Alex Wong/Getty Images In 2016, Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump’s acting White House chief of staff, called then-presidential candidate Donald Trump “flawed” and said he was going to support him despite “the fact that I think he’s a terrible human being.” The comments were made six days before the 2016 presidential election. Footage of comments […]
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The Stolen Campaign Documents That Helped Reagan Win the Presidency
It was about as high stakes a presidential debate as there has been in American history. When President Jimmy Carter and Republican party nominee Ronald Reagan squared off on Oct. 28, 1980, in Cleveland for their one and only debate of that election, there was just one week to go before Americans cast their ballots. […]
‘This is what happens when you elect a moron to the presidency’: Michael Avenatti claps back at Trump’s ‘Horseface’ tweet toward Stormy Daniels
Mary Altaffer/AP Attorney Michael Avenatti fired a warning shot in response to President Donald Trump’s tweets in which he called Avenatti’s client, adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, “Horseface.” “I’m a father to two daughters … how do you tell your kids to look up to the president of the United States when he behaves in this […]
How the White House plans a return to the Moon during Trump’s presidency
Enlarge / Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Thursday. (credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky) The Trump administration has established NASA’s main human spaceflight goal as a sustainable human return to the Moon, with eventual human missions to Mars. During what amounted to a pep talk at […]
One side effect from Trump’s trade war could linger for years beyond his presidency
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s abrupt, erratic approach to trade, even when he does not follow through on the harshest protectionist threats, is already damaging faith in the global trading system. “The Trump administration’s increased willingness to argue that conventional imports are a threat to national security could have an adverse impact on the […]
A mock front page the Boston Globe published in 2016 that warned against a Trump presidency turned out to be eerily prophetic
The Boston Globe The Boston Globe newspaper published a mock front page on April 10, 2016, as commentary arguing against then-candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.N Nearly two years later, that mock front page turned out to be eerily prophetic. Some of the fictional headlines on the page that read, “Deportations to begin” and “Markets sink […]
Saif Gaddafi may run for Libya’s presidency to ‘save’ country 7 years after father’s murder
Nearly seven years after the bloody NATO-backed uprising overthrew Colonel Gaddafi, his son, Saif Al-Islam is reportedly seeking to run in the Libyan presidential elections this year to “rescue” his country from the turmoil. The second son of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against […]
Trump reportedly made White House staffers sign NDAs that last beyond his presidency
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Senior White House staffers were pressured to sign nondisclosure agreements, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. One draft NDA viewed by The Post said violators could face $ 10 million penalties. The NDAs also applied to “all times” after President Donald Trump’s term in office. President Donald Trump required senior White House […]
‘Keep America Great!’ Trump unveils re-election slogan, says was joking about ‘lifelong presidency’
President Donald Trump has trialled his 2020 re-election slogan at a rally in Pennsylvania, vowing to ‘Keep America Great’. He reiterated that he was joking about making himself president for life. “Keep America Great!” will be Trump’s slogan at the next election, whether or not he faces Oprah Winfrey at the hustings, he told the […]
Trump suggests US will meet with North Korea in first, joke-filled press dinner of his presidency
Thomson Reuters President Donald Trump showed his sense of humour at the annual Gridiron Club dinner with journalists on Saturday night. It was the first press dinner Trump has attended since becoming president. In a joke-filled speech, Trump said he will meet with North Korea but they will have to “denuke” first. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In […]