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The legal rule jus soli ("right of the soil") says a child's citizenship is determined by his birthplace. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution established this rule in the United States. Thirty other countries follow this same rule. The President of the United States didn't know that. The Washington Post's headline got right to the point:
Trump says no other country has birthright citizenship. He's wrong.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...71vy?ocid=AMZN
The reality show host who said he can kiss women and grab them by the pussy because he's a star has found out he can say and do whatever he wants because he's the President -- and almost no one in the Republican party will criticize him for his lies, his insults, his attacks on the news media, his angry, hateful, divisive, inflammatory rhetoric and his false accusations against Democrats, Muslims, Mexicans and immigrants. Rick Wilson says it best: We're witnessing "the complete moral collapse of the Republican party."
Republicans who warned about Trump's words in 2016 decline to fault him now
The Washington Post,Oct 30 2018
In the summer of 2016, Nikki Haley warned that if Republican candidate Donald Trump did not change his rhetoric, the consequences could be deadly. "I know what that rhetoric can do," Haley told the Associated Press weeks before the anniversary of a racially driven massacre at an African American church in her home state of South Carolina. "I saw it happen." This week, Haley, the Trump administration's ambassador to the United Nations, spoke out after another mass killing, at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Her message: Don’t blame the president.
When he was a candidate, prominent Republicans and primary rivals expressed alarm about Trump's criticism of immigrants, his encouragement of violence at his rallies and his hostility toward the media. But once he was elected president, many of those voices went silent or softened. The Republicans who have crossed Trump during his presidency have paid a steep political price. "It's called the absolute moral collapse of the Republican Party," said Rick Wilson, a GOP strategist and vocal Trump critic. "They live in utter terror that Donald Trump will turn against them and that fear controls their behavior every day, all the time."
After the slaughter of 11 at Tree Of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and mail bombs that authorities say were sent to well-known Democrats and CNN by a fervent Trump supporter, critics have chastised the president, arguing that he and some of his allies have fostered an environment for far-right extremism. From Trump's portrayal of Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals at the start of his campaign to his blaming of "both sides" for a deadly white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, his detractors say he has nudged the country toward a dangerous place.
Few powerful Republicans have joined those focusing their criticism squarely on Trump in recent days. Haley, who plans to step down from her post at the end of the year, drew widespread attention today for her tweet the night before urging people not to single out the president.
In 2016, Florida Senator Marco Rubio was one of Trump’s most outspoken critics in the Republican primaries. Toward the end of his failed bid, Rubio held Trump partly culpable for the chaos at some campaign rallies, saying, "This is a man who in rallies has told his supporters to basically beat up the people who are in the crowd and he'll pay their legal fees."
In an interview with CNN that same week, Rubio, commenting on Trump's controversial remarks about Muslims, said, "Presidents cannot say anything they want. Presidents have to understand that their words have consequences, often life-or-death consequences for real people in the real world.”
Rubio has criticized heated rhetoric on both sides of the political divide in recent days, rather than calling out Trump directly the way he did as a presidential rival. On Monday, Rubio told reporters, "I think our politics stokes anger and I think all of us to some level have to examine the way we behave."
Other Republicans who had voiced concerns about Trump's rhetoric in the past have become more supportive of him. Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, both of whom ran against Trump in 2016, have been noticeably less hostile. Mitt Romney, the 2012 presidential nominee, delivered an extraordinary speech in 2016 urging fellow Republicans to stop Trump from winning the party's nomination. Last week, Romney, who is running for a US Senate seat in Utah, encouraged Americans to dial down their vitriol, without naming anyone in particular.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...8vPQ?ocid=AMZN
This story says Zinke is "essentially the largest land manager in the United States." I wonder if that land includes the swamp that Trump vowed to drain but instead made worse?
Ryan Zinke, Trump's Interior Secretary, faces increased ethics scrutiny
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ry...bSmi?ocid=AMZN
The Washington Post has documented more than 5,000 falsehoods and misleading statements uttered by Donald Trump since he became President. That's an average of 8.3 per day and the pace is increasing: "The synagogue attack is the media's fault!" "The pipe bombs are the media's fault!" "Terrorists are among the migrants!" "We're the only country that grants birthright citizenship!" I will cut taxes before the midterms!" "Republicans will protect your heathcare!" "Democrats will allow millions of illegals to come here and kill people!" And the latest -- and biggest -- falsehood: "I always like to be truthful."
'When I can, I tell the truth': Trump pushes back against his peddling of falsehoods
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cEOG?ocid=AMZN
A former Fox News host with no experience in foreign relations could be our next ambassador to the United Nations -- but she will fit right in with the President who adores all the Fox News hosts and likewise has no experience in foreign relations.
Heather Nauert is Trump's top choice for UN ambassador
CNN, Nov 1 2018 5:09 PM ET
President Donald Trump has told advisers that State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is his leading choice to become US ambassador to the United Nations and he could offer the post as soon as this week, two sources told CNN. If named, Nauert, who met with Trump Monday, would leave her role at the State Department to take over from Nikki Haley, who surprised White House officials last month when she announced her decision to step down at the end of the year. People close to the President cautioned that his pick is not final until it is formally announced. The White House declined to comment on the matter.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/01/polit...dor/index.html
"I'm the least racist person anybody is going to meet." -- Donald Trump to ITV's Piers Morgan, January 26, 2018.
"I am not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed." -- Donald Trump to reporters, January 15, 2018.
Inquisitr headline, November 2, 2018:
Former Trump lawyer says President told him, 'Black people are too stupid to vote for me'
According to Michael Cohen, Trump made several disparaging comments about race that made him think about leaving the Trump Organization.
https://www.inquisitr.com/5144617/fo...o-vote-for-me/
Trump's lawyers failed in their bid to appeal a federal judge's decision that emoluments clauses are intended to protect against any type of potentially improper influence. They had hoped to convince the court that, hey, Trump's improper influence is perfectly all right -- it's all those other people we have to worry about.
Trump suffers setback in emoluments case against him
A lawsuit claims the president improperly benefits financially when foreign or state governments patronize the Trump Hotel a few blocks from the White House.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...st-him-n930661
How is a "massive staff shake-up" news? There has been a shake-up in the Trump administration every few weeks since he's been in office!
Trump administration prepares for massive shake-up after midterms
The Washington Post, Nov 5 2018
The Trump administration is bracing for a massive staff shake-up in the weeks following the midterm elections, as the fates of a number of Cabinet secretaries and top White House aides are increasingly uncertain heading into a potentially perilous time for President Trump.
Some embattled officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, are expected to be fired or actively pushed out by Trump after months of bitter recriminations. Others, notably Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, may leave amid a mutual recognition that their relationship with the President has become too strained. And more still plan to take top roles on Trump's 2020 reelection campaign or seek lucrative jobs in the private sector after nearly two years in government.
The expected midterm exodus would bring fresh uncertainty and churn to a White House already plagued by high turnover and internal chaos. Many in Trump's orbit worry that the administration will face challenges filling the vacancies — especially if Democrats win the House majority and use their oversight powers to investigate the administration and issue subpoenas to top officials.
Among those most vulnerable to being dismissed are Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Other Cabinet officials — including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Nielsen — also face uncertain futures. Other top figures, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and press secretary Sarah Sanders, also have been mentioned as possible departures in the coming months, though if they leave, they seem likely to do so of their own accord.
Trump's White House has weathered an extraordinary amount of turnover. In its first year, the Trump administration far outpaced its modern predecessors for turnover with a rate of 34%, and its current overall rate is 58%, said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has been studying White House personnel patterns for more than two decades. Some turnover around the two-year mark is natural, she said, but "the number of people resigning under pressure far exceeds that of any other administration."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...mac7?ocid=AMZN
Sessions' ouster was expected -- but it was not expected so soon after the midterm elections.
Jeff Sessions forced out as attorney general
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-se...-live-updates/
Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the investigation of the 1972 break-in at DNC headquarters in the Watergate office complex. He also provided testimony that contributed to the impending impeachment and ultimate resignation of President Nixon. Dean recognizes the many ways in which the current President is trying to obstruct justice.
John Dean, White House counsel in Nixon administration, says Jeff Sessions' ousting seems like a planned 'murder'
"It is almost impossible to interpret this any other way than a fact to undercut Mueller," he tells CNN.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nixo...er-2018-11?utm