{"id":13873,"date":"2025-12-12T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=13873"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:53:13","slug":"hot-mic-catches-donald-trump-making-concerning-two-word-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=13873","title":{"rendered":"Hot mic catches Donald Trump making concerning two-word comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"306\">Whenever Donald Trump speaks publicly, controversy usually follows. On Monday, after announcing a $12 billion aid package for farmers hurt by tariffs and inflation, attention shifted to a hot-mic moment as he left a roundtable meeting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"560\">Trump was heard saying \u201cblue slips\u201d and \u201cYou know I cannot appoint anybody,\u201d prompting speculation he was expressing frustration over the Senate\u2019s long-standing \u201cblue slip\u201d tradition, which allows home-state senators to block federal judicial nominees.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"843\">The remarks came days after Trump criticized his own party for letting the blue-slip practice stall his appointments, including that of his personal lawyer, Alina Habba, whose tenure as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey was ruled unlawful after senators blocked her confirmation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"1062\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Trump argued the tradition makes it \u201cimpossible\u201d to appoint judges or U.S. attorneys and urged Republicans to act, saying even highly qualified nominees are being stopped by a single senator\u2019s refusal to approve them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1998129139732128099&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Fhot-mic-catches-donald-trump-making-concerning-two-word-comment%2F&amp;sessionId=5978122c8f1028891fcb7ad1f6da5b3d4faa94dd&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1998129139732128099\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever Donald Trump speaks publicly, controversy usually follows. 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