As President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart the White House the president answers questions from reporters and gathered pool media.
President Trump has continued, through sheer will, to establish firm political footing on a series of substantive issues, domestic and international events; and confidently responds to oppositional media constructs from a position of non-partisan common sense.
This is OUR president. This is the common sense and practical outlook we voted for.  Owning and admitting the downsides; steadfast inside the hurricane of crisis; not pretending every solution will equally benefit. This is a brutally honest president who remains focused on elevating competency and directly facing the challenges.

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It truly is remarkable to watch a citizen representative commander-in-chief, with a background on solving complex and often multidimensional problems, lead from an elevated outlook while laser focused on the average American. Great week.
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First Lady Melania Trump visited Lily’s Place, an addiction recovery center for infants located in Huntington, West Virginia, where she was joined by counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway:

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First Lady Melania Trump held her first independent policy roundtable last month at the White House on the topic of opioid and drug addiction. One of the professionals in attendance was Rebecca Crowder, the executive director of Lily’s Place, a drug treatment center for babies and children.

(Via CNN) First lady Melania Trump will embark on a visit Tuesday morning to Huntington, West Virginia, with the specific purpose of visiting Lily’s Place, an infant recovery center that helps families dealing with addiction.
It will be the first lady’s first visit to a drug treatment center since her husband took office. Lily’s Place offers medical care to infants born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which occurs when newborns have been exposed to addictive substances during a mother’s pregnancy. The center also offers support, education, and counseling services to families and caregivers, per its website.

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Too funny.  Following a very Clintonian pattern here.  The New York Times is now a part of the vast right wing conspiracy.

(Via Daily Mail) Harvey Weinstein believes the allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him are part of a right-wing ‘conspiracy’ to take him down, DailyMail.com can reveal.

The Hollywood mogul thinks that shadowy right wing forces are ‘out to get me’ and that he is being targeted for his liberal views.

In an echo of his close friend Hillary Clinton‘s notorious claim that ‘a vast right-wing conspiracy’ was out to get her and her husband, the Democratic supporter is making the claim to those around him – despite his admission. (read more)

It still seems more likely that this NYT expose’ on Weinstein was a message to other millionaires in Hollywood to fork over the political cash (ahead of the 2018 election cycle), or else.
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(h/t Sunnydaze) Meet Kevin.  Kevin has buckets.  Kevin’s fills his buckets with common sense.  Kevin shares his bucket contents with people.  Hopefully people pay attention.  We need Kevin and his buckets of common sense:

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Video and press reports from yesterday of President Trump and First-Lady Melania Trump during their visit to Las Vegas University Medical Center visiting with shooting victims and their families:

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Touching personal encounters with the president and first lady were shared by several of the victims and their families (below).
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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit with victims, civilian heroes, brave first responders and officials in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Governor Brian Sandoval delivers initial remarks and introduces President Trump.

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After visiting the Las Vegas University Medical Center President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump speak directly to the local law enforcement officials and first responders who took immediate action during the Mandalay Bay Massacre.

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump travel to Las Vegas to visit with victims of the Mandalay Bay shooting and thank the incredible law enforcement and first responders.
Together the President and First Lady visited the University Medical Center to in Las Vegas to thank the hospital staff, doctors, nurses and medical teams who treated the victims and saved multiple lives:

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CARIBBEAN SEA (NNS) — President Donald J. Trump visited the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Oct. 3, to discuss relief efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with Navy and Marine Corps leadership.  President Trump met with Governor Kenneth Mapp of the US Virgin Islands aboard the Kearsarge:

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Ward Room – USS Kearsarge – [Transcript] 2:54 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Okay, thank you very much. I wanted to begin by saying well be leaving tomorrow morning very early from the White House. Well be going to Las Vegas. We will be paying our personal respects and condolences to everybody.
What happened is such a tragedy. So unnecessary — who can believe what happened in Las Vegas. Great love for the people, great love for the people of our country, and I look forward to going tomorrow. The First Lady will be coming with me, and were going to be paying our respects and condolences. Well be leaving early in the morning.
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