More on Trump’s pro-Putin behavior at the G-7

Trump is promoting Russia’s interests, not ours.

Why? Can anyone explain this? https://t.co/fFUcOm282G
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) August 27, 2019

Trump clashed over dinner with G7 leaders on the idea of reinviting Putin to their club. Story with ⁦@PamelaBrownCNN⁩ from Biarritz (yes I am still here) https://t.co/9Buop93Wib
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) August 27, 2019

Trump blamed Obama alone for Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea. Fact is, while the Obama administration was caught off guard, the chain of events surprised US intel, the Pentagon, and Europe as a whole & was sparked by the fall of the pro-Russian govt in Ukraine. 1/
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 27, 2019

Trump advocates for Putin at G-7 summit in move to soften Russia’s pariah status https://t.co/8741A9F2Mx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 27, 2019

.@JoeNBC on Pres. Trump claiming fmr. Pres. Obama was "outsmarted" by Russian Pres. Putin: "It's extraordinary unbecoming of a president to attack another president overseas."https://t.co/3NqyLhGimm
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 27, 2019

Sources inside the meeting said “Trump’s presence was tantamount to having Putin himself in the room.”https://t.co/nOfpQestVM
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 27, 2019

Trump pals have inappropriate influence over the VA

They were called the “Mar-a-Lago Crowd” by people inside the government. A damning exposé dubbed them the “shadow rulers of the VA.” https://t.co/b41UEkcVOY
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 22, 2019

Trump has been promoting a risky antidepressant made by Johnson & Johnson to treat depression in veterans. Johnson & Johnson worked with three Mar-a-Lago members who have enormous influence over the VA–did Trump’s paying customers recommend the drug? https://t.co/FwmcCFwUyz
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 24, 2019

BREAKING: CREW’s ongoing investigation into the influence of Trump’s customers just uncovered more than 300 pages of records into a major scandal at the VA. Read them here: https://t.co/j91vgtiXFb
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 22, 2019

House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano opened an investigation into the outsized role of three members of President Donald Trump's Florida country club in a digital health record contract and other VA business.https://t.co/s1aV91a42E
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 9, 2019

Russian stooge Trump blames Obama for Russia’s invasion of Crimea

Putin must be thrilled.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's mistold tale of Obama and Iran (from @AP) https://t.co/8VznbAO9v4
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 27, 2019

Trump called me "an organ of the Democrats."

Here was the question he didn't like: "You said Russia was kicked out of the G8 because they outsmarted Obama; in fact it was because they annexed Crimea… They're still there, why let them back in?" pic.twitter.com/aw086JW2K7
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) August 21, 2019

Putin took Crimea away from the Ukrainian people, not Obama! C'mon man ! This is so embarrassing. https://t.co/yNdOfFudiG
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) August 26, 2019

.@Yamiche to Trump: "Why do you keep using the misleading statement that Russia outsmarted Pres. Obama when other countries have said that the reason why Russia was kicked out was very clearly because they annexed Crimea. Why keep repeating what some people would see as a lie?"
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 26, 2019

"I know you like President Obama," Trump says to @Yamiche, after she asks him why he continues to attack President Obama for Russian President Putin annexing Crimea.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 26, 2019

Trump's response here sounds like it was dictated by the Kremlin. He doesn't have a single negative word to say about Russia, but goes out of his way to trash Obama and advance the Kremlin's interests. Putin's investment continues to pay dividends. https://t.co/5FrY0FV2mo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 20, 2019

Russia keeps its submarines in Crimea, Trump says, echoing Russian reasoning for why the Kremlin annexed Ukrainian territory
— Michael Birnbaum (@michaelbirnbaum) August 26, 2019

Did Putin tell him to say this? He might as well have since Trump spouts Russian propaganda.

Buried in Trump's last lie, btw, is his justifying Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea because they do important submarine work there.

The president of the United States is making excuses for a dictator's brute force taking of another country's territory.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 26, 2019

Asked why Russia should be allowed into the #G7, President Trump says Russia took Crimea from President Obama pic.twitter.com/iMb04Tof7B
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 26, 2019

Crimea is not part of the US so how could it have been taken from Obama? Trump is jealous of Obama because he is popular and people respect him.

Trump says that Crimea was "taken away from President Obama," "not President Trump," and Obama was "outsmarted" and embarrassed, so Obama wanted Russia out of the G8 because of his hurt feelings, and "they're not in for that reason."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 26, 2019

Russia is continuing their sweeping & unprecedented attack on U.S. elections, & @realdonaldtrump wants to allow them back into the G7.

Why does President Trump choose to reward Putin instead of defending the integrity of American elections?
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 21, 2019

Russia was kicked out of the G8 because of its annexation of Crimea. Today in the Oval Office, Trump said it happened because Putin "outsmarted" Obama.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 20, 2019

He said this before the G7

Did Trump want to nuke a hurricane?

I think he asked about it and is lying now when he denies it. I believe Axios, not a proven liar. Sad!

SCOOP: President Trump has suggested multiple times to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States. https://t.co/4vidIuiijA
— Axios (@axios) August 25, 2019

The original article

Curiosity about nuking a hurricane isn't limited to Trump's alleged queries, writes scientist Adam Sobel, who says he gets asked about it all the time. The persistence of this idea tells an important story about human nature, Sobel writes via @CNNOpinion https://t.co/095EXzy82N
— CNN (@CNN) August 26, 2019

Trump’s tweet about the nuking hurricane story ends a difficult period for Trumpists, who were unsure whether to call the story fake news or insist that nuking hurricanes is brilliant
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) August 26, 2019

I stand by every word in the story. He said this in at least two meetings during the first year and a bit of the presidency, and one of the conversations was memorialized. https://t.co/5qs8o1k4QS
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 26, 2019

We stand by our reporting https://t.co/hH991XRRlm
— Margaret Talev (@margarettalev) August 26, 2019

Not that @jonathanvswan or @margarettalev need any backup on this, but for whatever little it’s worth, two sources with knowledge confirmed the Trump-nuke-bomb-hurricanes story to me today. Didn’t tweet or write anything yet cuz still making calls to try to advance it, but fwiw https://t.co/0HPUaDYTG0
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) August 26, 2019

Amazing that you live in a world where everyone lies except you, @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/X8mr4Qifmd
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 26, 2019

The President as everyman crank/conspiracy theorist. Has sole launch authority for our nuclear arsenal. https://t.co/SIg7dN8Q43
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 26, 2019

Joe Arpaio is running for sheriff again

He’s the convicted bigot pardoned by Trump.

He is not “controversial.” He was found by both DOJ & a federal ct to have systematically violated the rights of Latinos in profiling & treatment of immigrants & then held in contempt by a federal judge when he refused to stop. https://t.co/nluzd3jfGa # via @HuffPostPol
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 26, 2019

For Democrats hoping AZ will emerge as a backup plan to WI in the 2020 Electoral College could there be more a Christmas in August than Arpaio serving as a turnout magnet for Latinos and white liberals in Maricopa County, where new polls already show Trump approval underwater? https://t.co/5YwpkqgGHm
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 26, 2019

Joe Arpaio, a convicted criminal, who compared his detention facility to a concentration camp. https://t.co/ALuO7kRq6e
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 26, 2019

Joe Arpaio has announced his candidacy for Maricopa county sheriff once again.

Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt after he defied a federal judge’s order to stop racially profiling and illegally detaining Latinx residents. We broke down his record: https://t.co/ntg4sz8kfg
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 26, 2019

Joe Arpaio, who was convicted on charges of criminal contempt, says he will seek another term as sheriff of Maricopa County, one year after President Trump pardoned him. "Those who break the law will have to deal with this Sheriff," Arpaio said. https://t.co/cngjWQZSUm pic.twitter.com/Sw9GOMmTkN
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 26, 2019

Reminder that Arpaio is not a “tough” sheriff, he’s a criminal. https://t.co/4AAicEGdkT
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) August 26, 2019

As a convicted felon, he's not allowed to vote for himself in #Arizona. #JoeArpaio https://t.co/WDjZdSKcdw
— Neil 🇺🇸 Ⓥ (@basementvegan) August 26, 2019

The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade ago are expected to reach $202M by summer 2022. https://t.co/efXNKnhuaX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 18, 2021

The 1619 Project

An outstanding, massive project by the New York Times on the 400th anniversary of the first slaves in America

Some of the tweets below link to articles on the pathetic conservative backlash to it.

Since I know a lot of folks, not just teachers, will be interested but weren't able to get a physical copy, the Pulitzer Center has the entire issue of The 1619 Project (.pdf) for free right here, along with reading guides and all sorts of extras https://t.co/I7zd3MkFHP
— Nate ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@thel0rdbyr0n) August 19, 2019

August 1619
by Clint Smith, about the Middle Passage:

“I slide my ring finger from Senegal
to South Carolina & feel the ocean
separate a million families”https://t.co/QVnzZnbaQL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 24, 2019

i wrote about the conservative backlash to the 1619 project, and why those conservatives should grapple with the more recent historiography of the revolution and the founding. https://t.co/sGtNUUDQ5c
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 24, 2019

This morning, The Daily presents part one of “1619”, a multi-part series from the extraordinary @nhannahjones on American slavery and its foundational role in the creation of the U.S. and how the country functions today. Please take a listen: https://t.co/DZzkTXonNx
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) August 23, 2019

If these conservatives would simply choose to identify as Americans – instead of as white – then they could feel themselves ennobled by Harriet Tubman's heroism, and unthreatened by a frank accounting of the Founding Fathers’ crimes. https://t.co/GWvDl9qLgx
— Eric Levitz (@EricLevitz) August 23, 2019

Ronald Reagan, for example, said of Roots: “Very frankly, I thought the bias of all the good people being one color and all the bad people being another was rather destructive.” https://t.co/pj3WItUVm7
— Matt Delmont (@mattdelmont) August 20, 2019

Fox News host showing that preparation and research Fox News is known for: "That slave article … I didn't read it, but my assumptions are this is part of a greater narrative to paint Donald Trump as racist" pic.twitter.com/estxteo4uA
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 19, 2019

More #1619project coming yr way: the special newspaper section asks why schools teach slavery so inadequately. Here's an attempt to fix that: a brief – albeit realistic – history of American slavery, on the 400 yr anniv of its start. By Mary Elliott and me https://t.co/wfwA1sdevc
— Jazmine Hughes (@jazzedloon) August 20, 2019

My latest, on the 1619 Project and the far-right fear of history https://t.co/4fCYVsb7MF
— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) August 20, 2019

The thing I find interesting about these white people getting all mad about the 1619 project is their implicit admission that learning about America's blood-soaked history of racism, oppression, and violence against black people would make people not like America.

YA THINK?
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) August 19, 2019

Fox's Newt Gingrich melts down over NY Times Magazine's 1619 Project about impact of slavery: “The whole project is a lie”#KarenRebels – #KarenRebels – @TheHub_News – 866-801-TALK https://t.co/NE5If5R9wN
— SiriusXM Urban View (@SXMUrbanView) August 19, 2019

Trump’s corrupt idea to hold the G-7 at his Doral resort

This is an obvious conflict of interest. I assume it’s a violation of the emoluments clause. It’s so corrupt. Republicans won’t say anything; they do nothing to restrain Trump. Sad!

How is Trump demanding that six major countries spend money at his resort in order to participate in a summit not a violation of the emoluments clause?
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 26, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden: “Under no circumstances should the G-7 be held at Trump’s Doral resort, which would be one of the most egregious examples of corruption and self-dealing in a presidency replete with them."
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 26, 2019

#Trump’s one unwavering principle: His “absolute, unfaltering devotion to using the powers of the presidency to serve his own financial self-interest.”@ThePlumLineGS https://t.co/2GNNFgsqN7
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) August 26, 2019

The official White House account amplifies the president's praise of his resort, where he will profit when world leaders come next year for the G-7 that he is hosting. https://t.co/bCgq0zje5i
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 26, 2019

President Trump defends Miami resort as leading contender for next #G7: "From my standpoint, I’m not going to make any money. In my opinion, I'm not going to make any money. I don't want to make money. I don’t care about making money." https://t.co/8zhhJArGWm pic.twitter.com/eBXbAvMdwR
— The Hill (@thehill) August 26, 2019

He is lying

A reporter asked Trump if he could reassure Americans he isn't trying to profit off the presidency after hinting he may host the next G7 at his Miami resort.

He replied by highlighting his location's amenities and rejected any assertion he's trying to boost his own brand. pic.twitter.com/arlxkLr77X
— POLITICO (@politico) August 26, 2019

"My people looked at 12 sites," Trump says, but says, at Doral, he has a series of "magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows. "Incredible conference rooms. Incredible restaurants." Says there will be parking. "Ballrooms are among the biggest in Florida, and the best."
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 26, 2019

The Doral resort is “severely underperforming” because Trump’s brand is unpopular, the Trump Org’s own representative said last year. Here’s one way to get new customers…. https://t.co/rnB8xBSD5P https://t.co/ycVfdWdHQg
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 26, 2019

So we guess the White House is just putting out ads for the president's private business now. https://t.co/1Sy2antpNq
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 26, 2019

"It’s clear what Trump’s agenda, it’s getting his resort packed by the next G7.”https://t.co/TGEVfidmjf
— Hardball (@hardball) August 27, 2019

National Toilet Paper Day – 8/26

It's National Toilet Paper Day! #NationalToiletPaperDay #ToiletPaperDay #TagdesToilettenpapiers pic.twitter.com/FPYvXaRhGa
— HeyWhatDay (@HeyWhatDay) August 26, 2019

It's National Toilet Paper Day! To observe this holiday please install your TP in the proper manner according to the patent-OVER not UNDER !!!
Also, educate your community about the 4 P's of Flushing. Only Pee, Poo, Paper (that's toilet paper!), and Puke go down the toilet. pic.twitter.com/He7RaZYfQD
— Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW) (@allianceinh2o) August 26, 2019

It's Monday … just in case your Monday is a total sh*tshow, it's Int'l Toilet Paper Day. Okay, okay … I'll leave you with this … speaking of 💩 rear-ends. Yet another example of, you had one job. There's definitely a "poop-chute" joke to be had here. #scuba6879 #Monday pic.twitter.com/OXlyZyoWNl
— Scuba Steve (@scuba6879) August 26, 2019

Aug 26 is National Toilet Paper Day! #ToiletPaperDay #NationalToiletPaperDay #Holiday https://t.co/nAfHjey3d7
— Checkiday (@checkiday) August 25, 2019

This is a truth that I shall never challenge again https://t.co/MBo2Sp2PU6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 17, 2021

Trump lies – update 8/25/19

Some of the things Trump made false claims about last week:

Google
Greenland
Biden
Wind
The WTO
The time of day
The election
Voter fraud
China
Mortgage rates
Being Michigan Man of the Year
The crowd outside
His 1980s rink renovation
Mental institutionshttps://t.co/YjXvOGHs2m
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 21, 2019

I sometimes forget how corrosive it is that Trump lies about anything and everything. pic.twitter.com/1jI13ToADf
— Daniel Nexon (@dhnexon) August 25, 2019

Fact check: President Trump falsely claims Google “manipulated” millions of 2016 votes https://t.co/DBLAQyCsfU pic.twitter.com/i4tN351XPf
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 25, 2019

That’s really interesting, Mr. President…I’d like to know more. Which leaders? https://t.co/o4fVW4gPFW
— Ben Mankiewicz (@BenMank77) August 25, 2019

I’m sure nobody asked him that. It’s just another lie.

Nobody misinterpreted anything. ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ and his press sec just lied again. pic.twitter.com/ApHp6r6p5v
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 25, 2019

Trump regularly makes dubious claims about what foreign leaders are telling him, but they usually aren’t checkable. At the G7, though, the other leaders are offering their own accounts at the same time, and: https://t.co/6KVNxtrrry
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 25, 2019

Trump's claim that he was "just having fun" and "smiling" when he referred to himself as "the chosen one" the other day is a demonstrable lie. Here's the tweet Trump posted trying to rewrite history, followed by the video. pic.twitter.com/Y1VT5diqN2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 24, 2019

As the Washington Post first reported, the hospitals Trump visited after massacres in Dayton and El Paso say he was incorrect when he boasted that doctors came out of operating rooms to meet him: https://t.co/NQS79cUJts
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 23, 2019

Trump said doctors left operating rooms to greet him after mass shootings. An El Paso hospital says that’s not true https://t.co/OvJmSGfs0V
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 23, 2019

This “94%” statistic continues to be imaginary, though he does have high approval among Republicans. Recent: 84% in Monmouth, 87% in Ipsos, 87% in CNN, 88% in Fox. pic.twitter.com/xkpfU4XGgQ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 23, 2019

Good reminder from @TimOBrien that Trump has a very long history of lying uncontrollably when he's panicking over things not going his way:https://t.co/cFCX4RkbZD pic.twitter.com/xExpIkip5q
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 22, 2019

The spokesman for the Log Cabin Republicans tells me they didn't give Trump an award. This is the second award the president has made up in the last week. https://t.co/BUU8zTqPnQ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2019

He revived his fictional story about Duterte stranding Obama in an airplane. He revived his fictional history of family separation policy. He was wrong about a bunch of other stuff.

Trump made at least 11 false claims to reporters before his flight today: https://t.co/AO8PZlaWwE
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 22, 2019

Trump July 30: China had its worst growth in "27 years" (accurate)
Trump August 9: Worst growth in "35 years"
Trump yesterday: "A lot of people are saying the worst year they've had in 54 years"
Trump today: "The worst year in 27 years, but I think it was actually 52 or 54 years"
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 21, 2019

Trump will take stats that prove his point and exaggerate them

Trump said there were “17,000 people” in this overflow crowd. The arena‘s assistant GM told CNN’s @tarasubramaniam that he estimated 3,500 to 4,000. The fire marshal said they estimated 8,000 to 9,000. pic.twitter.com/Q9vfrPk2Ke
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2019

Trott says that Trump thanked him for the alleged award at a 2017 roundtable with auto CEOs. Trott says he wasn’t about to correct Trump in front of CEOs while in Congress, but now he’s out of office and doesn’t care, so he can say Trump made it up.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 16, 2019

Republicans only care about the deficit when Democrats are in charge

The Trump era has proven this. Republicans are hypocrites. They’re fine with increasing the deficit to give tax cuts to rich people. They only worry about the deficit when Democrats want to spend money to benefit more people.

Beginning to come to the conclusion that Republican deficit hysteria under Obama was bunk
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 21, 2019

President Trump has exposed a myth in American politics — the myth that the GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility, writes Julian Zelizer for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/TZp7tY8Kio
— CNN (@CNN) August 25, 2019

“Under its newest baseline, CBO projects trillion-dollar deficits will return next year and debt will rise from 78% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) today to 95% by 2029.“ #BigGovernmentRepublicans https://t.co/dfX7FEHwgB
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 21, 2019

In the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 70% of Republicans and 66% of conservatives approve of Donald Trump's handling of the budget deficit.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 21, 2019

I’m gonna keep saying this because it’s so poorly understood: Since 1981 the deficit has grown under every Republican president and shrunk under every Democratic president. https://t.co/UxK2iDh1dp
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 24, 2019

Reagan took the deficit from 70 billion to 175 billion.
Bush 41 took it to 300 billion.
Clinton got it to zero.
Bush 43 took it from 0 to 1.2 trillion.
Obama halved it to 600 billion.
Trump’s got it back to a trillion.

Morons: “Democrats cause deficits.”
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) July 23, 2019

in Jan 2009, the govt Obama inherited was running $1-T budget deficit

GOP ripped him throughout his term for running up debt

when Obama handed off to Trump, deficit had been cut below $600-B, to 3.2% of GDP

now deficit’s back to $1-T, 5.1% of GDPhttps://t.co/Cd1xqPCYn8
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 17, 2019

10 years ago, the Tea Party raised an uproar over the national debt. Now, Republican deficit hawks are silent.@JohnAvlon tracks how GOP lawmakers have gone from “hawks to crickets” on the exploding US deficit. #RealityCheck https://t.co/H5KhpyGoE8 pic.twitter.com/DuGh4CT5oE
— New Day (@NewDay) August 14, 2019

The U.S. budget deficit grew to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the new fiscal year, a 27% increase from the same period one year earlier.https://t.co/Jr9uXz43Mr
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 12, 2019

Trump and Republicans in Congress have exploded the federal budget thanks to their massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It is one of the biggest lies in Americans politics that the GOP ever cared about the debt and deficit. pic.twitter.com/A3ZDF5lMNR
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 13, 2019

Great work by Mitch McConnell in deepening our budget deficit. I guess it was worth it to give his rich friends and donors a tax break. https://t.co/wHAvxstecG
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) August 13, 2019

It's incredible that people ever thought Republicans had an ideological commitment to lower deficits as opposed to an opportunistic opposition to fiscalstimulus that would get reversed as soon as the party took the White House. https://t.co/q69ZKT02iN
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) July 23, 2019

The rank hypocrisy of Trump’s treatment of the national debt as president https://t.co/IKw9njLETo
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) July 24, 2019

The nation’s growing budget deficit has prompted little alarm among the U.S. public. In fact, the share of Americans who say reducing the budget deficit should be a top policy priority is much lower than it was during most of Barack Obama’s presidency. https://t.co/n1n4tx97oO
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) June 25, 2019

Democrats Brush Off Deficit Fears in Quest to Bolster Safety Net

What a shift since 2011, when Barack Obama touted the virtues of fiscal restraint. Today Dems (including Joe Biden) say money is no obstacle to achieving progressive goals.https://t.co/UhrrS3bRTu
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 25, 2019

Larry Kudlow on the deficit: "I don't think we're at a crisis point right now. It's not a catastrophe. Doesn't bother me right now."

Note: The deficit is up ~80% since Trump took office and is soon expected to hit $1 trillion. #economy
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June 13, 2019

Deficit spending – which Republicans denounced under Obama – is sustaining the Trump economy https://t.co/nMxUoUHBfk
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 6, 2019

As I noted yesterday, the Trump administration is now engaged in huge fiscal stimulus. As measured by the CBO's estimate of the cyclically adjusted budget deficit, we're back to levels not seen since 2012 1/ pic.twitter.com/TH7lPX5Eqp
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 6, 2019

Deficit will top over $1 Trillion this year. Last time this happened, it was due to the economic downturn of ‘08. We were on a path to lower deficits until GOP came to power when they did a 180 on fiscal conservatism. This is totally self inflicted. https://t.co/BlaDMQ9TPE
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) April 10, 2019

The lead story in @CillizzaCNN's newsletter tonight –>

"Here's a headline you might have missed amid the onslaught of news about Julian Assange, William Barr, Nipsey Hussle and Michael Avenatti: 'US budget deficit running 15% higher than a year ago.'"https://t.co/yMqC0uyH4Y
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 12, 2019