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Trump taps failed VA nominee Ronny Jackson as chief medical adviser
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By Phil McCausland
The White House announced that Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump’s former physician and failed Secretary of Veteran Affairs nominee, will serve as an assistant to the president and as chief medical adviser.
Jackson is best known for claiming that Trump could live for 200 years because of the president’s “incredible genes” and for his nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, despite having little to no applicable experience for the role.
Jackson later withdrew from consideration when allegations surfaced that he drank on the job, provided prescription pills with little oversight and created a hostile workplace while serving as chief physician at the White House.
Jackson’s latest position was announced amid more than three dozen other White House appointments.
The president also renominated Jackson for a second star and the nomination was sent to the Senate Armed Services Committee, according to Task & Purpose. Trump had previously nominated Jackson for a second star in March 2018.
The Department of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General previously announced that it was investigating the allegations that derailed Jackson’s bid to become VA Secretary.
NBC News has not confirmed whether that investigation is ongoing.
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Donald Tusk says Brexit hell comment was a ‘DELIBERATE EXAGGERATION’ to provoke Brexiteers
EU COUNCIL President Donald Tusk has claimed his Brexit “hell” comment was a “deliberate exaggeration” to grab the attention of Brexiteers.
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Trump’s wall prototypes to come down along U.S.-Mexico border
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SAN DIEGO — The eight border-wall prototypes President Donald Trump inspected during a visit to California in March are going to be torn down to make way for a second barrier separating California and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Customs and Border Protection said Friday.
Construction crews have replaced one layer of fencing along a 14-mile stretch of the border separating Mexico and California. Crews recently started work on replacing and extending a secondary fence as well.
Border Patrol Agent Theron Francisco said Friday it isn’t clear when the prototypes will come down but added that the money has already been set aside for their removal.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday they cost between $300,000 and $500,000 apiece to build.
“There is money already allocated to either take them down or build infrastructure around them. But the decision has been made at the national level to take them down, and the secondary replacement project will take their place,” Francisco said.
Trump declared an emergency last week to shift billions of dollars to fund border wall construction.
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote next week on whether to block that declaration. Some members of the Republican-controlled Senate have indicated it could pass that body as well.
If it does, Trump has promised to veto the measure.
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Corbyn hires Tony Blair former roommate in DESPERATE bid to solve anti-Semitism crisis
JEREMY Corbyn is to appoint Tony Blair’s ex-flatmate to oversee Labour’s handling of anti-Semitism complaints after a ninth MP announced his departure from the party on Friday.
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