NEWS via
@axios
: “Former President Clinton will be out Nov. 19 — two weeks after the election — with a new memoir called "Citizen" on his personal and political life after Jan. 20, 2001.”
24 years ago
@BillClinton
loaned Mexico 20 billion dollars to avoid the collapse of their economy. It was an extremely unpopular decision at the time. But, Mexico paid back the loan ahead of time & with interest. We should always care about our neighbors.
President Donald Trump retweeted an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that Bill Clinton was in some way responsible for the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
Pres.
@BillClinton
just landed in Belfast, where he’s spending a week celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Against the odds, the peace has held & democracy has not lost its grip here.
Follow along & go behind the scenes with us for a first hand look.
President
@BillClinton
just landed in Pristina. He’s here to join the people of Kosovo in marking 20 years of freedom. While here, he will address the public, and meet with members of civil society and leadership.
Follow along.
This has been
@BillClinton
’s life since he left office. This week has reminded me of why:
“I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than President of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen.” -
@BillClinton
“SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced dozens of projects Tuesday aimed at helping Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands recover from a deadly 2017 hurricane season.”
#loveagoodlede
#ideasintoaction
#ClintonFoundation
.
@BillClinton
,
@HillaryClinton
&
@chefjoseandres
visit
@WCKitchen
’s Plough to Plate Cosechas Tierra Viva farm in Las Piedras. The model farm highlights the potential for smallholder farmers to increase their outputs through sustainable farming practices & cutting-edge technology.
TODAY & TOMORROW: President
@BillClinton
is visiting Saint Lucia and the U.S. Virgin Islands to advance
@ClintonFdn
recovery and sustainability efforts and projects.
Hillary and I mourn the passing of President George H. W. Bush, and give thanks for his great long life of service, love and friendship. I am grateful for every minute I spent with him and will always hold our friendship as one of my life’s greatest gifts.
In 1998, President Clinton had the foresight to create the Strategic National Stockpile. His advice as we move forward is that we more adequately fund it and properly maintain it - to meet the need of the times.
"We should more adequately fund our stockpile. I signed legislation to set that stockpile up way back in 1998. It needs to be properly maintained for this sort of thing." —President
@BillClinton
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Out for an afternoon walk in downtown Pristina. A 2018 worldwide Gallup poll found the United States enjoyed more public support in Kosovo—75%—than in any other country. That’s in large part due to President
@BillClinton
’s involvement here.
President Clinton & the Democrats had signed FMLA and the Violence Against Women Act into law, banned assault weapons, created 6 million jobs, & cut taxes for 15 million-low income families, to name a few things. Democrats lost their seats in '94 precisely because they were bold.
In 1994, Democrats in power lost big because they were not bold.
In 2010, it happened again.
If we do not take aggressive action NOW to protect working families, it will happen in 2022.
Statement from Dr. Alpesh N. Amin, Chair, Department of Medicine and Executive Director, Hospital Medicine at UC Irvine Health, who has been overseeing the team of doctors treating President Clinton
It’s no secret that we’ve had issues with the NYT’s coverage. And, media organizations have conceded that Trump was good for business. But,
@BillClinton
has never said, as this book claims, the paper “cut a deal with the Trump campaign.” He doesn’t believe the NYT ever would.
Via
@NOLAnews
: While in New Orleans, Clintons drop by
@ClintonFdn
initiative that “helps turn otherwise utilitarian spaces...into places where parents and caregivers can read, talk and play with children, encouraging early brain and language development.”
Bill Clinton called me the “preferred Russian alternative”. He knows Russian preferences, having made $500K for a single speech from the Russian bank promoting the Uranium One deal that awaited HRC’s approval.
Unlike Bill, I paid my own way & my speech was about making peace.
Yesterday,
@BillClinton
and
@HillaryClinton
dropped by The Europa Hotel, where they famously stayed during their visits in '95 and '98.
During The Troubles, The Europa was known as the most bombed hotel in Europe—having been bombed 33 times.
Last night was a homecoming.
The staff talked about their Early Head Start program, the only one in the territory, and its impact. In ‘94, the Clinton administration, led by Secretary
@HillaryClinton
, started Early Head Start.
We also brought some friends, including
@StaceyPlaskett
&
@nba
legend Tim Duncan!
In bringing them up to stage, President
@BillClinton
jokes (1) that we’ve reached the stage where he can admit, without hurting her career, that
@NinaTotenberg
is one of his favorite journalists and (2) that he hopes Justice Ginsburg stays on the court forever.
President
@BillClinton
met with Danish Prime Minster
@larsloekke
today. They discussed climate change, clean energy, and hurricane-impacted Caribbean islands, including the USVI. President Clinton was the first sitting American President to visit Denmark.
This week the
@IrishRep
presented
@BillClinton
with its Visionary Leadership Award, for his leadership in the Northern Ireland peace process. In his acceptance speech, he talked about Brexit, peace, possibility, optimism, love, and about how to move forward together.
Cool moment: the government here has issued a commemorative stamp in honor of President Clinton.
The inscription on the one presented to him reads: “To express appreciation and respect, for the contribution given to the liberation of Kosovo.”
President
@BillClinton
wrote a piece for the
@denverpost
remembering those lost twenty years ago today during the tragedy at Columbine.
The last few sentences capture the essence of how he feels two decades later.
At the invitation of local leaders, President
@BillClinton
will travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands tomorrow & Dominica on Tuesday to visit communities impacted by the devastating Category 5 hurricanes last year.
Today: NY 🔜 USVI.
Follow along as the Clintons spend three days visiting partners and
@ClintonGlobal
commitment-makers, and seeing progress made and opportunities to expand recovery and increase resiliency for the region.
#IdeasIntoAction
The incomparable
@madeleine
! Secretary Albright played a vital role in ending conflict and bringing peace in Kosovo, and remains a towering figure here.
Via
@AP
: Some high school graduates in Arkansas will receive virtual words of encouragement from a former president as traditional ceremonies get replaced by online events because of the coronavirus pandemic.
President
@BillClinton
: “The opioid problem last year killed 70,000 people — which is more than the number of people who were killed by guns and car crashes combined.”
In 1998, President Clinton created a $70 billion budget surplus, the first federal surplus since the 1960s.
He helped broker the Good Friday Peace Accords & mediated negotiations that led to signing of the Wye River Memorandum.
He went to work. And didn’t Tweet.
In 1998, Bill Clinton continued working with Congress during impeachment.
Now Trump's staff tries to blame Congress for being "distracted" as the reason why drug prices aren't being lowered. It's yet another presidential temper tantrum that hurts Americans (h/t
@CQnow
)
President Clinton was honored to meet Pope Francis. He thanked the Holy Father for everything he has done for the Church and the world over.
This was President Clinton’s 4th visit to the Holy See.
While delivering
@ClintonFdn
donated medical supplies specifically requested by the hospital, and provided by
@DirectRelief
,
@BillClinton
reminds people that we shouldn’t forget about our fellow Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"Toni Morrison has not only earned an honored place on Americans' bookshelves, she has entered America's heart." - President
@BillClinton
awarding Toni Morrison with the National Humanities Medal in 2000.
President
@BillClinton
: “I want every single young person in this country to have an equal opportunity to decide to stay here, to work here, to raise a family here, to make money here, to build a business here, to build a future here.”
@BillClinton
: “How many more senseless acts of violence must happen? How many more people must die before we actually do something? The answer to that question should be not one more.”
Ahead of
@BillClinton
's speech tonight, a reminder that his life is more than politics. Since the pandemic began
@ClintonFdn
has:
✅provided 650,000+ meals to Arkansans in need
✅delivered 95,000 doses of Naloxone
✅ distributed 100,000 books to help parents as they stay at home
✅ 12 stops in 12 cities
✅ 50,000+ tickets sold
✅ 2,500+ pictures taken
✅ 60+ ferns on stage
✅ 1 TV in a picture frame backstage
So much energy & excitement during the
#BillandHill
@LiveNation
speaking tour across North America. Bummed it’s coming to an end.
After a two year investigation, Trump’s DOJ has exonerated the
@ClintonFdn
.
Reminder that said investigation was based at least partly on allegations in Clinton Cash. Schweizer is fixing to lie again, question is will we - again - aid him in doing so.
Having watched it for the first time tonight, I can attest it was one of those rare things that actually lived up to the hype.
@Lin_Manuel
is a GENIUS.
President Clinton left office with a 66 percent approval rating & public trust in the federal government increased by nearly 20 percent during his time in office...
Biden was supposed to be FDR.
Instead, he's following the playbook of the last half century of politically unsuccessful Democratic presidencies, from LBJ and Clinton to Obama.
The result: only 33% say he's focused on the issues they care about
Off the heels of his visit to Oxford to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Rhodes Scholarship, President
@BillClinton
is traveling to Tirana, where Prime Minister
@ediramaal
will bestow him with Albania’s Star of Gratitude for Public Achievements.
On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. A day later, President George W. Bush recognized the country. Pictured here is the Declaration of Independence.
That every major independent charity watchdog ranks the
#ClintonFoundation
among the most effective organizations in the world is an incredibly important point — one that isn’t making it into the reporting being done today.
The freedom walk today is like nothing I’ve ever done before. We traversed most of the city, while ten of thousands of people consistently chanted “USA.”
The people of Kosovo are an example what can be achieved if we work together. This has easily been one of the best trips I’ve ever taken with President
@BillClinton
.
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McConnell bloviating about "basic fairness" and "the politics of personal destruction" is laughable. Where was McConnell when Brett Kavanaugh forced Vince Foster's family to, for more than three years, relieve a nightmare squarely for political purposes?
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......
The past two weeks have yielded a ton of insinuation, conspiracy theories, and stretching of the truth, all designed to malign the Clintons. Today we woke up to
#ClintonBodyCount
trending in the US. There’s something seriously wrong with this toxic environment.
The Clintons are visiting the Queen Louise Home for Children on St. Croix. A
@ClintonGlobal
commitment, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands committed to partner with Lutheran Social Services and other groups to increase solar energy capacity and energy efficiency.
ICYMI: President
@BillClinton
visited the Caribbean to advance
@ClintonFdn
recovery and sustainability projects and support communities affected by last year's devastating hurricanes:
Today was a very cool day at work.
@BillClinton
gave Tanitoluwa and his family a tour of his office in Harlem. They spent nearly an hour together and covered a lot of ground — including Tanitoluwa’s favorite subject in school, their shared love of sneakers, and of course chess!
So cool! President
@BillClinton
meeting today in his office with Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the 8 year old chess champ who until recently was homeless. The Adewumis are Nigerian refugees and a reminder of how immigrants can enrich America. More on Tani:
Secretary
@madeleine
introduces President Clinton. I love that there’s someone in the background that says “God bless America” as they’re both on stage.