Trump makes political remarks to the National Association of Realtors

Trump has been running for re-election since he was inaugurated. He blurs the lines between political and presidential events by making political statements at speeches, for example, to the CIA and Boy Scouts.

He is addressing the National Association of Realtors today. I assume this is a presidential event since the White House is carrying it online. However, he talked about “fake news” which is clearly inappropriate. Taxpayers should not have to pay for this. I have written several tweets to news organizations suggesting that they write an article on how often he does this. We should never get used to this or accept it. Sad!

Donald Trump railed against the state of California today, calling it “the disastrous results of overregulation” in a speech that lasted almost an hour and included a slew of tangents on trade, the economy and 2020https://t.co/c8g9iG4zDx
— POLITICO (@politico) May 17, 2019

LIVE: President Trump Delivers Remarks to the National Association of REALTORS https://t.co/cB1DRIjgOo
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 17, 2019

It takes about 1 minute, 30 seconds into Trump's speech at the National Association of Realtors to get to a "fake news" reference.
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 17, 2019

I’m a Realtor. I’m watching. He just bragged about trying to pay 1% commission. 🤢 I bet he’s ripped off so many of us. NAR says they always invite the sitting President. I’m proud of NAR for that. Wish I could be proud of POTUS. Now it’s spinning into a campaign rally.
— Jennifer Garrett (@jen_in_georgia) May 17, 2019

Speaking to the realtors, Trump boasts that he only paid real estate brokers 1 percent instead of 6 percent. "I was famous for that,” he says, at which point some of the realtors booed. "Don’t worry. Nobody accepted it. But I tried like hell. But I’d get it down to 4 or 5."
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 17, 2019

Trump repeats his lie about "virtually" eliminating the estate tax. He says, though, he sees many children who treat their parents "so badly," and he doesn't understand why the parent is still fond of them and wants to leave them an inheritance. "Your child is not a good child."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 17, 2019

Trump is now offering lengthy and varied criticism of the state of California, shifting from scripted criticism of its development restrictions to some lengthy improvised mockery of its fast-train proposal.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 17, 2019

“Pocahontas. That’s another beauty,” Trump says. “She’s doing really well so far, isn’t she? Her and her beer commercial.” pic.twitter.com/TOKHy9H0Oq
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 17, 2019

After ramble-mocking Elizabeth Warren in an official speech to realtors, Trump says, "She's got a lot of pent-up anger. She's an angry person."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 17, 2019

Trump trashing press at speech to realtors right now saying anonymous sources are "bullshit." Keep in mind his own officials speak to reporters on background all the time. It's not bullshit.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 17, 2019

Trump asserts that sources in the media are fake. In the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, he would call reporters and try to fake them out by pretending to be a media spokesman named “John Miller” or “John Barron” who would then talk up a real estate mogul named Trump https://t.co/JKooYYZgrM
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 17, 2019

Trump: "NAFTA's been bad for the farmers. A lot of people don't realize it."

Farmers overwhelmingly love NAFTA. Farm exports to Canada and Mexico have quadrupled under NAFTA.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 17, 2019

Trump on Democrats: "They have 25 people now running for the office of president and some of these people are stone cold crazy."
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 17, 2019

Trump’s Florida rally 5/8/19

more bigotry, more lies

President Trump, at a rally in Florida, wrongly described the revenue generated from tariffs on China and exaggerated the effect of a trade deal with South Korea https://t.co/AjBRQRxqgI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 9, 2019

The 56 wildest lines from Donald Trump's whirlwind last 24 hours | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/39gJcZrbrP pic.twitter.com/YreApzv8D3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 9, 2019

Trump pitted disaster victims against each other. His rally crowd applauded. https://t.co/dMAvBzirG3
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 9, 2019

FirstDraft transcript of the #trump #maga rally in Panama City Beach is live. https://t.co/uoaKcdaNke
— Factba.se (@FactbaseFeed) May 9, 2019

It’s exactly what it looks like. https://t.co/aHzCHG1XWj
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 9, 2019

Trump lies at his rally in Wisconsin

He really liked about abortion.

Here's Trump making another false & unspeakably dangerous claim about abortion:

"The baby is born; the mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby. They wrap the baby beautifully. Then the doctor & mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby." pic.twitter.com/Hg6V6pjgpX
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) April 28, 2019

Wow.

So now lying is “reviving an inaccurate refrain”

Jesus @nytimes https://t.co/9dQGevRMrI
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) April 28, 2019

Cryer is right – these are lies! Call them lies!

“Fake news. They’re fake,” Trump said during a roughly 90-minute rally. “They are fake. They are fakers.”

The crowd broke into a chant: “CNN sucks! CNN sucks”https://t.co/ZuABuPEbsh
— POLITICO (@politico) April 28, 2019

President Trump is the “say anything” president, says CNN’s @BrianStelter, bringing up Trump’s incorrect claims during a Wisconsin rally that mothers and doctors can decide to “execute” babies after birth. https://t.co/8m9pctOHnG pic.twitter.com/iKFTBtPh5W
— CNN (@CNN) April 28, 2019

Trump lied

Trump condemns anti-Semitism, hate crimes at rally after synagogue shooting https://t.co/gTOTPxmjgh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 28, 2019

He inspires these terrorists with his bigotry

We led today's @ReliableSources with Trump's false, shocking statements about mothers and doctors choosing to "execute" newborns. Here's what @finneyk said. pic.twitter.com/DWwbG7g6iu
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 28, 2019

At the Trump rally in Green Bay Wisconsin, Kid Rock's "Bawitdaba" is playing on the jumbotron. It shows Trump as a WWE character body-slamming a CNN logo. The crowd got very excited.

That's how this #WHCD night is gonna go out here in Wisco.
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) April 27, 2019

Holy hell. Trump just told the crowd at his Wisconsin rally that after women give birth, the baby is "wrapped in a blanket" and then "the mother and the doctor decide whether to execute the baby."
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) April 28, 2019

Trump gleefully admits it was his "sick idea" to use immigrants as pawns in his games of political retribution. Disgusting pic.twitter.com/xQHq3s76xC
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) April 28, 2019

“You have people wanting to cut off Saudi Arabia. They bought $450 billion. I don’t want to lose them.” — Donald Trump
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 28, 2019

They cut heads off.

The number is exaggerated – I have a post on that.

President Trump is holding a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Meanwhile, in Washington, journalists are attending the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Trump is skipping the event for the third year in a row.

Follow for live updates: https://t.co/iy0sQ8efgQ
— CNN (@CNN) April 28, 2019

I am not amused when Trump jokes about term limits

This is how authoritarians act. If he loses in 2020, he may not leave voluntarily.

Trump again jokes about staying on as president for more than two terms https://t.co/Ho9kg0ERyQ
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) April 20, 2019

This isn’t the first time Trump has “joked” about staying on as President. We should take this seriously-he often excuses his worst comments as jokes & he knows he’s only protected from criminal prosecution for as long as he stays in office. https://t.co/DotbvCS0XW
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 21, 2019

Stupid attempts at humor often reveal what the jokester secretly wants to attempt . . . 😡👺👹😈https://t.co/sQ1s8wOMDv
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 21, 2019

Be prepared for Trump not leaving office even if he loses. I know you think I'm nuts but I've always taken him literally and seriously. People thought we were nuts when we told them he will implement the Muslim Ban..
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) April 22, 2019

Trump goes political at a non-partisan event again

You never even see criticism of this any more because he does it all the time. It’s still wrong. The event is about wounded soldiers, not the Mueller report. Taxpayers should not have to pay for his partisan crap.

Trump opened an event to honor Wounded Warriors by gloating about the Mueller report pic.twitter.com/NxVEFLKwXf
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 18, 2019

Isn't it inappropriate to talk about this at what should be a non-partisan event? The news media rarely mentions how often he gets political at presidential events anymore because he usually does it. That doesn't make it right.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 20, 2019

Trump is speaking at a Wounded Warrior Project event, but the org has a shady past—like raising more than $340 million in 2014, but giving less than 60 percent of it to veterans’ programs https://t.co/NBxhtYzLcv
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 18, 2019

My cousins husband was at WH yesterday representing Wounded Warrior Project. Supposed to be honored by the president but Trump used his tribute speech to warriors (all severely injured) to talk about himself.
— French Wine Tours (@frenchwinetours) April 20, 2019

Trump lies about wind power

This is one of Trump's most egregious "they says" https://t.co/vnv4d7k8zU
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 3, 2019

Trump, last night, without evidence, claimed “the noise [from wind turbines] causes cancer.”

Today, I asked WH aide Mercy Schlapp if that’s true. (Scientists say it’s not.)

Her reply: “I don’t have an answer about that… but I’ll update you if I get information.”
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) April 3, 2019

Analysis: Trump claims that wind farms cause cancer for very Trumpian reasons https://t.co/L5xdaMMUhV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 3, 2019

Yes, Trump's lie is a repeat of an old right wing oil industry lie. #CLTV @SRuhle @AliVelshi are right on. https://t.co/FpBsOMm4V8
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) April 3, 2019

On Tuesday, Trump claimed wind turbines cause cancer. Today, 19 senators urged more federal funding for them. https://t.co/opaGtnawtR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 3, 2019

I wrote about how much Trump hates wind turbines back in 2016 and this was my fav part: https://t.co/Khocdk1fJC pic.twitter.com/p2Ex1nAcL5
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) April 3, 2019

Donald Trump's wind power comments amount to "malicious ignorance," scientist says https://t.co/Fwn1iDZWrd pic.twitter.com/GBrEGc7gDn
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 29, 2019

Trump says wind power doesn't work because "it only blows sometimes" https://t.co/qP0gq9LYum pic.twitter.com/oTgBhdf7wi
— The Hill (@thehill) March 28, 2019

Trump endorsed a conspiracy almost no one but chemtrail truthers believe to attack wind turbines. And he still managed to get it wrong https://t.co/G4QvdOA6UT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 3, 2019

TRUMP: "If Hillary got in… you'd be doing wind. Windmills. Weeeee. And if it doesn't blow, you can forget about television for that night. 'Darling, I want to watch television.' 'I'm sorry! The wind isn't blowing.' I know a lot about wind." pic.twitter.com/tGsUIoUmUQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 29, 2019

Trump's anti-wind speech veered from Hillary to cancer, bird cemeteries (and a statue to commemorate the dead), CPAC, Kim Jong Un, a woman who can't watch TV, and Obama golfing in Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/Gku9ZsaCVP
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) April 3, 2019

Tweet of the day ==> https://t.co/ToAJipe1LI
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) April 3, 2019

Why ask a yes/no question? Why not ask: why does the President lie when he says wind turbines cause cancer? Better question. https://t.co/6ZNS6Y77Bs
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) April 3, 2019

This is 200% right. The media must do more to ask why Trump lies.

Live fact-checking thread of Trump’s Michigan rally 3/28/19

THREAD: We're fact-checking President @realDonaldTrump's speech tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump is expected to cover AG Barr's summary of the Mueller report, increased apprehensions on the border and auto manufacturing #TrumpGrandRapids #GrandRapidsRally pic.twitter.com/VjL9tDj6a7
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) March 28, 2019

Fact check: At his Michigan rally, President Trump misstated the findings of the Mueller investigation, misleadingly promised to protect patients with pre-existing conditions and falsely described funding for a restoration program for the Great Lakes https://t.co/BwXEoUSckx
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 29, 2019

"If you wanted a taste of President Trump’s 2020 Make America Great Again Again pitch, you got a steaming farrago of it in Grand Rapids on Thursday: boasting, horseshit, and red meat, spiced with outright lies," writes @TheRickWilson https://t.co/hKdRGXGSXg
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 30, 2019

Eh they probably had a guess? https://t.co/GPujGOdcgm
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 28, 2019

Trump is out of control now that he thinks he has been cleared.

Trump says Democrats need to decide if they're going to continue to defraud the public "with ridiculous *bullshit*"
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) March 28, 2019

A disgrace. https://t.co/3WsrEHOW1x
— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) March 29, 2019

President Trump made a lot of claims during his Grand Rapids rally, and not all of them were true: https://t.co/SoN5ksFzJi
— WOOD TV8 (@WOODTV) March 29, 2019

Fact check: President again twists truth and bends reality as supporters roar in key state https://t.co/Q3JEAJZEIj via @RollCall
— John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT) March 29, 2019

Trump said Democrats want open borders. Here's our previous check on a similarly false claim https://t.co/oloyREp7rb
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) March 29, 2019

Less than two minutes into President Donald Trump’s speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he lied about special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report.https://t.co/EPVEJ8DzUj
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 30, 2019

Trump said last night he won Michigan even though Barack Obama "and Michelle" campaigned there at the last minute.

Michelle Obama didn't campaign there. This is the second place Trump has falsely said Michelle campaigned and lost, along with Georgia in the 2018 governor race.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019

"Trump did not seem so much a vindicated president as a vengeful one, whose political calculus involved none of the reaching out to disaffected voters that more conventional politicians might attempt at such a moment," writes @sbg1 https://t.co/m9X1J8ECh6
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 29, 2019

This is the same crazy lie that Meghan Mccain was spouting on The View. https://t.co/ZsYSvshX6T
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) March 29, 2019

Trump turns presidential events into political rallies

He did it again this week in Ohio. It was totally inappropriate. We are so numb to his violations of norms that this doesn’t get enough coverage. His campaign (which started on his first day in office) should pay for these events, not taxpayers. I can’t remember them all but some others were speeches at the CIA and Boy Scouts. It’s just wrong.

Right – the question is what happens when he does it outside of rallies. This felt like a rally in some respects but it was a taxpayer event. The answer may be nothing happens – but it was a different reaction than he's gotten from crowds. https://t.co/tcwWw6GyZ1
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 21, 2019

CIA employees were so disturbed by Trump’s speech before the Memorial Wall that they left flowers at the site, something that officials had only seen happen in the aftermath of a tragedy at the agency. https://t.co/iA4z2XvH8Q
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 19, 2018

46/ After Trump’s 40-minute speech to Boy Scouts in 2017, @YAppelbaum remembers it as “such a breach of tradition and decorum that the chief scout executive rushed to apologize for the ‘political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree.’” https://t.co/NcNBVmfc9L
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 14, 2019

Fact Check: In a speech to law enforcement, President Trump misrepresented crime data, Obama-era policing policy and how the diversity immigration visa program works. https://t.co/H6EP38XuaG
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 16, 2017

NEW —> Trump says Chicago police should use controversial ‘stop-and-frisk’ tactics to curb shootings. My latest on the president’s hard-edged and at times overtly political speech to law enforcement chiefs today. https://t.co/O7ItdjwAfz
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 8, 2018

Mary Sway has identified some of the sheriffs who applauded Trump’s attack on NYTimes. According to David Nakamura the LEOS clapped bc Trump “tipped some ass”. SMH https://t.co/ixA81EF1Qa
— ☘️deb☘️ (@Deb4Democracy) September 7, 2018

On September 5, 2018, in front of a group of sheriffs visiting the @WhiteHouse, #tRump responded to anonymous op-ed in New York Times by demonstrating his dire needs for approval & success and, correspondingly, his irrational fears of rejection & failure. https://t.co/Zh6FpTQ4oe
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) September 6, 2018

Trump continues to use music after the Rolling Stones say not to

https://www.thewrap.com/rolling-stones-lash-out-at-donald-trump-again-over-song-use/

And as he concludes, a song starts by that Great American Band the Rolling Stones.
— GolfDude2000 (@GolfDude2000) March 2, 2019

The Rolling Stones have told him not to use their recordings.

CPAC attendees are enjoying some Rolling Stones ahead of Trump's speech pic.twitter.com/izuAlKsMnV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 2, 2019

R.E.M. blasts Trump's retweeting video that uses "Everybody Hurts" to mock Democrats https://t.co/Iz5pDGJ9Eu pic.twitter.com/wLyydlkxIi
— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2019

WH played Rolling Stones at the end of his speech at Honeywell mask facility in Arizona. Just as they do at his rallies. pic.twitter.com/XKlWabCLe9
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 5, 2020