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In a bizarre Twitter rant on Sunday, actorDon Cheadle,an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump,claimed that the Commander-in-Chief had used a racial slur before entering the White House.

The Oceans ElevenandCrashstarwas engulfed in the depths of a debate about Russias alleged ties with the Trump campaignwhen a useraccused him of Trump-hating way before treason.

Cheadle replied,Hated him since he asked my friends father at a Doral pro-am if hed ever fed a n Did it for me referring to the golf contest held at Trumps luxury resort in Doral, Miami.

Several fans pushed back, asking for proof of the incident.

Her father wasnt wearing a wire, the actor responded. But look up the 2M or so articles about Drumpf and racism if you need a primer. Start with his own book. (Drumpf refers to John Olivers moniker for Trump that he popularized during the election.)

Another challenged Cheadle why he hadnt brought up the accusation during the campaign. However, the actor said he didnt feel it would have made a difference.

Many already know this to be in his nature. Its not hidden, he wrote. And those who cant see it, might never. The story would have changed little.

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Although Cheadle did not specify when the incident happened and said he did not know his fathers friend, he persisted that the story was true.

Have you never been in a situation where language like this was used to describe a person of color, woman, gay person, Jewish person, LBGTQ person, Muslim, and just kept it to yourself? he wrote in a series of tweets. Weve ALL probably done something like this and then repeated it later to someone we know/love/trust, and sometimes with regret and shame that we didnt speak up at the time.

He continued, Same thing here. A father repeating it to his daughter with both disbelief of hearin the words and regret that he stayed quiet and minded his own business. Like that.

Cheadle also joked about his claim, saying that Jim No Last Name, a person Trump referred to when claiming Paris wasnt Paris anymore during a recent speech was his source. He also tweeted that he was onayahuasca, a hallucinogenic, although it wasnt clear if he was being serious.

The White House and Cheadles representatives did not immediately respond to PEOPLEs request for comment.

Trumphas yet to respond to Cheadles claim buthe has said in the past that he is the least racist person youve ever met.

Cheadle has not been shy in expressing his feelings about Trump. InAugust, he called Trump a POS(piece of s) in response to a tweet from the Republican nominee suggesting African Americans would vote for him afterthe shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wades cousin in Chicago.

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Two senior White House officials told NBC News that President Donald Trump plans to sign a revised version of his executive order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority nations on Monday.

Since a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order on it in early February, different White House officials and the president have stated numerous times that the new executive order would be signed soon. But more than a month after it was barred, the revised version has not been realized.

The delay would seem to undercut the White House's original argument for its swift execution, which created confusing travel situations and immigration statuses for hundreds of people the weekend it was implemented. When its necessity and legality was challenged, the president and senior administration officials emphasized the need for travel restrictions because they believed the nation would be at risk without them.

These are the developments since the executive order was first signed.

Jan. 27: The executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority nations is signed by President Trump.

Jan. 30: On "Fox and Friends," senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said the executive order was an urgent priority because "if we waited five days, 10 days, six months to begin establishing the first series of controls," then the administration would be leaving "the homeland unnecessarily vulnerable."

Feb. 3: A federal judge in Seattle issued a nationwide temporary restraining order, effectively blocking the executive order.

Feb. 4: President Trump tweeted that the judge's action means "many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country."

Related: Trump Travel Ban Makes America Less Safe: Ex-Top Security, State Officials

Feb 10: At a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump hinted at new executive order "sometime next week," stating that "we'll be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country. You'll be seeing that sometime next week."

Feb. 16: President Trump, at a news conference in the East Room, told reporters: "We're issuing a new executive action next week that will comprehensively protect our country."

Feb. 20: A senior White House official told NBC News that a new order is expected later in the week.

Feb. 23: Press Secretary Sean Spicer says: "It's not a question of delaying, it's a question of getting it right. We've taken the Court's opinions and concerns into consideration, but the order is finalized. It's now awaiting implementation."

Feb. 28: Prior to the joint address to Congress, a senior administration official told NBC News President Trump is expected to sign the executive order on March 1 at the Department of Justice.

Feb. 28: After the joint address to Congress, a senior official said the signing would be delayed in order let the president's joint address breathe.

March 1: Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that when the president is ready to make a decision on the timing of the revised immigration executive order, they'll let reporters know "and we're not there yet."

March 4: Two senior administration officials said the president plans to sign the revised executive order on Monday.

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Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered Saturday in downtown San Diego for a march aimed at showing solidarity with the POTUS.

The March 4 Trump: San Diego event was held at Ruocco Park in downtown San Diego. Trump supporters wore patriotic red, white and blue clothing and waved American flags and "Trump" banners.

Lets support our president and stop the hate! organizers of the march said in a press release, adding that the event was an effort to unite citizens of the U.S.

"USA! USA! USA!" the group chanted as their event got underway.

Point Loma real estate agent Dawn Mayo was among those who marched in support of Trump. She said she appreciates the way in which Trump carries himself and handles business.

I love Trump. Hes the perfect man, the perfect President and I believe in every single thing he says and does, said Mayo. Hes a businessman and he just has it. Hes just got it going on. He says it the way it is.

Elizabeth Torphy, from Orange County, drove to San Diego for the event.

Wearing a shirt that read "Make America Great Again," she told NBC 7 that, as a Trump supporter, she wants her voice heard.

There are so many pro-Trump supporters out there, and we need to be heard. I want our voices to be heard," said Torphy. "I say, My vote, my voice. And thats what I mean, my voice counts.

She said events like March 4 Trump make her feel as if the pro-Trump movement is gaining ground.

Were getting louder. Weve been drowned out for so long, she added, saying that it's time to focus on positivity.

Im proud to be American and I dont think thats a bad thing. I think its a wonderful thing to be proud to be American," Torphy said.

Kerry Lewis was also happy to have his voice heard.

"Were the silent majority," he said, referring to Trump supporters. "Trump went after the electoral vote he won it."

Lewis said he believes Trump is exactly what the U.S. needs at the moment.

Trump is a businessman. This country needs a businessman to run it, he told NBC 7.

The San Diego march was among many happening nationwide, as the March 4 Trump movement unfolded across other states Saturday, too.

At noon, another separate pro-Trump event the Spirit of America Rally was scheduled downtown, at the Embarcadero Marina Park South near the San Diego Convention Center.

Bring your families, friends and Trump supporters for a day of sharing American values with everyday people, organizers of that event said in a press release. Feel free to bring chairs, picnic items, and your positive American Spirit to celebrate and support our president.

While the pro-Trump rallies happened in downtown San Diego, another group those against Trump rallied in Ocean Beach.

The March 4 Impeachment gathering included demonstrators spelling out the word IMPEACH by standing in a formation on the beach, replicating a similar demonstration recently held at a beach in San Francisco when people spelled out "RESIST!!" on the sand.

The March 4 Impeachment is just one of thousands of events to promote the efforts to resist the Trump agenda. We resist his misogynistic, xenophobic, and climate denial policies to name a few, organizers of this rally said in a press release.

Published at 11:56 AM PST on Mar 4, 2017 | Updated at 9:47 PM PST on Mar 4, 2017

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"Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!" Trump tweeted early Saturday morning in one part of a six-tweet tirade that began just after 6:30 a.m.

The President went on to compare the alleged tapping of his phones to Watergate and called Obama "bad (or "sick)."

"How low has President Obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy," Trump tweeted.

But two former senior US officials quickly dismissed Trump's accusations out of hand.

"Just nonsense," said one former senior US intelligence official.

Another former senior US official with direct knowledge of investigations by the Justice Department under the Obama administration said Trump's phones were never tapped.

"This did not happen. It is false. Wrong," the former official told CNN.

A spokesman for Obama, Kevin Lewis, called "any suggestion" that Obama or any White House official ordered surveillance against Trump "simply false."

"A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice," Lewis said in a statement early Saturday afternoon. "As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false."

The former senior US official with direct knowledge of the Justice Department's investigations said Obama could not have ordered such a warrant. It would have been taken to a judge by investigators, but investigators never sought a warrant to monitor Trump's phones, the former official said.

A federal judge would only have approved a warrant to wiretap Trump's phones if he or she had found probable cause that Trump had committed a federal crime or was a foreign agent.

Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes echoed the point in a tweet responding to Trump on Saturday morning.

"No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you," he said in his Twitter post.

Warrants to tap into someone's phones in the course of a federal investigation would be sought by the Department of Justice, which conducts investigations independent of the White House and the President.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, an independent and secretive federal court, is responsible for issuing surveillance warrants in cases concerning foreign intelligence. The FBI has been investigating contacts between Trump campaign advisers and Russians known to US intelligence, and that court would likely be the forum to petition for such a warrant.

When asked if the White House is seeking any possible FISA court documentation to back up the President's claims, several senior administration officials confirmed to CNN that White House Counsel Donald McGahn "is reviewing what options, if any, are available to us." But White House officials could not say whether any such documentation exists.

There is no evidence such a document on surveillance of Trump himself exists, according to sources with knowledge of the situation whom CNN spoke to Saturday.

The FISA court's records are some of the most secretive intelligence documents. The White House could seek possible records from the Justice Department. If it did that, it would be unheard of and a breach of protocol, University of Texas law professor Steve Vladeck, an expert on national security law, told CNN. Protocol has dictated that the Justice Department would be insulated from such White House requests for these types of documents.

The New York Times first reported on McGahn's review.

A senior administration official in Washington said colleagues learned of the tweet storm about Obama only after Trump sent them. They were not expecting the President to make any news this morning before golfing in Palm Beach, Florida.

The official said they don't believe Trump is trying to get ahead of any particular story that's about to come out, but rather he is furious about how the Russia storyline is playing out.

The official pointed to a story on the conservative website Breitbart News that was circulating in the West Wing, which followed up on comments from radio talk show Mark Levin claiming Obama worked to undermine Trump's presidential campaign and his administration, including various investigations on Russia and possible ties between Russians and Trump associates.

That story infuriated him, the official said.

Trump's tweets Saturday morning are just the latest in a string of wild accusations he has made since taking office that either directly contradicted the facts or lacked evidence to substantiate his claims, and they come just days after Trump was widely praised for the unifying tone of his joint address to Congress.

While past presidents have spoken prudently about sensitive matters to ensure that any claims they make are backed up by carefully vetted facts, Trump has instead maintained his pre-presidency style: one defined by unsubstantiated claims bellowed off the cuff or tweeted at odd hours of the day.

Trump has made dozens of verifiably false or misleading claims since taking office, often with an eye on gaining a political advantage or blunting criticism.

The President has repeatedly trumpeted the debunked claim that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election and accused journalists of inventing a rift between him and the US intelligence community, despite his own statements to that effect.

And last month, he accused a Democratic senator of misrepresenting his Supreme Court nominee's criticism of him, even after the nominee's White House-appointed spokesman corroborated the senator's account of the conversation.

Meanwhile, Trump and his advisers have falsely accused the media of leading a "fake news" campaign to smear his presidency, all the while arguing in favor of "alternative facts."

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who has been critical of Trump, said during a town hall forum Saturday that he didn't know if Trump's claim was true, but said he was "very worried" about the allegation.

"I'm very worried. I'm very worried that our President is suggesting that the former President's done something illegally," Graham said. "I would be very worried if in fact the Obama administration was able to obtain a warrant lawfully about Trump campaign activity with foreign governments. So it's my job as a United States senator to get to the bottom of this. I promise you I will."

California Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, which is also probing the scope of Russia's influence on the US election, said in a statement Saturday afternoon in reference to one of Trump's tweets: "If there is something bad or sick going on, it is the willingness of the nation's chief executive to make the most outlandish and destructive claims without providing a scintilla of evidence to support them.

"No matter how much we hope and pray that this President will grow into one who respects and understands the Constitution, separation of powers, role of a free press, responsibilities as the leader of the free world, or demonstrates even the most basic regard for the truth, we must now accept that President Trump will never become that man," Schiff said.

Amid criticism that Trump's allegations were meritless, one GOP senator called on Trump to release proof about his accusation, saying the President's allegations were "very serious."

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, a frequent Trump critic, said the President should publicly release the FISA Court order that would have been needed if his phones were legally tapped by the government.

And, if Trump believes his phones were illegally monitored, he "should explain what sort of wiretap it was and how he knows this," Sasse said in a statement.

"We are in the midst of a civilization-warping crisis of public trust, and the President's allegations today demand the thorough and dispassionate attention of serious patriots," Sasse said. "A quest for the full truth, rather than knee-jerk partisanship, must be our guide if we are going to rebuild civic trust and health."

This story has been updated to reflect new developments. CNN's Jim Acosta, Eugene Scott, Jim Sciutto and Jason Hanna contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have toned down his style for his joint address to Congress this week, but Democrats arent any less worried about what they think he may do to the United States.

Indeed, their mantra could be boiled down to the famous line in the movie The Fly about the horrible transformation of Seth Brundle: Be afraid - be very afraid.

Its not the same sort of fear that they see Trump stoking, though. They are not worried about what the president keeps telling people to fear. His claims that crime is at record highs, that terrorists are infiltrating America among refugees, or that undocumented immigrants are dangerous criminals are not true and theyre not supported by any data.

What scares them is Trump himself, what the presidents use of fear-mongering claims suggest he wants to do to the country and what his vision of a newly great America would mean for anyone who disagrees with him.

Trumps more reasonable sounding tone Tuesday did little to reassure them. Asked before and after his speech what things about Trump scared them, Democrats had a hard time choosing among the grim possibilities.

There are a great many, said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Most Democrats brought up the presidents Russia tiesand the continuing revelations associated with the ongoing probe of Russian leaderVladimir Putinsoperatives to sway the U.S. election on behalf of Trump.

That particular fear was punctuated this week by reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessionshad failed to disclose meetings with the Russian ambassador, prompting him to recuse himself from the ongoing probe. The news only added to the number of Trump advisers who can be linked to Russia.

We have to see what is involved with Russia right now, said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) said it was very concerning, very concerning, pointing to Trumps repeated overtures to Putins government even as the Russian president has been sanctioned for invading Ukraine and the U.S. intelligence community accused him of interfering in American politics.

But perhaps the greatest fear is not just that president is OK with Russia undermining American democracy as long as it benefits Trump, but that he will undermine it himself.

Many Democrats zeroed in on Trumps ongoing campaigns against the free press and independent judgesas the first points of evidence.

Trump has castigated judges throughout his campaign when they disagreed with him, and denounced as a so-called judge, the jurist who knocked down his recent refugee travel ban. Hes long called reporters the most dishonest people, and recently ratcheted up his rhetoric.

He made the astounding statement that the press was the enemy of the people, Schiff said. He was basically saying that any news organization that prints something unflattering to me is an enemy of the people. That is not something weve ever heard an American president say. I dont think even Richard Nixon went that far.

Schiff was referring to a tweet of Trumps to that effect, as well as the presidents subsequent repetition of the line.

When the president is going with such attacks is especially worrisome for Democrats.

If you want to form an authoritarian country, the first thing you do is bash the press and try to destroy the legitimacy of the judiciary, said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), a member of the House Judiciary Committee who is leading a push to get the Department of Justice to share its information on Trump.

Anyone who tries to destroy the press and the judiciary is setting the stage for a much more authoritarian situation, and is very dangerous, Nadler added.

Should Trump push the country in that direction, they see the rise of a more nationalistic state that attempts to exclude people who are not part of Trumps America, and sets the stage for more war.

Nationalism is about creating a hierarchical society, and then syncing everybodys individuality into militarism, and then going to war against other people, and stereotyping and vilifying foreigners, said freshman Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who is a constitutional law professor.

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) already sees the signs of some Americans embracing Trumps vision.

We see the rise of anti-semitism. We see the rise of hate speech around the country focused at the people of the Jewish faith, of the Muslim faith, of ethnic and racial minorities, Crowley said. That scares me. That worries me tremendously.

It especially worries the Democrats because some of Trumps top advisers White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and senior adviser Stephen Miller in particular are self-professed nationalists. Bannon is the former editor of Breitbart News, which has trafficked heavily in white nationalist thought in recent years.

You can see precisely where Steve Bannon wants to go, Raskin said, noting that the presidents brand of populism lends itself to an authoritarian bent. The authoritarian populism pushed to its limits just becomes fascism, Raskin said.

What scares me overall are the people behind Trump Bannon, Miller and others who are true believers in the alt-right, and this economic nationalism and nationalism overall, added Crowley.

He pointed to the White House putting out a Holocaust remembrance resolution that he said purposefully does not mentionJewish people and their suffering during the Holocaust.

Not all observers are convinced that Trumps visions and goals are that organized or concrete. But when Democrats consider those people who are advising Trump, they are not at all reassured.

I think Donald Trump is dangerous for our country, and I said that during the campaign dangerous to the extent that he tends to make decisions not necessarily based on fact, but on his own intuition if you will, or his own thinking of whats a good thing to say at this time, said Rep. Steny Hoyer, (D-Md.), the Democratic whip.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) described Trumps behavior as erratic, discordant and incoherent. Hes shown ... an incapability of assembling a team that actually knows what its doing, and to me thats extremely frightening, he said.

Perhaps the ultimate fear is that someone like Trump could land the United States in a cataclysmic war even without meaning to.

To me thats terrifying that you have a president whos making light of World War III, said Raskin, referring to tweets by Trumpon the issue.

What scares me about him is, number one, his ignorance, said Nadler. Im afraid of his getting us into a war or something.

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