[AMV] Presidentschap van Trump #239

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday and the conversation is expected to focus on Russia, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

The source did not say whether Trump might want to speak with Merkel about a lifting of the U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its intervention in Ukraine, as overnight reports from the United States suggested.

But the source made clear that if such a step were taken, then the European Union would not necessarily follow Washington, as its sanctions remain tied to implementation of the Minsk peace deal.

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Atomic scientists reset their symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to its closest time to midnight in 64 years on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president.

The timepiece, devised by the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and displayed on its website, is widely viewed as an indicator of the world's vulnerability to disaster.

Its hands were moved to two minutes and 30 seconds to midnight, from three minutes.

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Mexico has taken advantage of the U.S. for long enough. Massive trade deficits & little help on the very weak border must change, NOW!

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:25 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:
Laatste tweet van the Donald:

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Hij heeft natuurlijk gelijk, Het huidige facistische regime in mexico deugt niet en bovendien hebben de mexicanen altijd geprofiteerd van de vs. Tijd dat er een ander beleid komt in mexico en dat kan alleen bewerkstelligd worden door regime change. Een deel van de us -mexicaanse grens is ook betwist, dus zal voor de veiligheid ingelijfd moeten worden, als de Mexicanen niet luisteren. De wasmachines kunnen verder prima in andere landen gekocht worden, een volledige handelsboycot lijkt op zijn plaats.

(Hoe quoten jullie die tweets zo mooi overigens??)

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:25 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:
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Hij heeft natuurlijk gelijk, Het huidige facistische regime in mexico deugt niet en bovendien hebben de mexicanen altijd geprofiteerd van de vs. Tijd dat er een ander beleid komt in mexico en dat kan alleen bewerkstelligd worden door regime change. Een deel van de us -mexicaanse grens is ook betwist, dus zal voor de veiligheid ingelijfd moeten worden, als de Mexicanen niet luisteren. De wasmachines kunnen verder prima in andere landen gekocht worden, een volledige handelsboycot lijkt op zijn plaats.

(Hoe quoten jullie die tweets zo mooi overigens??)

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 14:38 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Je mag blij zijn dat ik je met mijn posts iets probeer te leren..

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:29 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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Fantastisch plan, zal de werkgelegenheid in de VS ook zeer ten goede komen als 270 miljard dollar aan producten uit Mexico niet meer verkocht worden in de VS

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:37 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamizal_dispute

Er is een groot gebied dat nog steeds bezet wordt door Mexico, Trump wil dit terug en terecht. De muur zal op nieuwe grens komen te staan en de mexicanen kunnen er niets aan doen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:37 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamizal_dispute

Er is een groot gebied dat nog steeds bezet wordt door Mexico, Trump wil dit terug en terecht. De muur zal op nieuwe grens komen te staan en de mexicanen kunnen er niets aan doen.

twitter:

ElizLanders twitterde op vrijdag 27-01-2017 om 15:56:10 Just in: new UN Ambassador @nikkihaley says there's a "new UN" and adds that "for those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names." reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:39 schreef Tijger_nootje het volgende:

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WTF heeft dat met mijn post te maken? En who cares wat Trump wil, hij is gisteren al twee keer van gedachten veranderd over dingen die hij wil.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:37 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamizal_dispute

Er is een groot gebied dat nog steeds bezet wordt door Mexico, Trump wil dit terug en terecht. De muur zal op nieuwe grens komen te staan en de mexicanen kunnen er niets aan doen.

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:43 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Nikki Haley lijkt aardig gesetteld:

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ElizLanders twitterde op vrijdag 27-01-2017 om 15:56:10 Just in: new UN Ambassador @nikkihaley says there's a "new UN" and adds that "for those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names." reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:43 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Nikki Haley lijkt aardig gesetteld:

twitter:

ElizLanders twitterde op vrijdag 27-01-2017 om 15:56:10 Just in: new UN Ambassador @nikkihaley says there's a "new UN" and adds that "for those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names." reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:25 schreef Gabrunal_2013 het volgende:
Laatste tweet van the Donald:

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(Hoe quoten jullie die tweets zo mooi overigens??)

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Op vrijdag 27 januari 2017 16:43 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Nikki Haley lijkt aardig gesetteld:

twitter:

ElizLanders twitterde op vrijdag 27-01-2017 om 15:56:10 Just in: new UN Ambassador @nikkihaley says there's a "new UN" and adds that "for those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names." reageer retweet

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Trump's envoy to UN vows to 'show our strength'

Washington's new ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, vowed Friday to show US strength in global affairs and delivered a blunt warning to opponents of President Donald Trump's policies.

"For those who don't have our backs: we're taking names," Haley told reporters at she arrived at UN headquarters for her first meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

"Our goal with the administration is to show value at the UN, and the way that we will show value is to show our strength, show our voice and have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well," she said.

The former South Carolina governor made her first remarks at UN headquarters before presenting her diplomatic credentials to Guterres.

Their first meeting is expected to be clouded by reports of a draft executive order being prepared at the White House that could deprive the United Nations of billions of dollars in US financial support.

The 45-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants said she was ready to push for an overhaul of the United Nations and made clear there would be cuts.

"This is a time of strength. This is a time of action. This is a time of getting things done," Haley said.

"Everything that is working, we are going to make it better. Everything that is not working we are going to try and fix. Everything that seems to be obsolete and not necessary, we're going to do away with it," she said.

Trump has dismissed the United Nations as "just a club for people to get together and have a good time."

The United States is by far the UN's biggest financial contributor, providing 22 percent of its operating budget and funding 28 percent of peacekeeping missions, which currently cost $7.8 billion annually.

Following leaks of the draft order in US newspapers, the UN spokesman said Guterres was eager to start discussions with the new US administration on the way forward.

Guterres, who took over from Ban Ki-moon on January 1, has also called for changes at the United Nations to improve its ability to respond to crises.

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Haley was approved on a 96-4 vote. The daughter of Indian immigrants will be one of the few women and minorities in Trump’s Cabinet, and some on the left hope she will be a moderating force in the new administration.
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Haley has little foreign policy experience, but she argued during her confirmation hearing earlier this month that her executive experience as South Carolina’s governor gave her deal-making and coalition-building skills that will come in handy in dealing with the more than 190 member states at the United Nations.
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In announcing that he would vote against Tillerson, Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the committee’s ranking Democrat, negatively compared Tillerson’s performance to Haley’s.

On Tuesday, Cardin praised Haley on a number of fronts, including her insistence that she did not support a “slash and burn” approach to cutting U.S. funding to the United Nations over its perceived mistakes.

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Secretary Of State Designate Rex Tillerson Tweets Support For Federal Culture Funds
January 26

A week after reports were floated suggesting that the Trump administration would seek to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the two agencies have received enthusiastic support from unexpected quarters: Secretary of State designate Rex Tillerson.

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realRWTillerson twitterde op woensdag 25-01-2017 om 19:08:39 An artless nation is a spiritless nation, which is detrimental to the wisdom required for int'l diplomacy and govt. I encourage @POTUS (1/2) reageer retweet

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realRWTillerson twitterde op woensdag 25-01-2017 om 19:09:20 to continue funding the @NEAarts and @NEHgov so we may represent the great American spirit abroad in the years to come. #MAGA 🇺🇸 (2/2) reageer retweet