Trump News for Saturday, November 18, 2023
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'Seismic' Trump insurrectionist ruling opens door for Supreme Court surprise: legal expert
Raw Story
The Colorado judge who handed Donald Trump a win by keeping him on the state's ballot may have set things in motion for the Supreme Court to help the plaintiffs, a former prosecutor said on Saturday. Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman appeared on MSNBC's Yasmin Vossoughian Reports, where he ...
Nov 18, 2023, 8:42 PM

Jack Smith 'chess move' could place Judge Cannon under new scrutiny: expert
Raw Story
Jack Smith could make a strategic move that would place the Trump-appointed Judge Cannon on higher scrutiny in connection with her rulings in the ex-president's criminal prosecution over sensitive documents allegedly hoarded away at Mar-a-Lago, a former prosecutor said on Saturday.Charles Coleman, a...
Nov 18, 2023, 7:51 PM

Joe Biden is facing a near-historic deficit for an incumbent
Cable News Network
Donald Trump has a small, but clear, advantage over Joe Biden right now. This makes Biden just the second president since scientific polling began to trail in his reelection bid at this point in the campaign.
Nov 18, 2023, 7:00 PM
With three major recent losses, is the effort to knock Trump off ballots in 2024 over?
Yahoo News
Courts in four states have now knocked down claims that Trump should be kicked off the ballot. But experts say the legal fight is far from over.
Nov 18, 2023, 6:42 PM

Argentines vote in election that could lead Trump-admiring populist to presidency
THE WEEK
Voters in Argentina were heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America's second-largest economy will take a rightward shift
Nov 18, 2023, 6:30 PM

Trump claims judge in fraud trial is ‘complete and total puppet’ of New York AG
The Hill
Former President Trump claimed Saturday that the judge in his New York civil fraud trial is a “complete and total puppet” of New York Attorney General Letitia James. “Judge Arthur Engoron, the most overturned and stayed Judge in the State, and the Racist New York State Attorney General, the most corrupt & incompetent A.G. in…
Nov 18, 2023, 6:20 PM

Axelrod: Biden has a 50-50 shot
POLITICO
The Democratic strategist's unsolicited advice followed a poll that showed Biden trailing former president Donald Trump among voters in five key battleground states.
Nov 18, 2023, 6:14 PM

Bill Maher reveals reason he thinks 'Trump is winning' against Biden
New York Post
The HBO host continues sounding the alarm that President Biden is headed for defeat next year
Nov 18, 2023, 5:53 PM

Trump attorney ‘pretty satisfied’ with Colorado ballot decision despite Jan. 6 claims
The Hill
An attorney for former President Trump celebrated Friday’s ruling that Trump could remain on the primary ballot in Colorado. “We’re pretty satisfied with the outcome,” attorney Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state, said in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. Though, he added that he has not spoken to Trump. His comments came…
Nov 18, 2023, 5:51 PM

Lil Pump Flexes New Donald Trump-Inspired Hairdo
HotNewHipHop
It's no secret that Lil Pump supports Donald Trump, but recently, he took things to a whole different level.
Nov 18, 2023, 5:46 PM
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Trump vows to kill Asia trade deal being pursued by Biden if elected
Reuters
Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday that he would kill off a Pacific trade pact being advanced by U.S. President Biden if he were to win the 2024 election.
Nov 18, 2023, 5:22 PM

‘The echoes with Trump are obvious’: BBC series on Caesar casts light on similarities with modern populists
The Guardian
A new three-part docudrama will explore the rise and fall of the Roman general-turned-despot and his impact on history
Nov 18, 2023, 5:00 PM

Biden team ratchets up offensive against Trump
The Hill
The Biden campaign is ramping up its offensive against former President Trump, targeting the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination as a rematch between Trump and President Biden appears increasingly likely. The campaign spent this week unloading on Trump, rolling out daily memos that outlined what a second Trump term would mean for abortion rights,…
Nov 18, 2023, 5:00 PM

Yevgeny Vindman, Trump whistleblower’s brother, running for Congress
The Hill
Retired Army Col. Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, the twin brother of anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman, is running for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat. “I’m called to represent the people of the– Virginia’s seventh congressional district,” Vindman told MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi in an interview Friday. Both Eugene and his brother blew the whistle on the…
Nov 18, 2023, 4:56 PM

Legal Analysts React After Judge Finds Trump 'Engaged in an Insurrection'
Newsweek
"The Constitution is not a suicide pact with America's democracy," former judge J. Michael Luttig wrote.
Nov 18, 2023, 4:53 PM
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Donald Trump returns to Iowa for rally before state caucuses
Chicago Tribune
Donald Trump is set to campaign in west-central Iowa as part of his fall push with the state's leadoff caucuses now less than two months away.
Nov 18, 2023, 4:00 PM

Former Trump adviser O’Brien slams Biden for attacks on U.S. troops in Syria, Iraq
POLITICO
Robert O’Brien says “more needs to be done” to protect bases after dozens of strikes.
Nov 18, 2023, 3:27 PM
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Political violence threatens to intensify with presidential race
Chicago Tribune
Conspiracy theories that demonized Donald Trump’s enemies are morphing and spreading as the front-runner for the Republican nomination aims for a return to the White House.
Nov 18, 2023, 3:15 PM

Trump ‘insurrectionist ban’ ruling: Takeaways from the blockbuster decision
Cable News Network
A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing former Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban.
Nov 18, 2023, 2:12 PM

Colorado judge says Trump ‘engaged in insurrection’ but keeps him on ballot
The Guardian
Group of state voters tried to disqualify ex-president from 2024 election for his conduct leading up to January 6 Capitol attack
Nov 18, 2023, 1:50 PM

Takeaways from the first week of Trump’s defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial
Cable News Network
Donald Trump’s legal team wrapped up the first week of his defense case in the New York civil fraud trial as it continues to build the former president’s legal defense around experts who offered a different interpretation of the rules the attorney general says Trump and his business violated to commit fraud.
Nov 18, 2023, 1:30 PM

Milei echoes Trump with fraud claims that inject uncertainty into Argentina’s presidential runoff
POLITICO
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is the latest politician to follow the former president’s playbook.
Nov 18, 2023, 1:04 PM

Poilievre is crushing Trudeau. Can it last?
Toronto Star
To get a sense of what could happen to Pierre Poilievre it might help to look at Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Susan Delacourt writes.
Nov 18, 2023, 12:00 PM

French First Lady Says Melania Trump Has a ‘Firm Hand’ Over Donald Trump: “He Obeys Her”
The Inquisitr
Trump would frequently look to Melania for cues regarding appropriate behavior at social gatherings, such as whether to approach someone.
Nov 18, 2023, 10:24 AM