Trump Watch 20180621

It appears that after signing an executive order that is supposed to stop children from being separated from their parents at the border, Trump is back to doing what he one of the few things he seems to actually like doing when it comes to politics.  He's out campaigning, speaking in front of his ardent supporters.  The kind of people that think the pictures of immigrant children that are separated from their families are fabricated by the "Fake News" that Trump is always complaining about, and belittling protesters that did interrupt his rally.

Trump did claim that he remains tough on the Border, and that "We are sending them the hell back."  At the same time, it is being reported that Border Patrol agents are "suspending" prosecutions of adults who are members of family units int ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) can accelerate resource capability to allow us to maintain custody.


Trump is pretty much on the record as being willing to make up information for the audience he is dealing with.  One might think that given the accessibility to information have today, that might undermine him, but it seems not to be that serious a problem for him, partly because there is access to so much made up information to support him, people can find sources that support the Trumpian world view.

There was a rare Melania Trump sighting/story.  Apparently the First Lady decided she had to go and see one of the child detention centers for herself.  There wasn't a lot of coverage of that visit though, and just what she was trying to accomplish

• Stormy Daniels
• Trump Charity lawsuit by New York Attorney General
• FBI investigation (it keeps being called a Russian Collusion investigation, but I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that at this point
• North Korea
• The Space Force
• The Border Wall
• Alien Children Detention/family separation
• Presidential Pardons
• Civil War Monuments
• Muslim Travel Ban
• China Tariffs/Trade
• Canada-G7 Tariffs/Trade
• NAFTA

Survivor White House watch.  Nothing really new today.

Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff
Jeff Sessions still there as Attorney General
Sarah Huckabee Sanders still there as Press Secretary, rumors continue to be denied.
Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State

John Bolton - National Security Advisor
Marc Short - White House Legislative Affairs Director - no denial of plans regarding his departure prior to the 2018 midterms.
Kirstjen Nielsen - Homeland Security Secretary
Joe Hagin - White House deputy Chief of Staff is resigning.- reported June 19th