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Coronavirus - Trump Declares National Emergency

Coronavirus: Trump Declares National Emergency

March 14, 2020 5:28 am

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to deal with the coronavirus crisis as cases increase alarmingly and criticism mounts over how he’s responding to the situation.

Trump made the declaration on Friday night from the Rose Garden with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and other members of his coronavirus task force members standing behind him.

Trump said, “To unleash the full power of the federal government, I am officially declaring a national emergency. Referring to that as “two very big words,” he said it would allow him to quickly …

Trump Defends Ban On Travel From Europe As Virus Worsens

Trump Defends Ban On Travel From Europe As Virus Worsens

March 12, 2020 4:31 pm

US President Donald Trump defended Thursday his decision to impose a 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe over the coronavirus pandemic that sent markets into a tailspin and sparked panic among stranded travellers.

The US leader doubled down on his shock move as the number of cases and fatalities surged in Europe, prompting governments to roll out even tighter restrictions on travel and public gatherings.

The virus, which first emerged in China in December, has quickly spread across the continent even as cases in Asia have levelled out in recent days.

China even claimed “the peak” of the epidemic …

Coronavirus Trump Facing Hurdles To Virus Stimulus Package

Trump Facing Hurdles To Coronavirus Stimulus Package

March 11, 2020 5:06 pm

As nearly three-quarters of US firms suffer supply disruptions due to the coronavirus epidemic, President Donald Trump‘s treasury secretary said the administration is “working full time” on a stimulus package to aid the economy.

However, a key senator shot down giving an immediate payroll tax cut to American workers, the plan’s main pillar, while Democrats are moving ahead with their own plan.

The outbreak has prompted US airlines to cancel flights, the Federal Reserve to make its first emergency rate cut in 12 years and the stock exchange to experience its worst session since 2008.

This spells trouble …

Trump Congratulates Self On Coronavirus Response

March 9, 2020 4:48 pm

Donald Trump is doing bang-up work fighting the coronavirus — just ask him. “We’ve done a fantastic job,” he said on Saturday, before confirmed US cases of the virus soared to more than 550.

A botched response or a related economic slump could damage his reelection hopes, so the US President appears to be intensely focused on downplaying the problem and publicly congratulating himself. Over the last few weeks, he’s forecast infections on US soil will drop to zero, hoped for a “miracle” to drive the virus away, and predicted warm weather will kill it off. He keeps praising himself
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Meet Adunola Osinuga, Biden’s Pointswoman In Texas

Meet Adunola Osinuga, Biden’s Pointswoman In Texas

March 7, 2020 3:37 am

When Joe Biden, now frontrunner in the race to pick a Democratic candidate to compete with Donald Trump, came to the atrium of the science building at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas to campaign last Monday, his introduction was made by a female student, Adunola Osinuga.

“We saw in South Carolina the power that voters of color have. We have the power to swing this entire race for the candidate that can beat Donald Trump in the fall. We had that power in South Carolina, and we most definitely have that power here in Texas,” the beaming student, known …

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Trump Says Weinstein Conviction Sends Very Strong Message

February 25, 2020 6:01 pm

Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for rape and sexual assault was a “great victory” for women and sends a “very strong message”, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

The Hollywood movie producer was found guilty on Monday by a New York court in a verdict hailed as a historic landmark by the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.

“From the standpoint of women, I think it was a great thing,” Trump said at a news conference in India.

“It was a great victory. And sends a very strong message, very, very strong message.”

Weinstein, 67, was acquitted of first-degree rape and predatory sexual …

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Pastor Giwa Begs Trump To Save Nigerians From Buhari

February 25, 2020 7:07 am

Senior Pastor Adewale Giwa of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry released a three-page letter to the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, asking him to save Nigeria from President Muhammadu Buhari and Boko Haram.

The open letter is a response to the Boko Haram rehabilitation agency bill being sponsored at the National Assembly. The pastor alleged that Boko Haram has enriched some people by the millions paid by the Nigerian government as ransom.

He added that it is no longer news that terrorism has become a lucrative business under the leadership of Buhari, …

Praise, Cheering Crowds For Trump In India Love Fest

February 24, 2020 4:56 pm

Emerging in a stadium to the appropriate strains of the Village People’s “Macho Man” as 100,000 people cheered on, US President Donald Trump looked like he was at a campaign rally in America’s Midwest.

But the US leader was thousands of miles away, sweltering under India’s scorching heat as he kicked off his first official visit to the nation with a lavish extravaganza at the world’s largest cricket stadium.

Five months after being feted by 50,000 people at a mass rally in Houston, Trump revelled in pomp and pageantry once more as Prime Minister Narendra Modi went all-out to …

India is gearing up for a visit by US President Donald Trump starting Monday

Taj Mahal But No Trade Deal For Trump In India

February 22, 2020 5:32 pm

US President Donald Trump will open the world’s biggest cricket stadium and watch the sun set at the famed Taj Mahal during a lightning visit to India starting Monday, but behind the spectacular optics he is expected to face a protectionist counter-punch on trade.

Trump’s blossoming bromance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that will be on show again belies prickly relations, particularly over commerce, with both men ramping up protectionist measures.

Experts say this has hurt US efforts to make India a strategic counterweight to China, while Trump’s mediation offer in the long-running Kashmir dispute with Pakistan has annoyed New …

US 2020: President Buhari Urged To Support Trump

February 22, 2020 10:17 am

Barrister Olusegun Bamgbose, the National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his support and that of Nigeria for President Donald Trump’s re-election come November 2020.

The US election is fixed for November 2020 and Donald Trump, the candidate of the Republican and other presidential candidates have intensified their campaigns.

Bamgbose, noted that the recent visa ban on Nigeria may not have come at the best of times but added that Nigeria must not sit on the fence.

Read Also: Buhari Group Insists President In Charge Of Nigeria

In a statement on Saturday,

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Trump Mocks Oscar’s Best Movie Pick Parasite

February 21, 2020 12:07 pm

The U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film “Parasite,” telling a campaign rally he wished for the return of Hollywood classics such as 1939’s “Gone with the Wind.”

The cast of Parasite at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

“Parasite,” a dark social satire about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul, earlier this month, became the first non-English Language film to take Hollywood’s top prize.

It also won three other Oscars – best director and original screenplay for Bong Joon Ho and best international feature film.…

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Trump Offered Pardon To Assange If He Denied Russia Leak

February 19, 2020 4:36 pm

US President Donald Trump promised to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he denied Russia leaked emails of his 2016 election rival’s campaign, a London court was told on Wednesday.

Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson said in a document that Trump relayed the offer through former US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, the UK’s domestic Press Association news agency reported.

The White House quickly issued a denial that Trump had dangled a pardon in exchange for help in the Russia controversy, which has cast a shadow over his first term in office.

“The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. …

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