Donald Trump Said He's 'Surprised' About Robert Kraft Prostitution Charges

"President Donald Trump said Friday he was “surprised” to hear the news about his longtime friend and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who was charged earlier that day in an investigation targeting an international sex trafficking ring.

Kraft, who has owned the NFL team since 1994, was charged by Jupiter, Florida, authorities with two counts of soliciting sex at a massage parlor".

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/donald-trump-said-apos-apos-202454539.html

He’s the second man with close ties to Trump to face charges over sex trafficking allegations. On Thursday, a judge ruled that (tRump’s) Justice Department lawyers broke the law by concealing a nonprosecution agreement they reached with tRump’s billionaire friend Jeffrey Epstein, who is 2008 faced allegations of sexually abusing MORE THAN 30 female minors. One of those lawyers is a current Trump Cabinet member, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta.”

Remember when that big lie got out about Hillary and the underground trafficking of sex slaves/ selling women on the black market, you can almost bet that someone in Trump's circle is already doing it in one form or fashion.

No way he surrounded himself with all these crooked/ corrupt people and not know or be involved.

We shall see.

Schiff vows lawsuit for Mueller report if it's not released

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top House Democrat threatened Sunday to call special counsel Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill, subpoena documents and take the Trump administration to court if necessary if the full report on the Russia investigation is not made public".

http://www.apnews.com/d4e2f0d4c0be403d830b2ad24d94d122

Democrats Will Subpoena Robert Mueller If Justice Department Doesn’t Release His Report

" Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is reportedly coming to a close, everyone is wondering what information in the report will be made public by President Donald Trump’s Attorney General William Barr. House Intelligence Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) went on This Week to discuss how Democrats plan to find out what’s in the report despite potential obfuscation from the Trump Administration."


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/democrats-mueller-report-799438/

EX-RNC Chair Slams Trump's Silence On Alleged Domestic Terrorist: 'These Are His People'

" Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele rebuked President Donald Trump for his silence on the arrest of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and a hit list naming Democrats and prominent journalists.

However, he said it’s nothing new.

“Why would we be surprised that a self-proclaimed nationalist would not speak out against a self-proclaimed white nationalist?” he asked during an MSNBC appearance Friday. “Why are we acting like this is a space that Donald Trump is going to go in on behalf of the American ideal? No, he’s not.”

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/ex-rnc-chair-slams-trump-143115214.html

'Unhinged madman': Former U.S. budget director says Trump is 'conducting 4 wars on the economy'

"A former U.S. government official believes President Donald Trump is severely hurting the American economy in various ways.

“We have a delusional, unhinged madman in the Oval Office, and anything is possible,” David Stockman, the former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under President Ronald Reagan, told Yahoo Finance’s The Ticker (video above). “He's conducting four wars on the American economy, and it's not going to make it great again".

http://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-economy-budget-economy-160431196.html

This is a little old. But still should be posted here for those that like doing the research.

Trump’s false claim that Obama had the same family separation policy

"It’s not the first time Trump tries to minimize the scope of his family separations at the border by claiming that President Barack Obama had the same policy. This claim and its variations have been roundly debunked. We gave them Four Pinocchios in June. But they’re back now, and so are we".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/27/trumps-false-claim-that-obama-had-same-family-separation-policy/?noredirect=on

AP FACT CHECK: Obama didn’t have family separation policy

"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely asserting that the federal policy that split migrant families at the border was practiced by his predecessor, Barack Obama, as well".

http://www.apnews.com/91e9489c7f434099a987bed7defd3f1d

Katyal and Wisenberg: ‘If this is a witch hunt, Mueller’s found a coven at this point’

"The former Obama administration official discussed President Donald Trump’s tendency to label Mueller’s investigation as a politically-motivated “witch hunt.” Trump often alleges bias, insulting Mueller and his team of prosecutors who are, he claims, conflicted and partisan.

“If this is a witch hunt, Mueller’s found a coven at this point,” the former Obama administration official said".

http://www.inquisitr.com/5312708/mueller-trump-indicted-russia-investigation/

Someone as "brazen" as Manafort And Trump didn't know?

Paul Manafort: US government could not find anyone as 'brazenly' criminal as Trump's former campaign manager

"Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort broke the law so often and so “brazenly” that the office of special counsel Robert Mueller has called his criminal history “unique”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-manafort-trump-campaign-robert-mueller-criminal-sentencing-memo-russia-investigation-a8794171.html

U.S. Democrats will subpoena Mueller's Russia report if needed: Schiff

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on his investigation into links between U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election team and Russia if it is not given to Congress, senior lawmaker Adam Schiff said on Sunday".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/us-democrats-will-subpoena-muellers-russia-report-if-needed-schiff-idUSKCN1QD0V6

Trade Chief Dumbs Down Contract Term After Donald Trump Doesn't Get It

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trade-chief-dumbs-down-contract-082052157.html

Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was in full deflection mode.

The Democrats had blamed Russia for the hacking and release of damaging material on his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump wasn't buying it. But on July 27, 2016, midway through a news conference in Florida, Trump decided to entertain the thought for a moment.

"Russia, if you're listening," said Trump, looking directly into a television camera, "I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" — messages Clinton was reported to have deleted from her private email server.

Actually, Russia was doing more than listening: It had been trying to help Republican Trump for months. That very day, hackers working with Russia's military intelligence tried to break into email accounts associated with Clinton's personal office.

It was just one small part of a sophisticated election interference operation carried out by the Kremlin — and meticulously chronicled by special counsel Robert Mueller.

We know this, though Mueller has made not a single public comment since his appointment in May 2017. We know this, though the full, final report on the investigation, believed to be in its final stages, may never be made public. It's up to Attorney General William Barr".

http://apnews.com/2b8513d4a4224a559d7048edb396cdfd?utm_source=PushNotification

And here for video.

http://news.yahoo.com/court-records-reveal-mueller-report-134727224.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

incompetent: not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

About halfway through President Trump’s term seems like a good time to check in once again on the rate of turnover in his Cabinet compared with past presidents. Once again, it is unprecedented in recent history. Through this point in their presidencies, none of the preceding six presidents had weathered more turnover in the 24 offices that constitute Trump’s Cabinet1 than Trump has. As of Jan. 8, there had already been 12 staffing changes to his Cabinet. The president with the next-highest number at this point in his presidency was Bill Clinton, with only six. In fact, by Jan. 8 of the third year of the previous six administrations combined, just 16 people had left these offices.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/two-years-in-turnover-in-trumps-cabinet-is-still-historically-high/


Maybe people working WITH HIM understand more about incompetence than his loyal flock.

Democrats ready to fight to make Mueller report public

"WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Democrat has threatened to call special counsel Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill, subpoena documents and sue the Trump administration if the full report on Mueller's Russia investigation is not made public".

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-ready-to-fight-to-make-mueller-report-public

Trump just can't keep his mouth shut. He seems to think that every time someone says something, he has to strike back. Right now, with the mess that's already hanging over Trump's head, running his mouth only makes it worse. Some people are better left ignored. Sometimes lashing out only makes it worse for you.

President Trump on Monday lashed out at Spike Lee after the director urged viewers to vote him out of office during Sunday night’s Academy Awards.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-bashes-spike-lee-racist-hit-oscars-123716258.html

AS DONALD TRUMP HEADS TO VIETNAM, HERE'S HOW HE USED BONE SPURS TO AVOID WAR, MILITARY SERVICE

"President Donald Trump is flying Air Force One to Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday for his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. But he avoided the trip to Vietnam in the summer of 1968, as tens of thousands of American men his age were drafted and died in war".

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-bone-spurs-avoid-draft-vietnam-military-service-trip-full-story-1343222

For someone who has bone spurs on his heels, he sure gets around good.

Ex-Trump campaign staffer accuses the president of forcibly kissing her

"A former Trump campaign staffer filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing President Donald Trump of forcibly kissing her on the mouth prior to an August 2016 rally in Florida.

Alva Johnson says she was helping organize a campaign stop in Tampa when Trump grabbed her and kissed her as he was exiting a recreational vehicle where he’d been signing autographs. "

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Any continued posts of the same will prompt a ban from M2.

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think Trump is doing a good job of encouraging new jobs here...working with China so we don't have high tariffs... going to meet Kim Un again. no other president has gotten that far.

BUILD THAT WALL
*I have the right to keep quiet, but not the ability.

After Putin's warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S.

"MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/after-putins-warning-russian-tv-lists-nuclear-targets-in-us-idUSKCN1QE1DM


Putin is just jealous that Trump is spending more time with Kim.

Chilling' testimony promised from Trump's former lawyer

"Washington (AFP) - Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer to Donald Trump who has since turned against the president, is set to appear next week before lawmakers eager to press for dramatic details of his former client's business and personal affairs.

Expectations are high for potentially explosive testimony by Trump's onetime fixer in a public hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee".

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/-chilling--testimony-promised-from-trump-s-former-lawyer--11286056

All we can and should ask for is the truth no matter what the truth is. The president nor anyone else should not be above the law. The public has a right to know if the president or anyone else broke the law or influenced our elections.

Despite President Donald Trump's Twitter attacks, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe doubles down on investigations

"Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe doubled-down on ABC News' "This Week" over his insistence that it was a national-security imperative for him to open up counterintelligence and obstruction probes of President Donald Trump after Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017".

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-attacks-fbi-official-doubles-week/story?id=61239355

Sessions fired McCabe on March 16, 2018, 26 hours before his scheduled retirement. Sessions announced that he based his decision on reports from the DOJ Inspector General and the FBI's disciplinary office saying that McCabe had made unauthorized releases of information to the media and had MISLED agents who questioned him about it. McCabe disputed these charges and alleged that his firing was politically motivated.

House to vote on measure revoking Trump's emergency order

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are moving quickly to try to roll back President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to siphon billions of dollars from the military to fund construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border".

http://www.wilx.com/content/news/House-to-vote-on-measure-revoking-Trumps-emergency-order-506368651.html

Trump Accuses Democrats Of 'Executing Babies After Birth'

"President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats Monday night after the Senate blocked a Republican anti-abortion bill".

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-accuses-democrats-apos-executing-163815026.html

Late-term abortion is rare, to begin with: Only 1.3 percent of abortions in 2015 was done at 21 weeks or later, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 90 percent of abortions take place at or before 13 weeks. There's already a law in place signed by then-President George W. Bush in August of 2002. Which clearly extends legal protection to an infant born alive after a failed attempt at induced abortion. It was named the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. People, please do some research. This issue has already been addressed and this will not be remembered in any way as the most shocking vote in the history if Congress....don't let David Dennison con you right-wingers.

Besides, The last account I had the Senate is REPUBLICAN controlled. More Republicans than there are Democrats in the Senate. And the Republicans still can't get a bill passed. Just some more "blame the Democrats for Republican shortcomings.

Citing ‘No Justification,’ Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Pulls National Guard Troops From Border

"Citing “no justification” for stationing National Guard troops at the U.S.-Mexico border, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) issued an executive order Monday withdrawing more than 110 soldiers and airmen of the Wisconsin National Guard from Arizona’s southern border.

“There is simply not ample evidence to support the president’s contention that there exists a national security crisis at our southwestern border,” Evers said in a statement, referring to President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. is facing immigration".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/citing-no-justification-wisconsin-gov-075628595.html

Michael Cohen to testify in House that Trump potentially committed crime while in office, source says

"When Michael Cohen takes the stand before a congressional committee on Wednesday, he will for the first time publicly accuse President Donald Trump of potentially committing a crime while in office, according to a source familiar with his intended testimony".

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-testify-house-trump-potentially-committed-crime/story?id=61320603

Can a sitting U.S. president face criminal charges?

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Constitution explains how a president can be removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors" by Congress using the impeachment process. But the Constitution is silent on whether a president can face criminal prosecution in court, and the U.S. Supreme Court has not directly addressed the question".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-indictment-explainer/can-a-sitting-us-president-face-criminal-charges-idUSKCN1QF1D3


The DOJ memo is just a guideline and nowhere in the Constitution does it say that a president cannot be indicted.

Trump's ex-fixer Cohen to give new Russia details to Congress: source


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen will tell lawmakers this week that Trump asked him several times about a proposed skyscraper project in Moscow long after he secured the Republican presidential nomination, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-cohen/trumps-ex-fixer-cohen-to-give-new-russia-details-to-congress-source-idUSKCN1QF12R

'I didn't need to do this.' Critics say Trump quote undercuts national emergency for border wall


"WASHINGTON – Thirty minutes into an off-the-cuff defense of his decision to declare a national emergency to help build his border wall, President Donald Trump made an admission that may have handed ammunition to legal opponents of the move.

Trump, who has long described the situation on the Southwest border as a "crisis" and an "invasion," appeared to suggest his administration had all the time it needed to build the hundreds of miles of border barrier he has demanded for months".

"I could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn't need to do this," Trump told reporters gathered in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, shortly before he signed a proclamation declaring the emergency. "But I'd rather do it much faster."

Trump’s opponents, including a number of groups and officials suing the administration over the national emergency, pounced on the president's candid remarks and said they appeared to undermine his claims of an urgent problem on the southern border ".

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/02/16/border-emergency-donald-trump-quote-undercuts-move-critics-says/2881619002/

Evers pulls Wisconsin troops from US-Mexico border


"Wisconsin governor says there's no justification for Wisconsin National Guard troops to remain at the border".

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/25/tony-evers-pulls-back-wisconsin-troops-u-s-border-mexico/2984829002/


California governor to pull troops from US-Mexico border

"California Governor Gavin Newsom plans Monday to withdraw several hundred National Guard troops from the state's southern border with Mexico in defiance of the Trump administration's request for support from border states".


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/california-governor-pull-troops-mexico-border-190211154626406.html

Another State to Pull Its Troops From Border

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom says 'crisis' is 'manufactured' "

http://www.newser.com/story/271132/california-gov-to-pull-troops-from-border.html

Donald Trump Boasts (Without Explaining How) That Daughter Ivanka Trump 'Created Millions of Jobs'

"Trump is praising his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump for having “created millions of jobs".
“My daughter has created millions of jobs. I don’t know if anyone knows that, but she’s created millions of jobs,” Trump added without saying exactly how Ivanka is responsible for the significant increase in work.


http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/donald-trump-boasts-without-explaining-030859862.html

North Korea expert calls Donald Trump ‘unread, narcissistic and racist’ ahead of Kim Jong-un talks

"An expert on North Korea has branded Donald Trump “unread, narcissistic and racist” ahead of the US president’s summit with Kim Jong-un.

The two men are scheduled to meet on February 27 and 28 in Hanoi, Vietnam, their second meeting following their talks in Singapore last year".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-expert-calls-donald-trump-unread-narcissistic-racist-ahead-kim-jong-un-talks-145948673.html


Trump is once again praising Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of a communist country.


Does Donald Trump have dementia? 8 troubling signs that deserve a closer look

"The health of the president is important. After all, we wouldn’t want a repeat of the fates met by Presidents William Henry Harrison, or Zachary Taylor, or good ol’ FDR (everyone nod and pretend you totally know that these men all died due to health issues while in office). And the health of presidential candidates seems to be a pretty huge issue lately. It certainly is to Republican nominee Donald Trump and his crew, as demonstrated by his constant claims that Democratic rival Hillary Clinton lacks the “mental and physical” stamina to take on ISIS or be the leader of the free world or think clear thoughts or put on pants, or basically anything that a president would need to do. The point is, Trump is concerned about Clinton’s health, and the health of all women, really?"

http://thefrisky.com/does-donald-trump-have-dementia-8-troubling-signs-that-deserve-a-closer-look/