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Fast Forward Trump Decision On Iran Deal Coming Tuesday
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would announce his decision on whether and how to stay in the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. “I will be announcing my decision on the Iran deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00 pm,” Trump said Monday afternoon on Twitter. Trump has signaled that he would like…
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Fast Forward President Donald Trump Proclaims May Jewish History Month
(JTA) — President Donald Trump proclaimed May Jewish Heritage Month. In his statement issued by the White House on Monday, Trump said that “Jewish Americans have helped guide the moral character of our Nation.” President George W. Bush first proclaimed May Jewish Heritage Month in 2006, and it has been proclaimed annually by the sitting president ever since….
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Fast Forward Was $228K Payment To Michael Cohen Tied To Stormy Daniels Hush Deal?
The Trump campaign may have violated campaign finance laws by spending nearly $228,000 in campaign funds to cover the legal expenses for President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, ABC News reported. Federal Election Commission records show three payments from the Trump campaign to a firm representing Cohen for “legal consulting,” ABC reported. It is illegal…
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Fast Forward ‘Unpredictable’ Trump Deserves Credit For Korea, Democratic Rep. Schiff Admits
A leading Democratic critic of President Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff, admitted on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that the president deserved “some credit” for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table. But Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, also said that it is likely that “things will go south.” Schiff predicted that…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, Trump Speak By Phone About Threat From Iran
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump spoke by phone about the threat from Iran. The two leaders spoke on Saturday, according to a readout of the conversation released Sunday by the White House. They discussed the “threats and challenges facing the Middle East region, especially the problems posed by…
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Fast Forward Trump Warns Iran Not To Restart Nuclear Weapons Program
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump warned Iran not to restart its nuclear weapons program should Trump pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying the country would have “big problems” if it followed that course. Trump met Tuesday at the White House with President Emmanuel Macron of France and the deal was high on…
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Fast Forward George Soros Warned Son Alex: ‘Never Be Like Trump’
Alex Soros opened up to the Israeli news source Yedioth Ahronoth during a press conference in Berlin last week. The 33-year-old philanthropist and Founding Chair of Bend the Arc, a Jewish social action group, spoke to journalist Nahum Barnea about everything ranging from Trump to a two-state solution, Jewish Insider reported. The younger Soros also…
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Fast Forward Dershowitz Predicts Michael Cohen Will Sing Like A Canary On Trump
Alan Dershowitz, the legal eagle known for his frequent defense of President Trump, says Michael Cohen might be easily influenced to cooperating with federal prosecutors, Politico reported. “They’ll threaten him with life imprisonment, and try to turn him into a canary that sings,” Dershowitz said of Trump’s longtime attorney who is under criminal investigation. Cohen,…
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