Trump launches blistering attack on Democrats ‘who reject everything that we hold dear’
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks on a group of Democratic congresswomen, claiming the party was now led by “four-left wing extremists who reject everything that we hold dear”.
At a rally for supporters in Cincinnati, Ohio, the crowd did not break into racist chants as happened two weeks ago in Florida when the president referred to the four women of colour.
But it did start chanting “lock her up” when he referred to Hillary Clinton, who he beat in the crucial state of Ohio in 2016, on his way to winning the White House.
“While Republicans are working every day to build up our country, the rage-filled Democrat Party is trying to tear America apart,” said Mr Trump.
“The Democrat Party is now being led by four left-wing extremists who reject everything that we hold dear.”
Mr Trump claimed he was seeking to avoid “controversy”, which is perhaps why he did not spend too long talking about the congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.
Last month, he was widely criticised and his tweets formally condemned as racist by the House of Representatives, after tweeting and commenting that the the women should “go home”. Three of them were born in the US, while the fourth, Mr Omar came here 20 years ago after her family escaped from Somalia as refugees.
On Thursday, one of four Republican members of congress who voted in favour of the House bill condemning the president’s remarks about the progressive women, announced he was not seeking reelection.
Will Hurd, who represents Texas’s 23rd congressional district and is the only black Republican in the House, had condemned Mr Trump’s remarks as racist and xenophobic.
“Look, I'm the only black Republican in the House of Representatives. I go into communities that most Republicans don’t show up in order to take a conservative message,” he told CNN last month.
“This makes it harder in order to take our ideas, and our platform, to communities that don't necessarily identify with the Republican Party.”
Mr Hurd made his announcement while Mr Trump was on stage attacking Democratic mayors, across the country, including the mayor of Cincinnati, John Cranley.
He claimed the crowd at the US Bank Arena had broken records, and he alleged it was “Democrats” who for health and safety reasons had not allowed more people inside.
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The US Department of Justice has declined to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly leaking classified information after the case was referred by Michael Horowitz, the department’s inspector general.
It’s noteworthy that the president is effectively admitting here that China did not fulfill the deal Beijing and his administration put together — while announcing yet another round of tariffs:
Donald Trump’s administration wants Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina to help craft a new Iran nuclear deal after the president withdrew from his predecessor’s landmark legislation, according to a new report.
Mr Trump’s administration has paired Middle East policy advisers with “outside actors” to field ideas for the new plan, the Daily Beast reported Thursday, quoting four sources.
Mr Graham has taken a hard-line approach to the US-Iran conflict, calling Tehran a “provocative regime” and “an enemy of mankind” that “threatens the existence of the state of Israel”.
Donald Trump intensified pressure Thursday on China to reach a trade deal by saying that beginning 1 September, he will impose 10 per cent tariffs on the remaining $300bn (£246.8bn) in Chinese imports he hasn’t already taxed. The move immediately sent stock prices sinking.
The president has already imposed 25 per cent tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese products, and Beijing has retaliated by taxing $110 billion in US goods.
US consumers are likely to feel the pain if Mr Trump proceeds with the new tariffs. Mr Trump’s earlier tariffs had been designed to minimize the impact on ordinary Americans by focusing on industrial goods. The new tariffs will hit a vast range of consumer products from cellphones to silk scarves.
The president’s action came as a surprise, just as US and Chinese negotiators were concluding a 12th round of what the White House called “constructive” trade talks in Shanghai. The negotiations ended Wednesday without any sign of a deal but are scheduled to resume next month in Washington.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had been up nearly 300 points earlier, was down nearly 200 points soon after Mr Trump’s tweets announcing the new tariffs.
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Donald Trump’s administration is considering ending the legal status of thousands of Syrians living in the US, leaving many in fear of possible deportation.
A group of around 7,000 Syrians have been given temporary protected status(TPS), but the legal designation is set to expire on 30 September.
The Trump administration has to decide to extend the refugee programme by the end of Thursday, or the group will automatically lose their status at the end of next month.
Looks like Congress won't be getting Donald Trump's personal tax records just yet -
Adding to Mr Trump's frequent comments on wildfires since becoming president:
The president is going after prosecutors who oversaw the war crimes trial of a US Navy seal.
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