It’s easy to forget things. But some things shouldn’t be forgotten. So in case you’ve not been following Donald Trump news, and you’re looking back at his time as president and saying oh it wasn’t that bad, here’s what he’s saying now. A selection from a quick daily google search for “what Trump said today.” The dates from April 1st to May 5th – April Fool’s Day to Cinco de Mayo – seemed just right.
April 1st
I’m suspending my campaign.
Happy April Fool’s Day! I will never stop fighting for the American people. I will never surrender!”
Donald Trump, text and email
Trump concluded both his text and email with an appeal for funds. (yahoo!news April 2, 2024)
April 2nd
“They said she had just this most contagious laughter, and when she walked into a room, she lit up that room, and I’ve heard that from so many people. I spoke to some of her family,” Trump, about murder victim Ruby Garcia who was murdered allegedly by her undocumented migrant boyfriend, at Grand Rapids MI campaign speech entitled “Biden’s border bloodbath.”
Mavi Garcia, Ruby’s sister, said “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he had said that he had spoke with us.”
Reuters April 2, 2024
April 3rd
April 4th
HH: And so are you still 100% with Israel? And what’s your advice to Netanyahu beyond get it over with in a hurry?
DJT: Well, that’s all the advice you can give. I mean, that’s the advice. You’ve got to get it over with, and you have to get back to normalcy. And I’m not sure that I’m loving the way they’re doing it, because you’ve got to have victory. You have to have a victory, and it’s taking a long time. And the other thing is I hate, they put out tapes all the time. Every night, they’re releasing tapes of a building falling down. They shouldn’t be releasing tapes like that. They’re doing, that’s why they’re losing the PR war. They, Israel is absolutely losing the PR war.
hughhewitt.com April 4, 2024
Hugh Hewitt interview with Trump re Israel-Gaza war.
April 5th
April 6th
If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the ‘clink’ for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela – It will be my GREAT HONOR. We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause.
Donald J. Trump, Truth Social
In The Spokesman-Review, Apr. 6 2024, about NY Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan who will oversee charges against Trump about hush money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels.
April 7th
April 8th
“Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights. My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both. And whatever they decide must be the law of the land — in this case, the law of the state… Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks or some will have more conservative than others and that’s what they will be,” he said. “At the end of the day it’s all about the will of the people.”
Donald J. Trump, Truth Social
Associated Press (apnews.com). Also of interest is NBC New’s “A timeline of Trump’s many, many positions on abortion” from 1999 to present.
April 9th
Fox21 News: DENVER (KDVR) — Some prominent Colorado Republicans are calling for the state’s party chair to step down, accusing him of bending the rules to advance his own agenda. Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams is a former state lawmaker from Colorado Springs who is now running for Congress to replace Doug Lamborn, who’s retiring.
April 10th
April 11th
April 12th
“We’re getting along very well with the speaker and I get along very well with Marjorie [Greene]… We have a speaker — he was voted in, and it was a very complicated process. I think it’s not an easy situation for any speaker. I think he’s doing a very good job, he’s doing about as good as you’re going to do. And I’m sure that Marjorie understands that.”
Donald J. Trump, CBS News
CBS News: “A photo op was worth a thousand words for House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday as he stood alongside former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, presenting a united front at a critical time in Johnson’s tenure to announce a new GOP ‘election integrity’ bill.”
April 13th
“Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg… What an unbelievable ― I mean, it was so much and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways.
“Gettysburg. Wow. I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and to watch. And the statement of Robert E. Lee ― who’s no longer in favor, did you ever notice that? No longer in favor ― ‘Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.’ They were fighting uphill. He said, ‘Wow, that was a big mistake.’ He lost his great general, and they were fighting. ‘Never fight uphill, me boys!’ But it was too late.”
Donald J. Trump
Trump, at a campaign rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, Saturday Apr. 13, speaking of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg and Confederate General Robert E. Lee (Huffpost, on news.yahoo.com).
April 14th
April 15th
“It’s a scam. It’s a political witch hunt. It continues, and it continues forever,” Trump said after exiting the courtroom…
He’s lambasted judges and prosecutors for years, a pattern of attacks that continued up to the moment he entered court Monday when he called the case an “assault on America” and said: “This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never before.”
CTV News
“Trump’s historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked” (ctvnews.ca/world/).
April 16th
NBC News – “Highlights from Day 2 of Trump’s hush money trial.”
April 17th
April 18th
During jury selection, Trump has heard himself described by those under consideration as racist and sexist and a narcissist. He’s been presented with social media posts calling for officials to “lock him up.” He’s been told, to his face, that he’s ‘very selfish and self-serving.’…
In perhaps the final indignity of the day, Trump was deprived of a fresh set of targets when prosecutors denied him and his lawyers the routine step of disclosing the first three witnesses they intend to call when they begin presenting their case, likely next week.
“Mr. Trump has been tweeting about the witnesses,” prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said. “We’re not telling him who the witnesses are.” “I can’t fault them for that,” Merchan replied.
Politico
“Trump spent the day listening to strangers insult him. And he couldn’t say a single thing back.” (politico.com/news)
April 19th
Former President Trump said Friday [Apr. 19/24] that keeping him confined to a courtroom is “the only way” Democrats “think they can win” the 2024 election…. “it’s not going to work.”
Trump spoke to the press after the sitting in court for the fourth day of his criminal trial. “This is really a concerted witch hunt very simple. Everything you heard in there, this is a witch hunt by your worst judges, Democrat judges. You take a look at it,” Trump said.
Trump said there are “violent criminals all over the streets of New York” and said “nothing” happens.
Fox News
April 20th
On Saturday night (20 April), the former first lady [Melania Trump] hosted a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans at her Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.
The group describes itself as “the nation’s largest Republican organisation dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies”… As of Sunday afternoon, there were few details available about the Mar-a-Lago event bar Mr Grenell’s post and a tweet from Ms Trump that said little specific about the group, its goals, or the Trump campaign.
She wrote: “As we look toward the future and the challenges that lie ahead, we must come together around the principles of liberty, justice, and patriotism. By uniting in our common goals, we can create a brighter and more promising future for all.”…
Ahead of her event on Saturday, Ms Trump gave a rare interview to Fox News Digital… “We must unite in our effort to establish a society where equality is the everyday experience of every American,” Ms Trump said. “Individual freedom provides a unifying set of principles, and ultimately establishes our American way.”
She added that when America succeeds, it “blossoms into a magnificent place where everyone can practice their beliefs, share new ideas, and express individualism — this is when we are our best.”
Oliver O’Connell, Independent
April 21st
So far, Trump has been sending mixed signals on Ukraine, yet he was not in favour of spending the other billions on military support for Kyiv, nor were his most vocal supporters in Congress.
However, just one day after meeting [Polish President] Duda, Trump acknowledged for the first time that Ukraine’s survival was important to the US.
“As everyone agrees, Ukrainian survival and strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!” Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social… On Saturday, in a rare show of bipartisan unity, the US House of Representatives approved long-delayed military aid for Ukraine.
Aleksandra Krzysztoszek, Euractiv
“Poland’s Duda influenced Trump’s position on Ukraine” (euractiv.com/section/politics/)
April 22nd
“Trump hush-money trial: defense argues ‘nothing wrong with trying to influence an election’.” The Guardian
April 23rd
During and after court on Tuesday, Trump assailed Merchan as a “conflicted judge” who is stripping him of his free-speech rights.
ABC News
“Top 3 takeaways from Day 6 of Trunp’s hush money trial.” (abcnews.go.com)
April 24th
“Crooked Joe Biden would say, constantly, that he ran because of Charlottesville. Well, if that’s the case, he’s done a really terrible job because Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’ compared to the riots and anti-Israel protests that are happening all over our Country, RIGHT NOW,” wrote Trump Wednesday on his social media platform.
Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone
“Trump compares Gaza protests to Charlottesville Nazi rally.” (rollingstone.com/politics)
April 25th
April 26th
Former President Trump came out swinging against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Friday, despite weeks of amping him up over his likely November rival, President Biden.
In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump suggested Kennedy was put in the race to help Biden win reelection and claimed his running mate, Nichole Shanahan, is not a serious candidate.
“RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Trump wrote, adding “A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a WASTED PROTEST VOTE, that could swing either way, but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him.”
Tara Suter, The Hill
April 27th
Donald Trump wasted no time giving a cutthroat review of this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
On Saturday night, Trump fired back at Jost and Biden’s teasing in an angry post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!” Trump wrote.
While delivering a speech at the dinner, Biden poked fun at Trump, calling him “a 6-year-old.”
Jazmin Tolliver, Huffington Post
“Donald Trump Slams White House Correspondents’ Dinner As ‘Really Bad'” (huffpost.com)
April 28th
April 29th
April 30th
“Trump says ‘it depends’ if there will be violence if he loses 2024 election to Biden – But, he told Time, he’ll ‘have a big victory’ and ‘there will be no violence.'” ABC News
May 1st
May 2nd
Former President Donald Trump says he hasn’t been falling asleep during his hush-money trial.
Multiple reporters from outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post have said Trump appeared to be dozing off during his first criminal trial…
But Trump says the reports of him snoozing aren’t true at all.
“Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday. “I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!”
Trump’s remarks came just a day after The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins it was “100% true” that he was sleeping at some points during his trial.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Business Insider: “Donald Trump says he wasn’t sleeping in court but simply closing his ‘beautiful blue eyes’ so that he could ‘listen intensely’.”
May 3rd
May 4th
May 5th
Donald J. Trump: “Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” Although not from today, this speaks eloquently to what Trump, and Trumpism, is. The image, his words, the commenters’ words. Trump’s truth, if you like. He posted it in 2016. We really had no idea then what that truth was.
Trump said A LOT in 8+ years
A sampling from 35 days of Trump thoughts. Some are ok, some are outrageous, and some are just garbled. Whichever they are, they never stop. Donald Trump spent this past month in a courtroom in New York City. He also is campaigning for the presidency of the USA. There’s three more court cases coming up that he must be doing some preparation for. Plus his business and day to day life. I do pretty much nothing, but I do not have the time to post and talk that much in even one day, let alone every day.
He’s like a spigot. Some days just a trickle, and other days it’s a fire hose. But it’s never turned off. Entertaining? Often yes. But his four years in the White House were exhausting. Not just because of the endless flow of words, but because his words – and thoughts – have consequences. He’s not just your crazy Uncle Donnie. Donald Trump’s “they’re out to get us” causes people to take action. His crazy ideas, promulgated endlessly, affect his own country and the world, present and future. Four years was enough, way more than enough. (See my First Hundred Hours.)
And on the 30th of April, I saw this on my Facebook feed, shared by a friend. I ‘liked’ it, but I didn’t like it. It sent chills down my spine. It is too true.
