The president spoke out against Jerome Powell, whom he has been at odds with over the chairman’s raising of interest rates Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.31pm BST With news coming yesterday that special council Robert Mueller will be testifying before Congress next month, Trump took his televised interview as a chance to make unfounded broadsides at him – accusing him of illegally disposing of evidence during the investigation.Without any evidence, Trump is accusing Mueller of trying to erase evidence of Strzok and Page’s messages.”He terminated them. They’re gone. It’s illegal. It’s a crime.” 2.18pm BST Trump rules out replacing his vice-president, Mike Pence, with former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, as a Wall Street Journal op-ed suggested Trump ought to do earlier this week.I love Nikki, she’s endorsed me, she’s my friend, but Mike has been a great Vice President…I love Nikki…but you can’t break up a team like us, we get along together.”-Donald Trump on running mate questions.Trump rules out Nikki Haley joining him on the 2020 ticket, says he’s sticking with Pence: “I love Nikki, she’s endorsed me, she’s my friend, but Mike has been a great Vice President…I love Nikki…but you can’t break up a team like us, we get along together.” 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…