Axios shared a clip of the interview on Friday where Karl asked Trump about those chants and whether he was concerned for the former vice president’s safety. Pence reportedly hid in an underground loading dock during the storming of the Capitol. Karl asked Trump about the “terrible” chants directed at Pence and the former president responded that “the people were very angry.” “They were saying ‘hang Mike Pence,’” Karl said....
The grand jury will decide whether to issue an indictment of criminal charges against Trump on different matters. The matters include hush-money payments made on his behalf, as well as whether the Trump Organization misreported the value of its New York properties for financial gain. The organization may also have illegally compensated employees in ways meant to avoid taxes. In February, the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s attempt to block Vance from viewing eight years of his tax returns....
Trump is due to speak in Prescott Valley on Friday to show his support for Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, a former TV anchor who has continually supported the false claim the 2020 election was rigged as a result of widespread voter fraud. Trump was originally scheduled to hold the Arizona rally on July 16, but the event was postponed following the death of his ex-wife Ivana Trump on July 14....
Cohen predicted during an MSNBC interview on Wednesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would soon indict Trump over the recovery of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, while the former president could also be forced to testify before Congress. Cohen, who served as Trump’s personal lawyer for more than a decade, suggested that the FBI’s discovery of empty folders marked “top secret” during the August 8 raid of Trump’s Florida home would be a central question to answer during any proceedings against the former president....
In a video posted to his private Facebook page, the son of former president Donald Trump urged his supporters to watch his father’s first major public appearance since leaving the White House. “Here’s some of the highlights of this incredible speech,” Trump Jr. captioned the clip. “I think you’ll love it as much as I do and I only think this because I was involved with him for about 3 hours yesterday getting the speech right, nailing the points, talking about the things that matter to you and to me....
On Wednesday, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage saw flights grounded for several hours across the U.S. More than 6,000 flights had been delayed as of 10:48 a.m. ET, according to data from the flight tracking website FlightAware, with over 1,000 flights cancelled. Speaking in a clip that has now been viewed more than 320,000 times, Donald Trump Jr. went on a frustrated rant about the incident. He said: “[This is] a blow to people who get really important jobs with no experience, to basically check off some identity politics boxes, folks....
“I haven’t personally thought about it, I mean there’s some people talking about it in terms of polls—I’ve seen a bunch that has me pretty high up the list if not at the top of it. Who knows,” he said when asked by Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser at the event in Dallas, Texas. “The reality with that job is you also have to want to do the day job, right....
“The whole world is watching the tragedy which just took place in Waukesha, Wisconsin, it is devastating, horrible, and very very sick!” Trump said in a statement released early Monday. “My heart goes out to the people of this great, beautiful and hardworking community. We must find the answers to this terrible crime, and stop these violent and depraved acts from happening again. I am with you Waukesha, and always will be!...
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters was once a regular contributor to Fox News as a military analyst. He has described the network as “amoral” and “opportunistic” since severing ties with Fox News and becoming a fierce critic of both the network and of Trump. On Sunday, Trump tweeted a quote from evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress. “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal,” the tweet read, attributed to Jeffress....
“Donald Trump is actually paying a price for what these hearings are showing. So it’s having an impact, even among Republicans,” Luntz told CNN’s New Day program on Thursday. The House panel’s first hearing, on June 9, drew a whopping 20 million viewers, tying with the Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford hearings on their Supreme Court nominations for the highest viewership of any Trump-era political hearings. It also nearly doubled the audience of the first three games of the NBA Finals, which were being aired at the same time....
The latest presidential approval poll, published by Gallup on Wednesday, found that 47 percent of U.S. adults approved of the president’s record on the economy. When the same poll was conducted in January, Trump’s economy approval rating was 16 points higher—standing at 63 percent. The last time the president had an economic approval rating below 50 percent was in November 2017, when Gallup found only 45 percent of U.S. adults backed his record on the issue....
Twitter-obsessed Trump has redefined the use of the platform since launching his presidential campaign in 2015, making his account the primary means through which the president reaches his allies, enemies, American voters and the world. The president’s pugnacious Twitter posts have been a constant accompaniment through this turbulent year. Trump used the platform to rail against special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling, try to undermine his impeachment and tear down his political rivals as he prepares for his 2020 re-election bid....
The op-ed—published by The Atlantic—was co-written by Elizabeth Dent, a Middle East Institute non-resident fellow who worked at the State Department as part of the U.S.-led coalition to defeat ISIS from 2014 to 2019. The two authors condemned Trump’s “abrupt” decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria—where they were supporting America’s Kurdish-led allies—in the face of an imminent Turkish assault on the area. The president has been criticized for abandoning the allies that bore the brunt of the fight against ISIS, though Trump had denied giving Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the green light for an invasion....
In March 2018, the Trump administration introduced steel and aluminum tariffs to counter what the president described as “aggressive foreign trade practices.” The president also took aim at Chinese goods as he started a trade war with Beijing that may be soon eased with a preliminary trade deal. However, Federal Reserve economists Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce concluded that any gains made by the tariffs in reducing competition for some U....
The president’s profile was locked down by the social network for three posts that were published on Wednesday as a large mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., leaving Trump unable to use the account for 12 hours. Twitter warned it would remain blocked unless the offending posts were removed and said future violations of its rules would result in a permanent suspension. It placed a short label on the three posts that read: “This Tweet is no longer available....
A tally of the president’s social media channels, including Twitter activity and Facebook status updates, shows he has increased the frequency of posts throughout this year. And the trend became more apparent in the run-up to the next presidential election on November 3, when he is pitted against Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Between Monday 28 September and Sunday 11 October this year, leaving roughly three weeks (23 days) to the polls opening on November 3 election, Trump’s Twitter account was used 509 times—a figure that includes his personal posts and retweets....
President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in around noon during his inauguration event in Washington D.C. on January 20. He, first lady-elect Jill Biden and their two German shepherds, Champ and Major, will take residency of the official presidential building shortly after. It will bring an end to outgoing President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s four-year stay at the White House. Photographs taken outside the famous building this week suggest the Trumps have begun preparations for leaving ahead of their return to civilian life....
Mattis served as commander of Central Command during the Obama administration but was removed over his hawkish views towards Iran. As President Trump’s defense secretary, Mattis wanted the president to keep American troops in Syria. When Trump refused, Mattis tendered his resignation. Trump accelerated the date of his resignation and claimed that Mattis had been fired. In the aftermath of Trump’s handling of the George Floyd protests in Washington, D....
America has been rocked by protests after the death of George Floyd with footballers around the world adding their voices to the Black Lives Matter movement. U.S. Soccer themselves have taken a surprisingly strong stance and announced earlier this week that players would no longer be forced to stand for the national anthem. Trump has now slammed that decision, however, vowing he won’t be watching the game again until the move is reversed....
In a post published on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “There is so much unnecessary turmoil in the Republican Party, in large part do to people like the Old Broken Crow, Mitch McConnell, his ‘wife’, Coco Chow, who is a sellout to China, and their RINO allies, who make it difficult for everyone else by constantly capitulating to Hopeless Joe Biden and the Democrats. “The 1.7 Trillion Dollar Green New Deal ‘booster’ that McConnell and the RINOS handed to the Dems last week was a real downer and embarrassment to Republicans!...
