Trump Corruption

CNBC reports: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a third day following President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout, with the president threatening even higher rates against China on Monday. The session was a wild one as traders tried to speculate when the market would bottom from Trump’s tariff turmoil, with the Dow Jones Industrial average posting its largest intraday point swing …

The New York Post reports: President Trump has canceled a White House press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — amid a third day of stock market panic over his sweeping “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs. There was no explanation for the surprise decision to ax the East Room forum moments before Netanyahu’s arrival. A smaller Oval Office pool …

Axios reports: President Trump would veto a bill introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would limit the president’s authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, according to a White House statement seen by Axios. “If passed, this bill would dangerously hamper the President’s authority and duty to determine our foreign policy and protect our national security,” according …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order requiring officials to bring a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador back to Maryland. The emergency appeal over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, landed at the high court hours before the 11:59 p.m. Monday deadline established by a lower …

The Hill reports: The White House pushed back on the idea that President Trump is considering a 90-day pause on tariffs as “fake news” after it spread on social media and caused the stock market to jump. “Wrong. Fake News,” the White House said on X, sharing a post that Trump is reportedly expecting to do a pause. The social …

“First of all, great point, Mark. It’s is a budgetary issue. As a scholar of the Constitution, you know well that the district courts are not mentioned in the Constitution. Congress has the authority to break the inferior courts, they have the authority to fund or not fund these courts. So yes, Congress has to step up here. But we …

“The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!” – Glorious Leader, posting just now to Truth Social. Trump is surely being handed …

“Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow moving Fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is NO INFLATION, and the long time abused USA is bringing in Billions of Dollars a week from the abusing countries on Tariffs that are already in place. “This is despite the fact that the biggest abuser of them all, …

“I’d love it if we could take some of our 20-time wise guys that push people into subways and hit people over the back of the head and then purposely run people over in cars, if he would take them, I would be honored to give them. I don’t know what the law says on that but I can’t imagine …

“We have massive Financial Deficits with China, the European Union, and many others. The only way this problem can be cured is with TARIFFS, which are now bringing Tens of Billions of Dollars into the U.S.A. They are already in effect, and a beautiful thing to behold. The Surplus with these Countries has grown during the ‘Presidency’ of Sleepy Joe …

EuroNews reports: US President Donald Trump insisted he had not deliberately triggered the intense market sell-offs but reaffirmed his goal of eliminating the US trade deficit. “I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump said aboard Air Force One on Sunday. “We have to solve our trade deficit with China,” …

Washington City Paper reports: President Donald Trump for years has lusted after a big military parade over which he could preside — just like he sees leaders do in other mostly authoritative countries. During his first term in 2018, Trump wanted a grandiose military parade on the streets of D.C. But Trump angrily and reluctantly canceled his plans after military …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump claimed to have won yet another golf tournament on Sunday—with the president spending all weekend on the course while global markets continue their downward spiral after the announcement of his controversial tariffs. As he was headed back to Washington, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he “won” the Senior Club Championship in …

“Just since January 20th, we’ve had over 170 lawsuits filed against us. That should be the constitutional crisis right there, 50 injunctions. They’re popping up every single day, trying to control his executive power, trying to control where he believes our tax dollars should be allocated. “It’s basically a game of whack-a-mole with these district court judges around the country …

Politico Europe reports: U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in French politics with his tirade against the conviction of French far-right politician Marine Le Pen, France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou charged on Sunday. In an interview with Le Parisien, Bayrou called Trump’s social-media defense of Marine Le Pen an example of interference. “Interference has become the law of the world,” …

Mediaite reports: Trump is participating in golf tournaments over the weekend, and a statement on his progress sent out by the pool went viral Saturday among members of the press for being “tone deaf” or worse, after a terrible week for the stock market and the president opting out of a solemn ceremony for fallen American service members to attend …

The Associated Press reports: Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. The …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration had violated his order to halt sweeping freezes to federal funding by withholding Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to at least 19 states. It seemed to be a “covert” effort to punish states with so-called sanctuary laws for immigrants, the judge said. In March, U.S. District Judge …

Mother Jones reports: The Trump administration’s top prosecutor for Washington, DC, spoke last month at a Florida fundraiser, where he criticized the Justice Department’s prosecutions of people involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress. The speech was attended by numerous January 6 defendants, including former members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia who are still appealing their seditious …

“China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless ‘whipping post,’ but not any longer. We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast! THIS IS AN ECONOMIC …