It didn’t take long. Journalists, editorial writers and columnists who hate Donald Trump and consistently opposed his election are now advising him what not to do. Newspaper headlines claim Trump is pulling back on his campaign promises. Editorials encourage him not to do everything he pledged, although his pledges are what got him elected. The […]
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Donald Trump to settle Trump University suits for $25 million
SAN DIEGO — President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to a $25 million settlement to resolve three lawsuits over Trump University, his former school for real estate investors. The deal announced Friday by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would settle a lawsuit he filed three years ago, plus two class-action lawsuits in California filed […]
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Donald Trump tweets that Ford won’t move ‘Lincoln plant’ to Mexico
DETROIT — President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday night to announce that Ford Motor Co. won’t be moving Lincoln production from Kentucky to Mexico. Bill Ford, the company’s executive chairman, telephoned him with the news that a Lincoln plant would stay in Louisville, Trump said in the tweet claiming credit for the decision. Just […]
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Trump asks Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, Mike Pompeo to head CIA
InsideGov | Graphiq President-elect Donald Trump has offered the position of attorney general to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and the position of CIA director to Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., according to sources close to the transition. Sessions’s offer was finalized Thursday and the senator has been working with staff to lay the groundwork for an […]
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Donald Trump names Michael Flynn as choice for national security adviser
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is offering former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn the position of national security adviser, elevating a fierce critic of current U.S. foreign policy into a crucial White House role. Flynn’s selection amounts to Trump’s first signal to allies and adversaries about the course he could take in office. It’s […]
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No comparison
Recently, I read an opinion piece by Glen Beck in which he wrote that he understands Democrats’ angst but that “They shouldn’t fear Donald Trump the way I feared Barack Obama.” I thank him for trying to assuage people’s fear, but he is way off base. An equivalent statement might be, “I understand your uncertainty […]
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Trump supporters fought back
A lot of people cannot understand how Donald Trump won the election and fault the GOP and Trump’s apparently deplorable, irredeemable supporters for voting him into office. How did Trump supporters come to be? It was the liberals. They created Trump supporters when they attacked supporters’ freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. […]
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Donald Trump reassures that transition is going ‘so smoothly’
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump and his team are battling back against charges of chaos and infighting as they race to set up an administration. The incoming Republican administration got an unlikely boost from outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, who said that “no administration is ready on Day One.” Trump stayed out of the […]
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Trump will take care of veterans
I thank U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the four-term Republican, for giving birth to Donald Trump. She loved to put herself out front and deny his existence during the campaign when things were looking bad for him. It is her policies and lack thereof that will be her downfall. My greatest hero of all was George […]
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Two GOP senators mentioned as possible picks for defense secretary
WASHINGTON — The two people most frequently mentioned to head the Pentagon in Donald Trump’s administration are both senators — and some of their chamber’s most hawkish Republicans. They are Alabama’s Jeff Sessions — one of Trump’s closest allies and a top booster since the start of the businessman’s unconventional campaign — and Arkansas’s Tom […]