Day 361
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Jeff Flake will criticize Trump’s use of the term “enemy of the people” to describe the media as Stalinist in a speech on the Senate floor this week. The Arizona Senator will also criticize the White House for its “unrelenting daily assault on the constitutionally-protected free press.” (NBC News / ABC News)
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Trump told reporters that he was “not a racist” and insisted that he didn’t call African countries “shitholes” as part of a discussion on immigration with lawmakers last week. Two Senators at the meeting confirmed that reported comments were accurate. Trump, meanwhile, defended himself: “I’m not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that I can tell you.” (New York Times / CNN)
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Trump disputed a report that he has a good relationship with Kim Jong Un, claiming a Wall Street Journal quote was inaccurate. “I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un,” Trump told the Journal. Trump tweeted in response: “Obviously I didn’t say that. I said ‘I’d have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un,’ a big difference. Fortunately we now record conversations with reporters … and they knew exactly what I said and meant. They just wanted a story. FAKE NEWS!” (The Hill / Wall Street Journal)
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