Wednesday
#StopTheBias pic.twitter.com/xqz599iQZw
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
#StopTheBias is a new campaign that wants to “Take a stand against Social Media Censorship!” The account also explains, “The President is Watching.”
We are announcing the #StopTheBias Campaign! Take a stand against Social Media Censorship! Post with a picture with the hashtag #StopTheBias!@realdonaldtrump knows this is a problem, let’s show him how important it is to us!
— #StopTheBias (@Stop_The_Bias) August 24, 2018
The President is watching! pic.twitter.com/bY1OpCuCQZ
Google responded to the President’s tweet stating in part via The Hill, “We have historically not promoted the first address to Congress by a new President, which is technically not a State of the Union address. As a result, we didn’t include a promotion on google.com for this address in either 2009 or 2017. Google also told The Hill, they did promote President Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address.
The Today show from NBC news, had a segment this morning about President Trump’s tweet including Googles response.
Opinion: It shouldn’t matter if they did not did not. Google, like other search engine providers is a private business, they are allowed under our Constitution to promote whomever they like without fear of government involvement.
On Wednesday @ 5:23 p.m. President Trump tweeted what he called a “statement from the White House,” in what is called a Twitter thread. Which means each tweet is connected and sent at the same time.
…considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. This is not helpful! Nonetheless, the President believes that his relationship with Kim Jong Un is a very good and warm one, and there is no reason at this time to be spending large amounts…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
…differences, they will be resolved in time by President Trump and China’s great President Xi Jinping. Their relationship and bond remain very strong.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
At this time this statement is not available via the White House website.
The Statement reads as follows and is written in the 3rd person.
STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
President Donald J. Trump feels strongly that North Korea is under tremendous pressure from China because of our major trade disputes with the Chinese Government. At the same time, we also know that China is providing North Korea with considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. This is not helpful! Nonetheless, the President believes that his relationship with Kim Jong Un is a very good and warm one, and there is no reason at this time to be spending large amounts of money on joint U.S.-South Korea war games. Besides, the President can instantly start the joint exercises again with South Korea, and Japan, if he so chooses. If he does, they will be far bigger than ever before. As for the U.S.–China trade disputes, and other differences, they will be resolved in time by President Trump and China’s great President Xi Jinping. Their relationship and bond remain very strong.
CNN is being torn apart from within based on their being caught in a major lie and refusing to admit the mistake. Sloppy @carlbernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool, making up story after story, is being laughed at all over the country! Fake News
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
July 26th CNN published an article in which they stated, “citing sources with knowledge” that the one-time personal lawyer, self-proclaimed fixer, Michael Cohen, had knowledge he was willing to share with special counsel Robert Mueller, that pertained to the Russian investigation. Cohen alleged that President Trump knew in advance of the Trump Tower meeting which was an attempt to receive “dirt,” on Hillary Clinton. The meeting included his son, Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, who was recently found guilty of tax evasion, and others with ties to the campaign.
Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis, now claims, that he made a mistake telling CNN, “I should have done a much better job of speaking with more suspicion than certainty, and I regret my mistake.”
CNN stands by the original story and issued a reply to President Trump via Twitter
Make no mistake, Mr. President, CNN does not lie. We report the news. And we report when people in power tell lies. CNN stands by our reporting and our reporters. There may be many fools in this story but @carlbernstein is not one of them.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) August 29, 2018
One of the journalists involved in the reporting for the story was Carl Bernstein. Bernstein was one of the journalist involved in uncovering the Watergate scandal that eventually led to President Nixon, resigning. He responded via tweet stating that he also stands by his reporting of the original story.
.@realdonaIdtrump– I have spent my life as a journalist bringing the truth to light, through administrations of both parties. No taunt will diminish my commitment to that mission, which is the essential role of a free press. @CNN stands by its story, and I stand by my reporting.
— Carl Bernstein (@carlbernstein) August 30, 2018
“Lanny Davis admits being anonymous source in CNN Report.” @BretBaier Oh well, so much for CNN saying it wasn’t Lanny. No wonder their ratings are so low, it’s FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
“Ohr told the FBI it (the Fake Dossier) wasn’t true, it was a lie and the FBI was determined to use it anyway to damage Trump and to perpetrate a fraud on the court to spy on the Trump campaign. This is a fraud on the court. The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is in……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
…charge of the FISA court. He should direct the Presiding Judge, Rosemary Collier, to hold a hearing, haul all of these people from the DOJ & FBI in there, & if she finds there were crimes committed, and there were, there should be a criminal referral by her….” @GreggJarrett
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Watch: Kanye West Says Trump Wants to Be the ‘Greatest President’ for Black Americans https://t.co/ECxTzVNZeG via @BreitbartNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Thursday
On Thursday morning President Trump tweeted ten times. The first tweet sent at 6:50 a.m. and the last (for now) tweet sent @ 9:49 a.m. where he announced he will be in Evansville, Indiana for a rally tonight to support Mike Braun (R) to be Indiana’s next U.S. Senator. President Trump’s 11th tweet for Thursday came @ 12:54 p.m.
The hatred and extreme bias of me by @CNN has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function. But actually, as I have always said, this has been going on for a long time. Little Jeff Z has done a terrible job, his ratings suck, & AT&T should fire him to save credibility!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
As a reminder AT&T owns CNN broadcasting.
Jeff Zucker is currently on leave from the company as he recovers from heart surgery according to NBC news who said he is doing well on August 3rd. CNN correspondent Brian Stelter issued a statement via Twitter in July announcing the leave of absence for Zucker. According to Deadline, the acting president for during Zucker’s leave of would be Michael Bass, “CNN’s programming EVP.”
Jeff Zucker just ended the CNN morning meeting with news of his own: He will be taking a six week leave for elective surgery to address a heart condition he has had for 10 years. He assured everyone he is going to be just fine. All of us are wishing him a very speedy recovery.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 19, 2018
What’s going on at @CNN is happening, to different degrees, at other networks – with @NBCNews being the worst. The good news is that Andy Lack(y) is about to be fired(?) for incompetence, and much worse. When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
“When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!”
There is no report that Lester Holt or NBC News got caught “fudging” the taped aired interview from May 2017. They posted at the time the full 13 minute interview between Lester Holt and President Trump, it is currently still available on YouTube.
The “fudged,” or what it appears the President is referring to as “fudged,” happens in the first minute and some change. It opens with President Trump speaking:
Trump: Look he’s a showboat, he’s a grand-stander, the FBI has been in turmoil. You know that, I know that, everybody knows that. You take a look at the FBI a year ago it was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago it hasn’t recovered from that.
Holt: Monday you met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Did you ask for a recommendation?
Trump: What I did is I was going to fire Comey, my decision it was not…
Holt: You had made the decision before they came…
Trump: I was going to fire Comey. I — there’s no good time to do it by the way…
Holt: Because in your letter you said “I accepted,” their recommendations…but you had already made the decision…
Trump: I was going to fire regardless of recommendations. He made a recommendation and he’s highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy and the Democrats like him and the Republicans like him he made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time do it and in fact when I decided to just do it. I said to myself, I said, you know this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won and the reason they should have won it is the Electoral College is almost impossible for a Republican to win very hard because you start off at such a disadvantage.
The above exchange happens in the first one minute and thirty-seven seconds of the posted video above.
For What it’s worth: President Trump’s statement about “starting out at a disadvantage,” regarding the Electoral College, refers to pollsters, pundits, and political junkies alike, speculating at the start of an election cycle, what candidate might win what state in a general election. No delegates are awarded for real until after the November vote, it’s purely speculation based on polling and past election results.
Just to note just in case, it is possible that President Trump is referring to the Access Hollywood tape, that aired in Oct 2016, but that’s not likely, as Lester Holt had zero to do with that tape.
I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn’t matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
*Flashback*
Report just out: “China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.” Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2018
President Trump used a Daily Caller article that used Anonymous sources, only, that alleges Hillary Clinton’s emails all, but four of them, have been seen by China, while she was Secretary of Sate.
*End Flashback*
The news from the Financial Markets is even better than anticipated. For all of you that have made a fortune in the markets, or seen your 401k’s rise beyond your wildest expectations, more good news is coming!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner had NOTHING to do with the so called “pushing out” of Don McGahn.The Fake News Media has it, purposely,so wrong! They love to portray chaos in the White House when they know that chaos doesn’t exist-just a “smooth running machine” with changing parts!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Wednesday President Trump confirmed early reports that White House counsel Don McGahn would be leaving the White House this fall as The News Blender reported on Wednesday.
The New York Times on Wednesday published an article that states, McGahn was, “surprised,” by the news suggesting that McGahn was informed of his exit, via Twitter, “according to people close to both men.” According to the article McGahn’s faced criticism and two of his critics, “have been Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Ms. Trump complained bitterly to her father about The Times report this month, which detailed how some in the White House were unaware of the extent of Mr. McGahn’s cooperation with Mr. Mueller, according to a person briefed on the discussion.”
Opinion:
The only thing James Comey ever got right was when he said that President Trump was not under investigation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Wow, Nellie Ohr, Bruce Ohr’s wife, is a Russia expert who is fluent in Russian. She worked for Fusion GPS where she was paid a lot. Collusion! Bruce was a boss at the Department of Justice and is, unbelievably, still there!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
The Rigged Russia Witch Hunt did not come into play, even a little bit, with respect to my decision on Don McGahn!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Counsel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
Will be going to Evansville, Indiana, tonight for a big crowd rally with Mike Braun, a very successful businessman who is campaigning to be Indiana’s next U.S. Senator. He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, and loves our Military & Vets. Will be a big night!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
CNN is working frantically to find their “source.” Look hard because it doesn’t exist. Whatever was left of CNN’s credibility is now gone!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
FYI — Anonymous sources, doesn’t mean that CNN or Fox News, or The New York Times, doesn’t know who the source is, it simply means that sources have asked not to be named.
