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Victory for Trump would “mean throwing out the ballots and saying that when those are thrown out, Trump gets the state’s electoral votes.” That, in turn, would allow him to remain president. "Following the ceremony, Trump will deliver an inaugural address, which has been a part of every inauguration since George Washington in 1789 and has contained as many as 8,445 words or as few as 135. An estimated 150,000 people attended the public ceremony held on Friday, January 20, 2017 on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. While President Donald Trump says TikTok will be banned in the U.S. over how the Chinese-owned company uses Americans' data, the video app says it's "here for the long run."
His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald J. Trump is no longer president of the United States. Trump called the protesters “thugs” and threatened to have them shot. His new “plan” places responsibility on states to do their own testing and contact-tracing.Trump is also AWOL in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.More than 41 million Americans are jobless. Like Herbert Hoover, who in 1930 said “the worst is behind us” as thousands starved, Trump says the economy will improve and does nothing about the growing hardship.
Did you enjoy content from David Cay Johnston, Common Dreams, Raw Story and Robert Reich? “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” he tweeted, parroting a former Miami police chief whose words spurred race riots in the late 1960s.The following day he encouraged more police violence, gloating about “the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons” awaiting protesters outside the White House, should they ever break through Secret Service lines. The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States marked commencement of the four-year term of Donald Trump as President and Mike Pence as Vice President. Just multiply Trump’s first four weeks and ask how long America’s system can take the strain. There she caught the eye of 52-year-old Donald Trump, ... with the idea of running for president, as a Reform Party candidate in 2000, he did so without Melania by his side.
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It’s through the generosity of our supporters that we’re able to share with you all the underreported news you need to know. Opinion from Salon and Jim Hightower? Obama and first lady Michelle Obama then leave the Capitol as private citizens.There also is a luncheon featuring members of Congress and the new president and vice president.He has been president for: 2 years, 17 days OR 747 days[1] Inauguration Day: Donald Trump to Take Office as America’s 45th President [2] As President-elect Trump Prepares to Take Office, Comptroller Stringer Releases Initial Analysis of Federal Funding to NYC When Does Trump Take Office? He’s golfing, watching cable TV, and tweeting.How has Trump responded to the widespread unrest following the murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes as he was handcuffed on the ground?He has incited more police violence. Then the outgoing president, in this case Obama, travels with the new president, Trump, to the Capitol. AlterNet’s journalists work tirelessly to counter the traditional corporate media narrative. His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald J. Trump is no longer president of the United States.By having no constructive response to any of the monumental crises now convulsing America, Trump has abdicated his office.He is not governing. On Sunday he again resorted to incendiary tweets, instructing “Democrat Mayors and Governors” to “get tough” on the “ANARCHISTS.”Trump’s response to George Floyd’s murder has debased the presidency and squandered whatever moral authority remained.Trump’s response to the last three ghastly months of mounting disease and death has been just as heedless. And we’re proud to say that we’ve been bringing you the real, unfiltered news for 20 years—longer than any other progressive news site on the Internet. The incoming vice president, Indiana Gov.
The Democratic-led House What about other pressing issues a real president would be addressing? Today’s the day. Here's what happens next. President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives in a near party-line vote Wednesday. The House has passed nearly There is nothing inherently wrong with golfing, watching television and tweeting. Mike Pence, will be sworn in first, followed by the new chief executive.Article II, Section I of the Constitution prescribes the wording of the oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t noticed. We hope you can help us keep the lights on. He obsesses only about himself.But it has taken the present set of crises to reveal the depths of his self-absorbed abdication – his utter contempt for his job, his total repudiation of his office.Trump’s nonfeasance goes far beyond an absence of leadership or inattention to traditional norms and roles.