Trump slightly modifies his tariff rhetoric again. He falsely tells reporters, as usual, that consumers aren't paying, but he adds that at some point they might have to, and "they understand that."
Trump: "The longer the trade war goes on, the weaker China gets and the stronger we get."
Trump says he does not want to see a violent crackdown in Hong Kong. He says he put out "a little bit of a memo" on this issue last night, apparently referring to his tweet. He says it really seems like this issue could be "worked out pretty easily."
Trump warns China that you ain't seen nothin' yet on trade: "Just so you understand: I've been very mild about it. Very, very mild. There's a long way I can go," he says.
Trump says he doesn't "encourage or discourage" Israel to let in Omar and Tlaib, then says it'd be "terrible" for Israel to let them in.
Asked if Steve King should resign, Trump says these things in rapid succession: "I don't know the situation with Steve King"; I've read the statement; I haven't been briefed on the statement; it certainly wasn't a good statement.
Trump says that mass shooters are mentally ill, that nobody talks about this, and that he thinks that we should "start building institutions again."
"We have to open up institutions," he adds.
Trump, more vaguely than usual this time, repeats his lie that he would've won New Hampshire if not for thousands of people coming into the state from locations unknown although he knows the locations. As always, there's zero evidence for this conspiracy theory.
Asked if he supports universal background checks, Trump says, "I support strong, meaningful background checks."
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That’s quite the spin. The size of Social Security checks is linked, by law, to inflation (ssa.gov/cola/#:~:text=…). This year’s increase is unusually big because the inflation rate is unusually big.
It’s true that this year’s increase is the biggest in years. Very much not sure “there was big inflation and therefore also, as required by decades-old law, a big cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security” is what people think of as an example of presidential leadership
Biden falsely said today, "On my watch, for the first time in 10 years, seniors are getting an increase in their Social Security checks." There was an increase (again, tied to inflation!) every year of Trump's term. Biden has previously done a correct version of this claim -
Thread: The FBI's newly released criminal complaint against the man charged with attacking Pelosi features a summary of a Mirandized interview in which, per the FBI summary, *the man himself* essentially debunks the conspiracy theories about the incident.
How did DePape get into the house? "DEPAPE stated that he broke into the house through a glass door, which was a difficult task that required the use of a hammer."
Motive: "DEPAPE stated that he was going to hold Nancy hostage...DEPAPE articulated he viewed Nancy as the 'leader of the pack' of lies told by the Democratic Party...DEPAPE also later explained that by breaking Nancy’s kneecaps, she would then have to be wheeled into Congress.."
When NBC’s Welker reminded Herschel Walker he’d earlier in the campaign opposed all exceptions on abortion, he said, “No no no. I said I’m for life. I never said I didn’t have any exception.”
Walker in May: “There’s no exception in my mind…No exceptions, I believe in life.” 1/
That’s not all. Walker filled out a questionnaire from an anti-abortion group. They specifically asked which exceptions he supports. He checked off none of them. 2/ irp.cdn-website.com/d51b2a5e/files…
This is at least the second time this campaign that Walker has falsely denied, on camera, having said something he previously said, on camera. He previously falsely denied ever once claiming he’d graduated from college. 3/ cnn.com/2022/05/25/pol…
This is a dishonest claim. The truth: *the National Archives* sorted Bush docs for his library in a heavily secured facility (patrols, cameras, sensors) that happened to be a former alley/restaurant. As with Obama docs the Archives took to Chicago, Bush didn’t take them himself.
Here’s a 1994 article about the Archives’ work with Bush documents in the secure facility that happened to be a former bowling alley/restaurant. Trump made it sound like Bush himself had carelessly taken docs to an alley/restaurant. latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
And here's a 1993 WaPo article about NARA using a former alley to temporarily house Bush documents. No equivalence between "NARA takes docs to NARA facility that used to be something else" and "Trump takes docs to his home and won't give them back to NARA" washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
Salon has now changed a 2021 headline that falsely said "DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state." The survey is optional for students/profs and anonymous (though some have expressed concerns about potential to be IDed).
The inaccurate Salon headline from last year went viral again in the past couple days, with some Democratic commentators and other prominent people, even including author Stephen King, sharing the false claim.
Salon's disclosure note, in quite small type, says this: "The headline for this article has been revised since its original publication to more accurately reflect the language of the bill in question."