Trump news today: Ex-president rejoins Truth Social app as fate of his Twitter
‘I’m a more honest man than you’: Trump ends Piers Morgan interview
Former president Donald Trump has finally posted on his Truth Social app after months of silence.
“I’M BACK! #COVFEFE,” Mr Trump wrote. The post also included a photo of the ex-president on the phone at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Mr Trump has said that he would not return to Twitter, even if Elon Musk reinstated his account. In fact, he has said that he doesn’t view the social platforms as rivals.
Meanwhile, the CEO of Boeing has told a quarterly earnings call that he regrets the company taking on a deal to convert two 747s for use by the US president, a deal struck during the Trump administration that has so far cost the aerospace giant some $660m.
“Air Force One I’m just going to call a very unique moment, a very unique negotiation, a very unique set of risks that Boeing probably shouldn’t have taken,” said chief executive Dave Calhoun. “But we are where we are, and we’re going to deliver great airplanes. And we’re going to recognise the costs associated with it.”
Meanwhile, reports say that a grand jury convened by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to hear evidence against the Trump Organization will be allowed to expire as investigators confront doubts about the strength of the case against the former president.
Trump told authors of new book he’d still be in White House if it wasn’t for Mitch McConnell
In an excerpt of the new book This Will Not Pass obtained by Punchbowl News, Mr Trump told authors Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns that “Had Mitch stuck with many members of the party who knew the election was rigged, I think we wouldn’t be at Mar-a-Lago.”
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Maroosha Muzaffar29 April 2022 06:22
Trump finally posts on his Truth Social platform – reviving one of his most famous phrases
Donald Trump has finally posted on his Truth Social app, the struggling Twitter rival he launched earlier this year.
“I’M BACK! #COVFEFE,” read the post, which included a photo of Mr Trump on the phone at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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Maroosha Muzaffar29 April 2022 05:23
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she quit the Catholic Church because it harbored ‘monsters in their ranks’
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene fired back at Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, who said she “slandered the church” by suggesting that “Satan is controlling the Church.”
Ms Greene claimed that Catholic groups aiding migrants and refugees were evidence of Satan’s influence in the church.
She replied to the rebuke from Mr Donohue by claiming she was a “cradle Catholic” who left the church because she could not trust the Church leadership to protect my children from pedophiles, and that they harbored monsters even in their own ranks.”
Read more about the exchange in Graig Graziosi’s report for The Independent.
Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 04:00
ICYMI: FBI informant in Trump Deutsche Bank case found dead
A man who helped federal authorities with their investigation into Donald Trump’s dealings with Deutsche Bank, one of his main creditors, has been found dead on the campus of a Los Angeles high school.
Val Broeksmit, who was 46, had been missing for more than a year, though his Twitter account remained active until just weeks ago. The police say foul play is not suspected, and friends of Mr Broeksmit’s say he had long struggled with drugs.
Maroosha Muzaffar has the story.
Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 03:00
ICYMI: Fox News pundit breaks with Trump on JD Vance endorsement
Fox News pundit Mark Levin has broken with former President Donald Trump over the latter’s endorsement of Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance for Ohio’s Senate seat.
Mr Levin prefers Mr Vance’s primary opponent Josh Mandel, whose politics are much more in line with the MAGA movement.
Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 02:00
Here’s what Republican candidates spent currying favour at Trump’s properties
Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement comes at a cost.
The Independent has compiled data analysing the amount of money Republcian lawmakers hoping to land Mr Trump’s endorsement spent at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Read about the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by Republicans to earn Mr Trump’s favour in Eric Garcia’s story at The Independent.
Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 01:00
ICYMI: McCarthy assures colleagues he never asked Trump to resign
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, defending his private conversations, has assured his colleagues that he never asked former president Donald Trump to resign over the 6 January Capitol riots.
It was Mr McCarthy’s first face-to-face meeting with House Republicans amid the fallout from his criticisms of the former president and the party’s most far-right members.
One Republican in the room said the meeting was…
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