Tag: donald trump

The Invasion of Congress

By - January 7, 2021
In a speech to the Washington Press Club in 1969, then-Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau (father of current PM Justin Trudeau) memorably said: “Living next to you [the U.S.] is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt…

Exclusive! Paula White mystery solved

By - November 10, 2020
Harry Shannon You may have seen the video of Paula White, Donald Trump’s ‘spiritual advisor,’ praying for a Trump victory in the US election. If you haven’t seen the clip, it’s quite remarkable, and worth a look if only to expand your horizons to see a level of crazy that I didn’t know existed. (And check White’s Wikipedia entry t…

Anti-maskers join forces with another new group

By - August 3, 2020
Harry Shannon A rally was held today in Houston, Texas by two new groups that have agreed to work together. Don’t Use Masks or Barriers (DUMB) is teaming up with Counter Laws On Drinking (CLOD) to oppose what they call “government interference in the marketplace of behavior.” DUMB claims that wearing masks to prevent COVID-19 is a plot…

Trump: ‘I predicted the coronavirus’

By - April 28, 2020
Harry Shannon In a remarkable press briefing today, President Donald Trump told reporters that he had predicted the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Trump had been widely ridiculed for a tweet he made on 31 May, 2017 just after midnight.  It read: ‘Despite the constant negative press covfefe” and there was much speculation on what the w…

“We’re Number One” – Trump

By - April 12, 2020
Harry Shannon As the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. climbed above the total in Italy to become the highest in the world, Donald Trump claimed: ‘Thanks to me, we’re number one.’ In a rambling press conference, Trump said: ‘Several other countries have tried to beat us, but they haven’t succeeded.  Countries like Ita…