Donald Trump makes joke about ‘taking on’ the media whereas accepting Time Journal Award
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Donald Trump attended the Military-Navy soccer recreation on Saturday alongside a group of allies, cupboard picks, and controversial figures.
The president-elect was joined by JD Vance, Elon Musk, Home Speaker Mike Johnson, Trump’s protection secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, and Daniel Penny, who was lately acquitted of murder after inserting a homeless man in a chokehold on a New York Metropolis subway for practically six minutes. Penny has change into a trigger célèbre on the proper since.
Their look on the recreation got here as ABC agreed to a $15 million settlement stemming from Trump’s defamation go well with involving a broadcast about E. Jean Carroll, who herself had efficiently sued the president-elect for defamatory statements.
Trump additionally named a number of extra picks for his administration on Saturday, together with Fact Social CEO Devin Nunes to run an intelligence board, and staunch loyalist overseas coverage adviser Richard Grenell as a presidential envoy for particular missions.
In the meantime, officers throughout the East Coast are expressing frustration over continued mysterious drone spottings within the airspace above New Jersey and close by states, which have fueled conspiracy theories and issues amongst residents.
Trump set to scrap car-crash regulation Musk hates: Report
Donald Trump’s transition workforce is reportedly contemplating scrapping a car-crash reporting requirement that Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk stongly opposes, based on a brand new report.
Based on Reuters, which considered a doc reportedly proposing the change, the elimination of the requirement might hamstring the federal government’s capacity to successfully examine crashes and regulate the security of autos with self-driving methods, like Musk’s Teslas and Cybertrucks.
Musk, who’s the world’s richest man, used his huge wealth to pour 1 / 4 of a billion {dollars} into Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign. If Trump’s workforce does take away the accident reporting necessities, it could seemingly straight profit Musk’s Tesla, which has reported nearly all of crashes — greater than 1,500 — to federal security regulators beneath this system.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 11:00
ABC agrees to pay $15 million to Trump in defamation lawsuit settlement
ABC has agreed to pay $15 million as a part of a settlement with Donald Trump after the president-elect sued the community and host George Stephanopoulos for defamation.
In March, Stephanopoulos pressed congresswoman Nancy Mace about her help for the previous president regardless of a choose discovering him “liable for rape by a jury,” he stated.
“Donald Trump has been found liable for defaming the victim of that rape by a jury,” Stephonopoulos stated on ABC’s This Week on the time. “It’s been affirmed by a judge.”
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 09:00
Don Trump Jr didn’t like Kimberly Guilfoyle’s trend sense and thought new beau could be extra of a win with dad
Donald Trump Jr is relationship a brand new woman who he thinks will “impress” his father, however has not publicly introduced a {split} from Kimberly Guilfoyle, whose fashion he has criticized, based on a report.
Images captured Trump Jr., 46 holding arms with socialite Bettina Anderson, 38, as they went for a night stroll by way of Palm Seashore, Florida this week.
Whereas neither president-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son nor Guilfoyle, 55, have spoken publicly about their relationship standing, insiders advised Folks that after months of criticizing Guilfoyle’s fashion, he thinks he’s discovered somebody who suits into the Trump household — somebody similar to his father’s spouse, Melania. Trump met Melania at a celebration in 1998, when he was on a date with one other woman, the previous first woman stated in a 2016 interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 07:00
Devin Nunes and Ric Grenell — who’re Trump’s newest administration picks?
Donald Trump introduced on Saturday that Fact Social CEO Devin Nunes and the president-elect’s Director of Nationwide Intelligence Ric Grenell have been chosen to serve in his upcoming administration.
Nunes, as former California Home Consultant, was tapped for to function Chairman of Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board, whereas Grenell was picked to function his Presiential Envoy for Particular Missions.
Whereas Nunes was in workplace he served on the Home Intelligence Committee and constantly backed any transfer then-President Trump made. He additionally led the two-year investigation into US’s responde to the 2012 Benghazi assault, which final discovered no proof of wrongdoing on the a part of the US State Division beneath Hillary Clinton.
Nunes additionally refused to again an investigation into Trump former nationwide safety adviser and Q-Anon conspiracy theorist Michael Flynn after it was revealed he had unreported discussions with Russian officers whereas serving beneath Trump.
“From everything that I can see, his conversations with the Russian ambassador—he was doing this country a favor, and he should be thanked for it,” Nunes stated on the time.
Grenell previously served as Trump’s ambassador to Germany and his Director of Nationwide Intelligence.
Previous to his involvement in Trump’s administration, Grenell was a advisor for an jap European oligarch, Vladimir Plahotniuc. He confronted criticism after he wrote articles defending the oligarch with out making clear he was being paid to handle the person’s picture.
Grenell is a former Fox Information contributor and was named as a VP on the far-right media outlet Newsmax in 2021. He earned the ire of the media in 2020 when, throughout a Trump press convention, he refused to determine himself to reporters and publicly accused the state of protecting up incidents of voter fraud with the intention to assist the election prospects of then-Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
These claims have been made with out proof, and Mr Grenell refused to reply questions from journalists who demanded he show his assertions.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 06:00
Elon Musk shares picture of himself with Trump and Vance at Military-Navy recreation
Tesla, SpaceX, and X CEO Elon Musk was at Saturday’s Military-Navy recreation alongside President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance. The picture reveals the three males on a stadium Jumbotron and is yet one more instance of Musk — the world’s richest man and presumably a really busy particular person main three huge firms — spending a major period of time hanging round with Trump.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 04:38
Vivek Ramaswamy poses with Daniel Penny, recollects donation to his authorized protection
Failed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy posted a photograph of himself posing with Daniel Penny, who was lately acquitted for the demise of Jordan Neely, a Black road performer who struggled with homelessness and schizophrenia, and recalled that he donated to Penny’s authorized protection fund. Neely died after Penny held him in a chokehold for greater than six minuted on a New York Metropolis subway prepare.
Neely was allegedly yelling threatening issues on the different passengers, however witnesses stated he by no means touched anybody.
“Our family contributed to this man’s legal defense fund last year because he was wronged. We don’t regret it. Hope Daniel Penny has a bright future & good life ahead,” Ramaswamy wrote. Based on stories on the time, Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to Penny’s protection.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 04:20
CNN contributor Bakari Sellers calls Daniel Penny reward ‘identity politics of the right’
CNN contributor and former South Carolina Representative Bakari Sellers lamented that Daniel Penny, who was recently acquitted for the death of Jordan Neely, a Black street performer who struggled with homelessness and schizophrenia, was invited to the Army-Navy football game to hobnob with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
“The prism through which this country views race is fascinating. Look at conservative avatars….Daniel Penny kills a black man has no accountability, chills with the POTUS. Caitlin Clark acknowledges black women’s skilled contributions and will get crucified,” he wrote on X. “Watching the identity politics of the right…”
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 04:10
ABC Information workers allegedly livid at $15m Trump settlement
ABC Information workers are allegedly upset that the broadcaster agreed to pay $15 million to Donald Trump to settle a defamation go well with he introduced in opposition to veteran anchor George Stephanopoulos. Trump claimed the anchor defamed him when he stated the president-elect had been discovered accountable for rape by a jury within the E Jean Carroll defamation trial. Based on reporter Yashar Ali, workers ABC Information have expressed their frustration that the corporate discovered cash to repay Trump, however not for wage will increase or staving off layoffs. “Their anger primarily stems from the fact that they have faced repeated budget and compensation cuts in recent years, experienced layoffs, and yet the network — even if insurance paid it — has paid this huge sum of money to settle this matter,” Ali wrote.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 03:56
Democratic Get together lawyer says ABC Information bent the knee to Trump in defamation settlement
Democratic Get together lawyer and Democracy Docket based Marc Elias stated ABC Information “kissed the ring” by agreeing to settle a defamation lawsuit introduced by Donald Trump.
On Saturday ABC Information agreed to pay Trump $15 million after he sued the broadcaster for defamation in respose to a remark George Stephanopoulos made claiming the president-elect had been discovered accountable for rape by a jury within the E Jean Carroll defamation trial. Elias criticized the broadcaster for the transfer. “Knee bent. Ring kissed. Another legacy news outlet chooses obedience,” he wrote on Saturday.
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 03:41
ABC agrees to pay $15 million to Trump in defamation lawsuit settlement
ABC has agreed to pay $15 million as a part of a settlement with Donald Trump after the president-elect sued the community and host George Stephanopoulos for defamation.
In March, Stephanopoulos pressed congresswoman Nancy Mace about her help for the previous president regardless of a choose discovering him “liable for rape by a jury,” he stated.
“Donald Trump has been found liable for defaming the victim of that rape by a jury,” Stephonopoulos stated on ABC’s This Week on the time. “It’s been affirmed by a judge.”
Graig Graziosi15 December 2024 03:33
