The Trump administration has appointed an extreme marijuana prohibitionist, Pennsylvania representative Tom Marino, to serve as US Drugs Tsar … A rabid hardliner on drugs policy. The Corbett Report: Trump Reignites War on Weed, James Corbett online 2017
I think the main difference between me and Donald Trump is that er I get no pleasure out of saying the words You’re fired. The Office US s1e4: The Alliance, Michael, NBC 2005
During the 2016 presidential election, camera crews followed Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, and Mark McKinnon as they chronicled the campaign for the Showtime weekly documentary series The Circus. Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time, caption, Sky Atlantic 2017
Clown Runs for Prez. ibid. Daily News
Every country in the world is ripping us off. ibid. Trump
February 20th: Jeb Bush drops out. ibid. caption
We have not seen anything like this before. ibid. news
July 26 Hillary Clinton claims the democratic presidential nomination. ibid.
Deal with it. ibid. Time magazine
October 12-15: Nine women claim to be victims of prior sexual misconduct by Trump. ibid.
Donald Trump like his predecessors must work within the system including working towards globalist ambitions. Donald Trump: Illuminati & Zionists & New World Order is Coming, Youtube 2017
Trump will have to make concessions or risk being assassinated. ibid.
Since Trump took power activists have seen a disturbing escalation in state repression against civil liberties. Abby Martin & The Empire Files: Trump Expands Police-State Crackdown on the Left, Youtube 25.17, 2017
If there’s one person other than Trump who’s gained a surprisingly huge amount of political power over the past year it’s Steve Bannon .. The alt-right has their own influence in the White House namely through Steve Bannon … Trump’s chief strategist. Abby Martin & The Empire Files: Steve Bannon 2017
His movies over the years cover an array of far-right dystopian fantasies. ibid.
Future divorcee, Melania Trump … First Ladyland, comedy sketch, 2017
It’s a beautiful country. ibid. Donald, re Slovenia
People really like to see where Melania was born and raised. ibid. coach tour guide
It put us on a world map … A lot of people mixed up Slovenia and Slovakia. ibid.
2010: Donald Trump has arrived in Scotland to talk about his plans for what he claims to be the world’s greatest golf course. You’ve Been Trumped, news, 2011
Michael Forbes is of course the farmer who refuses to sell to Trump. ibid.
He [Michael Forbes] lives like a pig. ibid. Trump
The Scottish government have called in the controversial planning application taking it out of Aberdeenshire’s hands. ibid. news
We can see the social and economic benefits. ibid. Alex Salmond
The whole package is wrong. ibid. RSPB bloke
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We’ve had tremendous support from the environmental groups. ibid. Trump
They’re building a road on top of my spring. ibid. Michael Forbes
This policeman attacking you trying to pull the camera off you. ibid. resident lady
I looked out and saw the diggers working away. ibid. Michael Forbes
This is unprecedented. ibid. legal land rights expert
American tycoon Donald Trump has jetted in to Aberdeen ahead of receiving an honorary degree from the city’s Robert Gordon University. ibid. news
Two months after the March of Menie, Donald Trump told an Aberdeen newspaper he would not seek compulsory purchase orders to remove residents from their homes. Mr Trump then announced he was considering standing as a presidential candidate in the United States. ibid.
He promises the world. It never happens. Never trust Trump. You’ve Been Trumped Too, old lady, 2016
We’ve no water at all. There’s no water going into the well. Thanks to Trump. ibid.
The spring Michael and Molly Forbes rely on for their water is on Donald Trump’s land. Trump’s workers broke the pipe connecting the spring to the Forbes’s well when building an access road to the new Trump golf course. ibid.
Donald Trump promised 6,000 jobs at his golf resort near Aberdeen, Scotland. But fewer than 100 are on the payroll. ibid.
President Trump – is he setting a bold new course for America? Or pushing it to the brink? … Donald Trump has been in office for nearly a hundred days … For his fans he’s restoring the United States to their true place in the world. Tonight: Trump: The First 100 Days, ITV 2017
The national security adviser ousted after just twenty-four days after concerns about his links to the Russians. There was that ill-fated travel ban … But nothing symbolises Trump’s vision for America more than his promise to extend the Mexican border wall. ibid.
Tonight: President Trump in Britain. With protests looming in the capital, what sort of welcome will he get? Should we be paying greater respect to the controversial US leader? Tonight: Trump and Britain: Love or Loathing? ITV 2018
Tonight: America’s love of conspiracy theories. And how they are being recognised by Donald Trump. But his critics say he’s fuelling irrational beliefs among Americans, leaving the United States battling for the truth. Tonight: Trump and the Truth: America’s Conspiracy Wars, ITV 2018
He weaponsed the birther movement: the pernicious lie that Barack Obama was not born in America. ibid.
America’s biggest election battle: how are voters feeling about the state of their nation? Can President Trump overcome the odds to win the race for the White House? And will election day bring peace or more protests? Tonight: Can Trump Win? ITV 2020
He certainly is off the spectrum … The most predictable aspect of Trump is unpredictability. Noam Chomsky on the New Trump Era: Upfront Special, Al Jazeera 2016
Pretty vacuous. ibid.
Sooner or later this con game is not going to work … What happens at that point? … The obvious technique is scapegoating … The next step would be an alleged terrorist attack … The other possibility is a staged attack of a minor kind. Noam Chomsky, interview Democracy Now! April 2017
Support for Trump is coming from mostly white working-class poor people who’ve been cast by the wayside during the neo-liberal period. Noam Chomsky, Who Rules the World Now? interview Channel 4
Trump’s role is to ensure that the media and public attention are always concentrated on him. So every time you turn on a television set it’s Trump … He’s a conman basically, a showman … What they’re doing is systematically dismantling every aspect of government that works for the benefit of the population. Noam Chomsky
One achievement: a major tax cut for the rich and corporate sector. Noam Chomsky, Through Conversations podcast, Youtube 1.03.23., 2003
The man who would be president: the moments that shaped him, the battles he’s fought, and the battle he won … President Trump … A candidate who had climbed back from a bitter public humiliation. Frontline: President Trump, PBS 2017
Military Academy: Proudest of winning the ultimate accolade in an all-boys school: he was named ‘Ladies’ Man’ in the school yearbook. ibid.
Trump Tower: 58 storeys of high-end retail and high-end condominiums. ibid.
He used his celebrity to sell everything from computers to hamburgers. ibid.
Tonight – with the White House reeling from crisis Frontline looks at the president’s top strategist. A hardline nationalist who promised disruption. Tonight on Frontline – Bannon’s war. Frontline: Bannon’s War, PBS 2017
On his 7th day in office President Trump headed to the Pentagon: it was time for action. It was the first time the new president had been to the Pentagon. At Trump’s side his chief strategist Stephen Bannon. ibid.
A provocateur – Steve Bannon helped create a movement intent on transforming the country. ibid.
Bannon describes himself as a combatant in what he believes is an epic war. ibid.