Donald Trump spoke at West Point’s commencement on Saturday. After the speech, he left the stage by walking down a ramp. You’d think this would be a pretty straightforward exit, but it was not: Trump scooted down the ramp with noticeable caution, then spent the lead-up to his own birthday tweeting lies about it to …
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Donald Trump has made it pretty clear whose side he’s on. As protests against police brutality sweep America and parts of the world, the president has spent his time reassuring officers they won’t be defunded and angrily tweeting nonsensical conspiracy theories about elderly protesters. On Monday, he told a White House roundtable that 99 percent …
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In a lengthy open letter Friday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defended his decision to not touch a Donald Trump post with racist overtones — before ending with the statement “Black lives matter.” Zuckerberg didn’t mention Trump by name. But at the weekend, the president posted the words “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” on …
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Twitter on Thursday took down videos posted by two of the Trump administration’s reelection campaign profiles, Team Trump and Trump War Room, for copyright infringement. The nearly four-minute-long clip paid tribute to George Floyd and was narrated by a speech the president gave a few days ago. “We are working toward a more just society, …
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper called out President Donald Trump at length on Monday night, after the president finally made public comments on the protests against police brutality raging across the country. Trump’s address was accompanied by the sound of police using tear gas and force to move peaceful protesters away from the White House, clearing a …
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Donald Trump’s feud with Twitter just become a legal matter, as the president signed an executive order that looks to regulate social media companies by targeting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the law that shields internet companies from liability for content users post on their sites. The executive order seeks to classify social media sites …
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In the very same week as Donald Trump proclaimed “We have prevailed,” the coronavirus pandemic has now reached its spiky, invisible tentacles right into his White House. Inner-circle staff have tested positive over the past week, including a presidential valet and the vice-president’s press secretary, Katie Miller, who happens to be married to top Trump …
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[ad_1] Presidential hissy fits have become just another routine part of American life — but seeing Donald Trump handle a press conference with all the grace and dignity of a circus clown continues to be as disappointing as ever. On Monday, President Donald Trump “took his lack of balls and went home” after he was …
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