Trump News for Saturday, May 4, 2024
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Donald Trump arrives in Florida ahead of Miami Grand Prix
BreakingNews.ie
Security was significantly increased following the former United States president’s decision to attend the race.
May 4, 2024, 11:00 PM

Trump, RNC raise over $76 million in April
RTE.ie
Former US President Donald Trump's election campaign and the Republican National Committee said that they raised more than $76 million in April with over half of the funds raised coming from small donors.
May 4, 2024, 11:00 PM

Will the US campus protests harm Biden - and benefit Trump?
The Guardian
Rightwing media have seized on campus protests to portray the president as weak. Will it have an impact in November?
May 4, 2024, 6:00 PM

Donald Trump supporters wear nappies
Sky News
Activists are responding to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who called the ex-president Von ShitzInPantz.
May 4, 2024, 5:08 PM

Counter-protester appears to racially provoke US pro-Palestine rally - video
The Guardian
Counter-protesters waved American and Donald Trump flags towards the pro-Palestinian rally before students were evacuated
May 4, 2024, 3:02 PM

This is the moment Trump changed American politics
Cable News Network
Being elected president shortly after surviving the publication of the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016 is the moment in which Donald Trump defied political gravity.
May 4, 2024, 1:00 PM
A rising Republican lost her seat in the Trump era. Now she's trying a comeback.
Yahoo News
In 2016, Kelly Ayotte was a rising GOP star. In 2017, she was a former senator. Now, she's attempting a comeback with a run for governor of New Hampshire.
May 4, 2024, 1:00 PM

Donald Trump Fell Asleep During 'Critical Portion' of Testimony: Attorney
Newsweek
Norm Eisen claims Trump was asleep during his hush money trial while Hope Hicks was answering questions about Stormy Daniels.
May 4, 2024, 11:22 AM

A neuroscientist explains why Trump’s criminal trials will strengthen his support
Raw Story
As the United States witnesses the unprecedented criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump, it’s time to ponder how these events will affect the upcoming presidential election. While some Americans might expect the negative publicity of the court cases to diminish Trump’s popularity, an ...
May 4, 2024, 11:03 AM

A fine and the specter of Michael Cohen: deja vu for Trump in hush-money trial
The Guardian
With the ex-president punished for violating a gag order, the third week of the hush-money trial resembled his fraud case
May 4, 2024, 11:00 AM
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Donald Trump on trial: Justice or witch hunt?
Firstpost
The Biden administration maintains that the Department of Justice and courts are independent and that it has no role to play, but given the stakes involved, things cannot be taken at face value
May 4, 2024, 10:30 AM
Here's where Biden and Trump stand on 10 key issues
The Associated Press
Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, have track records in office that voters will judge alongside their promises.
May 4, 2024, 8:02 AM

‘I can say things other people are afraid to’: Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump
The Guardian
At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House
May 4, 2024, 8:00 AM

‘Thank You, Elon’: Nick Fuentes, Who Called For Death Penalty For Jews, Has His X Account Restored
News18
Fuentes made headlines in 2022 when Donald Trump hosted him and Ye, the critically acclaimed rapper-singer-songwriter, formerly known as Kanye West, at his private club in Florida
May 4, 2024, 6:55 AM
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Trump's closest aide Hope Hicks takes the stand: 5 takeaways from Day 11 of the hush money trial
Firstpost
During the hearing, she also gave an insight into how Trump's White House dealt with the stories about the hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels
May 4, 2024, 4:58 AM
Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between 2 presidents
Yahoo News
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. The onward march of regulation and incentives to restrain climate change, or a slow walk if not an about-face. A commitment to stand with Ukraine or let go.
May 4, 2024, 4:02 AM

Trump says Democrats are ‘running a Gestapo administration’ at Republican National Committee’s annual retreat
Cable News Network
Former President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Democrats on Saturday at a private luncheon hosted at his Mar-a-Lago club, during which he referred to Democrats as “running a Gestapo administration” — equating President Joe Biden’s administration to Nazi Germany, according to three attendees.
May 4, 2024, 4:00 AM

The Trump-Biden rematch was a sequel no one asked for, and now no one can look away from it
The Globe and Mail
It can help to think of the 2024 election not merely as a sequel to the 2020 election, but as the 60th entry in a franchise that started in 1788 and releases new chapters every four years
May 4, 2024, 4:00 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene sees red on Washington path of wrath
The Irish Times
The most vocal and extreme of the hardline Trump Republicans has caused another stir by vowing to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
May 4, 2024, 4:00 AM
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Trump’s week in court: Gasps and a pick-up in pace as Hope Hicks is called
The Irish Times
Former president’s adviser appears at the end of a week in which the prosecution attempts to construct a stage-set for its main contention
May 4, 2024, 4:00 AM

Trump trades the courtroom for RNC retreat in Florida
Cable News Network
Former President Donald Trump is trading the New York courtroom for Florida banquet halls this weekend, where he’ll mingle with his vice presidential contenders and wealthy donors during the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat.
May 4, 2024, 4:00 AM
Trump and his one-time confidant meet again, this time in a courtroom
The Australian Financial Review
Hope Hicks, once a spokeswoman for Donald Trump, broke down in tears on the witness stand as she talked about their time together.
May 4, 2024, 2:56 AM
Trump Media stock tumbles as the SEC charges its auditor with 'massive fraud'
Yahoo Finance
Trump Media's auditor was a "sham" and committed "massive fraud" for over two years, regulators said.
May 4, 2024, 2:19 AM

Trump Trial: Hope Hicks Delivers Emotionally Gripping Testimony Before Trial Adjourns for Weekend
The New York Times
The former Trump spokeswoman testified about his 2016 campaign’s damage-control efforts after the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which the candidate spoke of groping women, became public. Prosecutors say it made Mr. Trump’s aides more eager to quash damaging stories, like Stormy Daniels’s account of an affair.
May 4, 2024, 1:35 AM

SEC charges Trump Media’s newly hired auditing firm with ‘massive fraud’
The Globe and Mail
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges auditing firm hired by Trump Media with fraud
May 4, 2024, 12:47 AM