100 days of presidential threats
Published
3 years ago on
Published
3 years agoon

By Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Aggie Agora, Texas A&M University . Trump points a finger. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik President Donald Trump threatens people a lot. He menaces, he bullies and then he explains his words away. As a scholar of American political rhetoric, I have paid close attention to Trump’s…
ADVERTISEMENT
Enjoy this piece?
… then let us make a small request. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism. Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep watch in Washington. We’ve exposed billionaire tax evasion and uncovered White House efforts to poison our water. We’ve revealed financial scams that prey on veterans, and legal efforts to harm workers exploited by abusive bosses. And unlike other news outlets, we’ve decided to make our original content free. But we need your support to do what we do.
Raw Story is independent. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. Unhinged from billionaires and corporate overlords, we fight to ensure no one is forgotten.
We need your support to deepen our investigative reporting. Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Invest with us in the future. Make a one-time contribution to Raw Story Investigates, or click here to become a subscriber. Thank you. Click to donate by check.
Enjoy this piece?
… then let us make a small request. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism — and we’re investing in investigative reporting as other publications give it the ax. Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep watch in Washington. We’ve exposed billionaire tax evasion and uncovered White House efforts to poison our water. We’ve revealed financial scams that prey on veterans, and efforts to harm workers exploited by abusive bosses. We need your support to do what we do.
Raw Story is independent. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. Unhinged from corporate overlords, we fight to ensure no one is forgotten.
We need your support to keep producing quality journalism and deepen our investigative reporting. Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Invest with us in the future. Make a one-time contribution to Raw Story Investigates, or click here to become a subscriber. Thank you.
Trump says he is Israel’s best friend — and that some Jewish-Americans ‘don’t love Israel enough’

Published
1 min agoon
December 8, 2019
US President Donald Trump aimed to make inroads Saturday in the politically important Jewish-American vote with a Florida speech where he declared himself the best friend Israel has ever had.
At a conference in Hollywood, Florida, the Republican real estate magnate said Jewish-Americans had been wrong to vote for Democrats under his predecessor Barack Obama.
"So many of you voted for people in the last administration," he said.
"Someday you'll have to explain that to me because I don't think they liked Israel too much."
By contrast, Trump said, "the Jewish state has never had a better friend in the White House than your president, Donald J. Trump."

Will Smith still feels "emotional" about homelessness years after playing a destitute man in one of his most acclaimed film roles, the Hollywood star has told charity campaigners braving a fierce New York winter night to sleep rough.
Hundreds of people had gathered in Times Square on Saturday, rugged up and ready to bunk down in freezing temperatures, in a campaign to raise funds for what organizers said was record homelessness globally.
Smith told the crowd that his Oscar-nominated role in "The Pursuit of Happyness" -- a 2007 biopic of a salesman forced to live on the streets of San Francisco with his young son -- was a "life-changing experience" that had allowed him to understand the misery of poverty.
‘Emotional’ Will Smith campaigns against homelessness in New York

Published
8 mins agoon
December 8, 2019
Will Smith still feels "emotional" about homelessness years after playing a destitute man in one of his most acclaimed film roles, the Hollywood star has told charity campaigners braving a fierce New York winter night to sleep rough.
Hundreds of people had gathered in Times Square on Saturday, rugged up and ready to bunk down in freezing temperatures, in a campaign to raise funds for what organizers said was record homelessness globally.
Smith told the crowd that his Oscar-nominated role in "The Pursuit of Happyness" -- a 2007 biopic of a salesman forced to live on the streets of San Francisco with his young son -- was a "life-changing experience" that had allowed him to understand the misery of poverty.

#LetLevSpeak: Giuliani henchman’s attorney explains why his client wants to testify against Devin Nunes

Team Trump wants to steal another election — and there’s only one way to beat them back

PG&E lobbyist started non-profit to help California fire victims — but here’s what really happened

Why are cops around the world using this outlandish mind-reading tool?

Military base shooter assailed US as ‘nation of evil’

Trump says he is Israel’s best friend — and that some Jewish-Americans ‘don’t love Israel enough’

Pearl Harbor veteran interred on sunken USS Arizona

‘Emotional’ Will Smith campaigns against homelessness in New York

Using this app is like having a personal assistant for your email inbox

Here are 5 reasons to suspect Jesus never existed

Saturday Night Live mocks Trump as an unpopular high school dork after disastrous NATO Summit

Watch a band in cow costumes sing about Devin Nunes at White House impeachment protest

North Korea announces ‘test of very great importance’ occurred at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground: report

WATCH: Video surfaces of Eric Trump in Ukraine
