The survey, which was conducted nationwide with 1,000 participants from April 12 to April 18, also found that 22% of Americans know a couple whose marriage or relationship “has been negatively impacted specifically due to President Trump’s election.”
In fact, Wakefield says that 24% of Americans in a relationship or married report that since Trump was elected, “they and their partner have disagreed or argued about politics more than ever.”
Appearing on CNN to talk about the president’s tweet — in which he said that someone should “ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council (sic)” — legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that Trump’s behavior crosses the line of what we consider to be normal behavior for a politician in the United States.
“It just shows how much the norms of behavior have changed,” Toobin said. “The idea of the President of the United States essentially threatening a witness, he’s basically accusing her of leaking, we have never had that before. We’ve never had presidents who did this kind of thing. The idea that the president — the guy who’s in charge of the Justice Department — is threatening a witness is really kind of disturbing.”
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Appearing on CNN to talk about the president’s tweet — in which he said that someone should “ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council (sic)” — legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that Trump’s behavior crosses the line of what we consider to be normal behavior for a politician in the United States.
He's oblivious to the *other* implication of what he said: the information got leaked shortly AFTER it was given to someone working in the White House. So he's attributing to political malice that which could adequately be explained by "you hired the most incompetent people on earth to work for you."
Listening to the subcommittee meeting (which I have never done before, thanks Trump!) It is like something from a movie, the GOP sure resemble the villains from almost any movie, from Austin Powers to the Empire in Star Wars- - I'm kind of waiting for Jack Nicholson to show up- You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!
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I'm the same. I've always been mildly interested in politics over the years, but I've never followed it this closely before. Trump's administration is such a clown show, it's impossible to look away. I feel like I'm watching episodes of Veep, House of Cards, and the X-Files all rolled into one.
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I'm the same. I've always been mildly interested in politics over the years, but I've never followed it this closely before. Trump's administration is such a clown show, it's impossible to look away. I feel like I'm watching episodes of Veep, House of Cards, and the X-Files all rolled into one.
That was always Putin's goal; discredit the moral authority of Western democracies so they are not seen as viable alternatives to his corrupt authoritarian rule. Ukraine scared him bad and now he doesn't really have anything to be scared of since the administration is the laughingstock of the international community.
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White House staff called the Prime Minister’s Office last month to urge Justin Trudeau to persuade President Donald Trump not to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to multiple Canadian government sources.
The unconventional diplomatic manoeuvre — approaching the head of a foreign government to influence your own boss — proved decisive, as Trump thereafter abandoned his threat to pull out of NAFTA unilaterally, citing the arguments made by Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto as pivotal.
But the incident highlights the difficulties faced by governments all over the world when it comes to dealing with a president as volatile as Trump.
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Media reports in Washington suggested a debate was underway within the White House about how aggressively to move on the reshaping of NAFTA, with hardliners pushing Trump to withdraw unilaterally before his 100th day in office. According to Politico, Peter Navarro, the head of Trump’s National Trade Council, and White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon drafted an executive order that, if signed, would have triggered the withdrawal process. It was unclear according to those reports whether the draft order was prepared as a negotiating tactic or in the hopes Trump might actually move forward with it.
The President was said to be persuaded by the argument to kill what he has repeatedly called the “worst trade deal ever,” despite concerns about the economic disruption that might result.
According to Canadian government sources, White House advisers pushing a more cautious approach then called Ottawa to ask for Trudeau’s assistance.
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Some pretty damning stuff in that testimony. Spicey's got his work cut out for him tomorrow, which will no doubt be funny as hell.
Trump is gonna need a quick distraction. He's likely asking his aides right now if he can drop another bomb on someone. Quick, let's get that North Korea thing going! Or what about Canada? Do they have any other industries that are screwing over hard working Americans? Can we get the trade war back on the front page? NAFTA is a disaster! Benghazi! Emails!
CRUZ: Very brief question. In the over 200 years of the Department of Justice's history, are you aware of any instance in which the Department of Justice has formally approved the legality of a policy and three days later the attorney general directed the department not to follow that policy and to defy that policy?
YATES: I'm not. But I'm also not aware of a situation where the Office of Legal Counsel was advised not to tell the attorney general about it until after it was over.
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Trump not getting along with Flynn's replacement McMaster?
For the Washington establishment, President Donald Trump's decision to make General H.R. McMaster his national security adviser in February was a masterstroke. Here is a well-respected defense intellectual, praised by both parties, lending a steady hand to a chaotic White House. The grown-ups are back.
But inside the White House, the McMaster pick has not gone over well with the one man who matters most. White House officials tell me Trump himself has clashed with McMaster in front of his staff.
On policy, the faction of the White House loyal to senior strategist Steve Bannon is convinced McMaster is trying to trick the president into the kind of nation building that Trump campaigned against. Meanwhile the White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, is blocking McMaster on a key appointment.
McMaster's allies and adversaries inside the White House tell me that Trump is disillusioned with him. This professional military officer has failed to read the president -- by not giving him a chance to ask questions during briefings, at times even lecturing Trump.
Presented with the evidence of this buyer's remorse, the White House on Sunday evening issued a statement from Trump: "I couldn't be happier with H.R. He's doing a terrific job."
