President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that a new site for the signing of “phase one” of the U.S.-China trade deal will be “announced soon” after Chile canceled the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit slated for next month due to ongoing protests in the country. Why it matters, via Axios’ Jonathan Swan: Trump’s tweet is the most definitive sign yet that the U.S. and […]

President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that the terrorist who would have replaced the now-deceased Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of ISIS has also been killed by U.S. forces. “Most likely would have taken the top spot — Now he is also Dead!” Trump wrote. Al-Baghdadi was killed over the weekend in a raid conducted by […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked House Republicans “for being tough” in the face of the ongoing impeachment inquiry one day after a few dozen GOP lawmakers stormed a secure hearing room in the U.S. Capitol in protest. “Thank you to House Republicans for being tough, smart, and understanding in detail the greatest Witch Hunt in American History,” […]

President Donald Trump said Monday that he doesn’t want to have copies of The New York Times in the White House anymore and suggested he would terminate the subscription. “We don’t even want it in the White House anymore,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Monday night. “We’re going to probably terminate […]

It’s truly amazing to see how passionately Democrats are suddenly supporting the idea of American Empire: a worldwide presence of U.S. troops, with a focus on the Middle East. For decades, Democrats said they opposed endless wars, but from the very moment Donald Trump became president, the party’s leaders have become more hawkish than George […]