Trump After Dark: Tweet Decking edition

President Donald Trump was back at it today — firing off tweets at a range of targets from Mexico to his own Department of Justice.

Same as it ever was.


“Trump was unsparing in his Twitter-based attacks ... calling the Justice Department and FBI an “embarrassment to our country,” slamming the news media, taking on retail giant Amazon and blaming Democrats for a “dead” DACA program, POLITICO’s Matthew Nussbaum reports . “The outburst came as Trump returned to Washington in what is expected to be a relatively quiet week, with Congress away and few major events scheduled. Some in the White House viewed the attacks as an outgrowth of that unfilled time.”

The vitriol poured out on the same morning that Trump briefly attended the White House Easter Egg Roll.

Elsewhere in President Trump’s orbit:

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WAITING TO PRUITT: White House chief of staff John Kelly has considered firing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who is mired in a number of ethical scandals, but has backed off because Pruitt is dutifully carrying out Trump’s anti-regulatory agenda.

TRADE WAR: China responded to President Trump’s decision to put tariffs on aluminum and steel with new tariffs on 128 different goods.

BALLARD’S BALLAD: With virtually unprecedented speed, Brian Ballard has become the most powerful lobbyist in Donald Trump’s Washington.

PUTIN PRESSURE ON: The New York Times reports Moscow wants a Trump-Putin meeting at the White House, in part to ease the perception that he is an international outcast after spy-poisoning scandals.

RAZING THE AMAZON: President Trump attacked Amazon saying it was too big and too reliant on the Post Office — and the company’s shares dropped.

STORM CHASING: President Trump’s attorney moved to have Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit decided by an arbitrator — a move that would place the proceedings behind closed doors.

NEW QUOTAS: The Justice Department is setting quotas for federal judges that oversee immigration cases in an effort to get them to clear a backlog of such cases.

There you have it. You’re caught up on the Trump administration. Monday is a wrap.

