The Biggest Lie in Trump’s Environmental Speech Today
Ron Sachs/CNP via Zuma There were so many lies strung together in President Trump’s environmental speech from the White House on Monday, it’s a challenge to fact-check. “I’m glad you finally let people know what we’re doing,” Trump said, taking the podium from his Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler, who was one of the…
Disgraced Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy Is Reportedly Being Investigated. Read Our Story on Him.
David Karp/AP On Monday morning, the Associated Press reported that disgraced Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy is being investigated by the US attorney in Brooklyn, New York, for possibly using Broidy’s ties to Donald Trump and the GOP to score big-money business deals with foreign leaders, including officials in Angola and Romania. The AP notes that…
A New Poll Shows That Trump’s Handling of Climate Change Is Deeply Unpopular
Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Zuma Is the economy the only thing saving President Donald Trump from a complete collapse in public opinion? Americans disapprove of Trump’s position on virtually every other major issue, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. While the poll shows Trump with the best approval rating of his presidency—44 percent—a majority of respondents see…
Leaked British Diplomatic Cables Discuss Trump’s “Dysfunctional” White House
Jack Hill/Pool Photo via AP “I don’t think this Administration will ever look competent,” the British ambassador to the United States wrote in a scathing assessment of President Donald Trump’s White House in the summer of 2017. The confidential memo by Sir Kim Darroch is part of a trove of leaked diplomatic cables published this…
Trump Breaks His Silence About Undocumented Immigrants Working at his Properties
Shealah Craighead via ZUMA News outlets have reported over the past several months that undocumented immigrants, a group that since he began his presidential campaign President Trump has aggressively maligned, disparaged, and wanted out of the country, work in a number of Trump’s properties. The President hasn’t spoken on the matter for months, but recently…
Trump Is Going to Brag About All He’s Done for the Environment. No. Really.
Donald Trump on a tour of the Flint, Michigan water plant in 2016, when he was the Republican presidential nominee.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump plans to go on the offensive against criticism of his industry-friendly rollbacks of environment…