Tag: Donald Trump

Trump now in open dispute with health officials as virus rages

Five months into a still-raging pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 Americans, the long-simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and the health experts who staff his government have escalated from private griping to shrugging disagreement to now open dispute. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/trump-fauci-cdc-redfield-experts-coronavirus/index.html

GOP aghast as Trump’s polls sink amid divisive racial rhetoric: ‘It’s been a bad couple weeks’

President Donald Trump is doubling down on a strategy he believes worked to his advantage four years ago: seizing on divisive culture wars and using race-baiting rhetoric as he seeks to fire up his base to give him a second term in office. His GOP allies on Capitol Hill are looking on with alarm. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/24/politics/republican-reaction-trump-racist-rhetoric/index.html?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion

When the President’s own medical advisers refuse to correct his misleading claim, the coronavirus trust gap grows

On Saturday night, President Donald Trump made the dangerously inaccurate claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are “totally harmless.” On Sunday morning, one of his top health experts failed to correct the assertion, a stunning breakdown of the government’s core duty to keep Americans safe and protect the public health. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/05/politics/trump-medical-advisers-fda-commissioner/index.html

Trump Raises Money for 2020

PRESIDENT Donald Trump blasted the news media again Wednesday night, telling supporters that mainstream journalists want to undermine his administration. https://www.usnews.com/news/ken-walshs-washington/articles/2017-06-29/donald-trump-rips-cnn-at-2020-fundraiser