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Recorded Interview Shows Trump Admitting That He Downplayed Seriousness Of COVID, Lied To Americans

The Washington Post reports: President Trump’s head popped up during his top-secret intelligence briefing in the Oval Office on Jan. 28 when the discussion turned to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. “This will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency,” national security adviser Robert O’Brien told Trump, according to a new book by Washington Post …

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Trump Blows Off Traditional Debate Preparations

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump has not held a single mock debate session, and has no plans to stage a formal practice round, as he readies for his first faceoff with Joe Biden in less than three weeks, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. The president has dismissed the typical debate preparations he participated in four years …

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Lincoln Project Blisters Trump On “Losers” Comments

The Week reports: After The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg relayed some politically toxic comments President Trump allegedly made about U.S. service members captured or killed in battle — comments confirmed to Fox News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Associated Press, and CNN, in part or whole — it was just a matter of time before the anti-Trump Republicans …

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Norwegian Right Winger Nominates Trump For Nobel

The Independent reports: Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a right-wing member of the Norwegian parliament, has nominated Donald Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in brokering a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. “For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees,” Tybring-Gjedde told …

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Trump: “Sleepy Joe” Will Destroy The American Dream By Letting Poor Black People Move Into The Suburbs

Eugene Robinson writes for the Washington Post: For more than five decades, the rule in U.S. politics has been that you’re supposed to whisper the racism, not shout it at the top of your lungs. But President Trump is running the most openly racist national campaign since that of George Wallace in 1968 — a repellent ploy that will do …

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Trump Camp: Biden Is “Formidable On Debate Stage”

The New York Times reports: “He’s a politician. He gives speeches. He’s really good at doing it,” Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said of Biden on a call with reporters Tuesday. He added: “Joe Biden is not formidable anywhere else, but he is formidable on the debate stage. We just hope he shows up.” Stepien’s remarks stand in contrast to …

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Trump On Spending His Own Money: “If I Have To”

The Washington Post reports: Trump on Tuesday confirmed a report that he is considering spending some of his own money on his reelection bid even as his campaign insisted it would have enough cash to compete in the final stretch of the race against Biden. “If I have to, I would,” Trump said when asked by a reporter if he …

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Forbes: Trump’s Net Worth Fell $600M In Last Year

Forbes reports: It has been a tough year for President Trump. On top of impeachment and the pandemic, his net worth has dropped an estimated $600 million since last September, to $2.5 billion. That puts him at No. 339 on The Forbes 400, down 64 spots from a year ago. Blame the coronavirus, which has battered not only the president’s …

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Parscale Blamed For Trump Campaign Cash Crunch

The New York Times reports: Under Mr. Parscale, more than $350 million — almost half of the $800 million spent — went to fund-raising operations, as no expense was spared in finding new donors online. The campaign assembled a big and well-paid staff and housed the team at a cavernous, well-appointed office in the Virginia suburbs; outsize legal bills were …

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Bible Autographed By Trump Goes On Sale For $37K

TMZ reports: As Trump would almost certainly put it, you can now buy your “favorite President’s” favorite book … which our sources tell us he autographed during a very turbulent week in the nation, and particularly in Washington, D.C. We’re told he signed it at the White House during the first week of June, just a couple of days after …

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Trump May Spend $100M Of Own Money On Campaign

Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump has discussed spending as much as $100 million of his own money on his re-election campaign, if necessary, to beat Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to people familiar with the matter. The billionaire president has talked about the idea with multiple people, though he hasn’t yet committed to any self-funding, according to people briefed …

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Bolton Hits Trump For “Incoherent” Pentagon Insult

“The president has a habit of disparaging people. He ends up denigrating almost everybody that he comes in contact with whose last name is not Trump.  “I think this is important. This afternoon, the president of the United States said the top people at the Pentagon aren’t in love with him because ‘they want to do nothing but fight wars …

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NC GOP Official To Trump: Wear A Mask During Visit

The Winston-Salem Journal reports: President Donald Trump should wear a mask during his campaign stop Tuesday in Winston-Salem, says the Republican chairman of Forsyth’s county commission. Trump will speak at 7 p.m. at Smith Reynolds Airport, the Trump campaign said. Doors will open at 4 p.m. Dave Plyler says he believes Trump should wear a mask while he is here. …

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Trump Took Art From US Ambassador’s Residence

Bloomberg News reports: After Donald Trump’s planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines was canceled in November 2018, the U.S. leader had some extra time on his hands in a mansion filled with artwork. The next day, he went art shopping — or the presidential equivalent. Trump fancied several of the pieces in the U.S. ambassador’s historic residence …

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Harris: “I’m A Realist” On Election Interference

The Associated Press reports: Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris says foreign interference, doubt cast about the election by President Donald Trump and voter suppression could potentially cost her and Joe Biden the White House in November. “We have classic voter suppression, we have what happened in 2016, which is foreign interference. We have a president who is trying to …

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Reporter Won’t Remove Mask After Trump Complains

The Washington Examiner reports: “You’re going to have to take that off, please. You can take it off. How many feet are you away?” Trump asked in response to a question he said was muffled. “I’ll speak a lot louder,” the reporter said. “Well, if you don’t take it off — you’re very muffled. So, if you would take it …

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NYT: Trump Is New Messiah For German Neo-Nazis

The New York Times reports: Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried to storm the German Parliament, one of their leaders revved up the crowd by conjuring President Trump. “Trump is in Berlin!” the woman shouted from a small stage, as if to dedicate the imminent charge to him. She was so convincing that several groups of far-right activists …

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Axios: Trump Campaign In “Surprising Cash Crunch”

Axios reports: Money concerns are very real for President Trump’s campaign — an unusual predicament for a sitting president, and one that worries veteran Republican operatives, with Trump so far behind in swing states as the race climaxes. The campaign’s view is that Trump will get his message out, and he depends less on paid media than normal politicians. But …

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POLL: More Pick Trump To Win Presidential Debates

USA Today reports: Could the debates do for President Donald Trump what the conventions didn’t? A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll indicates many voters think that’s possible. A greater share – 47% – predicted Trump will win the debates than the 41% who said Democratic candidate Joe Biden will. Independents picked Trump over Biden as the likely winner of the debates …

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McCarthy Warned Trump Against Mail Voting Attacks

Axios reports: House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is privately encouraging voting by mail and warned President Trump the party could be “screwed” by his fight against mail-in voting. “We could lose based on that,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) told me at a diner in Salt Lake City last week, during a campaign swing that began in the Pacific Northwest. McCarthy said the …

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