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| Trump Promises ‘Major Investigation’ of Voter Fraud in 2016 Election | |
| (about 3 hours later) | |
| ■ Standing by his false allegations of extensive voter fraud, President Trump promises a “major investigation.” | |
| ■ Mr. Trump sets a week from Thursday as the day of his announcement of a Supreme Court pick to fill the long-vacant seat of the late Antonin Scalia. | |
| ■ Mr. Trump prepares his announcement: Build that wall. | |
| ■ Mr. Trump seemed agitated on his personal Twitter account on Tuesday night, blasting CNN and lambasting Chicago. | ■ Mr. Trump seemed agitated on his personal Twitter account on Tuesday night, blasting CNN and lambasting Chicago. |
| Mr. Trump doubled down Wednesday on his fraudulent assertion that millions of illegal immigrants gave Hillary Clinton her 2.8 million-ballot victory in the popular vote, saying he would order a “major investigation” and tighten voting controls. | |
| Of note, Mr. Trump’s legal team argued that there was no evidence of voter fraud when lawyers moved to stop the Midwestern recounts demanded by the Green Party candidate Jill Stein. | |
| And the response from at least one Republican official in charge of state voting procedures, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, was swift: | |
| Mr. Trump’s tweets will keep the focus on an issue that has already painted the new president as a liar. His press secretary, Sean Spicer, stood at the podium of the White House press room on Tuesday to publicly acknowledge that Mr. Trump believes a conspiracy theory about which there is no evidence. | |
| But Mr. Trump’s Twitter threat pushes the issue into the policy realm. Voting rights advocates have feared the president’s flight of fancy could be a precursor to a broad effort to limit access to the polls, especially for minorities and immigrants. | |
| The new foray into such a sensitive topic is not likely to go over well with Republicans in Congress, who are boarding buses and trains to disembark Washington for Philadelphia and their annual policy retreat — this time with a Republican president and vice president who are expected to attend. | |
| The media focus will not be on serious discussions of Affordable Care Act replacements and tax code rewrites — but mythic hordes of illegal immigrant voters. | |
| The work day had not yet begun but Mr. Trump was making it eventful. He announced the day he will tell the world whom he wants to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. | |
| Senate Republicans held the seat open for a year, refusing to even consider a nominee from former President Barack Obama and hoping against hope that a Republican would win the presidential election. | |
| They got their wish — and are now complaining about Democrats slowing down the confirmations of that president’s cabinet nominees. | |
| Mr. Trump, like any practiced politician, seemed to be testing out syntax and emphasis on Tuesday night as he prepared his big announcement that yes, he will indeed have a giant wall built on the nation’s border with Mexico. | Mr. Trump, like any practiced politician, seemed to be testing out syntax and emphasis on Tuesday night as he prepared his big announcement that yes, he will indeed have a giant wall built on the nation’s border with Mexico. |
| Only with Mr. Trump, he was practicing on Twitter, in public. | Only with Mr. Trump, he was practicing on Twitter, in public. |
| First, he went with the reliable exclamation point, a popular trope of his. But there was that oddly British-looking spelling of “among.” | First, he went with the reliable exclamation point, a popular trope of his. But there was that oddly British-looking spelling of “among.” |
| “Big day planned on national security for tomorrow! Amoung many other things, we will build the wall,” he initially wrote. | “Big day planned on national security for tomorrow! Amoung many other things, we will build the wall,” he initially wrote. |
| Then he deleted that one and went big with national security, all caps. | Then he deleted that one and went big with national security, all caps. |
| Ah, this time, he put the exclamation point at the end! (He also went with the usual spelling of “among.”) | Ah, this time, he put the exclamation point at the end! (He also went with the usual spelling of “among.”) |
| Perhaps he was just flummoxed by former President Vicente Fox of Mexico, who beat him to Twitter on Tuesday evening to egg on the current Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, who will meet with Mr. Trump soon. | Perhaps he was just flummoxed by former President Vicente Fox of Mexico, who beat him to Twitter on Tuesday evening to egg on the current Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, who will meet with Mr. Trump soon. |
| It is never easy to fathom what exactly is agitating the president of the United States, but something seemed to be bothering him on Tuesday night. | It is never easy to fathom what exactly is agitating the president of the United States, but something seemed to be bothering him on Tuesday night. |
| First, he took yet another jab at CNN, one of his favorite whipping boys. | First, he took yet another jab at CNN, one of his favorite whipping boys. |
| Then he lit into Chicago, again threatening to send in federal forces to calm the city’s murderous crime problem. | Then he lit into Chicago, again threatening to send in federal forces to calm the city’s murderous crime problem. |
| Then again, perhaps it wasn’t such a mystery. On Monday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago offered the president what he called “unsolicited advice.” | Then again, perhaps it wasn’t such a mystery. On Monday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago offered the president what he called “unsolicited advice.” |
| “You didn’t get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural,” Mr. Emanuel said. “Now, obviously, I wasn’t a supporter of then-candidate Trump. He got elected to make sure that people have a job, the economy continues to grow, people have security as it relates to their kids’ education, etc. And it wasn’t about your crowd size. It was about their lives and their jobs.” | “You didn’t get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural,” Mr. Emanuel said. “Now, obviously, I wasn’t a supporter of then-candidate Trump. He got elected to make sure that people have a job, the economy continues to grow, people have security as it relates to their kids’ education, etc. And it wasn’t about your crowd size. It was about their lives and their jobs.” |
| “The speech missed an opportunity to speak to our better angels as a country,” he said of the president’s inaugural address. | “The speech missed an opportunity to speak to our better angels as a country,” he said of the president’s inaugural address. |
| Or maybe Mr. Trump was just watching Bill O’Reilly on Fox News. | Or maybe Mr. Trump was just watching Bill O’Reilly on Fox News. |
| Just four days after Mr. Trump took the oath of office, Eric Danziger, the chief executive of Trump Hotels, told an industry conference on Tuesday that the company “frankly” would have a “domestic emphasis for the next either four or eight years.” | Just four days after Mr. Trump took the oath of office, Eric Danziger, the chief executive of Trump Hotels, told an industry conference on Tuesday that the company “frankly” would have a “domestic emphasis for the next either four or eight years.” |
| “I would have said internationally, but recently we had to turn that spigot off,” Mr. Danziger said as he discussed expansion opportunities while speaking on a panel at an Americas Lodging Investment Summit conference in Los Angeles. | “I would have said internationally, but recently we had to turn that spigot off,” Mr. Danziger said as he discussed expansion opportunities while speaking on a panel at an Americas Lodging Investment Summit conference in Los Angeles. |
| Mr. Danziger, who was hired by Mr. Trump in August 2015 — in the early stages of the presidential campaign — did not speak in detail about Mr. Trump or how his presidency might affect business. | Mr. Danziger, who was hired by Mr. Trump in August 2015 — in the early stages of the presidential campaign — did not speak in detail about Mr. Trump or how his presidency might affect business. |
| But that seemed clear from his comments. Mr. Trump has said that he will put his business empire into a trust controlled by his sons and that the company will not do new foreign deals, although ethics experts have said the plan does not go far enough. What profits are made abroad are to go to charity, the president announced. | But that seemed clear from his comments. Mr. Trump has said that he will put his business empire into a trust controlled by his sons and that the company will not do new foreign deals, although ethics experts have said the plan does not go far enough. What profits are made abroad are to go to charity, the president announced. |
| Perhaps charities won’t be benefiting as much as they had hoped. | Perhaps charities won’t be benefiting as much as they had hoped. |