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Rhetorical bedlam erupts as President Trump speaks to the world from Mar-a-Lago
A comprehensive accounting of Trump's bedlamful Thanksgiving.
‘HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!’: Rhetorical bedlam erupts as President Trump speaks to the world from Mar-a-Lago
Washington Post, 11/22/2018
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump’s Thanksgiving began, as his days often do, with an all-caps tweet: “HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!”
Minutes later, he tweeted of potential “bedlam, chaos, injury and death,” a harbinger of what would be a frenetic Thanksgiving morning.
Over the span of a few hours, the president would mix the traditional pablum of Thanksgiving tidings with renouncing the findings of his Central Intelligence Agency, threatening Mexico, criticizing court decisions, attacking Hillary Clinton over her emails, misstating facts about the economy, floating a shutdown of the government — and per usual, jousting with the news media.
Asked what he was most thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day — a question that for commanders in chief usually prompts praise of service members in harm’s way — Trump delivered a singularly Trumpian answer.
Minutes later, he tweeted of potential “bedlam, chaos, injury and death,” a harbinger of what would be a frenetic Thanksgiving morning.
Over the span of a few hours, the president would mix the traditional pablum of Thanksgiving tidings with renouncing the findings of his Central Intelligence Agency, threatening Mexico, criticizing court decisions, attacking Hillary Clinton over her emails, misstating facts about the economy, floating a shutdown of the government — and per usual, jousting with the news media.
Asked what he was most thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day — a question that for commanders in chief usually prompts praise of service members in harm’s way — Trump delivered a singularly Trumpian answer.
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'Two days ago, we closed the border,' Trump announces, adding 'it's not that big a deal' but he says he won't let reporters see a copy of the order he signed making the closure
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"President Donald Trump said the U.S. has shut down its border with Mexico because it's 'out of control' but he didn't elaborate on the details in his comments on Thursday.
'Actually, two days ago, we closed the border. We actually just closed it. We say nobody is coming in because it was out of control,' he said to reporters after he called U.S. troops to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving.
'It's not that big a deal,' he said.
The president said he signed an order closing the border two days ago.
When reporters asked if they could get a copy of the order, he responded: 'You don't need it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6418859/Two-days-ago-closed-border-Trump-announces-adding-not-big-deal.html
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"President Donald Trump said the U.S. has shut down its border with Mexico because it's 'out of control' but he didn't elaborate on the details in his comments on Thursday.
'Actually, two days ago, we closed the border. We actually just closed it. We say nobody is coming in because it was out of control,' he said to reporters after he called U.S. troops to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving.
'It's not that big a deal,' he said.
The president said he signed an order closing the border two days ago.
When reporters asked if they could get a copy of the order, he responded: 'You don't need it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6418859/Two-days-ago-closed-border-Trump-announces-adding-not-big-deal.html
