Section: POLITICO – U.S. Edition (USA)
Inside Trump’s ‘cyborg’ Twitter army
When Donald Trump confronted revelations that he used money from his charitable foundation to settle private legal disputes and purchase portraits of himself, a tireless army of tweeters went to work to keep the focus on Hillary Clinton’s foundation instead.Then Trump stumbled on a debate question about why he refuses to release his taxes,...
Trump’s Russian roulette
The Hillary Clinton campaign is meeting with swing-state leaders of Eastern European descent, encouraging ethnic debate watch parties and phone banks, and scheduling conference calls with Clinton allies from her State Department days as part of an aggressive effort to capitalize on Donald Trump’s embrace of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and...
Is Donald Trump qualified to be president?
H.L. Mencken declared there was only one way to look at a politician – “down.”Likewise, there’s really only one way to look at the first presidential debate on Monday: as the first serious job interview for potential President Donald John Trump – an opaque candidate who has hidden behind a steel curtain of one-liners, faux familiarity and...
PHILIPPE REINES to play Trump — NO Fortune 100 CEOs have endorsed TRUMP — PLAYBOOK event with The Skimm next week — CRUZ backs Trump — B’DAY: Ash Carter
IT’S THE WEEKEND. It’s going to be 77 degrees in Washington today. Enjoy it. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has its opening festivities today. Living Colour, Public Enemy, and The Roots are all performing. And Hillary Clinton has postponed a trip to Charlotte at the mayor’s behest. She cited “very...
The Mystery of Trump’s Man in Moscow
In March, in a bold “Oh yeah?” moment during an interview with the Washington Post’s editorial board, Donald Trump took the paper’s dare and revealed, then and there, his very short list of foreign policy advisors. There were just five, though he said, “I have quite a few more.” The list was a head-scratcher, a random assortment of...
America’s relationships are on the line — no matter who wins
NEW YORK – All politics is geopolitical in this year’s presidential race — and top Democrats and Republicans fear that will reshape America’s relationships around the world no matter who wins.This week, the uncertain state of those relationships will be on full display in New York as the United Nations General Assembly gathers...
Trump to meet with Egyptian president
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has apparently taken Hillary Clinton’s bait.The Republican presidential nominee will meet on Monday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, according to the Egyptian state media.Clinton, the Democratic nominee, announced last week that she would meet...
5 reasons Trump might fall in autumn
The GOP nominee prefers his KFC by the bucket, devours the fries before the Big Mac, and only eats greens out of taco bowls perched atop white linen napkins — but make no mistake, these are Donald Trump’s salad days.Counted down in the dark days after his gloomy Cleveland convention, with polls showing him behind by double digits, Trump has...
Clinton dares Trump to mingle with world leaders
Hillary Clinton says she’s planning to meet with several foreign leaders during the U.N. General Assembly next week.Your move, Donald Trump.When it comes to establishing an international profile, there’s no bigger platform for a U.S. presidential candidate than the annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations. This...
Why Donald Trump gets a pass
Donald Trump’s trip to Mexico was declared a success even after he mischaracterized the crux of his conversation with Mexico’s president. The GOP nominee is now described as “presidential” for shifting from insult-filled, ad-lib performances to insult-filled scripted speeches. And he scored points for confidence and style despite...
