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Trump Gives Netanyahu “The Key To The White House”

The Washington Post reports: President Trump will preside over a White House signing ceremony Tuesday in which Israel will establish formal ties with two Arab states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in what Trump calls the flowering of his Middle East peace plan. The agreement, called the Abraham Accord in honor of the three Abrahamic religions rooted in what …

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POLL: International Regard For US Craters Under Trump

Pew Research reports: Since Donald Trump took office as president, the image of the United States has suffered across many regions of the globe. As a new 13-nation Pew Research Center survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many key allies and partners. In several countries, the share of the public with a favorable view …

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Trump Threatens Iran Over Alleged Assassination Plot

Agence France-Presse reports: President Trump on Monday night warned Iran of a counterattack “1,000 times greater in magnitude” after reports the Iranian government may have hatched an assassination plot against a US ambassador to avenge the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Politico reported on Sunday, citing two unnamed government officials, the existence of intelligence reports about an Iranian plot to assassinate …

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Russian Jets Used In Trump’s “Support Our Troops” Ad

How many times has this happened now? A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and weapons. The ad, which was made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, features silhouettes of three soldiers walking as a …

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Trump Promotes Tweet Calling Him A “Dictator Fanboy”

The New York Daily News reports: Spoiler alert: it’s not a compliment. President Trump promoted a tweet from a Daily Beast columnist that repeated his claim Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un are more mentally competent than Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. That tweet also mocked the president for fawning over tyrants. Trump, who has been …

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Trump Blames Wildfires On “Explosive Trees” [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor thanked the team working to protect California amid the wildfires, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), noting that the wet season will be coming to the state soon. Following Gaynor’s remarks, Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources, urged the president to take climate change seriously in order to protect Californians in the future. “We …

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Politico: Iran Is Plotting To Kill A US Ambassador

Politico reports: The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, News of the plot comes as Iran continues to seek ways to retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general earlier this year, the officials said. If carried out, it could dramatically ratchet up already …

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Trump To Woodward: I Get Along Better With Dictators

Axios reports: In a new clip from an interview with Bob Woodward, President Trump said that his relationships with world leaders are better “the tougher and meaner they are,” naming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as an example. Trump has often faced criticism for his warm relations and praise for authoritarian leaders like Erdoğan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi …

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Kim Letter: “There’s A Magical Force Between Us”

Mediaite reports: Bob Woodward sat down with 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley to discuss his new book, Rage, and shared conversations he had with President Donald Trump about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, as well as reading some of the “love letters” that were exchanged between the two world leaders. Woodward told Pelley that Trump repeatedly said to him that …

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Black Church Demands Apology For “Racist” Trump Ad

Religion News Service reports: Leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the pastor of an AME congregation in Wilmington, Delaware, are condemning a Trump-Pence campaign ad that uses footage of Joe Biden kneeling in the sanctuary of a Black church, describing it as racist and demanding an apology. The Rev. Silvester S. Beaman, pastor of Bethel AME church that …

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Strzok: I Still Think Trump Is Compromised By Russia

“I believed at the time in 2016 and I continue to believe that Donald Trump is compromised by the Russians. And when I say that I mean that they hold leverage over him that makes him incapable of placing the national interest, the national security ahead of his own. One of the largest ways that people in foreign governments gain …

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9/11 Group Angry Trump Ran Campaign Ads Yesterday

The Hill reports: 9/11 Day, the nonprofit that established the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as a federally recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance, criticized President Trump on Friday for not suspending his campaign for the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “Sadly, our organization and members of the 9/11 community learned today that President Donald Trump’s …

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Trump Ad: “You Won’t Be Safe In Joe Biden’s America”

Religion News Service reports: President Donald Trump’s campaign released a digital advertisement late Wednesday (Sept. 9) extending its argument that Americans “won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America” with images of angry or violent protest. But the ad, titled “Meet Joe Biden’s Supporters,” ends not with an image of violence, but with slow-motion footage of former Vice President Biden kneeling …

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Trump Omits “Under God” In Pledge At 9/11 Event

Last month Glorious Leader falsely claimed Democrats had omitted “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance during the Democratic National Convention. He doubled and tripled down on those claims even after multiple outlets provided video from each night of the convention. Which brings us to today’s 9/11 commemoration event, where Trump made a halfhearted attempt to mumble along to the …

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Republicans Upset About Recent Dearth Of Trump Ads

The Washington Post reports: Fearing a coming cash crunch, President Trump’s campaign has pulled back from television advertising over the last month, ceding to Democratic nominee Joe Biden a huge advantage in key states and sparking disagreements over strategy within the president’s senior team. Republican officials have been inundated with calls from worried activists and donors who complain about constant …

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Trump Arrived To Song About Wealthy Draft Dodgers

The Independent reports: Donald Trump arrived at a rally in Michigan yesterday to the sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” – a protest song railing against inherited wealth, inequality in military service, and violent hypocrisy on the part of elected leaders. The content of “Fortunate Son” chimes awkwardly with Mr Trump’s biography, railing as it does against inherited wealth, …

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Trump Campaign Celebrates “Noble Prize” Nomination

Forbes reports: Looking to seize on positive momentum created by the groundbreaking Israel-UAE deal and President Trump’s subsequent Nobel Peace Prize nomination, the Trump campaign is sending out fundraising materials touting the nomination. On Wednesday, right wing Norweigan lawmaker Christian Tybring-Gjedde said that he nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor about which Trump has long had a …

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Trump Boasted He Saved Saudi Crown Prince’s “Ass”

The Insider reports: President Donald Trump bragged to the veteran journalist Bob Woodward that he protected Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) from congressional scrutiny after the brutal assassination of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Woodward wrote that Trump called him on January 22 shortly after attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During the conversation, Woodward pressed …

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Intel Chief Thought Putin “Had Something” On Trump

Axios reports: Former director of national intelligence Dan Coats could not shake his “deep suspicions” that Russian President Vladimir Putin “had something” on President Trump, seeing “no other explanation” for the president’s behavior, according to Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage.” Coats was the president’s top intelligence official from March 2017 until August 2019. Woodward reports that Coats and his staff …

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Reno Airport: Planned Trump Rally Violates Lockdown

The Nevada Independent reports: The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority has advised the company that leases the hangar where President Donald Trump plans to hold a campaign rally on Saturday that the event is in violation of a state directive limiting gatherings to 50 people and that they cannot proceed. Tina Iftiger, senior vice president and chief commercial officer for the airport …

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