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President Donald Trump landed on Thursday in Switzerland, where his outsized personality and determination to push an ‘America First’ agenda is already upending the annual Davos conference.
To an extent, the annual confab of billionaires and CEOs was already centering around Trump even before Air Force One touched down in Zurich, then flew aboard Marine One to Davos in the Swiss Alps.
The approximately 40-minute trip took Trump over a snowy countryside dotted with houses, frosted mountains and a glistening lake.
As Trump got off the helicopter in Davos, he gestured to aides who held him by the arms as he walked across the snowy landing zone to his waiting car. [Read More]
Trump: Fighting back against Russia probe is not obstruction (The Hill)
President Trump defended his attacks on investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, denying that it amounts to obstruction and saying he was merely “fight[ing] back.”
“There’s been no collusion whatsoever,” Trump told reporters in an impromptu press conference on Wednesday. “There’s no obstruction whatsoever. And I’m looking forward to it.”
Trump also mocked critics who have accused him of obstructing the Russia probe by attacking the investigations and referring to them as a “witch hunt.” [Read More]
The White House has jumped into immigration negotiations on Capitol Hill, in an apparent bid to move the needle after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer revoked his offer to help fund a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
With President Trump in Davos, Chief of Staff John Kelly plans to meet Thursday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill about a plan for ‘Dreamers.’
But the prospect of another government shutdown looms large over talks, with the next deadline for a federal spending bill just two weeks away. The immigration issue led to the impasse that shuttered the government for three days over the weekend, and the heat Schumer is taking from the liberal base for backing down in that fight could serve to harden his resolve this time around. [Read More]
Cher fashion shames Sarah Huckabee Sanders: ‘Stop dressing like a sister wife’ (Yahoo)
Not only is Cher a singer, actress, and performer, she now fancies herself a fashion critic and comedienne.
On Monday, Cher shared some harsh words on Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s style on Twitter. “Would someone please tell Sarah Huckabee Sanders to stop dressing like a sister wife,” she wrote, alongside a photo of two women in stereotypical “plain dress”: braids and collared, high-neck dresses with long sleeves and puffy shoulders. [Read More]
Humane Society urges Tim Allen to pull out of Safari Club auction gig (WJLA)
Leading animal rights activists are urging “Toy Story” star Tim Allen to withdraw from an upcoming hunting convention.
The funnyman, who voiced the character of Buzz Lightyear in three Toy Story movies, is set to headline the Safari Club International’s annual bash, where attendees can bid to kill elephants, lions, rhinos and more in over 300 mammal hunts, and Humane Society International officials are begging him to reconsider. [Read More]
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