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Trump has done anything illegal. The IRS allow you defer business taxes. Just ask Warren Buffet and Jeff Besos.
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Donald Trump - President of the USA's legal troubles
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Interest paid on loans is a tax deduction, he can claim a tax deduction on that interest and that frees up capital to invest in other businesses.
Very common in successful businesses.
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That was to avoid having to answer congress for his earnings. If he took those earnings they would be liable to question where it’s spent since it’s tax payers money and that would have opened rest of his returns
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I mean technically he is taking salary of $1 (remember that a president cannot refuse to take salary)
So I think he is still liable
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I feel like his businesses will go down like they did in the 90s
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Several hundred millions of the loans are apparently going to be due in his second term if he’s re-elected. That is sure to be entertaining.
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Don't think Sleepy Biden and his all of a sudden Indian wannabe Kamala Harris are winning this. DT seems to have got this..
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Human rights lawyers sue Trump administration for 'silencing' them
Prominent US human rights lawyers are suing the Trump administration over an executive order they say has gagged them and halted their work pursuing justice on behalf of war crimes victims around the world.
As a result of the order in June threatening “serious consequences” for anyone giving support to the work of the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague, the lawyers say they have had to cancel speeches and presentations, end research, abandon writing ICC-related articles and dispensing advice and assistance to victims of atrocities.
The effect, according to the plaintiffs, has been an unprecedented infringement of their constitutional right to free speech and a chill that has pervaded the world of international humanitarian law.
“This is just a wallop, a gut punch, silencing the activities that really have been my life’s work,” said Diane Marie Amann, professor of international law at the University of Georgia and one of the plaintiffs.
She argued Donald Trump’s order was a betrayal of an American tradition of global leadership on human rights, including the creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal and a leading role in the establishment of the ICC.
“It is so sad to think that the country in which I was born, in a city called Libertyville, Illinois, is prohibiting me from doing that work,” Amann said.
The executive order was followed in September by the imposition of sanctions – originally designed to be used for drug traffickers and terrorists – against the ICC chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, and another senior ICC official.
Amann has served as an unpaid special adviser to Bensouda on children in conflict since 2012.
“I work on behalf of children who are affected by armed conflict, who are killed, tortured, sexually abused, forced to become child soldiers, and trafficked,” Amann said, adding that she has had to curtail her work as a result of the US targeting of Bensouda, or face the risk of personal sanctions possibly including the seizure of her family’s assets.
“Since the designation of Prosecutor Bensouda, I have refrained from giving her any advice,” Amann said. “I have withdrawn from public presentations to which I had already committed, out of fear that public discussion of the work of the ICC might be construed to violate the sanctions regime. I have refrained from engaging student research assistants to assist me in work in the subject area, out of fear of exposing them in some way.”
The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday morning in a federal court in New York by Amann, three other US-based law professors, all acting in their private capacities, and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). It is directed against Trump, secretary of state Mike Pompeo, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, attorney general William Barr, the director of the office of foreign assets control, Andrea Gacki, and their respective departments.
It calls for the enforcement of the executive order to be halted while the court considers its constitutionality.
The administration has presented the sanctions against the ICC as a response to the court’s decision to investigate suspected war crimes by all parties in Afghanistan, including US forces. Pompeo also assailed the ICC for investigating Israel for its actions in the Palestinian territories.
“This is a targeted sanctions authority directed at persons determined to have engaged in specific activity that threatens the foreign policy and national security of the United States or to have materially supported such persons,” a state department spokesperson said.
The sanctions, the spokesperson added, “apply to individuals who have directly engaged in ICC efforts to investigate US personnel without the consent of the United States, or have materially supported individuals who are designated for such actions”.
The lawsuit argues that the executive order is so vaguely worded that it threatens a far broader range of cooperation with the ICC by lawyers, human rights groups and the others. The OSJI argued that it could affect a casual giver of advice or even the airline transporting sanctioned ICC officials, or the hotels where they stay.
“We spend lots of time in many places around the world meeting with victims to help them understand how the court works ... how they can provide evidence to the court,” James Goldston, OSJI’s executive director, said.
“And all of that is essentially put on hold now because it may well be prohibited by this order. That’s the fear, and it’s such a broad order, that it’s hard to tell.”
The four law professors suing the administration are all dual nationals, which they say makes them more vulnerable to the executive order, but say it could be used against any Americans.
Andrew Loewenstein, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, described the Trump executive order as “entirely exceptional”.
“Historically, the powers vested in the president to issue economic sanctions of this type have been used in relation to terrorist groups or drug kingpins or in relation to serious violations of human rights,” Loewenstein, an attorney at the firm Foley Hoag, said.
“It’s never been used in a circumstance like this, where the ultimate target of the sanctions are the the prosecutor and others of senior officials of the international criminal court, who are engaged in wide-ranging efforts to prosecute and investigate international crimes including crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.”
The plaintiffs say the order will have repercussions around the world, inhibiting non-US human rights lawyers and activists who fear being barred entry or having US assets confiscated.
Goldston said: “It is I think a threat to the notion that the United States stands for human rights, and on ability to say anything to anybody about human rights in the world.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...s-sue-trump-administration-for-silencing-them
Prominent US human rights lawyers are suing the Trump administration over an executive order they say has gagged them and halted their work pursuing justice on behalf of war crimes victims around the world.
As a result of the order in June threatening “serious consequences” for anyone giving support to the work of the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague, the lawyers say they have had to cancel speeches and presentations, end research, abandon writing ICC-related articles and dispensing advice and assistance to victims of atrocities.
The effect, according to the plaintiffs, has been an unprecedented infringement of their constitutional right to free speech and a chill that has pervaded the world of international humanitarian law.
“This is just a wallop, a gut punch, silencing the activities that really have been my life’s work,” said Diane Marie Amann, professor of international law at the University of Georgia and one of the plaintiffs.
She argued Donald Trump’s order was a betrayal of an American tradition of global leadership on human rights, including the creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal and a leading role in the establishment of the ICC.
“It is so sad to think that the country in which I was born, in a city called Libertyville, Illinois, is prohibiting me from doing that work,” Amann said.
The executive order was followed in September by the imposition of sanctions – originally designed to be used for drug traffickers and terrorists – against the ICC chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, and another senior ICC official.
Amann has served as an unpaid special adviser to Bensouda on children in conflict since 2012.
“I work on behalf of children who are affected by armed conflict, who are killed, tortured, sexually abused, forced to become child soldiers, and trafficked,” Amann said, adding that she has had to curtail her work as a result of the US targeting of Bensouda, or face the risk of personal sanctions possibly including the seizure of her family’s assets.
“Since the designation of Prosecutor Bensouda, I have refrained from giving her any advice,” Amann said. “I have withdrawn from public presentations to which I had already committed, out of fear that public discussion of the work of the ICC might be construed to violate the sanctions regime. I have refrained from engaging student research assistants to assist me in work in the subject area, out of fear of exposing them in some way.”
The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday morning in a federal court in New York by Amann, three other US-based law professors, all acting in their private capacities, and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). It is directed against Trump, secretary of state Mike Pompeo, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, attorney general William Barr, the director of the office of foreign assets control, Andrea Gacki, and their respective departments.
It calls for the enforcement of the executive order to be halted while the court considers its constitutionality.
The administration has presented the sanctions against the ICC as a response to the court’s decision to investigate suspected war crimes by all parties in Afghanistan, including US forces. Pompeo also assailed the ICC for investigating Israel for its actions in the Palestinian territories.
“This is a targeted sanctions authority directed at persons determined to have engaged in specific activity that threatens the foreign policy and national security of the United States or to have materially supported such persons,” a state department spokesperson said.
The sanctions, the spokesperson added, “apply to individuals who have directly engaged in ICC efforts to investigate US personnel without the consent of the United States, or have materially supported individuals who are designated for such actions”.
The lawsuit argues that the executive order is so vaguely worded that it threatens a far broader range of cooperation with the ICC by lawyers, human rights groups and the others. The OSJI argued that it could affect a casual giver of advice or even the airline transporting sanctioned ICC officials, or the hotels where they stay.
“We spend lots of time in many places around the world meeting with victims to help them understand how the court works ... how they can provide evidence to the court,” James Goldston, OSJI’s executive director, said.
“And all of that is essentially put on hold now because it may well be prohibited by this order. That’s the fear, and it’s such a broad order, that it’s hard to tell.”
The four law professors suing the administration are all dual nationals, which they say makes them more vulnerable to the executive order, but say it could be used against any Americans.
Andrew Loewenstein, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, described the Trump executive order as “entirely exceptional”.
“Historically, the powers vested in the president to issue economic sanctions of this type have been used in relation to terrorist groups or drug kingpins or in relation to serious violations of human rights,” Loewenstein, an attorney at the firm Foley Hoag, said.
“It’s never been used in a circumstance like this, where the ultimate target of the sanctions are the the prosecutor and others of senior officials of the international criminal court, who are engaged in wide-ranging efforts to prosecute and investigate international crimes including crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.”
The plaintiffs say the order will have repercussions around the world, inhibiting non-US human rights lawyers and activists who fear being barred entry or having US assets confiscated.
Goldston said: “It is I think a threat to the notion that the United States stands for human rights, and on ability to say anything to anybody about human rights in the world.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...s-sue-trump-administration-for-silencing-them
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US President Donald Trump has been the world's biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University said Thursday.
A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between January 1 and May 26 of this year.
The database they used aggregates coverage from countries such as the United States, Britain, India, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other African and Asian nations.
They identified 522,472 news articles that reproduced or amplified misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic, or what the World Health Organisation has called the “infodemic.” These were categorised into 11 main sub-topics, ranging from conspiracy theories to attacks on top scientist Anthony Fauci to the idea that the virus is a bioweapon unleashed by China.
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But the most popular topic by far was what the study authors termed “miracle cures,” which appeared in 295,351 articles — more than the other 10 topics combined.
The authors found that comments by President Trump drove major spikes in the “miracle cures” topic, led by his April 24 press briefing where he mused on the possibility of using disinfectants inside the body to cure the coronavirus.
Similar spikes were seen when he promoted unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine.
“We conclude therefore that the president of the United States was likely the largest driver of the Covid-19 misinformation 'infodemic,'” the team wrote.
Sara Evanega, who led the study and is director of the Cornell Alliance for Science, said: “If people are misled by unscientific and unsubstantiated claims about the disease, they may be less likely to observe official guidance and thus risk spreading the virus.”
Co-author Jordan Adams, a data analyst at Cision Insights that provided the database, added: “One of the more interesting aspects of the data collection process was discovering the staggering amount of misinformation coverage directly linked to the public comments of a small number of individuals.”
After miracle cures, the second-most prevalent misinformation topic was that the pandemic was created to advance a “new world order.” Next came the claim that the pandemic was a hoax for political gain by the US Democratic Party, followed by conspiracies alleging the virus was a bioweapon released by a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
Conspiracy theories linking the pandemic to philanthropist Bill Gates came next, then the hoax that Covid-19 symptoms are caused by 5G phone networks, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and the notion that the virus is a form of population control.
Attacks on US government scientist Fauci, references to the debunked “Plandemic” video, and blaming the virus on Chinese people consuming bat soup rounded off the list.
The study authors also tracked how the stories were shared on social media, finding that the posts elicited 36 million engagements, three-quarters of them on Facebook.
The research was partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between January 1 and May 26 of this year.
The database they used aggregates coverage from countries such as the United States, Britain, India, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other African and Asian nations.
They identified 522,472 news articles that reproduced or amplified misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic, or what the World Health Organisation has called the “infodemic.” These were categorised into 11 main sub-topics, ranging from conspiracy theories to attacks on top scientist Anthony Fauci to the idea that the virus is a bioweapon unleashed by China.
ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD
But the most popular topic by far was what the study authors termed “miracle cures,” which appeared in 295,351 articles — more than the other 10 topics combined.
The authors found that comments by President Trump drove major spikes in the “miracle cures” topic, led by his April 24 press briefing where he mused on the possibility of using disinfectants inside the body to cure the coronavirus.
Similar spikes were seen when he promoted unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine.
“We conclude therefore that the president of the United States was likely the largest driver of the Covid-19 misinformation 'infodemic,'” the team wrote.
Sara Evanega, who led the study and is director of the Cornell Alliance for Science, said: “If people are misled by unscientific and unsubstantiated claims about the disease, they may be less likely to observe official guidance and thus risk spreading the virus.”
Co-author Jordan Adams, a data analyst at Cision Insights that provided the database, added: “One of the more interesting aspects of the data collection process was discovering the staggering amount of misinformation coverage directly linked to the public comments of a small number of individuals.”
After miracle cures, the second-most prevalent misinformation topic was that the pandemic was created to advance a “new world order.” Next came the claim that the pandemic was a hoax for political gain by the US Democratic Party, followed by conspiracies alleging the virus was a bioweapon released by a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
Conspiracy theories linking the pandemic to philanthropist Bill Gates came next, then the hoax that Covid-19 symptoms are caused by 5G phone networks, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and the notion that the virus is a form of population control.
Attacks on US government scientist Fauci, references to the debunked “Plandemic” video, and blaming the virus on Chinese people consuming bat soup rounded off the list.
The study authors also tracked how the stories were shared on social media, finding that the posts elicited 36 million engagements, three-quarters of them on Facebook.
The research was partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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US President Donald Trump has a Chinese bank account and spent years pursuing business projects in the country, the New York Times has reported.
The account is controlled by Trump International Hotels Management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015.
It was set up "to explore the potential for hotel deals in Asia", according to a Trump spokesman.
Mr Trump has been critical of US firms doing business in China and sparked a trade war between the two countries.
The account is controlled by Trump International Hotels Management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015.
It was set up "to explore the potential for hotel deals in Asia", according to a Trump spokesman.
Mr Trump has been critical of US firms doing business in China and sparked a trade war between the two countries.
Trump has been critical of deals made by politicians that make it cheaper for businesses to locate to China. I dont think he has been critical of doing business with them.
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Ethiopia River Nile dam: PM condemns 'aggressions' after Trump comment
Ethiopia's prime minister has said his country "will not cave in to aggressions of any kind" after President Donald Trump suggested Egypt could destroy a controversial Nile dam.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is at the centre of a long-running dispute involving Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
Mr Trump said Egypt would not be able to live with the dam and might "blow up" the construction.
Ethiopia sees the US as siding with Egypt in the dispute.
The US announced in September that it would cut some aid to Ethiopia after it began filling the reservoir behind the dam in July.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54674313
Ethiopia's prime minister has said his country "will not cave in to aggressions of any kind" after President Donald Trump suggested Egypt could destroy a controversial Nile dam.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is at the centre of a long-running dispute involving Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
Mr Trump said Egypt would not be able to live with the dam and might "blow up" the construction.
Ethiopia sees the US as siding with Egypt in the dispute.
The US announced in September that it would cut some aid to Ethiopia after it began filling the reservoir behind the dam in July.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54674313
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Israeli settlers pray for Trump re-election at biblical tomb
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settler leaders prayed on Monday for U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election, citing his support for Israel, during a ceremony at a biblical tomb in the occupied West Bank that has been a flashpoint of conflict with the Palestinians.
“We have come to bless President Trump, both for the past, to thank him, but also for the future, that he succeeds in the coming election,” Yishai Fleisher, spokesman for the Hebron settlers, said at the Cave of the Patriarchs burial site.
One of those interred there, according to tradition, is Abraham, who is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Hoping to encourage coexistence between Jews and Palestinians, the Trump administration has named the Israeli-Arab rapprochement that it has been brokering the “Abraham Accords”.
But Trump, a Republican running against Democratic former vice president Joe Biden in Tuesday’s election, has been shunned by Palestinians for perceived bias since he broke with global consensus by recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
His administration has also softened U.S. disapproval of Israel’s settlements on land where the Palestinians want to establish a state, and which most world powers deem illegal.
A rabbi officiating at Monday’s ceremony prayed for God to secure Trump “four more years”, citing the president’s “commitment to the preservation and strengthening of the people of Israel, the state of Israel and the land of Israel”.
A Trump peace plan stirred some settler anger, however, by proposing that Palestinians get a state on 70% of the West Bank.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...mp-re-election-at-biblical-tomb-idUSKBN27I1EN
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settler leaders prayed on Monday for U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election, citing his support for Israel, during a ceremony at a biblical tomb in the occupied West Bank that has been a flashpoint of conflict with the Palestinians.
“We have come to bless President Trump, both for the past, to thank him, but also for the future, that he succeeds in the coming election,” Yishai Fleisher, spokesman for the Hebron settlers, said at the Cave of the Patriarchs burial site.
One of those interred there, according to tradition, is Abraham, who is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Hoping to encourage coexistence between Jews and Palestinians, the Trump administration has named the Israeli-Arab rapprochement that it has been brokering the “Abraham Accords”.
But Trump, a Republican running against Democratic former vice president Joe Biden in Tuesday’s election, has been shunned by Palestinians for perceived bias since he broke with global consensus by recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
His administration has also softened U.S. disapproval of Israel’s settlements on land where the Palestinians want to establish a state, and which most world powers deem illegal.
A rabbi officiating at Monday’s ceremony prayed for God to secure Trump “four more years”, citing the president’s “commitment to the preservation and strengthening of the people of Israel, the state of Israel and the land of Israel”.
A Trump peace plan stirred some settler anger, however, by proposing that Palestinians get a state on 70% of the West Bank.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...mp-re-election-at-biblical-tomb-idUSKBN27I1EN
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I believe he is one of the few presidents who has actually fulfilled all of his campaign promises
- He promised to get the Americans out of Afghanistan. He did
- He promised to stay out of Syria. He did
- He promised to build a wall against Mexico. He did
- He promised to ban Muslims from entering the US. He did via the travel ban
- He promised to sign a treaty with North Korea. He did
- He promised Tax cuts. He did
- He promised to make Jerusalam the capital of Israel. He did
- He promised to make Muslim states recognize Israel. He did via Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Sudan, UAE
- Economically, the US was doing well before the pandemic
Yes his handling of the pandemic can be questioned and there is no question that the death of 240,000 Americans is horrible. But if he truly had imposed a lockdown and shut down the economy, what is to say that the economic catastrophe and the domestic fall out in terms of depression, alcoholism, financial problems, domestic spousal and child abuse, crime would not have been equally catastrophic, some including his hardcore supporters can argue that he is trying to make the people of the country develop natural immunity towards the disease
The reason for his appeal is his dont give a f attitude and he has no strings attached, no baggage. He is not scared of speaking his mind, talking straight and doing what he feels is right.
- He promised to get the Americans out of Afghanistan. He did
- He promised to stay out of Syria. He did
- He promised to build a wall against Mexico. He did
- He promised to ban Muslims from entering the US. He did via the travel ban
- He promised to sign a treaty with North Korea. He did
- He promised Tax cuts. He did
- He promised to make Jerusalam the capital of Israel. He did
- He promised to make Muslim states recognize Israel. He did via Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Sudan, UAE
- Economically, the US was doing well before the pandemic
Yes his handling of the pandemic can be questioned and there is no question that the death of 240,000 Americans is horrible. But if he truly had imposed a lockdown and shut down the economy, what is to say that the economic catastrophe and the domestic fall out in terms of depression, alcoholism, financial problems, domestic spousal and child abuse, crime would not have been equally catastrophic, some including his hardcore supporters can argue that he is trying to make the people of the country develop natural immunity towards the disease
The reason for his appeal is his dont give a f attitude and he has no strings attached, no baggage. He is not scared of speaking his mind, talking straight and doing what he feels is right.
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Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guided munitions, non-precision bombs and missiles to the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. congressional aide said on Friday.
The informal notification about the ordnance, which was sent to lawmakers late on Thursday, came just after President Donald Trump’s administration informed Congress it planned to sell sophisticated armed aerial drones to the UAE, news first reported by Reuters.
The ordnance sale was first reported by CNN.
A State Department spokesman declined comment, saying its policy was not to confirm or comment on proposed defense sales until Congress is formally notified.
Both of the recent informal notifications came on the heels of last week’s notification of a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to the Middle East country.
Trump brokered a deal in September in which the UAE forged official ties with Israel.
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committees - whose members have criticized UAE’s role in civilian deaths in Yemen’s civil war - review major weapons sales under an informal process before State sends its formal notification to the legislative branch.
Any deal the United States makes to sell weapons in the Middle East must satisfy decades of agreement with Israel that the U.S.-made equipment must not impair Israel’s “qualitative military edge,” guaranteeing U.S. weapons furnished to Israel are “superior in capability” to those sold to its neighbours.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...defense-sale-to-uae-source-says-idUSKBN27N02B
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guided munitions, non-precision bombs and missiles to the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. congressional aide said on Friday.
The informal notification about the ordnance, which was sent to lawmakers late on Thursday, came just after President Donald Trump’s administration informed Congress it planned to sell sophisticated armed aerial drones to the UAE, news first reported by Reuters.
The ordnance sale was first reported by CNN.
A State Department spokesman declined comment, saying its policy was not to confirm or comment on proposed defense sales until Congress is formally notified.
Both of the recent informal notifications came on the heels of last week’s notification of a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to the Middle East country.
Trump brokered a deal in September in which the UAE forged official ties with Israel.
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committees - whose members have criticized UAE’s role in civilian deaths in Yemen’s civil war - review major weapons sales under an informal process before State sends its formal notification to the legislative branch.
Any deal the United States makes to sell weapons in the Middle East must satisfy decades of agreement with Israel that the U.S.-made equipment must not impair Israel’s “qualitative military edge,” guaranteeing U.S. weapons furnished to Israel are “superior in capability” to those sold to its neighbours.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...defense-sale-to-uae-source-says-idUSKBN27N02B
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You are really clutching at straws with some of these.
How exactly did he get them out of Afghanistan? When Trump took power there were 8,400 troops. 8 months from his inauguration, that had increased to 14,000. In 2018, that number was 15,000. By 2019, it reduced to around 13,000. Then, this summer, it was reduced to 8,600. If I turn my house upside down, then put back a couple pillows, I have not tidied the house.
"A total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" is what he promised. What he actually did was block citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Then he removed Iraq from the list 2 months later. Only 3 of those remaining countries are even in the top 20 most populous Muslim countries. "A total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States"
Trump promised to build a big concrete wall along the entire 2000 mile long southern border. Then in office he reduced that promise to half of the border length. This year in his State of the Union speech, he said 500 miles would be covered. What has been built? 15 miles of barrier covering new ground. And is it a concrete wall, or a steel one as he later said? No it is bollard fencing. And please tell me how many dollars Mexico paid for it, his favourite campaign promise. If he had promised to spend $15bn of the USA's money to build extra fencing on the border, I would have said he's done a stellar job
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North Korea treaty???
On February 28, 2019, the White House announced that the summit was cut short and that no agreement was reached, with Trump later elaborating that it was because North Korea wanted an end to all sanctions.
en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2018–2...
North Korea treaty???
On February 28, 2019, the White House announced that the summit was cut short and that no agreement was reached, with Trump later elaborating that it was because North Korea wanted an end to all sanctions.
en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2018–2...
The two loser trolls from Australia and New Zealand have done a runner
)Hope they can dry their tears by New Years.
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I'm also struggling to find his promise of making Muslim states open ties with Israel. I did find him saying "we will get this done" about a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/03/donald-trump-middle-east-peace-israel-palestine-237933
Wonder how that went
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This has to one of the most delusional posts I have ever read. He lied every single time, he didnt fulfil a single promise he made
No, his popularity is only and only because he is a conman and there are a lot of gullible people in this world. He has lied throughout his life, made everyone suffer. Anyone who helped him or associated with him got imprisoned or bankrupt. He destroyed every single thing he inherited or had a hand it
Trump's popularity will be studied in history as example of human stupidity
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You are really clutching at straws with some of these.
How exactly did he get them out of Afghanistan? When Trump took power there were 8,400 troops. 8 months from his inauguration, that had increased to 14,000. In 2018, that number was 15,000. By 2019, it reduced to around 13,000. Then, this summer, it was reduced to 8,600. If I turn my house upside down, then put back a couple pillows, I have not tidied the house.
"A total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" is what he promised. What he actually did was block citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Then he removed Iraq from the list 2 months later. Only 3 of those remaining countries are even in the top 20 most populous Muslim countries. "A total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States"
Trump promised to build a big concrete wall along the entire 2000 mile long southern border. Then in office he reduced that promise to half of the border length. This year in his State of the Union speech, he said 500 miles would be covered. What has been built? 15 miles of barrier covering new ground. And is it a concrete wall, or a steel one as he later said? No it is bollard fencing. And please tell me how many dollars Mexico paid for it, his favourite campaign promise. If he had promised to spend $15bn of the USA's money to build extra fencing on the border, I would have said he's done a stellar job
Actual facts have never mattered to Trump supporters. They have always randomly made up stuff just like their cult leader. They believe if you repeat a lie a thousand times it becomes the truth
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I can’t believe how some Pakistanis are so full of admiration for this guy. I know of a few in real life who consider him a genius.
The guy is the biggest and the most belligerent con man in recent history. He has lied and cheated his way through life. He is no successful millionaire/billionaire. He is a failed entrepreneur who is maintaining a facade of success through lies and crooked practices.
The guy is the biggest and the most belligerent con man in recent history. He has lied and cheated his way through life. He is no successful millionaire/billionaire. He is a failed entrepreneur who is maintaining a facade of success through lies and crooked practices.
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It amazes me too..
Then you can throw in his treatment of women and the various scandals too.
Sickening really.
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Agreed. He is like the worst human being ever. Pompous, sanctimonious, entitled, good for nothing and yet takes credit for successes he has nothing to do with, lies, cheats, treats women like garbage, disrespects pretty much anyone and everyone under the sun, and insults the intelligence of millions of people.
Yet he has some admirers in the Muslims community. True head scratcher, that one!
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Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president by the electoral college.
The president has refused to accept defeat in the 3 November vote, and told reporters on Thursday it would be "hard" to concede.
He also once again repeated unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.
Mr Biden leads Mr Trump 306 votes to 232 under the electoral college system used to pick US presidents.
The tally is far more than the 270 needed to win, and Mr Biden also leads the popular vote by more than six million.
Electors will meet next month to formalise the vote, with the Democrat Joe Biden due to be sworn in as president on 20 January.
The president and his supporters have lodged a number of legal challenges over the election, but most have been dismissed.
Earlier this week, Mr Trump finally agreed to allow the formal transition to President-elect Biden's team to begin, following several weeks of uncertainty.
The decision means Mr Biden is able to receive top security briefings and access key government officials and millions of dollars in funds as he prepares to take over on 20 January.
What did Trump say?
Asked on Thursday whether he would agree to leave the White House if he lost the electoral college vote, he said: "Certainly I will, certainly I will and you know that."
However, he went on to say that "if they do [elect Joe Biden], they made a mistake", and suggested he may never accept defeat.
"It's going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud," he said, an allegation he has stood by without offering proof.
He would not say whether he would attend Mr Biden's inauguration.
The normally routine process of transitioning from one president to another and confirming the result has been derailed by President Trump's refusal to concede.
Under the US electoral system, voters do not directly choose the next president. Instead, they vote for 538 officials, who are allocated to American states based on their population size.
A simple guide to the electoral college
The electors almost always vote for the candidate that won the most votes in their states, and although it is possible for some to disregard the voters' pick no result has ever been changed this way.
What's the latest from Biden?
The president-elect celebrated a quiet Thanksgiving on Thursday, as coronavirus cases in the US continue to rise.
"This year, our turkey will be smaller and the clatter of cooking a little quieter," Mr Biden and his wife Jill said in an op-ed published by CNN. "Like millions of Americans, we are temporarily letting go of the traditions we can't do safely."
"It is not a small sacrifice. These moments with our loved ones - time that's lost - can't be returned. Yet, we know it's the price of protecting each other and one we don't pay alone."
Earlier this week, Mr Biden urged Americans to hold smaller Thanksgiving celebrations, saying that "I know that we can and will beat this virus".
Mr Biden has already announced his choice of top officials for when he takes over from Donald Trump in January and said that co-operation from the White House over the transition had been "sincere".
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55096851
The president has refused to accept defeat in the 3 November vote, and told reporters on Thursday it would be "hard" to concede.
He also once again repeated unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.
Mr Biden leads Mr Trump 306 votes to 232 under the electoral college system used to pick US presidents.
The tally is far more than the 270 needed to win, and Mr Biden also leads the popular vote by more than six million.
Electors will meet next month to formalise the vote, with the Democrat Joe Biden due to be sworn in as president on 20 January.
The president and his supporters have lodged a number of legal challenges over the election, but most have been dismissed.
Earlier this week, Mr Trump finally agreed to allow the formal transition to President-elect Biden's team to begin, following several weeks of uncertainty.
The decision means Mr Biden is able to receive top security briefings and access key government officials and millions of dollars in funds as he prepares to take over on 20 January.
What did Trump say?
Asked on Thursday whether he would agree to leave the White House if he lost the electoral college vote, he said: "Certainly I will, certainly I will and you know that."
However, he went on to say that "if they do [elect Joe Biden], they made a mistake", and suggested he may never accept defeat.
"It's going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud," he said, an allegation he has stood by without offering proof.
He would not say whether he would attend Mr Biden's inauguration.
The normally routine process of transitioning from one president to another and confirming the result has been derailed by President Trump's refusal to concede.
Under the US electoral system, voters do not directly choose the next president. Instead, they vote for 538 officials, who are allocated to American states based on their population size.
A simple guide to the electoral college
The electors almost always vote for the candidate that won the most votes in their states, and although it is possible for some to disregard the voters' pick no result has ever been changed this way.
What's the latest from Biden?
The president-elect celebrated a quiet Thanksgiving on Thursday, as coronavirus cases in the US continue to rise.
"This year, our turkey will be smaller and the clatter of cooking a little quieter," Mr Biden and his wife Jill said in an op-ed published by CNN. "Like millions of Americans, we are temporarily letting go of the traditions we can't do safely."
"It is not a small sacrifice. These moments with our loved ones - time that's lost - can't be returned. Yet, we know it's the price of protecting each other and one we don't pay alone."
Earlier this week, Mr Biden urged Americans to hold smaller Thanksgiving celebrations, saying that "I know that we can and will beat this virus".
Mr Biden has already announced his choice of top officials for when he takes over from Donald Trump in January and said that co-operation from the White House over the transition had been "sincere".
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55096851
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Trump orders withdrawal of US troops from Somalia
US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all US troops from Somalia by 15 January, the Pentagon has said.
The US has about 700 troops in the country helping local forces battle al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.
US officials said some of the troops would move to neighbouring countries, allowing for cross-border operations.
In recent months President Trump has issued similar orders to reduce US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He has long called for US troops to come home and has criticised US military interventions for being costly and ineffective.
The withdrawal order - which would see troops redeployed just days before Mr Trump leaves office - reverses the policy of former US defence secretary Mark Esper, who was sacked last month and favoured maintaining the US presence in Somalia.
A Pentagon statement said that the order to "reposition the majority of personnel and assets out of Somalia by early 2021" did not signify a change in US policy.
"We will continue to degrade violent extremist organisations that could threaten our homeland while ensuring we maintain our strategic advantage in great power competition," it said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55196130
US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all US troops from Somalia by 15 January, the Pentagon has said.
The US has about 700 troops in the country helping local forces battle al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.
US officials said some of the troops would move to neighbouring countries, allowing for cross-border operations.
In recent months President Trump has issued similar orders to reduce US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He has long called for US troops to come home and has criticised US military interventions for being costly and ineffective.
The withdrawal order - which would see troops redeployed just days before Mr Trump leaves office - reverses the policy of former US defence secretary Mark Esper, who was sacked last month and favoured maintaining the US presence in Somalia.
A Pentagon statement said that the order to "reposition the majority of personnel and assets out of Somalia by early 2021" did not signify a change in US policy.
"We will continue to degrade violent extremist organisations that could threaten our homeland while ensuring we maintain our strategic advantage in great power competition," it said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55196130
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US Vice-President Mike Pence receives Covid-19 vaccine live on TV
US Vice-President Mike Pence has received the coronavirus vaccine live on TV, telling the audience and doctors: "I didn't feel a thing."
The White House said the aim of the move was to "promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people".
Mr Pence's wife and Surgeon General Jerome Adams also received the jab at the televised White House event.
On Monday the US began rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The first vaccine to be approved in the US offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19.
The first three million doses of the vaccine are being distributed to locations across the 50 US states.
Meanwhile, a second vaccine, developed by Moderna, has come a step closer to receiving emergency approval after it was endorsed by a panel of experts.
More than 310,000 people have died with coronavirus in the US, which has recorded more infections and fatalities than any other country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55362697
US Vice-President Mike Pence has received the coronavirus vaccine live on TV, telling the audience and doctors: "I didn't feel a thing."
The White House said the aim of the move was to "promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people".
Mr Pence's wife and Surgeon General Jerome Adams also received the jab at the televised White House event.
On Monday the US began rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The first vaccine to be approved in the US offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19.
The first three million doses of the vaccine are being distributed to locations across the 50 US states.
Meanwhile, a second vaccine, developed by Moderna, has come a step closer to receiving emergency approval after it was endorsed by a panel of experts.
More than 310,000 people have died with coronavirus in the US, which has recorded more infections and fatalities than any other country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55362697
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Trump pardons Blackwater security contractors over 2007 Iraq killings
US President Donald Trump has pardoned four former Blackwater security guards convicted over their involvement in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.
Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard opened fire in Baghdad's Nisoor Square while escorting an American diplomatic convoy.
The White House said the pardons were supported by the public and lawmakers.
But the father of a boy who died called them "indescribable" and a rights group said Mr Trump had hit a "new low".
There was no immediate response from the Iraqi government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55424397
US President Donald Trump has pardoned four former Blackwater security guards convicted over their involvement in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.
Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard opened fire in Baghdad's Nisoor Square while escorting an American diplomatic convoy.
The White House said the pardons were supported by the public and lawmakers.
But the father of a boy who died called them "indescribable" and a rights group said Mr Trump had hit a "new low".
There was no immediate response from the Iraqi government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55424397
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Trump is showing his true colors till the end. Blatantly corrupt..
He has pardoned his criminal friends Willy Nilly and nobody can do anything about it.. that’s how America rolls, friends!
He has pardoned his criminal friends Willy Nilly and nobody can do anything about it.. that’s how America rolls, friends!
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Busy doing his thing before he leaves office
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US President Donald Trump has pardoned former campaign manager Paul Manafort, ex-adviser Roger Stone and the father of Mr Trump's son-in-law.
Manafort was convicted in 2018 in an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
Trump has previously commuted the prison sentence of Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress.
They are among 29 people to benefit from Mr Trump's latest clemency spree before he leaves office next month.
Twenty-six of them won full pardons on Wednesday night, while another three received commutations.
A commutation usually takes the form of a reduced prison term, but does not erase the conviction or imply innocence.
A pardon is an expression of the president's forgiveness that confers extra privileges such as restoring the convict's right to vote.
Presidents often grant pardons in the final days of office, and Mr Trump has used the power less than any president in modern history apart from George HW Bush.
Mr Trump's pardon for Manafort spared his former campaign chairman from serving most of his seven-and-a-half year prison term for financial fraud and conspiring to obstruct the investigation into himself.
He had been serving his term under home confinement since being released from federal prison in May over fears of coronavirus, but is now a free man.
The grateful political operative responded by tweeting: "Mr President, my family & I humbly thank you for the Presidential Pardon you bestowed on me. Words cannot fully convey how grateful we are."
Stone was found guilty of lying to Congress about his attempts to contact Wikileaks, the website that released damaging emails about Mr Trump's 2016 Democratic election rival Hillary Clinton.
On Wednesday night, the long-time Trump friend and adviser welcomed his upgrade from a commutation to full pardon.
He said he had been the victim of a "Soviet-style show trial on politically motivated charges", reports Politico.
Stone has been urging Mr Trump on his way out of the White House to also pardon Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange and National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Another pardon went to Charles Kushner, a real estate magnate who is the father of Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, a White House adviser.
Kushner Snr - whose family boasts a portfolio of 20,000 properties from New York to Virginia - was sentenced to two years in prison in 2004 for charges including tax evasion, campaign finance offences and witness tampering.
The witness tampering charge arose from Kushner Snr's retaliation against his brother-in-law, who was co-operating with authorities against him. Kushner Snr hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, recorded their encounter with hidden cameras and sent it to his own sister.
It was the president's second wave of clemency orders in as many days. On Tuesday night he pardoned 15 people and bestowed commutations on five others.
They included two other figures who were convicted in the US special counsel inquiry into alleged Russian election interference, three ex-Republican members of Congress, and four Blackwater military contractors who were involved in a 2007 massacre in Iraq.
Trump condemned for pardoning Blackwater guards
In November, Mr Trump pardoned former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was also convicted in the special counsel's Russia inquiry.
Mr Flynn had admitted lying to the FBI before attempting to retract his guilty plea.
The president has now pardoned five figures convicted as a result of the special counsel inquiry, which he always condemned as a witch hunt.
Robert Mueller's 22-month investigation concluded in May last year without a single figure in Mr Trump's orbit facing any charge of conspiracy with the Kremlin during the 2016 US election.
How have US politicians reacted?
Adam Schiff, the Democratic head of the influential House Intelligence Committee, tweeted: "During the Mueller investigation, Trump's lawyer floated a pardon to Manafort. Manafort withdrew his co-operation with prosecutors, lied, was convicted, and then Trump praised him for not 'ratting'.
"Trump's pardon now completes the corrupt scheme. Lawless until the bitter end," Mr Schiff said.
Meanwhile, the first Republican Senator to criticise the move was Ben Sasse.
He said in a statement that "felons like Manafort and Stone" had "flagrantly and repeatedly violated the law and harmed Americans", adding: "This is rotten to the core."
Who has been left out of Trump's clemency?
Notably absent from Mr Trump's wave of Christmas pardons are two other figures who were convicted in the Mueller probe: Manafort's deputy, Rick Gates, and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
Both men co-operated extensively with prosecutors.
Cohen, who was released from prison in May over coronavirus concerns, took to Twitter to vent about the pardons.
"What happened tonight shows how broken the whole criminal justice sustem [sic] is," he tweeted.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55433522
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US President Donald Trump has pardoned former campaign manager Paul Manafort, ex-adviser Roger Stone and the father of Mr Trump's son-in-law.
Manafort was convicted in 2018 in an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
Trump has previously commuted the prison sentence of Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress.
They are among 29 people to benefit from Mr Trump's latest clemency spree before he leaves office next month.
Twenty-six of them won full pardons on Wednesday night, while another three received commutations.
A commutation usually takes the form of a reduced prison term, but does not erase the conviction or imply innocence.
A pardon is an expression of the president's forgiveness that confers extra privileges such as restoring the convict's right to vote.
Presidents often grant pardons in the final days of office, and Mr Trump has used the power less than any president in modern history apart from George HW Bush.
Mr Trump's pardon for Manafort spared his former campaign chairman from serving most of his seven-and-a-half year prison term for financial fraud and conspiring to obstruct the investigation into himself.
He had been serving his term under home confinement since being released from federal prison in May over fears of coronavirus, but is now a free man.
The grateful political operative responded by tweeting: "Mr President, my family & I humbly thank you for the Presidential Pardon you bestowed on me. Words cannot fully convey how grateful we are."
Stone was found guilty of lying to Congress about his attempts to contact Wikileaks, the website that released damaging emails about Mr Trump's 2016 Democratic election rival Hillary Clinton.
On Wednesday night, the long-time Trump friend and adviser welcomed his upgrade from a commutation to full pardon.
He said he had been the victim of a "Soviet-style show trial on politically motivated charges", reports Politico.
Stone has been urging Mr Trump on his way out of the White House to also pardon Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange and National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Another pardon went to Charles Kushner, a real estate magnate who is the father of Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, a White House adviser.
Kushner Snr - whose family boasts a portfolio of 20,000 properties from New York to Virginia - was sentenced to two years in prison in 2004 for charges including tax evasion, campaign finance offences and witness tampering.
The witness tampering charge arose from Kushner Snr's retaliation against his brother-in-law, who was co-operating with authorities against him. Kushner Snr hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, recorded their encounter with hidden cameras and sent it to his own sister.
It was the president's second wave of clemency orders in as many days. On Tuesday night he pardoned 15 people and bestowed commutations on five others.
They included two other figures who were convicted in the US special counsel inquiry into alleged Russian election interference, three ex-Republican members of Congress, and four Blackwater military contractors who were involved in a 2007 massacre in Iraq.
Trump condemned for pardoning Blackwater guards
In November, Mr Trump pardoned former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was also convicted in the special counsel's Russia inquiry.
Mr Flynn had admitted lying to the FBI before attempting to retract his guilty plea.
The president has now pardoned five figures convicted as a result of the special counsel inquiry, which he always condemned as a witch hunt.
Robert Mueller's 22-month investigation concluded in May last year without a single figure in Mr Trump's orbit facing any charge of conspiracy with the Kremlin during the 2016 US election.
How have US politicians reacted?
Adam Schiff, the Democratic head of the influential House Intelligence Committee, tweeted: "During the Mueller investigation, Trump's lawyer floated a pardon to Manafort. Manafort withdrew his co-operation with prosecutors, lied, was convicted, and then Trump praised him for not 'ratting'.
"Trump's pardon now completes the corrupt scheme. Lawless until the bitter end," Mr Schiff said.
Meanwhile, the first Republican Senator to criticise the move was Ben Sasse.
He said in a statement that "felons like Manafort and Stone" had "flagrantly and repeatedly violated the law and harmed Americans", adding: "This is rotten to the core."
Who has been left out of Trump's clemency?
Notably absent from Mr Trump's wave of Christmas pardons are two other figures who were convicted in the Mueller probe: Manafort's deputy, Rick Gates, and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
Both men co-operated extensively with prosecutors.
Cohen, who was released from prison in May over coronavirus concerns, took to Twitter to vent about the pardons.
"What happened tonight shows how broken the whole criminal justice sustem [sic] is," he tweeted.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55433522
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Call spade a spade guys
"Partisan" supporting crooks are giving $600 peanuts
Trump is asking for $2000 per person (think how many lives it can transform)
And where is the money �� going towards some b* random a** countries thousands of miles away from US
85 mil $ to Cambodia
130 mill to Burma
1.3 $ billion to Egyptian military (they buy hardware from Russia...)
25 mil $ to Pakistan for "democracy and gender programs" (clearly it's working.. lol )
100 of millions for "federal fish hatcheries"
and other foreign countries
There's a word Ch written on our foreheads?? Bonkers
But just look at the media read the headlines about trump's refusal to sign this pathetic 5000 pages of utter filth
Negative thing after another
"Bill had partisan support know we'll all end up like Congo" NYT (sarcasm)
Why is left leaning media hating on Trump for this? Ist this what they wanted...
Stop hating for the sake of hating
"Partisan" supporting crooks are giving $600 peanuts
Trump is asking for $2000 per person (think how many lives it can transform)
And where is the money �� going towards some b* random a** countries thousands of miles away from US
85 mil $ to Cambodia
130 mill to Burma
1.3 $ billion to Egyptian military (they buy hardware from Russia...)
25 mil $ to Pakistan for "democracy and gender programs" (clearly it's working.. lol )
100 of millions for "federal fish hatcheries"
and other foreign countries
There's a word Ch written on our foreheads?? Bonkers
But just look at the media read the headlines about trump's refusal to sign this pathetic 5000 pages of utter filth
Negative thing after another
"Bill had partisan support know we'll all end up like Congo" NYT (sarcasm)
Why is left leaning media hating on Trump for this? Ist this what they wanted...
Stop hating for the sake of hating
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Pardoning all the crooks who took the fall for him. They have been his insulation.
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Crazy pardoning spree.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I simply want to get our great people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill. Also, stop the billions of dollars in “pork”.</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1342835233306124288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A young military man working in Afghanistan told me that elections in Afghanistan are far more secure and much better run than the USA’s 2020 Election. Ours, with its millions and millions of corrupt Mail-In Ballots, was the election of a third world country. Fake President!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1342832582606598144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S. Supreme Court has been totally incompetent and weak on the massive Election Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election. We have absolute PROOF, but they don’t want to see it - No “standing”, they say. If we have corrupt elections, we have no country!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1342830505163706369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A young military man working in Afghanistan told me that elections in Afghanistan are far more secure and much better run than the USA’s 2020 Election. Ours, with its millions and millions of corrupt Mail-In Ballots, was the election of a third world country. Fake President!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1342832582606598144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S. Supreme Court has been totally incompetent and weak on the massive Election Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election. We have absolute PROOF, but they don’t want to see it - No “standing”, they say. If we have corrupt elections, we have no country!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1342830505163706369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Trump fails to sign Covid-19 economic relief bill into law
Millions of Americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits after President Donald Trump failed to sign the Covid relief bill into law.
US President-elect Joe Biden had warned of "devastating consequences" if Mr Trump continued to delay signing but the Saturday deadline has now passed.
Unemployment benefits and a ban on evictions will be affected.
The package worth $900bn (£665bn) was approved by Congress after months of difficult negotiations and compromises.
Mr Trump says he wants to give people bigger one-off payments.
The bill includes the payment of $600 to Americans earning less than $75,000 a year. Mr Trump says he wants Americans to receive $2,000 but Republicans in Congress refused to agree to the change.
In a tweet late on Saturday evening local time, Mr Trump again defended his position on the issue, blaming China for the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55454720
Millions of Americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits after President Donald Trump failed to sign the Covid relief bill into law.
US President-elect Joe Biden had warned of "devastating consequences" if Mr Trump continued to delay signing but the Saturday deadline has now passed.
Unemployment benefits and a ban on evictions will be affected.
The package worth $900bn (£665bn) was approved by Congress after months of difficult negotiations and compromises.
Mr Trump says he wants to give people bigger one-off payments.
The bill includes the payment of $600 to Americans earning less than $75,000 a year. Mr Trump says he wants Americans to receive $2,000 but Republicans in Congress refused to agree to the change.
In a tweet late on Saturday evening local time, Mr Trump again defended his position on the issue, blaming China for the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55454720
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US President Donald Trump has belatedly signed into law a coronavirus relief and spending package bill, averting a partial government shutdown.
Mr Trump had previously refused to sign the bill, criticising "wasteful spending" and calling for higher payouts to people hit by the pandemic.
The delay meant that millions temporarily lost unemployment benefits.
The relief package worth $900bn (£665bn) was approved by Congress after months of negotiation.
It is part of a $2.3tn spending package that includes $1.4tn for normal federal government spending.
Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers had been pleading with the president to sign it before a budget deadline of midnight on Monday. If he had not, some government agencies would have had to close, unless legislators could pass a stopgap bill.
About 14 million Americans faced a lapse in unemployment benefit payments and new stimulus cheques. Unemployment benefits will now be restored.
Mr Trump had previously refused to sign the bill, criticising "wasteful spending" and calling for higher payouts to people hit by the pandemic.
The delay meant that millions temporarily lost unemployment benefits.
The relief package worth $900bn (£665bn) was approved by Congress after months of negotiation.
It is part of a $2.3tn spending package that includes $1.4tn for normal federal government spending.
Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers had been pleading with the president to sign it before a budget deadline of midnight on Monday. If he had not, some government agencies would have had to close, unless legislators could pass a stopgap bill.
About 14 million Americans faced a lapse in unemployment benefit payments and new stimulus cheques. Unemployment benefits will now be restored.
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Trump's call for $2,000 cheques blocked by Senate leader
US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has rejected calls from an unlikely alliance of President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and some Republicans to boost coronavirus aid.
The House of Representatives, held by the Democrats, had voted to increase aid cheques to Americans to $2,000.
Dozens of House Republicans, reluctant to defy Mr Trump, backed the increase.
But Mr McConnell's objections mean there will not be a direct vote on a revised Covid aid bill in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell said raising aid cheques would be "another fire hose of borrowed money".
The move could in effect kill off Mr Trump's demands for bigger cash handouts to help the economy recover, correspondents say.
Congress had initially agreed the smaller $600 (£440) payments in a Covid relief and government funding bill.
Mr Trump sent that back to Capitol Hill before Christmas, saying the stimulus payment should be higher.
He eventually, and grudgingly, signed the original bill with the lower payments into law on Sunday, but has continued to demand more money.
On Monday, House Democrats - usually sworn political foes of Mr Trump - passed the measure for $2,000 cheques that he requested.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55484625
US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has rejected calls from an unlikely alliance of President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and some Republicans to boost coronavirus aid.
The House of Representatives, held by the Democrats, had voted to increase aid cheques to Americans to $2,000.
Dozens of House Republicans, reluctant to defy Mr Trump, backed the increase.
But Mr McConnell's objections mean there will not be a direct vote on a revised Covid aid bill in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell said raising aid cheques would be "another fire hose of borrowed money".
The move could in effect kill off Mr Trump's demands for bigger cash handouts to help the economy recover, correspondents say.
Congress had initially agreed the smaller $600 (£440) payments in a Covid relief and government funding bill.
Mr Trump sent that back to Capitol Hill before Christmas, saying the stimulus payment should be higher.
He eventually, and grudgingly, signed the original bill with the lower payments into law on Sunday, but has continued to demand more money.
On Monday, House Democrats - usually sworn political foes of Mr Trump - passed the measure for $2,000 cheques that he requested.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55484625
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US Congress overrides Trump's veto of a defence spending bill, the first time this has happened in his presidency
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Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter and Facebook after tweeting to supporters who attacked the US Capitol.
In a social media message to protesters he said "I love you" before telling them to go home. He also repeated false claims about election fraud.
Twitter said it required the removal of three tweets for "severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy".
The company said the president's account would remain locked for good if the tweets were not removed.
It went on to say that "Future violations of the Twitter Rules... will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account".
It means Donald Trump's days on Twitter could be numbered. The president is not known for paying much attention to Twitter's community guidelines.
Meanwhile, Facebook banned Mr Trump for 24 hours. YouTube also removed the video.
Facebook said: "We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence."
His supporters stormed the seat of US government and clashed with police, leading to the death of one woman.
The violence brought to a halt congressional debate over Democrat Joe Biden's election win.
In the House and Senate chambers, Republicans were challenging the certification of November's election results.
Before the violence, President Trump had told supporters on the National Mall in Washington that the election had been stolen.
Hours later, as the violence mounted inside and outside the US Capitol, he appeared on video and repeated the false claim.
He told protesters "I love you" and described the people who stormed the Capitol complex as "patriots".
YouTube said it removed the video because it "violated policies on spreading election fraud".
Twitter initially didn't take down the video, instead removing the ability to retweet, like and comment on it and another tweet.
However, it later removed them, and suspended the outgoing president.
Twitter said: "We have been significantly restricting engagement with Tweets labelled under our Civic Integrity Policy due to the risk of violence".
Facebook told the BBC: "The violent protests in the Capitol today are a disgrace. We prohibit incitement and calls for violence on our platform. We are actively reviewing and removing any content that breaks these rules."
Facebook also said it is currently looking for and removing content that incited or supported the storming of Capitol Hill.
YouTube already had a policy to remove fake news about mass election fraud, which it applied to the president.
The march was partly organised online, including on Facebook groups and pages.
It's likely President-elect Joe Biden will look to crack down on conspiracy theories and extremism on social media when he takes office.
In a social media message to protesters he said "I love you" before telling them to go home. He also repeated false claims about election fraud.
Twitter said it required the removal of three tweets for "severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy".
The company said the president's account would remain locked for good if the tweets were not removed.
It went on to say that "Future violations of the Twitter Rules... will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account".
It means Donald Trump's days on Twitter could be numbered. The president is not known for paying much attention to Twitter's community guidelines.
Meanwhile, Facebook banned Mr Trump for 24 hours. YouTube also removed the video.
Facebook said: "We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence."
His supporters stormed the seat of US government and clashed with police, leading to the death of one woman.
The violence brought to a halt congressional debate over Democrat Joe Biden's election win.
In the House and Senate chambers, Republicans were challenging the certification of November's election results.
Before the violence, President Trump had told supporters on the National Mall in Washington that the election had been stolen.
Hours later, as the violence mounted inside and outside the US Capitol, he appeared on video and repeated the false claim.
He told protesters "I love you" and described the people who stormed the Capitol complex as "patriots".
YouTube said it removed the video because it "violated policies on spreading election fraud".
Twitter initially didn't take down the video, instead removing the ability to retweet, like and comment on it and another tweet.
However, it later removed them, and suspended the outgoing president.
Twitter said: "We have been significantly restricting engagement with Tweets labelled under our Civic Integrity Policy due to the risk of violence".
Facebook told the BBC: "The violent protests in the Capitol today are a disgrace. We prohibit incitement and calls for violence on our platform. We are actively reviewing and removing any content that breaks these rules."
Facebook also said it is currently looking for and removing content that incited or supported the storming of Capitol Hill.
YouTube already had a policy to remove fake news about mass election fraud, which it applied to the president.
The march was partly organised online, including on Facebook groups and pages.
It's likely President-elect Joe Biden will look to crack down on conspiracy theories and extremism on social media when he takes office.
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When Trump has to throw someone from his own party under the bus, the most common and oft-repeated line is : “—— begged me for endorsement and support. —— was struggling to get votes and then I vouched for —- and —- won the election”
He has taken credit for their election victories too many times. He fails to mention that people he supported within his party lost to other republicans during the primaries as well which is a sign that the Republican voters chose to support the establishment candidate over his pick ..
He is really a petty man for taking credit of every single republican victory like that.
He has taken credit for their election victories too many times. He fails to mention that people he supported within his party lost to other republicans during the primaries as well which is a sign that the Republican voters chose to support the establishment candidate over his pick ..
He is really a petty man for taking credit of every single republican victory like that.
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I know we are not supposed to speak I’ll of the dead, but Good Riddance, I say.
Unfortunately, it won’t matter much anymore because now there is a whole genre of Limbaugh’s out there who have learnt the clever way of profiting from spreading doom and gloom and hate of your own countrymen.
Unfortunately, it won’t matter much anymore because now there is a whole genre of Limbaugh’s out there who have learnt the clever way of profiting from spreading doom and gloom and hate of your own countrymen.
This says nothing about Limbaugh, but its says a whole lot about you.
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That’s great, I’m glad you are feeling enlightened already!
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It all depends on how dire his financial and legal situation becomes in the coming years. Depending on that he will have to think of his next con job!
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I miss Trump.
Biden is boring.
Biden is boring.
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The level of interest in political activism around the world has decreased markedly since January. It's a return to the old order for the interim at least.
The conditions that allowed Trump to take advantage and become president won't likely return though, which is why I don't expect him to contemplate another serious run.
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Donald Trump’s wax statue has not been spared by his haters either, following which a museum in Texas had to remove it.
According to San Antonio Express, a replica of the former president currently being housed at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, had to be removed from viewing for its own safety.
The museum’s branch helmed by the Ripley Entertainment Corp – owned by the great-grandson of Marie Tussaud – hosted the statue for four years, approximately. But since the place is a popular tourist destination, Trump’s statue recently became a punching bag for visitors who vandalized it, repeatedly. Following this, the management was forced to take it off the floor.
“When it’s a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” Clay Stewart, the regional manager of the museum told the outlet. It turns out the statue was first relocated to the front lobby so it looked after with more vigilance. But when that didn’t deter visitors from “punching” and “scratching” the visage of the former president, organisers had to remove it altogether. Now Trump’s wax replica is safe in storage with George Washington’s wax recreation.
But this is not the first time Trump’s wax replica faced the brunt of the public’s frustration. In October 2020, Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin tossed Trump in the trash, quite literally, as part of an exhibit change meant to denounce his administration’s policies.
Madame Tussauds in London followed suit, dressing up Trump in a golf attire after his loss in the presidential election to “reflect his potential 2021 wardrobe.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/229032...fter-visitors-repeatedly-punch-it-in-the-face
According to San Antonio Express, a replica of the former president currently being housed at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, had to be removed from viewing for its own safety.
The museum’s branch helmed by the Ripley Entertainment Corp – owned by the great-grandson of Marie Tussaud – hosted the statue for four years, approximately. But since the place is a popular tourist destination, Trump’s statue recently became a punching bag for visitors who vandalized it, repeatedly. Following this, the management was forced to take it off the floor.
“When it’s a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” Clay Stewart, the regional manager of the museum told the outlet. It turns out the statue was first relocated to the front lobby so it looked after with more vigilance. But when that didn’t deter visitors from “punching” and “scratching” the visage of the former president, organisers had to remove it altogether. Now Trump’s wax replica is safe in storage with George Washington’s wax recreation.
But this is not the first time Trump’s wax replica faced the brunt of the public’s frustration. In October 2020, Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin tossed Trump in the trash, quite literally, as part of an exhibit change meant to denounce his administration’s policies.
Madame Tussauds in London followed suit, dressing up Trump in a golf attire after his loss in the presidential election to “reflect his potential 2021 wardrobe.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/229032...fter-visitors-repeatedly-punch-it-in-the-face
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His assets have dropped considerably in value and his portfolio is around 80pct commercial which as oboe has nose dived in the last 12 months.
He has loans maturing and Deutsch Bank has already said it will not do business's with Trump after the Capitol Hill Riots.
The only strategy Trump has ever had is one that Shariff follows too and that is to rip off the gullible poor...
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This story came out in January by the Washington post.
It tells of a hour long phone call and how Trump pressured Georgia secretary of state and all the news channels picked it up and made it a huge story resulting in a government inquiry into Trump.
Turns out the whole story was made up after the six minute phone called was actually recorded and Trump did not say what was reported.
But it did achieve what the democrats wanted, they had slandered Trump and the people believed them, and no one is going to read the retraction from the Washington post, CNN, MSNBC and others because they have been convinced its true.
It tells of a hour long phone call and how Trump pressured Georgia secretary of state and all the news channels picked it up and made it a huge story resulting in a government inquiry into Trump.
Turns out the whole story was made up after the six minute phone called was actually recorded and Trump did not say what was reported.
But it did achieve what the democrats wanted, they had slandered Trump and the people believed them, and no one is going to read the retraction from the Washington post, CNN, MSNBC and others because they have been convinced its true.
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^^^
The above is not entirely true.
A little research please
The above is not entirely true.
A little research please
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It is more accurate than what was reported at the time. It just depends on the political lens through which you interpret the news.
If Trump said that something was worth looking at or investigating, it doesn't mean that he was forcing the investigator to find a specific result. There's a difference between hoping for an outcome and telling someone to falsify evidence, which was how it was reported and interpreted. It's unfortunate that the world is too polarized to be able to reflect.
Care to tell me what is not true?
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You've missed the point
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Firstly, your narrative
If you don't agree just tell me what you disagree with.
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1. The Washington post article was based on an inside source, someone employed by Trump. Someone who has gone on record. The subsequent tape of the conversation is different but an elected official is still asking the the electoral official to investigate he'll find the fraud...
2. Timeline, this article was after the election
3. Trump made numerous speeches after the election stating that it was stolen. This was before the January Washington Post Article and after it. Stop the Steal.
Even on his most recent speech in Florida he said the election was stolen.
4. The Washington Post and other journals that reported on that article make no apology but a retraction on the actual words used in the telephone conversation.
So the problem here is this:-
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But it did achieve what the democrats wanted, they had slandered Trump and the people believed them, and no one is going to read the retraction from the Washington post, CNN, MSNBC and others because they have been convinced its true.
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Except that when you continue to claim the election was stolen then that leaves little doubt as to what he was and what he continues to think.
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OK so you are convinced its true.
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When you have someone shouting out loud that the the elections were a fraud, that he was cheated and then had 39 cases in court what does that tell you about the persons' thinking?
Then you read the retraction and this is what was actually said:-
“Trump did not tell the investigator to ‘find the fraud’ or say she would be ‘a national hero’ if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find ‘dishonesty’ there. He also told her that she had ‘the most important job in the country right now,’” reads the correction, in part.
So it was the State Governor of Georgia who then released the tape of the conversation who happens to be a republican.
So then I come back to your quote:-
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But it did achieve what the democrats wanted, they had slandered Trump and the people believed them, and no one is going to read the retraction from the Washington post, CNN, MSNBC and others because they have been convinced its true.
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Firstly I don't agree that Trump was slandered. If he was then this would have reached the court by now.
Do you honestly think Trump, who is extremely litigious, will just let that article fly at the time without at the very least denouncing the article or, as is his usual form, go to court and sue the paper for slander?
So am I convinced its true? It is a matter of interpretation but your comment is not. It is false
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Trump accomplished the goal he had in mind when he ran for president.
MAKE MONEY
And he did ... Someone has to pay for all those loans and failed businesses..
MAKE MONEY
And he did ... Someone has to pay for all those loans and failed businesses..
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His businesses aren’t doing too well tbh. Many people actively avoid booking events at bus resorts
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Need a less disruptive POTUS but with some what similar policies or more like ideas in his case
That president will become an A or even an A plus president
That president will become an A or even an A plus president
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Most Presidents have little to minimal wealth when they are President but make their money after.
Trump was the richest President because he had a business empire unlike no other President.
Whether he profits/losses money is irrelevant. Trump has been business man all his life so of course it's about the money!
Trump was the richest President because he had a business empire unlike no other President.
Whether he profits/losses money is irrelevant. Trump has been business man all his life so of course it's about the money!
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Need a less disruptive POTUS but with some what similar policies or more like ideas in his case
That president will become an A or even an A plus president
Building walls, oppressing immigrants, stirring up racial hatred, denying science, trashing the fourth estate, lying and lying and lying, disrupting the international rules-based order. No thanks.
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