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The Trump administration has sparked outcry in Arizona after video posted on social media showed construction crews tasked with building President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall bulldozing down some of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument's most "iconic" cacti. Speaking to Newsweek, Kevin Dahl, the Arizona senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association who captured the viral video of a Saguaro cactus being mowed down, said he was "heartbroken and outraged" after witnessing the incident. "At that point, what they were doing was destruction, not construction," he said. While the video Dahl shared on social media appeared to only show a bulldozer pushing a fallen cactus out of the way, images and footage he shared with Newsweek show the cactus clearly standing before being knocked over. The conservation association program manager also captured images of cacti marked with spraypaint, which he said he understood was being used to indicate … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s border wall construction crew just bulldozed through the iconic cacti this national park was created to protect

Legal experts have dismissed claims that President Donald Trump will be permitted to run for a third term if he is impeached by the House but the Senate fails to confirm it, branding them "categorically false." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the launch of an impeachment inquiry on September 24 following whistleblower allegations that claim Trump asked a foreign leader to investigate a potential political rival. A July phone call, the summary transcript of which was released by the White House last week, reveals Trump discussed Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Aid to the Ukraine was held up around the time of the phone call. However, Trump has insisted there was no pressure or "quid pro quo" discussed. "There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that," Trump said of Biden's involvement in the dismissal of top prosecutor Viktor Shokin. "So whatever … [Read more...] about No, a “failed” impeachment attempt doesn’t mean Donald Trump can serve a third term: Legal experts weigh in

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has praised President Donald Trump and his administration for being behind a sharp decline in the number of migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a press conference on Monday , CBP acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said it was Trump and his administration–and not "seasonal trends"–that were responsible for a nearly 35 percent drop in apprehensions at the border in August. During the month of August, CBP apprehended more than 50,6000 people at the border, compared to the nearly 72,000 that were stopped in July. As Morgan noted, the August numbers also reflect a dramatic drop from the peak in May, which saw nearly 133,000 people stopped at the border, including more than 84,000 family units. While Morgan condemned Congress for having "failed...to pass meaningful legislation to address the crisis of the border," he praised Trump for his hardline crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. "President Trump is making it clear that if … [Read more...] about CBP says Donald Trump is responsible for drop in arrivals at U.S. border—”It has nothing to do with seasonal trends”

The Trump administration's decision to move ahead with canceling $3.6 billion in military construction projects to fund the construction of President Donald Trump's long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is a "slap in the face" to members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said. "Today Defense Secretary Mark Esper notified me that the Department of Defense will reprogram $3.6 billion in funds appropriated for military construction projects, including at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, in order to build @realDonaldTrump 's misguided border wall," Schumer said in a tweet on Tuesday. "It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces who serve our country that @realDonaldTrump is willing to cannibalize already allocated military funding to boost his own ego, and for a wall he promised Mexico would pay to build," he said. The Democratic New York senator's condemnation came after Defense Secretary Mark Esper began … [Read more...] about Donald Trump trying to “cannibalize” military funds for border wall “is a slap in the face” to U.S. Armed Forces, Schumer says

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade believes President Donald Trump was wrong to say Mexico would pay for the southern border wall, but has defended taking money from, among other things, the construction of new elementary schools to fund the project. A regular refrain during the Trump 2016 campaign, and early on in this administration, was "we're going to build a wall and Mexico's going to pay for it," a core part of his anti-immigration message. Mexico refused to pay. Trump has since shifted to falsely claiming that Mexico would pay indirectly through a new trade deal and via fees charged to asylum seekers crossing the southern border. In reality, after failing to win congressional approval for a budget that funded the wall's construction, Trump declared a controversial national emergency over what he claims is a "border crisis," unlocking powers that allow him to raid military budgets for the $3.6 billion. Now, the Department of Defense has released a list of 127 … [Read more...] about Fox News host: Donald Trump “never should have said Mexico is going to pay for the wall”

Former President Donald Trump 's social media site TRUTH Social could be launched as soon as February 21, as the former president marks more than one year since he was booted off Twitter . The move comes as Twitter has experienced a decline in its stock price over the past month and some conservatives have moved to alternative platforms such as Gettr and Gab . Twitter was widely considered Trump's favorite social media site and he often posted several tweets a day touting his administration's achievements, and strongly criticizing political opponents and others. TRUTH Social is being developed by the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) and is available to pre-order now on Apple 's App Store and a launch date of February 21 was listed for the app as of January 6. That would mean a potential launch on Presidents' Day. However, the launch date was later removed from the listing, and an article from The Washington Post on January 10 reported that it could be … [Read more...] about Twitter stock price struggles as Donald Trump’s truth social launch nears

Donald Trump would crush Hillary Clinton by double digits in a potential 2024 presidential rematch, a McLaughlin poll on Friday found. As the establishment media and Democrat insiders are “excited by the prospects” of Hillary returning to political life, the failed presidential candidate lost by ten points to Donald Trump in a 2024 hypothetical election poll. Among independents, Trump also leads Hillary by 15 percentage points (52-37 percent). Only 80 percent of Democrats favor Hillary in the head-to-head matchup, while 90 percent of Republicans favor Trump, another double-digit gap among respective party voters. On a list of potential Democrat primary contenders, Hillary ranked tied for the fourth most likely to win the 2024 Democrat primary if that election were held today. Other primary contenders included President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former first lady Michelle Obama. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with his task force on supply … [Read more...] about Poll: Donald Trump Crushes Hillary by Double Digits in Potential 2024 Rematch

Former President Donald Trump continues to lead the field of potential Republican presidential candidates in a hypothetical GOP primary, a McLaughlin & Associates survey released this week found. “Thinking ahead to the 2024 Republican primary election for President, if that election were held today among the following candidates, for whom would you vote?” the survey, taken January 13-18, asked Republican voters. The survey showed Trump continuing to lead the potential field by double-digits, with majority support of 53 percent. No other candidate came close. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is the only potential candidate listed who garnered double-digit support, seeing 13 percent support. Former Vice President Mike Pence came in third with nine percent support, followed by former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley with four percent and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) with three percent. Every remaining candidate, which included Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Marco Rubio … [Read more...] about Poll: Donald Trump Sees 40-Point Lead in Hypothetical GOP Primary

Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 rematch, a McLaughlin & Associates survey released this week found. The survey, which found 81 percent of Republican primary voters indicating that they would support Trump for the Republican nomination, asked respondents across the board, “If the 2024 Presidential election were held today, which one of the following best describes how you would vote in the general election for President between Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, and Joe Biden, the Democrat candidate, for whom would you vote?” According to the survey, 49 percent say they would vote for Trump compared to 44 percent who said Biden. Of those who said they would support Trump, 37 percent said they “definitely” would, while 35 percent said the same for Biden. Seven percent, overall, remain undecided, which is larger than Trump’s 5-point lead. Trump takes an even greater lead when Biden is replaced with Vice President Kamala … [Read more...] about Survey: Donald Trump Leads Joe Biden in 2024 Head to Head Matchup

Former president Donald Trump has criticized the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection for seeking his daughter Ivanka Trump's testimony. The committee sent a letter on Thursday requesting a voluntary interview with Ivanka Trump , aged 40, who was a White House adviser to her father during his presidency. In the letter, Rep. Bennie Thompson, the panel's chair, said Ivanka was in direct contact with her father during key moments on January 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to halt the certification of Joe Biden 's election victory. But former President Trump has said the panel seeking meetings with his children is "very, very unfair." "It's a very unfair situation for my children," he told The Washington Examiner in an article published on Friday. The committee has also sought logs of phone calls and text messages between the former president's son 38-year-old son Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle , … [Read more...] about Donald Trump blasts Jan. 6 panel after Ivanka request: “They’ll go after children”