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Donald Trump issues high stakes dare to Democrats, plans to deliver State of the Union next week 'on location'
• 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump said Wednesday he intends to deliver his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress next week, dismissing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's argument that adequate security can't be provided during the partial government shutdown.
Democrats ask Donald Trump to delay 29 January State of the Union speech till after govt shutdown ends
• 6 years agoShutdown pressure on US president Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his Jan. 29 State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought.
Donald Trump walks back 'national emergency' threat as US govt shutdown becomes longest ever in country's history
Nikhila Natrajan • 6 years agoUS president Donald Trump has no escape route from America’s government shutdown of his own making than to declare a national emergency so he can funnel funds from his own government departments to build his promised border wall along the US Mexico border.
Donald Trump asks US law enforcement official how many Pakistanis are apprehended at southern border
• 6 years agoTrump asked the question when a law enforcement official briefed him on the security situation on the border and listed out the name of the countries whose citizens were nabbed at the border a day earlier.
Donald Trump revives 'national emergency' threat over border wall funding while 800,000 Govt workers go unpaid in US shutdown
• 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can't reach a deal with Democrats to fund his promised border wall. He arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border to draw further attention to his case after negotiations with lawmakers blew up. The partial government shutdown dragged into a 20th day with hundreds of thousands of federal workers off the job or working without pay as the wall fight persisted.
Donald Trump reels off immigration scare stories in Oval Office address; Democrats swat him down in stinging rebuttal
Nikhila Natrajan • 6 years agoA Hail Mary presidential address from a bully pulpit on steroids. That’s what we got today on the Donald Trump parallel reality prime time show from the Oval Office as the US president exploited his powerful office to spread more lies about a non-existent “humanitarian crisis” and thousands of terrorists are streaming through the US border.
Donald Trump, Democrats taking border wall fight to prime-time TV as US Govt shutdown grinds into Day 18
• 6 years agoReady to make his case on prime-time TV, President Donald Trump is stressing humanitarian as well as security concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to convince America he must get funding for his long-promised border wall before ending a partial government shutdown that has hundreds of thousands of federal workers facing missed paychecks.
US shutdown Day 18: Donald Trump plans prime time TV speech on 'border crisis'; news networks debating whether to give airtime
Nikhila Natrajan • 6 years agoDonald Trump is plotting a prime time television distraction Tuesday night 9 pm EST from the Oval Office to justify his $ 5 billion demand for a wall and what he describes as a "humanitarian and national security crisis" on the US Mexico border after his White House claimed falsely that 4000 terrorists have entered America from there.
'She dishonoured herself and her family': Donald Trump slams Democrat Rashida Talib's profane impeachment vow
• 6 years agoSalty language by US lawmakers — or presidents, for that matter — is nothing new. Trump, hardly the paradigm of verbal decency, last year derided African nations as "shithole" countries, after all. But when Trump was asked about his critic's comments, he said they were "disgraceful," and "highly disrespectful to the United States of America."
'Walls work': Donald Trump refers to walls in Vatican, Israel, Obama's house as he fights for $5 billion border wall money
• 6 years agoEverywhere President Donald Trump looks, he sees a wall. As he lobbies for money for his long-promised border wall, Trump keeps talking up other barricades. He's pointing to walls in Israel, at the Vatican, even at former President Barack Obama's house — though fact checkers have pushed back on the accuracy of some of his claims.