Trump made these claims, stating that 15,000 Haitians who entered the US all had AIDS and that 40,000 Nigerians in the US would never “go back to their huts” in Africa in a June 2017 meeting.
Gloating about the map, Trump said, “The red is obviously us.” He had previously explained that he’d only lost the popular vote by 3 million people because of mass fraud.
A reporter holds a printout of the 2016 election map, handed to him by the President. CNN
Roy Moore ran for a the Senate seat for Alabama in the 2018 midterms after it was revealed that that he pursued sexual interactions with teenagers, including a 14 year old, while in his 30s.
Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Majority Leader Paul Ryan both said they considered the claims credible. Moore lost the race for the Alabama Senate seat.
Introduced in the 90s, Presidential challenge coins are handed out by the President as personal mementos, often to service members.
Trump implemented the biggest changes to the Presidential coin since its inception.
The Trump Presidential coin replaced the national motto “E Pluribus Unum” with his campaign motto, “Make America Great Again.” The coin was changed to gold instead of previously used copper or silver. It featured Trump’s name three times, including a novel emblazoning across the front.
Obama administration coins (top and right) compared to Trump administration coins (left and bottom). Bill O’Leary / The Washington Post, via Getty Images
Trevor Potter, former Republican former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, said of that the change, “For the commander in chief to give a political token with a campaign slogan on it to military officers would violate the important principle of separating the military from politics, as well as diminishing the tradition of the coin.”
After a meeting between Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a senior German official said that Trump had to have basic trade tenets of the EU explained to him 11 times. Trump continued to ask why the US couldn’t have a unilateral trade deal with an EU member. White House officials described the exchange as “humiliating.”
The European Union enters into trade agreements as a single entity. As a result, none of its individual members can enter into unilateral trade agreements.
Merkel and Trump at the White House, March 17, 2017. Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
