Trump Corruption

“I played football too. I didn’t particularly like it. I could catch the ball good but I didn’t particularly like having some guy that was, uh, lifting weights all day long and came from a bad neighborhood. Yeah, and he sees me, and they were tackling hard.” – Trump, drawing knowing snickers from his right wing podcast interviewers. Oh, and …

The Hill reports: Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served in the Trump administration, said Monday the public should take former President Trump “seriously” when he suggests using the military against American citizens. “Yes I do, of course,” Esper told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source” when asked whether he fears Trump would “try to utilize the National Guard, …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump abruptly canceled an interview on his economic plans with business channel CNBC, one of its anchors announced Tuesday. Joe Kernen, the conservative-leaning host of its flagship show Squawk Box, revealed the move during an interview with Charles Phillips, the Oracle chairman who is supporting  Harris, saying “Trump canceled.” The interview had not previously been …

The New York Times reports: The ad briefly shows the infamous 2019 hurricane map held up by Mr. Trump that was altered with a black marker to show a path into Alabama, as Mr. Trump had falsely suggested was forecast. Images of disasters flash by: homes damaged by a hurricane or destroyed by raging wildfires, a sky turned orange by …

“I’ve put out more Medical Exams than any other President in History, and aced two Cognitive Exams (the Doctor stated that my “cognitive exams were exceptional!”). I am far healthier than Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, but especially, Kamala. “Also, I am far too busy campaigning to take time, from the 22 days left, as I am using every hour, of …

Mediaite reports: During a Trump campaign rally in Oaks, Pennsylvania, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said, “Tonight we have some special guests in the audience. We have a Gold Star family that is with us tonight. Mary and Charles Strange are here, where are they?” As the Gold Star parents approached the stage, Trump joked, “It’s a little harder to …

The Daily Beast reports: The co-manager of Donald Trump’s White House campaign has raked in $22 million and counting from the Republican nominee’s political operation in just two years, the Daily Beast has learned. Chris LaCivita, an influential GOP operative, reaped a $19 million financial windfall in 2022 when he served as a “strategic consultant” to two Trump-affiliated super PACs, …

The Washington Post reports: The town hall began with questions from preselected attendees for the former president. Donald Trump offered meandering answers on how he would address housing affordability and help small businesses. But it took a sudden turn after two attendees required medical attention. “Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music. Let’s make it into …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s lawyers pushed on Monday to transfer to federal court the case in which he was convicted in a New York state court on charges involving covering up hush money paid to a porn star, a move that would give him the ability to end the prosecution if he regains the presidency. His lawyers renewed the request …

“Lyin’ Kamala Harris has wisely chosen Bret Baier, of FoxNews, to do a much needed interview, because he is considered to be ‘Fair & Balanced,’ though often very soft to those on the ‘cocktail circuit’ Left. “I would have preferred seeing a more hard hitting journalist, but Fox has grown so weak and soft on the Democrats, constantly polluting the …

The Minnesota Star-Tribune reports: The city of St. Cloud has sent a second invoice to the Trump campaign after it missed the Oct. 10 deadline to pay for about $209,000 in city services incurred at a July rally. The invoice, dated Sept. 10, breaks down the costs borne by the city that went above and beyond typical services: about $63,000 …

The Meidas Touch reports: Donald Trump’s online MAGA brigade has swarmed all over Fox’s Bret Baier today like he was a Capitol Police Officer on J6 after he posted on Twitter that he will be interviewing Kamala Harris this Wednesday. Most of the MAGA comments to Baier follow a consistent theme – that they lost all faith in Baier after …

CBS News reports: More than 230 doctors, nurses and health care professionals are calling on former President Donald Trump to release his medical records, arguing that he should be transparent about his health “given his advancing age.” “Trump is falling concerningly short of any standard of fitness for office and displaying alarming characteristics of declining acuity,” the 238 signatories wrote …

Forbes reports: A majority of economists believe former President Donald Trump’s proposed economic policies would lead to higher inflation than those of Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a survey published Monday by the Wall Street Journal. Some 68% of economists said inflation would be higher under Trump’s economic proposals than Harris, according to the Journal’s survey of 50 economists …

A FAKE and CLASSLESS Movie written about me, called, The Apprentice (Do they even have the right to use that name without approval?), will hopefully ‘bomb.’ “It’s a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job, put out right before the 2024 Presidential Election, to try and hurt the Greatest Political Movement in the History of our Country, MAKE AMERICA GREAT …

“I believe it is very important that Kamala Harris pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility. Her actions have led many to believe that there could be something very wrong with her. “Even 60 Minutes and CBS, in order to protect Lyin’ Kamala, illegally and unscrupulously replaced an answer she had given, which was totally ‘bonkers’ with another answer …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks, journalism organizations and others to abandon the practice if they hope to interact with Trump. Lucas Graves, a journalism and mass communications professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said that publicly chafing at fact-checking has become …

The Independent reports: Former Donald Trump ally turned staunch critic Chris Christie has become the latest to sound the alarm over the former president’s apparent mental decline, saying that he has seen a “significant” change in his capabilities. “He wasn’t as good in 2020 as he was in 2016,” Christie said. “I saw decline in his skills in ’20 from …

“I don’t think I’ve ever had a story that Trump is a great speaker. I hear about great speakers like Churchill. I hear about a lot of good stuff, but I’ve never heard that Trump is a great — ah oh I’m in trouble because you know what they’re going to do. ‘He’s comparing himself to Winston Churchill.’ No, that’s …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power. In the final stretch to the Nov. 5 election, the former president has developed a tendency to claim that …