AFTER TALKS FALTER: President Donald Trump blasted Canada on Saturday [9-1-18], one day after his administration failed to conclude talks with the United States’ northern neighbor on the terms of a NAFTA agreement. He also warned Congress not to ‘interfere’ with the negotiations and repeated his threat to terminate […]
9/4/18
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NBC FAKE NEWS, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 9:58 am […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Yes, it’s as bad as you thought it was. Maybe worse. That’s the unmistakable message about President Donald Trump and his administration from the early pieces of Bob Woodward’s chronicle — titled ‘Fear: Trump in the White House’ — of the first year of the billionaire businessman’s presidency. The image Woodward […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has become increasingly exasperated in recent weeks that he wasn’t interviewed by Bob Woodward ahead of the publication of his upcoming book, three sources with knowledge of the President’s concern tell CNN. Trump’s irritation reflects a heightened sense of unease in the West Wing about next week’s release […]
9/4/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States could impose tariffs on roughly half of all Chinese goods entering the country by the end of the week. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods could go into effect as soon as Friday [9-7-18] when a public comment period on the taxes concludes. […]
9/4/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One veteran lawyer who recently represented President Donald Trump believes he is a ‘liar’ and told Trump he could end up in ‘an orange jump suit’ if he testifies before special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a new book from legendary journalist Bob Woodward. The 448-page opus from the Pulitzer […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s closest aides have taken extraordinary measures in the White House to try to stop what they saw as his most dangerous impulses, going so far as to swipe and hide papers from his desk so he wouldn’t sign them, according to a new book from legendary journalist Bob […]
9/4/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, eased up slightly on his demands to question President Trump in the Russia investigation, a shift that came as the president’s lawyers, who have advised him against sitting for an interview, are fighting his desire to answer investigators’ queries. Mr. Mueller will accept […]
9/4/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/STATE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has warned the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian allies against ‘recklessly’ attacking rebel-held Idlib province. In a tweet he warned of “a grave humanitarian mistake” in which hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Syrian government forces are said to be preparing a huge offensive […]
9/4/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Bob Woodward expose book has been a rite of passage for presidential administrations since the storied investigative reporter first made a name for himself by breaking Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Now it’s Donald Trump’s turn under the microscope. The picture revealed – of an administration having a ‘nervous breakdown of executive […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With two months left before the midterm elections, Republicans are scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of oversight investigations that Democrats will likely launch if they retake the House in November. The White House is considering adding a whole roster of new attorneys to handle the caseload. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court pick who could tilt American jurisprudence to the right for a generation, vowed to be neutral and impartial, shrugging off bitter Democratic demands for him to stall his own confirmation hearing until questions about his past are fully answered. President Donald Trump’s second pick for the nation’s […]
9/4/2018
ARIZONA/LAWSUIT/POLICE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two advocacy groups alleged in a lawsuit Tuesday [9-4-18] that police in Phoenix violated the free-speech rights of protesters outside a rally by President Donald Trump by firing tear gas as they were about to confront Trump supporters. The excessive force lawsuit against the Phoenix Police Department says police didn’t try […]
9/4/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying on Tuesday [9-4-18] that the area was a ‘nest of terrorism’. Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ […]
9/4/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller will accept written answers from President Donald Trump on whether his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, but Mueller is not ruling out a follow-up interview on that issue, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday [9-4-18]. […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump’s attack on his own Justice Department for pursuing cases against two GOP congressmen is drawing fire from his fellow Republicans. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says […]
9/4/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 11:10 p.m. President Donald Trump is denying that he called Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘mentally retarded’ and ‘a dumb southerner.’ Trump is reacting on Twitter to one of the more incendiary claims in […]
9/4/2018
JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump so alarmed his defense secretary, Jim Mattis, during a discussion last January of the nuclear standoff with North Korea that an exasperated Mr. Mattis told colleagues ‘the president acted like — and had the understanding of — a ‘fifth or sixth grader.’’ At another moment, Mr. Trump’s aides […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump encountered bipartisan criticism on Tuesday [9-4-18] for complaining that his own Justice Department’s indictments against two Republican congressmen were endangering the GOP’s midterm election prospects, with one Republican senator saying of Trump’s attack, ‘We can’t normalize that.’ Trump’s tweet was his latest effort to press the government’s […]
9/4/2018
COURTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is racking up federal judicial appointments, and not just to the Supreme Court, where his second nominee, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, is set for confirmation hearings this week. So far, he has filled 60 seats on the federal district courts, the courts of appeals and the Supreme Court. Mr. […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 2016 election, suggesting they should not have been charged because they are Republicans…A decision by the Justice Department to hold off […]
9/3/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 05:20 pm […]
9/3/2018
FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to the Failing New York Times, the FBI started a major effort to flip Putin loyalists in 2014-2016. ‘It wasn’t about Trump, he wasn’t even close to a candidate yet.’ Rigged Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 2:21 pm […]
9/3/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President. I should only be so lucky – although the field that is currently assembling looks really good – FOR ME!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 1:55 pm […]
9/3/2018
DEMS/JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Democrats, none of whom voted for Jeff Sessions, must love him now. Same thing with Lyin’ James Comey. The Dems all hated him, wanted him out, thought he was disgusting – UNTIL I FIRED HIM! Immediately he became a wonderful man, a saint like figure in fact. Really sick!” […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, […]
9/3/2018
HOLIDAY/IVANKA/LABOR: “RT @IvankaTrump: Today, on #LaborDay, let’s also recognize the amazing stay-at-home parents across America, who seldom receive the credit t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 12:57 pm […]
9/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. is respected again! https://t.co/NtQ4vsoqnk“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 12:50 pm […]
9/3/2018
LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: In July, President Trump announced the Pledge to America’s Workers. In little more than a month since, MILLIONS of new oppo…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 12:50 pm […]
9/3/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, represented his union poorly on television this weekend. Some of the things he said were so against the working men and women of our country, and the success of the U.S. itself, that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A […]
9/3/2018
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned Syria and its allies Russia and Iran on Monday [9-3-18] against attacking the last major rebel stronghold of Idlib province in the country’s northwest…Hours after the tweet, Russian planes struck parts of western Idlib, according to an activist media group and Syrian rescue group the White Helmets. […]
9/3/2018
JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump couldn’t wait to launch into the fall political season, an intense 10-week conflagration that marks a hugely consequential chapter in his turbulent presidency. He spent Labor Day, when campaign politicking goes into overdrive, unleashing a raging tweet storm blasting his beleaguered Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
9/3/2018
IRAN/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to ‘recklessly attack’ Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. ‘The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this […]
9/3/2018
LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Labor Day hit back at Richard Trumka, president of the United States’ largest federation of labor unions, after Trumka said on Sunday [9-2-18] that the president’s policies had hurt American workers. Trumka, who is head of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), […]
9/3/2018
DEFENSE/ICE/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Alex Karp grew up in a liberal household and considers himself a progressive. He voted for Hillary Clinton, and he lives and works in Silicon Valley. Yet Mr. Karp, the chief executive of Palantir, has found himself increasingly at odds with his peers in the technology industry as it publicly distances itself […]
9/3/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The prosperity is apparent on the way into town: the 21-floor casino resort and spa on one side of the interstate, and on the other a freshly built retail quarter of boutiques, a brand-new Hilton hotel and a P.F. Chang’s. It unfolds from there along the highways heading west with more […]
9/3/2018
HOLIDAY/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Worker in America is doing better than ever before. Celebrate Labor Day!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 7:23 am […]
9/3/2018
HOLIDAY/JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Happy Labor Day! Our country is doing better than ever before with unemployment setting record lows. The U.S. has tremendous upside potential as we go about fixing some of the worst Trade Deals ever made by any country in the world. Big progress being made!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 6:28 […]
9/3/2018
DEMS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, represented his union poorly on television this weekend. Some of the things he said were so againt the working men and women of our country, and the success of the U.S. itself, that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A […]
9/3/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @CoreyStewartVA: About 200,000 #Virginia residents are federal workers; as I travel the state this #LaborDay weekend, Virginians are say…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 6:05 am […]
9/3/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @CoreyStewartVA: In the U.S. Senate I’ll be working WITH @realDonaldTrump on his #MAGA agenda — and that includes having the backs of A…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 6:05 am […]
9/3/2018
NATO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @SecPompeo: On behalf of the American people, special thank you to @Commander_RS GEN Nicholson for his 2+ years of service leading @NATO…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 6:01 am […]
9/3/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor testified in 2009, confirmation seemed so certain that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham famously predicted she only had to avoid a ‘complete meltdown.’ As Judge Brett Kavanaugh takes the witness chair on Tuesday [9-4-18], the sense of inevitability in these partisan times is even greater. Republicans control […]
9/3/2018
MEDIA/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The New Yorker rescinded its invitation to Steve Bannon to headline its annual festival after a swift backlash from big-name participants who said they would not attend if Bannon remained on the schedule. There was also fierce resistance from within the ranks of the magazine. Numerous staffers felt that having Bannon on […]
9/2/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: .@Rasmussen_Poll just came out at 48% approval rate despite the constant and intense Fake News. Higher than Election D…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 2, 2018 9:10 am […]
9/2/2018
DEMS/JOBS/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The fact is that African/American unemployment is now the lowest in the history of our country. Same with Asian, Hispanic and almost every other group. The Democrats have been all talk and no action. My Administration has already produced like no other, and everyone sees it!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 2, 2018 […]
9/2/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tiger Woods showed great class in the way he answered the question about the Office of the Presidency and me. Now they say the so-called ‘left’ is angry at him. So sad, but the ‘center & right’ loves Tiger, Kanye, George Foreman, Jim Brown & so many other greats, even more…….” […]
9/1/2018
GOVERNMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @CoreyStewartVA: Federal workers endured 8 years of hell under Obama, with several rounds of pay freezes and benefit cuts. @realDonald…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2018 8:43 pm […]
9/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2018 8:23 pm […]
9/1/2018
MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: We shouldn’t have to buy our friends with bad Trade Deals and Free Military Protection!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2018 8:23 pm […]