If you were wondering just how out of touch with reality President Trump truly is, a new report from The Washington Post sheds light on that subject, and the results are not the least bit encouraging when you consider that this man has control of our nuclear weapons. The Post reports that Trump recently told friends he golfs with at his Florida […]
30 years ago, Tony Schwartz agreed to be the ghostwriter for Donald Trump’s book The Art of the Deal, and he now says he deeply regrets that because he fears may have helped Trump become president. Schwartz told The New Yorker in 2016: “If Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end […]
On Monday, President Trump decided it would be fun to use the name “Pocahontas” for Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during a White House ceremony for Navajo code talkers who were instrumental in the American effort in World War II. Asked about Trump’s racist, derogatory remarks at the daily press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders doubled down […]
Even though his attorney swears he’s cooperating in every way he possibly can with Congressional investigators looking into Russian interference with the 2016 election, it now looks as if senior White House adviser Jared Kushner will have to appear before yet another Senate committee. In July, Kushner testified — behind closed doors — to the Senate […]
Even though former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates are the only two people to have been formally indicted so far in the Russia probe, the person who appears to be in the greatest legal jeopardy is clearly senior White House adviser Jared Kushner. This could be Kushner’s last week as […]
This week we learned that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s legal team would no longer share information with lawyers representing the White House and President Trump, which seems to suggest that Flynn is now cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. In the week ahead, longtime Trump […]
While yoking themselves to Donald Trump did indeed help Republicans take control of Congress and the White House, it now looks like they may have to pay a steep price for being associated with such a divisive figure. With midterm elections just around the corner and control of Congress in the balance, the recent losses in Virginia […]
If you thought the fact that Ivanka Trump is a senior White House adviser is bad enough, imagine if she had a position of actual importance. As it turns out, she almost did. According to The New York Times: “Some friends said Mr. Kushner and his wife were at times so discouraged by their brief White House careers […]
Ever since the Russia investigation began, legal experts have speculated as to whether or not Special Counsel Robert Mueller will seek a formal indictment against President Trump if the evidence implicates him. Friday evening on MSNBC, former Watergate prosecutors Jill Wine-Banks and Nick Akerman told host Chris Hayes that the evidence already exists for Mueller to indict Trump. Wine-Banks […]
Even though he’s married to President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, Jared Kushner is about to be faced with one hell of a choice: Toss his father-in-law under the bus or take the rap in the Russia investigation and serve decades in federal prison. Norm Eisen, the former ethics czar in the Obama administration, said Thursday that Kushner is […]