Trump at Orlando rally: >“We are building the wall. We’re going to have over 400 miles of wall built by the end of next year.”
Reality: >Mr. Trump is once again mixing projects to replace existing barriers with construction of entirely new sectors of a wall along the southwestern border — and inflating the mileage. >The Customs and Border Protection agency has received funding for 258 miles of barriers: 175 miles from congressional appropriations, 30 miles from a Treasury Department asset forfeiture fund and 53 miles from the Pentagon’s coffers, according to an agency spokesman. >That’s 142 miles under what Mr. Trump claimed. Even that figure relies on counting replacement projects as new wall, on contracts that have yet to be awarded and on funding that is tenuous. The 40 miles funded in the 2017 fiscal year, for example, is to replace old barriers with new fencing, while a federal judge in May blocked Mr. Trump from using the Pentagon funds to build his wall. nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/politics/trump-fact-check-rally.html
Trump works to maintain illusions of progress, as his main promises go unfulfilled latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-claims-progress-for-promises-unfulfilled-20190305-story.html >Yet the bill included just $1.375 billion to construct new bollard fencing on 55 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border — far short of the $5.7 billion he demanded. So far, the only construction underway has been repairs to existing stretches of wall, built under his predecessors.,
Trump Administration Imposes Ban on Bump Stocks nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/trump-bump-stocks-ban.html >The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a new rule banning bump stocks, the attachments that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire in sustained, rapid bursts and that a gunman used to massacre 58 people and wound hundreds of others at a Las Vegas concert in October 2017
DHS: ‘100 %’ Border Crossers with Children Being Released into U.S., Given Work Permits breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/dhs-100-border-crossers-with-children-being-released-into-u-s-given-work-permits/ >Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan confirmed to Congress this week that his agency is merely acting as a checkpoint for adults crossing the United States-Mexico border with children, as “100 percent” are being released into the interior of the country. >During a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, McAleenan said DHS is releasing “100 percent” of adult border crossers into the interior of the country who arrive with children at the southern border, including those who are not even asking for asylum.
Trump's Golf Trips Have Cost Taxpayers $102 Million, Just $12.7 Million Behind Obama's Travel During Entire Presidency newsweek.com/trump-golf-102-million-report-1432550 >President Donald Trump's golf outings have already cost U.S. taxpayers at least $102 million, according to an analysis from the HuffPost. >The $102 million paid by Americans to cover security and travel expenses on the golf trips during Trump's almost two and half years in office was about $12.7 million less than what Barack Obama and his family spent on travel during Obama's eight years in the White House, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative government watchdog that relies on open records laws.
If the Acting DHS Secretary is not fired tomorrow I'll be pretty pissed. >why bother if he's only acting Sally Yates got fired for refusing to enforce the muslim ban.
Adrian Miller
Kushner’s criminal justice reform working, blacks benefit overwhelmingly washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/feds-kushners-criminal-justice-reform-working-blacks-benefit-overwhelmingly >The first report of the impact on the bipartisan criminal justice reform package pushed by top Trump aide Jared Kushner shows that it is working to cut sentences, especially for black prisoners. >According to the just-released report on the First Step Act of 2018, the U.S. Sentencing Commission said 1,051 requests for a reduced sentence were granted in just the first four months since it was signed into law by President Trump in December. >And overall, the average decrease was 73 month said the report, titled U.S. Sentencing Commission First Step Act of 2018 Resentencing Provisions Retroactivity Data Report. >What’s more, said the commission, 91.3% of those granted a cut in prison time were African American and virtually all, 98%, were men
The US federal deficit soared to $310 billion to start fiscal year 2019, up 77% from the year before businessinsider.com/us-federal-deficit-fiscal-year-2019-2019-3 >Fiscal years for the federal government run October through September, so the data reflects the shortfall from October 2018 through January 2019. Based on the data, the deficit increased by 77% compared to the same period the prior year. The shortfall was due to a 9% increase in federal spending, while tax revenues dropped by 2%.
>A poll released hours before Donald Trump launches his 2020 reelection bid in Florida shows the president trailing Democratic White House hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in the nation’s largest swing state.
>The former vice president leads Trump among Florida voters by 50 percent to 41 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll published Tuesday ahead of the president’s campaign kickoff rally at Orlando’s Amway Center.
>Trump also trails the Vermont senator by a 6-point margin, 48 percent to 42 percent, while head-to-head match-ups pitting the president against other top-polling Democratic rivals are “too close to call,” according to the survey.
Biden ahead of Trump by double digits in key state of Pennsylvania, poll finds >Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading the pack of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, has been buoyed by a message that he is the candidate best able to defeat President Donald Trump in a general election, and a new poll lends additional weight to that assumption.
>Biden leads Trump 53% to 42% in the key state of Pennsylvania among registered voters, according to a poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University.
>Women favored Biden 60% to 36%, while men narrowly broke for Trump 45% to 49%. Biden led every age group (although he was only favored by two percentage points among those ages 50-64). He was narrowly the choice of white voters (49% to 45%) and the overwhelming favorite among non-whites (70 to 27%).
>Trump had a strong lead among white men (54% to 41%) and whites without a college degree (56% to 38%).
All of those horizontal bars are giving this thread a nice little speed bump.
Jaxon Wilson
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago asks to hire 61 additional foreign workers using visa program abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-mar-lago-asks-hire-61-additional-foreign/story?id=56410651 >There’s "help wanted" at The Trump Organization’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. But the company is looking outside of the United States to fill 61 open positions at what the President often refers to as the “Winter White House.” The server positions will pay $12.68 per hour, and cooks will make $13.31 an hour
lopez obrador is a social conservative, even members of his party voted against sodomy
William Green
Kek think about that kike who keeps a chart of how nonwhite America is by each decade on his fridge. Think how butthurt "set back two decades" will make him
Trump ad-libs that he wants legal immigrants in 'the largest numbers ever' politico.com/story/2019/02/05/trump-state-of-the-union-legal-immigration-1148629 >“Legal immigrants enrich our nation and, strengthen our society in countless ways,” the president said. “I want people to come into our country in the largest numbers ever, but they have to come in legally.”
Sweden dude, America is a bit less cucked than your country. And, with your accent, you could bag many women. I like you. Not in a gay way, but in a "We think alike" way. Wanna come here? You get guns, and can fight back against dark skinned invaders. I can help your movement here.
Benjamin Walker
Trump will never do anything about illegal immigration and he conned you. It's time to accept it.
trump is not getting re-elected because he lacks a base. lack of any new trump memes or support, as well as /ptg/ being mostly dead and r/donzld having a large exodus lately just cements his online presence, which doesn't bode well for him in 2020
I could have sworn that 38BN never got approved? Pretty sure it was lacking ONE signature, the presidents? And it never got that signature? Yeah? Stick to your own shithole country, polish faggot.
why is trump chipping away at the 2nd? why can't /ptg/ actually answer a single question? could it be because you can't? is trump really as bad as everybody besides you says?
They're opening up in Canada. Too bad it's in Toronto.
Tyler Wood
they are very low energy right now, crying about off topic and trying to get people to pay attention
Andrew Jackson
no, trump is an incompetent lame duck president, and only his most pathetic supporters think as such. most former supporters already saw thru him a long time ago, donald "2 week warning" trump will not be getting their votes in 2020
