Trump News for Monday, March 11, 2024
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House Republicans’ report contradicts witness account of Trump’s wheel-grab
The Guardian
Report includes White House employees’ January 6 testimonies that dispute former aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s
Mar 11, 2024, 11:54 PM
Trump calls TikTok a threat but says some kids could 'go crazy' without it
Devdiscourse
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that TikTok was a national security threat but also said that a ban on the popular app would hurt some kids and only strengthen Meta Platforms' Facebook, which the Republican has harshly criticized.
Mar 11, 2024, 11:53 PM
‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff
The Guardian
Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the party, with an expected cull of 60 members
Mar 11, 2024, 11:38 PM
Trump Explains TikTok Flip-Flop
Newser
A bill to force TikTok's Chinese owners to sell or face a US ban passed a House committee 50-0 last week, and a vote of the full House could happen as soon as Wednesday—but...
Mar 11, 2024, 11:35 PM
Experts: Trump faces "much larger monetary punishment" over "clearly defamatory" Carroll attack
Salon
"She may not hesitate to sue him again and have another jury impose an even larger punitive damage award."
Mar 11, 2024, 11:23 PM
Kremlin, NATO at odds over pope's call for Ukraine to show 'white flag' and start talks
Devdiscourse
As the West grapples with how to support Ukraine and the prospect of a sharp change in U.S. policy if Donald Trump wins November's presidential election, Putin has essentially offered to freeze the battlefield along its current front lines, a premise Ukraine rejects. "It is quite understandable that he (the pope) spoke in favour of negotiations," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Mar 11, 2024, 11:21 PM
Donald Trump flip flops on TikTok, now rails against a ban
The Guardian
Ex-president’s newfound support comes after Joe Biden said he’d sign legislation that could ban the app in the US
Mar 11, 2024, 11:10 PM
RNC lays off dozens of staffers days after Trump’s team takes over
Cable News Network
The Republican National Committee began laying off dozens of staffers on Monday, days after Donald Trump’s handpicked team took the reins of the organization, according to two Republican operatives with knowledge of the dismissals.
Mar 11, 2024, 11:05 PM
Trump, in reversal, opposes TikTok ban, calls Facebook "enemy of the people"
CBS News
In 2020, Trump signed an executive order banning U.S. companies from transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok.
Mar 11, 2024, 11:03 PM
Freewheeling CNBC interview gives glimpse of the Trump campaign to come
Cable News Network
Shortly after Donald Trump called into CNBC Monday morning, a host on the financial network’s flagship show posed a straightforward question: How did the former president’s vision for the country compare to the one President Joe Biden laid out in last week’s State of the Union address?
Mar 11, 2024, 10:42 PM
Trump hints he's open to Medicare, Social Security cuts
The Mercury News
The Biden administration has sought to contrast the president’s support of Social Security and Medicare with Republicans’ proposals to address shortfalls in the programs’ finances. In his State of the Union address last week, Joe Biden said he would stop anyone who tries to cut the programs or raise the retirement age.
Mar 11, 2024, 10:34 PM
New Report Sheds Light on Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Actions
Newsweek
A new transcript of an interview with a secret service agent shows what happened in Donald Trump's vehicle on January 6, 2021.
Mar 11, 2024, 10:19 PM
Biden unveils big tax rises for rich, business in $11 trillion budget
The Australian Financial Review
The budget offers a stark contrast with Donald Trump’s economic plans ahead of November’s presidential election.
Mar 11, 2024, 10:18 PM
New Trump-backed Republican party leadership pushes out officials, Politico reports
Devdiscourse
Neither the organization nor the Trump campaign immediately responded to a request for comment when contacted by Reuters. The Republican National Committee appeared to have at least 208 people on its payroll in January, according to the group's Feb. 20 monthly filing with the Federal Election Commission.
Mar 11, 2024, 10:05 PM
The economic record Republicans want you to remember
Yahoo Finance
Was 2020 the decisive year of Donald Trump's presidency? Or more like an asterisk? The answer could determine the 2024 election.
Mar 11, 2024, 9:30 PM
House Republicans move ahead with TikTok vote even as Trump voices opposition
The Associated Press
House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as former President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort.
Mar 11, 2024, 9:28 PM
Bombshell interview sees Trump witness reveal he loaded boxes of documents onto plane
Raw Story
Brian Butler, an employee at Mar-a-Lago serving as a witness in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, told his side of the story to CNN's Kaitlan Collins in an interview released on Monday.Butler, identified in court records only as "Trump Employee 5," said he was aske...
Mar 11, 2024, 8:59 PM
'Did some good things'
New York Post
Former Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly has publicly supported a longstanding allegation that the former president spoke warmly about Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, who Trump allegedly said "did some good things."
Mar 11, 2024, 8:58 PM
Jimmy Kimmel was advised not to read Donald Trump's criticism during Oscars
Page Six
Oscars 2024 host Jimmy Kimmel said he was advised not to read Donald Trump's criticism during the awards show but did anyway.
Mar 11, 2024, 8:53 PM
Judge orders ex-Trump official Peter Navarro to jail March 19
UPI News
Former Trump administration official Peter Navarro has been ordered to report by March 19 to a Miami, Fla. prison to begin a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.
Mar 11, 2024, 8:52 PM
Trump calls Facebook the enemy of the people. Meta’s stock sinks
Yahoo Finance
Facebook once again finds itself in the crosshairs of former President Donald Trump. And that’s making some traders on Wall Street nervous.
Mar 11, 2024, 8:39 PM
'Lots of gibberish': Transcript of Trump's Social Security interview shocks experts
Raw Story
The Biden campaign blasted Donald Trump on Monday after a short clip of the ex-president’s remarks calling for cutting Social Security and Medicare received hundreds of thousands of views.But the full text of his comments, which include at best inaccurate or misleading claims about inflation and the...
Mar 11, 2024, 8:37 PM
Five flashpoints from the Kimmel-Trump feud
The Hill
Jimmy Kimmel and former President Trump have been engaged in a years-long feud. The late-night host frequently pokes fun at the former president, who targets him on social media. On Sunday night, while hosting the Oscars awards show, Kimmel fired back at Trump, saying that he wanted to share a “review” about his performance with the audience.…
Mar 11, 2024, 8:35 PM
Did Starbucks' job in China just get tougher? Our take on Trump tariff talk
CNBC
Donald Trump's promise of tougher China tariffs if elected again could make doing business there more difficult for American companies.
Mar 11, 2024, 8:35 PM
Trump endorses former Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan's GOP Senate primary
NBC News
Donald Trump waded into another battleground Senate race Monday, endorsing former Rep. Mike Rogers, a one-time Trump critic, in Michigan's crowded GOP primary.
Mar 11, 2024, 8:24 PM