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Trump ‘Will Not Even Consider’ Renaming Army Bases

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President Trump said Wednesday he “will not even consider” renaming Army bases that were named for Confederate military leaders after top Pentagon officials indicated recently they are open to the idea.

In a series of tweets, Trump argued the bases have become part of U.S. history and should not be “tampered with.”

“These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom,” he tweeted, adding that “HEROES” who won two world wars were trained on the “Hallowed Grounds” of the bases. . .

Minutes after Trump posted his comments, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany began Wednesday’s briefing by distributing them to reporters and reading them in their entirety from the podium.

“That was directly from the president. We spent some time working on that, and I wanted to deliver that to you,” she said. (Read more from “Trump ‘Will Not Even Consider’ Renaming Army Bases” HERE)

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Trump’s Approval Rating Drastically Drops

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A new national poll by Gallup indicates that President Trump’s approval rating has slid amid unrest the past couple weeks in cities across the nation sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody.

The president’s approval rating – which stood at 49 percent a month ago in Gallup polling – dropped to 39 percent in their latest survey, which was released on Wednesday. Trump’s disapproval in the new poll stood at 57 percent, up 11 percentage points from early May.

The president’s approval rating dipped below 40 percent in Gallup polling for the first time since early October.

Trump’s approval rating on how he’s handling the economy also dipped below 50 percent in Gallup polling for the first time since November 2017. It currently stands at 47-51 percent approval/disapproval, down from 58-41 percent in February. (Read more from “Trump’s Approval Rating Drastically Drops” HERE)

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Historic First: Under Trump, Half of National Security Council Leaders Are Women

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For the first time in history, half of the senior leaders of the National Security Council are women. Twelve of the 24 directorates are led by women now, including three of the six regional directorates that cover the world.

While the White House press corps has not yet noticed that fact, and Vanity Fair didn’t have Annie Leibovitz come do a photo shoot, as would have been obligatory in the previous administration, women in the White House noticed and appreciated the historic first.

“President Trump has demonstrated his commitment to empowering women in the U.S. and across the world, implementing a pro-growth, pro-family agenda that lifts up women of all backgrounds. It’s no surprise that women are leading the way across the Trump administration, including more women leaders at the National Security Council than at any other time in history,” adviser to the President Ivanka Trump said.

The National Security Council has both functional and regional directorates. The functional directorates tackle issues such as international organizations, border security, and COVID response, all three of which women now lead. Three of the six regional directorates covering the globe — Africa, Asia, and South Asia — are now led by women. (Read more from “Historic First: Under Trump, Half of National Security Council Leaders Are Women” HERE)

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Here’s Why Trump Almost Fired Esper

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President Trump was reportedly close to firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the Pentagon chief publicly broke with him over deploying active-duty troops during recent protests.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Trump was prepared to ax Esper but was convinced not to do so after he consulted with several advisers and Republican lawmakers. Esper, who knew about the president’s feelings toward him, had also reportedly begun preparations for a resignation letter before being persuaded not to do so.

The tension came to a head when Esper publicly broke with Trump during a hastily called briefing at the Pentagon. The defense chief said he didn’t support the president invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to quell demonstrations that began after the death of George Floyd.

“I’ve always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations, in support of local law enforcement. I say this not only as secretary of defense, but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard,” Esper said.

“The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now,” he added. (Read more from “Here’s Why Trump Almost Fired Esper” HERE)

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Trump to Resume ‘Make America Great Again’ Campaign Rallies This Month

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President Trump plans to hit the road in the next two weeks to resume his “Make America Great Again” campaign rallies despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Politico reported Monday that the president’s advisers are still determining where the rallies will take place and what safety measures will be implemented to protect the public amid the pandemic. Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale is expected to provide Trump with options this week.

“Americans are ready to get back to action and so is President Trump,” Parscale said in a statement. “The great American comeback is real and the rallies will be tremendous. You’ll again see the kind of crowds and enthusiasm that sleepy Joe Biden can only dream of.” (Read more from “Trump to Resume ‘Make America Great Again’ Campaign Rallies This Month” HERE)

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White House: Trump’s National Guard ‘Surge’ Allowed George Floyd Protesters to ‘Demonstrate Safely’

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Trump administration officials told the Daily Caller that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. ensured that the protests in the nation’s capital over the weekend of June 6 and 7 were dramatically more peaceful than those that took place the weekend prior.

Senior White House officials told the Daily Caller that the protests, in both the District and cities across the country, didn’t “spontaneously” turn peaceful overnight and attributed the “decisive” deescalation to coordination between local law enforcement and National Guard troops.

“Juxtapose Washington, D.C. two weekends ago, when there was widespread vandalism, property damage, and arson with this past weekend,” White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farrah told the Daily Caller. “It was night and day.”

“The streets of America didn’t spontaneously become peaceful last week,” she continued. “It was a direct result of President Trump calling on Governors and Mayors to surge the National Guard in their states and restore law and order on America’s streets so that peaceful protestors could demonstrate safely. That is precisely because President Trump took decisive action to secure the streets of our Nation’s Capital and restore law and order.” (Read more from “White House: Trump’s National Guard ‘Surge’ Allowed George Floyd Protesters to ‘Demonstrate Safely’” HERE)

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Recent Poll: 80 Percent of Americans Say Country Is ‘out of Control’

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An overwhelming majority of American voters believe that things are “out of control” in the country, according to a new poll.

The newest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll posed the question “When it comes to the country these days, do you generally feel that things in the country are…,” to which 80 percent of respondents chose “out of control” versus 15 percent who chose “under control.”

The final year of President Trump’s first term has been incredibly challenging, calling on him to handle the response to the global coronavirus pandemic as well as national protests following the death of George Floyd in police custody. As such, the poll covered several topics, including approval ratings over Trump’s handling of the current crises and election preferences between Trump and Joe Biden. (Read more from “Recent Poll: 80 Percent of Americans Say Country Is ‘out of Control'” HERE)

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Report: These Top Republicans Will Not Support Trump’s Re-Election

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Former President George W. Bush will not support President Donald Trump’s re-election, the New York Times reported Saturday.

People familiar with the 43rd president’s thinking told the Times that Bush will not support Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

However, Freddy Ford, a spokesman for Bush, refuted the Times’ reporting. He said that Bush plans to speak publicly only on matters of policy — and that he has yet to decide which 2020 presidential candidate he will support. . .

According to the Times, other top Republicans will also not support Trump’s re-election. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) won’t support Trump, Jeb Bush is unsure of how he will vote, while Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain, is reportedly considering casting her ballot for Biden.

Former top military officials and government officials who are Republicans or served Republican administrations also expressed dismay at the options in 2020, according to the Times. Even one sitting Republican congressman, Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), told the Times he has considered voting for Biden because Trump is “driving us all crazy.” (Read more from “Report: These Top Republicans Will Not Support Trump’s Re-Election” HERE)

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WATCH: Throngs of Democrats and Media Personalities Lie and Claim Trump Said the Jobs Report Was ‘a Great Day for [George Floyd.]’ Here’s What He Actually Said.

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By The Blaze. A myriad of Democrats and left-leaning politicos swiftly pounced on President Trump Friday for supposedly suggesting that George Floyd is “looking down from heaven” in appreciation of the United States’ strong May jobs report and saying “this is a great day for him.”

There’s only one problem — they’re completely ripping the president’s comments out of context. . .

Yes, the president was delivering a scheduled address about the May jobs report from the Rose Garden Friday morning and yes, during that address he suggested that “this is a great day” for George Floyd. But those two facts are not directly related as many are suggesting. During the address, Trump changed subjects to specifically speak about the country’s push for equal justice under the law. . .

“We all saw what happened last week. We can’t let that happen,” he continued. “Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying, ‘This is a great thing that’s happening for our country.’ This is a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This a great, great day in terms of equality.” (Read more from “WATCH: Throngs of Democrats and Media Personalities Lie and Claim Trump Said the Jobs Report Was ‘a Great Day for [George Floyd.]’ Here’s What He Actually Said.” HERE)

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Trump Suggests George Floyd Is ‘Looking Down’ From Heaven and Appreciating the ‘Great Day in Terms of Equality’ After an Unexpectedly Strong Jobs Report Was Announced

By Business Insider. In a freewheeling Friday-morning press conference in the Rose Garden, President Donald Trump touted a strong May jobs report and said he hoped George Floyd, who was killed by the Minneapolis police 10 days ago, was “looking down” from heaven and saying this “is a great thing that’s happening for our country.” . . .

In a statement to Insider, a Trump campaign spokeswoman pushed back on the notion that Trump was implying that Floyd would be thinking the jobs report was a “great thing happening.”

“In the course of Rose Garden remarks about strong economic news, the President also spoke of the national conversation that is taking place following Mr. Floyd’s killing, and of Americans coming together on the belief that everyone should be treated equally under the law,” said Courtney Parella, a deputy press secretary. “Media claims that the President said that Mr. Floyd would be praising the economic news are wrong, purposefully misrepresented, and maliciously crafted.” (Read more from “Trump Suggests George Floyd Is ‘Looking Down’ From Heaven and Appreciating the ‘Great Day in Terms of Equality’ After an Unexpectedly Strong Jobs Report Was Announced” HERE)

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Former Employees Urge Zuckerberg to Censor Trump: ‘Facebook Isn’t Neutral, and It Never Has Been’

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Former Facebook employees have now stepped forward to add to the chorus of criticism aimed at CEO Mark Zuckerberg for failing to censor President Donald Trump’s posts on the platform. Describing the company’s policies as “incoherent” and “cowardly,” the former employees argue that Zuckerberg must censor the President of the United States, because “Facebook isn’t neutral, and it never has been.”

Breitbart News recently reported that social media giant Facebook has faced internal turmoil after CEO Mark Zuckerberg refused to censor certain posts by President Trump that many progressive employees believed were a call to violence. Last Friday, Twitter censored a tweet from President Trump in which he addressed violent protesters stating, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” behind a warning label noting that the tweet violated Twitter’s rules relating to “glorifying violence.”

Facebook declined to censor the same message, with Zuckerberg stating in a post that while he found the message “deeply offensive,” the company had determined that it did not violate its policy against “incitements to violence.” Since then employees across the company have expressed their anger at the CEO’s decision.

Now 33 former Facebook employees who worked at the company during its early stages have written an open letter published in the New York Times, arguing that Facebook’s position on moderating President Trump is inconsistent and exposes the public to danger.

The letter is harshly critical of Zuckerberg’s policy, stating: “It claims that providing warnings about a politician’s speech is inappropriate, but removing content from citizens is acceptable, even if both are saying the same thing. That is not a noble stand for freedom. It is incoherent, and worse, it is cowardly. Facebook should be holding politicians to a higher standard than their constituents.” (Read more from “Former Employees Urge Zuckerberg to Censor Trump: ‘Facebook Isn’t Neutral, and It Never Has Been’” HERE)

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