WASHINGTON —Here’s a useful motto to bear in mind any time you read about President Trump’s personal finances: It’s not what he owns —it’s what he owes. Trump took office in 2017 as the most indebted president in the history of America. Of his many debts, he owed the most, …
Read More »Why Are Trump's Businesses in Trouble? It's All in the Name
In his new book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, Rick Reilly writes of visiting the president’s signature golf property, Trump Doral. He was shocked by how few people were patronizing the Miami, Florida, resort. “I went there and it was so empty you could shoot a machine gun,” …
Read More »Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994
President Trump built his reputation on his business acumen and negotiating skills. On Tuesday night, the New York Timesprovided a trove of evidence that he doesn’t have much of either. The news organization obtained the president’s tax information from 1985-1994, and the numbers reveal that the only real skill possessed …
Read More »Where Will Trump's Obstruction Obsession End?
The Mueller report laid out a detailed, multi-pronged case suggesting President Trump obstructed the work of the government’s judicial branch on several occasions. Since the special counsel’s findings were released last week, the administration has been busy trying to obstruct the legislative branch’s authority to provide oversight. Their latest attempt …
Read More »Why Is Trump So Worried About His Finances Going Public?
President Trump really doesn’t want the public to know any details about how he conducts his business. During the 2016 campaign, he defied tradition by refusing to release his tax returns, claiming he couldn’t release them because he was under audit (which isn’t true). This was fine by Republicans, but …
Read More »Midwestern Towns Prepare to Navigate More Flooding (and a Climate-Denying President)
As mayors from towns along the Mississippi River huddled over their phones on March 22nd, they cautiously awaited answers from members of the National Weather Service and emergency agencies across the federal government: “How bad is the flooding going to be? And what can we do to stop it?” Flooding …
Read More »Extremely Chill Trump Doesn't Even Care If the Mueller Report Goes Public
Last week, the House of Representatives voted 420-0 for a measure calling for the Justice Department to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s final report to the public. The resolution made its way over to the Senate, where Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blocked it from being brought up for a vote, …
Read More »Trump's Sensitivity Boils Over in Twitter Rant Over 'SNL' Rerun
Whether or not President Trump realized he was watching a rerun from December of a Saturday Night Live episode last night may not have mattered. As we know, it doesn’t take much to get under his skin. Trump took to Twitter this morning to bellow loudly about what he sees …
Read More »Michael Cohen Congressional Testimony: What Time It Starts, How to Watch
President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is expected to offer damming testimony about his former boss during a public hearing before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. ET and will be available on most cable news and broadcast networks including CNN, …
Read More »Trump's Trade War Reportedly Hits Harley-Davidson Hard
Harley-Davidson is struggling to roll with President Trump’s trade war.Bloomberg reports that the motorcycle giant’s retail sales figures dropped 10 percent in thefinal three months of 2018, marking their eighth straight quarterly decline. Harley shares fell 9.5 percent. In recent years, Harley-Davidson has been in a precarious state. Its once-robust …
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