Trump hopes new sanctions will bring Iran to negotiating table @barbarastarrcnn reports @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/MBebGTM3f0 pic.twitter.com/0MmxmTahdm
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 24, 2019
Trump leveled a spate of new sanctions against top Iranian leaders, intensifying the administration's punishing economic penalties following a week of escalating tensions that nearly produced a military strike against the Islamic Republic https://t.co/Px4JTcGKTd pic.twitter.com/p23ZMjuQuc
— POLITICO (@politico) June 25, 2019
Trump said he's placing new sanctions on Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini — he died in 1989 pic.twitter.com/eyvenzcuNs
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 24, 2019
President Trump: "Never can Iran have a nuclear weapon." https://t.co/R9dM57Ofmr pic.twitter.com/VytiWYeTjC
— The Hill (@thehill) June 25, 2019
President Trump: I do not need congressional approval to strike Iran@HillTVLive https://t.co/rpyjB1Re1V pic.twitter.com/a43tGqfQas
— The Hill (@thehill) June 24, 2019
"We have a president who basically runs the same play over and over again, which is he lights everything on fire and then he pretends to put the fire out and claim credit for it," says Colin Kahl, a top national security adviser to President Barack Obama https://t.co/9PY95Td4WU
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 25, 2019
”Trump is now publicly describing his own national security adviser as a dangerous warmonger. ‘John Bolton is absolutely a hawk,” he tells NBC. “If it was up to him, he’d take on the whole world at one time, okay?’ “ https://t.co/ApdZiUFKXw
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 24, 2019
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Children imprisoned in filth and squalor. This is the reality of Trump’s America. https://t.co/eBgRWJcw26
— Eugene Robinson (@Eugene_Robinson) June 25, 2019
“Almost nobody was looking forward to this operation,” an ICE officer said. “It was a boondoggle, a nightmare.” https://t.co/d3xreUiQcb
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 25, 2019
Have you ever encountered a more dishonest person than Donald Trump?
"The president once again falsely blamed his predecessor for routinely separating families at the border, saying “under President Obama you had separation. I was the one that ended it.”https://t.co/isv7bpxFwc pic.twitter.com/85W8N5i01K
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) June 25, 2019
JUST IN: House Oversight demands Trump administration docs on security clearance overhaul https://t.co/KO5o7IUyEQ pic.twitter.com/cawiPiXnDK
— The Hill (@thehill) June 25, 2019
Every woman in Republican leadership should explain why they continue to defend a man like this. @GOPChairwoman can start and we can work our way down from there: https://t.co/iIoMEUKB6y
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 24, 2019
President told @TheHill today that E. Jean Carroll – who accuses him of rape – is "not my type." He said the same thing about Stormy Daniels – the porn star he paid $130,000 to keep her uh, mouth shut
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) June 25, 2019
This seems like a big deal. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 https://t.co/sfVzlAlxBI
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 24, 2019
Supreme Court rejects bid to hear challenge to Trump steel tariffs https://t.co/41Zgr17eWY pic.twitter.com/AVYBj4UClT
— The Hill (@thehill) June 25, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The email went out from senior EPA officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada. But the email the EPA got back a few hours later wasn’t from the ambassador. It was from her husband, a coal magnate and wealthy GOP donor. https://t.co/pSVuXUIPq2
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) June 25, 2019
and …
EXCLUSIVE: Trump says it's inappropriate for Megan Rapinoe to protest during anthem https://t.co/7xvOerA4YZ pic.twitter.com/T7wAHA6Bv5
— The Hill (@thehill) June 25, 2019
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WORLD
Trump's 'deal of the century' falls flat in West Bank https://t.co/rK6pdDDqa7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 25, 2019
Jared Kushner to Al Jazeera: "We all have to recognise that if there ever is a deal, it's not going to be along the lines of the Arab Peace Initiative" https://t.co/RvWQ0Ccxcr pic.twitter.com/nrFYQHgvFH
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) June 24, 2019
Kim Jong Un did not rush to trade in his weapons of mass destruction for beachfront condos. Despite the abysmal failure of realestatepolitik in Korea, Trump and Kushner are now attempting to apply it to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. My column: https://t.co/k7Fjhl0xIv
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) June 24, 2019
Trump and Xi to Seal a Deal? Traders Aren't Holding Their Breath https://t.co/Fnc6Q1rm7R
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) June 25, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Boris Johnson's first TV interview of the leadership contest (with @bbclaurak) is a must watch, and playing out now. More heat than light on much, including Brexit, but some new gems. My favourite line here: pic.twitter.com/72GvoXCQ1O
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) June 24, 2019
Watch our interview here https://t.co/RPXBTyXN59 – are his answers good enough for you?
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) June 24, 2019
Just caught up with @bbclaurak interview with @BorisJohnson . He was blagging it from start to finish – totally and utterly out of his depth on Brexit, no grasp of detail and no substance to his so called solutions. How can this man be a serious contender to be our PM?!
— Heidi Allen MP (@heidiallen75) June 24, 2019
Great parallels between Boris Johnson & Jeremy Corbyn: great campaigners, idolised by fans; twice divorced; hopeless with money; utterly disorganised; scant on detail; avoid media interviews, press conferences or scrutiny
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) June 24, 2019
Well played whoever created this pic.twitter.com/dAafOaVbXi
— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) June 24, 2019
“The Tories, in their terror, have elevated a cavorting charlatan to the steps of Downing Street, and they should expect to pay a full forfeit when voters get the message.” —Max Hastings. Sounds familiar! https://t.co/d7Dn49JmX1
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) June 24, 2019
yet…
“We will be cashing in not cashing out… the economy will probably grow faster…”
Boris Johnson supporter Bernard Jenkin MP says preparing for Brexit without a withdrawal agreement makes leaving without a deal "much less likely”
#newsnight | @maitlis | @bernardjenkin pic.twitter.com/jirDCUR7Pd— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) June 24, 2019
Oh for the love of god. When we get to only 14 weeks remaining before a No Deal Brexit, Parliament will take 5 and a half weeks off.
We all need holidays, but this is a crisis of proportions unprecedented in peacetime FFS. https://t.co/jD2ccbUnKJ
— Steve Bullock (@GuitarMoog) June 24, 2019
Going ahead with Brexit means reducing our ability to fix child poverty, social care, inequality, the housing crisis and properly fund our NHS. The public deserves a final chance to reject it.https://t.co/FAk3aeK3Cj
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) June 24, 2019