The Daily Populous

Thursday August 20th, 2020 night edition

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"He actually said ... could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland because, in his words, Puerto Rico was 'dirty' and 'the people were poor,'" former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told MSNBC's Hallie Jackson.

Taylor said Trump made the offensive comments ahead of a 2018 trip to Puerto Rico for hurricane relief.

The former official added Trump expressed "deep animus for the Puerto Rican people behind the scenes" and that he did not believe Trump was joking.

During an MSNBC interview Wednesday, former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor said the president made a surprising request.

Taylor, who has been speaking out about his time in the Trump administration in recent days, told MSNBC's Hallie Jackson that he heard Trump float a swap deal for Puerto Rico and Greenland during summer 2018.

According to Taylor, Trump made the comments ahead of an August 2018 trip to Puerto Rico for hurricane relief.

"He actually said he wanted to see if we could sell Puerto Rico — could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland because, in his words, Puerto Rico was 'dirty' and 'the people were poor,'" Taylor said. »

RENEE YOUNG LEAVING WWE

Authored by pwinsider.com

WWE broadcast personality Renee Young is leaving World Wrestling Entertainment, PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple sources.

Young (real name Renee Good), 32, has been with WWE since 2012, having been hired after working for Canada's Score Television Network. »

Ex-Washington NFL player Derrius Guice accused of rape while at LSU

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Two women say ex-Washington RB Derrius Guice raped them at LSU when he was a freshman.

Both women told USA TODAY that Guice assaulted them in their apartments after nights of heavy drinking.

One woman said Guice showed up uninvited to a party she was hosting, then entered her bedroom while she was sleeping and raped her. »

Russiagate Was Not a Hoax

Authored by theatlantic.com

The White House engaged in gamesmanship, invoking executive privilege to deny witnesses and block access to a paper trail.

When Mueller’s prosecutors appeared in court, in February 2019, they implied that the most troubling evidence they had uncovered implicated Manafort, the Trump campaign chairman.

Was Manafort passing information to him, through Kilimnik, for the sake of currying favor with an old patron?. »

Sega will "aggressively" focus on PC ports after Steam strength during lockdown

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Sega will "aggressively" focus on PC ports after Steam strength during lockdown Strong sales of Persona 4: Golden port will lead to more Sega catalogue titles on PC.

Sega will start "aggressively" porting games from its back catalogue to Steam, due to the strength of digital PC sales during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The key platform during that period was Steam, specifically in Europe and the US, with consumers purchasing digital games during lockdown. »