Trump 'seriously' considering ending birthright citizenship, as he doubles down on antisemitic comments and Denmark row
The president called himself "the chosen one" today
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump had a remarkable day of outbursts. Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, he doubled down on his antisemitic remarks to claim that Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats are betraying Israel, during an impromptu press conference on the White House lawn in which he also claimed that the victims of mass shootings "love" him. He also referred to himself as "the chosen one," while talking about a trade deal.
The comments came after he lashed out on Twitter that morning against the “LameStream Media”, the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell as fears the US is sliding into recession continue and his disapproval rating hits 54 per cent in a new CNN poll.
The president also tweeted lavish praise of himself from an evangelical Fox and Friends pundit insisting Israeli Jews “love him like he is the second coming of God”.
In news away from the president's Internet presence, his administration today moved forward with a new regulation that would allow the government to detain migrant families indefinitely. The rule is expected to be challenged immediately.
He also told reporters that he's "seriously considering" ending birthright citizenship.
Mr Trump has also raised eyebrows by backing out of a trip to Denmark, supposedly because they would not sell him Greenland. Mr Trump called the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, of that country "nasty" for outright rejecting the notion that the US could buy the country.
He also assured the National Rifle Association that universal background checks are off the table in gun control talks during a phone call with the NRA's president. Students from Parkland, meanwhile, have released a comprehensive plan for gun control in America.
Later, in Kentucky, the president joked that he should award himself the Medal of Honour, while continuing his consistent claims that America was weak before him in a speech honouring US veterans. He also referenced a Johnson & Johnson nasal spray that can prevent suicide. He told the veterans that he believes this new drug should be given to them for free.
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Donald Trump has complained that the prime minister of Denmark was "nasty" and "not nice" when she publicly rejected his unsolicited idea to buy Greenland.
"It was not a nice way of doing it," Mr Trump told reporters on the White House lawn Wednesday. "She could've just said, 'no we'd rather not do it.'"
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During the same press conference, Donald Trump also accused Jewish people of having mixed loyalties to their home countries and the state of Israel, which is a well-established antisemitic trope.
Bloomberg quoted him as saying: "If you vote for a Democrat, you're being disloyal to Jewish people and you're being very disloyal to Israel."
Trump claims credit for "accomplishing a lot of great things for Israel", citing the move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and US recognition of Israeli ownership of the disputed Golan Heights. He then renews his attacks on the Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib - whose planned visit to Israel was cancelled partly at his request - as well as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley, before stating that American Jews who vote Democrat are being "disloyal to Israel".
The president has been keen to paint the self-styled "Squad" of left-leaning congresswomen as the face of the Democrat party ahead of next year's presidential election.
"I am the chosen one," declares the president, saying someone had to take on China economically and that it fell to him.
On the migrant issue Trump insists that "I have the children very much on my mind" as he blames Obama for building cages - without mentioning that he ordered a zero tolerance policy on separations as opposed to his predecessor's policy of only separating children from their parents or guardians in the case of serious criminal allegations.
He also thanks Mexico for helping to reduce the number of people crossing the border.
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