TRANSCRIPT CONFIRMS TRUMP ASKS UKRAINE PM TO PROBE BIDENS
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the transcript of President Donald Trump’s telephone conversation July 25 with then newly elected Ukraine Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky, released by the White House Wednesday: UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by order of the President’ September 24, 2019 Telephone Conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine Notetakers: The White House Situation·Room July 25, […]
US HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI: ‘THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE’
By Denny Gulino CAPITOL HILL (MaceNews) – U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in a late afternoon announcement carried nationwide and beyond on several TV channels, declared, “I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.” She added, “The President must be held accountable. No one is above the […]
AT THE UN, TRUMP APPEARS TO DARE CHINA TO SUSPEND TALKS
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Speaking to a worldwide audience, President Donald Trump Tuesday resurrected every accusation he’s ever voiced against China, appearing to almost dare that country to suspend negotiations set to include the vice premier in the days ahead. In the flat monotone that has come be known as “Teleprompter Trump,” the president spent […]
UK HIGH COURT RULES SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT UNLAWFUL
By Laurie Laird LONDON (Mace News) – The U.K.’s highest court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament is “void and of no effect,” after determining that the government’s order to do so was “unlawful.” “This court has concluded that the [order to suspend the legislature] should be quashed … Parliament has […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH ANALYSIS: ‘PLENTY OF TIME’ RE IRAN; WHAT ABOUT CHINA?
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – A snapshot in time: It’s Friday afternoon and once again, market equanimity evaporates as happens so often these days. Not a tweet this time, but a bank shot from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. A side trip by the China delegation of lower level officials has been […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: NOW YOU SEE BOLTON, NOW YOU DON’T
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Whether John Bolton resigned or President Trump fired him, whether the split was over the Taliban meeting at Camp David that never took place, or policy toward Iran or whether Bolton was just too disagreeable a character to work with the administration team, his departure made Tuesday […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: FOCUSING ON AFGHANISTAN, THE BAHAMAS, MEXICO
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – There was one question President Trump refused to answer Monday and many he did answer, though as usual some of those answers were disputed. The question that was put to him, and to which he listened, and then ignored to jump to another question was whether new […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH UPDATE: G7 ALLAYS CHINA FEARS – AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT TWEETS
–Trump Resumes Tweets From Air Force One, But No China By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – As markets listened to President Trump’s serial news conferences from Biarritz Monday morning, first with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then with French President Emmanuel Macron and finally by himself, the skepticism about those impending talks with […]
US-MEXICO PACT CHANGES DYNAMICS ON TRADE, POLITICS, OUTLOOK
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – It remains to be seen if the U.S.-Mexico agreement eventually cuts Central American migration to the north back anywhere near to the low numbers the Trump Administration inherited yet the aftershocks are likely to nevertheless be consequential. –President Donald Trump is likely to have gained increased confidence in his […]
TRUMP PUSHES GEOPOLITICAL BUTTONS, SHATTERS MARKETS SERENITY
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – World capitals and trading centers Monday are trying to figure out how competent U.S. President Donald Trump is to manage trade relations with China now that he has tweeted away market serenity. For those willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt the leanings are as follow: Trump, the savvy negotiator, […]