“I can’t fucking stand her. But if she asks you to go on the podcast, or come over for dinner, you say yes, because Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the world.”
— A White House ally, quoted by Vanity Fair, on Katie Miller.
Trump Weighs Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle
“President Donald Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as U.S. ambassador to Greece after a string of embarrassing revelations about her conduct,” CNN reports.
“Trump has been monitoring reports claiming Guilfoyle, who was engaged to Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. for four years, accepted lavish gifts as ambassador and sought money in exchange for providing access to administration figures before she was confirmed.”
NewsNation: Guilfoyle told Greek businessman: “I’m going to make you a lot of money.”
Trump to Stop Promotional Ads End Sunday
“The Trump administration argued that a federal court doesn’t need to weigh in on a lawsuit over taxpayer-funded promotional ads since their run ends Sunday anyway,” the Washington Sun reports.
“President Donald Trump has faced public scrutiny and several legal challenges to his administration’s use of up to $20 million in taxpayer funds to run ads ahead of the midterm elections, many of which seem like campaign spots.”
U.S. Threatens to Block Arms for Ukraine
“The Trump administration is threatening to stop the procurement system that provides Ukraine with weapons in order to press Kyiv to halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, according to officials in Europe,” the Financial Times reports.
“The officials, who received calls from American officials on Saturday and Sunday or were briefed on them, said the U.S. was lobbying European capitals and Kyiv in an attempt to end the attacks on Russian oil refineries.”
Trump Is Free to Be What He Has Always Been
Phillips O’Brien: “Now, the lying is over. Donald is free to be what he always wanted to be and to sing it loudly to the world. He, and by extension the government of the United States of America, is Vladimir Putin’s friend and partner. He will help Putin, protect Putin, and do what he can to get the best possible deal for Vladimir Putin.”
“This time he probably cannot go back. The expressions of intense emotion of the last 24 hours are too clear for even the most gullible of the press (and that is most of them) to ever again start writing about the next, supposed Trump ‘pivot’ to Ukraine. Trump is free now. His heart can sing the song he has always wanted to sing, and the American people can no longer deny that the USA is run by a Russian useful idiot or agent of influence (depending on the nomenclature you prefer).”
Trump Bears Down On Zelensky
“President Trump’s announcement Sunday about an ‘energy ceasefire’ between Russia and Ukraine referred to a potential deal that includes each side stopping attacks on oil refineries — and he expects Volodymyr Zelensky to abide by it,” Axios reports.
“Trump appears to be singlehandedly trying to will a partial ceasefire into existence. But for now Russia hasn’t accepted any kind of ceasefire — and Ukraine wants one that forbids attacks on power plants.”
GOP Senator Says Trump’s Deal with Russia May Be Illegal
“Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said President Donald Trump’s diesel supply deal with Russia may be illegal and will put American lives at risk, adding to bipartisan criticism of the arrangement announced by the president on Friday,” Reuters reports.
Said Tillis: “I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law.”
Washington Sun: Six senators call for Trump to reverse course on Russia diesel purchase.
FDA May Allow Some Toxic Chemicals to Be Added to Food
“The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review,” The Guardian reports.
Trump’s New Press Secretary Is a Conspiracy Theorist
“Katie Zacharia, who was appointed White House press secretary by President Trump on Friday, repeatedly promoted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy on social media, accusing elites from the Democratic Party and Hollywood of sexually trafficking children and eating people,” Popular Information reports.
Trump Announces Energy Ceasefire Deal
“President Trump on Sunday announced that an energy ceasefire deal has been reached between Russia and Ukraine, days after his administration announced a deal to acquire diesel from Russia while lifting sanctions,” NewsNation reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios the announcement “was news for me. But if Russians agree to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine will agree.”
How the White House Manufactured a False Narrative
New York Times: “A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.”
Attorney General Can Take Part in Political Campaigns
“The Justice Department has loosened the guidelines for the attorney general and other senior political appointees, allowing them to participate in political activities,” CBS News reports.
“The guidance applies to the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, assistant attorneys general, the FBI director, U.S. attorneys and others.”
Trump Approval Remains Deeply Negative
A new Financial Times poll finds Donald Trump’s approval at 34%, while 59% disapprove.
Trump Approval
Approve 34%
Disapprove 59%
Donald Trump After the Midterms
David Remnick: “Signs of a midterm blue wave are everywhere, and yet it would be journalistic malpractice not to attach some nervous caveats to any prediction. Polls are sketchy. Campaigns have never been more subject to the desires of the wealthy. What is more, the President of the United States has the impulse control of a toddler, though most toddlers have neither the authority nor the inclination to spark an insurrection, destabilize the Western alliance, live-stream an execution, or threaten to end ‘a whole civilization.’”
”We are subjected daily to the caprices of a mind both unregulated and amoral. As Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, the Commander-in-Chief is ‘fascist to the core.’ You may prefer milder terminology. Fine. But, after a decade defined by Donald Trump’s unceasing presence, a growing percentage of the American electorate appears to recognize the uniqueness of this President and the mayhem that he has instigated from the Oval Office.”
“We are, collectively, on guard against undue optimism. Still, if the coming election does result in a blue wave, Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.”
Trump Would Love to Have Fetterman as a Republican
“President Donald Trump praised Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) as a ‘great guy’ on Saturday, saying he would welcome the Pennsylvania Democrat into the Republican Party,” the New York Post reports.
Said Trump: “I’d love to see it. I think he’s great. It’s going to be hard for him to get the nomination as a Democrat, but I’d love to have him as a Republican.”
Susan Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him
“It was approaching midnight on the Senate floor, and a vote that had been meant to last 15 minutes had dragged on for nearly three hours as Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, weighed whether to kill one of President Trump’s top priorities,” the New York Times reports.
“It was hardly the first time she had faced such a choice.”
“Throughout Mr. Trump’s two terms, Ms. Collins had frequently criticized the president and voted against his initiatives more often than anyone else in her party. She cherished her reputation as one of the few remaining independent-minded Republicans in the Senate, which helped explain her enduring popularity in her purple home state. Yet she had more rarely blocked the president’s agenda outright.”
Quote of the Day
“I could say the stupidest things and you’d clap.”
— President Trump, at a campaign rally.
GOP Lawmaker Moves to Block Russian Diesel Imports
“Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) vowed Saturday to force a House vote to block Russian oil purchases, challenging President Trump’s diesel deal with President Vladimir Putin,” Axios reports.
Said Fitzpatrick: “It will be forced to the Floor via discharge and it will pass overwhelmingly.”
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