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From the ridicule of Trump to the rise of Jack Welch: how the 1980s shaped and changed America

In When America Roared, Pulitzer-winning reporter Jonathan Kaufman looks back to a decade of greed and excess, and uses it to explore where we are today Donald Trump is “so much a creature of the 80s but even in the 80s, everyone made fun of him,” Jonathan Kaufman said. General Electric CEO Jack Welch, “the most prominent business figure in the country, maybe in the world, mocked him. No one took him seriously. “Even today, if you look at the [White House] ballroom, you look at all the things he’s doing, it’s this 1980s aesthetic, right? You can just see the way he looks at the world: the glitz, the cheapness, the gold brocade everywhere. That screams 1980s. All he needs is big hair and leg warmers and listening to, I don’t know, synthetic pop, and he’d be right back in 1985.” Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Martin Pengelly21 Sept
  • critical toward Donald Trump · 90%

Moore says Trump uses Constitution like a ‘suggestion box’ in banning CNN, Politico, MS NOW reporters from White House

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday accused President Trump of using the Constitution as a “suggestion box” with his ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters covering the White House. Moore said in an interview on “State of the Union” with CNN’s Dana Bash that Trump “seems to have a real problem” with…

The HillThe Hill•Ryan Mancini20 Sept
  • neutral toward White House · 95%

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails

It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts Donald Trump ’s sons, through a series of AI -linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal in the past year. His longtime friend Michael Dell won a Pentagon contract worth nearly $9bn. And this week, as public support for artificial intelligence sinks to some of the lowest levels ever recorded, the president went to bat for the industry. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades,” he posted on Truth Social Monday. “There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers.” It was the first of many aggressively pro-AI posts he would make this week. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Joseph Gedeon in Washington20 Sept
  • critical toward Donald Trump · 97%
  • critical toward White House · 97%

Trump returns to White House as State Department issues security alerts for Middle East

President Trump cut his weekend trip to Camp David short a day early, returning to Washington, D.C., on Saturday evening.  The president touched down at the Ellipse just before 8 p.m., according to a White House pool report. The White House’s official social media account shared a video clip of Trump departing Marine One.  The…

The HillThe Hill•Sarah Davis20 Sept
  • neutral toward Donald Trump · 99%

Sunday Shows Preview: Trump bans 3 media outlets from White House; Parties make final cases as midterms approach

After President Trump announced this week he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW from accessing the White House, the three media outlets reported Saturday their journalists were denied access to the executive premises. White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich called on the White House to “immediately” restore access to these journalists and…

The HillThe Hill•Sarah Davis19 Sept
  • neutral toward White House · 93%