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The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter drafted by President Trump and a top political aide that offered an unvarnished view of Mr. Trump’s thinking in the days before the president fired the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey.

The circumstances and reasons for the firing are believed to be a significant element of Mr. Mueller’s investigation, which includes whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice by firing Mr. Comey.

The letter, drafted in May, was met with opposition from Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, who believed that its angry, meandering tone was problematic, according to interviews with a dozen administration officials and others briefed on the matter. Among Mr. McGahn’s concerns were references to private conversations the president had with Mr. Comey, including times when the F.B.I. director told Mr. Trump he was not under investigation in the F.B.I.’s continuing Russia inquiry.

Mr. McGahn successfully blocked the president from sending the letter — which Mr. Trump had composed with Stephen Miller, one of the president’s top political advisers — to Mr. Comey. But a copy was given to the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who then drafted his own letter. Mr. Rosenstein’s letter was ultimately used as the Trump administration’s public rationale for Mr. Comey’s firing, which was that Mr. Comey had mishandled the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

Mr. Rosenstein is overseeing Mr. Mueller’s investigation into Russian efforts to disrupt last year’s presidential election, as well as whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice.

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President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current director of Oval Office operations Keith Schiller has told people he intends to leave the White House, three sources familiar with the decision told CNN.

Schiller has told associates within the last two weeks that he plans to leave the White House at the end of September or in early October, the sources said. Schiller has told people his primary reason for leaving was financial, the sources said. Schiller earns a $165,000 annual salary at the White House -- a downgrade from his annual earnings before he followed Trump to the White House.

Schiller's planned departure comes just over a month after Kelly became chief of staff with the mission of instilling new order inside Trump's often chaotic White House. But Trump has chafed at some of Kelly's attempts to restrict access to the President.

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U.S., South Korea differ on readout of Trump, Moon call

There are conflicting versions from the U.S. and South Korea about a call between the two countries' leaders and whether they agreed on beginning to talk with North Korea, given its series of provocations over the past few months.

South Korean news agency Yonhap, citing the country's presidential office, reported that President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had spoken by phone Friday and "reaffirmed the need to bring the communist state back to the dialogue table."

But a National Security Council official disagreed with this characterization of the call, CBS News' Katiana Krawchenko reports.

According to the official, President Trump stressed to Moon that now is not the time to talk to the North, and all countries must remain firm in opposing North Korean provocations.

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Op vrijdag 1 september 2017 22:35 schreef Arcee het volgende:

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That's socialism!

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Forceful Chief of Staff Grates on Trump, and the Feeling Is Mutual

WASHINGTON — President Trump was in an especially ornery mood after staff members gently suggested he refrain from injecting politics into day-to-day issues of governing after last month’s raucous rally in Arizona, and he responded by lashing out at the most senior aide in his presence.

It happened to be his new chief of staff, John F. Kelly.

Mr. Kelly, the former Marine general brought in five weeks ago as the successor to Reince Priebus, reacted calmly, but he later told other White House staff members that he had never been spoken to like that during 35 years of serving his country. In the future, he said, he would not abide such treatment, according to three people familiar with the exchange.

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The question now is how long Mr. Kelly will stay, with estimates ranging from a month to a year at the most. White House officials say that Mr. Kelly has given no indication he intends to leave anytime soon. He has thrown himself into long-term planning of the administration’s tax reform push, the president’s Asia trip in November and scheduling for the next several months, they said.

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Mr. Kelly cannot stop Mr. Trump from binge-watching Fox News, which aides describe as the president’s primary source of information gathering. But Mr. Trump does not have a web browser on his phone, and does not use a laptop, so he was dependent on aides like Stephen K. Bannon, his former chief strategist, to hand-deliver printouts of articles from conservative media outlets.

Now Mr. Kelly has thinned out his package of printouts so much that Mr. Trump plaintively asked a friend recently where The Daily Caller and Breitbart were.

https://www.nytimes.com/2(...)ohn-kelly-trump.html

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which aides describe as the president’s primary source of information gathering

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But Trump's second visit on Saturday now comes in the wake of a visit by his Vice President Mike Pence, who toured some of those hard-hit areas on Thursday, hugging victims and clearing debris in a tour that amplified the criticism that Trump had faced. Some will now be expecting Trump to meet that bar on Saturday.

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 15:48 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Trump's eerste bezoek aan het rampgebied is afgekeurd wegens gebrek aan empathie. Pence daarentegen heeft laten zien hoe het wel kan en nu gaat Trump het voor de tweede keer proberen.

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Trump returns to Gulf Coast for test as 'comforter in chief'

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 15:48 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Trump's eerste bezoek aan het rampgebied is afgekeurd wegens gebrek aan empathie. Pence daarentegen heeft laten zien hoe het wel kan en nu gaat Trump het voor de tweede keer proberen.

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Trump returns to Gulf Coast for test as 'comforter in chief'

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 16:21 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
Nou, hij is onderweg... https://mobile.twitter.co(...)s/903980484966752257

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PressSec twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:57:19 "I just met my President!" Said lady in pink after taking this selfie with @POTUS. #TexasStrong https://t.co/rtK9IMP1CI reageer retweet

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CNN twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:42:13 President Trump and first lady Melania Trump help distribute meals at a Harvey relief center in Houston https://t.co/nVvJffFJ8A reageer retweet

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joshdcaplan twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:28:52 FOX NEWS: President Trump and children displaced by #Harvey play with toys at Houston shelter https://t.co/trrOPNYdXc reageer retweet

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CNN twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:38:35 President Trump hugs a little girl who ran up to him as he meets with people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas... https://t.co/b2QbjqRMuS reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 20:09 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Trump's a racist!!

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JuddLegum twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:47:09 Trump visits with victims of Harvey, says they are "really happy." Weirdly calls the storm "a wonderful thing for e… https://t.co/q5aNefiJrP reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 20:18 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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JuddLegum twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:47:09 Trump visits with victims of Harvey, says they are "really happy." Weirdly calls the storm "a wonderful thing for e… https://t.co/q5aNefiJrP reageer retweet

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A couple of weeks ago President Trump scrapped Obama-era rules, intended to reduce the risks posed by flooding, that established new construction standards for roads, housing and other infrastructure projects that receive federal dollars.

Trump derided these restrictions, which were written in response to growing concerns over the impact of climate change, and other federal rules as useless red tape holding back the economy.

“This overregulated permitting process is a massive, self­inflicted wound on our country — it’s disgraceful — denying our people much-needed investments in their community,” he said in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York during an event to tout his infrastructure policies.

But now, in the wake of the massive flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey along the Gulf Coast, the Trump administration is considering whether to issue similar requirements to build higher in flood-prone areas as the government prepares to spend billions of dollars in response to the storm.

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CBSNews twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 20:44:56 "We have a long way to go but the water is is disappearing" in Houston, Pres. Trump says https://t.co/SFsm2tbj12 https://t.co/htEsSYUbAi reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 20:18 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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JuddLegum twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:47:09 Trump visits with victims of Harvey, says they are "really happy." Weirdly calls the storm "a wonderful thing for e… https://t.co/q5aNefiJrP reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 20:09 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Trump's a racist!!

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PressSec twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:57:19 "I just met my President!" Said lady in pink after taking this selfie with @POTUS. #TexasStrong https://t.co/rtK9IMP1CI reageer retweet

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CNN twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:42:13 President Trump and first lady Melania Trump help distribute meals at a Harvey relief center in Houston https://t.co/nVvJffFJ8A reageer retweet

Trump's a Nazi!

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joshdcaplan twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:28:52 FOX NEWS: President Trump and children displaced by #Harvey play with toys at Houston shelter https://t.co/trrOPNYdXc reageer retweet

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CNN twitterde op zaterdag 02-09-2017 om 19:38:35 President Trump hugs a little girl who ran up to him as he meets with people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas... https://t.co/b2QbjqRMuS reageer retweet

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In a stunning filing last night, the Department of Justice stated in a court case that neither the FBI nor its National Security Division ever wiretapped Trump Tower, contradicting a bombshell claim President Trump made in a series of early morning tweets on March 4.

The document is the first time the Department of Justice has officially denied the substance of the Tweets. Former FBI Director James Comey had already denied that the FBI ever wiretapped Trump.

“Both FBI and NSD confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets.” the filing states.

http://www.newsweek.com/t(...)tap-fbi-obama-658888

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 15:45 schreef nostra het volgende:
WaPo is wat aan het marketen en laat daarom hun abonnees een 30-dagen-pass versturen. Als iemand daar interesse in heeft, stuur een DM.

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Op zaterdag 2 september 2017 22:24 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:

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Ik moet bekennen dat ik WaPo in een anoniem venster open en dus niet aan een limiet zit