Donald Trump responds to Roy Moore's humiliating election defeat: 'The write-in votes played a very big factor'

Donald Trump has responded to Roy Moore s defeat in the Alabama Senate election race. In a tweet the US President congratulated the Democrat Doug Jones and suggested that write-in votes worked against the Republican candidate who was accused of child sex abuse during his campaign. Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win the President wrote. The people of Alabama are great and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends! Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13 2017 Mr Moore has adamantly denied all the allegations against him made by a number of women. The claims included Mr Moore allegedly making unwanted advances towards a 14-year-old when he was in his 30s. He has said: I have never engaged in sexual misconduct and decrying what he called a partisan effort to derail his campaign. Read more Roy Moore loses to Doug Jones in historic Alambama result Mr Trump s mention of the write-in votes relates to the fact that the number of such votes is almost equal to Mr Jones margin of victory. Mr Moore and his campaign have said they are not yet conceding the result with some votes still outstanding. Alabama state law calls for a recount if the margin of victory is less than one-half of one percentage point. With all precincts reporting Mr Jones leads by 1.5 percentage points three times what s required to trigger a recount. If the Alabama secretary of state determines there were more write-in votes than the difference between Mr Jones and Mr Moore the state s counties would be required to tally those votes. It s not clear how that would help Mr Moore who ended the night trailing Mr Jones by more than 20 000 votes. Alabama Senate race: Roy Moore vs Doug Jones 12 show all Alabama Senate race: Roy Moore vs Doug Jones 1/12 Democratic senatorial candidate Doug Jones speaks to reporters after voting Getty Images 2/12 Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore (L) and his wife Kayla ride their horses to the polling station to vote AFP/Getty Images 3/12 David Watson waves in a Santa suit as he holds a Doug Jones sign AP 4/12 Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore speaks to the media as his wife Kayla (R) looks on AFP/Getty Images 5/12 Democratic Alabama Senate candidate Doug Jones casts his vote at Brookwood Baptist Church REUTERS 6/12 Roy Moore speaks to the media after he rode in on a horse to vote AP 7/12 Democratic candidate Doug Jones greets supporters after casting his ballot AP 8/12 Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore departs on horseback after he cast his ballot in Gallant REUTERS 9/12 Voters wait in line to cast their ballot at a polling station setup in the St Thomas Episcopal Church Getty Images 10/12 Democratic Senatorial candidate Doug Jones (L) greets voters outside of a polling station at the Bessemer Civic Center Getty Images 11/12 Voters exit after casting their ballots at a polling station setup in the Fire Department Getty Images 12/12 Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones speaks with the media after casting his vote at Brookwood Baptist Church REUTERS Mr Jones victory is set to narrow the slim Republican majority over Democrats in the Senate to 51-49. Meanwhile his victory in the Republican stronghold energises the Democratic Party as it looks to build on anti-Trump sentiment to mount a challenge next year to Republican control of Congress. More about: Donald Trump Roy Moore Alabama Reuse content President Donald Trump has attacked a Democratic senator for calling him to resign over allegations of sexual assault. Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them) is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED! Mr Trump wrote on Twitter. Both Mr Schumer the Senate s top Democrat and Ms Gillibrand represent the President s home state of New York. Read more Kirsten Gillibrand on whether Trump has kept his promises: F no Ms Gillibrand quickly fired back at Mr Trump tweeting: You cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York told CNN s Christiane Amanpour on Monday that the President should be fully investigated and he should resign over the accusations. President Trump has committed assault according to these women and those are very credible allegations of misconduct and criminal activity she said. Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them) is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12 2017 You cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office. https://t.co/UbQZqubXZv Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) December 12 2017 These allegations are credible; they are numerous said Ms Gillibrand who is co-sponsoring a bill aimed at overhauling how sexual harassment is treated on Capitol Hill. I ve heard these women s testimony and many of them are heartbreaking she added. Mr Trump has denied the allegations. Donald Trump s least presidential moments so far... 17 show all Donald Trump s least presidential moments so far... 1/17 Defending Russian President Vladimir Putin Donald Trump appeared to equate US foreign actions to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin saying There are a lot of killers. You think our country s so innocent? REUTERS/Carlos Barria 2/17 Asked for people to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger At the National Prayer Breakfast Donald Trump couldn t help but to ask for prayers for the ratings on Arnold Schwarzenegger s show to be good. Schwarzenegger took over as host of The Apprentice which buoyed Mr Trump s celebrity status years ago. AFP/Getty Images 3/17 Hanging up on Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Early in his presidency Donald Trump reportedly hung up the phone on Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after the foreign leader angered him over refugee plans. Mr Trump later said that it was the worst call he had had so far. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images 4/17 The muslim ban Perhaps one of his most controversial policies while acting as president Donald Trump s travel ban targeting predominantly Muslim countries has bought him a lot of criticism. The bans were immediately protested and judges initially blocked their implementation. The Supreme Court later sided with the administration s argument that the ban was developed out of concern for US security. Bryan R Smith/Getty 5/17 Praising crowd size while touring Hurricane Harvey damage After Hurricane Harvey ravaged southeastern Texas Donald Trump paid the area a visit. While his response to the disaster in Houston was generally applauded the President picked up some flack when he gave a speech outside Houston (he reportedly did not visit disaster zones) and praised the size of the crowds there. AP 6/17 Called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Little Rocket Man During his first-ever speech to the United Nations General Assembly Donald Trump tried out a new nickname for North Korea leader Kim Jong-un: Rocket Man. He later tweaked it to be little Rocket Man as the two feuded and threatened each other with nuclear war. During that speech he also threatened to totally annihilate North Korea. 7/17 Attacking Sadiq Khan following London Bridge terror attack After the attack on the London Bridge Donald Trump lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan criticizing Mr Khan for saying there was no reason to be alarmed after the attack. Mr Trump was taking the comments out of context as Mr Khan was simply saying that the police had everything under control. Getty Images 8/17 Claimed presenter Mika Brezinkski was bleeding from the face Never one not to mock his enemies Donald Trump mocked MSNBC s Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski saying that she and co-host Joe Scarborough had approached him before his inauguration asking to join him. He noted that she was bleeding badly from a face-lift at the time and that he said no. 9/17 Claiming the blame for Charlottesville was on both sides Trump refused to condemn far-right extremists involved in violence at the march for the right protests in Charlottesville even after the murder of counter protester Heather Heyer AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais 10/17 Retweeted cartoon of CNN being hit by a Trump train Donald Trump retweeted a cartoon showing a Trump-branded train running over a person whose body and head were replaced by a CNN avatar. He later deleted the retweet. 11/17 Tweeting about slamming CNN Donald Trump caught some flack when he tweeted a video showing him wrestling down an individual whose head had been replaced by a CNN avatar. Mr Trump has singled CNN out in particular with his chants of fake news . 12/17 Firing head of the FBI James Comey Donald Trump s firing of former FBI Director James Comey landed him with a federal investigation into Russia s meddling in the 2016 election that has caused many a headache for the White House. The White House initially said that the decision was made after consultation from the Justice Department. Then Mr Trump himself said that he had decided to fire him in part because he wanted the Russia investigation Mr Comey was conducting to stop. Getty Images 13/17 Not realizing being president would be hard Just three months into his presidency Donald Trump admitted that being president is harder than he thought it would be. Though Mr Trump insisted on the 2016 campaign trail that doing the job would be easy for him he admitted in an interview that living in the White House is harder than running a business empire. REUTERS 14/17 Accusing Obama of wiretapping him Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wire tapping him on twitter. The Justice Department later clarified: Mr Obama had not in fact done so. Reuters 15/17 Claiming there had been 3 million illegal votes Donald Trump was never very happy about losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by 2.8 million ballots. So he and White House voter-fraud commissioner Kris Kobach have claimed that anywhere between three and five million people voted illegally during the 2016 election. Conveniently he says that all of those illegal votes went to Ms Clinton. (There is no evidence to support that level of widespread voter fraud.) 16/17 Leaving Jews out of the Holocaust memorial statement Just days after taking office Donald Trump s White House issued a statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day but didn t mention jews or even the word jewish in the written statement. Getty Images 17/17 Anger over Inauguration crowd size Donald Trump s inauguration crowd was visibly and noticeably smaller than that of his predecessor Barack Obama. But he really wanted to have had the largest crowd on record. So he praised it as the biggest crowd ever. Relatedly Mr Trump also claimed that it stopped raining in Washington at the moment he was inaugurated. It didn t. The day was very dreary. Reuters At least 15 women have come forward with a wide range of allegations against Mr Trump ranging from sexual harassment and sexual assault to lewd behaviour around women. All the alleged incidents took place prior to Mr Trump being sworn into office. On Monday White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the President thinks it s a good thing that women are coming forward . But he also feels strongly that a mere allegation shouldn t determine the course she added. And in this case the President has denied any of these allegations as have eyewitnesses. And several reports have shown those eyewitnesses also back up the President s claim in this process. And again the American people knew this and voted for the President and we feel like we re ready to move forward in that process. Democratic Senator Al Franken announced last week that he would resign from office after a slew of senators - led by Ms Gillibrand - demanded that he do so following several sexual misconduct allegations against him. Some of the allegations against me are simply not true Mr Franken said during a speech on the Senate floor. Others I remember very differently. Read more Trump sexual assault accusers unite to demand Congress probe Trump accusers should be heard says top diplomat Democrat Senator Al Franken stands down over sexual assault claims I of all people am aware there is some irony in the fact I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party Mr Franken declared referring to Mr Trump and Roy Moore the Republican candidate in the special election for a US Senate Seat in Alabama. Mr Moore is also dogged by sexual misconduct allegations which he has vehemently denied. The President once admitted it was his voice on a Access Hollywood tape in which he could be heard bragging about sexual assault. But according to the New York Times he has since suggested that it wasn t him. More about: Donald Trump Kirsten Gillibrand Reuse content Breaking News Donald J. Trump was emphatic in the second presidential debate: Yes he had boasted about kissing women without permission and grabbing their genitals. But he had never actually done those things he said. No he declared under questioning on Sunday evening I have not. At that moment sitting at home in Manhattan Jessica Leeds 74 felt he was lying to her face. I wanted to punch the screen she said in an interview in her apartment.More than three decades ago when she was a traveling businesswoman at a paper company Ms. Leeds said she sat beside Mr. Trump in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York. They had never met before.About 45 minutes after takeoff she recalled Mr. Trump lifted the armrest and began to touch her.According to Ms. Leeds Mr. Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt. Advertisement Continue reading the main story He was like an octopus she said. His hands were everywhere. She fled to the back of the plane. It was an assault she said. Continue reading the main story WASHINGTON: A group of nearly 60 Democratic Congresswomen has sought a thorough investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations levelled against US President Donald Trump. In a letter sent to Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reforms the 54 women lawmakers who signed it noted that in the time of Me Too women across the US were coming forward with their own harrowing stories of sexual harassment and assault. Members of Congress have also come under scrutiny and investigation with some resigning for improper sexual conduct the letter said. We cannot ignore the multitude of women who have come forward with accusations against Mr Trump. With that said the President should be allowed to present evidence in his own defence it said. Three of the Trump s accusers at a news conference yesterday demanded the US Congress investigate their allegations against the US President. Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand even went to the extent of demanding Trump s resignation. President Trump should resign. But of course he won t hold himself accountable. Therefore Congress should investigate the multiple sexual harassment and assault allegations against him Gillibrand said in a tweet. The American people deserve a full inquiry into the truth of these allegations said Congresswoman Lois Frankel head of the Democratic Women s Working Group (DWWG). Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence said regardless of the victim or alleged perpetrator every voice deserved to be heard and justice demands transparency accountability and respect of due process. A thorough investigation into these accusations of sexual misconduct by President Trump is long overdue she said. While the President s behaviour certainly warrants a call for his resignation the most important thing we in Congress can do right now is a comprehensive investigation said Congresswoman Jackie Speier. What I find most disturbing is the fact that his victims were dismissed out of hand or even worse called liars. These women deserve to have us engage in a serious examination of the allegations and facts as does the American public she said. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the president had addressed the accusations directly and denied all of these allegations. This took place long before he was elected to be President. And the people of this country at a decisive election supported President Trump and we feel like these allegations have been answered through that process Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference. As the President said himself he thinks it s a good thing that women are coming forward but he also feels strongly that a mere allegation shouldn t determine the course she said. Last year Trump dismissed the allegations which came from at least 16 different women as false. The allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump have received renewed attention recently after several prominent men in the worlds of politics entertainment and media have been accused of sexual harassment assault and rape. Several reports have shown those eyewitnesses also back up the President s claim in this process. And again the American people knew this and voted for the President and we feel like we re ready to move forward in that process Sanders said. Donald Trump has tweeted his election-day support of Senate candidate Roy Moore urging Alabama residents to vote for the accused child sex abuser and claiming his opponent is pro-abortion . The people of Alabama will do the right thing Mr Trump tweeted. Doug Jones is Pro-Abortion weak on Crime Military and Illegal Immigration Bad for Gun Owners and Veterans and against the WALL. He added: Roy Moore will always vote with us. VOTE ROY MOORE! Read more Roy Moore s wife insists he is not antisemitic because he has a Jewish Alabama voters go to the polls on Tuesday to select a US Senator from their state in a special election. The race has been a contentious one in which child sex abuse allegations have put Mr Moore a Republican at a disadvantage in the traditionally red state. Mr Moore denies the allegations. Mr Moore s campaign has regularly emphasised his Democratic opponent s support for abortion rights something a majority of Alabamians oppose. Mr Jones campaign page clearly states that he will defend a woman s right to choose and stand with Planned Parenthood . He has also defended allowing abortions after 20 weeks in the case of medical emergencies. Steve Bannon: There s a special place in hell for Republicans who don t vote for Roy Moore Mr Moore who has proposed outlawing abortion and defunding Planned Parenthood told Breitbart News that his opponent goes to the extreme on abortion rights. He is ultra-liberal on abortion. He is ultra-liberal on immigration. He is ultra-liberal on many things Mr Moore said. And we ve got to either bring back conservativism or we will lose it all together. Still some anti-abortion advocates say they cannot support Mr Moore because of the sex abuse allegations against him. Bama Students for Life the antiabortion group at the University of Alabama told the Washington Post that the group would not be backing the candidate. His actions are not pro-life and they are not acceptable the group s Vice President told the Post. We do not support him in any way. World news in pictures 37 show all World news in pictures 1/37 12 December 2017 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather during the funeral ceremony of prominent spiritual leader Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman who died on Tuesday at the age of 104 in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv Israel. 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Getty Images 7/37 6 December 2017 Palestinians burn an Israeli and a U.S. flag during a protest against the U.S. intention to move its embassy to Jerusalem and to recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in Gaza City Reuters 8/37 5 December 2017 Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he was freed by his supporters in Kiev REUTERS 9/37 4 December 2017 A man exercises in a park on a winter morning in Kolkata India REUTERS 10/37 3 December 2017 A supporter of Salvador Nasralla presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship puts a balloon on the shield of a soldier in a protest while the country is still mired in chaos over a contested presidential election in Tegucigalpa Honduras REUTERS 11/37 2 December 2017 A man dressed as Santa Claus skiis down a mountain during the Saint Nicholas Day at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier Switzerland REUTERS 12/37 1 December 2017 A nurse takes blood for a HIV test for French President Emmanuel Macron as he visits the Delafontaine Hospital on World Aids Day Reuters 13/37 30 November 2017 An activist pours gasoline as an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. President Donald Trump burns during a protest action against Duterte s plan to set up a Revolutionary Government along a street in metro Manila Philippines Reuters 14/37 29 November 2017 South Korea s Hyunmoo II missile is fired during an exercise at an undefined location in the east coast of South Korea The Defence Ministry/Yonhap via REUTERS 15/37 28 November 2017 People fall as police fire tear gas to try control the crowd trying to force their way into Kasarani Stadium to attend the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi REUTERS 16/37 27 November 2017 Rohingya refugee Amina Khatun 55 rests at the bank of the Naf river after crossing it on an improvised raft to reach Bangladesh in Teknaf. Two of her sons were killed by gun fire when her village was attacked by Myanmar military she says Reuters 17/37 26 November 2017 Mount Agung volcano is seen spewing smoke and ash in Bali EMILIO KUZMA-FLOYD/via REUTERS 18/37 25 November 2017 A Pakistani protester throws a tear gas shell back towards police during a clash in Islamabad AFP/Getty Images 19/37 24 November 2017 Zimbabwe s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives ahead of his inauguration ceremony to be sworn in as president in Harare Reuters 20/37 23 November 2017 Comrades of missing crew members express their grief after the Argentine Navy announced that the sound detected in the missing submarine search is consistent with an explosion AFP 21/37 22 November 2017 Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic shouts at the presiding judge during the verdict hearing in his genocide trial in The Hague Netherlands EPA 22/37 21 November 2017 People and soldiers celebrate after the resignation of Zimbabwe s president Robert Mugabe AFP/Getty 23/37 20 November 2017 Israeli security forces carry away an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator as they disperse a protest against Israeli army conscription in Bnei Brak a city near Tel Aviv AFP/Getty 24/37 19 November 2017 Participants crossing the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge as they compete in the 2017 Qingdao International Marathon on the Sea in Qingdao in China s eastern Shandong province AFP/Getty 25/37 18 November 2017 Women shout pro-freedom slogans as people carry the remains of Mugees Mir a suspected militant who according to local media was killed in an encounter with the Indian security forces in Zakura during his funeral in Srinagar Reuters/Danish Ismail 26/37 17 November 2017 Riot police use stones to disperse the convoy of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as they attempt to access the Uhuru Park grounds upon his return REUTERS 27/37 16 November 2017 Donald Trump has awkward water bottle moment at the White House while talking about his latest overseas trip in Asia EPA 28/37 15 November 2017 Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare Zimbabwe Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo 29/37 14 November 2017 An Iranian boy rides a bicycle through the rubble from damaged buildings in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake left hundreds killed and thousands homeless two days before. AFP/Getty Images 30/37 13 November 2017 Gianluigi Buffon reacts during Italy s World Cup qualification match against Sweden. He retired from international duty after the Azzurri failed to go through. AFP/Getty 31/37 12 November 2017 Pepole hold placards demanding the return of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi Arabia during the annual Beirut International Marathon EPA 32/37 11 November 2017 Polish nationalists light flares as they take part in the March of Independence 2017 in Warsaw EPA 33/37 10 November 2017 Protesters rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest this weekend s visit of President Donald Trump AP 34/37 9 November 2017 Shiite faithful pilgrims gather between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas for Arbaeen AP 35/37 8 November 2017 A woman wearing a scarf to cover her face looks on as she waits for a passenger bus on a smoggy morning in New Delhi India. Air pollution reached unprecedented levels in the city prompting the government s Central Pollution Control Board to recommend emergency free public transport Reuters 36/37 7 November 2017 Russian solider stands in line at a military parade that marks the anniversary of the 1941 parade when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines of World War Two at Red Square in Moscow Russia Reuters 37/37 6 November 2017 A Houthi follower emerges from a gap in a flag as he attends a rally to show support to the Palestinians in Sanaa Yemen Reuters Multiple women have accused Mr Moore of perusing them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. One woman claims he initiated sexual contact with her when she was only 14 under the age of consent in Alabama. Mr Moore has dismissed the allegations as politically motivated and disgusting . Read more Place in hell for Republicans who don t back Moore says Bannon Pro-Trump group sends 12-year-old girl to interview Roy Moore What s at stake in the Alabama senate race Citing these denials Mr Trump threw his support behind the Senate candidate last month. The President told reporters that Mr Moore totally denies the allegations adding: He says it didn t happen. You have to listen to him also. Shortly thereafter Mr Trump tweeted his official endorsement of the candidate. He has since lobbied for Mr Moore at a rally in Florida and recorded robocalls for the Moore campaign in Alabama. LAST thing the Make America Great Again Agenda needs is a Liberal Democrat in Senate where we have so little margin for victory already Mr Trump tweeted last week. ...He s bad on Crime Life Border Vets Guns & Military. VOTE ROY MOORE! More about: Donald Trump Roy Moore Reuse content For the ardent Trump supporter this holiday season is a particularly gleeful time. Christmas decorations at the White House in pictures Read more We re allegedly saying Christmas again. There s a strong virile 71-year-old man in the White House instead of a Kenyan or a crooked woman. And best of all there s a plethora of Trump-related Christmas tat to splurge on. It s perfect for the True Patriot who thinks white people are under threat that the Fake News Media hates Trump and that libtards are trying to take away our guns. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Supplied Trump gallon popcorn keepsake bucket Who eats popcorn out of a bucket? The Breitbart reader that s who. Steve Bannon s rightwing website is flogging a number of Deplorable Christmas gifts the most interesting of which is this large tin bucket which comes with three flavors of popcorn: butter caramel and cheese. The lid is emblazoned with a quote from Trump: We re saying Merry Christmas again. Trump s claim to have reintroduced the term Merry Christmas has been thoroughly debunked by the Washington Post but the popcorn bucket is still popular it s currently sold out. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Supplied Make America Great Again Christmas ornament Tree looking a bit bare? Then check out this ornament on sale through Trump s still operational campaign website. It s just like the cap Trump wore during the campaign except little! Made of brass and finished in 24-karat gold this ornament is sure to make any tree stand out says the blurb. It costs 45 which will be offset by the massive tax cuts the poorest people in the country will soon receive. Oh wait. Well let s just say it costs 45. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Supplied Snowflake tree accessory The perfect accompaniment to the little Maga hat this ornament is a fun gift based on the rightwing snowflake slur. It is again offered by Breitbart. It was a very very rough year for snowflakes and at Breitbart we are sensitive to their collective plight. To that end we are offering this sturdy Snowflake Tree Ornament Breitbart s sales pitch says. Now Trump has restored the term Christmas this is the perfect gift to help you embrace the true meaning of the day: antagonizing political foes. It s what Jesus would have wanted. Photograph: Supplied Trump deluxe mask Not specifically a Christmas gift but perfect for any season. This latex match will be perfect for those among us who wish to look like Trump. It s being sold by Walmart which has nailed the president s jowls and disappearing jaw but gone a bit overboard with the cross-eyes. Trump calendar Play Video 0:15 Spend each day of 2018 with Donald Trump thanks to your very own calendar video It s a great chance to relive some of the best moments of Trump s presidency. Trump backers get revenge gifts from relatives: donations to liberal causes Read more In the absence of any actual achievements the calendar is mostly just photos of Trump standing around like an eastern European dictator. There s Trump looking solemn in front of a helicopter and solemn in front of a car while December s photo is Trump looming over a Merry Christmas sign like some sort of beardless Santa. A personal favorite month is August which shows Trump giving Melania one of those kisses where she visibly recoils. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Supplied Official Merry Christmas Hat This is just Trump s Make America Great Again hat but someone has stuck some colorful little bits behind the logo. It says Merry Christmas on the back too. Including shipping it costs 53. You can buy a drone for that. The Kremlin has said that it considers every tweet by US President Donald Trump as an official statement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was not his place to comment on Mr Trump s actions but added: in any case everything which is published from his authorised Twitter account is perceived by Moscow as his official statement. Naturally it is reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin along with other information about official statements by politicians Mr Peskov said. Read more Donald Trump tweets about TV viewing habits during New York attack Mr Putin does not appear to have an official Twitter account himself. Mr Trump s activity on Twitter has been the cause of several controversies since he entered office in January. Just some of the highlights of his account include insulting Senators saying the FBI is in tatters referring to North Korean leader Ki Jong-un as Rocket Man and threatening to use military force repeatedly referring to erstwhile opponent Hillary Clinton as Crooked Hillary and hitting out at the fake news of CNN the New York Times Washington Post and several other media outlets. He also recently started a row with UK Prime Minister Theresa May when he retweeted three unverified but blatantly anti-Muslim videos posted by the ultra-nationalist group Britain First. Stand Up To Racism protests against Donald Trump s Britain First retweets Questions arose if he would use the official Presidential account @POTUS which his predecessor Barack Obama before changing to @POTUS44. He has continued to use his personal account @realdonaldtrump for the vast majority of his tweets and retweets. The latter is also the account to which world leaders have commented upon when he has tweeted anything controversial. In February the National Archives advised the White House to retain records of all the President s tweets. World news in pictures 37 show all World news in pictures 1/37 12 December 2017 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather during the funeral ceremony of prominent spiritual leader Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman who died on Tuesday at the age of 104 in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv Israel. REUTERS 2/37 11 December 2017 A Palestinian protester kicks a flaming tire during clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah AFP/Getty 3/37 10 December 2017 Demonstrators set US and Israeli flags on fire during a protest against Donald Trump s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel s capital in Istanbul REUTERS 4/37 9 December 2017 People gather to watch the bikers procession during the funeral ceremony in tribute to late French singer Johnny Hallyday in Paris EPA 5/37 8 December 2017 A Palestinian protester uses a sling to hurl stones towards Israeli troops REUTERS 6/37 7 December 2017 Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway north of Ventura California. Getty Images 7/37 6 December 2017 Palestinians burn an Israeli and a U.S. flag during a protest against the U.S. intention to move its embassy to Jerusalem and to recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in Gaza City Reuters 8/37 5 December 2017 Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he was freed by his supporters in Kiev REUTERS 9/37 4 December 2017 A man exercises in a park on a winter morning in Kolkata India REUTERS 10/37 3 December 2017 A supporter of Salvador Nasralla presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship puts a balloon on the shield of a soldier in a protest while the country is still mired in chaos over a contested presidential election in Tegucigalpa Honduras REUTERS 11/37 2 December 2017 A man dressed as Santa Claus skiis down a mountain during the Saint Nicholas Day at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier Switzerland REUTERS 12/37 1 December 2017 A nurse takes blood for a HIV test for French President Emmanuel Macron as he visits the Delafontaine Hospital on World Aids Day Reuters 13/37 30 November 2017 An activist pours gasoline as an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. President Donald Trump burns during a protest action against Duterte s plan to set up a Revolutionary Government along a street in metro Manila Philippines Reuters 14/37 29 November 2017 South Korea s Hyunmoo II missile is fired during an exercise at an undefined location in the east coast of South Korea The Defence Ministry/Yonhap via REUTERS 15/37 28 November 2017 People fall as police fire tear gas to try control the crowd trying to force their way into Kasarani Stadium to attend the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi REUTERS 16/37 27 November 2017 Rohingya refugee Amina Khatun 55 rests at the bank of the Naf river after crossing it on an improvised raft to reach Bangladesh in Teknaf. Two of her sons were killed by gun fire when her village was attacked by Myanmar military she says Reuters 17/37 26 November 2017 Mount Agung volcano is seen spewing smoke and ash in Bali EMILIO KUZMA-FLOYD/via REUTERS 18/37 25 November 2017 A Pakistani protester throws a tear gas shell back towards police during a clash in Islamabad AFP/Getty Images 19/37 24 November 2017 Zimbabwe s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives ahead of his inauguration ceremony to be sworn in as president in Harare Reuters 20/37 23 November 2017 Comrades of missing crew members express their grief after the Argentine Navy announced that the sound detected in the missing submarine search is consistent with an explosion AFP 21/37 22 November 2017 Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic shouts at the presiding judge during the verdict hearing in his genocide trial in The Hague Netherlands EPA 22/37 21 November 2017 People and soldiers celebrate after the resignation of Zimbabwe s president Robert Mugabe AFP/Getty 23/37 20 November 2017 Israeli security forces carry away an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator as they disperse a protest against Israeli army conscription in Bnei Brak a city near Tel Aviv AFP/Getty 24/37 19 November 2017 Participants crossing the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge as they compete in the 2017 Qingdao International Marathon on the Sea in Qingdao in China s eastern Shandong province AFP/Getty 25/37 18 November 2017 Women shout pro-freedom slogans as people carry the remains of Mugees Mir a suspected militant who according to local media was killed in an encounter with the Indian security forces in Zakura during his funeral in Srinagar Reuters/Danish Ismail 26/37 17 November 2017 Riot police use stones to disperse the convoy of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as they attempt to access the Uhuru Park grounds upon his return REUTERS 27/37 16 November 2017 Donald Trump has awkward water bottle moment at the White House while talking about his latest overseas trip in Asia EPA 28/37 15 November 2017 Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare Zimbabwe Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo 29/37 14 November 2017 An Iranian boy rides a bicycle through the rubble from damaged buildings in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake left hundreds killed and thousands homeless two days before. AFP/Getty Images 30/37 13 November 2017 Gianluigi Buffon reacts during Italy s World Cup qualification match against Sweden. He retired from international duty after the Azzurri failed to go through. AFP/Getty 31/37 12 November 2017 Pepole hold placards demanding the return of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi Arabia during the annual Beirut International Marathon EPA 32/37 11 November 2017 Polish nationalists light flares as they take part in the March of Independence 2017 in Warsaw EPA 33/37 10 November 2017 Protesters rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest this weekend s visit of President Donald Trump AP 34/37 9 November 2017 Shiite faithful pilgrims gather between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas for Arbaeen AP 35/37 8 November 2017 A woman wearing a scarf to cover her face looks on as she waits for a passenger bus on a smoggy morning in New Delhi India. Air pollution reached unprecedented levels in the city prompting the government s Central Pollution Control Board to recommend emergency free public transport Reuters 36/37 7 November 2017 Russian solider stands in line at a military parade that marks the anniversary of the 1941 parade when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines of World War Two at Red Square in Moscow Russia Reuters 37/37 6 November 2017 A Houthi follower emerges from a gap in a flag as he attends a rally to show support to the Palestinians in Sanaa Yemen Reuters Another point of contention was whether the President is allowed to delete tweets per the Presidential Records Act of 1978 enacted out of a concern that former President Richard Nixon could have destroyed the incriminating Watergate tapes which ultimately led to his resignation. The act relates to any constitutional statutory or other official or ceremonial duties of the President which many experts have said includes platforms like Twitter Facebook and email. Whether these tweets will be archived remains an open question but in June Representative Mike Quigley introduced the The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement (COVFEFE) Act in order to ensure that Mr Trump s @realdonaldtrump account was included under the 1978 act. Read more Donald Trump demands journalist is fired in row over crowd size photo Donald Trump attacks CNN in series of tweets FBI head tells staff to keep calm and tackle hard after Trump tweet The name of the act was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the President s deleted 31 May tweet that read: Despite the constant negative press covfefe . If the President is going to take to social media to make sudden public policy proclamations we must ensure that these statements are documented and preserved for future reference Mr Quigley said in a statement. There has been no vote on the bill as yet. More about: Donald Trump Russia Vladimir Putin Kremlin Twitter Reuse content