"America will never be a socialist country," President Trump added in a mammoth two-hour speech that seemed to draw energy from the fervent reception offered by some of his influential supporters in the room. TAX INCREASESThe White House is also smarting from explosive testimony on Capitol Hill by Mr Trump's former lawyer and fixer on Wednesday that branded him a cheat and a racist. With the federal investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia reportedly approaching its conclusion, President Trump again berated Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team as partisan hacks out to get him, adding that "these people are sick." Mr Trump last year initiated a tariff war with Beijing, which has taken a nasty bite out of US growth. In December, a court sentenced Mr Cohen to three years in prison for hush-money payments to two women and for lies to Congress -- both of which he said were to protect Mr Trump -- and tax evasion.

Source: Daily Nation March 03, 2019 05:03 UTC