Trump Lies

“BIG NEWS for American Farmers! I just announced in Lebanon, TN – effective immediately – American farmland will NO LONGER use taxpayer dollars to build solar farms. Millions of acres of prime farmland is left unusable so Green New Deal subsidized solar panels can be built. This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of …

The New York Times reports: In May, cabinet officials and West Wing aides brought President Trump a potential settlement with Columbia University. But instead of giving his sign-off, he issued a new demand.  The school needed to pay $200 million, Mr. Trump told his team. The university’s cost for a deal soared from zero dollars to nine figures in the …

“We are now three and a half years into the war between Russia and Ukraine, a brutal conflict that has claimed hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives and cost trillions of dollars. The weakness and incompetence of Joe Biden foolishly allowed the killing to start in the first place, until President Trump returned to office in January, the …

“The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE.’ The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow …

Axios reports: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers under the Trump administration must consider the “positive attributes” of immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship — rather than just the absence of misconduct — according to a recent policy memo. The Friday USCIS memo calls for a more “holistic” approach to assessing the “good moral character” of an immigrant seeking naturalization under an …

Politico reports: The White House is planning for a possible trilateral meeting between the U.S., Russian and Ukrainian presidents in the Hungarian capital of Budapest as the next step in negotiating an end to the years-long war, according to a Trump administration official. The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for the summit in the Central European nation led by Prime …

The Washington Post reports: The Justice Department is investigating whether Washington, D.C., police manipulated data to make crime rates appear lower, according to three people familiar with the probe. The launch of the criminal investigation — run out of the federal prosecutor’s office in D.C. — escalates the tense relationship between the Trump administration and local D.C. officials, who have …

Jalopnik reports: When it comes to Trump, Grandpa has his good days and bad days, but increasingly, it’s only bad days. For example, in a recent interview, Trump claimed that when he tried to vote, he was asked to provide his license plate number. Sure, thing. Whatever you say, Donald. Speaking at the White House, Trump told reporters, “We’re gonna …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump took time out of his Ukraine peace talks to force world leaders to admire his range of MAGA hats designed to troll his political opponents. Seven European leaders joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House for a high-stakes gathering to discuss Russia’s ongoing invasion. At some point during the summit, Trump …

“I want to end it. You know, we’re not losing American lives, we’re not losing American soldiers. We’re losing Russia and Ukrainian, mostly soldiers. Some people, as missiles hit wrong spots or get lobbed into cities. But if I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty – I want to try and get …

“Our law enforcement officers are telling us that people are coming up to them on the street — they said a lot of people are walking by whispering, saying, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’ They’re hearing stories every single night and day of people saying that they feel safe now to walk their own neighborhood where they live, because …

“I had a very good meeting with distinguished guests, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron, of France, President Alexander Stubb, of Finland, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, of Italy, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Friedrich Merz, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Secretary General of …

Wired reports: In the months leading up to the January 6 Capitol riot, a now-deleted Twitter account bearing the full name of E.J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), betrayed a seeming obsession with promoting election denial conspiracy theories while talking about violent threats to those who stood in Trump’s way. A WIRED …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump seems to have privately boasted to a fellow world leader that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal with him, “as crazy as that sounds.” A hot microphone picked up Trump’s comments just before a meeting with European leaders at the White House began on Monday afternoon, following a Friday summit Trump …

The Washington Post reports: As D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and Attorney General Brian Schwalb exited federal court Friday, saying the police chief remained in command of her force, on the ground the reality was murkier: Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was entering D.C. police headquarters — surveying the department President Trump had declared to be under …

The Associated Press reports: As Zelenskyy answered a question about the difficulty of holding an election during Ukraine’s war with Russia, Trump appeared to jokingly hypothesize how a similar circumstance could allow him to stay in power in the U.S. past the expiration of his current tern. “So let me just say three and a half years from now — …

The Hill reports: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday criticized President Trump’s broadside against mail-in voting, saying that right-wing claims of widespread voter fraud are inaccurate and “not based in fact or reality.” Trump earlier in the day announced that he plans to “lead a movement” to end the use of mail-in ballots in elections. “Two facts: Donald …

Courthouse News reports: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent nearly $1 million on flashy truck upgrades as the Trump administration pushes to recruit 10,000 new agents. The Department of Homeland Security and ICE showcased the tricked-out vehicles in a series of social media posts, panning over large vinyl decals that included “Defend the Homeland.” On the back window, the trucks …

The New York Times reports: In a 2016 court filing, Marco Rubio, then a senator running for president, made the case that the Constitution conferred citizenship on essentially all children born in the United States. His argument was a crisp rendition of what was until recently the consensus understanding. But the views he expressed are now in tension with an …

D.C. gave Fake Crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety. This is a very bad and dangerous thing to do, and they are under serious investigation for so doing! Until 4 days ago, Washington, D.C., was the most unsafe ‘city’ in the United States, and perhaps the World. Now, in just a short period of time, …