President Trump, first lady Melania Trump light National Christmas Tree
December 1, 2017 by admin
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Kicking off the holiday season, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree at the White House Thursday evening.
“We want to wish everybody a merry Christmas, a happy New Year, have unbelievable holidays, and we are now going to light a very beautiful tree,” Mr. Trump said. “And I’ll ask our first lady to get ready and maybe we’ll do a countdown from 10.”
Once the tree was lit, National Christmas Tree Lighting co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Dean Cain introduced festive performances from The Beach Boys, Mannheim Steamroller, and other musical artists.
The president’s daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their children were also in attendance, as well as Tiffany Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
President Trump and the first lady Melania Trump attend the 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting held by the National Park Service at the White House Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Thu., 30, 2017.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke introduced Mr. Trump.
Today is a day that I’ve been looking very much forward to ALL YEAR LONG. It is one that you have heard me speak about many times before.
Now, as President of the United States, it is my tremendous honor to finally wish America and the world, a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! pic.twitter.com/cTvdlUkfHV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2017
“We pray that our country will be a place where every child knows a home filled with love, a community rich with hope and a nation blessed with faith,” Mr. Trump said. “On behalf of Melania, myself, Barron, all of my children, all of my grandchildren– they’re here with us tonight– I want to thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much, merry Christmas, everybody.”
Wednesday evening, the president criticized those who say “Merry Christmas” in lieu of a faith-neutral holiday greeting such as “happy holidays” during a speech pushing the Republican Party’s tax overhaul bill in St. Charles, Missouri.
“You don’t see ‘Merry Christmas’ any more,” Mr. Trump said. “With Trump as your president, we are going to be celebrating ‘Merry Christmas’ again, and it’s going to be done with a big beautiful tax cut.”
White House Christmas 2017
Glittering decorations and a 19.5-foot tree set the mood for Christmas at the White House
Earlier this week, Mrs. Trump unveiled the White House’s Christmas decor, which reflects 200 years of holiday traditions.
“The President, Barron, and I are very excited for our first Christmas in the White House,” she said in a statement. “As with many families across the country, holiday traditions are very important to us. I hope when visiting the People’s House this year, visitors will get a sense of being home for the holidays. On behalf of my husband and Barron, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and joyous holiday season.”
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Beastie Boys’ Adam Horovitz believes sexual misconduct allegations about his father
December 1, 2017 by admin
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Nine women have come forward to accuse playwright Israel Horovitz of sexual misconduct, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Jocelyn Meinhardt was 19 in the summer of 1989 when she joined Horovitz in a fellowship at the Gloucester Stage Company in Massachusetts. Meinhardt had known him already, as his son, Adam Horovitz of Beastie Boys fame, was her high school boyfriend. In the New York Times report, Meinhardt claimed Israel drove her to his family home, where he began to kiss and fondle her. He then allegedly led her to his bedroom, where she claimed he raped her.
A then-16-year-old au pair, Frédérique Giffard, for the Horovitz family also came forward and claimed he groped her breasts and placed her hand on his erect penis.
Seven more women reported acts of sexual misconduct by the playwright, who has written works such as “The Indian Wants the Bronx,” “Park Your Car in Harvard Yard” and “Out of the Mouths of Babes.” Maia Ermansons, 21 when her experience occurred last year, detailed her story online, claiming he “pulled me onto his lap and licked my lips and tried sticking his tongue in my mouth several times.”
He allegedly told her, “No great woman has ever become great by being a good girl.” Israel left her a voicemail a few months later, apologizing for the “terrible, terrible misunderstanding.” She saved it.
The Gloucester theater cut ties with Horovitz last week after learning of Ermansons’ allegations.
“I apologize to the brave women who came forward in 1992 and 1993 but were not listened to,” Elizabeth Neumeier, the Gloucester board’s current president, also said in a statement. “We are individually and collectively appalled by the allegations, both old and new.”
Israel, now 78, responded to the allegations, saying that though he has “a different memory of some of these events, I apologize with all my heart to any woman who has ever felt compromised by my actions, and to my family and friends who have put their trust in me. To hear that I have caused pain is profoundly upsetting, as is the idea that I might have crossed a line with anyone who considered me a mentor.”
Adam, better known to his fans as Ad-Rock, released a statement supporting the nine women who have raised allegations against his father.
“I believe the allegations against my father are true,” he told the Times, “and I stand behind the women that made them.”