Category: Trump Administration
Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency
The following article by Elahe Izadi was posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2017:
No attempt to ridicule Donald Trump’s controversies — from his remarks about Mexicans to the “Access Hollywood” tape — could derail his successful road to the White House.
Trump acknowledged as much a year ago when he spoke about supporters so loyal that “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”
But that was candidate Trump. Now Trump is running the government as a president who cares very deeply about appearances — so much so that a “Saturday Night Live” sketch could affect how he does it. Continue reading “Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency”
Why Trump’s Nordstrom Tweet May Have Crossed An Ethical Line
The following article by Elizabeth Segran was posted on the Fast Company website February 8, 2017:
Once the official @POTUS account retweeted his criticism of its decision to drop Ivanka’s products, everything changed
[Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images]
This morning, just 20 minutes into a national security briefing in the Oval Office, President Trump went on Twitter to take a swing at Nordstrom, which announced last Thursday that it would no longer sell Ivanka Trump products: “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!” Within seconds, the share price of the retailer, which attributed its decision to the brand’s poor performance, dipped for a few minutes before quickly recovering. Later, the official @POTUS account retweeted Trump’s tweet, a possible ethics violation which illustrates the conflicts of interest inherent in the real-estate mogul’s new role as the president. Continue reading “Why Trump’s Nordstrom Tweet May Have Crossed An Ethical Line”
Trump lashes out at Nordstrom in a tweet for dropping his daughter’s apparel line
The following article by Sarah Halzack was posted on the Washington Post website February 8, 2017:
In January, days before President Trump’s inauguration, his daughter Ivanka Trump declared that she’d be stepping away from her management role at the clothing and shoe brand that bears her name.
And yet, on Wednesday, the president lashed out on Twitter at department store Nordstrom over its decision to stop carrying Ivanka Trump products, saying his daughter “has been treated so unfairly” by the retailing giant. Continue reading “Trump lashes out at Nordstrom in a tweet for dropping his daughter’s apparel line”
Murder victims’ parents angered by Trump’s false terror claims
Why ISIS, Al Qaeda, And Iran’s Mullahs All Love Donald Trump
The following article by Gene Lyons was posted on the National Memo website February 8, 2017:
Have Americans really become a nation of gullible cowards? Sometimes it looks that way. Take President Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries. If you think it has anything whatsoever to do with protecting against terrorist attacks, then you haven’t been paying attention.
The Trump administration’s policies are designed not to deal with real problems in the visible world, but to rile up partisan ignoramuses here in the USA. Also to stimulate nativism and fear of dark-skinned foreigners, and to make Democrats appear to be defending Muslims instead of the Constitution. Continue reading “Why ISIS, Al Qaeda, And Iran’s Mullahs All Love Donald Trump”
Republicans ignore the American people and confirm Betsy DeVos
The Trump Administration’s Two-Pronged Assault on Public Health
The following article by Myriam Alexander-Kearns was posted on the Center for American Progress website February 7, 2017:
Carter Howard watches a cartoon during his asthma treatment in Northbrook, Illinois, on October 15, 2013.
The 115th Congress and the Trump administration have already set their sights on gutting the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and other cornerstone protections that ensure that our air is safe to breathe and our water safe to drink. They have promised to get rid of pollution limits for power plants instead of shifting to clean energy and nullify pollution limits for oil and gas drilling—as they also promise to drill anywhere and everywhere. These actions alone would greatly endanger public health and environmental quality. If that was not enough, however, congressional Republicans and the administration are also set on eliminating health insurance coverage for millions of Americans. This extreme rollback of federal regulations and services would allow more pollution, affect public health, and, at the same time, remove health care options for treatment when people get sick. Continue reading “The Trump Administration’s Two-Pronged Assault on Public Health”
Trump’s claim that Obama first ‘identified’ the 7 countries in his travel ban
The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2017:
“The seven countries named in the Executive Order are the same countries previously identified by the Obama administration as sources of terror.”
— President Trump, statement regarding executive order, Jan. 29, 2017 Continue reading “Trump’s claim that Obama first ‘identified’ the 7 countries in his travel ban”
6 Countries Trump Has Already Insulted And Provoked
The following article by Steven Rosenfeld was posted on the National Memo website February 5, 2017:
Two weeks into Donald Trump’s belligerent presidency, one must ask: Where will this administration’s launch its first serious international conflict?
The White House’s announcement Friday of narrow economic sanctions against Iran, in response to its dumb test firing of a missile, came after Trump made it sound like Iran had done something outsized and horrific. It hadn’t. Still, the president tweeted hours before announcing the sanctions, “Iran is playing with fire” and, “They don’t appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not me!” Continue reading “6 Countries Trump Has Already Insulted And Provoked”