Donald Trump — even if they don’t think Trump has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” the Constitution requires. … A wide majority of self-identified Democratic voters, 71 percent, want Congress to impeach Trump. … It’s no secret that I am no fan of Trump and, outside the Gorsuch nomination, cabinet choices, and some executive orders, Trump’s presidency…
It was fashionable to denigrate the order in some quarters; because Trump. … Trump signaled a change in direction on May 4, when he issued an executive order instructing three cabinet departments to consider … Trump said, “we are ending the attacks on your religious liberty.”
The new rule will fulfill a campaign pledge by Mr. Trump.…
Naturally, such an inclination earns him derision among the pro-Trump crowd but even the knee-jerk reactionary anti-Trump contingent … I had somebody tell me Sasse is “enabling” Trump by voting to confirm his cabinet nominees. … I asked him how, in a word, he’d describe Trump. All he came up with: “current president.”
But Trump isn’t his only problem.…
Trump is chaos, plain and simple. … The Cabinet picks were, mostly, good. His pick for Supreme Court has promise. … We can’t call Trump out on his mistakes. To do so is sabotage, anti-Republican and anti-American.…
So President Trump is exactly right. He’s talking to the right people. … cabinet:
They have put together a superb national security team. … Media coverage of Trump:
HH: Last question for you, Mr. Secretary. Is the press tougher on Donald Trump than it was on you?…
Yesterday, at the widely lampooned cabinet meeting, President Trump made this statement:
“This is our first Cabinet meeting with … the entire Cabinet present. … ’s Cabinet.…
Trump. … And so Trump fired him. … What does Trump do when prominent cabinet officials resign, and they can’t find replacements who want anything to do with him?…
general of both Maryand and the District of Columbia filed suit this morning in a Maryland district court against President Donald Trump … From Politico:
The suit focuses on the president’s continued ownership of his family’s business empire, control of which Trump said … But far from the blind trust standard adopted by past presidents, Trump continues to receive some information about the Trump organization…
The next edition comes from David Frum
Most sinister of all the pro-Trump talking points: The claim that the president has the right … It’s literally true, but it’s not constitutional practice, in the same way the Senate could refuse to allow a president any cabinet … Equating the president firing someone he appointed with a blanket refusal of the Senate to appoint anyone to the cabinet is one of…
Confirmations that Donald Trump is exactly as inadequate at his job as we believed he would be. … They aren’t even denying Trump is a pompous, lying, windbag who is so far out of his depth that being in his cabinet has all the hallmarks … I’ve yet to speak to one Trump supporter that believes he’s not a habitual liar.…
How did Trump react to all the chaos he created today? … CNN’s Gloria Borger last week quoted a Trump confidant: “He now lives within himself, which is a dangerous place for Donald Trump to … It’s not the Trump show, anymore.…
A new report out today is saying that four top law firms rejected requests from the Trump administration to represent the president … Trump finally settled on Marc E. … Kasowitz, a New York lawyer who has represented Trump in past legal issues, such as the Trump University lawsuits and his divorces.…
and Trump is the peacemaker that adjudicates conflicts. … But there are some pretty stupid people in the Trump camp.” … I’d be surprised if any of them actually thought Trump was going to win.…
Trump went off-script again. … But Trump—and the NATO case shows this all too clearly—isn’t in the room with them.
Good point. … Nobody knows if they should take Trump seriously, or should they listen to his cabinet?…
By August, Trump was predicting that the election would be rigged. … What is most insulting to one’s intelligence is that the administration is actually claiming that it was so afraid of helping Trump … It would be up to President Trump to decide whether to use the capability.…
The loyalists are those who expect total fealty to Trump and his every whim, no matter how destructive. … Hint: If you’re more concerned about protecting Trump than protecting the nation, you are not a conservative. … Tom Price, who left to serve as part of Trump’s Cabinet (secretary of Health and Human Services).…
Not content to limit his state of juvenescence on Twitter to bickering with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzenzski, Donald Trump tweeted … logo of CNN over the head of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon in a scene cut from Wrestlemania (insert whatever Roman numeral it is) when Trump … Trump thinks of everything in how it affects his little personal universe.…
The head of the Civil Rights Division of Department of Justice is one of the most important sub-cabinet positions in government. … Now President Trump has sent a nomination to the Senate to fill the position of assistant attorney general for civil rights:
Eric … On Thursday, Trump tapped him to lead the division that handles voting rights, policing and discrimination cases.…
Wherever the other 10 percent went, it didn’t go to Trump.
What does that mean? … Trump knows this. … That was before she went to the Trump tribe, and made such vile statements, including that she’d let Trump perform abortions in the…
Much of the Trump admin was caught flat-footed by WH warning to Syria. … Much of the Trump admin was caught flat-footed by WH warning to Syria. … Trump was with the Chinese president. McMaster coordinated the strike. Defense carried it out.…
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, one of Donald Trump’s seemingly smarter Cabinet picks, seems to understand that there … efforts (which is a good thing):
Tom Price, secretary of Health and Human Services, said on “Fox News Sunday” that President Donald Trump…
But what did President Trump actually agree to in last week’s meeting with Vladimir Putin? … of the intelligence community and his own cabinet members…[and] United States credibility, hinders deterrence and challenges United … Before the day was over, Trump had backpedaled on the issue, but the natural question has to be what was actually discussed?…
Donald Trump must enjoy throwing people on his team under the bus. … It’s difficult to keep track of how many times his aides, press people, and cabinet people say something about Trump or what he’s doing … , only to be undercut by Trump down the road.…
President Trump reportedly had to step away from the working group to attend bilateral talks. Fine. … An official Cabinet member, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, attended the Saturday meetings with the Trump’s. … Ivanka sitting in for Trump makes it look once again like the President doesn’t take this all that seriously.…
On Wednesday, as just about everyone knows by now, Donald Trump gave an interview to the New York Times in which he lambasted Attorney … GOP senators were not happy:
Confronted with the rare and awkward choice of siding with either a president of their party or a Cabinet … Sessions was an early supporter of Trump, endorsed him, and campaigned on his behalf.…
