The presence of Canadian visitors in Western New York has dropped off since the start of the year following tensions between Washington and Ottawa. Continue reading Trump Drives Canadians Away From Western New York
The administration announced its trade investigation on Friday, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders. Continue reading Trump to Investigate Whether China Abided by 2020 Trade Deal
President Donald Trump recently denied reports that he deployed B-1 bombers to Venezuela amid escalating tensions with the South American country. But journalists are now proving him wrong in real time. During a Thursday press gaggle, Trump was asked directly about the deployment of two B-1 Lancer jets, which the Wall Street Journal reported earlier in the day flew from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas toward the Venezuelan coast (though they remained in international airspace). The Journal cited both an unnamed U. S. official and flight tracking data to confirm the deployment.”No, it’s not accurate,” Trump told CBS reporter Kathryn Watson when asked about the jets. However, CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand fact-checked Trump’s denial, writing: “They were easily viewable on flight radar and have been tracked by open source analysts for most of the day. At its closest point a B1 bomber was a little more than 50 miles from the Venezuelan mainland.”Bertrand also tagged fellow CNN reporter Avery Schmitz, who regularly tracks flight radar. Last week, Schmitz posted radar images of B-52 bombers flying near the Venezuelan coast, just 48 miles from a Venezuelan archipelago with several thousand residents. On Thursday, Reuters reporter Idrees Ali reported that Trump suggested there could be “land action” in Venezuela soon, suggesting potential airstrikes on Venezuelan soil. However, as of Thursday there have been no formal plans announced to ramp up military operations in South America. Trump has been vocal in his opposition to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, particularly as his administration is carrying out bombings of boats the president alleges are carrying drugs. To date, no details have yet been shared with Congress or the public beyond what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has relayed. In response to a reporter’s question about Maduro’s offer to have mediation sessions with the Trump administration, Trump has said that Maduro “doesn’t want to f– around with the United States.”. Continue reading Trump hit with brutal real-time fact check after insisting report was ‘not accurate’
The cost of President Donald Trump’s ballroom addition to the White House has gone up, from its original stated price of $200 million to nearly double that, the president admitted while speaking to reporters on Thursday.”Have you raised the full $300 million needed to fund your ballroom, and how much specifically are you donating to this construction?” asked a reporter.”Actually, we raised, I think, $350 million, all donor money, and money that we put up, uh, we’ve raised, it’s going to be, it’s going to cost right in the neighborhood of $300 million,” said Trump. “It’s been expanded and made, absolutely, it’ll be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world, I think. And how much specifically are you donating to it personally?” reporters followed up.”How much am I donating? I won’t be able to tell you until I finish, but I’ll donate whatever is needed. I’ll tell you that,” said Trump. The ballroom project, which has already resulted in demolition work on parts of the East Wing despite previous promises it would not alter any existing structure, has triggered outrage from observers who fear Trump is reshaping the White House too aggressively in his own image, as well as those angry he is focusing on a vanity project for his own residence at a moment when the federal government is shut down over a standoff about extending health care funding for millions of people. YouTube www. youtube. com. Continue reading ‘Most beautiful ballroom anywhere!’ Trump’s project just got an eye-popping new price tag
Three Democrats wrote to President Trump to express concern that decisions about the ballroom addition have been made without public disclosure. Continue reading House Democrats request details on White House ballroom from President Trump
Donald Trump has a type — and it’s not the one tabloids flaunted. His real issue is Black women who hold power. From Letitia “Tish” James to economist Lisa Cook, Continue reading Trump’s real problem with Black women is power he can’t control
As the trade war between US and China escalates, NVIDIA has been forced to pull out of the AI market there for now. Continue reading Jensen Huang throws shade at ‘policy makers’ over NVIDIA (NVDA) exit from China
Trump is right: Everyone at the “No Kings” protests are “antifa” — and that’s a great thing Continue reading Trump is right: Everyone at the “No Kings” protests are “antifa” — and that’s a great thing
On the global stage, both Democratic administrations radiate a general sense of appeasement and indecision, empowering enemies and scaring off friends. Continue reading How Trump Flipped the Script on Biden and Obama’s Failures in the Middle East
President Donald Trump has thrown the European Union a lifeline. I am sure he did not mean to. He makes no secret of his disdain for the EU, which he sees, with good reason, as anti-democratic, inimical to national sovereignty, and implicitly hostile to the United States. Yet he is about to give it a [.]. Continue reading Now Trump destabilizes politics in the Nordic world