Latest numbers from all polls 06/07/2017 -* Update*- Trump poll numbers continue to crash. President Trump’s job approval rating has fallen to a new low, according to a poll released Wednesday. The new Quinnipiac University poll finds Trump has a job approval rating of 34 percent, compared to 57 percent who disapprove of the way the president is handling his ...
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Comey provides written statement before testimony
06/07/2017 A day before he is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Former FBI Director James Comey released the prepared statement he plans to offer the committee before being questioned. Contained in the prepared statement are detailed notes of nine instances where Comey and Trump interacted. The discussions regarded reports that Russia held compromising information on Trump, Michael ...
Read More »Trump backs out of Paris accord
“We’re getting out” Trump stated today from the White House Rose Garden, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” 190 out of 193 countries had signed on to the Paris agreement, intended to address global warming on a world scale. Now, only Syria, Nicaragua and the United States have decided not to join the effort that ...
Read More »Just about nobody can trust Donald Trump
It started just about as soon as he took office. The false claims about the crowd size at his inauguration really didn’t matter, but the Trump staff insisted on telling the lie. When the truth started to get in the way, they tried “alternative facts”. it wasn’t long before people in the Trump Administration started to lose credibility and trust, ...
Read More »Kushner is White House’s “Back Door Man”
5/30/2017 Is it appropriate for an ordinary American citizen to meet with Russian operatives and ask them to set up hidden communication channels with the Kremlin so that US intelligence can’t track the conversations? That is exactly what Jared Kushner tried to do in December, before Donald Trump took office in January. Before Trump became President, and before Kushner had ...
Read More »N. Korea conducts 9th missile test of 2017, more than under Obama’s two terms
During Obama’s two terms as President, North Korea conducted eight missile tests and attempted four satellite launches. During Trump’s first six months, they have conducted nine missile tests, and have shown no signs of slowing down. Trump has tweeted many times about North Korea and China’s ability to control them. Trump implied that the reason that China hasn’t influenced North ...
Read More »Merkel: Europe can’t depend on Trump
5/28/2017 In a sad dose of reality, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands”, “This is what I have experienced in the last few days”. This coming after recent meetings involving President Trump during his trip to Europe. Trump’s statements over several days made it clear to just about everybody that America’s ...
Read More »Trump doesn’t understand how NATO works financially
5/27/2017 Donald Trump appears to need a lesson on how NATO works, at least financially. From his statements, it appears he believes that NATO sends out bills and member countries are responsible for making a payment. “This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from ...
Read More »Simpson’s mock Trump
In the second short involving President Trump, Fox released “125 Days” which imagines Donald Trump being visited by the ghost of Richard Nixon. Note which song Pence is whistling as he scratches off “Vice” from his name plate. Is this a sign to come? And this is the first “100 Days” of the Trump Presidency according to the Simpsons. ...
Read More »FBI begins to focus in on Jared Kushner, Trump Adviser and son-in-law
5/25/2017 Not letting up in its’ investigation into potential criminal conduct in relation to Russia, the FBI has turned some of its focus towards Jared Kushner, Trump’s Adviser and son-in-law. Kushner is known to have met with the Russians in Trump Tower during the election, and may have further knowledge as to how other staff, such as disgraced former General ...
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