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Donald Trump sat down with Sean Hannity for his latest town hall in Iowa on Thursday night, with almost all of the questions coming from the Fox News host himself rather than local voters.
Before a raucous and adoring crowd, the former president was asked about domestic and foreign policy topics, saying that he would solve most of them within six months of taking office and the US will “jump” again, while also bragging about its strong stance on Russia and Iran. .
When other GOP primary candidates like Ron DeSantis and Asa Hutchinson were brought up, he dismissed the threat they posed as the audience jeered and jeered at the mention of their names.
But there was no allusion to Fox’s recent $787m settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over the former’s coverage of Mr Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election fraud was “rigged” against to him.
Mr Trump used the opportunity to try to shake off the latest allegations that he knew the Pentagon kept classified documents from his presidency, insisting: “I don’t know- part of it. All I know is that everything is done right.”
A document specifically mentioned in a recording of the former president was reported missing today.
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Oliver O’Connell3 June 2023 09:45
‘Are you blind?’: DeSantis criticizes reporter on New Hampshire campaign visit
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lashed out at a reporter, asking him “are you blind?” after they asked him why he would not answer questions from potential voters.
DeSantis — who formally announced his 2024 presidential candidacy during a buggy Twitter space event hosted by Elon Musk — held a campaign event in New Hampshire on Thursday, after which he declined to respond to even what questions
Oliver O’Connell3 June 2023 06:45
Vivek Ramaswamy called for an end to US support for Ukraine
Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur and anti-woke asset manager turned Republican presidential hopeful, has a plan to end Russia’s year-and-a-half war in Ukraine – sort of.
Andrew Feinberg This story was filed from New Hampshire.
Oliver O’Connell3 June 2023 04:45
‘I’ve been doing this for 30 years’: Roger Stone gets on the hot mic explaining how to manipulate Trump
Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone has been caught on audio explaining how he allegedly manipulated the former president for decades.
Mr Stone, who served as a formal adviser to Mr Trump in his first presidential campaign, is the subject of the Danish documentary.A Storm is Forecast referring to Mr Stone as “Trump’s political father.”
Although Mr Stone has publicly touted Mr Trump’s abilities and image, privately he seems to feel differently.
Ariana Baio there is a story.
Oliver O’Connell3 June 2023 02:45
Trump’s town halls exposed the media’s inability to fact-check a fountain of stupidity
Donald Trump ended his town hall on Fox News on Thursday night after making another whirlwind of false claims about a wide range of topics — the 2020 election, his trade policy, and the his efforts to remain in the presidency to name a few.
The almost one-hour show is known only for its strict adherence: the former president spits out false facts and conspiracies faster than any journalist can answer, not Fox’s Sean Hannity who is meaningfully pushed .
But the similarities between Mr Trump’s appearances on Fox News and its second-place rival, CNN, a few weeks ago raise the question: why does cable news keep doing this?
Oliver O’Connell3 June 2023 01:45
‘Uninspiring’: Trump and Maga allies mock Biden for falling Air Force graduation
The president knelt after tripping over a sandbag after two hours on stage at the service academy in Colorado Springs on Thursday.
Biden, 80, did not appear to be hurt in the fall and continued to stand on the stage until the ceremony ended minutes later, according to the White House pool.
Oliver O’Connell3 June 2023 00:45
Trump has downplayed the legal threat of recording secret papers
Donald Trump returned to a familiar refrain on Thursday, insisting once again that he has done nothing wrong even as new challenges seem daily for the former president who faces many criminal and civil investigations.
Mr Trump returned to Iowa for a town hall-styled event with his favored cable network, Fox News, moderated by primetime opinion host Sean Hannity, who is now the Fox star perhaps closest to former president for firing Tucker Carlson, the network’s former star pundit.
And faced with a new leaked recording that indicates that Mr.
Oliver O’Connell2 June 2023 23:45
Arkansas librarians are suing to block a state law that threatens them with jail time
A coalition of librarians, libraries, patrons, bookstores and publishers is suing Arkansas state officials after the passage of a sweeping state law that could threaten librarians with jail time and heavy fines for materials in their collections.
Arkansas is one of four states that recently enacted state laws that make it easier to prosecute libraries, librarians and booksellers for explicit content, as Republican lawmakers and Right-wing activists are targeting LGBT+ content and definitions of gender identity and sexuality in a nationwide campaign. of materials in classrooms and on bookshelves.
Oliver O’Connell2 June 2023 23:15
Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to withdraw from the criminal case
Within hours of his historic arraignment this spring, Donald Trump directed his anger at the judge, complaining that he was “a Trump-hating judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.”
On Friday, the former president’s lawyers doubled down on that criticism, asking Judge Juan Manuel Merchan to throw out his New York City criminal case because of what they said was anti-Trump bias and a conflict of interest arising from of his daughter’s work for some of Trump’s Democratic opponents.
Oliver O’Connell2 June 2023 23:00
Trump surprises people by mocking people who say they are ‘woke’
Donald Trump surprised a crowd in Iowa by mocking people who were fascinated by the use of the Republican buzzword “woke”, insisting that most people can’t even determine what it means.
The former president often uses the phrase to attack opponents, and last month his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, announced the launch of a “non-woke men’s lifestyle magazine.”
Graeme Massie there is a story.
Oliver O’Connell2 June 2023 22:45