ILLINOIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a developer long ago, and continuing to this day, the politicians ran Chicago into the ground. I was able to make an appropriately great deal with the numerous lenders on a large and very beautiful tower. Doesn’t that make me a smart guy rather than a bad guy?“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
Tag: Chicago
8/14/2020
CORONAVIRUS/DEMS: [Reporter: “Why not just sit down with Democrats personally and cut a deal [on the coronavirus stimulus bill]?”] “Because they want $1 trillion to go to their friends doing a bad job running certain cities and states that are doing very badly. You know, most of our country is running very well. Even in […]
8/11/2020
DEMS/POLICE: “What you’re seeing in Portland and Seattle, New York, Chicago is really the Democrat roadmap for America. They want every city in America to resemble Portland, in a form. They want to pass federal legislation gutting and hamstringing every police department in America. They want to get rid of your Second Amendment. They want […]
8/11/2020
DEMS/PROTESTS: “Before providing today’s update on the China virus, I want to address the violence, looting, and rioting taking place in the Democrat-controlled cities of New York, Portland, Chicago, and Seattle. The mayors and governors of these states and cities have an absolute duty to use all resources necessary to end the violence and all […]
7/22/2020
CRIME/POLICE: “For decades, politicians running many of our nation’s major cities have put the interests of criminals above the rights of law-abiding citizens. These same politicians have now embraced the far-left movement to break up our police departments, causing violent crime in their cities to spiral — and I mean spiral seriously out of control… […]
7/22/2020
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t need federal troops. We don’t need unnamed, secret, federal agents roaming around the streets of Chicago, taking off our residents without cause, and violating their basic constitutional rights… The President has been on a campaign now for some time against Democratic mayors across the country, whether it’s me, whether it’s […]
7/19/2020
DEMS/JOE BIDEN/NEW YORK: “The Radical Left Democrats, who totally control Biden, will destroy our Country as we know it. Unimaginably bad things would happen to America. Look at Portland, where the pols are just fine with 50 days of anarchy. We sent in help. Look at New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. NO!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
7/5/2020
CHICAGO/CIVIL UNREST/CRIME/NEW YORK: “Chicago and New York City crime numbers are way up. 67 people shot in Chicago, 13 killed. Shootings up significantly in NYC where people are demanding that @NYGovCuomo & @NYCMayor act now. Federal Government ready, willing and able to help, if asked!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 5, 2020 11:20 am […]
6/25/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look, Chicago is an example. It’s, like, worse than Afghanistan… We have cities that are worse — in some cases, far worse. Take a look at Detroit. Take a look at what’s happening in Oakland. Take a look at what’s happening in Baltimore… These cities, it’s like living in hell… […]