ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The truth of the matter is, Donald Trump inherited a growing economy from President Obama and me. And just like everything else he inherited in his life, he squandered it.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 5, 2020 9:10 am […]
8/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: [Errol Barnett: “Please clarify, specifically, have you taken a cognitive test?”] “No, I haven’t taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? C’mon man. That’s like saying, ‘You — before you got on this program you took a test where you’re taking cocaine or not, what do you think? […]
8/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/DEMS/JOE BIDEN: “Joe Biden will no longer accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, officials said Wednesday [Aug. 5], in the latest and strongest sign that the Democratic National Convention will be almost entirely virtual due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Biden will instead accept the Democratic nomination for president from his home […]
8/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/GOP: [Reporter: “There are reports that you’re considering possibly giving your acceptance speech [for the Republican nomination] from the White House lawn.”] “Well, we’re thinking about it, it would be the easiest from the standpoint of security… We’re thinking about doing it from the White House because there’s no movement, it’s easy. And I think […]
8/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/GOP: “Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) on Wednesday raised possible legal concerns when asked about President Trump potentially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House. ‘Is that even legal?’ Thune asked when reporters queried him about Republican National Convention planners thinking about having Trump accept his party’s […]
8/5/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “My view is the schools should open. This thing is going away. It will go away like things go away, and my view is that schools should be open. If you look at children, children are almost — and I would almost say definitely — but almost immune from this disease… They have much […]
8/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEMS/GOP: “The blue states, the Democrat states, they don’t wanna open up anything. They don’t want their schools open, they don’t want their business open. They want to keep it shut. And you can’t do that, you’re hurting people by doing that… But the Democrats are standing in our way, they don’t want our […]
8/5/2020
2A/ENDORSEMENT/MILITARY/POLICE/VETS: “Congressman Scott DesJarlais (@tndesjarlais) has been a tremendous advocate for Tennessee! One of my earliest supporters, he fights for our Military, Vets, Law Enforcement and the Second Amendment! Scott has my Complete and Total Endorsement! #TN04“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 12:49 pm […]
8/5/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “You could have a second wave [of coronavirus]. Other countries have had a second wave. You know, what nobody talks about is some of these countries that were being held up as the greatest examples, they’re having massive second waves now. Look at what’s happening with Australia, and you look at what’s happening to […]
8/5/2020
COVID-19/SOCIAL MEDIA: “Facebook removed a video post from President Donald Trump’s personal page on Wednesday that included a segment from a Fox News interview in which the president said children are ‘almost immune’ to COVID-19. ‘This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19 which is a violation of our […]
8/5/2020
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DRAIN THE SWAMP!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 11:03 am […]
8/5/2020
LEBANON/MILITARY: “Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that most people think the deadly explosion Tuesday in Lebanon that killed at least 100 people was an accident, contradicting President Donald Trump, who said American generals told him it was likely caused by a bomb. Esper said the U.S. was still gathering information about the explosion, but […]
8/5/2020
2016 ELECTION/CORRUPTION/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/SPYGATE: “BIG NEWS! The Political Crime of the Century is unfolding. ObamaBiden illegally spied on the Trump Campaign, both before and after the election. Treason!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 8:10 am […]
8/5/2020
DRUGS/MEDIA/PHARMA: “Every time you see a negative Big Pharma commercial against me remember, it means your drug prices are coming way down!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 8:09 am […]
8/5/2020
CHINA/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Warning that tensions with China have reached ‘unprecedented’ levels, China’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday chastised President Donald Trump’s use of the phrase ‘China virus’ and fiercely disputed accusations that the Chinese government withheld potentially life-saving information about COVID-19 in the earliest days of the pandemic… ‘As soon as we […]
8/5/2020
CRIME/DEMS/GOP/JOE BIDEN/MICHAEL FLYNN/OBAMA/SPYGATE: “Sally Yates has zero credibility. She was a part of the greatest political crime of the Century, and ObamaBiden knew EVERYTHING! Sally Yates leaked the General Flynn conversation? Ask her under oath. Republicans should start playing the Democrats game!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 4:15 am […]
8/5/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “.@CNN has no sources on the Task Force. Their ‘sources’ are made up, pure fiction! Jim Acosta is a Fake reporter!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 4:05 am […]
8/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/FLORIDA/GOP/NEVADA/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “Nevada has ZERO infrastructure for Mail-In Voting. It will be a corrupt disaster if not ended by the Courts. It will take months, or years, to figure out. Florida has built a great infrastructure, over years, with two great Republican Governors. Florida, send in your Ballots!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/5/2020
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 12:30 am […]
8/5/2020
JOE BIDEN/NASA/SPACE FORCE: “NASA was Closed & Dead until I got it going again. Now it is the most vibrant place of its kind on the Planet…And we have Space Force to go along with it. We have accomplished more than any Administration in first 3 1/2 years. Sorry, but it all doesn’t happen with […]
8/5/2020
ENVIRONMENT/FAKE NEWS/LEGISLATION: “For those that thought I wasn’t into the Environment, this is the biggest bill ever passed, by far. I wonder if this will silence the Fake News? Probably not! RT @WhiteHouse President @realDonaldTrump signed the Great American Outdoors Act this morning—the largest-ever bipartisan investment into America’s national parks and public lands!“ ––Donald Trump, […]
8/5/2020
DEMS/ENDORSEMENT: “A great race run by Roger [Marshall] against a very tough and smart opponent. Roger loves Kansas and will represent it incredibly well. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement. Will be a Big Win on November 3rd. This is not the opponent the Democrats wanted!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2020 12:09 am […]
8/4/2020
CIVIL UNREST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is TREMENDOUS Lawlessness in America’s Liberal Cities. Would be so easy to stop but they have a clouded vision of what should be done. They are indoctrinated with a philosophy which will never work, a philosophy which would destroy America. Portland would be the norm!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/FLORIDA/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “So Florida has got a great Republican governor, and it had a great Republican governor. It’s got Ron DeSantis, Rick Scott — two great governors. And over a long period of time, they’ve been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally. Florida is different from other states. I mean, […]
8/4/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I think our attitude on China has changed greatly since the China virus [coronavirus] hit us. I think it changed greatly. It hit the world, and it shouldn’t have. They should have been able to stop it. So, we feel differently. I just don’t know. When you lose so many thousands of people, and […]
8/4/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “I told Microsoft — and, frankly, others — if they want to do it, if they make a deal for TikTok — whether it’s the 30 percent in the United States or the whole company, I say, ‘It’s okay. But if you do that, we’re really making it possible because we’re letting you […]
8/4/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “So, TikTok — TikTok is very successful. It does tremendous business in the United States. People are riveted by it. I mean, I have many friends — when they saw that announcement, they’re calling. And I think their kids love it; they don’t. Because they don’t get to see their kids anymore, but […]
8/4/2020
COVID-19/HOUSING: “We want to take care of the eviction problem. People are being evicted very unfairly. It’s not their fault. It’s China’s fault; it’s not their fault. And people are being evicted, and we can do that with an executive order. So if we don’t get — and we want to do it relatively quickly. […]
8/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Where [coronavirus] embers flare up, we must engage immediately, and that’s what we’re doing. This is the science-based approach, and it’s good with us. Working very hard on that. An extended lockdown would fail to target resources at the highest-risk populations, while inflicting massive economic pain, long-lasting damage on society and public health as […]
8/4/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “[W]e are continuing to monitor and monitor, in particular, [coronavirus] hotspots across the South, Southwest, and the West. And we’re seeing indications that our strong mitigation efforts are working very well, actually, especially to protect those who are most at risk, which has really been our primary focus for — ever since we’ve gotten […]
8/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “I now want to update you on the path forward, having to do with the China virus [coronavirus]… Automobile sales… are a key factor in the resurgence of manufacturing since the March low of 8.8 million units with sales and all of the numbers that are going up, stunningly. It’s a 65 percent increase […]
8/4/2020
LEBANON: [Reporter: “You called this an ‘attack.’ Are you confident that this was an attack and not an accident?”] “Well, it would seem like it, based on the explosion. I’ve met with some of our great generals, and they just seem to feel that it was. This was not a — some kind of a […]
8/4/2020
LEBANON: “Let me begin by sending America’s deepest sympathies to the people of Lebanon, where reports indicate that many, many people were killed, hundreds more were very badly wounded in a large explosion in Beirut. Our prayers go out to all the victims and their families. The United States stands ready to assist Lebanon. I […]
8/4/2020
NASA/SPACE FORCE: “I was watching, the other day, NASA. NASA was essentially closed down. And now I’m watching those rockets go up, and it’s a beautiful thing to see. Over the weekend, we just saw the — the capsule and how professional, how brave they were, but how professional it was handled — professionally. And […]
8/4/2020
EXECUTIVE ORDERS/PROTESTS/STATUES: “In June, I signed an executive order requiring the Department of Justice to prosecute to the full extent — extent allowed under law — anyone who defaces our historic statues or monuments. Under my order, these criminals face 10 years in jail, 10 years in prison. And it was an incredible thing because […]
8/4/2020
LEGISLATION/NATIONAL PARKS: “The Great American Outdoors Act provides $900 million a year in guaranteed funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund so that all Americans can continue to enjoy our parks, wildlife refuges. I mean, if you look at this, if you look at what we do with our wildlife, and — it’s really […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/2A/GUNS/RELIGION: “Well, I think anybody having to do with, frankly, religion, but certainly the Catholic Church, you have to be with President Trump when it comes to pro-life, when it comes to all of the things, these people are going to take all of your rights away, including Second Amendment, because, you know, Catholics […]
8/4/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “I want the schools open. First of all, children are unbelievably strong, right? Their immune system. Something’s going on… They have a strong, they have a very strong something, and they are not affected [by coronavirus]. And we have to open our schools. You know, there’s a big danger to keeping people locked in. […]
8/4/2020
RELIGION: “I think they should open the churches. It’s up to the governors. But, I think, and I’m recommending it, you open the churches. They’ll spread, they’ll be socially spread, they’ll have masks and they’ll do what they have to do, you know, the hygiene and everything else that we know.” -Donald Trump in an […]
8/4/2020
DEMS: “[N]ow we’re coming back and we’re doing stimulus. We’ve already done it, as you know, very successfully. And we’ll probably have something worked out. We’ll see what happens. The problem with the Democrats, as you know, they want bailout money for their states and cities that have done so poorly under Democrat leadership. And […]
8/4/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “So we had the greatest economy in the history of the world, not only in our country, in every country. We were beating China, beating everybody. They were having the worst economy they’ve had in over 67 years. So we were doing with the tariffs and all the things that I was doing. And […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/USPS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: [Jacqueline Policastro: “Well, look sir, Democrats say you’re trying to suppress the vote.”] “No, not trying to suppress it. I want to have the vote. I want to actually have the vote. I want to have the real vote. I don’t want an election to be stolen from either party. I […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: [Jacqueline Policastro: “You’re thinking about issuing an executive order on mail-in voting. What would that even look like?”] “Well, we’re going to see, but the post office, I can’t imagine, is equipped to do this. All of a sudden, you have millions of ballots… The votes are lost. I don’t know, […]
8/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: [Jacqueline Policastro: “You sound positive today. Some of the top doctors though have talked about the spread across the country and people are still getting sick.”] “Well, I think you’re going to have it for a little while. We’re having [coronavirus] vaccines made at a record level. I think we’re going to be very […]
8/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “This is a very, a very contagious, very difficult disease [coronavirus] that came from China. I will tell you that, it’s very difficult. But I think we’re doing very well. If I showed you a map, much of the map says, it’s gone. It’s gone from big areas of our country.” -Donald Trump as […]
8/4/2020
CHINA/JOBS: [Jacqueline Policastro: “Do you think people on unemployment should continue to get the extra $600 each week?”] “Yeah. I want to get them. I want to get them a lot. It’s not their fault. It’s China’s fault that this whole thing happened… So we want to take care of them. Really good. Take care […]
8/4/2020
HOUSING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You know I ended that horrible rule where they were building low income housing in the middle of the suburbs right next to your house and really destroying a lot of families and a lot of — a lot of — a lot of the American dream. And I ended it. I […]
8/4/2020
BUSINESS/CHINA/TECHNOLOGY: “You know Huawei. I have stopped Huawei from coming into this country… In fact, we’re actually taking down equipment where they have Huawei equipment, bought years and years ago, long before my time. And we’re actually taking it down off the top of towers and things all over the country. No, I turn it. […]
8/4/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Look, we have been — we have lost 160,000 people [to coronavirus]. We’re going to lose more. We would have lost millions had I just let it ride, as the expression goes. We could have lost millions at the same time. Can you imagine, with all of the death, and now you multiply that […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEMS/JOE BIDEN: “He’s [Biden] a puppet for the radical left. But when you think about it, they’re against oil and gas. They’re against guns. And I guess they’re against God, OK? But they’re against religion. They’re against the Bible, certainly. I mean, you look at what they say.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Fox […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEMS/GOP: “We have tremendous, record-setting enthusiasm on our side. And they [Democrats] have record-setting lack of enthusiasm… I mean, it’s an amazing thing. It’s a very unenthusiastically endorsed candidate. So, we will see what happens. You never know. It’s an election. But I think we have more than we have ever had.” -Donald Trump […]
8/4/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “There’s a lot of politics involved in some of these states that are closed. It’s, let’s say, Democrat governors… And, frankly, they want to keep it closed, I think, as long as possible, maybe for some good reasons, but maybe also for political reasons. But we want it opened. We want the schools open, […]
8/4/2020
COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From day one, Donald Trump downplayed the threat COVID-19 posed, ignored scientists, and refused to take action. Now, nearly 5 million cases and more than 150,000 deaths later, it’s crystal clear we’re paying the price for his failed leadership.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 4, 2020 8:50 pm […]
8/4/2020
DACA/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “On day one, I’ll send a bill to Congress creating a clear roadmap to citizenship for Dreamers and the 11 million undocumented people already strengthening our nation. It’s long overdue.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 4, 2020 7:30 pm […]
8/4/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I call it the China plague, China virus [coronavirus]. Call it whatever you want. It’s got like 20 different names. And we got hit hard. And we did close up. We had to close it up. And we did the right thing. We saved millions of lives, Lou. We would have had millions of […]
8/4/2020
2A/GUNS/JOE BIDEN: “One year ago, just hours after the massacre in El Paso, nine precious lives were cut short in Dayton. In the wake of the tragedies, Donald Trump promised the most modest of gun safety policies, then caved to the @NRA and failed to deliver. As president, I’ll take on the powerful gun lobby to […]
8/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On July 1st, Donald Trump predicted the coronavirus was going to ‘just disappear.’ He was wrong — and more than 25,000 Americans died due to the virus last month. Mr. President, step up and do your job before even more American families feel the pain of losing a loved one.” -Joe […]
8/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Great meeting today with the CoronaVirus Task Force in the Oval Office. Stay informed at: http://CoronaVirus.gov.“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2020 1:01 pm […]
8/4/2020
JOE BIDEN/LATINOS: “This pandemic has shown the world who essential workers really are — and many of them are Latino workers who feed the country, keep our communities clean, and care for our loved ones. But for too long they have not been treated with dignity or provided with the opportunity they deserve.” -Joe Biden, […]
8/4/2020
JOE BIDEN/LATINOS/WEALTH: “We cannot close the racial wealth gap if we allow billionaires to exploit Opportunity Zones tax breaks to pad their wealth, rather than investing in projects that benefit distressed low-income communities and Americans that are struggling to make ends meet.” -Joe Biden, “The Biden Agenda for the Latino Community,” medium.com, Aug. 4, 2020 […]
8/4/2020
BUSINESS/JOE BIDEN/LATINOS: “Small business ownership is one of our country’s cornerstones for wealth building and job creation. However, persistent racial disparities in wealth and access to capital, combined with outright discrimination in the financial sector, have contributed to inequities in small business ownership, growth, and success.” -Joe Biden, “The Biden Agenda for the Latino Community,” […]
8/4/2020
JOE BIDEN/LATINOS: “President Trump’s assault on Latino dignity started on the very first day of his campaign. His assault doesn’t just reveal itself in the betrayal of the Dreamers or in the pardoning of a sheriff who has terrorized the Latino community. It’s in the underfunding of schools, in attacks on labor and the ability […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “Several political commentators have been urging former Vice President Joe Biden not to debate President Trump in the fall, arguing it’s a no-win scenario against someone who won’t follow the rules, but that idea is opposed by several prominent Democratic politicians – including Biden himself… The Trump campaign still has disagreements with […]
8/4/2020
CIVIL UNREST/MEDIA/QUOTE: “THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘Trump Wins in Portland’ ‘Something big has changed in Portland, Ore. After weeks of chaos and flames outside the city’s federal courthouse, the past few days have seen the violence subside dramatically. What happened?’ William McGurn @WSJ“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2020 10:10 am […]
8/4/2020
CAMPAIGN/CELEBS/RALLY: “Neil Young to Donald Trump: Not so fast rockin’ in the free world. On Tuesday, the legendary musician filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Trump’s campaign for playing his songs at campaign rallies… Young has been musing about suing Trump since his first presidential campaign, but he had a change of heart after previously […]
8/4/2020
CALIFORNIA/MARINES/NAVY: “I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of eight Marines and one Sailor during a training exercise off the coast of California. Our prayers are with their families. I thank them for the brave service their loved ones gave to our Nation. #SemperFidelis“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2020 9:26 am […]
8/4/2020
ENVIRONMENT/LEGISLATION: “Today we celebrated the passage of landmark legislation that will preserve America’s majestic natural wonders, priceless historic treasures, grand national monuments, and glorious national parks. It was my great honor to sign the Great American Outdoors Act into law! #HR1957“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2020 9:13 am […]
8/4/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEMS/FLORIDA/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True. Florida’s Voting system has been cleaned up (we defeated Democrats attempts at change), so in Florida I encourage all to request a Ballot & Vote by Mail! #MAGA“ […]
8/4/2020
DRUGS/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/MEDICARE/PHARMA: “Big Pharma is taking ads against me because I am MASSIVELY lowering your drug prices, which is obviously not good for them. Medicare premiums will also be going down. I am the first President to take them on. Don’t fall for their false ads. Biden plan is for very big increases!“ ––Donald Trump, […]
8/4/2020
COAST GUARD: “Happy 230th Birthday@USCG!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2020 3:18 am […]
8/4/2020
PROTESTS/SPORTS: “People are not happy that players are not standing for our National Anthem!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2020 2:20 am […]
8/3/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: “I would like to see universal wearing of masks [for coronavirus]. And for those who want the extra kick to it, go ahead and either get a face shield or goggles.” -Anthony Fauci via JAMA Network, “Coronavirus Q&A With Anthony Fauci,” YouTube.com, Aug. 3, 2020 […]
8/3/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: “There may be some situations where it’s appropriate and a good idea to mandate masks [to mitigate the spread of coronavirus]. But we just need to keep getting the message across that we are all in this together. And it’s important because one of the purposes of the masks is that if you […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday criticized a key White House coronavirus adviser after she told a national television audience that a new surge in infections was “extraordinarily widespread” in rural areas of the country and cities. Trump, in a Twitter comment, claimed, “Much of our Country is doing very well. […]
8/3/2020
HOUSING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If you look at some of the states, I won’t insult anybody by naming those states, but you know what they are. They want bailout money. They’re not interested in the people. They’re not interested in unemployment. They’re not interested in evictions, which is a big deal. The evictions, they want to […]
8/3/2020
CHUCK SCHUMER/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/NANCY PELOSI: “Look, what Chuck Schumer wants more than anybody, and I would say Nancy Pelosi would be second, they want to bail out cities and states that have done a bad job over a long period of time. Nothing to do with coronavirus or China virus or whatever you want to call it. […]
8/3/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “If you look, countries all over the world are exploding right now… You have Italy back, you have Spain back, you have France back, you have Germany back… It [coronavirus] was released by China. It should never have been allowed to release. There was the source where you could have stopped it, and they […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 3, 2020 5:22 pm […]
8/3/2020
DRUGS: “Hydroxy has tremendous support; but politically, it’s toxic because I supported it. If I would have said, ‘Do not use hydroxychloroquine under any circumstances,’ they would have come out and they would have said, ‘It’s a great thing.’ Many doctors have come out strongly in favor of it. They want it very badly. It’s […]
8/3/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “It’s [TikTok] a great asset. It’s a great asset, but it’s not a great asset in the United States unless they have the approval of the United States. So it’ll close down on September 15th, unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal, an appropriate deal. […]
8/3/2020
BUSINESS/CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA: “[TikTok] can’t be controlled for security reasons by China, too big, too invasive, and it can’t be. Here’s the deal. I don’t mind if, whether it’s Microsoft or somebody else, a big company, a secure company, a very American company buy it. It’s probably easier to buy the whole thing than to buy […]
8/3/2020
GUNS/BIDEN/LATINOS: “One year ago, a white supremacist armed with a semi-automatic rifle targeted the people of El Paso. He thought his hatred of Latinos and immigrants would prove more powerful than the culture and vibrancy of the community. He was wrong. This is a moment to summon the purpose we felt one year ago after El […]
8/3/2020
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “My Administration is committed to improving the health of all Americans by improving access to better care, including for the approximately 57 million Americans living in rural communities… It is the purpose of this order to increase access to, improve the quality of, and improve the financial economics of rural healthcare, including […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “It’s hard to believe this has to be said, but if I’m elected president, I’ll spend my Monday mornings working with our nation’s top experts to control this virus — not insulting them on Twitter.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 3, 2020 2:16 pm [Note: Joe Biden’s tweet quoted a tweet from […]
8/3/2020
EXECUTIVE ORDERS/IMMIGRATION/LABOR: “President Trump is signing an Executive Order to create a policy where Federal agencies will focus on United States labor in lucrative Federal contracts. It would be unfair for Federal employers to replace perfectly qualified Americans with workers from other countries… The Department of Labor will also finalize guidance to prevent H-1B employers […]
8/3/2020
HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION: “I do want to say that we’re going to be introducing a tremendous healthcare plan sometime prior — hopefully, prior to the end of the month. It’s just completed now. In addition, next month, we’ll be doing the immigration plan. So we’ll be doing that in September. We’ll be doing, sometime during this month, […]
8/3/2020
EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: [Reporter: “Are you considering, at any point, issuing an executive order addressing mail-in ballots?”] “Well, I have the right to do it. We haven’t gotten there yet, but we’ll see what happens.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | August 3, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 3, 2020 […]
8/3/2020
VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “Now, absentee ballots are great. Absentee ballots, they have to request them. They go through a process. They get them. But the universal mail-in ballots have turned out to be a disaster.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | August 3, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 3, 2020 […]
8/3/2020
CRIME/DEMS/NATIONAL GUARD: “But, you know, frankly, sending in the National Guard like we did in Minneapolis, it stopped it cold. From the time we sent that National Guard, they walked down the street, it was over in Minneapolis. Now it may be starting up again. This is — these are Democrat-run cities and states, and […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA: “Well, I think we’re doing very well, and I think that we have done as well as any nation… And I notice that in the news, in the evening news, I never read about that. In any of the news, I don’t read about the other countries. You’re starting to see that other countries […]
8/3/2020
DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP BUSINESS: [Reporter: “[I]n New York today, the city prosecutor, sort of, confirmed a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization. Do you have any reaction to that?”] “This is just a continuation of the witch hunt. It’s Democrat stuff. They failed with Mueller. They failed with everything. They failed with Congress. They failed at […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “We’re balancing speed and safety, and we’re on pace to have a [coronavirus] vaccine available this year, maybe far in advance of the end of the year. And we’re mass producing the most promising candidates in advance so that we’re ready immediately upon approval. We have our military lined up. It’s logistics; it’s all […]
8/3/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE: “We are working very hard also on prescription drug prices. And I will tell you that the favored nations clause that I’ve signed into existence — nobody thought anybody would ever do that — has a massive impact on prescription drug prices… For instance, if Germany buys a pill for 10 cents a pill, […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “As we’re seeing in foreign countries around the world where cases are once again surging — you have many places where we thought they were under control and doing a great job, and they are doing a great job, but this is a very tough, invisible enemy — lockdowns do not prevent infection in […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS: “It’s important for all Americans to recognize that a permanent [coronavirus] lockdown is not a viable path toward producing the result that you want, or certainly not a viable path forward, and would ultimately inflict more harm than it would prevent.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | August 3, 2020,” […]
8/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “[L]et me provide an update on the path forward for our country as we continue our war to defeat the China virus [coronavirus]. We’re beginning to see evidence of significant progress. Nationwide, the number of positive cases has declined by nearly 6 percent from the week before, and the positive test rate has also […]
8/3/2020
CONGRESS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “[Y]ou see that with certain of our politicians that ran for office. I say, ‘I don’t think they like our country too much. All they do is complain.’ And you would never tell them to go back to their own country because that would be inappropriate, wouldn’t it? But all they do is […]
8/3/2020
HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION: “[W]e’re going to be discussing, very shortly, a immigration bill, which covers this and many other things… It’ll be based on merit. It will be — it’ll cover territory that nobody would have thought could have ever been agreed to. And I think it’ll be bipartisan, in the sense that people are going to […]
8/3/2020
BORDER/HUMAN TRAFFICKING/WALL: “They had a human trafficker the other day saying that they used to go out and they’re trafficking — human traffic — mostly women and children, but mostly women, and they’d bring them across the border, taped up and — horrible. And this guy was saying how they used to go up and […]
8/3/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “Every American should be able to safely make their voice heard this November. We need to: – Expand vote-by-mail and early voting – Implement online voter registration – Make it safe and easy to vote in-person” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 3, 2020 7:45 pm […]