Sunday, August 12, 2018

Trump Watch 20180812 - Trump V Charlottesville Anniversary


Today's Episode:  Charlottesville Anniversary

With a "Unite the Right 2" rally basically fizzling out in DC, with only a few dozen supporters of the event showing up, Trump (and the media for the most part) were able to basically ignore the anniversary, as it hasn't gotten a critical mass nationally to get the topic of racism in America to get much in the way of high profile attention or protests.  Trump himself has put out rather tepid "all racism is bad" tweets, and left it at that, and while a variety of commentators (and former assistant Omarossa, of The Apprentice fame) have come out and said that Trump himself is a racist, that sort of accusation isn't really new, and seems unlikely to change any minds at this point.
For his part, Trump was at one of his golf courses in Bedminster, New Jersey, hosting a photo op for a group of supporters known as "Bikers for Trump."  The few images I did see of the group and Trump was devoid of POC as far as I could tell.
It does seem that the boldness of the White Supremacist crowd has left them, and Trump seems able to avoid the issue of late.  It will be easier for him to do so if is alt-right type supporters stay in the shadows.


  • Trump Charity lawsuit by New York Attorney General
  • FBI investigation (it keeps being called a Russian Collusion investigation, but I'm pretty sure 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
  • Puerto Rico response
  • Military Parade in Washington
  • World Trade Organization
  • Covfefe Syndrome
  • NATO
  • Russia/Putin relationship
  • Racism




Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff - 6-29-2018  Trump says "Things Happen."
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
Scott Pruitt - EPA Director - Resigned 7-5-2018

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