WASHINGTON — Larry Kudlow, the top economic adviser to President Trump, used his remarks during the second night of 2020 Republican convention to give a master class in misdirection and revisionist history. It’s hard to know which portion of Kudlow’s speech to single out first for fact-checking, but perhaps the …
Read More »Trump Has 'Very Good Track Record of Hiring Excellent People' Senior Advisor Says
Trump’s senior campaign adviser Jason Miller said the president “has a very good track record of hiring excellent people” and somehow kept a straight face while uttering the absurd comments. Miller was put on the spot by NBC News’ Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Sunday morning. Todd asked the …
Read More »Trevor Noah Tries to Unpack Trump's Chaotic COVID-19 Executive Actions
Trevor Noah examined President Donald Trump’s messy attempt to skirt Congress and provide some kind of COVID-19 relief on The Daily Show Monday. With congressional leaders at an impasse over the next relief package — “Nancy Pelosi wants to extend the $600-a-week benefits, while Mitch McConnell wants to give people …
Read More »Trump Says He's Banning TikTok But Trump Says a Lot of Things
On Friday, as rumors swirled that Microsoft was planning on buying TikTok, President Trump said he would “ban” the Chinese-owned video app from the United States because of concerns the Chinese government may get access to US users’ data. But keep in mind that Trump makes a lotof promises, many …
Read More »Racism, Lies, and Empty Seats: The Embarrassment That Was Trump's Rally
President Trump’s first rally since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. provided an unsurprising disaster of a speech, but the sparse crowd in attendance after the campaign touted ticket requests of over a million was a stunning surprise that sent Trump allies scurrying for excuses. Trump’s embarrassing speech on …
Read More »Trump: 'We're Dominating the Street With Compassion' When Using 'Force' Against Protesters
With peaceful protests ongoing nationwide, President Trump continued using harsh rhetoric and called for aggressive police tactics to halt constitutionally-protected demonstrations. While discussing a forthcoming executive order on police reform at a roundtable event in Dallas on Thursday, the president used terms like “force,” “real strength” and “real power” when …
Read More »Trump's American Spring
WASHINGTON — President Trump put a nauseating new spin on Bible-bangin’ when he ordered flash grenades and tear gas to be lobbed at peaceful protesters outside of the White House so he could take a picture holding a Bible in front of a church. He has proven himself a Tartuffe …
Read More »'I'm Outraged': D.C. Bishop Sounds Off On Trump for Using Historic Church as 'Prop'
Minutes after announcing plans to mobilize the military to violently crack down on the millions of Americans who since last week have been demonstrating against police brutality, President Trump sauntered over to Washington, D.C.’s historic St. John’s Episcopal Church to have his picture taken with a Bible. His path was …
Read More »Trump's Social Media Executive Order Is a Confession of His Ignorance
With more than 100,000 Americans now dead from the coronavirus, President Trump has spent this week doing what he does best — ignoring the crisis and instead railing against invented demons. This week’s demon is Twitter, the social media platform that the president normally uses to his great advantage, peddling …
Read More »Trump Pushes Narrative That China Was 'Knowingly Responsible' for Coronavirus
President Trump took a question about possible ramifications for China if it were clear that their mishandling of the coronavirus crisis affected other countries and turned it into an opportunity to raise the specter that China may have been “knowingly responsible” for the virus. During Saturday’s COVID-19 daily briefing, Trump …
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