WTF Just Happened Today

Friday, August 3, 2018

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1/ Trump's national security team said Russia is behind "pervasive" and "ongoing" attempts to interfere in upcoming U.S. elections.

2/ The NRA is in financial jeopardy and may "be unable to exist… or pursue its advocacy mission."

3/ China will impose retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports if Trump goes ahead with his latest threat to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

4/ A Trump donor agreed to pay Michael Cohen $10 million if he could secure a $5 billion loan from the federal government for a nuclear power plant in Alabama.

5/ Revenue at the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan was up 13% in the first three months of 2018 thanks to "a last-minute visit" by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

✏️ NOTABLES.

• The National Archives won't be able to provide all of Brett Kavanaugh's 900,000 requested documents until the end of October.

• Mike Pompeo said North Korea's continued production of fuel for nuclear weapons was "inconsistent" with its "commitment to denuclearize."

• Trump denied that he left Queen Elizabeth II waiting.

• A former contestant on "The Apprentice" claims Trump is in "mental decline."

• Steve Bannon accused the Koch brothers of running "a conscious scam" and a "con job."

• Trump Jr. falsely claimed that the Democratic Party looks "awfully similar" to the Nazi party in the 1930s, saying that "when you actually look at that platform versus the platform of the modern left, you say wait a minute, those two are really heavily aligned."

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