Trump News for Thursday, June 1, 2023
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Trump, DeSantis Collide on Campaign Trail in First Dueling Appearances as 2024 Candidates
News18
Former President Donald Trump criticizes rival Ron DeSantis, highlighting his own strength as the leading GOP presidential candidate.
Jun 1, 2023, 11:53 PM
Want to live down the street from Tom Brady?
Boston.com
In addition to Tom Brady, the neighbors include Carl Icahn, Julio Iglesias, Adriana Lima, Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump.
Jun 1, 2023, 11:53 PM
Trump the COVID Cuomosexual
New York Post
Donald Trump praised former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from his Truth Social account for his handling of New York’s COVID crisis by contrasting it favorably with that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Jun 1, 2023, 11:45 PM
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Trump caught on tape saying he should’ve declassified document about Iran, undercutting his claims about declassifying Mar-a-Lago papers
New York Daily News
The admission would give powerful ammunition to prosecutors that Trump did not declassify the cache of documents he took to his Mar-a-Lago resort — and that he knew it.
Jun 1, 2023, 11:10 PM
Donald Trump's attack on Kayleigh McEnany costs him a backer in New Hampshire
Yahoo News
State Rep. James Spillane of New Hampshire said he has switched from Trump to Ron DeSantis.
Jun 1, 2023, 11:07 PM
“Blockbuster piece of evidence”: Experts say recording “fatally undermines” Trump’s entire defense
Salon
Audio could make Trump's declassification claims "irrelevant" because "it would still be a crime,": expert.
Jun 1, 2023, 11:05 PM
Fox News to host Trump town hall in key test for beleaguered network
The Guardian
Network, facing second defamation lawsuit after paying $787m to settle with Dominion, to air Iowa event hosted by Sean Hannity
Jun 1, 2023, 11:00 PM
Chris Christie and the Republican Party’s Peril
The Wall Street Journal
In some ways he’s a match for Trump, whose third nomination would mark the end of the GOP.
Jun 1, 2023, 10:01 PM
CNN ratings crater in May despite bump from Trump town hall
New York Post
CNN posted a whopping 25% decline in primetime ratings compared to last year-- even as the struggling network got a much-needed jump in vieweship from its controversial town hall with former President Donald Trump earlier in the month.
Jun 1, 2023, 9:03 PM
Infighting Trump lawyers plotted "murder-suicide" pact - and were overheard by reporter: report
Salon
Trump's attorneys were overheard spilling the beans on the team's infighting by reporter at restaurant.
Jun 1, 2023, 8:11 PM
Ron DeSantis praised Anthony Fauci for Covid response in spring 2020 for 'really doing a good job'
Cable News Network
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is attacking former President Donald Trump for “turning the country over to [Dr. Anthony] Fauci in March 2020” but DeSantis was praising the chief public health official at the same time in previously unreported quotes, saying Fauci was “really, really good and really, really helpful” and “really doing a good job.”
Jun 1, 2023, 8:00 PM
Trump and DeSantis jab at each other on campaign trail in 1st duelling appearances as 2024 candidates
Devdiscourse
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Jun 1, 2023, 7:00 PM
Trump melts down on Truth Social as his lawyer struggles to defend damning secret recording
Salon
Trump lawyer James Trusty dodged when asked about Trump admitting he had classified Iran doc he couldn't show.
Jun 1, 2023, 6:52 PM
Return of the Republican Clown Car
POLITICO
The presidential race is getting crowded, and Trump is the beneficiary once again.
Jun 1, 2023, 6:25 PM
Mike Pence 2024: What to know about his bid for the Republican presidential nomination
Vox.com
Former Vice President Mike Pence entered the 2024 GOP presidential field, pitting himself against his former running mate and old boss, Donald Trump.
Jun 1, 2023, 5:50 PM
Trump election reframed TV version of The Handmaid’s Tale, says Atwood
The Guardian
Hugely successful adaptation of dystopian novel began airing three months after 2016 US presidential election
Jun 1, 2023, 5:05 PM
‘Trump Bucks’ websites taken down after buyers fall for fake currency
The Guardian
Victims of con invested thousands of dollars in fake bills plastered with Trump’s face they believed would make them rich
Jun 1, 2023, 4:55 PM
Why the newly obtained Trump recording complicates his Mar-a-Lago classified document defense
Yahoo News
Federal prosecutors have obtained a recording of former President Donald Trump on which he acknowledges that he was in possession of classified documents he took with him when he left the White House and that he did not have the power to declassify them, CNN reported Wednesday.
Jun 1, 2023, 4:13 PM
Donald Trump Audio Tape is 'Game, Set and Match' for Prosecution: Attorney
Newsweek
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman has reacted to reports the former president discussed possessing a classified document in July 2021.
Jun 1, 2023, 3:27 PM
Trump campaign rips Ron DeSantis for not deciding 'how to pronounce his name'
Raw Story
As much as Donald Trump's critics mock him for harping on trivial, unimportant things, the president's adolescent-like name-calling can be effective with his MAGA base. Trump's names for political opponents are designed to diminish them — for example, "Sleepy Joe" for President Joe Biden, "Crooked H...
Jun 1, 2023, 3:12 PM
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Prosecutors have tape of Trump discussing holding onto classified doc after leaving office
The Globe and Mail
Trump’s comments on the recording would seem to undercut his repeated claims that he declassified the documents he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago
Jun 1, 2023, 2:14 PM
Special counsel tape of Trump discussing a classified documents
NBC News
Special Counsel Jack Smith's office has obtained a recording of Donald Trump discussing a classified document that he had taken from his time at the White House.
Jun 1, 2023, 2:09 PM
Trials and triggers: Psychiatrists warn Trump's psychosis will grow "as he becomes more desperate"
Salon
Dr. Justin Frank explains how accountability can make Trump more dangerous
Jun 1, 2023, 2:00 PM
Former Trump lawyer: Reported audio ‘eviscerates’ defense in documents investigation
The Hill
Former Trump administration White House lawyer Ty Cobb said late Wednesday that an audio recording that reportedly reveals former President Trump discussing a classified document he took from the White House “eviscerates” Trump’s defense in the Justice Department’s (DOJ) classified documents probe. Cobb said in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett that the recording undermines…
Jun 1, 2023, 1:29 PM
E Jean Carroll co-writes romance novel with ex-president’s niece Mary Trump
The Guardian
Novel, which law professor Jennifer Taub also worked on, will be released on Substack and have ‘erotic scenes’ but ‘no politics’
Jun 1, 2023, 1:10 PM