Thursday 20 April 2017

Trump is president. That's reason enough not to go to war with North ...

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Trump is president. That's reason enough not to go to war with North ...

The Guardian-6 hours ago
If Trump strikes North Korea, God help us. He is uniquely unsuited to serve as commander-in-chief in the event of a war with a nuclear-armed ...
Trump sparks South Korea fury
Opinion-NEWS.com.au-5 hours ago
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Donald Trump gets his 100-day report card

Politico-7 hours ago
As Donald Trump nears the 100-day mark in the White House, voters are grading his performance on a partisan curve. Republicans are ...
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Trump to explore national security implications of steel imports

CNN-3 hours ago
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump will direct his administration Thursday to investigate whether imports of foreign steel are harming ...
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Trump legal tab: $4 million and rising

Politico-7 hours ago
During his campaign, Donald Trump promised to pay the legal bills of supporters who beat up protesters at his rallies, but a POLITICO analysis ...
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Judge denigrated by Trump as 'Mexican' will hear key deportation ...

CNN-4 hours ago
(CNN) A highly unusual and racially charged episode from the 2016 campaign suddenly resurfaced this week when a federal judge whom ...
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Trump blasts 'New York Times' over Patriots photo flap

USA TODAY-2 hours ago
WASHINGTON — President Trump couldn't resist taking (another) shot at The New York Times over the great New England Patriots ...
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Trump's Ego Could Cause a Government Shutdown

New York Magazine-2 hours ago
Trump's budget director Mick Mulvaney under pressure to bring back some trophies to the boss in funding negotiations. Photo: Brendan ...
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Trump Economic Slowdown?

The New Yorker-1 hour ago
During the election campaign, Donald Trump promised to jump-start the American economy and generate annual Gross Domestic Product growth of four per ...
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How far is too far? The Trump impeachment debate begins now.

The Hill (blog)-2 hours ago
While Trump is the gold standard for politicians bearing false witness, some things he has done are worse than others for purposes of seriously ...
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Ex-Obama speechwriter mocks Trump, Palin photo

The Hill (blog)-1 hour ago
A former top speechwriter to President Obama mocked a photo of President Trump with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) and musicians ...

Donald Trump can't hit North Korea even if he wanted to and here are 5 reasons why

Economic Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Pyongyang's failed ballistic missile launch may have eased the risk of an American response, but it hasn't stopped the Trump administration from going slow on its plans for dealing with the Pyongyang regime. Trump says his military options are on the ...

Donald Trump accused of 'shocking ignorance' after suggesting Korea used to be part of China

The Independent - ‎6 hours ago‎
Donald Trump has been accused of “shocking ignorance” after stating that Korea used to be part of China after he met Chinese President Xi Jingping earlier this month. Speaking in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mr Trump said that Mr Xi “Went ...

Trump is president. That's reason enough not to go to war with North Korea

The Guardian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Fast forward 2,500 years, to a 17 April interview on Fox, when Donald Trump twice referenced “this gentleman” in North Korea, who “outplayed” presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – to explain that he, Trump, would not be fooled. The problem ...

Experts Warn That Trump's Lies About North Korea Hurt America's Credibility

Gizmodo - ‎5 hours ago‎
“We are sending an armada, very powerful,” President Donald Trump said over a week ago when asked about the tensions in North Korea. As it turns out, that “armada” wasn't heading anywhere near North Korea. And sadly, some very important allies are ...

Bold, Unpredictable Foreign Policy Lifts Trump, but Has Risks

New York Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
President Trump hosting a dinner with President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 6. That night, Mr. Trump broke the news to Mr. Xi of a missile strike he ordered against a Syrian airfield. Credit Doug Mills/The New York ...

Will Donald Trump Start Second Korean War? Wild Gamble Would Risk Lives And Safety Of Millions

Forbes - ‎9 hours ago‎
One of the favorite phrases used by U.S. officials is “all options are on the table.” It was a barely veiled threat of war favored by the Obama administration when talking about Iran. Now Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is using it overtime against ...

Is Trump On China's Payroll? If So, Impeach Him

Forbes - ‎10 hours ago‎
Wednesday brought a wave of news about Trump's increasingly cozy relationship with China, including on his indirect financial connections. The press digested, uncomfortably, Trump's April 12 claim that “Korea actually used to be a part of China.

Donald Trump accused of 'shocking ignorance' as he repeats Chinese claim that Korea was part of China

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎10 hours ago‎
Donald Trump, the US president, has been accused of "shocking ignorance" after asserting that Korea "used to be a part of China" shortly after a meeting with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. Mr Trump made the comment in an interview with The Wall ...

Donald Trump's North Korea Policy Is Strong but His Implementation Is Weak

U.S. News & World Report - ‎38 minutes ago‎
The Trump administration accelerated its North Korea policy review so that it could be completed for the recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Initial indications are that the administration will emphasize improving defense capabilities ...

Trump's Claim That Korea 'Actually Used To Be A Part Of China'

NDTV - ‎11 hours ago‎
This claim was largely buried in news coverage of Trump's wide-ranging interview with the Journal, during which he made numerous flip-flops on several policy areas. But it belatedly went viral in South Korea after a Quartz article Tuesday drew ...

Donald Trump suggests he doesn't know who the leader of North Korea is

The Independent - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
Donald Trump has suggested he doesn't know who the ruler of North Korea is, referring to two different leaders as "this gentleman". During an interview with Fox & Friends, Mr Trump said: "I hope things work out well. I hope there's going to be peace ...

South Korea Tells Trump It's Actually Never Been a Part of China

Bloomberg - ‎7 hours ago‎
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week, Trump said Xi told him during a recent summit that “Korea actually used to be a part of China.” The comments sparked outrage in Seoul and became an issue in South Korea's presidential race ...

Trump sparks South Korea fury

NEWS.com.au - ‎5 hours ago‎
On Thursday the South Korean foreign ministry said it was working to find out whether Chinese President Xi Jinping told Mr Trump that the country “used to be part of China”. The comments were quoted in a Wall Street Journal interview with the President ...

Could President Donald Trump start a nuclear war? Does he have the codes? Here's all you need to know

The Sun - ‎6 hours ago‎
FEARS Donald Trump could trigger the button for a global nuclear war have spiralled in recent months as conflicts break out across the world and tensions between Russia and the West reach Cold War proportions. The billionaire businessman has one of the ...

South Korea is disturbed that Donald Trump said Korea was once ruled by China

Salon - ‎1 hour ago‎
During a summit earlier this month with Xi, Trump said he was given a history lesson about China's relationship with North Korea. Trump indicated that Xi's explanation helped him realize that it is “not so easy” for China to remove dictator Kim Jong Un.

The North Korea-Trump Nightmare

New York Times - ‎9 hours ago‎
President Trump is scary in many ways, but perhaps the most frightening nightmare is of him blundering into a new Korean war. It would begin because the present approach of leaning on China to pressure North Korea will likely fail. Trump will grow ...

Following aircraft carrier fiasco, Trump alienates another ally

MSNBC - ‎4 hours ago‎
Vice President Mike Pence has visited several Asia-Pacific countries in recent days, hoping to solidify U.S. relationships in the region, and his trip included some time at the demilitarized zone between South Korea and North Korea. The Washington Post ...

Guess What: South Koreans Are Furious at Prez Trump

TPM (blog) - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Let's stop for a moment and note that President Trump and his skeletal foreign policy team have accomplished the fairly difficult feat of deeply alienating South Koreans (and seemingly many Japanese as well) while notionally protecting them from the ...

Like Trump, China Has No Good North Korea Options: QuickTake Q&A

Bloomberg - ‎19 hours ago‎
With few choices for curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons program, U.S. President Donald Trump appears focused on the same strategy employed by his predecessors: Pressure China to act against its unruly ally. That approach has failed in the past ...

Trump just confused North Korea's current leader with his dad (and grandfather)

Vox - ‎Apr 18, 2017‎
Last week, President Trump said that he hadn't realized how difficult it would be to disarm North Korea until he received a short history lesson from Chinese President Xi Jinping. “After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it's not so easy,” Trump ...

Donald Trump praises China for helping on North Korea

Economic Times - ‎Apr 18, 2017‎
Donald Trump praises China for helping on North Korea. By AFP | Updated: Apr 18, 2017, 07.23 PM IST. Post a Comment. During the US presidential campaign, Trump harshly attacked Beijing as a currency manipulator and threatened to slap 45 percent ...

Is the Trump Administration Taking the Right Approach to North Korea?

U.S. News & World Report - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Donald Trump has made North Korea a foreign policy focus during his nearly 100-days-old presidency, and his administration is indicating it will embrace a different approach to dealing with the Hermit Kingdom's nuclear threat than previous administrations.

Trump angers Koreans by saying Korea 'used to be part of China' following history lesson from Xi

Shanghaiist - ‎7 hours ago‎
Last week, US President Donald Trump said that he had received a 10-minute Chinese-Korean history lesson from Chinese President Xi Jinping during their first meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month which made him come to the startling ...

Nation by nation, how Trump has shaken up Koreas, neighbors

Washington Post - ‎15 hours ago‎
They worry that President Donald Trump's tough, unorthodox talk about North Korea's nuclear program is boosting already-high animosity between the Koreas. No matter whether Trump succeeds at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and ...

Mass of uncertainty surrounding Trump

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - ‎11 hours ago‎
This stark situation faces Trump even as domestic concerns intensify. With the end of the Congressional Easter recess, he will encounter a threatened government shutdown over his first federal budget. It includes major departmental and agency cutbacks, ...

Stephen Colbert Is Pretty Sure Trump Doesn't Know Who Kim Jong-un Is

Vanity Fair - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
It might seem like trivia that's only a little harder than your average Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader question, but it turns out that our president might not know who is in charge of North Korea. After an interview in which Donald Trump seemed to ...

This Trump tweet shows why his aides can't run the government for him

CNBC - ‎Apr 18, 2017‎
A frequent fantasy in American politics — now brought to reality by the ascension of Donald Trump — is that a person without real subject matter knowledge could be an effective president by relying on skilled subordinates. Trump made a version of ...

Trump Might Be a Traditional President After All

Foreign Policy (blog) - ‎Apr 18, 2017‎
Many expected the insurgent presidency of Donald Trump to be accompanied by a revolutionary foreign policy that broke with the record of American internationalism since 1945. On the campaign trail and in his inaugural address, Trump promised an ...

Jimmy Kimmel destroys Donald Trump for appearing not to know who Kim Jong-Un is

The Independent - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
Despite mounting tensions between North Korea and the US, President Trump appears not to know the difference between the current leader Kim Jong-un and his father Kim Jong-il. The current 33-year-old leader was declared supreme leader after his ...

Trump EXTENDS North Korean 'armada' stay for extra month as tensions soar between US & Kim

Express.co.uk - ‎2 hours ago‎
DONALD Trump has extended the stay of an aircraft carrier group sent to confront North Korea for another month amid escalating tensions between the US and Pyongyang. By Sofia Petkar. PUBLISHED: 14:57, Thu, Apr 20, 2017 | UPDATED: 16:11, Thu, Apr ..




Donald Trump gets his 100-day report card

Politico - ‎7 hours ago‎
Trump earns his highest marks on fighting terrorism, the poll shows. But when Trump reaches his 100th day in office next week — a historical marker for each new administration — his failure to shepherd a promised health care bill through Congress ...

Grading Trump's First 100 Days in Office

Morning Consult - ‎5 hours ago‎
The survey asked voters to assign letter grades — “A” through “F” — to Trump's handling of a number of presidential responsibilities. While 24 percent of Americans gave him an “F,” another 23 percent gave him a “B,” a good grade on a scale ranging ...

President Trump's Approval Rating Is Back Up to 42%

TIME - ‎17 hours ago‎
According to Gallup, 52% of Americans disapprove of Trump. To obtain its results, Gallup surveys about 1,500 Americans by phone each day, and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. Trump's ratings have been well below those of ...

Is the media going to remain oblivious to Trump's popularity?

The Hill (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎
The only true constant in American politics is that too much is made of almost everything. Narratives overtake facts and spin tops reality in the desire to “break news.” One of the current favorites of the mass media is to describe President Trump as ...

The Memo: Trump stuck with low approval ratings

The Hill - ‎6 hours ago‎
President Trump in recent weeks has avoided major controversies and won plaudits from unexpected quarters for his handling of foreign policy. Trump has shifted on several policies toward the GOP establishment and appears to have diminished chief ...

Trump gets high marks on fighting terrorism, lower grades on healthcare, climate change

The Hill - ‎5 hours ago‎
President Trump earns his highest marks from Americans on fighting terrorism, but gets lower grades on healthcare reform, climate change and his promise to "drain the swamp," according to a new survey. Just 16 percent of respondents give the president ...

President Trump's approval rating back up to 42%

WQAD.com - ‎16 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Donald Trump's approval rating is back up to 42%, according to a recent Gallup poll. That's a slight victory for the President, whose numbers have been historically low during his first months in office. Trump first fell to 42% eight ...

Poll: Trump gets historically low approval ratings

The Hill (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
Trump's approval rating has been as low as 39 percent since January, but averaged out at 41 percent. According to Gallup, the historical average approval of presidents is 61 percent. The previous president to hold Gallup's lowest approval rating in ...

Polls: Most American Voters View Trump's Presidency Negatively

Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎
Trump has edged up in favorability ratings after launching a missile attack on Syria two weeks ago in response to a chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians. The Gallup poll, however, says voters still view his presidency negatively by a 52-to-42 ...

Resistance To Trump Grows Stronger And Gives Him The Worst Approval Rating In History

PoliticusUSA - ‎53 minutes ago‎
The resistance movement to Trump is real and getting stronger every single day. Trump is 14 points the next lowest president in the history of US political polling. Donald Trump would have to experience a major surge in popularity just to become the ...

Donald Trump's flip-flops aren't evidence of maturity

Livemint - ‎Apr 18, 2017‎
President Donald Trump's abrupt changes of heart and mind were appraised at length on this weekend's public-affairs TV interview shows. The conventional wisdom that emerged was that Trump is turning toward responsible positions on domestic and ...

US Poll: Syria Missile Strike Boosted Trump's Ratings

Voice of America - ‎19 hours ago‎
President Donald Trump's popularity has risen slightly since the missile strike on Syria earlier this month, but most Americans still view him negatively. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, 40 percent of Americans approve of the way the ...

Trump is struggling to even impress his own base, report card shows

The Week Magazine - ‎5 hours ago‎
When asked to grade President Trump's first 100 days in office, not even his base can give him perfect marks, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll has found. In regards to his overall performance, voters typically graded Trump along partisan lines: 16 ...

Donald Trump sees uptick in approval rating after Syrian airstrikes

Washington Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
President Trump saw positive movement in a new poll from Quinnipiac University. The poll shows the president's approval rating jumping 5 points, from 35 percent to 40 percent, from earlier this month. Those who disapproval, however, only dropped 1 ...

Everybody Hates Trump, Even Though He Made BIG BOMBS GO BOOM. Loser!

Wonkette (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
Time for another Funtimes With Polls post! The top line result of a new poll out from Quinnipiac is that everybody still hates Donald Trump, EVEN THOUGH he did boom booms to Syria, and EVEN THOUGH a majority of Americans actually approved of those ...

Trump's numbers still bad ... just like they were on his election day

Washington Examiner - ‎20 hours ago‎
"With only a slight bombing bump, President Donald Trump stays mired in miserable numbers. The first 100 days draw to a close with character flaws overwhelming his strongest traits, intelligence and strength as a person," said Tim Malloy, assistant ...

Ohio businesses, individuals poured close to $2 million to Trump inaugural

The Columbus Dispatch - ‎6 hours ago‎
But the check from the Lancaster general contractor who farms, remodels houses and conducts radon testing became part of a record-smashing $106.7 million haul for the Trump festivities — doubling the previous best set by Barack Obama in 2009, records ...

New Poll: Nearly Half Of Voters Approve Of How Trump Is Fighting Terrorism

Daily Caller - ‎5 hours ago‎
Nearly half of voters think Donald Trump does his best job when it comes to fighting terrorism. According to the results of the latest POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, 49 percent of voters gave the president an “A” or “B” when asked to grade how he ...

Trump's approval rating still underwater, polls show

CBS News - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
The number of Americans who disapprove of President Trump's job performance continues to exceed the number who approve, according to several polls released in the last few days. A Quinnipiac survey released Wednesday found Mr. Trump's job approval ...

Checking President Trump's win - loss record in his first 90 days:

MyHighPlains - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
Still up the air: Russia and the travel ban. "I don't know how it's going to be a year from now with President Trump, but I think he's starting out really trying to work with Congress," said Senator Chuck Grassley, (R) Iowa . Next: the budget ...

Trump military moves

FinalCall.com News - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
WASHINGTON—At the cost of betraying practically every promise “candidate Donald J. Trump” made, “President Donald J. Trump” has resorted to a time-proven trick for instant popularity: he launched a couple of unprovoked military attacks, and his ...

Trump's Poll Numbers Rise For Every Bomb He Drops

Mintpress News (blog) - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
Highlighting the phenomenon of the “rally effect” — the surge in popular support presidents can receive in times of geopolitical crisis — one media outlet just drew attention to the fact that Donald Trump is seeing a bump in his approval ratings ...

Today in Trumpworld -- April 19

Politico - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
TRUMP DECLARES GEORGIA VICTORY: Democrat Jon Ossoff fell just short of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off in a Georgia special election to fill HHS Secretary Tom Price's seat in a traditionally conservative district. Ossoff will now ...

Poll: Trump approval bumps up slightly to 40 percent

WDEF News 12 - ‎19 hours ago‎
Most voters still hold President Trump in low regard when it comes to his personal qualities, with little to no change from the last poll. Fifty-eight percent say that he is not honest, 55 percent say he does not have good leadership skills, 57 percent ...

Opinions divided on Trump's conflict of interest issues

UPI.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
April 20 (UPI) -- Ivanka Trump recently gave an interview to CBS television in which she attempted to answer concerns about her role as an official adviser to her father, President Donald Trump, and potential conflicts of interest from her fashion ...

Voters are split over Trump's handling of North Korea: Poll

Talk Media News - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON- American voters are nearly split down the middle in their assessment of President Donald Trump's response to recent North Korean provocations, according to a recent survey released on Wednesday. The Quinnipiac University Poll said that ...

Workplace Productivity Remains Unaffected by Trump-Related Political Talk - Poll

Sputnik International - ‎15 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A 58 percent majority of Americans report increased political chatter in the workplace with President Donald Trump in the White House, but few admit that productivity has suffered as a result, according to a poll by the Gallup ...

Donald Trump Approval Ratings April 2017: Half of Americans Pleased?

Christian Post - ‎22 hours ago‎
Just recently ratings from a survey about how Americans like Trump's presidency surfaced on the internet. The survey from Rasmussen claims that half of the population approves the President's performance. The report also suggests that this is the first ...

Polls Show Low Job Approval For Trump

Opposing Views - ‎19 hours ago‎
Trump performed somewhat better in a survey from Harvard-Harris, but this poll still found that a majority (52 percent) of respondents disapproved of the president, compared to 48 percent who approved. The comparable figures from Harvard-Harris in ...

President Trump Hopes to Revive the Economic Populism

fox15abilene.com - ‎Apr 19, 2017‎
It is one of the central reasons President Trump won manufacturing-rich states like Wisconsin: his campaign promise to protect and create American jobs. “To announce about to take bold new steps to follow through on my pledge to buy American and hire ..












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