Democrats running for president are weighing the idea of government reparations for black Americans to compensate for slavery and discrimination. Half of his first term, Trump wrote in a Twitter dispatch of his own, had been “stolen.”After the best week ever for @realDonaldTrump - no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits @BarackObama did spy on his campaign, & the economy is soaring. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2019The argument was perhaps tongue-in-cheek, leading some legal experts to dismiss the comments as bravado. A CNN poll last week found that a handful of Democratic candidates would beat Trump in a head-to-head contest. The emergence of these battle lines was the context for Trump’s weekend decision to broadcast the idea that he is owed presidential overtime.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2019 09:10 UTC