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Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides
New York Times - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON — President Trump's first weekend in office unfolded much the way things often did during his campaign: with angry Twitter messages, a familiar obsession with slights and a series of meandering and at times untrue statements, all eventually ...
White House anger at inauguration crowd 'lies'
Sky News - Jan 21, 2017
He also claimed that white "floor coverings" used to protect the grass during the ceremony had unfairly drawn attention to empty spaces on the National Mall. With pictures from Mr Trump's inauguration on TV screens beside him, Mr Spicer added ...
President Trump tweets response to global post-inauguration protests
WABC-TV - 21 hours ago
In talk show interviews Sunday, advisers defended Trump's anger at journalists for correctly reporting that his inauguration drew a smaller crowd President Barack Obama did eight years ago, saying the Trump administration was supplying "alternative facts."
Trump offers scattershot response to global protests + video
The Providence Journal - Jan 22, 2017
In Sunday morning interviews, top advisers defended Trump's anger at journalists for correctly reporting that his inauguration drew a smaller crowd President Barack Obama did eight years ago. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on "Fox News Sunday" that ...
Trump Delivers Diatribe Against Press at CIA Headquarters
Center for Research on Globalization - 1 hour ago
Trump's anger is directed in the first instance against an utterly corrupt and subservient corporate-controlled press, which is rightly held in contempt by broad sections of the population because of its role as a purveyor of government lies and ...
Comparing and debating inauguration crowd size, TV audience
FOX 29 News Philadelphia - Jan 22, 2017
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus defended Trump's anger at the media for correctly reporting his inauguration drew a smaller crowd than his predecessor. Priebus told "Fox News Sunday" Trump and Spicer were trying to keep the media "honest" ...
No Trump media honeymoon
Boston Herald - 10 hours ago
President Trump enters his first week in office in a state of all-out war with the media — with both sides taking shots at the other in a rejection of the customary honeymoon period that officials and pundits worry will only get worse. Trump and his ...
US President Donald Trump ignores worldwide protest marches and addresses CIA
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jan 21, 2017
Forever telling Americans that if he's punched, he'll counterpunch, Donald Trump woke from his first sleep at the White House to find the streets of the capital flooded with probably as many people protesting against him as were there on Friday to ...
Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer to face media after inauguration crowd row
ITV News - 7 hours ago
The new president, press secretary Sean Spicer and other key members of his team have vehemently disputed claims that fewer people watched Mr Trump's inauguration in Washington D.C on Friday. Pictures and footage of the inauguration suggest the crowds ...
Kellyanne Conway says President Trump will not release his tax returns
The Independent - 21 hours ago
However, on Sunday, the President's strategist, Kellyanne Conway, sparked widespread anger - including from Wikileaks, after saying the returns would be kept hidden from public view. "The White House response is that he's not going to release the tax ...
Sean Spicer held a press conference. He didn't take questions. Or tell the whole truth.
Washington Post - Jan 21, 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer held a press briefing Saturday night. Except not really. Spicer delivered a statement blasting the media for allegedly underestimating the size of the crowds for President Trump's inaugural ceremony. He took no ...
Donald Trump's press secretary mocked online over use of some dubious 'facts'
Yahoo News Canada (blog) - 1 hour ago
All eyes were on Donald Trump last week but it is the new President's press secretary who has become something of a star in his own – dubious – right. Sean Spicer gave his first press conference over the weekend and it was immediately bad tempered.
Lies, damn lies, statistics and now The Donald
iPolitics.ca (subscription) - 17 hours ago
The performance was so dismal that former CIA Director John Brennan expressed sadness and anger at Trump's “self-aggrandizement” during his first visit to the heart of the U.S. intelligence world. Just a few days ago, Trump compared leaks from the CIA ...
'Alternative facts': Conway defends false claims about Trump inauguration crowd
CTV News - 19 hours ago
Crowd comparison: Obama's inauguration on the left, Trump's inauguration on the right. #Inauguration2017 pic.twitter.com/71YzEYSjOJ. — Rosa Hwang (@RosaCTV) January 20, 2017. Conway's comments sparked the sarcasm and anger of many on Twitter ...
Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides
New York Times - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON — President Trump's first weekend in office unfolded much the way things often did during his campaign: with angry Twitter messages, a familiar obsession with slights and a series of meandering and at times untrue statements, all eventually ...
White House anger at inauguration crowd 'lies'
Sky News - Jan 21, 2017
He also claimed that white "floor coverings" used to protect the grass during the ceremony had unfairly drawn attention to empty spaces on the National Mall. With pictures from Mr Trump's inauguration on TV screens beside him, Mr Spicer added ...
President Trump tweets response to global post-inauguration protests
WABC-TV - 21 hours ago
In talk show interviews Sunday, advisers defended Trump's anger at journalists for correctly reporting that his inauguration drew a smaller crowd President Barack Obama did eight years ago, saying the Trump administration was supplying "alternative facts."
Trump offers scattershot response to global protests + video
The Providence Journal - Jan 22, 2017
In Sunday morning interviews, top advisers defended Trump's anger at journalists for correctly reporting that his inauguration drew a smaller crowd President Barack Obama did eight years ago. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on "Fox News Sunday" that ...
Trump Delivers Diatribe Against Press at CIA Headquarters
Center for Research on Globalization - 1 hour ago
Trump's anger is directed in the first instance against an utterly corrupt and subservient corporate-controlled press, which is rightly held in contempt by broad sections of the population because of its role as a purveyor of government lies and ...
Comparing and debating inauguration crowd size, TV audience
FOX 29 News Philadelphia - Jan 22, 2017
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus defended Trump's anger at the media for correctly reporting his inauguration drew a smaller crowd than his predecessor. Priebus told "Fox News Sunday" Trump and Spicer were trying to keep the media "honest" ...
No Trump media honeymoon
Boston Herald - 10 hours ago
President Trump enters his first week in office in a state of all-out war with the media — with both sides taking shots at the other in a rejection of the customary honeymoon period that officials and pundits worry will only get worse. Trump and his ...
US President Donald Trump ignores worldwide protest marches and addresses CIA
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jan 21, 2017
Forever telling Americans that if he's punched, he'll counterpunch, Donald Trump woke from his first sleep at the White House to find the streets of the capital flooded with probably as many people protesting against him as were there on Friday to ...
Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer to face media after inauguration crowd row
ITV News - 7 hours ago
The new president, press secretary Sean Spicer and other key members of his team have vehemently disputed claims that fewer people watched Mr Trump's inauguration in Washington D.C on Friday. Pictures and footage of the inauguration suggest the crowds ...
Kellyanne Conway says President Trump will not release his tax returns
The Independent - 21 hours ago
However, on Sunday, the President's strategist, Kellyanne Conway, sparked widespread anger - including from Wikileaks, after saying the returns would be kept hidden from public view. "The White House response is that he's not going to release the tax ...
Sean Spicer held a press conference. He didn't take questions. Or tell the whole truth.
Washington Post - Jan 21, 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer held a press briefing Saturday night. Except not really. Spicer delivered a statement blasting the media for allegedly underestimating the size of the crowds for President Trump's inaugural ceremony. He took no ...
Donald Trump's press secretary mocked online over use of some dubious 'facts'
Yahoo News Canada (blog) - 1 hour ago
All eyes were on Donald Trump last week but it is the new President's press secretary who has become something of a star in his own – dubious – right. Sean Spicer gave his first press conference over the weekend and it was immediately bad tempered.
Lies, damn lies, statistics and now The Donald
iPolitics.ca (subscription) - 17 hours ago
The performance was so dismal that former CIA Director John Brennan expressed sadness and anger at Trump's “self-aggrandizement” during his first visit to the heart of the U.S. intelligence world. Just a few days ago, Trump compared leaks from the CIA ...
'Alternative facts': Conway defends false claims about Trump inauguration crowd
CTV News - 19 hours ago
Crowd comparison: Obama's inauguration on the left, Trump's inauguration on the right. #Inauguration2017 pic.twitter.com/71YzEYSjOJ. — Rosa Hwang (@RosaCTV) January 20, 2017. Conway's comments sparked the sarcasm and anger of many on Twitter ...
I know he passed an executive order on Obamacare that just impedes the spending in some cases, but doesn't halt or change the law. I know he is pulling out of the TPP. I know he is attempting to renegotiate NAFTA. Other than appointments....did I miss anything?