President Donald Trump has begun to tweet frequently about the stock market again. Trump’s eight stock tweets in October is the most about the market in one month since December 2017. The tweets also come as Trump is trying to drum up Republican support heading into the midterms. The stock […]

President Donald Trump escalated his defence of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Friday morning, asserting that his Supreme Court nominee was “under assault by radical left wing politicians.” He also questioned allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when the two were in […]

President Donald Trump accused China of playing politics by hitting US agricultural goods with tariffs as part of the trade war. Trump claimed China was focusing on farmers because of “their loyalty to” him and accused China of trying to influence the US midterm elections. Many areas hit hardest by […]

President Donald Trump on Monday said tariffs had put the US “in a very strong bargaining position.” He threatened other countries with tariffs if they didn’t “make fair deals with us.” The US is expected to levy tariffs on another $US200 billion worth of Chinese goods as soon as Monday. […]

President Donald Trump has claimed multiple times over the past few weeks that GDP would be negative if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency. “If the Democrats had won the Election in 2016, GDP, which was about 1% and going down, would have been minus 4% instead of up 4.2%,” […]

President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that the US could abandon quarterly financial reporting. He said that after meeting with business leaders he had asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate making such a change. Major CEOs like JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett have called […]

President Donald Trump acknowledged in a tweet that the purpose of the controversial 2016 meeting at Trump Tower was to seek “information” on then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump also dismissed reports that he fears for his son, Donald Trump Jr., in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. On Saturday, multiple […]

GOP Senator Ron Johnson said Sunday he doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s willingness to shut the government down over a border wall. Johnson’s comments came hours after Trump tweeted about using a shutdown to force Democrats to comply with his wishes for immigration policy changes. The Wisconsin Republican pushed […]

President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that monetary-policy tightening “hurts all that we have done,” suggesting a belief that higher borrowing costs undermine the economy’s gains. Those comments came a day after he said he was “not thrilled” that the Federal Reserve was raising interest rates. His remarks have broken […]

Traders largely aren’t moved by President Donald Trump’s tweets on trade, except in the soybeans market. China relies on soybeans imported from the US to restrain the price of pork, a major staple protein in the country. Economists at Goldman Sachs used a regression analysis to look into the relationship […]

On the flight home from Helsinki, Finland, President Donald Trump tweeted a message that backtracked on his comments questioning US intelligence agencies. He said he had ‘GREAT confidence” in intelligence agencies, hours after questioning their conclusions in a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. White House press secretary […]

President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the US should start deporting illegal immigrants with no legal process. He said those who “invade our Country” will be removed with “no Judges or Court Cases”. Trump’s proposed move would violate immigrants’ rights to due process guaranteed by the US Constitution and […]

President Donald Trump was vocal on Twitter on Monday morning amid a rising outcry from both sides of the aisle over his administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. Trump has repeatedly tried to blame Democrats for his administration’s policy of separating families found to have illegally crossed the border. President Donald […]

The former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn kept the monthly jobs report away from President Donald Trump to prevent any leaks, Politico reported Monday. Over an hour before the jobs report on Friday, Trump tweeted he was “looking forward” to the numbers, jolting traders into speculation that they were […]

President Donald Trump tweeted early on Friday that he was “looking forward” to the May jobs report, which he had access to the night before. This unusual move may have signalled to some traders that the report was good. Gold extended its declines, while bond yields moved higher after Trump’s […]

President Donald Trump tweeted that he was “looking forward” to Friday’s May jobs report an hour before its release. As president, Trump receives the jobs report the night before it comes out. An Office of Management and Budget rule mandates that executive-branch employees avoid commenting on the report until an […]

President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday afternoon that he would instruct the Justice Department to look into whether the FBI planted an informant in his presidential campaign for political purposes. After reports indicated an FBI informant had spoken with Trump campaign officials over concerns about their ties to […]

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday morning to attack special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, reiterating his claim that it is a “Witch Hunt”. Trump’s most recent remarks about the Russia probe come as the special counsel’s investigation enters its second year. […]

President Donald Trump attacked China and Russia saying the countries are “playing the Currency Devaluation game.” The tweet comes a few days after a report from the Treasury Department that did not name either country as a currency manipulator. President Donald Trump attacked China and Russia for changes in their […]

President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Amazon and its CEO on Thursday. Trump attacked another of Jeff Bezos’s companies in a tweet referring to The Washington Post as Amazon’s “chief lobbyist.” Washington Post editors have said Bezos’ investment in the paper is through private funds and there is no […]

President Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico does not change its immigration policy. Trump also cited the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as a necessary emphasis. Trump’s tying of the trade agreement to immigration and DACA throws a wrench […]

President Donald Trump attacked Amazon in a tweet Thursday morning. The president took issue with Amazon’s tax treatment, use of the US Postal Service, and negative effects on other retailers. The tweet comes the day after a report said Trump was considering action against Amazon. President Donald Trump on Thursday […]

US President Donald Trump suggested Monday that Canada and Mexico could be exempt from his proposed steel and aluminium tariffs if they agreed to a “new & fair” North American Free Trade Agreement. The tweets come as the seventh round of negotiations on a new NAFTA deal wrap up in […]

President Donald Trump said trade wars are “good, and easy to win” in a tweet Friday morning. The declaration comes the day after the president announced new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. President Donald Trump appeared to welcome the possibility of a trade war in a tweet Friday morning, […]

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump fumed on Twitter over an allegation of sexual misconduct. In a couple of tweets, Trump criticised the Washington Post for reporting on a woman who says she was the victim of Trump’s forced kisses in 2006. Trump denied the encounter ever took place, suggesting that […]

President Donald Trump continued a Saturday night tweetstorm on Sunday morning. He railed against Democrats, blamed the FBI for the Florida high school shooting, and called the Russia investigation into collusion with his campaign a “hoax.” The tweets come after special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian nationals and three […]

Some students who survived Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida are calling on Congress to act on gun control. The shooting left 17 dead and more than a dozen injured. President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims on Wednesday, and some students reacted in anger. Some […]

President Donald Trump congratulated Congress for passing a two-year budget agreement on Friday, painting the massive bill as a win for the military. Trump also decried the inclusion of a substantial non-defence spending increase, saying that for the GOP to control costs more Republicans need to be elected to office. […]

President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that a strong economy should be pushing stocks higher, and he called the market’s recent decline a “big mistake.” His tweet suggests he doesn’t fully understand the dynamics that drive and have been driving the stock market during his term. Before President Donald Trump tweets […]

President Donald Trump finally weighed in on the recent stock market volatility in a tweet Wednesday. Trump said the market dropped because of “good news” about wages and the economy, partially what economists have suggested as well. Trump had stayed silent about the market since the Dow Jones industrial average’s […]

One of President Donald Trump’s favourite Twitter subjects since his election has been the stock market. According to a Business Insider analysis, Trump tweeted about the market 70 times since the election. This mean the president tweets about stock on average every 6.5 days. But Trump has not tweeted about […]

President Donald Trump mourned the loss of Colts’ linebacker Edwin Jackson on Tuesday morning by calling on Democrats to get tough on immigration. Trump often pushes his immigration agenda in the wake of killings or deaths. President Donald Trump mourned the loss of Colts’ linebacker Edwin Jackson on Tuesday morning […]

President Donald Trump has only sent one rather banal tweet over the last two days, which is highly unusual. Trump tweets on average four times a day. The timing is particularly odd because of the important develops in the Russia investigation that have dropped in recent days. Over the past […]

The federal government entered a partial shutdown at midnight after the Senate failed to pass a funding bill. President Donald Trump went after Democrats in a tweetstorm on Saturday, the one year anniversary of his inauguration, calling the shutdown “a nice present.” Vice President also attacked Democrats in a statement […]

President Donald Trump did a lot of tweeting in 2017. On many days, Trump’s tweeting provided the headline material for his roller-coaster first year as president. He attacked everyone from former President Barack Obama to actress Meryl Streep. He tweeted about the Russia investigation, “fake news,” 2016 Democratic presidential nominee […]

Reuters reported that President Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, was considering easing penalties against Wells Fargo over improper mortgage lending practices. Trump tweeted Friday that there would be no reduction in penalties against Wells Fargo. In fact, he said, they could be “substantially increased.” […]

Both President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump made small errors on tweets commemorating the attack on Pearl Harbour. Thursday is the 76th anniversary of the attack that launched the US’s involvement in World War II. President Donald Trump slightly misquoted one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s best-known speeches […]

Former President Barack Obama wrote three of the most retweeted posts on Twitter in 2017. President Donald Trump, whose tweets make international news on a daily basis, did not make the list. Trump is mentioned on the list, however, with LeBron James calling him out. Twitter on Tuesday released a […]

On Twitter Sunday morning, President Donald Trump accused former FBI Director James Comey, whom he fired in May, of lying under oath. Comey testified in June that Trump asked him to drop the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn in February. On Friday, Flynn pleaded guilty […]

Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were scheduled to meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump to work on a government-funding bill. Trump tweeted “I don’t see a deal!” on a bill earlier in the day and attacked the two leaders. The federal government will shut down if a bill is […]

President Donald Trump again voiced his frustration with the NFL on Twitter Tuesday. NFL players continued to kneel in protest during Monday Night Football. President Donald Trump appeared to have kept a tally of NFL players who knelt during the games on Monday night, counting 24 players and using the […]

President Trump has reignited his feud with the NFL, criticising a proposed solution to the league’s ongoing protests from players. In a tweet early Wednesday morning, Trump called out the “highly paid Commissioner” and told him to get “tough and smart.” President Donald Trump rekindled his feud with the NFL […]

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