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Finally, Donald Trump Wears Face Mask

Finally, Donald Trump Wears Face Mask

May 22, 2020 6:27 am

United Staes President Donald Trump heeded warnings on Thursday to wear the mask as he visited a Ford factory in Michigan.

The photo of the masked President is now circulating on Twitter, his favourite social media platform.

Meanwhile Trump tweeted early Friday that U.S. flags will fly at half-staff for the next three days to mourn an estimated 100,000 Americans who have died from coronavirus.

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“I will be lowering the flags on all Federal Buildings and National Monuments to half-staff over the next three days in memory of the

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Trump Hooked On COVID-19 Drug Hydroxychloroquine Without Prescription

Trump Hooked On COVID-19 Drug Hydroxychloroquine Without Prescription

May 19, 2020 1:49 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump admitted on Monday that he has been on self-medication for about 10 days, taking the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine.

He told reporters he has been taking it with a zinc supplement to lessen COVID-19 symptoms should he contract it.

So far, the drug is unproven for fighting COVID-19.

Trump spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential cure for COVID-19.

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This was against the cautionary advice of many of his administration’s top medical professionals.

The drug has the potential to cause significant side effects in some patients and …

President Trump Threatens U.S. Will Quit WHO

President Trump Threatens U.S. Will Quit WHO

May 19, 2020 8:06 am

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days.

In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation.

He claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for the large number of deaths in the coronavirus pandemic crisis.

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He alleged that mismanagement on the part of the WHO and reliance on information from China had dramatically worsened the epidemic …

Trump Fires State watchdog said to be probing Pompeo

Trump Fires State Watchdog Said To Be Probing Pompeo

May 16, 2020 1:40 pm

Donald Trump’s move to fire a government watchdog reportedly investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo amounted to a potentially illegal act of retribution, according to senior Democrats leading an angry backlash Saturday.

Trump notified House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi late Friday that he planned to dismiss State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.

It was his third abrupt dismissal of an official tasked with monitoring governmental wrongdoing since April.

Democrats denounced it as part of what they said was a troubling pattern of the president undermining the traditionally independent watchdogs.

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Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

May 15, 2020 6:12 am

U.S President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart, while hinting on ending the world’s largest trading relationship, amid rising tensions about the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking in an interview with Fox Business Network, the US President said he has a “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but “right now, he doesn’t want to speak to him.”

“There are many things we could do, we could cut off the whole relationship.

”I am very disappointed in Beijing for its failure

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Trump - Obama Committed Biggest Political Crime In America

Trump: Obama Committed Biggest Political Crime In America

May 13, 2020 5:33 am

Donald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days after the justice department said it would drop its case against Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser.

“The biggest political crime in American history, by far!” the president wrote in a tweet accompanying a conservative talk show host’s claim that Barack Obama “used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration”.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Rebuffs Trump On Order To Reopen State

Pennsylvania Gov. Rebuffs Trump On Order To Reopen State

May 12, 2020 11:58 am

U.S. President Donald Trump backed protesters in Pennsylvania demanding an immediate lifting of restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

But the governor insisted he would follow science and move carefully.

However, there are plans in certain counties in the eastern state to defy the governor’s orders and reopen businesses.

“The great people of Pennsylvania want their freedom now, and they are fully aware of what that entails.

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“The Democrats are moving slowly, all over the USA, for political purposes,” Trump, a Republican, tweeted.

“Don’t play politics. Be safe, move …

Trump Replies Obama In Twitter Rant

Trump Replies Obama In Twitter Rant

May 10, 2020 11:49 am
U.S. President Donald Trump kicked predecessor Barack Obama back in the midst of a Twitter rant on Sunday, in which he also attacked journalists.

Obama had called out Trump in a leaked virtual call with 3,000 members of his administration, by describing Trump’s coronavirus response a disaster.

In response, Trump clobbered both Obama and Joe Biden, the presumed candidate of the Democrats in the November election.

He dredged out the handling of the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak by Obama and Biden and scored them ‘poor marks’.

Read Also: Obama Blasts Trump In Leaked Virtual Call With Ex-Staff

In contrast, he …

Trump - I'd Have Sent Army For Maduro, Not Mercenaries

Trump: I’d Have Sent Army For Maduro, Not Mercenaries

May 9, 2020 7:55 am
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would have sent an army if he wanted to topple his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro.

Speaking on Fox and Friends, a live talk show on Fox Television, Trump reiterated his denial of U.S. involvement in an alleged recent coup attempt on Maduro.

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“We have nothing to do with it. If I wanted to go into Venezuela, I would not make a secret about it.

“I would go in, I would go in and they would do nothing about it, they would roll over.

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Trump Vetoes Congress On War Powers

Donald Trump Vetoes Congress On War Powers

May 7, 2020 7:40 am

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed an ‘insulting’ resolution that directs him to terminate armed hostilities against Iran, not “explicitly authorised” by Congress.

A handful of Republicans in both chambers supported the rebuke after Mr. Trump took out a top Iranian general in January.

“This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party.

“The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands,” Trump said in a statement.

Trump said the measure was misguided because the U.S. is not at …

Trump Blocks Virus Expert Fauci From 'House Of Haters'

Trump Blocks Virus Expert Fauci From ‘House Of Haters’

May 5, 2020 3:23 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the country’s top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, would testify before the Senate.

But he has blocked him from testifying before the House of Representatives filled with ‘Trump haters’.

Trump disclosed this to reporters outside the White House before he departed for Arizona, where he will visit a medical equipment facility.

“Doctor Fauci will be testifying in front of the Senate, and he looks forward to doing that,” the U.S. president said.

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Trump’s Republican Party holds a majority in the Senate.

The …

China Stock Markets Rattled By Trump's China Virus Claims

Stock Markets Rattled By Trump’s China Virus Claims

May 2, 2020 5:25 pm

London and New York stocks sank on Friday after US President Donald Trump lashed out at China over the coronavirus crisis, bringing back bad memories of a damaging standoff between both countries over trade.

The eurozone’s key equity markets were shut for a public holiday as were several exchanges in Asia.

Investor nerves were tested further by a weak bottom line for Amazon even after the retail giant’s revenues received a boost from online shopping under the coronavirus lockdown.

The company warned earnings in the second quarter would be entirely wiped out by expenses related to COVID-19.

“Global markets continue …

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