Trump Lies

Trump Exempts Computers And Phones From Tariffs

CNBC reports: Smartphones and computers will be exempted from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The guidance comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 125% tariffs on products from China, a move that was poised to take a toll on tech companies like Apple, which makes iPhones and most of its …

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Dominion’s Lawyers Sue Trump Over Sanctions Order

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump’s administration was hit with another lawsuit on Friday over his executive orders sanctioning prominent law firms, even as five other firms offered costly concessions to avoid the president’s crackdowns. Susman Godfrey filed the lawsuit in Washington to challenge an executive order that it said violated its rights under the U.S. Constitution, becoming the fourth firm …

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Trump: “I Got Every Answer Right” On Cognitive Test

The Independent reports: President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday evening that as part of his annual physical, he took a cognitive test. “I got every answer right,” he announced. Speaking with the White House traveling pool accompanying him to Florida, Trump fielded questions on a number of topics but was keen to talk about his …

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Staffers Walk Out On RFK’s Abusive “Deep State” Rant

Politico reports: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but. Over the course of 40 minutes, Kennedy, in largely off-the-cuff remarks, asserted that the “Deep State” is real, referenced past CIA experiments on human mind control and accused the employees he …

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WH Swaps Obama Portrait For Trump Shooting Painting

The Hill reports: A portrait of President Trump that depicts him raising his fist immediately following the attempt on his life last summer at a Butler, Pa., rally is replacing an image of former President Obama in a prominent spot inside the White House. Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, posted side-by-side photos on social media of …

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Some Companies Already Adding “Tariff Surcharge”

CBS News reports: Some enterprises, from small businesses to nationally recognized brands, have already announced higher prices, citing President Trump’s tariffs. While others, from footwear companies to furniture brands, are warning consumers to brace for increased costs to come. Although the tariffs and retaliatory moves by other countries have yet to hit economic growth, U.S. businesses aren’t waiting around. Some …

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Planted Butt-Sniffing “Reporter” Asks If Trump’s Been Working Out Because “He Looks Healthier Than Ever”

“Will you guys also consider releasing the president’s fitness plan? He actually looks healthier than ever before. Healthier than he did eight years ago, and I’m sure everybody in this room could agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy? And is he eating less McDonald’s?” – Cara Castronuova of Mike Lindell’s streaming network, who is among the sycophantic “new …

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WSJ Board: Trump Has No “Actual Strategy” On China

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: It’s all going according to plan, says the White House, and you almost have to smile at this spin in trying to sell President Trump’s partial tariff reversal this week as a triumph. The reality is that Mr. Trump is making it up as he goes, and it would help if he had …

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RFK Lies That Measles Vaccine “Wanes Very Quickly”

NBC News reports: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine while in the same breath falsely claiming it hasn’t been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived. In an interview Wednesday with CBS News, Kennedy said the Trump administration was focused on finding ways to treat people who choose not …

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Survey Shows Consumer Confidence At 45-Year Low

CNN reports: Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy. Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession. President Donald Trump’s volatile trade war, which threatens higher inflation, has significantly weighed on Americans’ moods …

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NYT: Trump’s Greenland Acquisition Plan Includes Annual Payments Of $10,000 To All 56,000 Residents

The New York Times reports: Last month, Mr. Trump posted a slick 90-second video on social media celebrating the “blood and bravery” of U.S. troops who took positions on the island during World War II to prevent a feared Nazi invasion after Germany occupied Denmark. Although Denmark hoped that American forces would leave after the war, they never did, and …

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TODAY: Trump Undergoes First Physical Exam Of Term

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump, 78, posted on his social …

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Trump Developing “Formal Plan” To Acquire Greenland

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves forward on a formal plan to acquire the Arctic island from Denmark. The plan mobilizes several cabinet departments behind Mr. Trump’s years of talk about wanting Greenland, whose economic and strategic value has …

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Politico: Trump Has “Sidelined” Navarro For Bessent

Politico reports: President Donald Trump this week upended not just his tariff strategy but his trade team. Former hedge fund manager and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — the White House’s main conduit to beleaguered financial markets — is now at the helm, with populist Peter Navarro relegated to the sidelines and Wall Street punching bag Howard Lutnick recast into the …

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Trump Loses Bid To Dismiss Central Park Five Lawsuit

The New Republic reports: A federal judge on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss a new defamation lawsuit from the Central Park Five. In a 20-page filing, Pennsylvania District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled that Trump’s recent comments about the group of five Back and Hispanic men, who were wrongly convicted of assault and rape in 1989, could not …

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WSJ: Trump Is “Biggest Threat To World Economy”

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: President Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Investors think otherwise, and on Wednesday Mr. Trump decided maybe investors are right. Markets celebrated with a stock-market rally on hope that perhaps Mr. Trump isn’t entirely oblivious to the damage he’s causing. The rout in dollar assets reversed, at least somewhat, and the …

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WH Withdraws Land Bureau Nominee Over J6 Criticism

Axios reports: The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Kathleen Sgamma to be director of the Bureau of Land Management, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Mike Lee said Thursday. The withdrawal of Sgamma, longtime president of the Western Energy Alliance, is a sudden setback for the White House hoping to lean on the land bureau to expand fossil …

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Disgraced Ex-Cop Behind Deportation Of Gay Barber

USA Today reports: A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador’s notorious prison, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY. A report approved by the police-officer-turned-prison-contractor claimed the Venezuelan man was a member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. But the credibility of Charles Cross, Jr., …

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Trump Vows To Defund “Death Trap” Sanctuary Cities

Mediaite reports: With the most punitive of his tariffs on hold for now, President Donald Trump is focusing his ire on sanctuary cities, saying he’s working on yanking federal funding for any municipalities that limit cooperation with government immigration enforcement. Last month, Trump called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the White House to cease deporting migrants …

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WH Won’t Say Which Countries Sought Tariff Deals

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have been boasting that 75 countries contacted the Trump administration hoping to cut a trade deal—but the White House is keeping its lips zipped on which countries have reached out. “It has brought more than 75 countries forward to negotiate–it took great courage, great courage for him (Trump) to …

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