After initially declaring that he wouldn’t use the DPA because American companies were doing the right thing and accelerating production of ventilators and other critical supplies on their own – Trump said that with a straight face while Elon Musk turned in a batch of Tesla-made “ventilators” that turned out to be CPAP machines – President Trump became embroiled in what has become by all accounts […]
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In that way he has of saying out loud what many believe but won’t admit, Donald Trump made no pretense of his fear of vote by mail, describing why Republicans opposed mandated vote by mail in earlier versions of the $2 trillion emergency relief bill, despite the public health issues in sending voters to the polls in the midst of a pandemic: “They had levels of […]
Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron defended his paper on Sunday by explaining how President Donald Trump supposedly failed to heed warnings about how serious the coronavirus could be. Baron joined CNN’s Brian Stelter to talk about how his reporters compiled an extensive review on how Trump shrugged off the the virus before taking it seriously. After brushing off Trump’s most recent slams on the media, […]
Win McNamee/Getty Will President Trump escape accountability in November for the worst crisis leadership in American history? It depends on how strongly and cogently the rest of us frame the true historical record. In his February 5 State of the Union Address, Trump said of the spreading coronavirus, “My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat.” This did not happen. […]
The idea that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks—especially one who’s been rewarded for bad behavior—is particularly poignant when we consider President Trump’s firing Friday of Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the Intelligence Community. Trump has a track record of firing and retaliating against officials who don’t blindly follow his orders and mimic his mood swings, no matter how unethical, illegal, dangerous, or […]
Comic and pundit Bill Maher took aim at President Donald Trump’s recent bump in polling amid the coronavirus pandemic, noting that Americans often reflexively rally around leaders in times like these “because a crisis is no time to think.” HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher returned Friday night with an episode that was shot in the host’s back yard, featured taped remote interviews with several guests, […]
Oil has staged a tremendous surge in the past 48 hours, largely on the back of speculation that Trump will “encourage” Saudi Arabia and Russia to pursue output cuts, even though as it subsequently emerged when Trump tweeted that the “hopes” to see an N-OPEC output cut, it was an “exaggeration” and wishful thinking more than statement of fact. However, whereas the initial rally – which […]
US President Donald Trump has said he expects that Russia and Saudi Arabia could drastically curtail their oil output after a conversation between the two nations’ leaders. Moscow denies that any talks took place at all. Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to relay some “great” news for the oil and gas industry, as he expressed his hopes for some supposedly upcoming cuts in crude oil […]