President trump press conference

Ever since reports of a telephone call with Donald Trump emerged last month, the news has been bad for the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In the space of a few weeks, he has faced protests over a controversial peace deal in Ukraine’s south-east, a lacklustre visit from the IMF and the resignation of a reformist cabinet member. What was needed, his administration decided, was a grand gesture to recapture the narrative of a young, outsider president with a 70 per cent approval rating. That gesture came on Thursday, as Ukraine’s president held what his office called a “marathon” press conference lasting more than 14 hours, with 300 journalists in attendance, which looked more like a forced march by the end. Zelenskiy took questions at Kyiv food market in the refurbished Arsenal weapons factory, where he sat at a broad table next to a stall advertising “oysters and sparkling”. The venue was carefully chosen to signal the administration’s … [Read more...] about Ask me anything: Ukraine’s president holds 14-hour press conference

Ted Cruz joined a growing list of Republican senators who have spoken out against Donald Trump for inciting China to look into Joe Biden and his family. 'Is it appropriate for President Trump to be saying China should look into the Biden family?' CBS' Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Cruz Sunday. 'Look, of course not,' the Republican senator from Texas responded. 'Elections in the U.S. should be decided by Americans and it's not the business of foreign countries, any foreign countries, to be interfering in our elections.' Earlier this month, the president urged China to look into political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter's business dealings in the country. 'Likewise, China should start an investigation into the Bidens,' Trump told reporters, 'because what happened with the Bidens in China is just about as bad.' Breaking ranks: Ted Cruz answered 'of course not' when asked if its was appropriate for Donald Trump to ask China to investigate the Bidens, a breach in the … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz breaks ranks with Donald Trump saying president’s call for China to investigate the Bidens was ‘NOT’ appropriate and says he’d like Rudy Giuliani to testify

Donald Trump Jr condemns a 'disgusting and graphic' spoof video depicting President Donald Trump shooting members of the media and his political rivals, a spokesperson for the president's son told DailyMail.com on Monday. Trump Jr has not seen the video, which was shown at a conference he attended last week and is now available online, but said 'we should all reject any and all violence in our politics.' 'Don hasn't seen the video and was unaware of its existence until the recent media reports about it, but he strongly condemns the type of disgusting and graphic violence purported to be depicted in the video against members of the media. Regardless of political party, we should all reject any and all violence in our politics, whether it's directed towards members of the media, politicians, the family members of politicians or political activists,' said a spokesperson for Trump Jr in a statement to DailyMail.com. Donald Trump Jr 'strongly condemns' the graphic and violent video … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Jr. condemns ‘disgusting and graphic violence’ in spoof mass-shooting video played to supporters at conference where he spoke – but insists he hasn’t watched the mashup meme

Donald Trump 'strongly condemns' a violent video that showed the president massacring a group of journalists and political opponents inside a 'church of fake news,' according to his spokesperson.  'Re: the video played over the weekend: The @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has not yet seen the video, he will see it shortly, but based upon everything he has heard, he strongly condemns this video,' White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham tweeted on Monday morning. The president, who was active on Twitter Monday morning, has not yet personally addressed the video.   Several news organizations and the White House Correspondents Association called on the president to disavow the video after its existence was revealed Sunday night.  'The images depicted are vile and horrific,' CNN, one of the news organizations depicted, said Sunday night in a statement. 'The president and his family, the White House, and the Trump campaign need to denounce it immediately in the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump ‘strongly condemns this video’ says press secretary after graphic spoof mass shooting video of him massacring ‘the fake news,’ Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama is shown to supporters at his resort

Donald Trump said he isn't familiar with two businessmen who were arrested last week in connection to the Ukraine scandal, but it was revealed Monday that he met one of them before he began campaigning for president in 2015. While attempting to distance himself from Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who were indicted last week, the president said, 'I don't know them.' However, it was unearthed on social media that the president appeared in a photo with Parnas, a Ukrainian-born businessman, in a Facebook picture post from March 2014. A photograph was also widely shared last week where Trump is seen alongside Giuliani, Vice President Mike Pence, Parnas and Fruman. Trump dismissed that photo, claiming he takes pictures with a lot of people. 'I have pictures with everybody. I don't know if there's anybody I don't have pictures with,' he said. 'I don't know them. I don't know about them. I don't know what they do.' A new photo emerged Monday … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani’s arrested associate met Donald Trump BEFORE he even began his campaign, new photograph shows – and was at invite-only election night celebration