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President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters on his way to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. The Political Landscape. July 2019. President Donald Trump’s controversy bleeds into 2019. The Trump Administration started the year with the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and ended with impeachment in the House of Representatives. “Democrats are going so far left they’re going to fall off a cliff,” President Donald J. Trump said on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C, when he stopped to talk to reporters and members of the media. The President paused to talk to the media as he walked from the Oval Office to board Marine One for a departure on Wednesday, July 17th, 2019. At this time, Trump continued his attack on the freshman Representatives and women of color, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. The four Democratic congresswomen known as “The Squad.”

President Donald J. Trump speaks during his Independence Day event, 'Salute to America,' in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. When It Rains It Pours. July 2019. President Donald Trump’s controversy bleeds into 2019. The Trump Administration started the year with the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and ended with impeachment in the House of Representatives. President Donald J. Trump speaks during his Independence Day event, 'Salute to America,' in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 4, 2019. The audience he addressed spanned the National Mall, but is obscured from his view by lights, rain, and bulletproofed glass. Despite statements from the White House declaring the event—which dramatically parted from tradition for Independence Day celebrations in the Nation’s Capital—was for the public, at least 500 VIP tickets were issued to Republican donors, White House staff, and members of the Republican National Committee. The Administration did not formally report the cost of the event to the American people, but it was estimated to be in the tens of millions. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Published: July 4th 2019