The following article by Cody Fenwick was posted on the AlterNet.org website July 2, 2018:
Tag: Trump lies
Most foreign leaders have tried to play nice with President Donald Trump in their public meetings, overlooking his flagrant disrespect and rampant breaking of norms in an effort to keep relations with the United States as smooth as possible.Poll: Majority wants next justice to support abortion rights
The following article by Steven Shepard was posted on the Politico website July 3, 2018:
A majority of voters want the next Supreme Court justice to support abortion rights, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the immediate wake of Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement last week.
With the prospect that President Donald Trump’s pending pick to replace Kennedy could join with the existing four justices appointed by Republican presidents to overturn Roe v. Wade, 52 percent of voters say they hope the new justice supports a woman’s right to an abortion.
Twenty-nine percent say they hope the new justice opposes abortion rights, while the remaining 19 percent don’t know or have no opinion.
President Trump’s exaggerated claims about the North Korea deal
The following article by Meg Kelly was posted on the Washington Post website July 2, 2018:
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed an agreement on June 12. But Trump’s claims about what has happened since then lack evidence. (Meg kelly/The Washington Post)
President Trump says the North Korean nuclear threat has dissipated since he signed a brief and vague joint statement with the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, on June 12.
This claim overnight became a key part of Trump’s repertoire. The president has been making assurances about North Korea in virtually all of his public remarks. On June 15, he went so far as to say he had “solved” the problem.
But experts say Trump is getting ahead of himself and is exaggerating or flubbing sensitive details. The agreement with Kim is light on specifics, and much is riding on international negotiations now taking place. The threat, for now, is still looming.
View the complete article on the Washington Post website here.
Trump claims he ‘never pushed’ House Republicans to vote for hard-line immigration bill
The following article by Max Greenwood was posted on the Hill website June 30, 2018:
President Trump falsely claimed on Saturday that he never urged congressional Republicans to pass a pair of immigration bills, saying that he knew all along that the measure would not win enough Democratic votes to pass in the Senate.
“I never pushed the Republicans in the House to vote for the Immigration Bill, either GOODLATTE 1 or 2, because it could never have gotten enough Democrats as long as there is the 60 vote threshold,” he tweeted. “I released many prior to the vote knowing we need more Republicans to win in Nov.”
Donald Trump’s ‘missing’ server comments get all of the details wrong
The following article by Amy Sherman and Manuela Tobias was posted on the PolitiFact website July 16, 2018:
Standing beside Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump answered reporters’ questions about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and if he believed Putin’s denials over his own intelligence community’s findings.
Instead of answering the question directly, Trump began discussing servers.
“You have groups that are wondering why the FBI never took the server — haven’t they taken the server. Why was the FBI told to leave the office of the Democratic National Committee? I’ve been wondering that, I’ve been asking that for months and months and I’ve been tweeting it out and calling it out on social media. Where is the server? I want to know where is the server and what is the server saying? Continue reading “Donald Trump’s ‘missing’ server comments get all of the details wrong”
President Trump announces a major U.S. Steel expansion — that isn’t happening
The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website June 28, 2018:
President Trump referenced a phone call with the “head of U.S. Steel” during a roundtable on June 20. (The Washington Post)
“The head of U.S. Steel called me the other day, and he said, ‘We’re opening up six major facilities and expanding facilities that have never been expanded.’ They haven’t been opened in many, many years.”
— President Trump, roundtable with American workers, Duluth, Minn., June 20, 2018
“U.S. Steel just announced they’re expanding or building six new facilities.”
— Trump, remarks at the White House, June 26 Continue reading “President Trump announces a major U.S. Steel expansion — that isn’t happening”
Foundation faceoff: The Trump Foundation vs. the Clinton Foundation
The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website June 27, 2018:
Donald Trump directed millions of dollars to his tax-exempt foundation. Here’s how. (Video: Peter Stevenson, Lee Powell/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
“Data doesn’t lie: Clinton Foundation was ‘slush fund’ while Hillary was a Senator/Secretary/Pres candidate. Trump Foundation helped people in need with 100% to charities, but @realDonaldTrump voluntarily shut his down. Yet who is the sleazy NY AG suing?!”
— Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale, in a tweet, June 14, 2018
The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the Trump Foundation, alleging “persistently illegal conduct,” prompted this tweet by the manager of the president’s reelection campaign. Continue reading “Foundation faceoff: The Trump Foundation vs. the Clinton Foundation”
Pathetic Trump says polls ‘should be illegal’ as his approval rating plummets
The following article by Tommy Christopher was posted on the ShareBlue.com website June 25, 2018:
With numbers like this, it’s no wonder Trump wishes he could outlaw polling.
Trump’s approval ratings have been pathetically low since he took office, and on Monday night, he decided that he would like to just make polls illegal altogether.
Trump spoke at a campaign rally for incumbent South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster in West Columbia Monday night, and ran through his usual mixture of lies and tantrums, while also managing to misidentify the Appalachian Trail as something he called “The Tallahassee Trail.” Continue reading “Pathetic Trump says polls ‘should be illegal’ as his approval rating plummets”
Before Trump warned that Maxine Waters had ‘called for harm,’ he told supporters he’d like to punch a protester
The following article by Eugene Scott was posted on the Washington Post website June 25, 2018:
Jeers and violence erupted between Donald Trump supporters and protesters at the Republican frontrunner’s rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on March 9. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)
President Trump warned a Democratic lawmaker to “be careful” in a tweet accusing her of calling for harm to his supporters. Of course, that tweet ignores Trump’s own history of encouraging violent behavior, including some widely noted incidents during the 2016 campaign and since entering the White House.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told attendees at a Los Angeles rally Saturday that they should confront Trump Cabinet members whenever they are spotted in public. That day, headlines were blaring about White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders being asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia because she works for the administration. Continue reading “Before Trump warned that Maxine Waters had ‘called for harm,’ he told supporters he’d like to punch a protester”
The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant
The following article by Anna Flagg was posted on the New York Times website March 30, 2018:
The Trump administration’s first year of immigration policy has relied on claims that immigrants bring crime into America. President Trump’s latest target is sanctuary cities.
“Every day, sanctuary cities release illegal immigrants, drug dealers, traffickers, gang members back into our communities,” he said last week. “They’re safe havens for just some terrible people.” Continue reading “The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant”