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Of course Donald Trump endorsed Sarah Palin (CNN)

Without Sarah Palin, there is no Donald Trump. So it makes perfect sense that the former President threw his support behind the former Alaska governor's ...

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Trump endorses Sarah Palin for Alaska US House seat (The Guardian)

The death of Don Young left an Alaska House seat vacant and the former governor announced her run on Friday.

We’ve got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast, namby-pamby, wussy-pussy stuff that’s been going on”. McCain and Palin were soundly beaten by Barack Obama and Joe Biden. An open primary will pit more than 50 contenders from all parties against each other.

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Report: Trump's Truth Social Is an Even Bigger Humiliation Than His ... (Vanity Fair)

US President Donald Trump holds a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando. By SAUL LOEB / AFP.

As The Daily Beast reported last month, sources have heard Trump “swearing gratuitously” about the app on the phone, asking, “What the fuck is going on” with the social network, and regularly complaining about the bad press and disappointing optics of the rollout. As for Trump, he has yet to post a follow-up to his initial “truth” telling users to get excited to see more of him. The SPAC is said to be under federal investigation and Thursday missed a filing deadline because of what it said were accounting delays. Truth Social also still does not have an app for Android users, despite Android phones making up “more than 40% of the U.S. market,” Reuters reports. “If Josh has left…all bets are off,” a source told Reuters of Adams, describing him as the “brains” behind the app’s technology. When we last checked in with Truth Social, the alternative social media network launched by Donald Trump after he was booted from Twitter and temporarily Facebook for inciting a violent insurrection, things were not going great.

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Chris Sununu goes there on Trump (The Washington Post)

Nobody is playing as interesting a political game in the Republican Party right now as New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R). The looming question is: How ...

He’s also pointing to the broader ways that his party has lost its bearings — a problem that goes well beyond Trump himself — which, taken together, could add up to a pretty coherent campaign message. And it’s somewhat easier if you’re a governor who doesn’t have to constantly contend with the national spotlight. They’d like you to know that they’re not really on board with the former president and that maybe it’s time for the party to shift toward steadier and more principled leadership. And most recently, Sununu hamstrung the GOP’s efforts to add a winnable congressional seat in New Hampshire, which has been trending blue at the federal level. Sununu set up his joke at the Gridiron dinner by citing the possibility that Trump would return to the presidency after the 2024 election. Sununu broke that GOP’s heart late last year when he declined to run for Senate in New Hampshire, blaming the national GOP for its lack of ambition and contentedness with simply blocking President Biden’s agenda.

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Trump upset with the state of his new social media site, eyes shakeup (Politico)

Three top executives quit Truth Social, including chief technology officer, Josh Adams and Billy Boozer, the head of the company's product development, and ...

The app has seen a 93 percent drop in sign ups since its launch, and installs declined by 800,000 users, according to data from Sensor Tower, a mobile analytics firm. Following news of the decline in usage, shares for Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company that is joining with Trump Media and Technology Group (the company backing Truth Social), declined by over 30 percent, according to Bloomberg. Trump’s frustration comes as the site has struggled mightily upon launch, with low traffic and persistent tech glitches.

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Chris Sununu Has Nothing to Lose in His Trump Beef (Esquire.com)

After all, somebody has to be the young, allegedly moderate Republican who tells the truth about the guy.

“I’ve always said I think we need to get rid of the ultrasound provision and maybe put some other provisions in there that folks have asked for on the other side,” he said.Yeah, right, whatever. “It gets them absolutely nowhere.” The governor once again offered that he’s open to making changes to the abortions provisions in the budget. “I think it’s fair to say that Chris Sununu and Donald Trump see the world very differently,” Lewandowski said. But it’s important to remember that New Hampshire is still early in the presidential nominating process, and somebody has to run in the lane marked Crazy Free. (There must have been a great subterranean hootenanny at the Congressional Cemetery.) What happened was that Chris Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire, decided to Go There in a big way.“You know, he’s probably going to be the next president,” Sununu said of Trump, musing about his “experience,” “passion,” “sense of integrity” and the “rationale” he brought to his tweets. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io Hassan’s seat is one of several Senate seats seen by Republican strategists as key to flipping the Senate. “It’s a seat that we think (Sununu) could have won. “And that’s perfectly fine.”In truth, Sununu doesn’t have a lot to lose. (Hassan is considered to be one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in 2022.) Sununu has had an up-and-down time with El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago. Last November, Sununu took a pass on the Senate race, and then he snubbed the former president* when the latter visited New Hampshire in February. According to the Boston Herald, this did not sit well with the upper-level faculty at Camp Runamuck.Commence the birthing of the bovines![Corey] Lewandowski said “Republicans across the country were disappointed with Gov. Sununu and his decision not to run for the U.S. Senate” against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan, who is up for re-election this year. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”Sununu is the younger scion of a New Hampshire political dynasty that began with John H. Sununu, his father, who also was governor before his truncated stint as President George H. W. Bush’s chief of staff. ... I’m going to deny I ever said it.” It didn’t stop there: “The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And he waited ’til the end to make his decision,” Lewandowski said.Lewandowski also ripped Sununu’s ongoing coronavirus measures and his decision to keep public school students — including Lewandowski’s own children — in masks.

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Chris Sununu, New Hampshire's Republican governor, calls Trump ... (CNN)

Over the weekend, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, spoke at the Gridiron dinner, an annual gathering of Washington media and political types.

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Former President Trump endorses Palin for Congress (The Denver Channel)

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for Congress.

"Sarah has been a champion for Alaska values, Alaska energy, Alaska jobs, and the great people of Alaska." "Sarah shocked many when she endorsed me very early in 2016, and we won big. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed former GOP vice president candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for Congress.

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Sununu's 'crazy' joke about Trump draws ire of former president's ... (WMUR Manchester)

Gov. Chris Sununu is telling supporters of former President Donald Trump to "lighten up" after an uproar over a joke he told at a dinner in Washington, ...

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Two key execs quit Donald Trump's social media app: report (New York Post)

Josh Adams, the chief of technology, and Billy Boozer, the head of product development, stepped down from their posts, according to reports.

The exit of two executives critical to the app launch efforts could imperil the company’s progress as it tries to prove it can compete with mainstream platforms such as Twitter, said two people familiar with the company. The company has an app for iPhones but none for Android phones, which make up more than 40% of the US market, though the company has advertised seeking an engineer to build one. The departures followed the troubled launch of the company’s iPhone app on Feb. 20.

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Trump's Truth Social App Is Bombing So Hard That Top Executives ... (Rolling Stone)

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on April 2, 2022, near Washington, Michigan. Scott Olson/Getty Images. Truth Social is bombing. The social media ...

“I created TRUTH Social … to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech,” Trump said last October when the app was announced. The Daily Beast reported on Monday on the app’s anemic performance. Both were critical parts of the operation, according to eight sources who spoke with Reuters. “If Josh has left … all bets are off,” one of them said of Adams, calling him the “brains” behind the app’s technology.

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Donald Trump's Twitter Rival Truth Social Is In The News. This Is Why (NDTV)

Truth Social, the social media platform launched by former US President Donald Trump, has turned out to be a disaster, according to the BBC.

The reporter said that Truth Social did not contain much original content and has very limited number of accounts. Like Twitter, this platform also fills the feed of a user with posts from users they follow. Twitter said Trump made false claim that the presidential election had been stolen, which triggered the violence on January 6, 2021.

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Donald Trump attacks John McCain again while endorsing Sarah ... (Yahoo)

The former Alaska governor was one of the first conservative figures to throw her support behind Donald Trump in 2016.

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Trump Can't Help But Swipe at John McCain While Endorsing Sarah ... (Rolling Stone)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks as she endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign stop, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in Ames, ...

Palin has been out of politics since her turn as Alaska’s governor, but she’s maintained a presence across conservative media, and as a vocal supporter of right-wing candidates — including Trump in 2016. The former vice presidential candidate and early Trump supporter announced on Friday that she will be running to fill the seat. “They were out to destroy her, but she didn’t let that happen.”

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Former President Donald Trump to hold Alabama rally this summer (al.com)

The rally is timed for days before the state's GOP Senate primary runoff.

(Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Alabama in June, days before what’s expected to be a runoff in the state’s Republican Senate Republican primary. CULLMAN, USA - AUGUST 21: Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a major rally hosted by the Alabama Republican Party and in conjunction with the Alabama Republican Party's Summer Meeting to support the MAGA agenda in Cullman, Alabama in Cullman, AL, United States on August 21, 2021. The event is scheduled to run from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., the website said.The Republican primary runoff is set for June 21.Related: Trump rally in Alabama: Loyalists turn out to hear former president in CullmanTrump last month withdrew his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama’s GOP Senate primary and has yet to announce another endorsement, though he said he would in the announcement distancing himself from Brooks.Former Business Council of Alabama president and CEO Katie Britt and Huntsville business executive Mike Durant are the leading candidates for Trump’s endorsement.Admission to the Trump rally ranges from $25 for general admission to $2,995 for seating in the presidential section, according to the website.Trump last visited Alabama in August 2021, headlining a rally for Brooks in Cullman. Trump also visited Huntsville during his presidency for a 2017 rally in support of former Sen. Luther Strange and kickstarted his presidential campaign with a rally in Mobile in 2015.Other personalities expected to appear at the Birmingham rally, according to the tour website, include Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Dinesh D’Souza and Sheriff Mark Lamb along with others.Registration is available on the website. The rally will be in Birmingham on June 18, according to the American Freedom Tour website. AlabamaChevron that denotes content that can open up. The venue for the event, according to the website, has not been determined. Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Main MenuNewsChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To NewsBusinessChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To BusinessFind a Local BusinessChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Find a Local BusinessOpinionChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To OpinionSportsChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To SportsMore Alabama CollegesChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To More Alabama CollegesPro SportsChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Pro SportsLife & CultureChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Life & CultureDiningChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To DiningJobsChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To JobsReal EstateChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Real EstateResourcesChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To ResourcesClassifiedsChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To ClassifiedsPhotos & VideosChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Photos & VideosFollow UsChevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Chevron that denotes content that can open up.Back To Follow UsVisit us on Google PlusThis Is Alabama on Instagram

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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu Gets Laughs, Applause for Calling ... (PEOPLE.com)

He's so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution,” Sununu said at the annual Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night.

she said, according to the Post. "No one knows who I am." RELATED: Trump Takes a Break from Everything Else to Share His Thoughts on ... 'Y.M.C.A.' The Associated Press reports that speakers, which typically includes the sitting U.S. president, are expected to "singe" but "not burn" high-profile political figures. "The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy," Sununu continued, according to The Washington Post, which also reported laughs and applause in the audience but no booing for the jokes. But I think if he were in one, he ain't getting out!" "You know, he's probably going to be the next president," Sununu, 47, said of Trump, adding that Trump's "experience," "sense of integrity" and "rationale" came through in his tweets, according to Politico. "Nah, I'm just kidding. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu Gets Laughs, Applause for Calling Trump 'F------ Crazy' at D. C. Roast “He’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution,” Sununu said at the annual Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night At a white-tie gathering of politicians and members of the press, Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu cracked that former President Donald Trump was "f------ crazy," delighting guests at the Gridiron Club's roast-like dinner on Saturday night.

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NH's Republican governor skewers Donald Trump as 'crazy' (Bangor Daily News)

Chris Sununu joked that if Donald Trump was admitted to a mental hospital, "he ain't getting out!"

Republicans last year made a pitch to Sununu to challenge incumbent Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan in 2022, but he ultimately declined and opted to run for reelection as governor. Sununu noted he was included in a Washington Post list of 10 potential 2024 GOP presidential contenders. After greeting Trump at the airport, Sununu said Trump insisted he ride with him to the venue.

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As Trump investigations heat up, signs of desperation emerge (The Hill)

Soliciting help from someone who polls in the range of Charles Manson can hardly help one's political standing.

As a former federal prosecutor who worked under those guidelines, I know that should Trump declare his candidacy — if he is not under federal indictment at the time — it could be difficult even to indict him. Earlier this year, polling and fundraising figures “showed slippage” in the former president’s standing. Trump’s preposterous reason for withdrawing his endorsement wasn’t the only thing that suggested a desperate mind. On March 27, the New York Times reported that investigators were focused on the role of his Dec. 19, 2020, “it will be wild” tweet inviting supporters to the Capitol on Jan. 6. He said that Brooks had gone “woke.” Also reflecting desperation was another Trump action late last month, apparently to escape the increasing risk of exposing his endorsement’s weakness.

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Two senior executives resign from Trump's Truth Social start-up (The Guardian)

The departures come after the troubled launch of the company's iPhone app on 20 February, with many still stuck on a waiting list.

Investors have pledged $1bn to TMTG but they will not hand over that money until the DWAC deal closes. It remained unclear whether Adams and Boozer still work on the venture in a different capacity. DWAC disclosed in a regulatory filing last December that the SEC was investigating the deal. Representatives for TMTG and Trump did not respond to requests for comment. Truth Social is part of a growing sector of tech firms catering to conservatives and marketing themselves as free-speech champions. Boozer declined to comment and Adams did not respond to a request.

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Stock Tied to Trump Social Firm Drops on Report of Turmoil (U.S. News & World Report)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock in a company planning to buy Donald Trump's new social media business plunged Monday on a news report that two key staff members left ...

News reports last year said Digital World and Trump’s company had conversations about a merging before Digital World stock began trading, in possible violation of the rules. Digital World Acquisition Corp. dropped more than 10% in midday trading on a Reuters report that the chief technology officer and chief products officer had left the company, citing two anonymous sources. Digital World is still waiting for regulators to sign off on the deal, which is no sure thing.

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump's Endorsement of Sarah Palin (The New York Times)

Trump endorsing Palin is like paste eating endorsing glue sniffing,” Kimmel joked.

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Fmr. President Trump to visit Birmingham as part of American ... (WSFA)

Speakers for the event include Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Dinesh D'Souza, Sheriff Mark Lamb and more. The event is planned for June 18, 2022, ...

The event is planned for June 18, 2022, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The venue is to be determined. Speakers for the event include Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Dinesh D’Souza, Sheriff Mark Lamb and more.

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Analysis: Donald Trump is getting richer again - CNNPolitics (CNN)

More than 14 months after leaving office -- and while still contesting the 2020 election -- former President Donald Trump has seen his net worth soar to $3 ...

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Fmr. President Trump to visit Birmingham as part of American ... (WBRC)

Former President Donald Trump is coming to Birmingham as part of The American Freedom Tour.

The event is planned for June 18, 2022, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The venue is to be determined. Speakers for the event include Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Dinesh D’Souza, Sheriff Mark Lamb and more.

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Trump's Truth Social in trouble as financial, technical woes mount (The Washington Post)

Here's a truth former president Donald Trump doesn't want to hear: His social network, Truth Social, has begun to implode.

The app’s content is viewable only within its Apple iPhone app — there’s no Android version to download — and links to individual “truths” don’t open in a standard Web browser. But engagement on the app remains staggeringly low: Besides #Truth, all of the top-trending hashtags — including #Ukraine, #Inflation and #GasPrices — are marked in the app as having fewer than 1,000 “people talking.” The share price slid 10 percent on Monday upon reports of the executives’ exits and started Tuesday with another 10 percent drop. Trump recently had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with billionaire Peter Thiel, a longtime investor in Facebook’s parent company, Meta, who plans to step down from its board this year to focus on other ventures. He has, however, continued to pay attention to Twitter, which he has repeatedly criticized as irrelevant since the site banned him last year. Trump is holding out hope that the platform will eventually be lucrative, but he has been reluctant to post on it because “it is not ready for prime time,” a close adviser said.

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'I didn't win the election': Trump admits defeat in session with historians (The Guardian)

The ex-president also said that Iran, China and South Korea were happy Biden won, adding that 'the election was rigged and lost'

It has nothing to do with facts or reality.” “[Moon] was going to pay $5bn, $5bn a year. But when I didn’t win the election, he had to be the happiest – I would rate, probably, South Korea third- or fourth-happiest.”

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Trump's Net Worth Has Jumped An Estimated $600 Million Since He ... (Forbes)

Banned from social media, Donald Trump revealed he was creating his own platform in October. Truth Social has already been downloaded, glitches and all, more ...

The app became available in February. Trump now has 835,000 followers—less than 1% of his previous total on Twitter. He has posted only once: “Get Ready. Your favorite President will see you soon!” Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority are probing the deal. But he doesn’t mind jumping into ventures in which he has little previous experience—and this gig should prove far more lucrative than the presidency.

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Trump Admits 'I Didn't Win' the 2020 Election During Video Call with ... (PEOPLE.com)

Last summer, the former president spoke with a group of historians writing a scholarly account of his administration.

Of the violence that unfolded later that day, Trump insisted it was "a tiny portion" of the crowd that went to the U.S. Capitol and engaged in violence. "It was very modest in many ways, and it was a very peaceful speech. RELATED: Trump's White House Letter for Biden 'Was Long' with 'Very Lovely' Handwriting Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 About Jan. 6, 2021, Trump said he spoke to "the largest group of people I've ever seen assembled" and claimed "more than a million people" gathered to hear his remarks near the White House at the Ellipse. "My speech was a presidential speech," he said. Trump Admits 'I Didn't Win' the 2020 Election During Video Call with Presidential Historians Last summer, the former president spoke with a group of historians writing a scholarly account of his administration Academic historians writing a scholarly account of former President Donald Trump's time in the White House were given an unusual opportunity to hear from their subject when he joined six of the project's 17 authors for a Zoom conference last summer. (Trump has embraced the former after being banned from using the latter in the wake of the U. S. Capitol attack by his supporters.) In the conversation with historians, Trump more than once admitted to losing the 2020 election to now-President Joe Biden — a rare concession, though he continued to make baseless claims of fraud — Zelizer points out in this piece. Julian E. Zelizer, the editor of The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment, writes in a new piece for The Atlantic that the meeting was suggested by Trump, who hoped that the historians would produce "an accurate book."

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What I Learned When Trump Tried to Correct the Record (The Atlantic)

As an academic historian, I never expected to find myself in a videoconference with Donald Trump. But one afternoon last summer—a day after C-SPAN released a ...

The “real story,” Trump argued, “has yet to be written.” When Congress met to certify the Electoral College results, Trump told us, there had been a “peaceful rally,” more than a “million people” who were full of “tremendous love” and believed the election was “rigged” and “robbed” and “stolen.” He made a “very modest” and “very peaceful” speech, a “presidential speech.” The throng at the Capitol was a “massive” and “tremendous” group of people. “I’m looking at the list, it’s a tremendous group of people, and I think rather than being critical I’d like to have you hear me out, which is what we’re doing now, and I appreciate it.” In preparation for the meeting, his staff had already supplied us with documents that portrayed him as a conventional president with a moderate record. After answering our questions for half an hour, Trump ended the conversation by thanking us: “I hope it’s going to be a No. 1 best seller!” It was certainly an upbeat way to sign off, though I wasn’t quite convinced he meant it. Though we are always eager to read oral histories by participants—and hear directly from a former president—these sorts of comments play only one small part in works that are checked and cross-examined with other contemporaneous sources. He did, however, admit to having sometimes retweeted people he shouldn’t have, and at one point he said, “when I didn’t win the election”—phrasing at odds with his false claim that the 2020 vote was stolen. He recounted how the hardworking crew members who had been servicing ships for years (“out of central casting”) thought key features of the Navy’s design, including aspects of the catapult system that assists in launching planes, made no sense to anyone who had experience in aerial military operations. He was taking a jab at the experts. Even many of those elected officials who criticized him in public sang a different tune, he insisted, when the television cameras were off. He demonstrated a limited historical worldview: When praising the virtues of press releases over tweets—because the former are more elegant and lengthier—he sounded as if he himself had discovered that old form of presidential communication. Over the first 30 minutes, with a single sheet of white paper in front of him, Trump reminisced about his underappreciated negotiating talent in handling the economy, the coronavirus pandemic, and the leaders of China, North Korea, and Russia. “Nobody was tougher on Russia than me,” he maintained. I am the editor of a scholarly history of Trump’s term in the White House, the third book in a series about the most recent presidents. He showed little interest in exploring, or even acknowledging, some of the contradictions and tensions in his record.

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Ivanka Trump va témoigner à la commission d'enquête sur l'attaque ... (TVA Nouvelles)

La commission parlementaire cherche à faire la lumière sur le rôle de Donald Trump dans l'attaque sur le Capitole.

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Trump's wealth rose $600M since leaving office: Forbes (Business Insider)

Donald Trump's net worth has risen by about $600 million since last year, per Forbes' Billionaires List. Forbes estimates Trump's new social media app, ...

In October, Trump dropped off Forbes' list of the wealthiest Americans for the first time in 25 years. Forbes based its estimate off an anticipated value of the shares Trump owns, assuming the deal closes. Trump has done little to promote the app.

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Trump finally admits he lost the election but still falsely says it was ... (The Independent)

The former US president was speaking with a group of Princeton University historians in July 2021 when he appeared to admit to losing the 2020 election to Mr ...

Mr Trump also said he believed the election was “rigged”, a false claim he has often repeated in the wake of his electoral defeat. He has however rubbished those claims. “He was going to pay $5bn, $5bn a year.

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Reuters exclusive: Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after ... (CTV News)

The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically ...

When Truth Social launched, they posted frequently on the platform, but again presenting themselves to the public only as “Josh A.” and “Billy B.” Boozer, also a political conservative who previously lived in Alabama, had collaborated frequently with Adams before joining Truth Social, according to the source. The two men had pitched Trump on the social-media venture in January of 2021, according to a person familiar with the company’s founding. Adams is a “constitutionalist” who believes in strict interpretation of the authors’ original intent for the foundational U. S. document, said one of the people familiar with company operations. At least one candidate rebuffed a recruitment overture, saying he couldn’t stomach working for Trump, the person familiar with the company said. To gauge whether potential recruits were a good fit, hiring managers explored candidates’ political ideology, in at least one case by scanning their social media profiles and listening to their appearances on podcasts, that person said. Trump’s level of involvement with his namesake company and the Truth Social platform also remains unclear. The executives believed deeply in creating an “open platform, where as long as you don’t say anything that is criminal,” the person said, “you can be entitled to your own opinion.” It also remains unclear whether Adams and Boozer still work on the venture in a different capacity after quitting their executive posts. Truth Social is part of a growing sector of tech firms catering to conservatives and marketing themselves as free-speech champions. Like Twitter, Trump’s platform offers users the chance to connect and share their thoughts. Weeks later, many users remain on a waiting list, unable to access the platform.

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Analysis: Donald Trump is getting richer again - CNNPolitics (CNN International)

More than 14 months after leaving office -- and while still contesting the 2020 election -- former President Donald Trump has seen his net worth soar to $3 ...

Trump insisted that tax returns did a poor job of cataloging a person's wealth, which is, um, not true. "Real estate values in New York City, San Francisco, Miami and many other places where he owns property have gone up considerably during this period of time," claimed the release. None of that appears to matter to investors. I'm not doing that to brag. . That number declined steadily during his time in office, all the way down to $2.1 billion in 2020. from the Apple app store.

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Ivanka Trump ends 8 hours of testimony to House committee ... (CNBC)

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of ex-President Donald Trump, was in the White House during the Capitol riot, and was asked to get him to address the violence.

"She's answering questions," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the committee's chairman, earlier about Ivanka, who served as senior White House advisor during her father's presidency. Thompson noted that the committee didn't have to issue a subpoena to Ivanka Trump, as it has had to do for a number of other Trump White House veterans and other allies of the former president, some of whom have refused to testify. Kushner also was a senior advisor in the Trump White House and is the only other family relative to have testified before the committee other than his wife. Ivanka Trump testified for around eight hours Tuesday to the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that began after her father, former President Donald Trump, spent weeks falsely claiming he was being deprived of a second White House term because of widespread ballot fraud. - "She's answering questions," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the committee's chairman, about Ivanka Trump, who served as senior White House advisor during her father's presidency. - That violence began after her father, former President Donald Trump, spent weeks falsely claiming he was being deprived of a second White House term because of widespread ballot fraud.

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Ivanka Trump testifies before panel investigating Capitol attack (The Guardian)

Donald Trump's eldest daughter, a former senior White House adviser, spoke via video to committee about events of January 6.

Ivanka Trump’s role in her father’s administration has long been a lightning rod for controversy. When people see that others are doing the right thing, it gives them the courage to do the right thing.” “She came in on her own” and did not have to be subpoenaed, Thompson said.

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Analysis: How Donald Trump is winning the fight to purge the GOP ... (CNN)

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (CNN) There has been a ...

Trump has closely tracked the political fates of these 10 members, celebrating each time one retires. (He's been doing this for a while; Trump helped push Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake out of office And there is also no question it's working. "Even the best stories have a last chapter," Upton said on the House floor. "UPTON QUITS! 4 down and 6 to go. Others losing badly, who's next?"

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Ivanka Trump spends hours testifying before Jan. 6 committee (NBC News)

Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior White House adviser of former President Donald Trump, spent roughly eight hours testifying before the Jan.

The FBI has arrested more than 775 people in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. Trump’s virtual appearance followed six hours of testimony last week from her husband and fellow former White House aide Jared Kushner. A source in the committee room for Kushner's virtual testimony described him as being cooperative and friendly, adding that Kushner did the talking, as opposed to having his lawyers speak for him. A representative for Ivanka Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Trump-backed Truth Social loses key staffers (CBS News)

The abrupt departure of two senior executives from a social media platform backed by former President Donald Trump is raising questions about where it goes ...

"Building and scaling a [social media] platform is vastly different than building a website or an application," Patterson said. Although companies often request filing extensions, the delay underlined the rocky February rollout of Truth Social, which was marred by outages, a lengthy waitlist and difficulty accessing the app. Trump announced plans to create Truth Social after he was permanently removed from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in 2021.

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Ivanka Trump gives evidence before panel investigating US Capitol ... (Sky News)

Ivanka Trump has given evidence before the US House of Representatives panel investigating the US Capitol riot. The daughter of former US President Donald Trump ...

Mr Pence rejected those efforts. He said she was not "chatty" but had been helpful to the probe, adding that she "came in on her own" and did not have to be subpoenaed. The committee's chairman says Ivanka Trump was not "chatty" but had been helpful to the probe, adding that she "came in on her own" and did not have to be subpoenaed.

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Donald Trump Finally Admits Defeat: 'I Didn't Win the Election' (Newsweek)

The former president made the admission he didn't win the 2020 election in an interview defending the legacy of his sole term in office.

During the interview, Trump depicted himself as underrated and pointed to what he described as downplayed successes around the economy, pandemic and foreign policy. However, elsewhere in the interview, Trump referred to the 2020 election as being "rigged and lost." "President Trump has been very clear that the election was rigged and stolen," she said. The Princeton professor noted that neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama had reached out to him to offer their accounts of their presidencies. Trump, during the interview, also said the "real story" about the January 6 capitol insurrection "has yet to be written." Trump made the statement during an interview published Monday by The Atlantic with a group of historians working on a book about his presidency.

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Ivanka Trump to Testify to House Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Attack (The New York Times)

The former president's daughter and adviser was in the West Wing with him as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. She is said to have tried to persuade him ...

We know that his security detail had to protect him in an undisclosed location in the Capitol. We know the people who tried to get him to change his mind, about the count and all of that. The call to Mr. Pence was part of an effort to invalidate the 2020 election and give Mr. Trump a chance to stay in office. Ms. Trump then said to Mr. Kellogg, “Mike Pence is a good man,” Mr. Kellogg testified. The former president’s daughter, who served as one of his senior advisers, plans to testify before the Jan. 6 House committee. “The draft memo pushed a strategy that knowingly violated the Electoral Count Act, and Dr. Eastman’s later memos closely track its analysis and proposal,” the judge wrote. “There’s no effort on the part of the committee to get him to come in,” he said of Mr. Pence, adding: “We initially thought it would be important, but at this point we know that people broke in here and wanted to hang him. Among the documents is a draft memo written for Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, that recommended Mr. Pence reject electors from contested states on Jan. 6. Mr. Kellogg testified that the president had rejected entreaties from him as well as from Mark Meadows, his chief of staff, and Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary. Also on Tuesday, the committee said it had received 101 documents that the conservative lawyer John Eastman had tried to withhold, arguing that they were covered by attorney-client privilege. Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner are among the highest-ranking Trump White House officials to testify before the committee. She is not known to have been associated with the more extreme supporters of the former president who spread lies about widespread fraud after the 2020 election and planned efforts to try to keep him in power. In the letter, dated Jan. 20, the committee said it had heard from Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who was Mr. Pence’s national security adviser.

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Trump contemplating joining Gettr after Truth Social flops: report (Business Insider)

Gettr was founded by Jason Miller, a former Trump aide, who said in October that he couldn't come to a deal with the former president.

In October, former Trump aide Jason Miller said he could not come to a deal with the former president on building a social media platform. Truth Social was plagued by technical difficulties shortly after its launch — with potential users placed on waitlists after finding themselves unable to create accounts. Former President Donald Trump might be joining the conservative social media platform Gettr following the lackluster performance of his Truth Social app.

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Donald Trump finally concedes he 'didn't win' the 2020 election (iNews)

Mr Trump has previously maintained that he 'won' the election, in which he received seven million fewer votes than Joe Biden and lost the electoral college ...

It has nothing to do with facts or reality.” But when I didn’t win the election, he had to be the happiest — I would rate, probably, South Korea third or fourth happiest.” I think what’s happening now, where you have people incarcerated who should not be incarcerated, is a terrible thing.”

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Why haven't Republicans had to answer for Trump's support for Putin? (The Washington Post)

Reports of horrific atrocities in Ukraine are putting some who are sympathetic to the Kremlin's take on the Russian invasion in an awkward position, ...

“We’re talking about a man who has praised an authoritarian killer for invading a sovereign nation,” Spanberger told us. If a Democrat had fawned over Putin’s supposed strength and intelligence for years, even defending his suppression of dissent. Some Democratic House candidates are trying to do this. But they don’t seem to feel any obligation to fundamentally renounce Trump’s broader posture. Yes, some Republicans have faced media pressure to narrowly condemn such moments. If a Democrat had frozen aid to Ukraine when it was under Russian attack.

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