Speaking at the American Conservative Union’s CPAC conference widely described as a “Trumpfest,” complete with a golden idol of himself, the former president announced he would not launch a new political party out of his Republican faction and instead positioned himself as the party’s leader. He did not announce his candidacy for 2024 but he … Read more
The American Conservative Union is setting up to welcome the former president to speak at its convention this weekend by preparing a golden statue of Trump in Rocky Balboa stars-and-stripes shorts and business attire on top. Awed supporters are reportedly already lining up to take selfies with the idol. By Milan Sime Martinic Read more
The US president was locked out from posting new messages on his Facebook and Twitter accounts after an unruly group of supporters assembled outside the capitol building where Biden’s election win was being confirmed. The lockdown on Twitter lasted 12 hours until the president removed tweets Twitter said violated its ‘civic integrity policy,’ but Zuckerburg … Read more
Fired FBI Director James Comey has delivered a prepared statement to Congress this week. The statement described the six meetings Comey had with the president, some of which are considered quite unusual by analysts. During one meeting with Trump, Comey testified, he shared with the president sensitive information of a salacious nature that had been … Read more
During his election campaign, he promised to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The White House commented that waiting to do such a move might help to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
“The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement,” said Trump this week. Trump said he wants to negotiate for better terms, and that other countries are given an economic edge by the current accord. The U.S., he said, suffers lost jobs, lower wages, closed factories, and diminished economic production because of the agreement. … Read more
Trump continues to not use the term he frequently challenged others to use during his campaign, “radical Islamic terrorism,” when commenting this week on the attack on Christians in Egypt that killed 25 and wounded as many others. Attacks on Christians by Muslims are common in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries in the area. Trump … Read more
The first Federal appeals court (in Richmond, VA) to rule on the revised travel ban upheld the decision of a lower court to block it. The appellate judges said the policy “drips with religious intolerance.” The Justice Department said it would appeal further. Read more
The president met with other world leaders in Brussels this week — a meeting for an organization he last year called “obsolete” in the city he last year called a “hell hole.” Analysts noted that world leaders seemed somewhat dismayed about Trump’s continued insistence they pay more money. Trump reminded them many nations owe large … Read more
Although there haven’t been any big breaks in the story, the relationship between Trump, Trump staff, Flynn, and Comey continues to dominate U.S. news headlines this week. Read more
Although during the campaign trail Trump used the term frequently, and criticized other politicians for never uttering it, he did not use the term or even make reference to “Islam” or “Muslim” while making his statement on the attack — now confirmed by police to have been perpetrated by a Muslim extremist. Instead, he said … Read more
At the Arab and Muslim leaders summit this weekend, attended 50 dignitaries, mostly Sunnis, Trump gave a speech in which he talked about common enemies: Islamic terrorism and Iran. Trump recently completed a $350m (over the next 10 years) arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest in U.S. history. Read more