Tag Archives: Donald Trump

“He’s just like he is on TV,” Hunter, R-Alpine, told the group. “He’s an asshole, but he’s our asshole.” San Diego Union-Tribune Rep. Duncan Hunter gives President Trump a profane complimentJoshua Stewart | Contact Reporter

American soft power takes another hit, coming soon after the torchlight march in Charlottesville reminiscent of the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the lead up to WWII. The London EconomicTrump pardons Arpaio: This is his human rights record Jack Peat Donald Trump’s pardon elevates Arpaio once again to the pantheon of those who see institutional racism as something that made America great. Arizona Republic Editorial

Weekend reading. Mat Taibbi sees the media as the sole factor, or major factor at least, in the rise of Trump. In my view, there are many factors involved, not the least of which is the state of the American character. This would not be happening if there were not appetite for it.Rolling StoneThe Media Is the Villain – for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump Matt Taibbi

Both Trump and Arpaio believe that maintaining “law and order” is more important than adhering to the technicalities of actual law. This is known as the difference between the rule of law and the rule by men. Go figure where this leads. If you came up with authority rather than liberty, you would be right. VOX The real reason Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio Dara Lind UPITrump pardons former Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio Danielle Haynes

What will — and won’t — change in a post-Bannon White House. The establishment and deep state win. Mike Flynn and Steve Bannon gone. What's next? Vox Steve Bannon’s exit from the Trump White House, explainedAndrew Prokop

One way of looking at it.FortuneHow CEOs Decided Trump Is a Bad InvestmentRobert Strand | Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business and Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility

A majority of Americans are dissatisfied with President Donald Trump’s response to the violence that erupted last Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to a new poll conducted by the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll.... PBSNew poll: Majority of Americans unhappy with Trump’s response to Charlottesville Laura Santhanam

President Trump, in a raucous press conference, again blamed "both sides" for deadly violence in Charlottesville He attacked business leaders who quit a White House panel over Trump's message on the weekend incident Trump combines indifference to conventional notions of morality or propriety with disbelief that others would be motivated by them It will interesting to watch the polling on how Americans relate to this. The US establishment might get a surprise. That would be a surprise for...

In the above Tweet, Assange has juxtaposed a neo-Nazi torch march in Kiev with the far-right torch march in Charlottesville. Apart from the torches, it is clear that the Ukrainian fascists were far more equipped for violence as they were wearing bullet-proof combat gear and facial coverings. The DuranJulian Assange asks why the US said nothing when Obama supported Ukrainian neo-NazisAdam Garrie

Backgrounder on what to expect.Zero HedgeTrump Warns Xi: Trade War With China Begins Monday Tyler Durden