Lawrence O'Donnell Reveals Moment Trump Became A 'Humiliated Clown' On Live TV
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The president had to back down on Tuesday -- and the world noticed.
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said President Donald Trump was forced to back down after his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused the stock market to tank.
And in the process, O’Donnell said, Trump was also forced to “implicitly acknowledge” that Powell is even more powerful than he is.
Trump has demanded that Powell cut interest rates and threatened to fire him for not doing so. That’s not a power Trump has, but the threat spooked investors already skittish over Trump’s tariffs and caused the Dow to plunge yet again on Monday.
The Wall Street Journal fired off an editorial calling Trump’s tariffs “the biggest economic policy mistake in decades,” and said Trump’s policies followed by his threat against Powell triggered a financial “meltdown.”
So on Monday, Trump did some damage control.
Kayleigh McEnany appeared genuinely taken aback by the Democratic strategist's take.
The White House deputy chief of staff argued that America has a right to Greenland because "tiny" Denmark can't defend its territory against U.S. military force.
Since Virginia first became a commonwealth in 1776, only men have held the post.
It's another embarrassing outcome for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to "make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
"This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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The White House has not provided any detail about what will happen to credit card companies that don’t lower card rates.
In recent days, Trump had told protesting Iranians that “help is on the way” and that his administration would “act accordingly” if the killing of demonstrators continued.
The 19-year-old college freshman's case is the latest involving a deportation carried out despite a court order.
The '70s icon took down anyone "confused" about her post highlighting ICE's aggressive tactics.
The longtime Democratic strategist compared the phrase to what he calls the "three stupidest words in the history of the English language."
A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in the Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.
Trump Issues A Flurry Of Pardons, Including For A Woman Whose Sentence He Commuted In His First Term
President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term.
“Not standing in front of vehicles, especially when the driver is still there, is common sense,” one agent told HuffPost.