Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Colbert Tees Off Of Trump’s Insane Presser [VIDEO]

Entertainment Weekly recaps: “It’s kind of hard to characterize the press conference,” the host admitted in a clip from Thursday’s episode. “Words fail me.” He wasn’t the only one; the show then jumped to a clip of a Fox News anchor saying, “Well, alrighty then,” when Trump finished speaking. Colbert went on, “He started off by defending the rough start …

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Fox Host Shep Smith Goes OFF On Trump: Everything You Say Is A Lie And You Treat Us Like Fools [VIDEO]

The Week reports: President Donald Trump praised Fox News during his combative press conference Thursday, but he certainly would not have liked what he saw if he turned on his TV afterward. Fox News’ Shep Smith did not hold back when tearing into the president after the presser: “It’s crazy what we’re watching everyday,” Smith said. “It’s absolutely crazy. [Trump] …

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Trump: The Leaks Are Real, The News Is Fake [VIDEO]

The Week reports: President Trump declared during his Thursday press conference: “The leaks are real. The news is fake.” Trump was insisting that the leaks that informed the media’s reports on Trump’s campaign aides’ alleged contact with senior Russian intelligence officials were “real,” but the resulting reports on those very “real” leaks were “fake.” A reporter later asked Trump to …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump To Announce New Labor Secretary Nominee Alexander Acosta At Press Conference

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump will announce Alexander Acosta as his new Labor Secretary choice on Thursday afternoon, NBC News confirmed. Trump is set to announce the pick at a Thursday afternoon press conference. CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder withdrew his nomination Wednesday ahead of his confirmation hearing amid mounting bipartisan opposition. In a statement, Puzder did not specify why …

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REPORT: Trump Had Boeing CEO Listen In When He Called Pentagon About Rival Lockheed’s Fighter Jets

Bloomberg reports: Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls to the Air Force general managing the Pentagon’s largest weapons program, the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 jet. Listening in on one of those calls was Dennis Muilenburg — the CEO of Lockheed’s chief rival, Boeing Co. Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the $379 billion F-35 program as …

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Defense Secretary James Mattis Contradicts Trump: There Will Be No Military Collaboration With Russia

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. is not ready to collaborate militarily with Russia, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday, appearing to close the door for now on any effort to work more closely with Moscow in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria. His blunt rejection came after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for increased intelligence cooperation with …

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ITALY: Trump Float Dominates Carnival Parade [VIDEO]

A massive and suitably horrifying Trump float dominated this year’s carnival parade in Viareggio, Italy. Watch below as scores of cowgirls, cowboys, and a bearded male Statue Of Liberty cavort on a gigantic mechanized Trump head to a techno version of Thank God I’m A Country Boy and Green Day’s American Idiot. Pleasant dreams.

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Trump Continues Rant Against “Low-Life Leakers”

The Hill reports: President Trump on Thursday called for The New York Times and other publications to apologize after reporting leaked information, saying the spotlight is on “low-life leakers.” In a subsequent tweet, the president said those who leaked information will be caught. The president, who praised WikiLeaks during the campaign, has been going after the intelligence community recently and …

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Jake Tapper Rips Into Trump Over “Fake News” Claims: The Media Didn’t Fire Michael Flynn, You Did [VIDEO]

Via Mediatite: During this today’s broadcast of CNN’s The Lead, host Jake Tapper took aim at President Donald Trump’s continuing war with the mainstream media, who the president now blames for the ouster of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Pointing out that the president today attacked reports surrounding Trump advisers being in contact with Russian intelligence officials, Tapper highlighted the …

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Trump To Hold First Re-Election Rally On Saturday

Florida Politics reports: President Donald Trump will be holding a rally in Melbourne Saturday afternoon in what is essentially a re-election campaign stop being promoted by his campaign. Team Trump-Pence, the successor to Donald J. Trump for President, announced the president’s rally will be at a 5 p.m. event at the AeroMod International Hanger at Orlando Melbourne International Airport. The …

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Trump Asked About Rise In Anti-Semitism Since Election Win, Responds By Bragging About Winning [VIDEO]

Politico reports: President Donald Trump, during a joint news conference Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bragged about his electoral college victory in the 2016 election when asked a question about an increase in anti-Semitic incidents since Trump’s political rise. “I just want to say that we are very honored by the victory that we had, 306 electoral college …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump And Netanyahu Hold Joint Presser

USA Today reports: President Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Wednesday for a series of meetings intended to “show there is no daylight” between the two leaders on a range of issues, White House aides say. And that includes the so-called “two-state solution” that has been a hallmark of U.S. policy in the Middle …

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McConnell: Trump Isn’t Above Judicial Review [VIDEO]

Politico reports: The executive powers of President Donald Trump are not above judicial review, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday, offering gentle pushback that followed assertions from White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller that federal judges overstepped their bounds by blocking one of Trump’s controversial executive orders on immigration. “I mean, under the Constitution, all of our actions …

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Kremlin Spox For Putin Denounces Latest Reports Of Trump’s Ties To Russia As “Laughable Fake News”

The Guardian reports: The Kremlin has rejected as “fake news” reports that Donald Trump’s campaign team spoke frequently with high-ranking Russian intelligence agents over the course of last year. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said a New York Times report quoting former and current US officials contained only “anonymous information” and that it was “very …

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Today’s Trump Twitter Meltdown: Everything Is Fake News Except Fox And Don’t Forget That Hillary Lost

The Hill reports: President Trump early Wednesday blasted the “fake news media” and leaks from the intelligence community after reports emerged that senior aides with his presidential campaign were in contact with Russian officials. Trump in his first tweet of the morning said the “fake news media” is “going crazy with conspiracy theories and blind hatred.” Tump slammed MSNBC and …

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REPORT: Trump Campaign Aides Had Multiple Contacts With Russian Spies Over The Year Before Election

The New York Times reports: Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they …

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Jason Chaffetz: I’m Totally Sending Reince Priebus A Sternly Worded Letter About Security At Mar-A-Lago

ABC News reports: House Oversight and Government Reform chairman Jason Chaffetz says he will not immediately investigate former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s interactions with Russia, but may consider launching an inquiry in the future. “[Flynn] can’t mislead people, and that seems to have resolved itself with the White House taking some decisive action,” Chaffetz, R-Utah, told ABC News today …

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Paul Ryan Praises Trump For Booting Flynn, Refuses To Call For New Probe Into Trump-Putin Ties [VIDEO]

Politico reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan praised President Donald Trump for swiftly demanding his top national security aide Michael Flynn’s resignation – despite reports that indicate Flynn decided to step down on his own and that the White House sat on damaging information about Flynn’s ties to Russia for weeks. “National security is perhaps the most important function or responsibility …

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REPORT: Yesterday Trump Promised Justin Trudeau That Sarah Palin Won’t Be Named Ambassador To Canada

Toronto’s Globe & Mail reports: The White House has assured Canada that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not be appointed as U.S. ambassador to Canada. A Trudeau government official says that assurance was provided to Canadian officials during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the White House on Monday. “It isn’t Sarah Palin,” the official said. American officials have …

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Hair Furor Suddenly Has Big Problem With Leaks

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday said the “real story” of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation was “illegal leaks,” rather than reports Flynn misled senior White House officials about his conversations with Russia. “The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal with …

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