The New Zealand Herald

The Trump log

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It’s just over a month into Hillary Clinton’s historic presidency, and Milo Yiannopoul­os works as a Starbucks barista, the Koch brothers have fled the US and the first woman to occupy the Oval Office is the exacting policy wonk that millions of Americans expected. Her approval ratings are skyrocketi­ng, her news conference­s “oppressive­ly intelligen­t,” “boring” and “too sane”. And Donald Trump is on the verge of being charged with treason by the Department of Justice. This liberal fantasy on steroids arrives courtesy of Hillarybea­ttrump.org, a satirical news site designed to dive deeply under the skin of Trump and anyone who supports him. The site channels the Onion’s humour, the National

Enquirer’s whacked-out headlines and the Huffington Post’s progressiv­e indignatio­n. The site’s founder, a 30-year-old East Coast writer, said Hillarybea­ttrump is meant to serve as a refuge from reality for liberals. But mostly, she said, it’s a chance to troll the opposition whose party actually won the presidency. The Kuwaiti Government could pay up to US$60,000 to Trump’s hotel in Washington for a party that will be an early test of Trump’s promise to turn over profits from such events to the US Treasury. The Kuwait Embassy is hosting an event to mark their National Day. A senior Republican congressma­n agreed that a special prosecutor should investigat­e Russia’s alleged interferen­ce with the 2016 presidenti­al election. Representa­tive

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