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Trump Claims Electrical Workers Back Him — But They Know He Stiffed Them

As former Vice President Joe Biden was addressing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on Friday, Trump tweeted to try to bring attention back to himself.

“I’ve employed thousands of Electrical Workers. They will be voting for me!” he wrote.

There’s just one problem with Trump’s belief that electrical workers will vote for him based on his record as an employer: He has stiffed electrical workers for millions over dollars over the years.

View the complete April 6 article by Oliver Willis on the National Memo website here.

Trump claims his history employing electrical workers won their political support. They actually have good reason to hate him.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, on verge of announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, spoke at a conference for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on Friday. The 76-year-old Biden gave a rousing speech, praising electrical workers and referencing his upbringing in blue-collar Scranton, Pennsylvania.

But President Donald Trump, always jealous for the spotlight and apparently knowing that Biden was addressing the union, tweeted, “I’ve employed thousands of Electrical Workers. They will be voting for me!”

However, the IBEW endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton — not Trump — in 2016. And Trump has not had positive relations with that union, which has 750,000 members (according to its website).

View the complete April 5article by Alex Henderson on the AlterNet website here.

Trump rolls dice on uncertain economy

President Trump is doubling down on his bet that a strong economy is a key factor in his reelection effort next year.

The White House has held a series of events and interviews for Trump this week that are intended to show off his record.

The president met Thursday with CEOs at the Business Roundtable, one day after he extolled his dealmaking prowess to a group of workers at a factory in Lima, Ohio. He also sat down for an interview with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo.

View the complete March 21 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.

Trump’s 2020 budget seeks 7 percent rise in Secret Service funding for 2020 campaign

The budget summary says it seeks to hire 177 additional special agents, officers and professional staff for the agency

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal seeks $2.3 billion to fund the U.S. Secret Service, an increase of 7 percent over the estimated spending for 2019 and some 15 percent above actual spending for 2018, according to budget documents released this week.

Much of the extra money in discretionary budget authority would go to protecting presidential candidates during the 2020 campaign and for the two national political conventions, plus hiring more agents, and more money for research and development and “protective equipment and technology.” Continue reading “Trump’s 2020 budget seeks 7 percent rise in Secret Service funding for 2020 campaign”

2020 Trump budget reflects 2020 Trump re-election themes

White House hopeful Bernie Sanders blasts plan for ‘cruelty’ and ‘broken promises’

The budget plan President Donald Trump sent to Congress on Monday reflects the messaging themes that are the early pillars of his re-election campaign.

The $4.7 trillion spending proposal includes increases for things the president uses to fire up his supporters, including a sizable military budget boost and $8.6 billion for his U.S.-Mexico border barrier that could trigger a new government shutdown fight in late September. It also calls for $2.8 trillion in cuts to non-Pentagon programs.

Line by line and department by department, the budget blueprint’s most high-profile sections offer red meat for Trump’s base and conjure red faces from congressional Democrats. Both sides are sure to turn its contents into early 2020 campaign-trail themes.

View the complete March 11 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.

Trump unleashing digital juggernaut ahead of 2020

President Trump is ramping up his formidable digital operation nearly two years before the 2020 election, doubling down on a playbook that helped pave his path to the White House.

Trump’s campaign has already spent more than $3.5 million in small, targeted ads on Facebook, while an allied group has spent more than $6 million, making him the biggest U.S. political spender since Facebook began tracking ad spending in May 2018.

And just like in 2016, Trump is pairing the heavy spending with an active Twitter feed, dishing out insults and mocking his potential Democratic opponents as their long and crowded race to the nomination gets underway.

View the complete February 25 article by Tal Axelrod, Michael Burke and Rafael Nam on The Hill website here.