President Trump

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Former President Trump holds rally in Ohio: Endorses Vance, Miller ... (Spectrum News 1)

Former President Donald Trump was back in Ohio Saturday, just a week after weighing in on the state's U.S. Senate race.

He also acknowledged the Florida judge who struck down the federal mask mandate this week. “That was a great appointment,” said Trump of his appointee. “I want to pick someone that’s going to win and this man’s going to win,” said Trump before bringing Vance to the stage.

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'Kevin is in very good shape': House Republican shrugs off ... (Politico)

President Trump said yesterday that he fully supports Kevin McCarthy for speaker, as do I,” Rep. Michael McCaul said.

Would it be better for him to resign prior to that?’ But the fact is, he never had that conversation with President Trump.” However, McCaul did not address a subsequent rift that has emerged between the House minority leader and the former president. I don’t think it’s going to have any long-term consequences.” It was a very dark day. In fact, [Trump] came out saying that this is not going to endanger his relationship with Kevin, that he’s strongly supportive.” “I can tell you, the support in the conference is very strong for him, and this is a little Beltway bubble blip, if you will.

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Elizabeth Warren calls Kevin McCarthy a 'liar and a traitor' over ... (Daily Mail)

It comes after the California Republican told other GOP leaders that he would ask Trump to resign and accused the ex-president of 'inciting people' to go to ...

He told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. I was frankly so surprised that Kevin would even suggest that it might be a realistic suggestion to make to President Trump.' Does he feel bad about what happened? Because they say one thing to the American public, and they say something else in private.' I asked him personally today, does he hold responsibility for what happened? This is outrageous,' Warren said on CNN's State of the Union. I know this is not great. 'I know this is not fun. I know this is very tough, but what I want to do, especially through here is, I don't want to rush things. GOP Senator Roy Blunt was 'surprised' that McCarthy would even suggest asking Trump to resign, claiming it was the 'last thing' the ex-president would do - GOP Senator Roy Blunt said he was 'surprised' McCarthy would have thought about asking Trump to resign and said it was the 'last thing' Trump would do It comes after the California Republican told other GOP leaders that he would ask Trump to resign and accused the ex-president of 'inciting people' to go to the Capitol that day.

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President Trump forced governors to flatter him and ask 'nicely' to ... (Yahoo News Canada)

Former President Donald Trump made governors flatter him personally for federal aid after natural disasters, a new book says.

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Lawmakers support, condemn Kevin McCarthy after recorded Jan. 6 ... (USA TODAY)

Warren, Blunt and McCaul were asked about a recently released recording of McCarthy saying he would advise Trump to resign.

"And maybe you remember it the way you want it to occur. Blunt was not the only lawmaker to propose that McCarthy was simply weighing his options. "My guess is you don't remember every conversation you're in exactly the way it occurred," the Missouri senator said. That they say one thing to the American public and something else in private," Warren told Bash. During an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Blunt told host Kristen Welker that McCarthy may have been thinking out loud when he suggested resignation. The audio is part of a phone call between McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., that took place days after the insurrection.

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Donald Trump appears before thousands in Delaware County rally (WKSU News)

Some of the candidates former President Donald Trump has endorsed in Ohio's primary races were with him during the rally but it's unclear if his base will ...

Cochran said he was also voting for Blystone, adding he doesn't like the way DeWine handled the COVID-19 pandemic and in particular, the lottery that allowed Ohioans who had received vaccines to be entered into a million dollar jackpot. If the president endorses, it's over for Gov. DeWine and I think he knows that," Renacci said. Ohioans will be able to vote for governor and statewide offices but will not be able to cast ballots for state legislative races since redistricting maps have not yet been deemed constitutional. In a statement, Dolan said, "My opponents are consumed with bitterness, negativity, and distractions in the waning days of this campaign. Trump hasn't endorsed a gubernatorial candidate though Gov. Mike DeWine was the chair of the former president's campaign in 2020. "I think Trump is going to be free to do whatever he wants or endorse whomever he wants. DeWine was not at the Trump rally due to his COVID-19 diagnosis earlier this week. Some Republicans, including many GOP county Republican party chairs, have criticized Vance for his previous statements and have said he's not a true conservative. Trump didn't spend much time onstage with Vance but did allow him to say a few words. "It's either between Vance and Gibbons right now," Terry Dennis said. But it's hard to tell if the crowd would support candidates for office that have been endorsed by Trump. "This is my third time coming to see him.

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Opinion: Andrew Kleske: Why Donald Trump still gets headlines and ... (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Book publishers, pundits, family and associates from Rep. Kevin McCarthy to Ivanka Trump to Jared Kushner keep the former president's name in the news.

In short, we run letters about Trump because those are the ones our readers send in and our role is to reflect the views of our readers. He has a smaller-than-average number of A-list presidential team members heading for the door or being shown to it, and none have the kind of letter-generating name recognition or elevated position of a Michael Flynn, Sean Spicer or Reince Priebus. According to The Brookings Institution, only 11 percent of top-ranking members of the Biden team left in his first year. For example, Hunter Biden’s book, despite revelations of almost Dionysian debauchery, is said to have sold fewer than 11,000 copies while Mary Trump’s memoir sold 1.35 million copies just in the first week. From a letters standpoint, our goal is to run public comments that reflect the breadth of topics covered in reader submissions. Another factor may be Biden has a smaller circle of family members with any role in governing. A president can’t have two impeachments, at least 11 campaign or administration associates charged with crimes or jailed, and 2,000 or so followers storm the nation’s Capitol without it growing a fairly long news tail that far outlives his term.

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Warren: "Kevin McCarthy is a liar and a traitor" (Axios)

The Massachusetts Democrat was asked about audio of the GOP leader saying he planned to urge President Trump to resign over the Jan. 6 riot.

That, however, is largely contingent on his ability to stay on Trump's good side. But I don't think he would take it." Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday called House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy "a liar and a traitor" when asked about audio of the congressman saying he planned to urge President Trump to resign over the Jan. 6 riot.

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McConnell's dilemma: What if Trump's candidates win? (The Hill)

Establishment Republicans hope they can reshape the party in a more traditional conservatism, with less of the Trump vitriol and bombast.

Conservative intellectual, Yuval Levin, has noted conservatives traditionally are “defenders of Society’s institutions.” The Republican Party has moved away from this, he says, and has to recapture that to govern. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. If Trump is a kingmaker in November, he’ll be a major force not only in 2024 but in 2023. But if the Trumpites win in a banner year, he will cast a large shadow over the next Congress. Move on and don’t relitigate the last election? McCarthy’s fate now rests entirely with Trump after the bombshell New York Times report that right after the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Capitol, McCarthy told his colleagues he’d “had it with this guy” and would push Trump to resign. Kevin McCarthy seemed well situated to be the next House Speaker, if, as expected, the GOP takes control next year, and had made endless treks to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring. Budd has said the Jan. 6 deadly mob assault on the Capitol to overturn the presidential election “ was nothing. Occasionally seek some accords with Biden and Democrats for the greater good? They would focus on undercutting Biden and setting up a 2024 agenda with Trump a diminishing figure. He’s also focusing on some down-ballot races for secretary of state or state attorneys general that play a role in election disputes. Republicans are a Trump-dominated party — the only question is how entrenched. That has been affirmed by dozens of courts, numerous recounts and even by President Trump’s attorney general and Homeland Security agency.

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GOP lawmaker defends McCarthy's Trump comments: 'You have to ... (The Hill)

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday defended House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after it was reported McCarthy said he would advise ...

We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. “What Kevin was doing was gaming out various options, like, ‘Hey what if he got impeached in the House and then the Senate convicted? “The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign.

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Trump says he and Kevin McCarthy are on good terms after leaked ... (Business Insider)

Trump says he and Kevin McCarthy are on good terms after leaked audio revealed the GOP leader pushed for Trump to step down · Trump said he and McCarthy are ...

"And other than that brief period of time, I suspect he likes me quite a bit." He "ought to be ashamed," Kinzinger said. Then McCarthy said he'll tell Trump that "it would be my recommendation you should resign." After the audio was released, both Republicans and Democrats slammed McCarthy. Rep. Liz Cheney can be heard asking McCarthy in the audio, captured on January 10, 2021, if Trump should resign. "I think it's all a big compliment, frankly.

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McCarthy's Trump comments reverberate through Washington after ... (The Hill)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) comments about wanting then-President Trump to resign in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the ...

We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. And if that happens, nobody will have worked harder to make that happen than Congressman McCarthy has,” Blunt said. “What Kevin was doing was gaming out various options that, hey, if — what if he got impeached in the House and then in the Senate convicted? One other Republican who was not deterred by the comments was Trump himself. But the fact is, he never had that conversation with President Trump.” McCarthy said he spoke with Trump twice on Friday and that the two had a “good conversation” about the recordings. McCaul added that “the support in the conference is very strong for him” and predicted that “Kevin will be the next Speaker of the House.” “This is outrageous. It was a very shocking day. Blunt told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he has not spoken to McCarthy about the matter but said he was “sort of surprised” that the GOP leader “would even suggest [resignation] might be a realistic suggestion to make to President Trump.” It was a very dark day. “The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign,” McCarthy said in the recording.

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Piers Morgan: Nigel Farage almost wrecked Donald Trump interview (Business Insider)

Piers Morgan claims Nigel Farage provided a "dossier of criticisms" to Donald Trump Jr. who handed it to the former president.

"I thought he was going to cancel the interview," he said, per The Telegraph. "He was very angry. Morgan first said Farage had stitched him up on Friday morning in a tweet, accusing him of a "pathetic attempt to ruin" the Trump interview. Morgan had also criticized Trump's refusal to accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election, Insider's Tom Porter reported.

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I would say...: Heres how Donald Trump would deal with Vladimir ... (WION)

During a television interview, former United States President Donald Trump revealed how he would deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the ongoing ...

During the interview, Trump said: "Putin uses the ‘N word’. I call it the 'N word'. He uses the ‘N word’, the nuclear word all the time. Trump said that Putin thinks that everyone is "stupid and afraid to talk about it". Trump said he believes that Putin is using nuclear threats to frighten other nations.

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'Harry is whipped': Trump predicts to Piers Morgan that Prince ... (New York Post)

Former President Donald Trump says Prince Harry is "an embarrassment" for turning his back on Buckingham Palace.

“I do,” Trump answered. “I would,” he said. I want to know what’s going to happen when it ends, OK?” “So, I want to know what’s going to happen when Harry decides he’s had enough of being bossed around,” he said. “I’m not a fan of Meghan,” he said. “I’m not a fan and I wasn’t right from the beginning.

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Donald Trump would have handled Ukraine crisis differently, says ... (Evening Standard)

The broadcaster said he had a “pretty fractious” interview with the former US president.

Mr Trump said: “Putin uses the ‘N word’. I call it the ‘N word’. He uses the ‘N word’, the nuclear word all the time. “I would say, we have far more than you do. The broadcaster said he had a “pretty fractious” interview with the former US president

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Piers Morgan leaks footage of Nigel Farage criticizing Donald Trump ... (Yahoo Canada Finance)

Piers Morgan, who accused Nigel Farage of trying to wreck his interview with Donald Trump, shared the old footage during their social media feud.

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Donald Trump says the Queen should strip Meghan Markle and ... (Daily Mail)

The former US president previously claimed the actions of both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex caused pain to the monarch.

Her loyalty is to the country. 'But you no longer have titles, you know, and frankly, don’t come around where you’re just, because her loyalty is to the country. 'Very dishonest,' he mutters. from day one I never got it.' I think Harry has been used horribly. It comes after the royal couple flew from their home in the US and stopped off in England to visit the Queen before heading to The Hague in the Netherlands for the Invictus Games.

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Saudis' Biden snub suggests crown prince still banking on Trump's ... (The Guardian)

Refusal to help US punish Russia and $2bn investment in Kushner fund signal crown prince's displeasure with Trump's successor.

There is logistics support and maintenance,” said Seth Binder, director of advocacy at the Project on Middle East Democracy. “All these things to my mind should be on the table, particularly if this Saudi regime continues to increase this sort of public pressure on the Biden administration.” The Pentagon has recently been holding meetings aimed at hammering out a statement on US security arrangements with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. The Pentagon would not comment on its reported work reframing Gulf security arrangements. It was concerned that the new company’s due diligence on operations was “unsatisfactory in all aspects”, and that it was charging “excessive” fees, according to a report in the New York Times. And – judging by the debate raging in DC policy circles on these matters – it’s working.” Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the justice department to “take a really hard look” at whether the arrangement was illegal.

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