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Op woensdag 25 januari 2017 18:53 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
nieuwe benoemingen (vandaag staat immers het thema 'security' centraal):

National Security Adviser for the Vice President and Deputy Assistant to POTUS:
Andrea Thompson
* Colonel Us Army
* Fmr. Commander Military intelligence task force
* Fmr. ISAF Chief of Staff
* ROTC from University of South Dakota, Master’s in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College

eerder waren er al:
Senior National Security Council official for strategy: Dave Horan
Senior Director of African Affairs at the National Security Council: Robin Townley
Senior Director of Asian Affairs at the National Security Council: Matt Pottinger

ook die 3 zijn allemaal officieren/voormalig officieren. Horan heeft op vrijwel iedere positie gezeten, van de US Central Command tot de NATO. Townley en Pottinger zijn voormalig 'intelligence officials' en hebben hun 'excursies' op die continenten gedaan.

Townley is overigens ook betrokken bij het Doc-to-Dock project. Deze posities hebben uiteraard geen sen. approval nodig.

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Praise For President Trump's Bold Action

The President Is “Coming Out As A Winner On Many Issues…” – The Atlantic

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl: “Incredible Pace Of Activity In The Trump White House On Week One…” Karl Tweet: “Incredible pace of activity in the Trump White House on week one - when have we seen a public WH sked packed as yesterday's & today's?” (Twitter.com, 1/24/17)

Fox News’ Sean Hannity: “I Don't Think I've Ever Seen So Much Happen In Such A Short Period Of Time.” (Fox News’ “Hannity,” 1/24/17)

Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: “Trump Could Have Chosen Any Topic To Get His Presidency Rolling. He Picked Jobs. Good.” (Editorial, “What Trump Got Right On Day 1: The Jobs Agenda,” Chicago Tribune, 1/23/17)

Chicago Tribune Headline: “What Trump Got Right On Day 1: The Jobs Agenda” (Chicago Tribune, 1/23/17)

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: “President Trump Is Making Short Work Of Campaign Promises…” “President Trump is making short work of campaign promises, and on Tuesday he signed executive orders reviving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.” (Editorial, “No More Keystone Capers,” The Wall Street Journal, 1/24/17)

USA Today Editorial Board: Trump “Came Down On The Right Side Of The Debate… By Advancing Construction Of The Keystone XL And Dakota Access Pipelines.” “President Trump, following through on a campaign promise, came down on the right side of the debate Tuesday by advancing construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, both of which had been blocked by the Obama administration.” (Editorial, “Trump Revives Pipeline Projects,” USA Today, 1/24/17)

The Atlantic: Trump’s “Coming Out As A Winner On Many Issues.” “But what if the Trump presidency is actually off to a surprisingly effective start? … The result, paradoxically, is that he’s coming out as a winner on many issues.” (David A. Graham, “Is Trump's Presidency Off To A Successful Start?,” The Atlantic, 1/24/17)

Detroit News Headline: “Mich. Could Benefit In Trump Infrastructure Order” (Detroit News, 1/25/17)

Rasmussen Reports: “57% Of Likely U.S. Voters Approve Of President Trump’s Job Performance…” “The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 57% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance.” (“Daily Presidential Tracking Poll,” Rasmussen Reports, 1/24/17)

Reuters: “A Slew Of Donald Trump's Picks Won Approval By The Senate Committees Overseeing Their Official Nominations…” “A slew of Donald Trump's picks won approval by the Senate committees overseeing their official nominations, suggesting that they will face little resistance to approval by the full Senate.” (“US Senate Panels Approve Carson, Ross, Chao, Haley,” Reuters, 1/24/17)

Washington Examiner: “A Majority Of Americans Who Listened To President Trump's Inaugural Address Gave The 16-Minute Speech A Positive Review…” “A majority of Americans who listened to President Trump's inaugural address gave the 16-minute speech a positive review, according to a new poll by Gallup.” (Gabby Morrongiello, “Poll: Trump's Inaugural Speech Gets A Thumbs Up,” Washington Examiner, 1/23/17)

The Daily Signal On Pipeline Executive Orders: “A Win For The Economy And The Environment.” “In a win for the economy and the environment, President Donald Trump signed executive orders backing the construction of two unnecessarily controversial energy infrastructure projects: the Keystone XL pipeline and the Dakota Access pipeline.” (Nicolas Loris, “Trump’s Pipeline Approvals Are A Win For The Economy And Environment,” The Daily Signal, 1/25/17)

Sen. Ted Cruz: “I Could Not Be More Encouraged… The Cabinet Appointments Have Been Phenomenal.” HANNITY: “How do you feel about the agenda and the first few days so far?” CRUZ: “I could not be more encouraged. We are five days into it, but the cabinet appointments have been phenomenal.” (Fox News’ “Hannity,” 1/24/17)
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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:16 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
The White House Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 25, 2017
https://www.whitehouse.go(...)t-trumps-bold-action

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:29 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Wat de fuck is dit nou weer?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:29 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Wat de fuck is dit nou weer?

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Donald Trump has used his first TV interview as president to say he believes torture “absolutely” works and that the US should “fight fire with fire.”

Speaking to ABC News, Trump said he would defer to the defence secretary, James Mattis, and CIA director, Mike Pompeo, to determine what can and cannot be done legally to combat the spread of terrorism.
But asked about the efficacy of tactics such as waterboarding, Trump said: “absolutely I feel it works.”

https://www.theguardian.c(...)television-interview

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To better inform the public regarding the public safety threats associated with sanctuary jurisdictions, the Secretary shall utilize the Declined Detainer Outcome Report or its equivalent and, on a weekly basis, make public a comprehensive list of criminal actions committed by aliens and any jurisdiction that ignored or otherwise failed to honor any detainers with respect to such aliens.

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Sec. 13. Office for Victims of Crimes Committed by Removable Aliens. The Secretary shall direct the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take all appropriate and lawful action to establish within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement an office to provide proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services to victims of crimes committed by removable aliens and the family members of such victims. This office shall provide quarterly reports studying the effects of the victimization by criminal aliens present in the United States.

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Trump’s flashy executive actions could run aground

President Donald Trump’s team made little effort to consult with federal agency lawyers or lawmakers as they churned out executive actions this week, stoking fears the White House is creating the appearance of real momentum with flawed orders that might be unworkable, unenforceable or even illegal.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:16 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
The White House Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 25, 2017
https://www.whitehouse.go(...)t-trumps-bold-action

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:44 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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The Donald juicht dus misschien te vroeg.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:43 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:52 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Er is geen geld in de huidige situatue voor een muur, het huidige hek wat onder Obama begonnen is heeft 2,9 miljard dollar nodig om het af te maken wat het RNC congress niet wilde ophoesten.

Maar nu gaan ze wel 40 miljard ophoesten voor een muur, Uiteraard.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:43 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:57 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Een land als de VS kan natuurlijk altijd ergens geld vandaan halen. Of dat verstandig is, is een tweede.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:14 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
In artikelen over Trump's ontmoeting met Martin Luther King Jr. staat overigens iets over voter participation, heb ik destijds even gemist. Een vorm van free government ID:

King III has campaigned for years to establish a form of free government photo identification that could make it easier for Americans who lack a driver’s license or other official ID to cast ballots. He and the other attendees, including the Rev. James A. Forbes, have urged Trump to endorse the idea of making such identification free.

According to one of the meeting’s participants, who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation, Trump expressed a serious interest in making photos available on Social Security cards and said he would study the issue in further detail.

Several prominent Democrats, including former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, have endorsed the idea. But some — such as John Lewis — have argued that it might leave Americans more vulnerable to data theft. And libertarians, such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), also oppose a universal government ID.


https://www.washingtonpos(...)scuss-voting-rights/

Die tegenstanders ook weer, inclusief die heilige John Lewis.. zucht

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:14 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Die tegenstanders ook weer, inclusief die heilige John Lewis.. zucht

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:16 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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En Rand Paul, de heilige libertarier. Dus doe nou eens niet zo triest.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:19 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Paul is een libertarier, dus vrijwel alles met overheid is ideologisch een no-go

Lewis is een Democrat en voorvechter van gelijke rechten maar komt met het argument van 'data theft'

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 11:12 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Secretary of the Navy
Philip Bilden
* Executive at HarbourVest Partners Asia
* Board member of the United States Naval Academy Foundation
* Fmr. Captain at Strategic Military Intelligence Detachments for the Defense Intelligence Agency.
* Fmr. Military Intelligence officer
* ROTC from Georgetown University, B.Sc. in International Politics and Soviet bloc studies from Georgetown University, MBA from Harvard Business School

andere namen die eerder op de lijst stonden:
* Randy Forbes (Rep. for Virginia, member of the House Armed Services Committee, Fmr. Chair of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee)
* Duncan Hunter (Rep. for California, member of the House Armed Services Committee, Fmr. Major in the Marine Corps)

Deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs:
Kenneth Juster
* Partner, MD at Warburg Pincus Private Equity, in geopolitical risk, global public policy, and regulatory matters
* Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard
* Chairman of Freedom House
* Vice Chairman of the Asia Foundation
* Member of the Trilateral Commission
* Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
* Member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
* Fmr. Undersecretary of commerce
* Fmr Counselor of Department of State
* B.A in in government from Harvard College, M.A in public policy from Harvard, J.D. from Harvard Law School

Acting Chair of the Federal Trade Commission: Maureen Ohlhausen
Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Victoria Lipnic
Acting Chair of the National Labor Relations Board: Philip Miscimarra

White House Legal Team:
To serve under White House Counsel Donald McGahn:

Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President: Stefan Passantino
Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President: Uttam Dhillon
Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President: Scott Gast
Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President: James Schultz

de Sec. of the Navy heeft natuurlijk Senate approval nodig.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:19 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Paul is een libertarier, dus vrijwel alles met overheid is ideologisch een no-go

Lewis is een Democrat en voorvechter van gelijke rechten maar komt met het argument van 'data theft'

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:24 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Data en identity theft is een veel groter problem in de VS dan hier. Het toont weer eens aan hoe weinig jij weet van de situatie in de VS.

Ter lering ende vermaeck, identity theft was verantwoordelijk voor 24 miljard dollar schade, bijna het dubbele van normale diefstal en materieele criminaliteit in de VS, geraamd op 14 miljard dollar.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:29 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Data theft mag dan wel een probleem zijn (waar is dat niet een probleem), het is nog altijd geen reden om dan maar niets te doen als het gaat om voter participation. Of is Lewis ook voorstander van het afschaffen van de huidige situatie waarin mensen wél een ID gebruiken? Safety first!, kom op man..

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:29 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Data theft mag dan wel een probleem zijn (waar is dat niet een probleem), het is nog altijd geen reden om dan maar niets te doen als het gaat om voter participation. Of is Lewis ook voorstander van het afschaffen van de huidige situatie waarin mensen wél een ID gebruiken? Safety first!, kom op man..

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 12:04:24 Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible! reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:52 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 12:04:24 Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible! reageer retweet

Een mooi inkijkje in de denkwereld van Trump: als je iemand iets geeft mag die geen enkele kritiek meer op je hebben, want dat is ondankbaar en terrible.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:14 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
In artikelen over Trump's ontmoeting met Martin Luther King Jr. staat overigens iets over voter participation, heb ik destijds even gemist. Een vorm van free government ID:

King III has campaigned for years to establish a form of free government photo identification that could make it easier for Americans who lack a driver’s license or other official ID to cast ballots. He and the other attendees, including the Rev. James A. Forbes, have urged Trump to endorse the idea of making such identification free.

According to one of the meeting’s participants, who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation, Trump expressed a serious interest in making photos available on Social Security cards and said he would study the issue in further detail.

Several prominent Democrats, including former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, have endorsed the idea. But some — such as John Lewis — have argued that it might leave Americans more vulnerable to data theft. And libertarians, such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), also oppose a universal government ID.


https://www.washingtonpos(...)scuss-voting-rights/

Die tegenstanders ook weer, inclusief die heilige John Lewis.. zucht

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“My reservation is practical: no state has succeeded in providing free and accessible IDs to those without them, even when they have tried,” Weiser said. “Our system is not set up well for that.”

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:52 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 12:04:24 Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible! reageer retweet

Een mooi inkijkje in de denkwereld van Trump: als je iemand iets geeft mag die geen enkele kritiek meer op je hebben, want dat is ondankbaar en terrible.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:56 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Ik kan nog altijd niet wennen aan de toon in zijn tweets. Die man is goddomme president van de VS.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:05 schreef Chewie het volgende:

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Daily show gaf 2 dagen geleden wel de juiste toon aan in hoe je zijn tweets moet lezen

http://www.cc.com/video-c(...)ident-trump-s-tweets

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:08 schreef Yiha3 het volgende:

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leuke lachband

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:11 schreef Chewie het volgende:

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Ah wat schattig

Grapjes over de oranje god zijn moeilijk te verteren?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:12 schreef Yiha3 het volgende:

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god?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:11 schreef Chewie het volgende:

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Ah wat schattig

Grapjes over de oranje god zijn moeilijk te verteren?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:12 schreef Yiha3 het volgende:

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god?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:15 schreef Euribob het volgende:

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Staakt deze discussie maar weer heren, gaat hem niet worden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:18 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:
Misschien dat het tijd wordt dat een filantroop als Bill Gates gewoon een paar miljard omzet in free voter registration Id. Desnoods met bussen die door het hele land rijden waar je je Id kan laten maken.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:15 schreef Euribob het volgende:

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Staakt deze discussie maar weer heren, gaat hem niet worden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:46 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Voor een discussie is het überhaupt wel handig als mensen meer dan twee woorden per post gebruiken.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:46 schreef Puddington het volgende:
Goed artikel van de times, over de executive orders die Trump ondertekend heeft en hoeveel macht hij heeft om ze daadwerkelijk uit te voeren: https://www.nytimes.com/2(...)fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:56 schreef Linus_van_Pelt het volgende:

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Ik ben wel benieuwd hoe het congres, met name de republikeinen, omgaat met Trump en zijn plannen. Er is natuurlijk al wat langer onrust onder de bevolking omdat congresleden meer bezig zijn met partijpolitiek, lobbygroepen en hun zetel behouden, dan met het land besturen. En als Trump 'doet wat het volk wil', kan je al vrij snel de grote boeman worden als je als congres alle plannen blokkeert.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:13 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:
Trump maakt het wel lastig om de Godwins te vermijden, hoor. Elke week een lijst publiek maken met misdaden die buitenlanders hebben begaan? Wat een gast .

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:59 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Dan moet er wel heel veel animo zijn onder de bevolking om die muur te bouwen. En ik denk dat dat nog wel meevalt.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:59 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Dan moet er wel heel veel animo zijn onder de bevolking om die muur te bouwen. En ik denk dat dat nog wel meevalt.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:56 schreef Linus_van_Pelt het volgende:

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Ik ben wel benieuwd hoe het congres, met name de republikeinen, omgaat met Trump en zijn plannen. Er is natuurlijk al wat langer onrust onder de bevolking omdat congresleden meer bezig zijn met partijpolitiek, lobbygroepen en hun zetel behouden, dan met het land besturen. En als Trump 'doet wat het volk wil', kan je al vrij snel de grote boeman worden als je als congres alle plannen blokkeert.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 13:59 schreef bluemoon23 het volgende:

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Deden de sovjets dat ook niet ?
Oh nee, daar hadden ze goelags voor, daar hoorde je nooit meer wat van.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:24 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Ja, ik hoor wel vaker over onrust en ontevredenheid maar het vertaalt zich nooit echt in zetels.

Het Congress in de VS heeft overigens een lagere approval rating als pedofielen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:28 schreef Linus_van_Pelt het volgende:

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Wat bedoel je met 'vertalen in zetels'? Er zijn immers maar twee echte partijen en volgens mij komt het vrij vaak voor dat de ene partij wint nadat de andere partij de vorige verkiezingen heeft gewonnen.

Ik verdiep me trouwens niet heel erg in de Amerikaanse politiek, ik baseer me op reportages van Nieuwsuur n.a.v. die problemen met de begroting die ze een paar jaar elke keer weer hadden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:30 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Het congress wordt al jarenlang beheerst door de Republikeinen die 6 jaar lang een politiek gevoerd hebben van obstructie en verder niets, het vorige Congress was het minst productieve in de geschiedenis. Dan zou je mischien denken dat het nu Democratisch is maar nee hoor, men heeft gewoon weer republikeins gestemd.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:37 schreef Linus_van_Pelt het volgende:
Laatst stond er een interview met een Amerikaanse filosoof in de Groene (of VN?) en die zei dat maar relatief weinig stemmers snappen hoe het systeem werkt. Stemmers reageren dus op de president. Obama was een democraat en het ging niet super tof met het land, dus stemmen ontevreden zwevers op republikeinen. Het vermoeden is dan ook dat over twee jaar veel republikeinen hun zeteltje gaan verliezen, tenzij het heel lekker gaat met president Trump.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:37 schreef Linus_van_Pelt het volgende:

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Laatst stond er een interview met een Amerikaanse filosoof in de Groene (of VN?) en die zei dat maar relatief weinig stemmers snappen hoe het systeem werkt. Stemmers reageren dus op de president. Obama was een democraat en het ging niet super tof met het land, dus stemmen ontevreden zwevers op republikeinen. Het vermoeden is dan ook dat over twee jaar veel republikeinen hun zeteltje gaan verliezen, tenzij het heel lekker gaat met president Trump.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:39 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Voor de senaat gaat dat maar zeer de vraag zijn over 2 jaar. Het huis misschien wel en governors enzo wel. zie bv hier https://www.washingtonpos(...)m_term=.360f0982a97e

twitter:

firescotch twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:46:32 Jesus christ https://t.co/LILRINECee reageer retweet

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:51:46 The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers... reageer retweet

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:55:03 of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:35 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Trump heeft net gehoord dat de Mexicaanse president misschien niet wil komen. Dat kan hij niet hebben natuurlijk...

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:51:46 The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers... reageer retweet

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:55:03 of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:17 schreef Puddington het volgende:
De press sectretary van het Witte huis heeft hoogstwaarschijnlijk zijn wachtwoord de internet-ether ingeslingerd:

twitter:

firescotch twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:46:32 Jesus christ https://t.co/LILRINECee reageer retweet

En dan klagen dat Podesta ten prooi valt aan phising

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:35 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Trump heeft net gehoord dat de Mexicaanse president misschien niet wil komen. Dat kan hij niet hebben natuurlijk...

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:51:46 The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers... reageer retweet

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:55:03 of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:35 schreef KingRadler het volgende:
Trump ziet de VS gewoon als een speeltje.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:35 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Trump heeft net gehoord dat de Mexicaanse president misschien niet wil komen. Dat kan hij niet hebben natuurlijk...

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:51:46 The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers... reageer retweet

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:55:03 of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. reageer retweet

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Amerikaanse klimaatdata gered van ondergang door Nederlander - rtlz.nl

De nieuwe Amerikaanse regering dreigt enorme hoeveelheden data over klimaatverandering offline te halen. Een groep wetenschappers maakt zich grote zorgen en werkt de klok rond om de data veilig te stellen. De spin in het web is een Nederlander in Canada.

De Amerikaanse overheid heeft de afgelopen jaren een schat aan informatie over het klimaat en klimaatverandering verzameld en openbaar gemaakt. Maar wetenschappers vreesden dat de nieuwe regering onder leiding van klimaatscepticus Donald Trump de data snel onvindbaar zal maken.

Niet onterecht, zo bleek. Op de dag van de inauguratie verdwenen de klimaatpagina's al van de site van het Witte Huis en gisteren beval Trump de Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) om de klimaatpagina’s offline te halen.

Om ervoor te zorgen dat het allemaal niet verloren gaat, begonnen de wetenschappers vorige week aan het veilig stellen van de info. Op de campus van de University of California werken zij dag en nacht aan het schrijven van scripts om grote databases te downloaden en websites te archiveren.

En daar komt de Nederlander Michael Riedijk om de hoek. Hij is ceo van het Canadese bedrijf PageFreezer, dat gespecialiseerd is in het archiveren van websites. Toen hij lucht kreeg van het initiatief bood hij zijn diensten gratis aan, vertelt hij aan RTL Z.

"Deze beweging is begonnen in de VS en Canada uit angst dat belangrijke klimaatdata kwijt zou raken. En dat gebeurt op dit moment ook écht. Ik krijg bericht uit het netwerk dat servers daadwerkelijk weggeplukt worden", vertelt Riedijk. "Wij hebben inmiddels de 150 meest belangrijke websites gearchiveerd en blijven dat doen om straks de verschillen te kunnen tracken. De backups draaien nu op onze servers."

Die servers staan onder andere in Nederland en dat is belangrijk. Daarmee wordt het voor de overheid in de VS haast onmogelijk om alsnog de data offline te krijgen.

PageFreezer archiveert continu honderdduizenden webpagina's van de Amerikaanse overheid, zegt Riedijk. Binnen een paar weken moet de data van de websites ook weer daadwerkelijk toegankelijk en doorzoekbaar worden voor het publiek.

Vooral de gegevens die de EPA heeft verzameld, zijn belangrijk voor wetenschappers. Op het moment van schrijven zijn de klimaatpagina's nog niet offline, maar de verwachting is dat dat niet lang meer duurt. Via zijn contacten op de universiteiten van Pennsylvania en Oregon hoort Riedijk dat de pagina's van EPA waarschijnlijk vandaag al uit de lucht gaan, maar het is te laat voor Trump: "Wij hebben al een kopie getrokken", zegt hij.

"Ik doe mee omdat dit is wat wij als bedrijf doen. Het gaat om miljarden dollars aan onderzoek. Iets wat niet verdwijnt als je die data van het internet haalt. Het klimaatprobleem is één van de belangrijkste problemen die we als mensheid moeten oplossen. Dit voelt daarom als 'the right thing to do'", vertelt de ceo van PageFreezer. "Wij leveren precies die technologie die deze data kan redden. Dus ik zie het ook als een soort showcase."

Het Canadese PageFreezer laat zich normaal gesproken juist inhuren door overheden, banken en andere grote bedrijven om webpagina's te archiveren. Die instellingen laten hun websites en data archiveren omdat er een bewaarplicht voor hun gegevens geldt of omdat ze een archief willen hebben voor als ze aangeklaagd worden, bijvoorbeeld op basis van iets wat op hun website gestaan zou hebben.

Bron: www.rtlz.nl

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:48 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:35 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Trump heeft net gehoord dat de Mexicaanse president misschien niet wil komen. Dat kan hij niet hebben natuurlijk...

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:51:46 The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers... reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 14:55:03 of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 15:48 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Trump Can Lower Drug Prices By U.S. Government Purchase Of Drug Companies

Major mergers in the biopharmaceutical industry are driven by a variety of factors, but the major one tends to be the acquisition of new assets to fuel growth of the acquiring company’s pipeline. I was personally involved in such processes a few times during my Pfizer tenure. When the possibility of a Warner-Lambert merger with American Home Products arose back in 1999, Pfizer stepped in and executed a hostile takeover with the express purpose of having sole access to what was becoming the biggest-selling drug of all time–Lipitor. Similarly, when Pfizer was facing a revenue gap in 2004, it acquired Pharmacia, not just for control of the COX-2 pain medication franchise, but also for a variety of other Pharmacia products that blended well with Pfizer’s drug portfolio.

Whenever a company is contemplating an acquisition or merger, it goes through extensive analyses to justify such a move first to its board of directors, then to its shareholders. These deals generally run into the tens of BIILIONS of dollars as one must pay not just the current value of the desired company but also a significant premium over that price in order to make the bid sufficiently attractive to the board and shareholders of the takeover target. To justify such an acquisition, the acquirer needs to show not only the long-term revenue potential of the desired products, but also ways to strip out costs–the dreaded “synergies” that arise from redundant efforts–as well as jettisoning specific assets that the acquiring company isn’t interested in retaining, such as major divisions (e.g., chemical or agricultural) or specific products. Such analyses can generally be used to justify paying the price necessary to close the deal.

Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a longtime advocate of affordable drug pricing, and Dr. Mark Trusheim of MIT’s Center of Biomedical Innovation have taken the concept of biopharma acquisitions and applied it intriguingly into a plan, laid out in a post for FORBES, for the U.S. government to obtain access to important drugs. The drugs in question are the hepatitis C cures Harvoni and Sovaldi, both sold by Gilead. They propose a plan that not only saves the government money, but also would enable millions of patients who still have hepatitis C to get cured as soon as possible. These patients are currently caught in a bind because the high costs of these drugs–even at the rebated price of $42,000/patient for a course of treatment–is too much a burden for the government to bear all at once.

Essentially, Bach and Trusheim have done an analysis that any big company would do for a major acquisition. Gilead’s current market cap is about $100 billion. Taking into account the need for a 30% premium as well as the assumption of Gilead’s $26 billion debt, the price rises to $156 billion. However, the authors believe that divesting Gilead’s HIV franchise for $52 billion, other pipeline assets for another $10 billion, and divesting the ex-U.S. hepatitis C business for $17 billion, the cost of the deal is down to $77 billion. The government would also gain the $31 billion that Gilead has stashed in overseas cash and, with other savings, the cost comes down to about $40 billion, a price that amounts to a per patient cost of about $15,700 for wiping out hepatitis C, a disease that causes liver failure and liver cancer. As the authors say: “That’s a 63% savings, a no-brainer even before the corporate jet is sold.”

While this sounds pretty enticing, there are issues in trying to do this. For one thing, the government would become a competitor with U.S. businesses that, theoretically, the government would like to see thrive. Both AbbVie and Merck have drugs that compete with Gilead’s drugs. Bach and Trusheim believe that, since Gilead’s drugs amount to 80% of the hepatitis C business, the market has spoken as to their value. However, having the government as a competitor would damage AbbVie and Merck’s efforts and could force drug companies out of R&D in key fields threatened by potential government invasion.

The U.S. government would be challenged to execute such a plan. What agency would be responsible to analyze such deal opportunities? Who would manage it once it was acquired? After all, the drug would need to be manufactured, quality monitored, distributed, etc. The government could contract this work out, but it would add another layer of bureaucracy. Theoretically, the government could use this tactic for other drugs. I have no doubt that there are rare or orphan disease drugs currently sold by biotech companies much smaller than Gilead. Should the government become a procurer of such firms? Finally, my guess is that, if large pharma companies got wind of Gilead being in play, suitors with deep pockets might enter the bidding process for Gilead. Should the government be involved in such bidding wars?

Nevertheless, the Bach-Trusheim proposal in intriguing. Some will undoubtedly attack this plan as the beginnings of governmental nationalization of the biopharmaceutical industry. I don’t think that’s the case. Such a takeover of Gilead would mirror a similar takeover by a big company. The deal wouldn’t go through unless Gilead’s board and shareholders approved it, just like any other deal. Furthermore, my guess is that this sort of move may appeal to President Trump’s business sense. He’s looking to bring down drug prices and for different ways for the government to impact the process. This plan certainly does that.

(The author is the former president of Pfizer Global R&D.)

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:11 schreef OMG het volgende:
Goed niveau, dat constant zeiken over het niveau.

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it's an honor to be here at the White House.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, David.
DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, has the magnitude of this job hit you yet?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: It has periodically hit me. And it is a tremendous magnitude. And where you really see it is when you're talking to the generals about problems in the world. And we do have problems in the world. Big problems. The business also hits because the -- the size of it. The size.

I was with the Ford yesterday. And with General Motors yesterday. The top representatives, great people. And they're gonna do some tremendous work in the United States. They're gonna build plants back in the United States. But when you see the size, even as a businessman, the size of the investment that these big companies are gonna make, it hits you even in that regard. But we're gonna bring jobs back to America, like I promised on the campaign trail.

DAVID MUIR: And we're gonna get to it all right here.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Good.

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I want to start -- we're five days in. And your campaign promises. I know today you plan on signing the order to build the wall.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Correct.

DAVID MUIR: Are you going to direct U.S. funds to pay for this wall? Will American taxpayers pay for the wall?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Ultimately it'll come out of what's happening with Mexico. We're gonna be starting those negotiations relatively soon. And we will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico which I will say ...

DAVID MUIR: So, they'll pay us back?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah, absolutely, 100 percent.

DAVID MUIR: So, the American taxpayer will pay for the wall at first?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: All it is, is we'll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from Mexico. Now, I could wait a year and I could hold off the wall. But I wanna build the wall. We have to build the wall. We have to stop drugs from pouring in. We have to stop people from just pouring into our country. We have no idea where they're from. And I campaigned on the wall. And it's very important. But that wall will cost us nothing.

DAVID MUIR: But you talked -- often about Mexico paying for the wall. And you, again, say they'll pay us back. Mexico's president said in recent days that Mexico absolutely will not pay, adding that, "It goes against our dignity as a country and our dignity as Mexicans." He says ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: David, he has to say that. He has to say that. But I'm just telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form. And you have to understand what I'm doing is good for the United States. It's also going to be good for Mexico.

We wanna have a very stable, very solid Mexico. Even more solid than it is right now. And they need it also. Lots of things are coming across Mexico that they don't want. I think it's going to be a good thing for both countries. And I think the relationship will be better than ever before.

You know, when we had a prisoner in Mexico, as you know, two years ago, that we were trying to get out. And Mexico was not helping us, I will tell you, those days are over. I think we're gonna end up with a much better relationship with Mexico. We will have the wall and in a very serious form Mexico will pay for the wall.

DAVID MUIR: What are you gonna say to some of your supporters who might say, "Wait a minute, I thought Mexico was going to pay for this right at the start."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I'd say very simply that they are going to pay for it. I never said they're gonna pay from the start. I said Mexico will pay for the wall. But what I will tell my supporters is, "Would you like me to wait two years or three years before I make this deal?" Because we have to make a deal on NAFTA. We have to make a new trade deal with Mexico because we're getting clobbered.

We have a $60-billion trade deficit. So, if you want, I can wait two years and then we can do it nice and easily. I wanna start the wall immediately. Every supporter I have -- I have had so many people calling and tweeting and -- and writing letters saying they're so happy about it. I wanna start the wall. We will be reimbursed for the wall.

DAVID MUIR: When does construction begin?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: As soon as we can. As soon as we can physically do it. We're ...

DAVID MUIR: Within months?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would say in months. Yeah, I would say in months. Certainly planning is starting immediately.

DAVID MUIR: People feel ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We'll be having some really good, really solid plans within a short period of time.

DAVID MUIR: When people learn of the news of this wall today there are gonna be a lot of people listening to this. And I wanna ask about undocumented immigrants who are here -- in this country. Right now they're protected as so-called dreamers -- the children who were brought here, as you know, by their parents. Should they be worried -- that they could be deported? And is there anything you can say to assure them right now that they'll be allowed to stay?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: They shouldn't be very worried. They are here illegally. They shouldn't be very worried. I do have a big heart. We're going to take care of everybody. We're going to have a very strong border. We're gonna have a very solid border. Where you have great people that are here that have done a good job, they should be far less worried. We'll be coming out with policy on that over the next period of four weeks.

DAVID MUIR: But Mr. President, will they be allowed to stay?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm gonna tell you over the next four weeks. But I will tell you, we're looking at this, the whole immigration situation, we're looking at it with great heart. Now we have criminals that are here. We have really bad people that are here. Those people have to be worried 'cause they're getting out. We're gonna get them out. We're gonna get 'em out fast. General Kelly is -- I've given that as his number one priority.

DAVID MUIR: Senator Jeff Sessions, your pick for attorney general, as you know during his confirmation hearing said that ending DACA, this is President Obama's policy protecting the dreamers -- that, "Ending it certainly would be constitutional." That you could end the protection of these dreamers. Is that a possibility?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna be talking with -- attorney general. He will soon be the attorney general. He's done fantastically well. We're all very proud of him. I thought he was treated very, very unfairly. He's a brilliant man and he's a very good man. He'll do a fantastic job. I'll be speaking to him as soon as he's affirmed.

DAVID MUIR: So, it's a possibility.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We will be talking to the attorney general.

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DAVID MUIR: I wanna ask you about something you said this week right here at the White House. You brought in congressional leaders to the White House. You spoke at length about the presidential election with them -- telling them that you lost the popular vote because of millions of illegal votes, 3 to 5 million illegal votes. That would be the biggest electoral fraud in American history. Where is the evidence of that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So, let me tell you first of all, it was so misrepresented. That was supposed to be a confidential meeting. And you weren't supposed to go out and talk to the press as soon as you -- but the Democrats viewed it not as a confidential meeting.

DAVID MUIR: But you have tweeted ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... about the millions of illegals ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. And I do -- and I'm very ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... and I mean it. But just so you -- it was supposed to be a confidential meeting. They turned it into not a con... Number two, the conversation lasted for about a minute. They made it -- somebody said it was, like, 25 percent of the ... It wasn't. It was hardly even discussed.

I said it. And I said it strongly because what's going on with voter fraud is horrible. That's number one. Number two, I would've won the popular vote if I was campaigning for the popular vote. I would've gone to California where I didn't go at all. I would've gone to New York where I didn't campaign at all.

I would've gone to a couple of places that I didn't go to. And I would've won that much easier than winning the electoral college. But as you know, the electoral college is all that matters. It doesn't make any difference. So, I would've won very, very easily. But it's a different form of winning. You would campaign much differently. You would have a totally different campaign. So, but ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... you're just asking a question. I would've easily won the popular vote, much easier, in my opinion, than winning the electoral college. I ended up going to 19 different states. I went to the state of Maine four times for one. I needed one.

I went to M-- I got it, by the way. But it turned out I didn't need it because we ended up winning by a massive amount, 306. I needed 270. We got 306. You and everybody said, "There's no way you get to 270." I mean, your network said and almost everybody said, "There's no way you can get to ..." So, I went to Maine four times. I went to various places. And that's the beauty of the electoral college. With that being said, if you look at voter registration, you look at the dead people that are registered to vote who vote, you look at people that are registered in two states, you look at all of these different things that are happening with registration. You take a look at those registration for -- you're gonna s-- find -- and we're gonna do an investigation on it.

DAVID MUIR: But 3 to 5 million illegal votes?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're gonna find out. But it could very well be that much. Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: But ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But we're gonna find out.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: In fact, I heard one of the other side, they were saying it's not 3 to 5. It's not 3 to 5. I said, "Well, Mr. Trump is talking about registration, tell--" He said, "You know we don't wanna talk about registration." They don't wanna talk about registration.

You have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states. You have people registered in two states. They're registered in a New York and a New Jersey. They vote twice. There are millions of votes, in my opinion. Now ...

DAVID MUIR: But again ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm doing an ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... investigation. David, David, David ...

DAVID MUIR: You’re now, you’re now president of the United States when you say ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Of course, and I want the voting process to be legitimate.

DAVID MUIR: But what I'm asking ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: The people that ...

DAVID MUIR: ... what I'm asking that -- when you say in your opinion millions of illegal votes, that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. Sure. Sure.

DAVID MUIR: You say you're gonna launch an investigation.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure, done.

DAVID MUIR: What you have presented so far has been debunked. It's been called ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... false.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, it hasn't. Take a look at the Pew reports.

DAVID MUIR: I called the author of the Pew report last night. And he told me that they found no evidence of voter ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... fraud.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Really? Then why did he write the report?

DAVID MUIR: He said no evidence of voter fraud.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Excuse me, then why did he write the report?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: According to Pew report, then he's -- then he's groveling again. You know, I always talk about the reporters that grovel when they wanna write something that you wanna hear but not necessarily millions of people wanna hear or have to hear.

DAVID MUIR: So, you’ve launched an investigation?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna launch an investigation to find out. And then the next time -- and I will say this, of those votes cast, none of 'em come to me. None of 'em come to me. They would all be for the other side. None of 'em come to me. But when you look at the people that are registered: dead, illegal and two states and some cases maybe three states -- we have a lot to look into.

DAVID MUIR: House Speaker Paul Ryan has said, "I have seen no evidence. I have made this very, very clear." Senator Lindsey Graham saying, "It's the most inappropriate thing for a president to say without proof. He seems obsessed with the idea that he could not have possibly lost the popular vote without cheating and fraud." I wanna ask you about something bigger here. Does it matter more now ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: There's nothing bigger. There's nothing bigger.

DAVID MUIR: But it is important because ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Let me just tell you, you know what's important, millions of people agree with me when I say that if you would’ve looked on one of the other networks and all of the people that were calling in they're saying, "We agree with Mr. Trump. We agree." They're very smart people.

The people that voted for me -- lots of people are saying they saw things happen. I heard stories also. But you're not talking about millions. But it's a small little segment. I will tell you, it's a good thing that we're doing because at the end we're gonna have an idea as to what's going on. Now, you're telling me Pew report has all of a sudden changed. But you have other reports and you have other statements. You take a look at the registrations, how many dead people are there? Take a look at the registrations as to the other things that I already presented.

DAVID MUIR: And you're saying ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And you're gonna find ...

DAVID MUIR: ... those people who are on the rolls voted, that there are millions of illegal votes?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I didn't say there are millions. But I think there could very well be millions of people. That's right.

DAVID MUIR: You tweeted though ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And I also say this ...

DAVID MUIR: ... you tweeted, "If you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally, I won the popular vote."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: David, and I also say this, if I was going for the popular vote I would've won easily. But I would've been in California and New York. I wouldn't have been in Maine. I wouldn't have been in Iowa. I wouldn't have been in Nebraska and all of those states that I had to win in order to win this. I would've been in New York, I would've been in California. I never even went there.

DAVID MUIR: Let me just ask you, you did win. You're the president. You're sitting ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: That’s true.

DAVID MUIR: ... across from me right now.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: That's true.

DAVID MUIR: Do you think that your words matter more now?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yes, very much.

DAVID MUIR: Do you think that that talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country without presenting the evidence?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not at all.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not at all because many people feel the same way that I do. And ...

DAVID MUIR: You don't think it undermines your credibility if there’s no evidence?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not at all because they didn't come to me. Believe me. Those were Hillary votes. And if you look at it they all voted for Hillary. They all voted for Hillary. They didn't vote for me. I don't believe I got one. Okay, these are people that voted for Hillary Clinton. And if they didn't vote, it would've been different in the popular.

Now, you have to understand I -- I focused on those four or five states that I had to win. Maybe she didn't. She should've gone to Michigan. She thought she had it in the bag. She should've gone to Wisconsin, she thought she had it because you're talking about 38 years of, you know, Democrat wins. But they didn't. I went to Michigan, I went to Wisconsin. I went to Pennsylvania all the time. I went to all of the states that are -- Florida and North Carolina. That's all I focused on.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it does strike me though that we're relitigating the presidential campaign, the election ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, no. We're looking at it for the next time. No, no, you have to understand, I had a tremendous victory, one of the great victories ever. In terms of counties I think the most ever or just about the most ever. When you look at a map it's all red. Red meaning us, Republicans.

One of the greatest victories ever. But, again, I ran for the electoral college. I didn't run for the popular vote. What I'm saying is if there are these problems that many people agree with me that there might be. Look, Barack Obama -- if you look back -- eight years ago when he first ran -- he was running for office in Chicago for we needed Chicago vote.

And he was laughing at the system because he knew all of those votes were going to him. You look at Philadelphia, you look at what's going on in Philadelphia. But take a look at the tape of Barack Obama who wrote me, by the way, a very beautiful letter in the drawer of the desk. Very beautiful. And I appreciate it. But look at what he said, it's on tape. Look at what he said about voting in Chicago eight years ago. It's not changed. It hasn't changed, believe me. Chicago, look what's going on in Chicago. It's only gotten worse.

But he was smiling and laughing about the vote in Chicago. Now, once he became president he didn't do that. All of a sudden it became this is the foundation of our country. So, here's the point, you have a lot of stuff going on possibly. I say probably. But possibly. We're gonna get to the bottom of it.

And then we're gonna make sure it doesn't happen again. If people are registered wrongly, if illegals are registered to vote, which they are, if dead people are registered to vote and voting, which they do. There are some. I don't know how many. We're gonna try finding that out and the other categories that we talk about, double states where they're -- registered in two states, we're gonna get to the bottom of it because we have to stop it. Because I agree, so important. But the other side is trying to downplay this. Now, I'll say this -- I think that if that didn't happen, first of all, would -- would be a great thing if it didn't happen. But I believe it did happen. And I believe a part of the vote would've been much different.

DAVID MUIR: And you believe millions of illegal votes ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're gonna find out.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you this ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna find out. And -- and, by the way, when I say you're gonna find out. You can never really find, you know, there are gonna be -- no matter what numbers we come up with there are gonna be lots of people that did things that we're not going to find out about. But we will find out because we need a better system where that can't happen.

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I just have one more question on this. And it's -- it's bigger picture. You took some heat after your visit to the CIA in front of that hallowed wall, 117 stars -- of those lost at the CIA. You talked about other things. But you also talked about crowd size at the inauguration, about the size of your rallies, about covers on Time magazine. And I just wanna ask you when does all of that matter just a little less? When do you let it roll off your back now that you're the president?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: OK, so I'm glad you asked. So, I went to the CIA, my first step. I have great respect for the people in intelligence and CIA. I'm -- I don't have a lot of respect for, in particular one of the leaders. But that's okay. But I have a lot of respect for the people in the CIA.

That speech was a home run. That speech, if you look at Fox, OK, I'll mention you -- we see what Fox said. They said it was one of the great speeches. They showed the people applauding and screaming and -- and they were all CIA. There was -- somebody was asking Sean -- "Well, were they Trump people that were put--" we don't have Trump people. They were CIA people.

That location was given to me. Mike Pence went up before me, paid great homage to the wall. I then went up, paid great homage to the wall. I then spoke to the crowd. I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time. What you do is take -- take out your tape -- you probably ran it live. I know when I do good speeches. I know when I do bad speeches. That speech was a total home run. They loved it. I could've ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... gotten ...

DAVID MUIR: You would give the same speech if you went back ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: ... in front of that wall?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: People loved it. They loved it. They gave me a standing ovation for a long period of time. They never even sat down, most of them, during the speech. There was love in the room. You and other networks covered it very inaccurately. I hate to say this to you and you probably won't put it on but turn on Fox and see how it was covered. And see how people respond to that speech.

That speech was a good speech. And you and a couple of other networks tried to downplay that speech. And it was very, very unfortunate that you did. The people of the CIA loved the speech. If I was going to take a vote in that room, there were, like, 300, 350 people, over 1,000 wanted to be there but they couldn't. They were all CIA people. I would say I would've gotten 350 to nothing in that room. That's what the vote would've been. That speech was a big hit, a big success -- success. And then I came back and I watched you on television and a couple of others.

DAVID MUIR: Not me personally.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And they tried to demean. Excuse me?

DAVID MUIR: Not me personally.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not you personally but your network -- and they tried to demean the speech. And I know when things are good or bad. A poll just came out on my inauguration speech which was extraordinary that people loved it. Loved and liked. And it was an extraordinary poll.

DAVID MUIR: I guess that's what I'm getting at. You talked about the poll, the people loving your inaugural speech and the size of your ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, because you bring it up.

DAVID MUIR: I'm asking, well, on day one you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you just brought it up. I didn't bring it up. I didn't wanna -- talk about the inauguration speech. But I think I did a very good job and people really liked it. You saw the poll. Just came out this morning. You bring it up. I didn't bring it up.

DAVID MUIR: So, polls and crowd size and covers on Time, those still matter now that you're here as president.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you keep bringing it up. I had a massive amount of people here. They were showing pictures that were very unflattering, as unflattering -- from certain angles -- that were taken early and lots of other things. I'll show you a picture later if you’d like of a massive crowd.

In terms of a total audience including television and everything else that you have we had supposedly the biggest crowd in history. The audience watching the show. And I think you would even agree to that. They say I had the biggest crowd in the history of inaugural speeches. I'm honored by that. But I didn't bring it up. You just brought it up.

DAVID MUIR: See, I -- I'm not interested in the inaugural crowd size. I think the American people can look at images side by side and decide for themselves. I am curious about the first full day here at the White House, choosing to send the press secretary out into the briefing room, summoning reporters to talk about the inaugural crowd size. Does that send a message to the American people that that's -- that's more important than some of the very pressing issues?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Part of my whole victory was that the men and women of this country who have been forgotten will never be forgotten again. Part of that is when they try and demean me unfairly 'cause we had a massive crowd of people. We had a crowd -- I looked over that sea of people and I said to myself, "Wow."

And I've seen crowds before. Big, big crowds. That was some crowd. When I looked at the numbers that happened to come in from all of the various sources, we had the biggest audience in the history of inaugural speeches. I said the men and women that I was talking to who came out and voted will never be forgotten again. Therefore I won't allow you or other people like you to demean that crowd and to demean the people that came to Washington, D.C., from faraway places because they like me. But more importantly they like what I'm saying.

DAVID MUIR: I just wanna say I didn't demean anyone who was in that crowd. We did coverage for hours ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, I think you’re demeaning by talking the way you're talking. I think you're demeaning. And that's why I think a lot of people turned on you and turned on a lot of other people. And that's why you have a 17 percent approval rating, which is pretty bad.

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. Trump, let's talk about many of the things that have happened this week. Chicago. Last night you tweeted about the murder rate in Chicago saying, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on I will send in the feds."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right.

DAVID MUIR: You will send in the feds? What do you mean by that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's carnage. You know, in my speech I got tremendous -- from certain people the word carnage. It is carnage. It's horrible carnage. This is Afghanistan -- is not like what's happening in Chicago. People are being shot left and right. Thousands of people over a period -- over a short period of time.

This year, which has just started, is worse than last year, which was a catastrophe. They're not doing the job. Now if they want help, I would love to help them. I will send in what we have to send in. Maybe they're not gonna have to be so politically correct. Maybe they're being overly political correct. Maybe there's something going on. But you can't have those killings going on in Chicago. Chicago is like a war zone. Chicago is worse than some of the people that you report in some of the places that you report about every night ...

DAVID MUIR: So, I will send ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... in the Middle East.

DAVID MUIR: ... you mentioned federal assistance. There's federal assistance and then there's sending in the feds. I'm just curious would you take action on your own?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want them to fix the problem. You can't have thousands of people being shot in a city, in a country that I happen to be president of. Maybe it's okay if somebody else is president. I want them to fix the problem. They have a problem that's very easily fixable.

They're gonna have to get tougher and stronger and smarter. But they gotta fix the problem. I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where essentially I'm the president. I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city, can be a great city.

DAVID MUIR: And if they’re unable to fix it?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It can't be a great city. Excuse me. It can't be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread. Can't be a great city.

DAVID MUIR: And if they are unable to fix it, that's when you would send in the feds?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But so far they have been unable. It’s been going on for years. And I wasn't president. So, look, when President Obama was there two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can't have that.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: They weren't shot at the speech. But they were shot in the city of Chicago during his speech. What -- what's going on? So, all I'm saying is to the mayor who came up to my office recently -- I say, "You have to smarten up and you have to toughen up because you can't let that happen. That's a war zone."

DAVID MUIR: So, this is an "or else." This is a warning?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want them to straighten out the problem. It's a big problem.

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you about a new report that you were poised to lift a ban on so-called CIA black sites of prisons around the world that have been used in the past. Is that true?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I'll be talking about that in about two hours. So, you'll be there and you'll be able to see it for yourself.

DAVID MUIR: Are you gonna lift the ban?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You're gonna see in about two hours.

DAVID MUIR: The last president, President Obama, said the U.S. does not torture. Will you say that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I have a general who I have great respect for, General Mattis, who said -- I was a little surprised -- who said he's not a believer in torture. As you know, Mr. Pompeo was just approved, affirmed by the Senate. He's a fantastic guy, he's gonna be the head of the CIA.

And you have somebody fabulous as opposed to the character that just got out who didn't -- was not fabulous at all. And he will I think do a great job. And he is -- you know, I haven't gone into great detail. But I will tell you I have spoken to others in intelligence. And they are big believers in, as an example, waterboarding.

DAVID MUIR: You did tell me ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Because they say it does work. It does work.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, you ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, you told me during one of the debates that you would bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would do ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would do -- I wanna keep our country safe. I wanna keep our country safe.

DAVID MUIR: What does that mean?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: When they're shooting -- when they're chopping off the heads of our people and other people, when they're chopping off the heads of people because they happen to be a Christian in the Middle East, when ISIS is doing things that nobody has ever heard of since Medieval times, would I feel strongly about waterboarding?

As far as I'm concerned we have to fight fire with fire. Now, with that being said I'm going with General Mattis. I'm going with my secretary because I think Pompeo's gonna be phenomenal. I'm gonna go with what they say. But I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence. And I asked them the question, "Does it work? Does torture work?" And the answer was, "Yes, absolutely."

DAVID MUIR: You're now the president. Do you want waterboarding?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don't want people to chop off the citizens or anybody's heads in the Middle East. Okay? Because they're Christian or Muslim or anything else. I don't want -- look, you are old enough to have seen a time that was much different. You never saw heads chopped off until a few years ago.

Now they chop 'em off and they put 'em on camera and they send 'em all over the world. So we have that and we're not allowed to do anything. We're not playing on an even field. I will say this, I will rely on Pompeo and Mattis and my group. And if they don't wanna do, that's fine. If they do wanna do, then I will work for that end.

I wanna do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally. But do I feel it works? Absolutely I feel it works. Have I spoken to people at the top levels and people that have seen it work? I haven't seen it work. But I think it works. Have I spoken to people that feel strongly about it? Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: So, you'd be okay with it as ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I wanna keep ...

DAVID MUIR: ... president?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... no, I wanna -- I will rely on General Mattis. And I'm gonna rely on those two people and others. And if they don't wanna do it, it's 100 percent okay with me. Do I think it works? Absolutely.

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I wanna ask you about refugees. You're about to sign a sweeping executive action to suspend immigration to this country.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right.

DAVID MUIR: Who are we talking about? Is this the Muslim ban?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're talking about -- no it's not the Muslim ban. But it's countries that have tremendous terror. It's countries that we're going to be spelling out in a little while in the same speech. And it's countries that people are going to come in and cause us tremendous problems. Our country has enough problems without allowing people to come in who, in many cases or in some cases, are looking to do tremendous destruction.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You look at what's happening ...

DAVID MUIR: Which countries are we talking about?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... you'll be hearing about it in two hours because I have a whole list. You'll be very thrilled. You're looking at people that come in, in many cases, in some cases with evil intentions. I don't want that. They're ISIS. They're coming under false pretense. I don't want that.

I'm gonna be the president of a safe country. We have enough problems. Now I'll absolutely do safe zones in Syria for the people. I think that Europe has made a tremendous mistake by allowing these millions of people to go into Germany and various other countries. And all you have to do is take a look. It's -- it's a disaster what's happening over there.

I don't want that to happen here. Now with that being said, President Obama and Hillary Clinton have, and Kerry have allowed tens of thousands of people into our country. The FBI is now investigating more people than ever before having to do with terror. They -- and it's from the group of people that came in. So look, look, our country has a lot of problems. Believe me. I know what the problems are even better than you do. They're deep problems, they're serious problems. We don't need more.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you about some of the countries that won't be on the list, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia. Why are we going to allow people to come into this country ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You're going to see -- you're going to see. We're going to have extreme vetting in all cases. And I mean extreme. And we're not letting people in if we think there's even a little chance of some problem.

DAVID MUIR: Are you at all ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We are excluding certain countries. But for other countries we're gonna have extreme vetting. It's going to be very hard to come in. Right now it's very easy to come in. It's gonna be very, very hard. I don't want terror in this country. You look at what happened in San Bernardino. You look at what happened all over. You look at what happened in the World Trade Center. Okay, I mean, take that as an example.

DAVID MUIR: Are you at all ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... concerned -- are you at all concerned it's going to cause more anger among Muslims ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Anger?

DAVID MUIR: ... the world?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: There's plenty of anger right now. How can you have more?

DAVID MUIR: You don't think it'll ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Look, David ...

DAVID MUIR: ... exacerbate the problem?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... David, I mean, I know you're a sophisticated guy. The world is a mess. The world is as angry as it gets. What? You think this is gonna cause a little more anger? The world is an angry place. All of this has happened. We went into Iraq. We shouldn't have gone into Iraq. We shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out.

The world is a total mess. Take a look at what's happening with Aleppo. Take a look what's happening in Mosul. Take a look what's going on in the Middle East. And people are fleeing and they're going into Europe and all over the place. The world is a mess, David.

DAVID MUIR: You brought up Iraq and something you said that could affect American troops in recent days. You said, "We should've kept the oil but okay maybe we'll have another chance." What did you mean by that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we should've kept the oil when we got out. And, you know, it's very interesting, had we taken the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS because they fuel themselves with the oil. That's where they got the money. They got the money from leaving -- when we left, we left Iraq, which wasn't a government. It's not a government now.

And by the way, and I said something else, if we go in and do this. You have two nations, Iraq and Iran. And they were essentially the same military strength. And they'd fight for decades and decades. They'd fight forever. And they'd keep fighting and it would go -- it was just a way of life. We got in, we decapitated one of those nations, Iraq. I said, "Iran is taking over Iraq." That's essentially what happened.

DAVID MUIR: So, you believe we can go in and take the oil.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We should have taken the oil. You wouldn't have ISIS if we took the oil. Now I wasn't talking about it from the standpoint of ISIS because the way we got out was horrible. We created a vacuum and ISIS formed. But had we taken the oil something else would've very good happened. They would not have been able to fuel their rather unbelievable drive to destroy large portions of the world.

DAVID MUIR: You've heard the critics who say that would break all international law, taking the oil. But I wanna get to the words ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... that you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Wait, wait, can you believe that? Who are the critics who say that? Fools.

DAVID MUIR: Let, let me ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don't call them critics. I call them fools.

DAVID MUIR: ... let me talk about your words ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We should've kept -- excuse me. We should've taken the oil. And if we took the oil you wouldn't have ISIS. And we would have had wealth. We have spent right now $6 trillion in the Middle East. And our country is falling apart.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Our roads -- excuse me. Our roads, our bridges, our schools, it's falling apart. We have spent as of one month ago $6 trillion in the Middle East. And in our country we can't afford to build a school in Brooklyn or we can't afford to build a school in Los Angeles. And we can't afford to fix up our inner cities. We can't afford to do anything. Look, it's time. It's been our longest war. We've been in there for 15, 16 years. Nobody even knows what the date is because they don't really know when did we start. But it's time. It's time.

DAVID MUIR: What got my attention, Mr. President, was when you said, "Maybe we'll have another chance."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, don't let it get your attention too much because we'll see what happens. I mean, we're gonna see what happens. You know, I told you and I told everybody else that wants to talk when it comes to the military I don't wanna discuss things.

I wanna let -- I wanna let the action take place before the talk takes place. I watched in Mosul when a number of months ago generals and politicians would get up and say, "We're going into Mosul in four months." Then they'd say, "We're going in in three months, two months, one month. We're going in next week."

Okay, and I kept saying to myself, "Gee, why do they have to keep talking about going in?" All right, so now they go in and it is tough because they're giving the enemy all this time to prepare. I don't wanna do a lot of talking on the military. I wanna talk after it's finished, not before it starts.

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, Mr. President, about another promise involving Obamacare to repeal it. And you told The Washington Post that your plan to replace Obamacare will include insurance for everybody. That sounds an awful lot like universal coverage.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's going to be -- what my plan is is that I wanna take care of everybody. I'm not gonna leave the lower 20 percent that can't afford insurance. Just so you understand people talk about Obamacare. And I told the Republicans this, the best thing we could do is nothing for two years, let it explode. And then we'll go in and we'll do a new plan and -- and the Democrats will vote for it. Believe me.

Because this year you'll have 150 percent increases. Last year in Arizona 116 perecent increase, Minnesota 60 some-odd percent increase. And I told them, except for one problem, I wanna get it fixed. The best thing I could do as the leader of this country-- but as wanting to get something approved with support of the Democrats, if I didn't do anything for two years they'd be begging me to do something. But I don't wanna do that. So just so you unders-- Obamacare is a disaster.

It's too expensive. It's horrible health care. It doesn't cover what you have to cover. It's a disaster. You know it and I know it. And I said to the Republican folks-- and they're terrific folks, Mitch and Paul Ryan, I said, "Look, if you go fast -- and I'm okay in doing it because it's the right thing to do. We wanna get good coverage at much less cost." I said, "If you go fast we then own Obamacare. They're gonna put it on us. And Obamacare is a disaster waiting to explode. If you sit back and let it explode it's gonna be much easier." That's the thing to do. But the right thing to do is to get something done now.

DAVID MUIR: But you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So I wanna make sure that nobody's dying on the streets when I'm president. Nobody's gonna be dying on the streets. We will unleash something that's gonna be terrific. And remember this, before Obamacare you had a lot of people that were very, very happy with their health care.

And now those people in many cases don't even have health care. They don't even have anything that's acceptable to them. Remember this, keep your doctor, keep your plan, 100 percent. Remember the $5 billion website? Remember the website fiasco. I mean, you do admit that I think, right? The website fiasco.

Obamacare is a disaster. We are going to come up with a new plan ideally not an amended plan because right now if you look at the pages they're this high. We're gonna come up with a new plan that's going to be better health care for more people at a lesser cost.

DAVID MUIR: Last question because I know you're gonna show me around the White House. Last question on this. You've seen the estimate that 18 million Americans could lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed and there is no replacement. Can you assure those Americans watching this right now that they will not lose their health insurance or end up with anything less?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So nobody ever deducts all the people that have already lost their health insurance that liked it. You had millions of people that liked their health insurance and their health care and their doctor and where they went. You had millions of people that now aren't insured anymore.

DAVID MUIR: I'm just asking about the people ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, no.

DAVID MUIR: ... who are nervous and watching ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We ...

DAVID MUIR: ... you for reassurance.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... here's what I can assure you, we are going to have a better plan, much better health care, much better service treatment, a plan where you can have access to the doctor that you want and the plan that you want. We're gonna have a much better health care plan at much less money.

And remember Obamacare is ready to explode. And you interviewed me a couple of years ago. I said '17 -- right now, this year, "'17 is going to be a disaster." I'm very good at this stuff. "'17 is going to be a disaster cost-wise for Obamacare. It's going to explode in '17."

And why not? Obama's a smart guy. So let it all come do because that's what's happening. It's all coming do in '17. We're gonna have an explosion. And to do it right, sit back, let it explode and let the Democrats come begging us to help them because it's on them. But I don't wanna do that. I wanna give great health care at a much lower cost.

DAVID MUIR: So, no one who has this health insurance through Obamacare will lose it or end up ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You know, when you ...

DAVID MUIR: ... with anything less?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... say no one I think no one. Ideally, in the real world, you’re talking about millions of people. Will no one. And then, you know, knowing ABC, you'll have this one person on television saying how they were hurt. Okay. We want no one. We want the answer to be no one.

But I will say millions of people will be happy. Right now you have millions and millions and millions of people that are unhappy. It's too expensive and it's no good. And the governor of Minnesota who unfortunately had a very, very sad incident yesterday 'cause he's a very nice guy but -- a couple of months ago he said that the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable.

He's a staunch Democrat. Very strong Democrat. He said it's no longer affordable. He made that statement. And Bill Clinton on the campaign trail -- and he probably had a bad night that night when he went home -- but he said, "Obamacare is crazy. It's crazy." And you know what, they were both right.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, thank you.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

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Transcript van Trump's interview met ABC:
Intro:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it's an honor to be here at the White House.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, David.
DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, has the magnitude of this job hit you yet?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: It has periodically hit me. And it is a tremendous magnitude. And where you really see it is when you're talking to the generals about problems in the world. And we do have problems in the world. Big problems. The business also hits because the -- the size of it. The size.

I was with the Ford yesterday. And with General Motors yesterday. The top representatives, great people. And they're gonna do some tremendous work in the United States. They're gonna build plants back in the United States. But when you see the size, even as a businessman, the size of the investment that these big companies are gonna make, it hits you even in that regard. But we're gonna bring jobs back to America, like I promised on the campaign trail.

DAVID MUIR: And we're gonna get to it all right here.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Good.

Over Mexico, the wall, deportaties..:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I want to start -- we're five days in. And your campaign promises. I know today you plan on signing the order to build the wall.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Correct.

DAVID MUIR: Are you going to direct U.S. funds to pay for this wall? Will American taxpayers pay for the wall?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Ultimately it'll come out of what's happening with Mexico. We're gonna be starting those negotiations relatively soon. And we will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico which I will say ...

DAVID MUIR: So, they'll pay us back?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah, absolutely, 100 percent.

DAVID MUIR: So, the American taxpayer will pay for the wall at first?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: All it is, is we'll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from Mexico. Now, I could wait a year and I could hold off the wall. But I wanna build the wall. We have to build the wall. We have to stop drugs from pouring in. We have to stop people from just pouring into our country. We have no idea where they're from. And I campaigned on the wall. And it's very important. But that wall will cost us nothing.

DAVID MUIR: But you talked -- often about Mexico paying for the wall. And you, again, say they'll pay us back. Mexico's president said in recent days that Mexico absolutely will not pay, adding that, "It goes against our dignity as a country and our dignity as Mexicans." He says ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: David, he has to say that. He has to say that. But I'm just telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form. And you have to understand what I'm doing is good for the United States. It's also going to be good for Mexico.

We wanna have a very stable, very solid Mexico. Even more solid than it is right now. And they need it also. Lots of things are coming across Mexico that they don't want. I think it's going to be a good thing for both countries. And I think the relationship will be better than ever before.

You know, when we had a prisoner in Mexico, as you know, two years ago, that we were trying to get out. And Mexico was not helping us, I will tell you, those days are over. I think we're gonna end up with a much better relationship with Mexico. We will have the wall and in a very serious form Mexico will pay for the wall.

DAVID MUIR: What are you gonna say to some of your supporters who might say, "Wait a minute, I thought Mexico was going to pay for this right at the start."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I'd say very simply that they are going to pay for it. I never said they're gonna pay from the start. I said Mexico will pay for the wall. But what I will tell my supporters is, "Would you like me to wait two years or three years before I make this deal?" Because we have to make a deal on NAFTA. We have to make a new trade deal with Mexico because we're getting clobbered.

We have a $60-billion trade deficit. So, if you want, I can wait two years and then we can do it nice and easily. I wanna start the wall immediately. Every supporter I have -- I have had so many people calling and tweeting and -- and writing letters saying they're so happy about it. I wanna start the wall. We will be reimbursed for the wall.

DAVID MUIR: When does construction begin?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: As soon as we can. As soon as we can physically do it. We're ...

DAVID MUIR: Within months?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would say in months. Yeah, I would say in months. Certainly planning is starting immediately.

DAVID MUIR: People feel ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We'll be having some really good, really solid plans within a short period of time.

DAVID MUIR: When people learn of the news of this wall today there are gonna be a lot of people listening to this. And I wanna ask about undocumented immigrants who are here -- in this country. Right now they're protected as so-called dreamers -- the children who were brought here, as you know, by their parents. Should they be worried -- that they could be deported? And is there anything you can say to assure them right now that they'll be allowed to stay?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: They shouldn't be very worried. They are here illegally. They shouldn't be very worried. I do have a big heart. We're going to take care of everybody. We're going to have a very strong border. We're gonna have a very solid border. Where you have great people that are here that have done a good job, they should be far less worried. We'll be coming out with policy on that over the next period of four weeks.

DAVID MUIR: But Mr. President, will they be allowed to stay?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm gonna tell you over the next four weeks. But I will tell you, we're looking at this, the whole immigration situation, we're looking at it with great heart. Now we have criminals that are here. We have really bad people that are here. Those people have to be worried 'cause they're getting out. We're gonna get them out. We're gonna get 'em out fast. General Kelly is -- I've given that as his number one priority.

DAVID MUIR: Senator Jeff Sessions, your pick for attorney general, as you know during his confirmation hearing said that ending DACA, this is President Obama's policy protecting the dreamers -- that, "Ending it certainly would be constitutional." That you could end the protection of these dreamers. Is that a possibility?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna be talking with -- attorney general. He will soon be the attorney general. He's done fantastically well. We're all very proud of him. I thought he was treated very, very unfairly. He's a brilliant man and he's a very good man. He'll do a fantastic job. I'll be speaking to him as soon as he's affirmed.

DAVID MUIR: So, it's a possibility.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We will be talking to the attorney general.

Over the popular vote en 3 tot 5 miljoen illegale stemmen:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: I wanna ask you about something you said this week right here at the White House. You brought in congressional leaders to the White House. You spoke at length about the presidential election with them -- telling them that you lost the popular vote because of millions of illegal votes, 3 to 5 million illegal votes. That would be the biggest electoral fraud in American history. Where is the evidence of that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So, let me tell you first of all, it was so misrepresented. That was supposed to be a confidential meeting. And you weren't supposed to go out and talk to the press as soon as you -- but the Democrats viewed it not as a confidential meeting.

DAVID MUIR: But you have tweeted ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... about the millions of illegals ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. And I do -- and I'm very ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... and I mean it. But just so you -- it was supposed to be a confidential meeting. They turned it into not a con... Number two, the conversation lasted for about a minute. They made it -- somebody said it was, like, 25 percent of the ... It wasn't. It was hardly even discussed.

I said it. And I said it strongly because what's going on with voter fraud is horrible. That's number one. Number two, I would've won the popular vote if I was campaigning for the popular vote. I would've gone to California where I didn't go at all. I would've gone to New York where I didn't campaign at all.

I would've gone to a couple of places that I didn't go to. And I would've won that much easier than winning the electoral college. But as you know, the electoral college is all that matters. It doesn't make any difference. So, I would've won very, very easily. But it's a different form of winning. You would campaign much differently. You would have a totally different campaign. So, but ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... you're just asking a question. I would've easily won the popular vote, much easier, in my opinion, than winning the electoral college. I ended up going to 19 different states. I went to the state of Maine four times for one. I needed one.

I went to M-- I got it, by the way. But it turned out I didn't need it because we ended up winning by a massive amount, 306. I needed 270. We got 306. You and everybody said, "There's no way you get to 270." I mean, your network said and almost everybody said, "There's no way you can get to ..." So, I went to Maine four times. I went to various places. And that's the beauty of the electoral college. With that being said, if you look at voter registration, you look at the dead people that are registered to vote who vote, you look at people that are registered in two states, you look at all of these different things that are happening with registration. You take a look at those registration for -- you're gonna s-- find -- and we're gonna do an investigation on it.

DAVID MUIR: But 3 to 5 million illegal votes?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're gonna find out. But it could very well be that much. Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: But ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But we're gonna find out.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: In fact, I heard one of the other side, they were saying it's not 3 to 5. It's not 3 to 5. I said, "Well, Mr. Trump is talking about registration, tell--" He said, "You know we don't wanna talk about registration." They don't wanna talk about registration.

You have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states. You have people registered in two states. They're registered in a New York and a New Jersey. They vote twice. There are millions of votes, in my opinion. Now ...

DAVID MUIR: But again ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm doing an ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... investigation. David, David, David ...

DAVID MUIR: You’re now, you’re now president of the United States when you say ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Of course, and I want the voting process to be legitimate.

DAVID MUIR: But what I'm asking ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: The people that ...

DAVID MUIR: ... what I'm asking that -- when you say in your opinion millions of illegal votes, that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. Sure. Sure.

DAVID MUIR: You say you're gonna launch an investigation.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure, done.

DAVID MUIR: What you have presented so far has been debunked. It's been called ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... false.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, it hasn't. Take a look at the Pew reports.

DAVID MUIR: I called the author of the Pew report last night. And he told me that they found no evidence of voter ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... fraud.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Really? Then why did he write the report?

DAVID MUIR: He said no evidence of voter fraud.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Excuse me, then why did he write the report?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: According to Pew report, then he's -- then he's groveling again. You know, I always talk about the reporters that grovel when they wanna write something that you wanna hear but not necessarily millions of people wanna hear or have to hear.

DAVID MUIR: So, you’ve launched an investigation?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna launch an investigation to find out. And then the next time -- and I will say this, of those votes cast, none of 'em come to me. None of 'em come to me. They would all be for the other side. None of 'em come to me. But when you look at the people that are registered: dead, illegal and two states and some cases maybe three states -- we have a lot to look into.

DAVID MUIR: House Speaker Paul Ryan has said, "I have seen no evidence. I have made this very, very clear." Senator Lindsey Graham saying, "It's the most inappropriate thing for a president to say without proof. He seems obsessed with the idea that he could not have possibly lost the popular vote without cheating and fraud." I wanna ask you about something bigger here. Does it matter more now ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: There's nothing bigger. There's nothing bigger.

DAVID MUIR: But it is important because ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Let me just tell you, you know what's important, millions of people agree with me when I say that if you would’ve looked on one of the other networks and all of the people that were calling in they're saying, "We agree with Mr. Trump. We agree." They're very smart people.

The people that voted for me -- lots of people are saying they saw things happen. I heard stories also. But you're not talking about millions. But it's a small little segment. I will tell you, it's a good thing that we're doing because at the end we're gonna have an idea as to what's going on. Now, you're telling me Pew report has all of a sudden changed. But you have other reports and you have other statements. You take a look at the registrations, how many dead people are there? Take a look at the registrations as to the other things that I already presented.

DAVID MUIR: And you're saying ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And you're gonna find ...

DAVID MUIR: ... those people who are on the rolls voted, that there are millions of illegal votes?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I didn't say there are millions. But I think there could very well be millions of people. That's right.

DAVID MUIR: You tweeted though ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And I also say this ...

DAVID MUIR: ... you tweeted, "If you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally, I won the popular vote."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: David, and I also say this, if I was going for the popular vote I would've won easily. But I would've been in California and New York. I wouldn't have been in Maine. I wouldn't have been in Iowa. I wouldn't have been in Nebraska and all of those states that I had to win in order to win this. I would've been in New York, I would've been in California. I never even went there.

DAVID MUIR: Let me just ask you, you did win. You're the president. You're sitting ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: That’s true.

DAVID MUIR: ... across from me right now.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: That's true.

DAVID MUIR: Do you think that your words matter more now?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yes, very much.

DAVID MUIR: Do you think that that talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country without presenting the evidence?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not at all.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not at all because many people feel the same way that I do. And ...

DAVID MUIR: You don't think it undermines your credibility if there’s no evidence?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not at all because they didn't come to me. Believe me. Those were Hillary votes. And if you look at it they all voted for Hillary. They all voted for Hillary. They didn't vote for me. I don't believe I got one. Okay, these are people that voted for Hillary Clinton. And if they didn't vote, it would've been different in the popular.

Now, you have to understand I -- I focused on those four or five states that I had to win. Maybe she didn't. She should've gone to Michigan. She thought she had it in the bag. She should've gone to Wisconsin, she thought she had it because you're talking about 38 years of, you know, Democrat wins. But they didn't. I went to Michigan, I went to Wisconsin. I went to Pennsylvania all the time. I went to all of the states that are -- Florida and North Carolina. That's all I focused on.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it does strike me though that we're relitigating the presidential campaign, the election ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, no. We're looking at it for the next time. No, no, you have to understand, I had a tremendous victory, one of the great victories ever. In terms of counties I think the most ever or just about the most ever. When you look at a map it's all red. Red meaning us, Republicans.

One of the greatest victories ever. But, again, I ran for the electoral college. I didn't run for the popular vote. What I'm saying is if there are these problems that many people agree with me that there might be. Look, Barack Obama -- if you look back -- eight years ago when he first ran -- he was running for office in Chicago for we needed Chicago vote.

And he was laughing at the system because he knew all of those votes were going to him. You look at Philadelphia, you look at what's going on in Philadelphia. But take a look at the tape of Barack Obama who wrote me, by the way, a very beautiful letter in the drawer of the desk. Very beautiful. And I appreciate it. But look at what he said, it's on tape. Look at what he said about voting in Chicago eight years ago. It's not changed. It hasn't changed, believe me. Chicago, look what's going on in Chicago. It's only gotten worse.

But he was smiling and laughing about the vote in Chicago. Now, once he became president he didn't do that. All of a sudden it became this is the foundation of our country. So, here's the point, you have a lot of stuff going on possibly. I say probably. But possibly. We're gonna get to the bottom of it.

And then we're gonna make sure it doesn't happen again. If people are registered wrongly, if illegals are registered to vote, which they are, if dead people are registered to vote and voting, which they do. There are some. I don't know how many. We're gonna try finding that out and the other categories that we talk about, double states where they're -- registered in two states, we're gonna get to the bottom of it because we have to stop it. Because I agree, so important. But the other side is trying to downplay this. Now, I'll say this -- I think that if that didn't happen, first of all, would -- would be a great thing if it didn't happen. But I believe it did happen. And I believe a part of the vote would've been much different.

DAVID MUIR: And you believe millions of illegal votes ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're gonna find out.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you this ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna find out. And -- and, by the way, when I say you're gonna find out. You can never really find, you know, there are gonna be -- no matter what numbers we come up with there are gonna be lots of people that did things that we're not going to find out about. But we will find out because we need a better system where that can't happen.

Over z'n speech bij de CIA (en over de media...):

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I just have one more question on this. And it's -- it's bigger picture. You took some heat after your visit to the CIA in front of that hallowed wall, 117 stars -- of those lost at the CIA. You talked about other things. But you also talked about crowd size at the inauguration, about the size of your rallies, about covers on Time magazine. And I just wanna ask you when does all of that matter just a little less? When do you let it roll off your back now that you're the president?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: OK, so I'm glad you asked. So, I went to the CIA, my first step. I have great respect for the people in intelligence and CIA. I'm -- I don't have a lot of respect for, in particular one of the leaders. But that's okay. But I have a lot of respect for the people in the CIA.

That speech was a home run. That speech, if you look at Fox, OK, I'll mention you -- we see what Fox said. They said it was one of the great speeches. They showed the people applauding and screaming and -- and they were all CIA. There was -- somebody was asking Sean -- "Well, were they Trump people that were put--" we don't have Trump people. They were CIA people.

That location was given to me. Mike Pence went up before me, paid great homage to the wall. I then went up, paid great homage to the wall. I then spoke to the crowd. I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time. What you do is take -- take out your tape -- you probably ran it live. I know when I do good speeches. I know when I do bad speeches. That speech was a total home run. They loved it. I could've ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... gotten ...

DAVID MUIR: You would give the same speech if you went back ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: ... in front of that wall?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: People loved it. They loved it. They gave me a standing ovation for a long period of time. They never even sat down, most of them, during the speech. There was love in the room. You and other networks covered it very inaccurately. I hate to say this to you and you probably won't put it on but turn on Fox and see how it was covered. And see how people respond to that speech.

That speech was a good speech. And you and a couple of other networks tried to downplay that speech. And it was very, very unfortunate that you did. The people of the CIA loved the speech. If I was going to take a vote in that room, there were, like, 300, 350 people, over 1,000 wanted to be there but they couldn't. They were all CIA people. I would say I would've gotten 350 to nothing in that room. That's what the vote would've been. That speech was a big hit, a big success -- success. And then I came back and I watched you on television and a couple of others.

DAVID MUIR: Not me personally.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And they tried to demean. Excuse me?

DAVID MUIR: Not me personally.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not you personally but your network -- and they tried to demean the speech. And I know when things are good or bad. A poll just came out on my inauguration speech which was extraordinary that people loved it. Loved and liked. And it was an extraordinary poll.

DAVID MUIR: I guess that's what I'm getting at. You talked about the poll, the people loving your inaugural speech and the size of your ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, because you bring it up.

DAVID MUIR: I'm asking, well, on day one you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you just brought it up. I didn't bring it up. I didn't wanna -- talk about the inauguration speech. But I think I did a very good job and people really liked it. You saw the poll. Just came out this morning. You bring it up. I didn't bring it up.

DAVID MUIR: So, polls and crowd size and covers on Time, those still matter now that you're here as president.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you keep bringing it up. I had a massive amount of people here. They were showing pictures that were very unflattering, as unflattering -- from certain angles -- that were taken early and lots of other things. I'll show you a picture later if you’d like of a massive crowd.

In terms of a total audience including television and everything else that you have we had supposedly the biggest crowd in history. The audience watching the show. And I think you would even agree to that. They say I had the biggest crowd in the history of inaugural speeches. I'm honored by that. But I didn't bring it up. You just brought it up.

DAVID MUIR: See, I -- I'm not interested in the inaugural crowd size. I think the American people can look at images side by side and decide for themselves. I am curious about the first full day here at the White House, choosing to send the press secretary out into the briefing room, summoning reporters to talk about the inaugural crowd size. Does that send a message to the American people that that's -- that's more important than some of the very pressing issues?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Part of my whole victory was that the men and women of this country who have been forgotten will never be forgotten again. Part of that is when they try and demean me unfairly 'cause we had a massive crowd of people. We had a crowd -- I looked over that sea of people and I said to myself, "Wow."

And I've seen crowds before. Big, big crowds. That was some crowd. When I looked at the numbers that happened to come in from all of the various sources, we had the biggest audience in the history of inaugural speeches. I said the men and women that I was talking to who came out and voted will never be forgotten again. Therefore I won't allow you or other people like you to demean that crowd and to demean the people that came to Washington, D.C., from faraway places because they like me. But more importantly they like what I'm saying.

DAVID MUIR: I just wanna say I didn't demean anyone who was in that crowd. We did coverage for hours ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, I think you’re demeaning by talking the way you're talking. I think you're demeaning. And that's why I think a lot of people turned on you and turned on a lot of other people. And that's why you have a 17 percent approval rating, which is pretty bad.

Over Chicago en "sending in the Feds"

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. Trump, let's talk about many of the things that have happened this week. Chicago. Last night you tweeted about the murder rate in Chicago saying, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on I will send in the feds."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right.

DAVID MUIR: You will send in the feds? What do you mean by that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's carnage. You know, in my speech I got tremendous -- from certain people the word carnage. It is carnage. It's horrible carnage. This is Afghanistan -- is not like what's happening in Chicago. People are being shot left and right. Thousands of people over a period -- over a short period of time.

This year, which has just started, is worse than last year, which was a catastrophe. They're not doing the job. Now if they want help, I would love to help them. I will send in what we have to send in. Maybe they're not gonna have to be so politically correct. Maybe they're being overly political correct. Maybe there's something going on. But you can't have those killings going on in Chicago. Chicago is like a war zone. Chicago is worse than some of the people that you report in some of the places that you report about every night ...

DAVID MUIR: So, I will send ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... in the Middle East.

DAVID MUIR: ... you mentioned federal assistance. There's federal assistance and then there's sending in the feds. I'm just curious would you take action on your own?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want them to fix the problem. You can't have thousands of people being shot in a city, in a country that I happen to be president of. Maybe it's okay if somebody else is president. I want them to fix the problem. They have a problem that's very easily fixable.

They're gonna have to get tougher and stronger and smarter. But they gotta fix the problem. I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where essentially I'm the president. I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city, can be a great city.

DAVID MUIR: And if they’re unable to fix it?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It can't be a great city. Excuse me. It can't be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread. Can't be a great city.

DAVID MUIR: And if they are unable to fix it, that's when you would send in the feds?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But so far they have been unable. It’s been going on for years. And I wasn't president. So, look, when President Obama was there two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can't have that.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: They weren't shot at the speech. But they were shot in the city of Chicago during his speech. What -- what's going on? So, all I'm saying is to the mayor who came up to my office recently -- I say, "You have to smarten up and you have to toughen up because you can't let that happen. That's a war zone."

DAVID MUIR: So, this is an "or else." This is a warning?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want them to straighten out the problem. It's a big problem.

Over martelen:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you about a new report that you were poised to lift a ban on so-called CIA black sites of prisons around the world that have been used in the past. Is that true?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I'll be talking about that in about two hours. So, you'll be there and you'll be able to see it for yourself.

DAVID MUIR: Are you gonna lift the ban?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You're gonna see in about two hours.

DAVID MUIR: The last president, President Obama, said the U.S. does not torture. Will you say that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I have a general who I have great respect for, General Mattis, who said -- I was a little surprised -- who said he's not a believer in torture. As you know, Mr. Pompeo was just approved, affirmed by the Senate. He's a fantastic guy, he's gonna be the head of the CIA.

And you have somebody fabulous as opposed to the character that just got out who didn't -- was not fabulous at all. And he will I think do a great job. And he is -- you know, I haven't gone into great detail. But I will tell you I have spoken to others in intelligence. And they are big believers in, as an example, waterboarding.

DAVID MUIR: You did tell me ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Because they say it does work. It does work.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, you ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, you told me during one of the debates that you would bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would do ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would do -- I wanna keep our country safe. I wanna keep our country safe.

DAVID MUIR: What does that mean?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: When they're shooting -- when they're chopping off the heads of our people and other people, when they're chopping off the heads of people because they happen to be a Christian in the Middle East, when ISIS is doing things that nobody has ever heard of since Medieval times, would I feel strongly about waterboarding?

As far as I'm concerned we have to fight fire with fire. Now, with that being said I'm going with General Mattis. I'm going with my secretary because I think Pompeo's gonna be phenomenal. I'm gonna go with what they say. But I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence. And I asked them the question, "Does it work? Does torture work?" And the answer was, "Yes, absolutely."

DAVID MUIR: You're now the president. Do you want waterboarding?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don't want people to chop off the citizens or anybody's heads in the Middle East. Okay? Because they're Christian or Muslim or anything else. I don't want -- look, you are old enough to have seen a time that was much different. You never saw heads chopped off until a few years ago.

Now they chop 'em off and they put 'em on camera and they send 'em all over the world. So we have that and we're not allowed to do anything. We're not playing on an even field. I will say this, I will rely on Pompeo and Mattis and my group. And if they don't wanna do, that's fine. If they do wanna do, then I will work for that end.

I wanna do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally. But do I feel it works? Absolutely I feel it works. Have I spoken to people at the top levels and people that have seen it work? I haven't seen it work. But I think it works. Have I spoken to people that feel strongly about it? Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: So, you'd be okay with it as ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I wanna keep ...

DAVID MUIR: ... president?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... no, I wanna -- I will rely on General Mattis. And I'm gonna rely on those two people and others. And if they don't wanna do it, it's 100 percent okay with me. Do I think it works? Absolutely.

Over vluchtelingen, Moslims, Midden Oosten, "we should have taken the oil", want dan had ISIS niet ontstaan...

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I wanna ask you about refugees. You're about to sign a sweeping executive action to suspend immigration to this country.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right.

DAVID MUIR: Who are we talking about? Is this the Muslim ban?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're talking about -- no it's not the Muslim ban. But it's countries that have tremendous terror. It's countries that we're going to be spelling out in a little while in the same speech. And it's countries that people are going to come in and cause us tremendous problems. Our country has enough problems without allowing people to come in who, in many cases or in some cases, are looking to do tremendous destruction.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You look at what's happening ...

DAVID MUIR: Which countries are we talking about?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... you'll be hearing about it in two hours because I have a whole list. You'll be very thrilled. You're looking at people that come in, in many cases, in some cases with evil intentions. I don't want that. They're ISIS. They're coming under false pretense. I don't want that.

I'm gonna be the president of a safe country. We have enough problems. Now I'll absolutely do safe zones in Syria for the people. I think that Europe has made a tremendous mistake by allowing these millions of people to go into Germany and various other countries. And all you have to do is take a look. It's -- it's a disaster what's happening over there.

I don't want that to happen here. Now with that being said, President Obama and Hillary Clinton have, and Kerry have allowed tens of thousands of people into our country. The FBI is now investigating more people than ever before having to do with terror. They -- and it's from the group of people that came in. So look, look, our country has a lot of problems. Believe me. I know what the problems are even better than you do. They're deep problems, they're serious problems. We don't need more.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you about some of the countries that won't be on the list, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia. Why are we going to allow people to come into this country ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You're going to see -- you're going to see. We're going to have extreme vetting in all cases. And I mean extreme. And we're not letting people in if we think there's even a little chance of some problem.

DAVID MUIR: Are you at all ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We are excluding certain countries. But for other countries we're gonna have extreme vetting. It's going to be very hard to come in. Right now it's very easy to come in. It's gonna be very, very hard. I don't want terror in this country. You look at what happened in San Bernardino. You look at what happened all over. You look at what happened in the World Trade Center. Okay, I mean, take that as an example.

DAVID MUIR: Are you at all ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... concerned -- are you at all concerned it's going to cause more anger among Muslims ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Anger?

DAVID MUIR: ... the world?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: There's plenty of anger right now. How can you have more?

DAVID MUIR: You don't think it'll ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Look, David ...

DAVID MUIR: ... exacerbate the problem?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... David, I mean, I know you're a sophisticated guy. The world is a mess. The world is as angry as it gets. What? You think this is gonna cause a little more anger? The world is an angry place. All of this has happened. We went into Iraq. We shouldn't have gone into Iraq. We shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out.

The world is a total mess. Take a look at what's happening with Aleppo. Take a look what's happening in Mosul. Take a look what's going on in the Middle East. And people are fleeing and they're going into Europe and all over the place. The world is a mess, David.

DAVID MUIR: You brought up Iraq and something you said that could affect American troops in recent days. You said, "We should've kept the oil but okay maybe we'll have another chance." What did you mean by that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we should've kept the oil when we got out. And, you know, it's very interesting, had we taken the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS because they fuel themselves with the oil. That's where they got the money. They got the money from leaving -- when we left, we left Iraq, which wasn't a government. It's not a government now.

And by the way, and I said something else, if we go in and do this. You have two nations, Iraq and Iran. And they were essentially the same military strength. And they'd fight for decades and decades. They'd fight forever. And they'd keep fighting and it would go -- it was just a way of life. We got in, we decapitated one of those nations, Iraq. I said, "Iran is taking over Iraq." That's essentially what happened.

DAVID MUIR: So, you believe we can go in and take the oil.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We should have taken the oil. You wouldn't have ISIS if we took the oil. Now I wasn't talking about it from the standpoint of ISIS because the way we got out was horrible. We created a vacuum and ISIS formed. But had we taken the oil something else would've very good happened. They would not have been able to fuel their rather unbelievable drive to destroy large portions of the world.

DAVID MUIR: You've heard the critics who say that would break all international law, taking the oil. But I wanna get to the words ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... that you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Wait, wait, can you believe that? Who are the critics who say that? Fools.

DAVID MUIR: Let, let me ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don't call them critics. I call them fools.

DAVID MUIR: ... let me talk about your words ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We should've kept -- excuse me. We should've taken the oil. And if we took the oil you wouldn't have ISIS. And we would have had wealth. We have spent right now $6 trillion in the Middle East. And our country is falling apart.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Our roads -- excuse me. Our roads, our bridges, our schools, it's falling apart. We have spent as of one month ago $6 trillion in the Middle East. And in our country we can't afford to build a school in Brooklyn or we can't afford to build a school in Los Angeles. And we can't afford to fix up our inner cities. We can't afford to do anything. Look, it's time. It's been our longest war. We've been in there for 15, 16 years. Nobody even knows what the date is because they don't really know when did we start. But it's time. It's time.

DAVID MUIR: What got my attention, Mr. President, was when you said, "Maybe we'll have another chance."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, don't let it get your attention too much because we'll see what happens. I mean, we're gonna see what happens. You know, I told you and I told everybody else that wants to talk when it comes to the military I don't wanna discuss things.

I wanna let -- I wanna let the action take place before the talk takes place. I watched in Mosul when a number of months ago generals and politicians would get up and say, "We're going into Mosul in four months." Then they'd say, "We're going in in three months, two months, one month. We're going in next week."

Okay, and I kept saying to myself, "Gee, why do they have to keep talking about going in?" All right, so now they go in and it is tough because they're giving the enemy all this time to prepare. I don't wanna do a lot of talking on the military. I wanna talk after it's finished, not before it starts.

Over Obamacare:

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DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, Mr. President, about another promise involving Obamacare to repeal it. And you told The Washington Post that your plan to replace Obamacare will include insurance for everybody. That sounds an awful lot like universal coverage.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's going to be -- what my plan is is that I wanna take care of everybody. I'm not gonna leave the lower 20 percent that can't afford insurance. Just so you understand people talk about Obamacare. And I told the Republicans this, the best thing we could do is nothing for two years, let it explode. And then we'll go in and we'll do a new plan and -- and the Democrats will vote for it. Believe me.

Because this year you'll have 150 percent increases. Last year in Arizona 116 perecent increase, Minnesota 60 some-odd percent increase. And I told them, except for one problem, I wanna get it fixed. The best thing I could do as the leader of this country-- but as wanting to get something approved with support of the Democrats, if I didn't do anything for two years they'd be begging me to do something. But I don't wanna do that. So just so you unders-- Obamacare is a disaster.

It's too expensive. It's horrible health care. It doesn't cover what you have to cover. It's a disaster. You know it and I know it. And I said to the Republican folks-- and they're terrific folks, Mitch and Paul Ryan, I said, "Look, if you go fast -- and I'm okay in doing it because it's the right thing to do. We wanna get good coverage at much less cost." I said, "If you go fast we then own Obamacare. They're gonna put it on us. And Obamacare is a disaster waiting to explode. If you sit back and let it explode it's gonna be much easier." That's the thing to do. But the right thing to do is to get something done now.

DAVID MUIR: But you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So I wanna make sure that nobody's dying on the streets when I'm president. Nobody's gonna be dying on the streets. We will unleash something that's gonna be terrific. And remember this, before Obamacare you had a lot of people that were very, very happy with their health care.

And now those people in many cases don't even have health care. They don't even have anything that's acceptable to them. Remember this, keep your doctor, keep your plan, 100 percent. Remember the $5 billion website? Remember the website fiasco. I mean, you do admit that I think, right? The website fiasco.

Obamacare is a disaster. We are going to come up with a new plan ideally not an amended plan because right now if you look at the pages they're this high. We're gonna come up with a new plan that's going to be better health care for more people at a lesser cost.

DAVID MUIR: Last question because I know you're gonna show me around the White House. Last question on this. You've seen the estimate that 18 million Americans could lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed and there is no replacement. Can you assure those Americans watching this right now that they will not lose their health insurance or end up with anything less?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So nobody ever deducts all the people that have already lost their health insurance that liked it. You had millions of people that liked their health insurance and their health care and their doctor and where they went. You had millions of people that now aren't insured anymore.

DAVID MUIR: I'm just asking about the people ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, no.

DAVID MUIR: ... who are nervous and watching ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We ...

DAVID MUIR: ... you for reassurance.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... here's what I can assure you, we are going to have a better plan, much better health care, much better service treatment, a plan where you can have access to the doctor that you want and the plan that you want. We're gonna have a much better health care plan at much less money.

And remember Obamacare is ready to explode. And you interviewed me a couple of years ago. I said '17 -- right now, this year, "'17 is going to be a disaster." I'm very good at this stuff. "'17 is going to be a disaster cost-wise for Obamacare. It's going to explode in '17."

And why not? Obama's a smart guy. So let it all come do because that's what's happening. It's all coming do in '17. We're gonna have an explosion. And to do it right, sit back, let it explode and let the Democrats come begging us to help them because it's on them. But I don't wanna do that. I wanna give great health care at a much lower cost.

DAVID MUIR: So, no one who has this health insurance through Obamacare will lose it or end up ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You know, when you ...

DAVID MUIR: ... with anything less?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... say no one I think no one. Ideally, in the real world, you’re talking about millions of people. Will no one. And then, you know, knowing ABC, you'll have this one person on television saying how they were hurt. Okay. We want no one. We want the answer to be no one.

But I will say millions of people will be happy. Right now you have millions and millions and millions of people that are unhappy. It's too expensive and it's no good. And the governor of Minnesota who unfortunately had a very, very sad incident yesterday 'cause he's a very nice guy but -- a couple of months ago he said that the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable.

He's a staunch Democrat. Very strong Democrat. He said it's no longer affordable. He made that statement. And Bill Clinton on the campaign trail -- and he probably had a bad night that night when he went home -- but he said, "Obamacare is crazy. It's crazy." And you know what, they were both right.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, thank you.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

http://abcnews.go.com/Pol(...)nt/story?id=45047602

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:48 schreef Re het volgende:

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jezus dat stuk over de ACA, gewoon zowat toegeven dat 20 miljoen mensen hun healthcare kunnen verliezen, maar er zijn ook winnaars die hun oude healthcare terug kunnen krijgen...

dat gaat zo'n teringzooitje worden

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:51 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Dat hele interview is te belachelijk voor woorden. Zoals de WaPo al had geconstateerd: de man is geobsedeerd door irrelevante onzin, zoals crowd size en het winnen van de popular vote.

En dan zijn manier van praten. Het is alsof je een mongooltje die onder de coke zit hoort lullen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:59 schreef Xa1pt het volgende:

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Ik vind het vooral bizar dat zo iemand nog zoveel steun krijgt.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:15 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Transcript van Trump's interview met ABC:
Intro:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it's an honor to be here at the White House.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, David.
DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, has the magnitude of this job hit you yet?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: It has periodically hit me. And it is a tremendous magnitude. And where you really see it is when you're talking to the generals about problems in the world. And we do have problems in the world. Big problems. The business also hits because the -- the size of it. The size.

I was with the Ford yesterday. And with General Motors yesterday. The top representatives, great people. And they're gonna do some tremendous work in the United States. They're gonna build plants back in the United States. But when you see the size, even as a businessman, the size of the investment that these big companies are gonna make, it hits you even in that regard. But we're gonna bring jobs back to America, like I promised on the campaign trail.

DAVID MUIR: And we're gonna get to it all right here.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Good.

Over Mexico, the wall, deportaties..:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I want to start -- we're five days in. And your campaign promises. I know today you plan on signing the order to build the wall.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Correct.

DAVID MUIR: Are you going to direct U.S. funds to pay for this wall? Will American taxpayers pay for the wall?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Ultimately it'll come out of what's happening with Mexico. We're gonna be starting those negotiations relatively soon. And we will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico which I will say ...

DAVID MUIR: So, they'll pay us back?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah, absolutely, 100 percent.

DAVID MUIR: So, the American taxpayer will pay for the wall at first?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: All it is, is we'll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from Mexico. Now, I could wait a year and I could hold off the wall. But I wanna build the wall. We have to build the wall. We have to stop drugs from pouring in. We have to stop people from just pouring into our country. We have no idea where they're from. And I campaigned on the wall. And it's very important. But that wall will cost us nothing.

DAVID MUIR: But you talked -- often about Mexico paying for the wall. And you, again, say they'll pay us back. Mexico's president said in recent days that Mexico absolutely will not pay, adding that, "It goes against our dignity as a country and our dignity as Mexicans." He says ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: David, he has to say that. He has to say that. But I'm just telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form. And you have to understand what I'm doing is good for the United States. It's also going to be good for Mexico.

We wanna have a very stable, very solid Mexico. Even more solid than it is right now. And they need it also. Lots of things are coming across Mexico that they don't want. I think it's going to be a good thing for both countries. And I think the relationship will be better than ever before.

You know, when we had a prisoner in Mexico, as you know, two years ago, that we were trying to get out. And Mexico was not helping us, I will tell you, those days are over. I think we're gonna end up with a much better relationship with Mexico. We will have the wall and in a very serious form Mexico will pay for the wall.

DAVID MUIR: What are you gonna say to some of your supporters who might say, "Wait a minute, I thought Mexico was going to pay for this right at the start."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I'd say very simply that they are going to pay for it. I never said they're gonna pay from the start. I said Mexico will pay for the wall. But what I will tell my supporters is, "Would you like me to wait two years or three years before I make this deal?" Because we have to make a deal on NAFTA. We have to make a new trade deal with Mexico because we're getting clobbered.

We have a $60-billion trade deficit. So, if you want, I can wait two years and then we can do it nice and easily. I wanna start the wall immediately. Every supporter I have -- I have had so many people calling and tweeting and -- and writing letters saying they're so happy about it. I wanna start the wall. We will be reimbursed for the wall.

DAVID MUIR: When does construction begin?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: As soon as we can. As soon as we can physically do it. We're ...

DAVID MUIR: Within months?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would say in months. Yeah, I would say in months. Certainly planning is starting immediately.

DAVID MUIR: People feel ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We'll be having some really good, really solid plans within a short period of time.

DAVID MUIR: When people learn of the news of this wall today there are gonna be a lot of people listening to this. And I wanna ask about undocumented immigrants who are here -- in this country. Right now they're protected as so-called dreamers -- the children who were brought here, as you know, by their parents. Should they be worried -- that they could be deported? And is there anything you can say to assure them right now that they'll be allowed to stay?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: They shouldn't be very worried. They are here illegally. They shouldn't be very worried. I do have a big heart. We're going to take care of everybody. We're going to have a very strong border. We're gonna have a very solid border. Where you have great people that are here that have done a good job, they should be far less worried. We'll be coming out with policy on that over the next period of four weeks.

DAVID MUIR: But Mr. President, will they be allowed to stay?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm gonna tell you over the next four weeks. But I will tell you, we're looking at this, the whole immigration situation, we're looking at it with great heart. Now we have criminals that are here. We have really bad people that are here. Those people have to be worried 'cause they're getting out. We're gonna get them out. We're gonna get 'em out fast. General Kelly is -- I've given that as his number one priority.

DAVID MUIR: Senator Jeff Sessions, your pick for attorney general, as you know during his confirmation hearing said that ending DACA, this is President Obama's policy protecting the dreamers -- that, "Ending it certainly would be constitutional." That you could end the protection of these dreamers. Is that a possibility?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna be talking with -- attorney general. He will soon be the attorney general. He's done fantastically well. We're all very proud of him. I thought he was treated very, very unfairly. He's a brilliant man and he's a very good man. He'll do a fantastic job. I'll be speaking to him as soon as he's affirmed.

DAVID MUIR: So, it's a possibility.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We will be talking to the attorney general.

Over the popular vote en 3 tot 5 miljoen illegale stemmen:

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: I wanna ask you about something you said this week right here at the White House. You brought in congressional leaders to the White House. You spoke at length about the presidential election with them -- telling them that you lost the popular vote because of millions of illegal votes, 3 to 5 million illegal votes. That would be the biggest electoral fraud in American history. Where is the evidence of that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So, let me tell you first of all, it was so misrepresented. That was supposed to be a confidential meeting. And you weren't supposed to go out and talk to the press as soon as you -- but the Democrats viewed it not as a confidential meeting.

DAVID MUIR: But you have tweeted ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... about the millions of illegals ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. And I do -- and I'm very ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... and I mean it. But just so you -- it was supposed to be a confidential meeting. They turned it into not a con... Number two, the conversation lasted for about a minute. They made it -- somebody said it was, like, 25 percent of the ... It wasn't. It was hardly even discussed.

I said it. And I said it strongly because what's going on with voter fraud is horrible. That's number one. Number two, I would've won the popular vote if I was campaigning for the popular vote. I would've gone to California where I didn't go at all. I would've gone to New York where I didn't campaign at all.

I would've gone to a couple of places that I didn't go to. And I would've won that much easier than winning the electoral college. But as you know, the electoral college is all that matters. It doesn't make any difference. So, I would've won very, very easily. But it's a different form of winning. You would campaign much differently. You would have a totally different campaign. So, but ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... you're just asking a question. I would've easily won the popular vote, much easier, in my opinion, than winning the electoral college. I ended up going to 19 different states. I went to the state of Maine four times for one. I needed one.

I went to M-- I got it, by the way. But it turned out I didn't need it because we ended up winning by a massive amount, 306. I needed 270. We got 306. You and everybody said, "There's no way you get to 270." I mean, your network said and almost everybody said, "There's no way you can get to ..." So, I went to Maine four times. I went to various places. And that's the beauty of the electoral college. With that being said, if you look at voter registration, you look at the dead people that are registered to vote who vote, you look at people that are registered in two states, you look at all of these different things that are happening with registration. You take a look at those registration for -- you're gonna s-- find -- and we're gonna do an investigation on it.

DAVID MUIR: But 3 to 5 million illegal votes?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're gonna find out. But it could very well be that much. Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: But ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But we're gonna find out.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: In fact, I heard one of the other side, they were saying it's not 3 to 5. It's not 3 to 5. I said, "Well, Mr. Trump is talking about registration, tell--" He said, "You know we don't wanna talk about registration." They don't wanna talk about registration.

You have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states. You have people registered in two states. They're registered in a New York and a New Jersey. They vote twice. There are millions of votes, in my opinion. Now ...

DAVID MUIR: But again ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm doing an ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... investigation. David, David, David ...

DAVID MUIR: You’re now, you’re now president of the United States when you say ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Of course, and I want the voting process to be legitimate.

DAVID MUIR: But what I'm asking ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: The people that ...

DAVID MUIR: ... what I'm asking that -- when you say in your opinion millions of illegal votes, that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure. Sure. Sure.

DAVID MUIR: You say you're gonna launch an investigation.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sure, done.

DAVID MUIR: What you have presented so far has been debunked. It's been called ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... false.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, it hasn't. Take a look at the Pew reports.

DAVID MUIR: I called the author of the Pew report last night. And he told me that they found no evidence of voter ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... fraud.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Really? Then why did he write the report?

DAVID MUIR: He said no evidence of voter fraud.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Excuse me, then why did he write the report?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: According to Pew report, then he's -- then he's groveling again. You know, I always talk about the reporters that grovel when they wanna write something that you wanna hear but not necessarily millions of people wanna hear or have to hear.

DAVID MUIR: So, you’ve launched an investigation?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna launch an investigation to find out. And then the next time -- and I will say this, of those votes cast, none of 'em come to me. None of 'em come to me. They would all be for the other side. None of 'em come to me. But when you look at the people that are registered: dead, illegal and two states and some cases maybe three states -- we have a lot to look into.

DAVID MUIR: House Speaker Paul Ryan has said, "I have seen no evidence. I have made this very, very clear." Senator Lindsey Graham saying, "It's the most inappropriate thing for a president to say without proof. He seems obsessed with the idea that he could not have possibly lost the popular vote without cheating and fraud." I wanna ask you about something bigger here. Does it matter more now ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: There's nothing bigger. There's nothing bigger.

DAVID MUIR: But it is important because ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Let me just tell you, you know what's important, millions of people agree with me when I say that if you would’ve looked on one of the other networks and all of the people that were calling in they're saying, "We agree with Mr. Trump. We agree." They're very smart people.

The people that voted for me -- lots of people are saying they saw things happen. I heard stories also. But you're not talking about millions. But it's a small little segment. I will tell you, it's a good thing that we're doing because at the end we're gonna have an idea as to what's going on. Now, you're telling me Pew report has all of a sudden changed. But you have other reports and you have other statements. You take a look at the registrations, how many dead people are there? Take a look at the registrations as to the other things that I already presented.

DAVID MUIR: And you're saying ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And you're gonna find ...

DAVID MUIR: ... those people who are on the rolls voted, that there are millions of illegal votes?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I didn't say there are millions. But I think there could very well be millions of people. That's right.

DAVID MUIR: You tweeted though ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And I also say this ...

DAVID MUIR: ... you tweeted, "If you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally, I won the popular vote."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: David, and I also say this, if I was going for the popular vote I would've won easily. But I would've been in California and New York. I wouldn't have been in Maine. I wouldn't have been in Iowa. I wouldn't have been in Nebraska and all of those states that I had to win in order to win this. I would've been in New York, I would've been in California. I never even went there.

DAVID MUIR: Let me just ask you, you did win. You're the president. You're sitting ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: That’s true.

DAVID MUIR: ... across from me right now.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: That's true.

DAVID MUIR: Do you think that your words matter more now?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yes, very much.

DAVID MUIR: Do you think that that talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country without presenting the evidence?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not at all.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not at all because many people feel the same way that I do. And ...

DAVID MUIR: You don't think it undermines your credibility if there’s no evidence?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, not at all because they didn't come to me. Believe me. Those were Hillary votes. And if you look at it they all voted for Hillary. They all voted for Hillary. They didn't vote for me. I don't believe I got one. Okay, these are people that voted for Hillary Clinton. And if they didn't vote, it would've been different in the popular.

Now, you have to understand I -- I focused on those four or five states that I had to win. Maybe she didn't. She should've gone to Michigan. She thought she had it in the bag. She should've gone to Wisconsin, she thought she had it because you're talking about 38 years of, you know, Democrat wins. But they didn't. I went to Michigan, I went to Wisconsin. I went to Pennsylvania all the time. I went to all of the states that are -- Florida and North Carolina. That's all I focused on.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, it does strike me though that we're relitigating the presidential campaign, the election ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, no. We're looking at it for the next time. No, no, you have to understand, I had a tremendous victory, one of the great victories ever. In terms of counties I think the most ever or just about the most ever. When you look at a map it's all red. Red meaning us, Republicans.

One of the greatest victories ever. But, again, I ran for the electoral college. I didn't run for the popular vote. What I'm saying is if there are these problems that many people agree with me that there might be. Look, Barack Obama -- if you look back -- eight years ago when he first ran -- he was running for office in Chicago for we needed Chicago vote.

And he was laughing at the system because he knew all of those votes were going to him. You look at Philadelphia, you look at what's going on in Philadelphia. But take a look at the tape of Barack Obama who wrote me, by the way, a very beautiful letter in the drawer of the desk. Very beautiful. And I appreciate it. But look at what he said, it's on tape. Look at what he said about voting in Chicago eight years ago. It's not changed. It hasn't changed, believe me. Chicago, look what's going on in Chicago. It's only gotten worse.

But he was smiling and laughing about the vote in Chicago. Now, once he became president he didn't do that. All of a sudden it became this is the foundation of our country. So, here's the point, you have a lot of stuff going on possibly. I say probably. But possibly. We're gonna get to the bottom of it.

And then we're gonna make sure it doesn't happen again. If people are registered wrongly, if illegals are registered to vote, which they are, if dead people are registered to vote and voting, which they do. There are some. I don't know how many. We're gonna try finding that out and the other categories that we talk about, double states where they're -- registered in two states, we're gonna get to the bottom of it because we have to stop it. Because I agree, so important. But the other side is trying to downplay this. Now, I'll say this -- I think that if that didn't happen, first of all, would -- would be a great thing if it didn't happen. But I believe it did happen. And I believe a part of the vote would've been much different.

DAVID MUIR: And you believe millions of illegal votes ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we're gonna find out.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you this ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're gonna find out. And -- and, by the way, when I say you're gonna find out. You can never really find, you know, there are gonna be -- no matter what numbers we come up with there are gonna be lots of people that did things that we're not going to find out about. But we will find out because we need a better system where that can't happen.

Over z'n speech bij de CIA (en over de media...):

SPOILER

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I just have one more question on this. And it's -- it's bigger picture. You took some heat after your visit to the CIA in front of that hallowed wall, 117 stars -- of those lost at the CIA. You talked about other things. But you also talked about crowd size at the inauguration, about the size of your rallies, about covers on Time magazine. And I just wanna ask you when does all of that matter just a little less? When do you let it roll off your back now that you're the president?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: OK, so I'm glad you asked. So, I went to the CIA, my first step. I have great respect for the people in intelligence and CIA. I'm -- I don't have a lot of respect for, in particular one of the leaders. But that's okay. But I have a lot of respect for the people in the CIA.

That speech was a home run. That speech, if you look at Fox, OK, I'll mention you -- we see what Fox said. They said it was one of the great speeches. They showed the people applauding and screaming and -- and they were all CIA. There was -- somebody was asking Sean -- "Well, were they Trump people that were put--" we don't have Trump people. They were CIA people.

That location was given to me. Mike Pence went up before me, paid great homage to the wall. I then went up, paid great homage to the wall. I then spoke to the crowd. I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time. What you do is take -- take out your tape -- you probably ran it live. I know when I do good speeches. I know when I do bad speeches. That speech was a total home run. They loved it. I could've ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... gotten ...

DAVID MUIR: You would give the same speech if you went back ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: ... in front of that wall?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: People loved it. They loved it. They gave me a standing ovation for a long period of time. They never even sat down, most of them, during the speech. There was love in the room. You and other networks covered it very inaccurately. I hate to say this to you and you probably won't put it on but turn on Fox and see how it was covered. And see how people respond to that speech.

That speech was a good speech. And you and a couple of other networks tried to downplay that speech. And it was very, very unfortunate that you did. The people of the CIA loved the speech. If I was going to take a vote in that room, there were, like, 300, 350 people, over 1,000 wanted to be there but they couldn't. They were all CIA people. I would say I would've gotten 350 to nothing in that room. That's what the vote would've been. That speech was a big hit, a big success -- success. And then I came back and I watched you on television and a couple of others.

DAVID MUIR: Not me personally.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: And they tried to demean. Excuse me?

DAVID MUIR: Not me personally.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not you personally but your network -- and they tried to demean the speech. And I know when things are good or bad. A poll just came out on my inauguration speech which was extraordinary that people loved it. Loved and liked. And it was an extraordinary poll.

DAVID MUIR: I guess that's what I'm getting at. You talked about the poll, the people loving your inaugural speech and the size of your ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, because you bring it up.

DAVID MUIR: I'm asking, well, on day one you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you just brought it up. I didn't bring it up. I didn't wanna -- talk about the inauguration speech. But I think I did a very good job and people really liked it. You saw the poll. Just came out this morning. You bring it up. I didn't bring it up.

DAVID MUIR: So, polls and crowd size and covers on Time, those still matter now that you're here as president.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, you keep bringing it up. I had a massive amount of people here. They were showing pictures that were very unflattering, as unflattering -- from certain angles -- that were taken early and lots of other things. I'll show you a picture later if you’d like of a massive crowd.

In terms of a total audience including television and everything else that you have we had supposedly the biggest crowd in history. The audience watching the show. And I think you would even agree to that. They say I had the biggest crowd in the history of inaugural speeches. I'm honored by that. But I didn't bring it up. You just brought it up.

DAVID MUIR: See, I -- I'm not interested in the inaugural crowd size. I think the American people can look at images side by side and decide for themselves. I am curious about the first full day here at the White House, choosing to send the press secretary out into the briefing room, summoning reporters to talk about the inaugural crowd size. Does that send a message to the American people that that's -- that's more important than some of the very pressing issues?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Part of my whole victory was that the men and women of this country who have been forgotten will never be forgotten again. Part of that is when they try and demean me unfairly 'cause we had a massive crowd of people. We had a crowd -- I looked over that sea of people and I said to myself, "Wow."

And I've seen crowds before. Big, big crowds. That was some crowd. When I looked at the numbers that happened to come in from all of the various sources, we had the biggest audience in the history of inaugural speeches. I said the men and women that I was talking to who came out and voted will never be forgotten again. Therefore I won't allow you or other people like you to demean that crowd and to demean the people that came to Washington, D.C., from faraway places because they like me. But more importantly they like what I'm saying.

DAVID MUIR: I just wanna say I didn't demean anyone who was in that crowd. We did coverage for hours ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, I think you’re demeaning by talking the way you're talking. I think you're demeaning. And that's why I think a lot of people turned on you and turned on a lot of other people. And that's why you have a 17 percent approval rating, which is pretty bad.

Over Chicago en "sending in the Feds"

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. Trump, let's talk about many of the things that have happened this week. Chicago. Last night you tweeted about the murder rate in Chicago saying, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on I will send in the feds."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right.

DAVID MUIR: You will send in the feds? What do you mean by that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's carnage. You know, in my speech I got tremendous -- from certain people the word carnage. It is carnage. It's horrible carnage. This is Afghanistan -- is not like what's happening in Chicago. People are being shot left and right. Thousands of people over a period -- over a short period of time.

This year, which has just started, is worse than last year, which was a catastrophe. They're not doing the job. Now if they want help, I would love to help them. I will send in what we have to send in. Maybe they're not gonna have to be so politically correct. Maybe they're being overly political correct. Maybe there's something going on. But you can't have those killings going on in Chicago. Chicago is like a war zone. Chicago is worse than some of the people that you report in some of the places that you report about every night ...

DAVID MUIR: So, I will send ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... in the Middle East.

DAVID MUIR: ... you mentioned federal assistance. There's federal assistance and then there's sending in the feds. I'm just curious would you take action on your own?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want them to fix the problem. You can't have thousands of people being shot in a city, in a country that I happen to be president of. Maybe it's okay if somebody else is president. I want them to fix the problem. They have a problem that's very easily fixable.

They're gonna have to get tougher and stronger and smarter. But they gotta fix the problem. I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where essentially I'm the president. I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city, can be a great city.

DAVID MUIR: And if they’re unable to fix it?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It can't be a great city. Excuse me. It can't be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread. Can't be a great city.

DAVID MUIR: And if they are unable to fix it, that's when you would send in the feds?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: But so far they have been unable. It’s been going on for years. And I wasn't president. So, look, when President Obama was there two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can't have that.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: They weren't shot at the speech. But they were shot in the city of Chicago during his speech. What -- what's going on? So, all I'm saying is to the mayor who came up to my office recently -- I say, "You have to smarten up and you have to toughen up because you can't let that happen. That's a war zone."

DAVID MUIR: So, this is an "or else." This is a warning?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I want them to straighten out the problem. It's a big problem.

Over martelen:

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DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you about a new report that you were poised to lift a ban on so-called CIA black sites of prisons around the world that have been used in the past. Is that true?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I'll be talking about that in about two hours. So, you'll be there and you'll be able to see it for yourself.

DAVID MUIR: Are you gonna lift the ban?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You're gonna see in about two hours.

DAVID MUIR: The last president, President Obama, said the U.S. does not torture. Will you say that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I have a general who I have great respect for, General Mattis, who said -- I was a little surprised -- who said he's not a believer in torture. As you know, Mr. Pompeo was just approved, affirmed by the Senate. He's a fantastic guy, he's gonna be the head of the CIA.

And you have somebody fabulous as opposed to the character that just got out who didn't -- was not fabulous at all. And he will I think do a great job. And he is -- you know, I haven't gone into great detail. But I will tell you I have spoken to others in intelligence. And they are big believers in, as an example, waterboarding.

DAVID MUIR: You did tell me ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Because they say it does work. It does work.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, you ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, you told me during one of the debates that you would bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would do ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would do -- I wanna keep our country safe. I wanna keep our country safe.

DAVID MUIR: What does that mean?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: When they're shooting -- when they're chopping off the heads of our people and other people, when they're chopping off the heads of people because they happen to be a Christian in the Middle East, when ISIS is doing things that nobody has ever heard of since Medieval times, would I feel strongly about waterboarding?

As far as I'm concerned we have to fight fire with fire. Now, with that being said I'm going with General Mattis. I'm going with my secretary because I think Pompeo's gonna be phenomenal. I'm gonna go with what they say. But I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence. And I asked them the question, "Does it work? Does torture work?" And the answer was, "Yes, absolutely."

DAVID MUIR: You're now the president. Do you want waterboarding?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don't want people to chop off the citizens or anybody's heads in the Middle East. Okay? Because they're Christian or Muslim or anything else. I don't want -- look, you are old enough to have seen a time that was much different. You never saw heads chopped off until a few years ago.

Now they chop 'em off and they put 'em on camera and they send 'em all over the world. So we have that and we're not allowed to do anything. We're not playing on an even field. I will say this, I will rely on Pompeo and Mattis and my group. And if they don't wanna do, that's fine. If they do wanna do, then I will work for that end.

I wanna do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally. But do I feel it works? Absolutely I feel it works. Have I spoken to people at the top levels and people that have seen it work? I haven't seen it work. But I think it works. Have I spoken to people that feel strongly about it? Absolutely.

DAVID MUIR: So, you'd be okay with it as ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I wanna keep ...

DAVID MUIR: ... president?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... no, I wanna -- I will rely on General Mattis. And I'm gonna rely on those two people and others. And if they don't wanna do it, it's 100 percent okay with me. Do I think it works? Absolutely.

Over vluchtelingen, Moslims, Midden Oosten, "we should have taken the oil", want dan had ISIS niet ontstaan...

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DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I wanna ask you about refugees. You're about to sign a sweeping executive action to suspend immigration to this country.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right.

DAVID MUIR: Who are we talking about? Is this the Muslim ban?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're talking about -- no it's not the Muslim ban. But it's countries that have tremendous terror. It's countries that we're going to be spelling out in a little while in the same speech. And it's countries that people are going to come in and cause us tremendous problems. Our country has enough problems without allowing people to come in who, in many cases or in some cases, are looking to do tremendous destruction.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You look at what's happening ...

DAVID MUIR: Which countries are we talking about?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... you'll be hearing about it in two hours because I have a whole list. You'll be very thrilled. You're looking at people that come in, in many cases, in some cases with evil intentions. I don't want that. They're ISIS. They're coming under false pretense. I don't want that.

I'm gonna be the president of a safe country. We have enough problems. Now I'll absolutely do safe zones in Syria for the people. I think that Europe has made a tremendous mistake by allowing these millions of people to go into Germany and various other countries. And all you have to do is take a look. It's -- it's a disaster what's happening over there.

I don't want that to happen here. Now with that being said, President Obama and Hillary Clinton have, and Kerry have allowed tens of thousands of people into our country. The FBI is now investigating more people than ever before having to do with terror. They -- and it's from the group of people that came in. So look, look, our country has a lot of problems. Believe me. I know what the problems are even better than you do. They're deep problems, they're serious problems. We don't need more.

DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you about some of the countries that won't be on the list, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia. Why are we going to allow people to come into this country ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You're going to see -- you're going to see. We're going to have extreme vetting in all cases. And I mean extreme. And we're not letting people in if we think there's even a little chance of some problem.

DAVID MUIR: Are you at all ...

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We are excluding certain countries. But for other countries we're gonna have extreme vetting. It's going to be very hard to come in. Right now it's very easy to come in. It's gonna be very, very hard. I don't want terror in this country. You look at what happened in San Bernardino. You look at what happened all over. You look at what happened in the World Trade Center. Okay, I mean, take that as an example.

DAVID MUIR: Are you at all ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... concerned -- are you at all concerned it's going to cause more anger among Muslims ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Anger?

DAVID MUIR: ... the world?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: There's plenty of anger right now. How can you have more?

DAVID MUIR: You don't think it'll ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Look, David ...

DAVID MUIR: ... exacerbate the problem?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... David, I mean, I know you're a sophisticated guy. The world is a mess. The world is as angry as it gets. What? You think this is gonna cause a little more anger? The world is an angry place. All of this has happened. We went into Iraq. We shouldn't have gone into Iraq. We shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out.

The world is a total mess. Take a look at what's happening with Aleppo. Take a look what's happening in Mosul. Take a look what's going on in the Middle East. And people are fleeing and they're going into Europe and all over the place. The world is a mess, David.

DAVID MUIR: You brought up Iraq and something you said that could affect American troops in recent days. You said, "We should've kept the oil but okay maybe we'll have another chance." What did you mean by that?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we should've kept the oil when we got out. And, you know, it's very interesting, had we taken the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS because they fuel themselves with the oil. That's where they got the money. They got the money from leaving -- when we left, we left Iraq, which wasn't a government. It's not a government now.

And by the way, and I said something else, if we go in and do this. You have two nations, Iraq and Iran. And they were essentially the same military strength. And they'd fight for decades and decades. They'd fight forever. And they'd keep fighting and it would go -- it was just a way of life. We got in, we decapitated one of those nations, Iraq. I said, "Iran is taking over Iraq." That's essentially what happened.

DAVID MUIR: So, you believe we can go in and take the oil.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We should have taken the oil. You wouldn't have ISIS if we took the oil. Now I wasn't talking about it from the standpoint of ISIS because the way we got out was horrible. We created a vacuum and ISIS formed. But had we taken the oil something else would've very good happened. They would not have been able to fuel their rather unbelievable drive to destroy large portions of the world.

DAVID MUIR: You've heard the critics who say that would break all international law, taking the oil. But I wanna get to the words ...

(OVERTALK)

DAVID MUIR: ... that you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Wait, wait, can you believe that? Who are the critics who say that? Fools.

DAVID MUIR: Let, let me ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don't call them critics. I call them fools.

DAVID MUIR: ... let me talk about your words ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We should've kept -- excuse me. We should've taken the oil. And if we took the oil you wouldn't have ISIS. And we would have had wealth. We have spent right now $6 trillion in the Middle East. And our country is falling apart.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Our roads -- excuse me. Our roads, our bridges, our schools, it's falling apart. We have spent as of one month ago $6 trillion in the Middle East. And in our country we can't afford to build a school in Brooklyn or we can't afford to build a school in Los Angeles. And we can't afford to fix up our inner cities. We can't afford to do anything. Look, it's time. It's been our longest war. We've been in there for 15, 16 years. Nobody even knows what the date is because they don't really know when did we start. But it's time. It's time.

DAVID MUIR: What got my attention, Mr. President, was when you said, "Maybe we'll have another chance."

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, don't let it get your attention too much because we'll see what happens. I mean, we're gonna see what happens. You know, I told you and I told everybody else that wants to talk when it comes to the military I don't wanna discuss things.

I wanna let -- I wanna let the action take place before the talk takes place. I watched in Mosul when a number of months ago generals and politicians would get up and say, "We're going into Mosul in four months." Then they'd say, "We're going in in three months, two months, one month. We're going in next week."

Okay, and I kept saying to myself, "Gee, why do they have to keep talking about going in?" All right, so now they go in and it is tough because they're giving the enemy all this time to prepare. I don't wanna do a lot of talking on the military. I wanna talk after it's finished, not before it starts.

Over Obamacare:

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DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, Mr. President, about another promise involving Obamacare to repeal it. And you told The Washington Post that your plan to replace Obamacare will include insurance for everybody. That sounds an awful lot like universal coverage.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's going to be -- what my plan is is that I wanna take care of everybody. I'm not gonna leave the lower 20 percent that can't afford insurance. Just so you understand people talk about Obamacare. And I told the Republicans this, the best thing we could do is nothing for two years, let it explode. And then we'll go in and we'll do a new plan and -- and the Democrats will vote for it. Believe me.

Because this year you'll have 150 percent increases. Last year in Arizona 116 perecent increase, Minnesota 60 some-odd percent increase. And I told them, except for one problem, I wanna get it fixed. The best thing I could do as the leader of this country-- but as wanting to get something approved with support of the Democrats, if I didn't do anything for two years they'd be begging me to do something. But I don't wanna do that. So just so you unders-- Obamacare is a disaster.

It's too expensive. It's horrible health care. It doesn't cover what you have to cover. It's a disaster. You know it and I know it. And I said to the Republican folks-- and they're terrific folks, Mitch and Paul Ryan, I said, "Look, if you go fast -- and I'm okay in doing it because it's the right thing to do. We wanna get good coverage at much less cost." I said, "If you go fast we then own Obamacare. They're gonna put it on us. And Obamacare is a disaster waiting to explode. If you sit back and let it explode it's gonna be much easier." That's the thing to do. But the right thing to do is to get something done now.

DAVID MUIR: But you ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So I wanna make sure that nobody's dying on the streets when I'm president. Nobody's gonna be dying on the streets. We will unleash something that's gonna be terrific. And remember this, before Obamacare you had a lot of people that were very, very happy with their health care.

And now those people in many cases don't even have health care. They don't even have anything that's acceptable to them. Remember this, keep your doctor, keep your plan, 100 percent. Remember the $5 billion website? Remember the website fiasco. I mean, you do admit that I think, right? The website fiasco.

Obamacare is a disaster. We are going to come up with a new plan ideally not an amended plan because right now if you look at the pages they're this high. We're gonna come up with a new plan that's going to be better health care for more people at a lesser cost.

DAVID MUIR: Last question because I know you're gonna show me around the White House. Last question on this. You've seen the estimate that 18 million Americans could lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed and there is no replacement. Can you assure those Americans watching this right now that they will not lose their health insurance or end up with anything less?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: So nobody ever deducts all the people that have already lost their health insurance that liked it. You had millions of people that liked their health insurance and their health care and their doctor and where they went. You had millions of people that now aren't insured anymore.

DAVID MUIR: I'm just asking about the people ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, no.

DAVID MUIR: ... who are nervous and watching ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We ...

DAVID MUIR: ... you for reassurance.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... here's what I can assure you, we are going to have a better plan, much better health care, much better service treatment, a plan where you can have access to the doctor that you want and the plan that you want. We're gonna have a much better health care plan at much less money.

And remember Obamacare is ready to explode. And you interviewed me a couple of years ago. I said '17 -- right now, this year, "'17 is going to be a disaster." I'm very good at this stuff. "'17 is going to be a disaster cost-wise for Obamacare. It's going to explode in '17."

And why not? Obama's a smart guy. So let it all come do because that's what's happening. It's all coming do in '17. We're gonna have an explosion. And to do it right, sit back, let it explode and let the Democrats come begging us to help them because it's on them. But I don't wanna do that. I wanna give great health care at a much lower cost.

DAVID MUIR: So, no one who has this health insurance through Obamacare will lose it or end up ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP: You know, when you ...

DAVID MUIR: ... with anything less?

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: ... say no one I think no one. Ideally, in the real world, you’re talking about millions of people. Will no one. And then, you know, knowing ABC, you'll have this one person on television saying how they were hurt. Okay. We want no one. We want the answer to be no one.

But I will say millions of people will be happy. Right now you have millions and millions and millions of people that are unhappy. It's too expensive and it's no good. And the governor of Minnesota who unfortunately had a very, very sad incident yesterday 'cause he's a very nice guy but -- a couple of months ago he said that the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable.

He's a staunch Democrat. Very strong Democrat. He said it's no longer affordable. He made that statement. And Bill Clinton on the campaign trail -- and he probably had a bad night that night when he went home -- but he said, "Obamacare is crazy. It's crazy." And you know what, they were both right.

DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, thank you.

(OVERTALK)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

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FULL INTERVIEW - President Trump in The White House - ABC with David Muir - 1/25/17

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:51 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Dat hele interview is te belachelijk voor woorden. Zoals de WaPo al had geconstateerd: de man is geobsedeerd door irrelevante onzin, zoals crowd size en het winnen van de popular vote.

En dan zijn manier van praten. Het is alsof je een mongooltje die onder de coke zit hoort lullen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 16:09 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Goed niveau met al die plaatjes..

Er was weer een discussie op CNBC over drug prices, en er werd weer gesproken over dat er best gedacht kan worden over het kopen van (een) drug company/companies. Enkele healthcare analysten vonden dat best een interessant idee. Artikel op Forbes over deze casus. Met pros/cons.

Als je het niet kan lezen door abbo of wat dan ook:

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Trump Can Lower Drug Prices By U.S. Government Purchase Of Drug Companies

Major mergers in the biopharmaceutical industry are driven by a variety of factors, but the major one tends to be the acquisition of new assets to fuel growth of the acquiring company’s pipeline. I was personally involved in such processes a few times during my Pfizer tenure. When the possibility of a Warner-Lambert merger with American Home Products arose back in 1999, Pfizer stepped in and executed a hostile takeover with the express purpose of having sole access to what was becoming the biggest-selling drug of all time–Lipitor. Similarly, when Pfizer was facing a revenue gap in 2004, it acquired Pharmacia, not just for control of the COX-2 pain medication franchise, but also for a variety of other Pharmacia products that blended well with Pfizer’s drug portfolio.

Whenever a company is contemplating an acquisition or merger, it goes through extensive analyses to justify such a move first to its board of directors, then to its shareholders. These deals generally run into the tens of BIILIONS of dollars as one must pay not just the current value of the desired company but also a significant premium over that price in order to make the bid sufficiently attractive to the board and shareholders of the takeover target. To justify such an acquisition, the acquirer needs to show not only the long-term revenue potential of the desired products, but also ways to strip out costs–the dreaded “synergies” that arise from redundant efforts–as well as jettisoning specific assets that the acquiring company isn’t interested in retaining, such as major divisions (e.g., chemical or agricultural) or specific products. Such analyses can generally be used to justify paying the price necessary to close the deal.

Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a longtime advocate of affordable drug pricing, and Dr. Mark Trusheim of MIT’s Center of Biomedical Innovation have taken the concept of biopharma acquisitions and applied it intriguingly into a plan, laid out in a post for FORBES, for the U.S. government to obtain access to important drugs. The drugs in question are the hepatitis C cures Harvoni and Sovaldi, both sold by Gilead. They propose a plan that not only saves the government money, but also would enable millions of patients who still have hepatitis C to get cured as soon as possible. These patients are currently caught in a bind because the high costs of these drugs–even at the rebated price of $42,000/patient for a course of treatment–is too much a burden for the government to bear all at once.

Essentially, Bach and Trusheim have done an analysis that any big company would do for a major acquisition. Gilead’s current market cap is about $100 billion. Taking into account the need for a 30% premium as well as the assumption of Gilead’s $26 billion debt, the price rises to $156 billion. However, the authors believe that divesting Gilead’s HIV franchise for $52 billion, other pipeline assets for another $10 billion, and divesting the ex-U.S. hepatitis C business for $17 billion, the cost of the deal is down to $77 billion. The government would also gain the $31 billion that Gilead has stashed in overseas cash and, with other savings, the cost comes down to about $40 billion, a price that amounts to a per patient cost of about $15,700 for wiping out hepatitis C, a disease that causes liver failure and liver cancer. As the authors say: “That’s a 63% savings, a no-brainer even before the corporate jet is sold.”

While this sounds pretty enticing, there are issues in trying to do this. For one thing, the government would become a competitor with U.S. businesses that, theoretically, the government would like to see thrive. Both AbbVie and Merck have drugs that compete with Gilead’s drugs. Bach and Trusheim believe that, since Gilead’s drugs amount to 80% of the hepatitis C business, the market has spoken as to their value. However, having the government as a competitor would damage AbbVie and Merck’s efforts and could force drug companies out of R&D in key fields threatened by potential government invasion.

The U.S. government would be challenged to execute such a plan. What agency would be responsible to analyze such deal opportunities? Who would manage it once it was acquired? After all, the drug would need to be manufactured, quality monitored, distributed, etc. The government could contract this work out, but it would add another layer of bureaucracy. Theoretically, the government could use this tactic for other drugs. I have no doubt that there are rare or orphan disease drugs currently sold by biotech companies much smaller than Gilead. Should the government become a procurer of such firms? Finally, my guess is that, if large pharma companies got wind of Gilead being in play, suitors with deep pockets might enter the bidding process for Gilead. Should the government be involved in such bidding wars?

Nevertheless, the Bach-Trusheim proposal in intriguing. Some will undoubtedly attack this plan as the beginnings of governmental nationalization of the biopharmaceutical industry. I don’t think that’s the case. Such a takeover of Gilead would mirror a similar takeover by a big company. The deal wouldn’t go through unless Gilead’s board and shareholders approved it, just like any other deal. Furthermore, my guess is that this sort of move may appeal to President Trump’s business sense. He’s looking to bring down drug prices and for different ways for the government to impact the process. This plan certainly does that.

(The author is the former president of Pfizer Global R&D.)

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Trump’s Strategy for Cutting Drug Prices Is DOA

Trump didn’t say a whole lot in his press conference on Wednesday, but his remark that America needed to revise its process for buying pharmaceuticals made some enormous waves. “They’re getting away with murder,” he said. Big Pharma lost almost $25 billion in market value in just 20 minutes.

From the size of the market’s reaction, you would assume that pharma must really be getting away with murder. After all, the left has been insisting for years that one way to fix our costly health care system is to finally allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices the way that other countries do. And it’s hard to say that this is unreasonable: as probably the world’s single largest purchaser of pharmaceuticals, the American government ought to have a lot of bargaining power. Why in the world would Congress bind the government’s hands by refusing to let them negotiate volume discounts then?

You might thus be surprised to learn that the Congressional Budget Office has repeatedly assessed the effects of letting Medicare negotiate, and found that the fiscal benefits of that would be … basically nothing.

But how can that be?, I hear you cry. Well, because the people crying “LET MEDICARE NEGOTIATE” have fundamentally misunderstood the source of the negotiating power that allows people in other countries to enjoy lower-cost drugs.

That bargaining power does not come from sheer size. America’s large health insurers and pharmaceutical benefit managers each cover more people than, say, Norway. These companies -- which also cover a lot of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries -- negotiate quite fiercely on drug prices, because every dollar they shave off the price is either a dollar in their pocket, or a dollar of savings they can shave off their own prices, thus giving them an advantage over their competitors.

If size and willingness to negotiate were all that mattered, then drug prices in America ought to be lower than they are abroad. They aren’t. So, obviously, size is not the primary issue. What is different in other countries is the willingness to simply say, “No, you can’t sell us your drug” (or “You can’t sell it at a high enough price to make it worth your while”, which amounts to the same thing).

This is handled differently in every country, so it’s hard to draw gross generalizations. But one we can draw is that a lot of other places are willing to look at a drug’s potential benefit, compare it to the cost, and say, “Yeah, you know, that drug delivers some benefit. But it’s not a big enough benefit to justify approving it.”

When there’s only a single source for a given drug, and the person on the other side of the table knows that you can’t refuse to cover that treatment, it’s pretty easy for them to make an offer you can’t refuse. Holding out the possibility that you’ll just walk away shifts the balance of power back across the table. But of course, this comes at a cost: to make that threat credible, you have to actually use it sometimes. And when you do, there will be people who could benefit from the drug, but can’t have it. Those people will be sicker than they would be if they didn’t get the newer drug. They might even die sooner than they otherwise would have.

That reality is politically toxic. So politically toxic that I have literally had the experience of being on a radio program with a British health official who accused me of lying when I pointed out that the United Kingdom has an agency that does this. I gave a description of its activities not materially different from that found on the website of the agency in question; however, I also pointed out the logical corollary, which is that Britain decides there are some people who aren’t worth treating, because whatever benefit they get isn’t worth the exorbitant cost. I did not, mind you, say that Britain ought to treat those people; governments have budgets, and they have to decide the highest-value use of the dollars they spend. I merely pointed out that they were making cost-benefit decisions about treatment. Stating this undeniable fact was enough to trigger a frantic reaction not only from the British health official, but from the show presenter, and from a lot of angry Britons who emailed to castigate me for slandering their government.

In Britain, if a treatment isn’t available on the National Health Service, you probably don’t know what you’re missing (which is why a health official could deny it was happening). In America, however, we have a patchwork of systems, few of which employ doctors directly. If one major insurer, government or private, stops offering some fancy treatment, then patients are eventually going to find out about that treatment’s existence, and also that they can’t have it.

Thanks to the internet, other countries are having a harder time keeping a lid on this sort of thing than they used to. But in America, where the mantra of both sides is that no one should be interfering with choices properly left to doctors and patients, it’s incredibly difficult to exercise this sort of discipline. Oh, sure, wonks may like the idea of a panel of experts that says “Nope, that $90,000 Hepatitis C treatment just isn’t worth it.” But no one else does. And our political system, with its multiple power centers and widespread opportunities for lobbying by both corporate interests and activist groups, is not well-positioned to override the public at large and exercise pricing discipline anyway. If Medicare announced, in the course of negotiations, that the U.S. government simply wasn’t going to cover large numbers of chemotherapy drugs, both cancer groups and the AARP would have baby kittens. Then the legislature would go into overdrive, rescinding that order. Since pharmaceutical firms know that, the outcome would be … well, pretty much what we have now.

Glad we talked that through? Me too.

It’s not particularly surprising that Donald Trump doesn’t know this—frankly, I doubt that Obama does either. Nor is it necessarily surprising that he has seized this talking point, since it’s a very common one in the health care debate. What is interesting is that this is where he chose to go in a press conference where he didn’t speak for all that long. It’s reminiscent of behavior we heard about during the campaign, where small vendors complained that he forced them to take steep haircuts by the simple expedient of giving them “take it or leave it” offers after they’d already done the work or delivered the product. Because suing him would mean losing even more on lawyer’s fees, they often took it.

Trump’s idea of good management often seems to begin and end with driving a really hard bargain. (Though perhaps at some cost in the future, which is certainly a big worry when you consider that driving pharmaceutical prices too low might choke future innovation). But Trump was not building hotels with 300 million auditors looking over his shoulder, and a 500-member board of directors who could overrule him when the auditors got mad. He still has to learn just how little power our new Negotiator-in-Chief has when it comes to stuff that Americans really care about. For that reason, among others, Wednesday’s press conference should probably make us more worried about the future of his presidency than the future of Big Pharma.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:01 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Kennelijk doordat: PPP poll: Trump base deluded by false facts. (Ja, ik weet, biased)

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:04 schreef Xa1pt het volgende:

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Legit, dat verklaart ook het willen reguleren of beheersen van informatiestromen en het op afstand houden van media. Maar dat dat niet wordt doorzien, maar eerder toegejuicht wordt door relatief veel mensen...

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:07 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Omdat het kennelijk heel vervelend is voor mensen om geconfronteerd te worden met andere meningen en werkelijke feiten. Die hebben de overheid nodig om hun Twitterfeed te modereren omdat ze blijkbaar niet zelf hun informatie kunnen selecteren.

Want alles waar je het immers niet mee eens bent is nep. Period.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:04 schreef Xa1pt het volgende:

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Legit, dat verklaart ook het willen reguleren of beheersen van informatiestromen en het op afstand houden van media. Maar dat dat niet wordt doorzien, maar eerder toegejuicht wordt door relatief veel mensen...

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:08 schreef invalidusername het volgende:

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Of geen niveau. Vervolgens hele lappen wettekst copy paisten of foto's met belangrijke mensen plaatsen om niveau te suggeren Dat is bijna net zo erg als die binders met blanco papieren om te suggeren dat The Donald zijn business had overgedragen aan die trust waarvan iemand niet durft te zeggen wie de beneficiary van is Sad.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:10 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Je hebt best kans dat een hoop Trump-aanhangers het wel doorzien, maar dat het ze simpelweg niets kan schelen. Het zijn immers de 'liberale media' die dwars worden gezeten en de voorstellen die uit de koker van het Witte Huis komen vallen in de smaak bij de achterban van Trump.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:16 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

Dit is er ook Republicans are openly considering Donald Trump's 'emotional stability', says Carl Bernstein

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:33 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Dit soort artikelen lees ik meer, maar heb toch het idee dat het vooral wensdenken van bepaalde reporters is.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:19 schreef venomsnake het volgende:
Dat getwitter van hem blijft hilarisch. Wat een idioot !

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:33 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Dit soort artikelen lees ik meer, maar heb toch het idee dat het vooral wensdenken van bepaalde reporters is.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 14:25 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:
Ah, de "links deed het ook" defense. Hebben we dat ook weer gehad.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:58 schreef Toby56 het volgende:
President van Mexico zegt meeting met Trump af.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:59 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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Trump: "No no no it was me it was me!"

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:23 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:58 schreef Toby56 het volgende:
President van Mexico zegt meeting met Trump af.
Trump had getweet: als je niet wilt betalen, blijf dan maar weg.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:03 schreef venomsnake het volgende:

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Haha

*checkt twitter voor reactie Trump

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:10 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Ik vind het een goed plan, in het vervolg kiezen voor
- een iPhone; of
- een iPhone made in the USA met een opslag van 200$

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/26/apple-iphone-made-in-america.html

Eens kijken hoe het precies zit met dat patriotisme, en of Joe Average dan ook nog staat te juichen over Dow 20,000

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:10 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Die stomme kloot heeft geen ruk verstand van politiek en diplomatie.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:02 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Holy fucking shit, dat is NIET goed.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:10 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Die stomme kloot heeft geen ruk verstand van politiek en diplomatie.

Ik moet wel toegeven dat die Mexicaan ballen heeft.
Als ik hem was, zou ik later vandaag een eigen eis stellen: geef Texas en New Mexico terug aan ons, anders gaan we een nuclair programma beginnen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:15 schreef invalidusername het volgende:

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Als Trump zijn zin krijgt, krijgt ie Zjina als zuiderlijke buurman. Zou wel aardig zijn als El Presidente ipv zijn afgezegde afspraak in Washtington een afspraak in Beijing blijkt hebben

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:14 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Voor hun 10 anderen. Trump wist ook zijn kabinet vol te krijgen, dan zijn er ook wel een paar topambtenaren te vinden.

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“It’s the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember, and that’s incredibly difficult to replicate,” said David Wade, who served as State Department chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry. “Department expertise in security, management, administrative and consular positions in particular are very difficult to replicate and particularly difficult to find in the private sector.”

Several senior foreign service officers in the State Department’s regional bureaus have also left their posts or resigned since the election. But the emptying of leadership in the management bureaus is more disruptive because those offices need to be led by people who know the department and have experience running its complicated bureaucracies. There’s no easy way to replace that via the private sector, said Wade.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:14 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Voor hun 10 anderen. Trump wist ook zijn kabinet vol te krijgen, dan zijn er ook wel een paar topambtenaren te vinden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:14 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Voor hun 10 anderen. Trump wist ook zijn kabinet vol te krijgen, dan zijn er ook wel een paar topambtenaren te vinden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:17 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Ja, dat zeg jij, maar anderen denken daar toch echt anders over.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:14 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Voor hun 10 anderen. Trump wist ook zijn kabinet vol te krijgen, dan zijn er ook wel een paar topambtenaren te vinden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:17 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ja, dat zeg jij, maar anderen denken daar toch echt anders over:

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:22 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Lastiger dan je denkt in dit geval. Ben benieuwd waar Tillerson mee gaat komen qua vervangers.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:02 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Veel Republikeinen hebben gezegd: We moeten met Mexico praten over die muur. Dus de vraag is of die blij zijn met zo'n snelle diplomatieke crisis.

Trump gaat vanavond vermoedelijk weer iets ondertekenen: de 'verkiezingsfraude' wordt onderzocht.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:10 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Die stomme kloot heeft geen ruk verstand van politiek en diplomatie.

Ik moet wel toegeven dat die Mexicaan ballen heeft.
Als ik hem was, zou ik later vandaag een eigen eis stellen: geef Texas en New Mexico terug aan ons, anders gaan we een nuclair programma beginnen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:18 schreef invalidusername het volgende:

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Jij stelt ook niet echt hoge eisen aan 's lands bestuur he, als er maar wat zit?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:33 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Dit soort artikelen lees ik meer, maar heb toch het idee dat het vooral wensdenken van bepaalde reporters is.

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Trump’s Justification For Claiming Millions Voted Illegally Is Drifting Into Insanity

Back in November, I wrote where Trump originally obtained the information for his claims “millions” of illegal votes were cast for Hillary Clinton, supposedly costing Trump the popular vote. Gregg Phillips who claimed to “verify” the numbers has yet to release any information. Now Trump is offering up some other “evidence” of these allegations. The story is so absurd; one has to wonder how Trump could tell it and think he’d get away with it.

The story appeared in the NY Times, and nobody on the Trump team has denied it, presumably because Republican and Democratic members of Congress and Trump staff were all present.

> Mr. Trump kicked off the meeting, participants said, by retelling his debunked claim that he would have won the popular vote if not for the three million to five million ballots cast by “illegals.” He followed it up with a Twitter post early Wednesday calling for a major investigation into voter fraud.
> When one of the Democrats protested, Mr. Trump said he was told a story by “the very famous golfer, Bernhard Langer,” whom he described as a friend, according to three staff members who were in the room for the meeting.
> The witnesses described the story this way: Mr. Langer, a 59-year-old native of Bavaria, Germany — a winner of the Masters twice and of more than 100 events on major professional golf tours around the world — was standing in line at a polling place near his home in Florida on Election Day, the president explained, when an official informed Mr. Langer he would not be able to vote.
> Ahead of and behind Mr. Langer were voters who did not look as if they should be allowed to vote, Mr. Trump said, according to the staff members — but they were nonetheless permitted to cast provisional ballots. The president threw out the names of Latin American countries that the voters might have come from.
> Mr. Langer, whom he described as a supporter, left feeling frustrated, according to a version of events later contradicted by a White House official.

What. The. Hell?

Naturally, reporters tried to follow up with Langer on this story. They got a hold of his daughter who informed the Times that Langer is a citizen of Germany and permanent resident alien in the United States, which means he is not legally allowed to vote. Bernard Langer is no dummy. That he’d show up at some polling station is crazy, and the notion officials would pull him out of the line and say he wasn’t able to vote even crazier.

The President has to stop this. In his interview with David Muir of ABC’s World News Tonight, he rightfully called out the media for giving short shrift to the March for Life. It attracts hundreds of thousands of people and is virtually ignored by the press.

It was great, but the media will spend more time talking about Trump’s tall tales. Trump and his team can complain about the press all they want, but when team Trump hands the media the sword used to cut off their heads, they shouldn’t be surprised when it happens.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:34 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Nee, er zijn voldoende opportunisten die hun handen er graag aan willen branden als ze er maar mee vooruit komen.

Als politiek over integriteit ging had Trump geen minister kunnen vinden. Hoezo kan Tillerson dan niet een paar matig gekwalificeerde kandidaten voor zijn ministerie vinden?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:33 schreef 2dope het volgende:

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Van welk geld precies? Mexico is economisch best wel een beetje heel erg afhankelijk van de V.S.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:38 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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Dit gaat over de vervanging van ambtenaren, niet van politici.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:46 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Als je meer Mexicanen wil is het beste wat je kunt doen hun economie vernaggelen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 12:52 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 12:04:24 Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible! reageer retweet

Een mooi inkijkje in de denkwereld van Trump: als je iemand iets geeft mag die geen enkele kritiek meer op je hebben, want dat is ondankbaar en terrible.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:43 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Alsof ambtenaren niet opportunistisch kunnen zijn. Hoe dan ook, de vervangers zullen ja-knikkers zijn.

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In dit topic wordt al een jaar van alles aangegrepen om de val van Trump te illustreren. Helaas is die man nu gewoon president en wordt hem maar weinig in de weg gelegd. Ik zou verwachten dat de trouwe lezers wat cynischer zouden zijn geworden over wat een probleem vormt voor deze sociopaat. Kwalificaties, integriteit, waarheidsvinding en landsbelang tellen niet zolang Trump en zijn trawanten aan de macht zijn.

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Trump is expected to announce his court pick next week. He told Hannity that he has "made my decision pretty much in my mind."

"That's subject to change at the last moment," he said. "But I think this will be a great choice."

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:48 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Hij blijft mij verbazen met zijn tweets.
En hij blijft ook maar doorgaan over die miljoenen illegale stemmen omdat hij butthurt is van het verliezen van de popular vote. Het was al duidelijk dat hij een narcist is, maar hij raakt compleet gescheiden van de realiteit.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:33 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Trump Could Really Mess Up Mexico’s Economy.

_{geen idee waar de fivethirtyeight voor staat...}

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:49 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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En daarmee creëer je, op de middellange termijn, of bij een plotselinge crisis, dus een groot probleem. Ik neem aan dat jij en ik het daarover eens zijn.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:49 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Lekkere despoot is het ook, eerst een jaar lang een benoeming blokkeren en dan dreigen die van jou er doorheen te drukken

http://www.politico.com/s(...)uclear-option-234221

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:53 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ik vraag me af of er 48 senatoren te vinden zouden zijn die dat zouden willen afschaffen voor een niet al te onredelijk verzoek van de democraten, laat staan 50. Aan de andere kant zitten er veel nutcases, dus tsjah.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:51 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Het aantal kiesmannen voor het electoraal college.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:14 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Voor hun 10 anderen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:03 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
En als het met andere depertementen ook zo gaat

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:14 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Sjezus Christ, gaan ze nou bidden voor elke speech?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:11 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:
Ik ben hier een maand of drie niet geweest. Maar het lijkt me tijd voor weer eens een rondvraag.

Zijn er inmiddels al Trumpfans die schoorvoetend willen toegeven dat de beste man ziek is in zijn hoofd en volslagen ongeschikt voor zijn functie?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:13 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:
En is al gepost dat Sean Spicer, persofficier van het witte huis, al twee dagen op rij zijn sociaal media wachtwoord op twitter heeft gepost.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:11 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:
Ik ben hier een maand of drie niet geweest. Maar het lijkt me tijd voor weer eens een rondvraag.

Zijn er inmiddels al Trumpfans die schoorvoetend willen toegeven dat de beste man ziek is in zijn hoofd en volslagen ongeschikt voor zijn functie?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:21 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Als je het daar zou toegeven word je gebanned, zou ik denken. Bizarre safe space.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:23 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
We gaan onze eigen pijpleiding maken, van beter staal, EN goedkoper. Uhh, waarom doen ze dat nu niet al dan?

Zou daar nou nog iemand zijn die daar in trapt?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:22 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:

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Klopt, alleen als je hem 100% aanbid kan je daar posten. Anders wordt je direct geminned.

OT: Mexicaanse president annuleert zijn ontmoeting met Trump...

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:25 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Die OT was anderhalf uur geleden al gemeld.
En dat Trump dus eindelijk echt 'succes' heeft met z'n denigrerende tweets.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:25 schreef Toby56 het volgende:
Die OT was anderhalf uur geleden al gemeld.
En dat Trump dus eindelijk echt 'succes' heeft met z'n denigrerende tweets.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:26 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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Hij heeft natuurlijk gewoon een diplomatieke nederlaag geleden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:26 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:
Ik ken de president van Mexico eigenlijk verder niet. Wat is dat voor man?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:32 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Trump zegt dat ie overwogen heeft Obamacare nog twee jaar ongewijzigd te laten bestaan, dan zouden de Democraten hem komen smeken om er iets aan te doen....

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 17:54 schreef bluemoon23 het volgende:

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Elke keer die godwin erin gooien wordt ook een beetje flauw natuurlijk.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:39 schreef bluemoon23 het volgende:

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Iemand die de drugsoorlog in zijn land niet onder controle krijgt

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:22 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:

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Klopt, alleen als je hem 100% aanbid kan je daar posten. Anders wordt je direct geminned.

Hoewel er wel een aantal die-hard trump fans het oneens waren met elkaar laatst, over dat Trump zei dat als Chicago niet veiliger wordt de overheid moet ingrijpen. De die-hard reps vinden dat natuurlijk niets want die zien dat als overheids bemoeienis.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:45 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Er tekent zich een trend af, Trump tekent met veel show een Executive Order, maar heeft zodadelijk niemand die 'm gaat uivoeren Hij denkt kennelijk echt dat als een papiertje ondertekent dat het dan zo is. Die leeft echt in lalaland.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:45 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Trump blijft maar naar Mike Pompeo vragen, Mike where are you.

Maar die is er helemaal niet bij.

Verder heeft ie de hele speech niks inhoudelijks gemeld, gewoon herhaald wat ie altijd zegt.
Alles wordt groter, beter, EN goedkoper.
Our beautifull clean coal.

Dan roept ie; we will build the wall and Mexico is going to pay for it.
Tekent een executive order..... en dan...... wie gaat wat exact doen?

Zelfde met die pijpleidingen waar ie nu weer over sprak.

Er tekent zich een trend af, Trump tekent met veel show een Executive Order, maar heeft zodadelijk niemand die 'm gaat uivoeren Hij denkt kennelijk echt dat als een papiertje ondertekent dat het dan zo is. Die leeft echt in lalaland.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:02 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:
Kan iemand een goede, objectieve podcast aanraden waarmee ik een beetje op de hoogte kan blijven van de stand van zaken in Amerika?

Ik ben veel onderweg en kijk bijna geen tv meer. Podcasts zijn een beetje mijn primaire nieuwsbron geworden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:14 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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PBS en NPR staan erg hoog aangeschreven voor hun betrouwbaarheid en neutraliteit.

http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500005/hourly-news-summary
https://itunes.apple.com/(...)our/id394432287?mt=2

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:16 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Niet echt populair onder conservatieven dan weer.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:14 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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PBS en NPR staan erg hoog aangeschreven voor hun betrouwbaarheid en neutraliteit.

http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500005/hourly-news-summary
https://itunes.apple.com/(...)our/id394432287?mt=2

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:40 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:
Ik zie geen godwin. Ik zie alleen jou maar over de Soviets praten. Geen enkele verwijzing naar iets anders.

Je weet toch wel wat een godwin is, he?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:22 schreef agter het volgende:
Kan iemand mij uitleggen hoe het met die executive orders zit?
Die moeten toch nog door het parlement?
En in het geval van pijplijnen door indianenland, lijkt me dat de rechter daar ook nog wat van kan vinden.
Idem voor het onteigenen van grond voor die muur.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:22 schreef agter het volgende:
Kan iemand mij uitleggen hoe het met die executive orders zit?
Die moeten toch nog door het parlement?
En in het geval van pijplijnen door indianenland, lijkt me dat de rechter daar ook nog wat van kan vinden.
Idem voor het onteigenen van grond voor die muur.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:22 schreef agter het volgende:
En in het geval van pijplijnen door indianenland, lijkt me dat de rechter daar ook nog wat van kan vinden.
Idem voor het onteigenen van grond voor die muur.

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While North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux Tribe makes headlines in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, oil development is playing out differently for another of the state's Indian nations.

One hundred fifty miles up the Missouri River from Standing Rock, pipelines and pumpjacks are plenty on the Fort Berthold reservation.
More than 4,000 miles of pipe carrying oil, natural gas and wastewater criss-cross the reservation in the heart of the Bakken oil patch.
Fort Berthold is home the Three Affiliated Tribes -- the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara -- known as MHA Nation.
Many people on the reservation have found prosperity in the oil industry.
T.J. Plenty Chief, for one, owns three trucks with his Red Road Trucking business he started in 2012. He said truck drivers in the oil fields can make over $90,000 per year. His job pays the bills, helping him support nine children.
"Before the boom, I had to work a lot harder and work in other jobs I didn't really care for as much, working at the casino or whatever," he said.

A decade ago there was almost no oil activity on Fort Berthold, but today more than 1,400 wells dot the reservation.
MHA's own oil company, Missouri River Resources, operates several of those wells.

MHA Nation has brought in substantial money from oil production on its lands --
$800 million in tax revenue since 2008, according to North Dakota's tax commissioner's office. Plus, MHA Chairman Mark Fox says the nation's collected $800 million in royalties.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:26 schreef Kansenjongere het volgende:

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http://nos.nl/op3/artikel(...)ening-onder-zet.html

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:30 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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In aanvulling hierop: er zijn beleidsterreinen waar de president ooit bevoegdheid heeft gekregen van het congres. Het is dus op een aantal terreinen wel mogelijk om dingen echt gedaan te krijgen zonder eerst dingen in de wet te moeten regelen (wat het domein van het congres is). Obama heeft zo bijvoorbeeld in december 2 grote stukken land als national monument uitgeroepen. Congres heeft in dat geval echter destijds niet het recht toegekend aan de president om national monuments ongedaan te maken.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:30 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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In aanvulling hierop: er zijn beleidsterreinen waar de president ooit bevoegdheid heeft gekregen van het congres. Het is dus op een aantal terreinen wel mogelijk om dingen echt gedaan te krijgen zonder eerst dingen in de wet te moeten regelen (wat het domein van het congres is). Obama heeft zo bijvoorbeeld in december 2 grote stukken land als national monument uitgeroepen. Congres heeft in dat geval echter destijds niet het recht toegekend aan de president om national monuments ongedaan te maken.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:32 schreef Kansenjongere het volgende:

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Dan zal die lelijke Trump Tower binnenkort ook wel een nationaal monument worden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:32 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Dat was wel een hele slimme zet van Obama

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:14 schreef invalidusername het volgende:
Sjezus Christ, gaan ze nou bidden voor elke speech?

Nu de zegen van God gevraagd is voro de Executive Orders, here is your roast master Donald Trump

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/(...)blican-congress.html

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:02 schreef Puddington het volgende:
Holy fucking shit, dat is NIET goed.

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Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to "clean house" at Foggy Bottom.
All four, career officers serving in positions appointed by the President, submitted letters of resignation per tradition at the beginning of a new administration.
The letters from the White House said that their resignations were accepted and they were thanked for their service.
The White House usually asks career officials in such positions to stay on for a few months until their successors are confirmed.
Mark Toner, the State Department's acting spokesman, said in a statement that "These positions are political appointments, and require the President to nominate and the Senate to confirm them in these roles. They are not career appointments but of limited term."
He continued, "Of the officers whose resignations were accepted, some will continue in the Foreign Service in other positions, and others will retire by choice or because they have exceeded the time limits of their grade in service."

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 20:57 schreef bluemoon23 het volgende:

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Volgens CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/20(...)istration/index.html
Volgens traditie dienen ze hun ontslag in bij een nieuwe president.
Normaal gesproken mogen sommigen dan gewoon weer verder bij de nieuwe president.
Maar nu werd dat ontslag ingewilligd en mochten ze vertrekken

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Then suddenly on Wednesday afternoon, Kennedy and three of his top officials resigned unexpectedly, four State Department officials confirmed. Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond and Ambassador Gentry O. Smith, director of the Office of Foreign Missions, followed him out the door. All are career foreign service officers who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations.

Kennedy will retire from the foreign service at the end of the month, officials said. The other officials could be given assignments elsewhere in the foreign service.

In addition, Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Gregory Starr retired Jan. 20, and the director of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, Lydia Muniz, departed the same day. That amounts to a near-complete housecleaning of all the senior officials that deal with managing the State Department, its overseas posts and its people.

“It’s the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember, and that’s incredibly difficult to replicate,” said David Wade, who served as State Department chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 21:11 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:
ExtraWaskracht, hier heb je nog een voorbeeld van Trump achtige politiek in Nederland

https://mobile.twitter.com/ewaldeng/status/824613331357040641

(hopelijk begrijp je mijn punt een beetje... óók mensen die in dictaturen leven zien het wel vaak bij andere dictaturen, maar niet bij henzelf)

President Trump GOP Retreat 2017 Full Speech HD, Congressional Republican Retreat, Philly 1/26

twitter:

L0gg0l twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 21:26:11 TRUMP TO IMPOSE 20% TAX ON ALL IMPORTS FROM MEXICO (AS PAYMENT FOR WALL), SPICER SAYS (via @ZekeJMiller ) reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 21:37 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Als ik dit zie staakt het echt haaks op wat de media schrijven over boze republikeinen en totale chaos.

President Trump GOP Retreat 2017 Full Speech HD, Congressional Republican Retreat, Philly 1/26

Mexico is going to pay for the wall

twitter:

L0gg0l twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 21:26:11 TRUMP TO IMPOSE 20% TAX ON ALL IMPORTS FROM MEXICO (AS PAYMENT FOR WALL), SPICER SAYS (via @ZekeJMiller ) reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 21:44 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:
Anyway, Dumb and Dumber strikes again:

An insecure phone, a press secretary posting his password, and private e-mail—really?

https://arstechnica.com/t(...)ecurity-woes-abound/

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 21:24 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Als universiteiten politiek gekuist gaan worden (mss zou die VVD'er zich af moeten vragen wat het doel van zo'n onderzoek zou zijn... wat voor beleid wil hij dan erop loslaten?!) en de overheid als beleid wetenschappers in hun dienst verbiedt om over zaken die hen onwelgevallig zijn te communiceren ben ik best bereid daartegen te demonstreren hoor. Zou ook tevens de eerste keer zijn dat ik dat zou doen. Wel droevenis dat dit niet breder bekend is; zal er wel wat mee te maken hebben dat het niet in beleid wordt omgezet (voor zover ik weet), maar bij gepraat blijft.

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L0gg0l twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 21:39:57 ForexLive: 20% import tax on Mexico goods would raise $63.4 billion (based on 2015 trade data). That's enough for 4 walls reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 21:46 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:

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De Amerikaanse journalistiek is sterker en veelzijdiger dan de Nederlandse. Mits de lezer en kijker het wil weten. De Nederlandse journalistiek is werkelijk waar in zeer slechte staat en bovendien nog geconcentreerder dan in Amerika.

In Nederland wordt veel geregeld via de raad van bestuur enzo.

http://blog.casperalbers.(...)-raden-van-toezicht/

Denk ook aan de historische rol van de BVD, justitie en AIVD. De lijntjes zijn kort.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 21:56 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:
Alleen... euh... invoerrechten worden in de regel toch betaald door mensen die een produkt kopen?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:01 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Correct, het zou dus een belastingverhoging voor Amerikaanse consumenten zijn. Niet aan Nintex vertellen, hoor, die denkt nog steeds dat dit fantastisch is.

Buiten dat gaat het Amerikaanse bedrijven omzet en winst kosten wat betekent dat ze nog minder betalen dan ze nu al doen, maar goed.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:07 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Mexicaanse producten zijn populair, omdat ze goedkoop zijn. Als de Mexicanen niks meer in de VS verkopen, omdat het 20% duurder is hebben ze een groot probleem. De Amerikaanse economie kan veel hebben. De Mexicaanse veel minder.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:07 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Als de Mexicanen niks meer in de VS verkopen...

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:14 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:

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...is 20% belasting op niks niet genoeg om een muur van te bouwen, laat staan vier muren.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:18 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Dat gaat de Amerikaanse economie leuk vinden...

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:02 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Holy fucking shit, dat is NIET goed.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:28 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Alle landen waar de VS een trade deficit mee heeft gaan 20% betalen volgens bronnen rond Speaker Ryan die nu een voorstel voor Congress aan het voorbereiden is.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:39 schreef Zith het volgende:

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Het klopt dan ook niet (#FakeNews?):

http://www.reuters.com/ar(...)ations-idUSKBN15A2AY

twitter:

Fasdrak twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 11:39:38 I could keep this on loop all day https://t.co/oaRvPSNpLd reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:39 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Leuk plan. Werkt alleen niet onder de WTO regels. Als je namelijk een land 20% oplegt dan geld het voor alle landen waar je mee handelt en dan kun je er 100% op rekenen dat er ook invoertarieven aan Amerika opgelegd worden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:28 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Alle landen waar de VS een trade deficit mee heeft gaan 20% betalen volgens bronnen rond Speaker Ryan die nu een voorstel voor Congress aan het voorbereiden is.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 19:20 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:

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Niet op www.reddit.com/r/the_donald in ieder geval. Persoonlijk krijg ik hoofdpijn als ik daar te lang aan het lezen ben.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:43 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Het verzet!

twitter:

Fasdrak twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 11:39:38 I could keep this on loop all day https://t.co/oaRvPSNpLd reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:43 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Het verzet!

twitter:

Fasdrak twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 11:39:38 I could keep this on loop all day https://t.co/oaRvPSNpLd reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:43 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Het verzet!

twitter:

Fasdrak twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 11:39:38 I could keep this on loop all day https://t.co/oaRvPSNpLd reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:43 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wat klopt er niet aan het artikel?

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At least one media report suggested that the departures amounted to a mass resignation, but several U.S. officials said this was not the case.

"It's not a mass protest or a show of indignation," said one senior U.S. official.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:28 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Alle landen waar de VS een trade deficit mee heeft gaan 20% betalen volgens bronnen rond Speaker Ryan die nu een voorstel voor Congress aan het voorbereiden is.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:43 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wat klopt er niet aan het artikel?

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At least one media report suggested that the departures amounted to a mass resignation, but several U.S. officials said this was not the case.

"It's not a mass protest or a show of indignation," said one senior U.S. official.

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Political appointees chosen by the president and confirmed by the Senate were obliged, as usual, after Trump's Nov. 8 election victory, to submit letters of resignation to give the new president the opportunity to name his own people to the jobs.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:07 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Mexicaanse producten zijn populair, omdat ze goedkoop zijn. Als de Mexicanen niks meer in de VS verkopen, omdat het 20% duurder is hebben ze een groot probleem. De Amerikaanse economie kan veel hebben. De Mexicaanse veel minder.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:24 schreef J.B. het volgende:

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Al eens van het fenomeen 'WTO' gehoord?

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Speaking on Meet the Press, Mr Trump said he would consider imposing a tax of 15-35 per cent on US companies that had moved manufacturing to Mexico. Asked if such a policy would not contravene WTO rules, he replied: “It doesn’t matter. Then we’re going to renegotiate or we’re going to pull out. These trade deals are a disaster, the World Trade Organisation is a disaster.”

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:24 schreef J.B. het volgende:

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Al eens van het fenomeen 'WTO' gehoord?

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 22:28 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Alle landen waar de VS een trade deficit mee heeft gaan 20% betalen volgens bronnen rond Speaker Ryan die nu een voorstel voor Congress aan het voorbereiden is.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:34 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Overigens overwegen de Republikeinen de mogelijkheid om SC nominaties te filibusteren in de senaat weg te nemen:
http://www.politico.com/s(...)tion-234221?cmpid=sf

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:21 schreef Zith het volgende:

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Je zou het kunnen lezen maar er gaan maar 4 weg, zie kaart:

[ afbeelding ]

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Het is dus niet het

" The State Department’s entire senior administrative team "

En ook niet:

" resigned unexpectedly "

Want het is traditie dat ze bij een nieuwe president hun ontslag aanbieden, zodat de presdent nieuwe mensen kan aanstellen of de oude kan terugbrengen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:35 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Dat is een goed idee. Dat dat ze dat zelf blokkeerden bij Obama's pick was ook vrij laag.

twitter:

FoxNews twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 23:12:03 President @realDonaldTrump: ObamaCare is a "horror show."TONIGHT, 10p ET: Join @SeanHannity for a cable exclusive… https://t.co/zAekZM3wee reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:36 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Dat had vrij weinig met een filibuster te maken aangezien ze gewoon een meerderheid hadden.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:39 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Trump schuift na zijn eerdere interview met ABC aan bij Sean Hannity

twitter:

FoxNews twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 23:12:03 President @realDonaldTrump: ObamaCare is a "horror show."TONIGHT, 10p ET: Join @SeanHannity for a cable exclusive… https://t.co/zAekZM3wee reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:42 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Waar haalt die man de energie vandaan op zijn leeftijd?! Word zelf al moe van het thuis volgen van alle updates.

twitter:

nytimes twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 23:34:05 "It’s like being actually led into the Promised Land by Moses," Representative Tom Cole said of President Trump https://t.co/sHB6FfPZzk reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:43 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Tja, ik weet nog dat mensen dachten dat Trump nooit de conditie zou hebben om president te zijn. Dat het hem zou opbreken etc. . Hij ziet er relaxed, rustig en in control uit.

twitter:

nytimes twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 23:34:05 "It’s like being actually led into the Promised Land by Moses," Representative Tom Cole said of President Trump https://t.co/sHB6FfPZzk reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:43 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Tja, ik weet nog dat mensen dachten dat Trump nooit de conditie zou hebben om president te zijn. Dat het hem zou opbreken etc. . Hij ziet er relaxed, rustig en in control uit.

twitter:

nytimes twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 23:34:05 "It’s like being actually led into the Promised Land by Moses," Representative Tom Cole said of President Trump https://t.co/sHB6FfPZzk reageer retweet

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PeterAlexander twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 22:33:59 BREAKING: Spicer tells me 20% tax on Mexican imports is NOT a policy proposal, but example of options how to pay for wall. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:35 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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De headline was overdreven, maar wat klopt er niet aan het artikel?

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 00:06 schreef Zith het volgende:

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" resigned unexpectedly "

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 00:00 schreef Nintex het volgende:
4/5/6D? Chess

twitter:

PeterAlexander twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 22:33:59 BREAKING: Spicer tells me 20% tax on Mexican imports is NOT a policy proposal, but example of options how to pay for wall. reageer retweet

twitter:

MysteryCr8tve twitterde op donderdag 26-01-2017 om 03:53:56 Well the @WhiteHouseLeak account got shut down... But not before I screen grabbed every post... https://t.co/XLyUpverKX reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 01:37 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:
Volgens Steve Bannon moeten media hun bek houden.

Smerige klote-nazi. Het wordt misschien tijd om onze relatie met de VS te heroverwegen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 01:44 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Ho ho ho! Behalve Fox en Breitbart.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 01:50 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Nee sorry, die man gaat te ver. De VS is bezig een pad te bewandelen dat niemand zou moeten volgen.

En oké, ik kom net uit de kroeg. Maar dit is ziek en zorgwekkend.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:43 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Tja, ik weet nog dat mensen dachten dat Trump nooit de conditie zou hebben om president te zijn. Dat het hem zou opbreken etc. . Hij ziet er relaxed, rustig en in control uit.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:17 schreef 99.999 het volgende:

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Zo achterlijk zullen ze toch niet zijn?

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 02:33 schreef Peace99 het volgende:
2) EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

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Bron

Bizarre activiteiten van EPA

Wat zou Greenpeace maar meer nog Trey Gowdy, hiervan vinden?

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 00:47 schreef OMG het volgende:

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Eerder 9000D achterlijkheid, aangezien de consumenten die belasting uiteindelijk betalen. Mexico betaald niks.

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 27-01-2017 om 00:53:37 Miami-Dade Mayor drops sanctuary policy. Right decision. Strong! https://t.co/MtPvaDC4jM reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 04:41 schreef Beathoven het volgende:
Een hele generatie aan f***** wankers steekt de kop boven de grond uit. Te dom om te poepen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 01:54 schreef OMG het volgende:

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Ik ga zo pas aan het bier, maar de helden die Richard Spencer te grazen hebben genomen mogen van mij ook best op Bannon oefenen.

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 23:32 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Veel belangrijker nog, het fenomeen NAFTA. Denken dat je eenzijdig kan opereren in de internationale handel is wat naïef. Nog afgezien van het feit dat de werkgelegenheid in de maakindustrie al tijden afneemt, afgezien van outsourcing. Denken dat je de werkgelegenheid van de jaren '80 terug gaat krijgen is vrij onnozel.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 07:43 schreef 99.999 het volgende:

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Gouden tijden voor bedrijven die claims in willen dienen op basis van een ISDS clausule.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 07:58 schreef franklop het volgende:
Bijna een week ver en we leven allemaal nog

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:08 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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Die claims wordengewoon niet betaald, of verhaald op mexico. De Mexicanen gaan betalen voor alle kosten. linksom ,of rechtsom. Vergeet niet dat mexico voor de vs vergelijkbaar is met Oekraine voor Rusland. De Mexicanen hebben heel lang geparaciteerd op de vs, nu is de maat vol en is het tijd dat land te destabiliseren en onder druk te zetten zodat het straks weer netjes gaat doen wat de vs willen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:08 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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Die claims wordengewoon niet betaald, of verhaald op mexico. De Mexicanen gaan betalen voor alle kosten. linksom ,of rechtsom. Vergeet niet dat mexico voor de vs vergelijkbaar is met Oekraine voor Rusland. De Mexicanen hebben heel lang geparaciteerd op de vs, nu is de maat vol en is het tijd dat land te destabiliseren en onder druk te zetten zodat het straks weer netjes gaat doen wat de vs willen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:08 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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Die claims wordengewoon niet betaald, of verhaald op mexico. De Mexicanen gaan betalen voor alle kosten. linksom ,of rechtsom. Vergeet niet dat mexico voor de vs vergelijkbaar is met Oekraine voor Rusland. De Mexicanen hebben heel lang geparaciteerd op de vs, nu is de maat vol en is het tijd dat land te destabiliseren en onder druk te zetten zodat het straks weer netjes gaat doen wat de vs willen.

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Donald Trump ordered the National Park Service director to produce additional photographs of his inauguration crowds, believing the images “might prove that the media had lied” about the size of the audience, according to the Washington Post.

In a Saturday phone call, the president told Michael Reynolds, acting NPS director, that he wanted to see more photos because he thought they could show that the attendance at his Friday swearing-in ceremonies at the National Mall was above average, three sources with knowledge of the conversation told the Post.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 07:42 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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Wat onverwacht dat hier fysiek geweld wordt goed gepraat en toegejuicht door de linkse kliek.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:08 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:
De Mexicanen hebben heel lang geparaciteerd op de vs, nu is de maat vol en is het tijd dat land te destabiliseren en onder druk te zetten zodat het straks weer netjes gaat doen wat de vs willen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:08 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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Die claims wordengewoon niet betaald, of verhaald op mexico. De Mexicanen gaan betalen voor alle kosten. linksom ,of rechtsom. Vergeet niet dat mexico voor de vs vergelijkbaar is met Oekraine voor Rusland. De Mexicanen hebben heel lang geparaciteerd op de vs, nu is de maat vol en is het tijd dat land te destabiliseren en onder druk te zetten zodat het straks weer netjes gaat doen wat de vs willen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:25 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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https://www.theguardian.c(...)ational-parks-photos

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 00:47 schreef OMG het volgende:

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Eerder 9000D achterlijkheid, aangezien de consumenten die belasting uiteindelijk betalen. Mexico betaald niks.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:31 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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Je vraagt je werkelijk af hoe sommige users de pus uit hun vingertoppen krijgen geperst.

Een volledig land toewensen dat het wordt gedestabiliseerd, onder druk gezet en gedomineerd door vreemde machthebbers. Omdat ze het waagden om hun eigen koers te varen en een zelfstandige economie te ontwikkelen.

En vervolgens in een ander topic durven klagen, raadikzo, over de "dictatoriale" EU en ons gebrek aan "soevereiniteit". .

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:35 schreef Zith het volgende:

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Klopt, het is goed dat Trump dit ook eens gaat inzien en de belastingen voor bedrijven gaat verlagen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:25 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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https://www.theguardian.c(...)ational-parks-photos

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In furtherance of this policy, the Attorney General and the Secretary, in their discretion and to the extent consistent with law, shall ensure that jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373 (sanctuary jurisdictions) are not eligible to receive Federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary. The Secretary has the authority to designate, in his discretion and to the extent consistent with law, a jurisdiction as a sanctuary jurisdiction. The Attorney General shall take appropriate enforcement action against any entity that violates 8 U.S.C. 1373, or which has in effect a statute, policy, or practice that prevents or hinders the enforcement of Federal law.

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Sanctuary cities see legal holes in Trump's immigration orders

President Donald Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to take away funding from self-proclaimed sanctuary cities had one big exemption for one of his favorite constituencies: the police, who would be protected from cuts.

But Trump's opponents say that very exemption makes it much more likely that a judge could strike down that section of the order as unconstitutional.

It is just one example of the legal arguments that cities, immigration groups and other opponents are readying as they prepare to fight an executive order signed by Trump on Wednesday that would cut federal aid to "sanctuary" jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Lawyers for the potential challengers pointed to court rulings that said the federal government can only withhold funds to local jurisdictions if the money is directly tied to the behavior it objects to.

The Trump administration cannot cut funds for sanctuary cities' healthcare and education while preserving money for police, since those jobs relate more closely to immigration enforcement, said Richard Doyle, city attorney in San Jose, California. He said it was not clear whether existing federal funding or only future grants would be targeted.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:35 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:
Wel apart dat de VS in de ogen van sommigen eerst altijd de boeman is. En nu gedraagt het land zich daadwerkelijk als een boeman, en dan is dat helemaal oké.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:35 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Dat raadt u helemaal goed. De betreffende user zit namelijk nogal op de Russische lijn, en haat derhalve de EU. Sprak zich tot voor kort ook fel uit tegen de VS.

Op zich valt zijn houding wel te rijmen met zijn liefde voor Rusland. Poetin gedraagt zich immers niet anders.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 09:05 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Beetje simpel om het te herleiden tot een pro- of anti-Putin kwestie. Nintex bvb was allesbehalve pro-Russisch in het Oekraine topic.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:25 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Je held kan er anders ook wat van:

All the times Trump has called for violence at his rallies

Maar dat is ongetwijfeld anders.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 09:27 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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Mijn held?

En daar is de standaard "maar hullie doen het ook!!" zeikargument weer.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 08:31 schreef Ringo het volgende:

Een volledig land toewensen dat het wordt gedestabiliseerd, onder druk gezet en gedomineerd door vreemde machthebbers. Omdat het waagde een eigen koers te varen en een zelfstandige economie te ontwikkelen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 09:50 schreef Vader_Aardbei het volgende:

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Dat soort dingen zijn normaal gesproken alleen voorbehouden aan George Soros en de Europese Unie.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 09:30 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Je verontwaardiging is nogal selectief, zo blijkt maar weer eens. Vind het eerlijk gezegd kwalijker dat Trump geweld toejuicht dan dat een of andere anonieme FOK!ker dat doet.

Maar dat ben ik.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:12 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

En ik ben toch een beetje verbaasd over hoe geweldadig, en racistisch, de linkerkant wel niet is gebleken de afgelopen maanden. Zij die juist pretenderen de moral highground te hebben.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:12 schreef Refragmental het volgende:
En ik ben toch een beetje verbaasd over hoe geweldadig, en racistisch, de linkerkant wel niet is gebleken de afgelopen maanden. Zij die juist pretenderen de moral highground te hebben.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 06:35 schreef tochnietweer het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 27-01-2017 om 00:53:37 Miami-Dade Mayor drops sanctuary policy. Right decision. Strong! https://t.co/MtPvaDC4jM reageer retweet

Fearing a loss of millions of dollars for defying immigration authorities, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests — effectively gutting the county’s position as a “sanctuary” for immigrants in the country illegally.

http://www.miamiherald.co(...)9.html#storylink=cpy

Trump is effectief.

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Miami-Dade mayor: Trump should pay immigration jail costs

The mayor of Miami-Dade county on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal detention requests, citing President Donald Trump's executive orders concerning "sanctuary jurisdictions" for illegal immigrants.

But in doing so, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez tells POLITICO that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency needs to start cooperating with the county and paying for the detention of illegal immigrants in one of the nation's largest counties of foreign-born residents.

"If ICE asks us to detain someone we arrested --not for immigration issues because we're not immigration officers-- we feel ICE should pay the bill and bear the responsibility for housing their inmate," Gimenez said.

"There is no change in broader policy," he said. "The change here is we just won't require a letter from ICE for each inmate. But we are not dropping our request to reimburse county taxpayers fairly for aiding the federal government."

Due to ICE's refusal to adequately reimburse the county during President Barack Obama's just-ended term, the county commission in 2013 passed a policy to refuse undocumented-immigrant detainer requests from the federal government. The move earned the county the reputation as a "sanctuary" for illegal immigrants, but Miami-Dade officials and others in the state bristled at the designation.

Trump praised Gimenez – a fellow Republican who endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential campaign – on Twitter as he cited a Miami Herald article about the news: “Miami-Dade Mayor drops sanctuary policy. Right decision. Strong!” But Trump said nothing about compensating the county.

Gimenez noted that Trump's action to withhold federal funding from "sanctuary jurisdictions" technically didn't apply to the county because the president's order narrowly focused on agencies that violated a federal law that prohibited the obstruction of information requested by immigration officials.

Gimenez said his effort to accommodate Trump would hopefully incentivize his administration to cover the estimated $50,000 cost for housing about 200 inmates annually.

Still, the move essentially ends the county's standing as a "sanctuary" for undocumented immigrants.

Though the county never officially declared itself as a sanctuary, it has effectively served as one since the county's 2013 decision to stop aiding ICE.

“Miami-Dade County complies with federal law and intends to fully cooperate with the federal government,” Gimenez wrote in a letter addressed to the county's department of corrections and rehabilitation. “I will partner with the Board of County Commissioners to address any issues necessary to achieve this end.”

In all, about seven counties in Florida have refused to detain illegal immigrants due to ICE's actions. Other county sheriffs said they wouldn't detain potential immigrants identified by the agency because ICE's evidence is sometimes wrong and American citizens have been unfairly detained for immigration offenses, leading to lawsuits.

In a speech speech at the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, Trump vowed that his executive orders would save lives and “save billions and billions of dollars.”

“For too long your office’s agents haven’t been allowed to properly do their jobs,” Trump said. “You know that, right? Do you know that? Absolutely. But that’s all about to change.”

Trump added: "By working together, safe borders and economic cooperation, I truly believe we can enhance the relation between our two nations, to a degree not seen before, certainly, in a very, very long time. I think our relationship with Mexico is going to get better."

The Miami-Dade administrator’s decision comes on the heels of several major city officials — from New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — openly rejecting Trump’s orders. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio went as far as to threaten legal action if the president followed through on his promise to cut off federal dollars from so-called “sanctuary cities.”

"President Trump issued an executive order today and its purported purpose was to enhance public safety, but here in New York City and in cities across this nation this executive order could in fact undermine public safety," de Blasio said at a press conference in New York Wednesday.

The president’s executive order directing federal officials to begin the “immediate construction of a physical wall” on the southern-U.S. border, meanwhile, has drawn sharp criticism from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who on Thursday canceled a planned meeting with Trump next week.

“This morning we told the White House we won't attend next Tuesday's meeting with [President Trump],” Peña Nieto tweeted in a series of tweets Thursday morning. “Mexico reiterates its will to work with the US to achieve agreements for both of us.”

Trump on Thursday claimed that the decision to call off the meeting was mutual, saying that the gathering would be pointless if the Mexican leader did not show the U.S. the proper “respect.”

“I’ve said many times that the American people will not pay for the wall. And I’ve made that clear to the government of Mexico,” Trump said Thursday to congressional Republicans at a retreat in Philadelphia. “To that end, the president of Mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. Unless Mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and I want to go a different route. We have no choice.”

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:12 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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Oh ik ben zeker niet selectief. Ben het absoluut niet eens met oproepen van geweld vanuit welke hoek dan ook. En bijvoorbeeld Trump zijn uitspraken over martelen schieten bij mij ook in het verkeerde keelgat. Maar 2 wrongs dont make a right.

En ik ben toch een beetje verbaasd over hoe geweldadig, en racistisch, de linkerkant wel niet is gebleken de afgelopen maanden. Zij die juist pretenderen de moral highground te hebben.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 09:27 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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Mijn held?

En daar is de standaard "maar hullie doen het ook!!" zeikargument weer.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:28 schreef grrrrg het volgende:
Ik vraag me af wanneer oom Donald eens stopt met liegen op een dag.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:34 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Hij vertelt gewoon zijn versie van de waarheid. Niet jouw versie, blijkbaar.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:36 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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Het zijn gewoon leugens, elke keer weer. Elke keer weer geverifieerd dat het leugens zijn. Hier in Nederland treden ministers af als ze het volk verkeerd informeren.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:16 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:

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De geweldsincidenten door Republikeinen en Trump aanhangers zijn véél talrijker.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:27 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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Oom Donald is president van de VS. Nogal een verschilletje, kneus.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:14 schreef Chewie het volgende:

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Sorry to burst your bubble maar beide kanten pretenderen de moral highground te hebben.

En deze reactie van je staat natuurlijk wel een beetje haaks op je "hullie doen het ook" uitspraak

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 10:14 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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Op welke manier racistisch? Ik zeg niet dat het niet klopt, vraag me gewoon af wat je bedoeld.