House Democrats to hold press conference at 9am ET to unveil articles of impeachment over abuse of power and obstruction of CongressHelp us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 1.53pm GMT Friendly reminder that the 9am press conference is just the beginning of what will be a very busy day. Buckle up folks…9a House Dems press conference, articles of impeachment expected 10a Speaker Pelosi press conference on USMCA trade deal10:30a House GOP press conference2:30p Trump meets w/Russian foreign minister (closed press)5p Trump departs WH for PA rally 1.34pm GMT Some reading from Julian Borger to pass the time before the big press conference at 9am, at which two articles of impeachment are expected, and to keep in mind later when Trump ventures once again into the world of diplomacy – what could possibly go wrong? – with a visit from Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.At the time of writing, tensions are rising again with North Korea, which has been the subject of Trumpian threats, praise, handshakes and love letters but no discernible progress towards denuclearisation.In Trump and his Generals: The Cost of Chaos, the national security and counter-terrorism expert Peter Bergen also gives new details of Trump’s demands that the families of US service members in South Korea be evacuated, which the North Korean regime would have interpreted as a clear move towards war. In both cases, Trump’s impetuous diktats were ignored by his top officials.After watching a retired four-star general, Jack Keane, interviewed on Fox News in late January 2018, saying that US troops deployed to South Korea should not take their families with them, Bergen reports that Trump told his national security team: “I want an evacuation of American civilians from South Korea”.A senior official warned that such an evacuation would be interpreted as a signal that the US was ready to go to war, and would crash the South Korean stock market, but Trump is reported to have ignored the warning, telling his team: “Go do it!” Related: Trump called for Seoul evacuation at height of North Korea tensions, new book says Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…