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December 29, 2017

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Trump Breaks With 70 Years of American Foreign Policy

December 29, 2017 at 7:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Nearly a year into his presidency, Mr. Trump remains an erratic, idiosyncratic leader on the global stage, an insurgent who attacks allies the United States has nurtured since World War II and who can seem more at home with America’s adversaries. His Twitter posts, delivered without warning or consultation, often make a mockery of his administration’s policies and subvert the messages his emissaries are trying to deliver abroad…”

“Above all, Mr. Trump has transformed the world’s view of the United States from a reliable anchor of the liberal, rules-based international order into something more inward-looking and unpredictable. That is a seminal change from the role the country has played for 70 years, under presidents from both parties, and it has lasting implications for how other countries chart their futures.”

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs

Quote of the Day

December 29, 2017 at 7:47 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“In the East, it could be the coldest New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old global warming that our country, but not other countries, was going to pay trillions of dollars to protect against. Bundle up!”

— President Trump, on Twitter.

Filed Under: Environment

Trump Falsely Claims Legislative Record

December 29, 2017 at 7:43 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump falsely claimed that he had signed more legislation than any of his predecessors at this point in their terms,” Politico reports.

Said Trump: “We broke the record of Harry Truman.”

“It is true that Trump had signed more bills in his first 100 days than any president since Truman, but as Trump nears the anniversary of his Jan. 20 inauguration, he is far removed from his 100th day. And he has now signed the fewest number of bills into law of any first-year president dating back to Dwight Eisenhower.”

Filed Under: White House

Billionaires Follow Trump’s Lead In Florida

December 29, 2017 at 7:39 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After Donald Trump appeared to endorse Ron DeSantis’ campaign for Florida governor last week, a handful of the biggest and most influential billionaires in Republican politics threw their support behind the three-term GOP congressman, upending the race in the nation’s biggest swing state,” Politico reports.

“DeSantis has yet to formally announce his 2018 campaign for governor, but his intentions to seek the office became clear in May after he established a state political committee, called the Fund for Florida’s Future, that’s allowed to raise and spend unlimited soft money from corporate contributors.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: FL-Gov, Ron DeSantis

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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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