This weekend President Donald Trump is spending a relaxing time at his Florida golf course and resort Mar-a-lago with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a cost of around $3 million paid for by American taxpayers. Bizarrely, the Trump team has blacked out all of the windows of the area reporters are confined to so the reporters cannot see the resort nor interact with anyone.
Trump's press corps has been placed in a basement suite at Jupiter golf club. Black plastic over windows to give Trump privacy as he golfs. pic.twitter.com/8zbqi5HGSD
As tens of thousands continue to gather around the world almost every day to protest Donald Trump’s presidency and his bigoted executive actions, a pro-Trump rally in Portland, ME is drawing attention online for its minuscule turnout. According to footage from local CBS station WGME, there appeared to be exactly eight people at the rally, which was held on Saturday and meant to show support for the president’s illegal Muslim immigration ban.
First Lady Melania Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Daily Mail‘s online branch, Mail Online, for publishing a story in August 2016 that alleged she had once worked as an escort. Nothing is amiss with this situation. However, Melania must prove in her suit that the defamation caused personal damage in some way – and her reasoning is very troubling. Melania seems to claim that Mail Online’s false article has damaged her ability to exploit the role of First Lady to turn a profit – an expected $150 million that she is seeking in damages. This would be highly illegal under the Emoluments Clause.
In an effort to keep this post a bit shorter I'm going to start summarizing daily. Herewith Sunday's outrages, lies, foolishness, and other notably stupid or foolish things from Trumplandia.
#NoDAPL protest in Los Angeles where people are protesting against Trump’s executive order to resume Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines construction.
Trump still wasn’t against the Iraq war ‘from the beginning’
‘Sanctuary cities breed crime’
‘Many people’ say Trump’s right about massive voter fraud
Non-citizens on voter rolls is a ‘really bad situation’
‘Obamacare is a disaster’
Trump continued his criticism of the Iran Deal, saying "We gave them $1.7 billion in cash, which is unheard of, and we put the money up and we have really nothing to show for it.
Tweet of the day
I do not really follow twitter but occassiounally there is a great one.
Dumbest Trumplandian statement of the day
Likely Trump pick to head the Food and Drug Administration, Jim O’Neill, says companies should not have to prove that their drugs work in clinical trials before selling them to consumers. “Let people start using them, at their own risk,” O’Neill said. “Let’s prove efficacy after they’ve been legalized.”
Special award for most needless controversy of the day
President Donald Trump has brought about some confusion regarding Black History Month. Since 1976, each president has declared February as a month celebrating black history. But today, Trump has taken credit for changing the name to “National African American History Month,” after deciding black was "outdated" and that “African American” was the more politically correct term, an administration official reportedly told TMZ.
Special award for actually being an American
Best video of the day
So-called judge’ hears arguments and rules on President Trump’s immigration order
