OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oil prices are too high, OPEC is at it again. Not good!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 6:52 am […]
6/13/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S., together with Mexico and Canada, just got the World Cup. Congratulations – a great deal of hard work!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 6:49 am […]
6/13/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We save a fortune by not doing war games, as long as we are negotiating in good faith – which both sides are!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 6:10 am […]
6/13/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Before taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea. President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer – sleep well tonight!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 5:01 am […]
6/13/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!” -Donald Trump, […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Corey Stewart for his great victory for Senator from Virginia. Now he runs against a total stiff, Tim Kaine, who is weak on crime and borders, and wants to raise your taxes through the roof. Don’t underestimate Corey, a major chance of winning!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 4:55 […]
6/13/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…realize the economy is the best it’s ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 4:40 am […]
6/13/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received too many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be ‘punch-drunk.’ I guess he doesn’t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 4:40 am […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My political representatives didn’t want me to get involved in the Mark Sanford primary thinking that Sanford would easily win – but with a few hours left I felt that Katie was such a good candidate, and Sanford was so bad, I had to give it a shot. Congrats to Katie Arrington!” […]
6/12/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is asking federal Judge Dabney Friedrich for an order that would lock down documents shared with the Russian company Concord Management and Consulting, because of the potential for the information to be shared with foreign nationals and intelligence officials still working to sow discord in the […]
6/12/2018
CANADA/G7/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Canadians would pay a price for countering the U.S. on trade, while his aides sought to tamp down tensions between the two allies following a dust-up with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the weekend. U.S. administration officials have been hammering the Canadian leader for declaring Saturday […]
6/12/2018
CANADA/G7/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Peter Navarro, one of President Trump’s top trade advisers, said on Tuesday [6-12-18] that it was a mistake to suggest that ‘there is a special place in hell’ for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, offering a rare apology from a White House that almost never walks back heated rhetoric…He said he was […]
6/12/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For South Koreans who have long felt threatened by nuclear war, seeing President Trump and North Korea’s leader shake hands and sign an agreement on improving ties brought relief, if not closure, to the decades-old standoff. But the optimism was quickly tempered by a shocker. Hours after the summit meeting […]
6/12/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Midway through the press conference after his summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump offered his basic argument for why this effort at diplomacy with Pyongyang will succeed where so many others have failed: ‘This is a much different time, and this is a much different […]
6/12/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers from both parties, deeply mistrustful of a leader who has brutalized his own country, greeted a joint agreement between the United States and North Korea coolly on Tuesday [6-12-18], with top Republicans warning President Trump that any final accord on Kim Jong-un’s nuclear program should be submitted to the Senate […]
6/12/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Five states hold primaries Tuesday [6-12-18] —Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. Democrats will decide on their candidates for a handful of House seats they hope to win in November, while Republicans will determine the political cost of speaking out against President Donald Trump…When will Maine know who won its […]
6/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While President Donald Trump was busy rhetorically destroying America’s neighbor to the north and disrupting the broader G7 conference over the weekend, you could have heard a pin drop among congressional Republicans. And while the President was in Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — a meeting that Republicans […]
6/12/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Here is the video, “A Story of Opportunity” that I shared with Kim Jong-un at the #SingaporeSummit ➡https://t.co/43oOci4jvo https://t.co/xBKFkDLtj7“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 4:23 pm […]
6/12/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-12-18] hit back at Robert De Niro, calling him a ‘very low IQ individual,’ after the Oscar-winning actor’s expletive-laden attack on the American president on live television. Two days after De Niro’s outburst on the stage of the Tony Awards ceremony in New York, Trump said he had […]
6/12/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…realize the economy is the best it’s ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 3:53 pm […]
6/12/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be ‘punch-drunk.’ I guess he doesn’t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 3:53 pm […]
6/12/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Larry Kudlow, the director of President Trump’s National Economic Council, spent Tuesday [6-12-18] morning calling friends who said they expected him to return to his White House job after recovering from a mild heart attack that landed him in the hospital on Monday [6-11-18]. Mr. Kudlow, 70, seemed to be back to his […]
6/12/2018
NORTH KOREA/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading back home from Singapore after a truly amazing visit. Great progress was made on the denuclearization of North Korea. Hostages are back home, will be getting the remains of our great heroes back to their families, no missiles shot, no research happening, sites closing…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 […]
6/12/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Got along great with Kim Jong-un who wants to see wonderful things for his country. As I said earlier today: Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace! #SingaporeSummit” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 3:40 pm […]
6/12/2018
ASIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared the ‘opening up of a new future’ for their countries after talks on Tuesday [6-12-18]. But their agreement also raised new and complex questions for Washington’s regional allies, chiefly Japan and South Korea. In a joint statement, Mr. Trump ‘committed […]
6/12/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mark Sanford has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign to MAGA. He is MIA and nothing but trouble. He is better off in Argentina. I fully endorse Katie Arrington for Congress in SC, a state I love. She is tough on crime and will continue our fight to lower taxes. […]
6/12/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump won few specific new commitments from Kim Jong Un to surrender his nuclear weapons after a day of talks, but kick-started a new phase of personal diplomacy aimed at pushing the North Korean leader toward a rapid and verifiable disarmament. In a two-page document signed by both […]
6/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Senator Bob Corker accused his fellow Republicans of being afraid to stand up to President Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-12-18], as his legislation to block the president’s ability to impose tariffs on national security grounds hit a roadblock in Congress. “‘We might poke the bear’ is the language I have been hearing […]
6/12/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/tJG3KIn2q0“ – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 3:02 am […]
6/12/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I strongly endorse Adam Laxalt for Governor of Nevada. Adam is smart, works hard, and knows how to win. He will be a great Governor. Also, will fight hard to lower your taxes and is tough on crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 2:30 pm […]
6/12/2018
LAWSUIT/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Russian oligarch on Monday [6-11-18] got a court to delay his fraud lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, citing the need to deal more pressing legal matters such as U.S. sanctions on his businesses and criminal trials facing Manafort. Justice O. Peter Sherwood of New […]
6/12/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Henry McMaster loves the people of South Carolina and was with me from the beginning. He is strong on Crime and Border…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2018 1:55 pm […]
6/12/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Negotiations in the U.S. House of Representatives on immigration legislation were on the verge of collapse on Tuesday [6-12-18] as Republicans fought over how much protection to give undocumented ‘Dreamer’ immigrants and as President Donald Trump ramped up his war against illegal and legal immigrants. High-level talks were set for later on […]
6/12/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — a man who leads a government that outside observers say brutalizes and starves its own citizens — as someone who ‘loves his people.’ Speaking with Voice of America’s Greta Van Susteren following his historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday […]
6/12/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic candidates in the suburban enclaves of northern Virginia are hoping President Donald Trump’s unpopularity among the federal government workers who live here will deliver them a key House race. Unlike other congressional districts, where the day-to-day machinations of Trump’s administration feel a world away, the people here in Virginia’s 10th District […]
6/12/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump made a stunning concession to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday [6-12-18] about halting military exercises, pulling a surprise at a summit that baffled allies, military officials and lawmakers from his own Republican Party. At a news conference after the historic meeting with Kim […]
6/11/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate is on the verge of directly undercutting a key piece of President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations with China, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers successfully pushed for the inclusion of a bill to undo a deal to save Chinese telecom ZTE. Lawmakers are on track to attach an amendment to […]
6/11/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Our Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart attack. He is now in Walter Reed Medical Center.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2018 7:35 pm […]
6/11/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just won big Supreme Court decision on Voting! Great News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2018 7:03 pm […]
6/11/2018
CANADA/G7/MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played down the rift between the U.S. and its allies after President Donald Trump split from the other six leaders at Group of Seven summit in Canada amid tensions over U.S. trade demands… Mr. Pompeo praised the G-7 nations for their help getting North Korea […]
6/11/2018
GANGS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration Monday [6-11-18] overturned asylum protections for domestic violence and gang violence victims in a ruling that could potentially prevent tens of thousands of immigrants from getting protection in the US. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision sets a high bar for victims of crime to qualify for asylum […]
6/11/2018
COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Monday [6-11-18] sharply criticized the Justice Department’s argument that President Trump’s financial interest in his company’s hotel in downtown Washington is constitutional, a fresh sign that the judge may soon rule against the president in a historic case that could head to the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs […]
6/11/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has imagined himself at the center of high-stakes nuclear negotiations since at least the mid-1980s, when he tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the Reagan administration that it needed a New York real estate deal maker to lead arms-control talks with the Soviet Union. When, in 1989, he ran into the […]
6/11/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fact that I am having a meeting is a major loss for the U.S., say the haters & losers. We have our hostages, testing, research and all missle launches have stoped, and these pundits, who have called me wrong from the beginning, have nothing else they can say! We will […]
6/11/2018
ECONOMY/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Stock Market up almost 40% since the Election, with 7 Trillion Dollars of U.S. value built throughout the economy. Lowest unemployment rate in many decades, with Black & Hispanic unemployment lowest in History, and Female unemployment lowest in 21 years. Highest confidence ever!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2018 4:52 pm […]
6/11/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly….but in the end, that doesn’t matter. We will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2018 4:27 pm […]
6/11/2018
G7/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everyone, by now, has seen this photo from the weekend — picturing President Donald Trump surrounded by the leaders of other G7 countries. And literally everyone knows the whole ‘a picture is worth 1,000 words’ cliche. What’s fascinating to me about the photo above is that it speaks volumes — not necessarily […]
6/11/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Barack Obama has met with several Democrats considering running for president in 2020, a Democrat close to the former president tells CNN, offering them advice on running in the Trump era and discussing how to position the party going forward. The meetings come as the former president charts his future political life […]
6/11/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT:“President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea will hold the first-ever meeting between leaders of their two countries on Tuesday [6-12-18] morning in Singapore, carrying with them hopes of ending seven decades of hostility and the threat of a nuclear confrontation. At stake is the American goal of ridding North Korea […]
6/11/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is literally nothing in the history of the past three decades to suggest that the diplomatic dance President Donald Trump begins with North Korea on Tuesday [6-12-18] will succeed—no hard evidence Pyongyang will give up its nuclear-weapons program, no record of North Korea’s honoring international agreements, no sign it […]
6/11/2018
G7/NORTH KOREA/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After the G-7 summit ended with Mr. Trump feuding with the Canadian prime minister, an American ally, the president now prepares for a high-stakes summit with one of America’s top adversaries, Mr. Kim. Fresh WSJ/NBC News polling indicates Americans are split on whether the outcome of the Trump-Kim meeting will be […]
6/11/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The crowded and expensive South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary is coming down to whether voters want a veteran politician who is personally close to President Donald Trump or one of two political outsiders—one who resembles him in tone, the other in professional experience. The June 12 primary is unusual because the […]
6/11/2018
SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong! https://t.co/8MMYGuOj8Q” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2018 2:51 am […]
6/10/2018
MELANIA: “First Lady Melania Trump gave remarks to conclude a gala at Ford’s Theatre on Sunday [6-10-18] evening. Trump attended as honorary chair of the annual gala, where she thanked performers and congratulated this year’s winners of the Lincoln Medal, an award honoring those who have embodied President Abraham Lincoln’s legacy through their work, according […]
6/10/2018
ECONOMY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The new corporate tax cuts are unlikely to stimulate the level of job creation and wage growth that the Trump administration has promised, a trio of prominent economists has concluded, because high tax rates were not pushing much investment out of the United States in the first place. Instead, the researchers conclude, […]
6/10/2018
CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Once derided as a technology backwater and copycat, China is justifiably proud of its technology boom. Its people zip around the country on high-speed trains. They can buy, and pay for, just about anything with their smartphones. For Chinese traveling abroad, the rest of the world can seem slow and antiquated. Now, […]
6/10/2018
ASIA/CANADA/G7/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America’s closest allies on Sunday [6-10-18], lashing out through his advisers at Canada’s prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself with a diplomatic crisis as he arrived in Asia to negotiate a nuclear agreement with North Korea. A day after […]
6/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has gone overseas to embark on some of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of his tenure, threatening an all-out trade war with allies and seizing a chance to make peace with a nuclear-armed menace. But back home, he left behind a West Wing where burned-out aides are eyeing […]
6/10/2018
SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to be in Singapore, excitement in the air” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 10, 2018 8:45 pm […]
6/10/2018
GERMANY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Germany pays 1% (slowly) of GDP towards NATO, while we pay 4% of a MUCH larger GDP. Does anybody believe that makes sense? We protect Europe (which is good) at great financial loss, and then get unfairly clobbered on Trade. Change is coming!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 10, 2018 8:42 pm […]
6/10/2018
MILITARY/NATO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….And add to that the fact that the U.S. pays close to the entire cost of NATO-protecting many of these same countries that rip us off on Trade (they pay only a fraction of the cost-and laugh!). The European Union had a $151 Billion Surplus-should pay much more for Military!” -Donald […]
6/10/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why should I, as President of the United States, allow countries to continue to make Massive Trade Surpluses, as they have for decades, while our Farmers, Workers & Taxpayers have such a big and unfair price to pay? Not fair to the PEOPLE of America! $800 Billion Trade Deficit…” -Donald Trump, […]
CANADA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal. According to a Canada release, they make almost 100 Billion Dollars in Trade with U.S. (guess they were bragging and got caught!). Minimum is 17B. Tax Dairy from us at 270%. Then Justin acts hurt when called […]
6/10/2018
G7/ITALY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Scavino45: President @realDonaldTrump and the Prime Minister of Italy, @GiuseppeConteIT at the #G7Summit in Canada… https://t.co/lju3…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 10, 2018 7:54 pm […]
6/10/2018
DRUGS/JEF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to use federal law to get tough on marijuana, announcing in January he was ending Obama-era protections for the nascent pot industry in states where it is legal. Six months into his mission, he is largely going it alone. Mr. Sessions’ own prosecutors have yet to bring […]
6/9/2018
CANADA/G7/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, ‘US Tariffs were kind of insulting’ and he ‘will not be pushed around.’ Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on […]
6/9/2018
CANADA/G7/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/9/2018
NORTH KOREA/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Create peace and great prosperity for his land. I look forward to meeting him and have a feeling that this one-time opportunity will not be wasted!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2018 3:58 pm […]
6/9/2018
NORTH KOREA/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am on my way to Singapore where we have a chance to achieve a truly wonderful result for North Korea and the World. It will certainly be an exciting day and I know that Kim Jong-un will work very hard to do something that has rarely been done before…” -Donald […]
6/9/2018
TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States will not allow other countries to impose massive Tariffs and Trade Barriers on its farmers, workers and companies. While sending their product into our country tax free. We have put up with Trade Abuse for many decades — and that is long enough.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, […]
6/9/2018
ITALY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just met the new Prime Minister of Italy, @GiuseppeConteIT, a really great guy. He will be honored in Washington, at the @WhiteHouse, shortly. He will do a great job – the people of Italy got it right!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2018 3:43 pm […]
6/9/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…U.S.A. Trade. They fully understand where I am coming from. After many decades, fair and reciprocal Trade will happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2018 3:56 pm […]
6/9/2018
CANADA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just left the @G7 Summit in beautiful Canada. Great meetings and relationships with the six Country Leaders especially since they know I cannot allow them to apply large Tariffs and strong barriers to…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2018 3:56 pm […]
6/9/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Henry McMaster loves the people of South Carolina and was with me from the beginning. He is strong on Crime and Borders, great for our Military and our Vets. He is doing a fantastic job as your Governor, and has my full endorsement, a special guy. Vote on Tuesday!” -Donald Trump, […]
6/9/2018
CANADA, SINGAPORE: “.@G7 Press Briefing in Charlevoix, Canada, prior to departing for Singapore! https://t.co/75y1SXuwuU“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2018 […]
6/8/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sipping California zinfandel, munching deviled eggs and fretting about President Donald Trump, the guests attending a political fundraiser at a Silicon Valley executive’s home were the usual assortment of tech entrepreneurs and investors. But the congressional candidate they had come to meet that March evening in the hills north of San Francisco […]
6/8/2018
PARDONS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [6-8-18] that he is considering pardoning Muhammad Ali, a boxing legend who died two years ago and was convicted of refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War. But it was not immediately clear what Mr. Trump sought to pardon, as Mr. Ali’s conviction was overturned nearly […]
6/8/2018
LEAKS/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [6-8-18] praised the arrest of a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide who is accused of lying to investigators about his contacts with reporters in an inquiry into leaks of classified information. The president called the former Senate aide, James A. Wolfe, ‘a very important leaker.’ Mr. Wolfe, the […]
6/8/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Trump revealed new details on Friday [6-8-18] about the closely guarded medical condition of Melania Trump, the first lady, saying that she underwent a four-hour operation and that her recovery would keep her from traveling abroad with him. In the weeks since aides said she underwent a procedure to treat a benign […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/G7/NAFTA/RUSSIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump railed on Friday [6-8-18] against Canadian tariffs on American dairy products as he prepared to travel to Canada, where he is likely to be greeted with an icy welcome ahead of a financial summit meeting with longtime American allies. ‘We’re going to deal with the very unfair trade practices’ Mr. […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/G7/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump arrived in Canada on Friday [6-8-18] with a defiant swagger for a day of meetings with America’s closest allies, vowing before he left the United States that he will not capitulate on tariffs and taunting his counterparts with a surprise call to reinstate Russia in their Group of 7 […]
6/8/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Prosecutors have filed a new indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort that also names as a defendant Konstantin Kilimnik, a close business colleague of Manafort’s who prosecutors have said has close ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment includes two new charges against both Manafort and Kilimnik: a count of […]
6/8/2018
G7/NAFTA/RUSSIA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bruising for a fight, President Donald Trump barreled into the Group of Seven summit Friday [6-8-18], eager to confront longtime U.S. allies over a burgeoning trade dispute and insisting Russia should be brought back into the fold. Trump joined the leaders of major industrialized nations in an idyllic Canadian resort town […]
6/8/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nilson Canenguez is facing the prospect of being forced to return to his native El Salvador in the coming months after nearly 20 years in the U.S. But he’s not going home empty-handed — or bitter. The father of three who came to this country with virtually nothing is leaving as the […]
6/8/2018
BEN CARSON/CONGRESS/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE: “HUD Secretary Ben Carson is backing off plans to triple the minimum rent paid by some of the country’s poorest households, citing Congress’ move to defy the administration and boost his agency’s budget. The proposal to increase the minimum rent paid by rental assistance beneficiaries is no longer ‘urgent,’ due to the […]
6/8/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has already led to overrun detention facilities, long lines of asylum seekers camping out at the U.S.-Mexico border and a decision to separate young children from their parents indefinitely. Now, the administration is sending more than 1,600 immigrants — including some of those parents […]
6/8/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge said U.S. President Donald Trump should publicly file his objections to findings of a court-appointed special master reviewing documents seized in a probe of the business dealings of his longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. In an order issued on Friday [6-8-18], U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in […]
6/8/2018
ICE/IMMIGRATION/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday [6-7-18], in the first large-scale use of federal prisons to hold detainees amid a Trump administration crackdown on people entering the country illegally. An ICE spokeswoman told Reuters five federal prisons will […]
6/8/2018
PARDONS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he wants to meet with NFL players and other athletes who kneel during the National Anthem so they can recommend people they think should be pardoned due to unfair treatment by the justice system. In what he seemingly sees a solution, President Donald Trump said he wants NFL […]
6/8/2018
G7/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-8-18] called for Russia to be let back into the Group of Seven industrialized nations, four years after it was expelled over its annexation of Crimea. At the White House as he departed for the G-7 summit in Quebec on Friday, the president said, ‘Russia should be […]
6/8/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRANTS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year, according to a senior government official, as President Donald Trump implemented stricter border enforcement policies. The numbers are the first comprehensive disclosure by the administration of how many families have been affected by […]
6/8/2018
FRANCE/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The honeymoon between presidents Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron of France is over. A relationship that blossomed with a white-knuckled handshake, dinner at the Eiffel Tower, bonding over a French military parade and bursts of presidential air kisses at the White House is suddenly wilting in the cold light of commercial realpolitik. […]
6/8/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/OBAMACARE/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s decision not to defend key provisions of the Affordable Care Act could deal Democrats a sizable win going into the midterm elections, handing a party already prepared to run on health care a cudgel to use against vulnerable Republicans. Voters, both in interviews and a series of polls, have […]
6/8/2018
IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the Trump administration’s controversial decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, the confrontation between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic has entered a new stage. Many of America’s European allies fear that Donald Trump is retracing the path of George W. Bush toward war in the Middle East—this time […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/G7/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s views on foreign policy — and, really, everything — are surprisingly simple: He likes people who are nice to him and do things he wants and he doesn’t like people who aren’t nice to him and don’t do things he wants. So, his views on any given issue […]
6/8/2018
DEMS/JOBS/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Several Democratic U.S. senators urged federal regulators on Friday [6-8-18] to look into potential data leaks after a tweet by President Donald Trump last week that some market participants viewed as a tip about the big monthly U.S. payrolls report ahead of its public release. The lawmakers, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and […]
6/8/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…America’s allies, who have been sharply critical of the Trump administration’s threats of punitive tariffs on their economies, may find solace in fresh WSJ/NBC News polling that shows U.S. voters are wary about the idea of slapping tariffs on trading partners. We did not poll on trade extensively in June, but our […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/G7/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am heading for Canada and the G-7 for talks that will mostly center on the long time unfair trade practiced against the United States. From there I go to Singapore and talks with North Korea on Denuclearization. Won’t be talking about the Russian Witch Hunt Hoax for a while!” -Donald […]
6/8/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to the Washington Capitals on their GREAT play and winning the Stanley Cup Championship. Alex Ovechkin, the team captain, was spectacular – a true Superstar! D.C. is popping, in many ways. What a time!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 8, 2018 6:12 am […]
6/8/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the Republican Party’s main challenges this November comes into plain view in the newest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll—and so does the GOP’s opportunity to address it. The party is suffering from an enthusiasm gap. Asked how interested they are in the midterm elections, 63% of Democrats rate themselves at […]