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Donald Trump said Wednesday he is considering issuing an executive order to get rid of the longstanding measure that guarantees citizenship to those born within the borders of the U.S. 'We're looking at that very seriously,' Trump told reporters before departing the White House to speak to veterans in Kentucky. It was part of a free-wheeling question-and-answer session on the South Lawn which also saw him blast the prime minister of Denmark as 'nasty' for calling his offer to buy Greenland 'absurd'; proclaim himself 'the chosen one' as he boasted about his China trade war; appear to ditch tax cuts and embrace background checks on guns having done the opposite the day before; and accuse Barack Obama of being 'outsmarted' by Vladimir Putin when the Russian strongman seized Crimea. The attempt to tackle birthright citizenship - or 'anchor babies' - came as his acting Homeland Security secretary said he would publish a new role on Friday to allow illegal immigrant children to be … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says he plans to end ‘ridiculous’ birthright citizenship with an executive order because ‘You walk over the border, have a baby, congratulations – the baby is now a U.S. citizen’

Having already conquered the soccer world on Sunday, Megan Rapinoe could also conquer the White House in 2020 should she so choose, according to a new poll.Rapinoe scored as she co-captained the United States women's soccer team to victory in the World Cup final in France, while also taking home the awards for the tournament's best player and top goal scorer.For Rapinoe, it was not only a testament to her skill on the soccer field but her ability to handle the weight of outside pressures, having carried the weight of the team's fight for equal pay and been the subject of attacks from the president of the United States.Voters seemingly believe she could not only withstand those attacks on the field but could do so on the debate stage. A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling over the last week gave Rapinoe 42 percent support if she were the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, compared to 41 percent for President Donald Trump.That would still put the result within the margin of … [Read more...] about Megan Rapinoe for President? U.S. Soccer Star Is Tied With Donald Trump in Very Hypothetical 2020 Poll

The contrast presented by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at their Helsinki press conference was striking. One should not judge a president by appearances, but in this case the comparison was instructive. Putin, immaculate in a beautifully tailored dark blue suit, looked sharp, cool and in control. Trump looked baggy, crumpled and out of his depth – at once baffled and sulky. This mismatch was the equivalent, in post-World Cup terms, of France v Corinthian-Casuals. Trump was outshone, outmanoeuvred, out-thought and outwitted. Here was no Rocky Balboa, champion of the common man, running up the steps of Philadelphia’s Museum of Art: more a New York version of the ignorant, bigoted Alf Garnett, stumbling glass-jawed into a disastrous public drubbing. Trump had it coming, of course. He has been winging it ever since he took office 18 months ago. To go into a summit of such significance without preparation was the height of folly and vanity. It was Anthony Lake, Bill … [Read more...] about America must deal with Donald Trump, the first rogue president

Donald Trump has used the London terror attack to troll the capital's mayor Sadiq Khan just hours after the violence that left seven dead. The US President accused Mr Khan of saying the massacre gave "no reason to be alarmed" in an astonishing Twitter rant. But his tweet stripped Mr Khan's quotes of their context, which suggested it was the increased police presence, not the attack itself, that should not alarm people. It is latest in a string of messages by President Trump making a political point out of last night's atrocity. First he claimed the attack justified his travel ban on several Muslim-majority nations, despite the three terrorists' nationalities not yet being known. Then today he tweeted: "We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don't get smart it will only get worse. "At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is 'no reason to be alarmed!'. "Do you notice we are not having a … [Read more...] about Donald Trump uses London terror attack to twist Sadiq Khan’s words as he trolls capital’s mayor

Take a bow, Chrissy Teigen. You've finally pissed off President Donald Trump to the point that he has blocked you on Twitter.Teigen, of course, is a model, Lip Sync Battle co-host and social media humorist, and she tweeted Tuesday that Trump has blocked her on the microblogging platform. The president has been flexing his muscles over the block button fairly liberally since entering politics, but what makes this latest move most noteworthy is that Teigen has been trolling Trump for, as she puts it, "nine years." That's before it became the cool thing to do. You've had a good run, Chrissy.Teigen wrote Tuesday: Both Teigen and her husband, the singer John Legend, have been vocal critics of Trump, not least on Twitter. In an interview with Newsweek in December, Legend said Trump "has terrible character, terrible instinct, and he's completely unfit to be president."Speaking to USA Today in February, Teigen said she has "actually been a big Donald Trump hater [for a long time]. I've … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Blocks Chrissy Teigen on Twitter: A Brief History of Her Trolling the President

Former FBI Director James Comey wrote in an opinion piece published in The New York Times on Wednesday that President Donald Trump "eats your soul in small bites."Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017, in his piece titled "How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr" offered his take on how administration officials, including Attorney General William Barr, could start channeling the president.The former FBI director wrote that "amoral leaders have a way of revealing the character of those around them" and that it is sometimes "inspiring."Comey explained that former Secretary of Defense James Mattis "resigned over principle, a concept so alien to Mr. Trump that it took days for the president to realize what had happened." It was only afterward that Trump began lying about Mattis, Comey said.However, in Barr's case, and in the majority of cases, being close to an amoral leader "reveals something depressing," Comey wrote, and "I think that's at least part of what we've seen with Bill … [Read more...] about Donald Trump ‘Eats Your Soul in Small Bites,’ Says James Comey Amid William Barr Testimony