11:45 am || Receives his intelligence briefing
4:30 pm || Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robert Cousy
All times Eastern
As of now, I am in control here, in the White House
John King: Trump “Deserves a Lot of Credit for Standing Up to China”
CNN’s John King knows. I covered the White House with him from the Clinton administration into the Obama administration, which is about when I think he left the beat. We listened time and time again as administration officials promised to get tough with China, call it out for intellectual property theft, brand it a currency manipulator, etc., etc., etc.
And nobody never did nothing.
Meantime, the United States exported untold numbers of manufacturing jobs to the Peoples’ Republic of China.
Trump deserves a lot of credit, as does King for giving Trump credit while his colleagues in the liberal mainstream media are forced to listen, no doubt aghast.
And as Trump indicated the other day, this is not a convenient thing for him to do. It could cause a recession. But there’s a principle involved – yes, with Trump – and he believes it will benefit the economy in the long term, despite short term pain.
King said:
Look, the President is absolutely right when he says that China has been cheating for 25 years and that Bill Clinton didn’t do enough about it, George W. Bush didn’t do enough about it, Barack Obama didn’t do enough about it, or didn’t want to pick the fights for other reasons, thought there were reasons the U.S. economy is benefiting so much, we won’t pick these fights, start the conversations, not finish the conversations. The president is absolutely right.
Trump Supports Israel, Gets Accused of Being a Nazi and Thinking He is the Messiah
It’s all so deeply ironic. The best friend Israel has ever had in the Oval Office, surely much better than Barack Obama, is routinely called a Nazi.
Apparently Jewish Democrats would rather have Obama pressuring Israel into a “peace deal” that would lead to its destruction.
People are treating this tweet Wednesday as if President Trump himself is claiming to be the messiah.
All he did was retweet someone who lavishly praised him. People, especially the press, are so literal and eager to parse words and take things out of context to attack Trump.
The fact is, Trump is basically right, even if it goes too far to call Jews who don’t support Republicans “disloyal,” as he did yesterday.
“I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” Trump said Tuesday.
What he meant is that they’re disloyal to their own cause. What is true is that if you’re Jewish, and Israel is one of your top priorities, you are undermining that priority by voting Democratic. Republicans, and Trump in particular, are far better for Israel than the Democrats. There’s just no question about it.
Of course, all of this is being magnified on Morning Joe, where inevitably, the Nazis are invoked. Apparently if you mention Jews and disloyalty in the same sentence – even if you are referring to being disloyal to themselves – you are reviving “tropes” and are equivalent to the Nazis.
How very disrespectful to those who experienced the Holocaust, to be so unserious and casual in using it as a comparison. Shame on Scarborough and his friends here.
Sean Spicer to do Dancing with the Stars
Trump Schedule || Wednesday, August 21, 2019
11:15 am || Departs White House
1:25 pm || Arrives Louisville, Kentucky
2:00 pm || Delivers remarks at the American Veterans (AMVETS) 75th National Convention; Louisville, Kentucky
3:15 pm || Holds a fundraiser Louisville, Kentucky
4:15 pm || Makes remarks at a fundraising reception; Louisville, Kentucky
5:25 pm || Departs Louisville, Kentucky
7:10 pm || Arrives White House
All times Eastern
Video || Bernie: I Don’t Have the Cost of My Health Care Plan “in My Pocket”
The Mooch “Abused Staff” and Accused Two of Having an Affair
Anthony Scaramucci sees himself as miraculously transformed from 100 percent pork to completely kosher.
I guess President Trump has stopped taking his phone calls, because he is now trying to ingratiate himself with the anti-Trump crowd by claiming to suddenly be appalled by the president.
Of course, The Mooch does what’s good for The Mooch.
A new piece in the Washington Examiner describes some of the tyranny he inflicted on staff during his brief 11-day reign.
President Trump’s allegation that Anthony Scaramucci “abused staff” was met with agreement from many who worked under or near the financier during his 11 days as White House communications director.
Though fired more than two years ago, Scaramucci’s break with Trump this month surfaced previously unpublished stories of allegedly inappropriate behavior.
Sources said Trump’s tweet Monday recalled a little-known truth: Although Scaramucci was dismissed after disparaging other senior officials in a profane interview, he was on the verge of being fired anyhow.
“The dirty secret was the interview escalated it. The reality was [other] things, that’s where [White House chief of staff John] Kelly lost his shit,” a source familiar with Scaramucci’s termination said. “Everyone in the press watched the expletive-laced tirade and no one went, ‘What else caused it?’”
Kelly, whose first official day as chief of staff was July 31, made firing Scaramucci one of his first official acts. Kelly replaced former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who had been ousted as chief of staff a few days earlier.
Scaramucci’s gravest human resources sin featured telling a female White House official that he heard she was sleeping with a more senior male official, many sources said.
The allegation was widely viewed by sources as “gross” and a clear attempt to intimidate and humiliate the woman.
Win for Trump: Opioid Use Declined Significantly Last Year
This is great news for the country. But it also helps President Trump’s reelection prospects, given that the opioid crisis affects areas of his base. He can now add this during his rallies to his list of accomplishments.
Of course, more people are smoking pot, but that is mostly survivable, at least in the short term.
According to the Washington Examiner:
Heroin and prescription drug abuse declined last year, according to a new government report, a bright signal of hope in the battle against one of the most devastating and politically explosive problems facing the nation.
Nevertheless, illicit use of certain other drugs rose, and drug use across all age groups increased between in 2018.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported Tuesday that drug use and abuse increased from 19% to 19.4% across all age groups starting at 12 years old in 2018. Marijuana is still the most popular drug, and its use increased. The drop in heroin use was marginal, and there was a small decrease in the use of cocaine as well.
Trump Abortion Rule Forces Planned Parenthood to Forgo $60M
Major injury inflicted to the largest abortion provider in the nation, one that is funded by taxpayers. According to the Washington Examiner: Planned Parenthood will be foregoingas much as $60 million annually from a federal family planning program that will carry new anti-abortion rules. “Planned Parenthood is still open. We are continuing to fight this… Continue Reading
Six Times Biden Claimed Life Events That Never Happened
This is a funny story from the Washington Examiner. The guy is incapable of telling the truth. For example, Biden once claimed to be a miner: While running for president in 2008, Biden told the United Mine Workers that he was a coal miner. “I hope you won’t hold it against me, but I am… Continue Reading