Monday, July 13, 2020
Trump says Fauci 'made a lot of mistakes'
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-fauci-made-lot-mistakes-n1233402
President Donald Trump on Thursday publicly criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying that one of the nation’s top infectious disease experts "has made a lot of mistakes."
In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump was asked what he makes of hotspots like Texas and Florida and of some of Fauci’s latest comments, though Hannity didn't specify which remarks he was referring to.
White House takes aim at Fauci as he disagrees with Trump on virus
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus/index.html
As coronavirus cases surge in the United States, the White House is taking aim at the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
In
a statement Saturday, a White House official told CNN that "several
White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci
has been wrong on things." The official went on to provide a lengthy
list of examples, citing Fauci's comments early in the pandemic and
linking to past interviews.
President Trump has now spent 100 days at his golf clubs since he took office
https://www.fox4now.com/news/national/president-trump-has-now-spent-100-days-at-one-of-his-golf-clubs-since-he-took-office
But the primary criticism has stemmed from how Trump, as a private
citizen, slammed Barack Obama for hitting the links while president.
"Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties
facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf," Trump
tweeted in 2014. "Worse than Carter."
Norm Eisen, the chief White House ethics lawyer under Obama, called
Trump's 100th day at a golf property as president "an ignominious
anniversary."
Trump Insists Obama Played More Golf as President. The Numbers Say Otherwise.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/trump-falsely-claims-obama-played-more-golf-president.html
President
Donald Trump is apparently none too happy that people are criticizing
him for playing golf as a pandemic is raging in the United States. The
commander in chief took to Twitter Sunday to defend his frequent trips
to the golf course saying that it is the only exercise he gets and that
his predecessor “played more and much longer rounds.” And that was “no problem” but when he decides to play, “Fake News, CNN, and others”
go to great lengths to get a picture and show people how the president
is playing golf. “Actually, I play VERY fast, get a lot of work done on
the golf course, and also get a ‘tiny’ bit of exercise,” Trump wrote.
That
Trump doesn’t gets any other exercise beyond the golf course may very
well be true. But his claim to play less frequently than his predecessor
just isn’t. Trump went to his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, for the
second time this weekend on Sunday, marking the 276th time he’s visited a golf course as president.
Numbers vary slightly. Mark Knoller of CBS News, for example, specifies
that Trump has made 193 visits to golf courses over at least part of
258 days during his presidency. NBC News, meanwhile, says Trump has spent 269 days at one of his golf properties.
Regardless
of which number you use, though, the conclusion is still the same:
Barack Obama was nowhere near Trump’s levels during the same point of
his presidency. According to Knoller, Obama had played 102 rounds of
golf. CNN says that Trump “has played more than twice as many rounds of golf than former President Barack Obama had at the same point in his presidency.” In his whole first term in office, Obama played 113 rounds of golf, according to Golf Digest. The website Trumpgolfcount.com even has a handy chart
that makes crystal clear that Trump has played more golf than Obama.
It’s difficult to know exactly how many times Trump has actually played
golf at his properties because it’s something the administration doesn’t
usually confirm unless the president is playing with a dignitary or
celebrity. “However, if he’s going to the golf club for about 4-5 hours,
you can be pretty sure he’s playing golf,” notes Golf News Net.
Mary Trump is releasing a book. Michael Cohen is finishing a book. Both are being restricted
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/media/mary-trump-michael-cohen-books-reliable-sources/
Michael Cohen's sudden return to prison
is under scrutiny because his lawyers say the dispute
centered on
"restrictions in paperwork designed to prevent him from finishing a book
about the president."
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"No standard probation forms include language related to media contacts," CNN's David Shortell and Mark Morales report. But the form presented to Cohen seemed to be tailored specifically to him. CNN has obtained a copy. This has all the appearances of an attempt to stifle Cohen's right to speak freely about his work for President Trump.
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