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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2019 18:11:24 GMT
President Donald Trump tweeted about a lot of things on Sunday: the lawmakers who are investigating him for possible impeachment; the cable TV boosters who are defending him; and his controversial decision to withdraw from northern Syria amid escalating tensions there between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Kurds who fought ISIS.
Amid all that politicking, Trump, 73, paused to wish the U.S. Navy a happy 244th birthday.
The absence was more conspicuous as others in the family sent their love, including Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and a senior White House aide.
Youngest daughter Tiffany Trump, however, received no such well-wishes even though she turned 26 on Sunday.
The absence was more conspicuous as others in the family sent their love, including Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and a senior White House aide.
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Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2019 17:52:45 GMT
The embarrassing moment came when Trump contacted the International Space Station to congratulate Jessica Meir and Christina Koch for completing an all female spacewalk outside of the craft. Trump, however, congratulated the pair for being the “first ever female spacewalkers”. A delay in connection between Trump and the space station made for a short period of silence, before Ms Meir made it clear that she and Koch were not the first female spacewalker. The first female spacewalk, in fact, took place in 1984 and 14 more have since followed. The mistake came as Trump sat at a table in the White House with his daughter Ivanka Trump and Vice President Mike Pence sat either side of him, as well as a handful of NASA officials and a group of Girl Scouts in the background.
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2019 18:15:37 GMT
Throughout history, most presidents have displayed moments of wit—it’s part of the charisma required to hold the job—but few have tried as much as Trump to maintain a comic presence. In part, that’s because he holds so many performative, campaign-style rallies, where he revels in the crowd’s reaction. In part, it’s because he communicates so much on Twitter, a platform overloaded with amateur comedians, lobbing their best one-liners into the void. On Twitter and beyond, Trump is best known for insult comedy, and for his tendency to pick demeaning names for his opponents. (The latest, for obvious reasons, is “ Schiff”—which isn’t as clever as some of his opponents’ nicknames for him, like “Prima Donald” and “Cheetolini.”) Some would say it’s not comedy at all; most would at least agree that’s it’s on the less sophisticated end of the president’s humor attempts. But even on days when he’s under attack, he often finds ways to slip in notes of self-awareness, sometimes accompanied by a built-in commentary on the political environment. In a recent press conference with the president of FIFA, he joked about wanting to “extend my second term” until the United States hosts the World Cup in 2026, then turned to the press and quipped, “I don’t think any of you would have a problem with that.” On the day of a contentious meeting with congressional Democrats, as the impeachment inquiry accelerated, Trump posted a photo of a frowning Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Steny Hoyer, accompanied by one line: “Do you think they like me?” To be sure, Trump is not the first president to enjoy a little self-parody. But as with all aspects of his messaging, he prefers to do it on his own terms. Obama had an arsenal of dad jokes and good timing at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner; George W. Bush poked fun at his own malapropisms, even calling a White House meeting the “Strategery Meeting” after a “Saturday Night Live” joke. Trump, on the other hand, has griped about SNL impressions and skips the correspondents’ dinner entirely. If anyone pokes fun at Trump, it’s going to be Trump. Self-mocking humor is riskier and harder to pull off than insult comedy—it requires better timing, more wit and a base of shared information between the teller and the audience. But it has also been a staple of American politics, says Gil Greengross, an evolutionary psychologist at Aberystwyth University in Wales who has studied self-deprecating humor. Greengross’s favorite example comes from Abraham Lincoln, who once, accused of being two-faced, shot back, “I leave it to you: If I had two faces, would I use this one?”
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Post by Admin on Nov 12, 2019 18:22:19 GMT
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Economic Club of New York, a non-profit organization focused on social, economic and political issues.
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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2019 7:00:47 GMT
President Donald Trump has pardoned Army Lt. Clint Lorance, who was convicted for a war crime while deployed in Afghanistan, and Army Green Beret Maj. Matt Golsteyn.
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler weighs in on President Trump's decision to issue pardons in military justice cases.
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