Baltimore pastor refuses Trump visit after president insults his city
A pastor from Baltimore on Monday said that he turned down an opportunity to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House after the president spent the weekend calling his city “dangerous” and “filthy.”
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Rev. Donte Hickman received a last-minute invitation to meet with Trump at the White House on Monday, and he turned it down because he was “unavailable.”
Hickman invited Trump to meet with him in Baltimore last year, but the White House canceled a visit that had been planned for December. Hickman did subsequently go to the White House late last year to talk with Trump about things that could be done for America’s cities, and he tells the Baltimore Sun that his invitation to the city is still open.
Earlier on Monday, Trump tweeted that he was “looking forward to my meeting… with wonderful Inner City Pastors,” although the meeting was not on the president’s daily schedule and the president never specified the purpose of such a meeting.
Breaking Banner
Ex-NSC official accuses Sondland of working to promote Trump’s interests: ‘His mandate from the president was to go make deals’
According to a report from the Washington Post, a former White House national security aide told House investigators that Gordon Sondland was instructed to "go make deals" by Donald Trump in the diplomat's capacity as ambassador to the European Union.
In closed-door testimony, Tim Morrison, the top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security Council, told House investigators that Sondland was in constant contact with the president.
Breaking Banner
Police in Bolivia pepper spray journalist ‘on purpose’ during live coverage of anti-coup protests
Becoming part of the story she was seeking to cover, international news correspondent Teresa Bo was assaulted by Bolivian state security forces on Friday—shot directly in the face, while on camera, with tear gas or pepper spray.
Perpetrated while she was reporting for Al-Jazeera English in the city of La Paz—where ongoing streets protests erupted this week after a coup forced the resignation of the nation's president Evo Morales—the attack on Bo, which occurred while she was giving an on-camera account of the protests, was caught on film.
Al Jazeera's @TeresaBo has been intentionally tear-gassed in the eyes by Bolivian police while on air. She was simply trying to report what was happening. And, being a total pro, she kept right on doing it. pic.twitter.com/74foN7tvRF
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday threw his support behind a decision to hike petrol prices, a move that sparked nationwide unrest in which he said "some lost their lives".
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed "hooligans" for damaging property and said "all the centres of the world's wickedness against us have cheered" the street protests.
Several people were wounded and dozens arrested in two days of demonstrations that saw motorists block highways and others attack public property in cities across the Islamic republic.
In a speech aired on state television, Khamenei said "some lost their lives and some centres were damaged" in the unrest.
Donald Trump’s body count: He’s not just a narcissist and a liar — he’s a killer
Trump’s GOP defenders will abandon him if he continues to make them look like ‘idiots’ with his lies: columnist
‘She’s in a cult’: George and Kellyanne Conway are ‘increasingly distant’ and Jared Kushner wants her gone
Sondland is in ‘a world of trouble’ after Holmes revelations: Ex-White House adviser
Kremlin thrilled GOP is using their Ukraine talking points in impeachment hearings: ‘Everyone is laughing at you’
Ex-NSC official accuses Sondland of working to promote Trump’s interests: ‘His mandate from the president was to go make deals’
Police in Bolivia pepper spray journalist ‘on purpose’ during live coverage of anti-coup protests
Iran leader backs petrol price hike that sparked deadly unrest
News Hong Kong police officer hit by arrow as protesters dig in at campus
SNL mocks boring impeachment hearings with overly dramatic version featuring Jon Hamm as a feisty Bill Taylor
Police in Bolivia pepper spray journalist ‘on purpose’ during live coverage of anti-coup protests
SNL mocks boring impeachment hearings with overly dramatic version featuring Jon Hamm as a feisty Bill Taylor
Jeanine Pirro pushes conspiracy theory 2016 election interference ‘apparently’ started in Ukraine
WATCH: Pete Buttigieg surges to first place in ‘gold standard’ poll of Iowa caucuses
