[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #466

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 19:53 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Trump verbijstert Republikeinen met harde kritiek op wapenlobby: 'Jullie zijn doodsbang voor de NRA'

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Trump’s net neutrality blunder is alarming for US foreign policy

It appears that no one with access to President Trump informed him that the death of net neutrality would reward the parent company of Saturday Night Live, Comcast. This is concerning because the United States needs advisors around President Trump who know and can inform the president when there is a comparatively harmless opportunity for him to hit back at his political opponents, so that he trusts his advisors when confronted with issues such as averting nuclear war with North Korea.

With the Federal Communications Commission’s final rule killing net neutrality published in the Federal Register, the largest cable companies, Comcast and Charter, are one step closer to receiving a financial windfall — not for inventing the next internet but for controlling access to the current one. The demise of net neutrality will allow cable companies to charge content providers legal ransom in exchange for not slowing down the delivery of videos and articles.

To be fair, if the rule ultimately goes into effect, Comcast and Charter would not immediately charge outrageous sums to content providers, for fear of backlash; rather, they could increase fees and reduce speeds of competing media outlets strategically over time.



There are good reasons for Republicans to support net neutrality — e.g., it levels the playing field for start-ups against incumbents. There also are politically strategic reasons for Republicans to endorse net neutrality, since it does not allow for indirect censorship of political ideas. Numerous liberal media organizations are owned by major service providers, which will be able to favor their own content, while Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and other conservative media are noticeably not owned by a giant cable or wireless provider. If Republicans realized the importance of such disparity in vertical integration of service providers owning content providers, they surely would not support a policy position that hurts news outlets sympathetic to their party.

Notwithstanding philosophical and politically strategic justifications, there are personal reasons why Trump, in particular, should favor net neutrality, given his antagonistic relationship to Saturday Night Live — a show that employed a writer who insulted his young son — and his hate-affair with CNN. It might seem like pointing this out to the president would be a matter of encouraging the worst of him instead of playing to his better instincts. It is. Yet let us not forget a variation on Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz’s famous quip: politics is the continuation of war by other means.

If no one informed Trump that Comcast, the largest cable provider and owner of MSNBC and SNL, and Charter, the second largest cable company and owner of CNN, would benefit from the demise of net neutrality, then that is a worrying sign for national security. It means that either President Trump’s advisors do not understand the subtleties and political reality of policymaking, or they are keeping the president in the dark, perhaps for their own political advantage, for the presumed benefit of the public, or to avoid suffering his wrath. This has happened before. For example, after Harry Truman was thrust into the presidency with the death of Franklin Roosevelt, his advisors took almost two weeks after he was sworn in to brief him on the U.S. atomic bomb program during the height of World War II.

Putting aside the ethical question of whether Trump should have prevented the FCC from voting to dismantle net neutrality in order to revenge himself on a media company and the administrative consideration of how much oversight an executive has over an independent agency, there are times when a president’s closest advisors need to show their loyalty to the president to allow him to decide if he wants to extract a pound of flesh so that he trusts them with more existential threats. To give maximum leverage to the senior military and national security advisors to prevent mutually assured destruction, or at least devastation against masses, they need to be supported by Trump’s advisors in every other public policy area.

All presidents are managed to a certain extent. Such handling should be welcome by executives, assuming they can trust their advisors. Filling the vacant high-level policy positions within the executive branch with a mix of advisors with varying degrees of political experience is a good first step. This is a fix that lobbyists allegedly have been resistant to, given that a void enables them to push through policy that sometimes harms the political party in charge.

President Trump needs to end his isolation that puts the country at peril and allows “fake news” media executives to sip champagne at his expense.

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President Donald Trump said he would impose steep global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, intensifying his campaign to pursue a newly aggressive “America First” trade policy.

Mr. Trump announced the plans—tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on imported aluminum—on Thursday at a White House meeting with 15 executives from what he labeled bedrock American industries.

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arogDC twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 20:44:16 Sen Hatch statement: “Tariffs on steel and aluminum are a tax hike the American people don’t need and can’t afford. I encourage the president to carefully consider all of the implications of raising the cost of steel and aluminum on American manufacturers and consumers.” reageer retweet

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kaylatausche twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 19:59:14 I'm told Cohn argued against tariffs in today's meeting. Argument was warned about higher prices, not a trade war. Trump's reaction, per a person in the room: That's "not the real world," and that result would be a "small price to pay" reageer retweet

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kaylatausche twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 20:17:32 ALSO: Trump told executives today the decision's been made, but the paperwork isn't done. Person in the room said Trump then turned to McGahn and said, "We're going to get those papers done, Don?" reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 20:10 schreef livelink het volgende:
Hoe zit het trouwens met die government shutdown? 5 maart moet er toch een akkoord zijn? Ik heb het nieuws daarover even gemist.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 21:31 schreef Szura het volgende:
Ah weer een Nontexje, eens zien of Cohn ook over een paar uur weg is net als Hicks

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L0gg0l twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 21:19:34 Hearing Gary Cohn objected to Trump tariff decision in the meeting today (because of higher prices). Trump reacted "not the real world", "small price to pay". via @kaylatauscheQuite likely that Cohn resigns as consequence reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 21:31 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Volgens mij hebben ze laatst eindelijk een langetermijnbegroting afgesproken ?

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 19:39 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Dat zullen ze nu ook zeker doen.

Het stomme is, bij het schetsen van het probleem heeft Trump gewoon een punt. De Chinese staal en aluminium industrie draait op een bizarre overcapaciteit met lagere prijzen tot gevolg. Dit is alleen niet de oplossing.

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The EU plans to hit back at Trump's trade tariffs with 'countermeasures' targeting US goods (BusinessInsider / TheIndependent)

• The European Union plans to respond to Donald Trump's new trade tariffs with trade "countermeasures."
• The retaliatory policies will be announced in the next few days, after the US president slapped tariffs on imported steel and aluminium.
• European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said the tariffs are "a blatant intervention to protect US domestic industry."

The European Union has said it will impose trade “countermeasures” against American goods in retaliation to Donald Trump’s new tariffs on imported steel and aluminium.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said retaliatory policies would be announced “in the next few days” in order to “rebalance” the trade situation between European and the US following the move by Mr Trump.

The US president said on Thursday he would introduce a 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium, claiming that the US had been suffering from “unfair trade”.

“We strongly regret this step, which appears to represent a blatant intervention to protect US domestic industry and not to be based on any national security justification. Protectionism cannot be the answer to our common problem in the steel sector,” Mr Juncker said on Thursday evening.

“Instead of providing a solution, this move can only aggravate matters. The EU has been a close security ally of the US for decades.

“We will not sit idly while our industry is hit with unfair measures that put thousands of European jobs at risk. I had the occasion to say that the EU would react adequately and that's what we will do.

“The EU will react firmly and commensurately to defend our interests. The Commission will bring forward in the next few days a proposal for WTO-compatible countermeasures against the US to rebalance the situation."

Europe’s Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said the measures would “have a negative impact on transatlantic relations” and “will raise costs and reduce choice for US consumers of steel and aluminium, including industries that import these commodities”.

She said the EU would raise a dispute at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva over the tariffs “at the earliest opportunity”.

In what appears to be a veiled reference to Chinese steel production, the Commissioner added that “the root cause of problems in these two sectors is global overcapacity caused by non-market based production”.

During his presidential campaign Mr Trump claimed foreign countries were “dumping vast amounts of steel all over the United States, which essentially is killing our steelworkers and steel companies”.

He also said in January of this year that he had “a lot of problems” with European Union trade policy.

Last month Mr Trump also slapped “America First” tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels, moves that most heavily affected China and South Korea.

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U.S. ambassador to Mexico stepping down

The Mexican news organization Reforma has reported that the White House may nominate Ed Whitacre, the former CEO of General Motors and AT&T, to replace Roberta Jacobson.

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, is resigning from the post, the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the State Department and one that could further complicate the U.S.-Mexico relationship amid lingering tensions over immigration, trade and other sensitive subjects.

In a memo sent to her staff and obtained by POLITICO, Jacobson wrote that her decision to leave, effective May 5, was "difficult," and she acknowledged that it comes at a "crucial moment." But she didn't say why exactly she'd decided to quit despite those things.

As an example of how acrimonious ties have become: Just recently, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto scrapped a planned visit to the United States, reportedly after a tense phone call with President Donald Trump in which the U.S. leader refused to publicly affirm Mexico's position that it would not pay for a border wall.

The Trump administration was already considering replacing Jacobson, an appointee of former President Barack Obama. The Mexican news organization Reforma has reported that Ed Whitacre, the former CEO of General Motors and AT&T, is the expected nominee, but the administration has not made an official announcement about its choice. The New York Times first reported Jacobson's plan to leave.

In her memo, Jacobson praised the work of the people at the U.S. mission in Mexico, but said that after 31 years of government service, "it is the right time to move on to new challenges and adventures."

"This decision is all the more difficult because of my profound belief in the importance of the U.S.-Mexico relationship and knowledge that it is at a crucial moment," she wrote. "One of the things that makes it easier is knowing that all of you will continue to do your usual outstanding work in ensuring that the relationship grows and prospers."

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 19:55 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Is dat om strategische redenen of is het puur om handelsredenen?

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Afgezien van een reductie in handel vraag ik me wat de uitwerking zal zijn. Waar het wellicht gunstig uitpakt voor de industrieën die extra bescherming krijgen, kan het juist negatief uitpakken voor andere sectoren zoals de auto-industrie en de bouw die hun materiaalkosten zien stijgen. Voor bedrijven met een internationele positie betekent dat dan weer een verslechterde concurrentiepositie en sowieso is de kans aanzienlijk dat de hogere kosten uiteindelijk ook op het bordje van de consument terecht komen.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 22:32 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wie het weet mag het zeggen. Aan de ene kant begrijp ik dat China en India hun staalindustrie bevoordelen vanuit de staat, waarmee je best kunt beargumenteren dat er een handelsreden is om iets als dit te doen. Echter lijkt het een globaal importtarief te betreffen, wat daar niet mee strookt. Daarbij was Trump klaarblijkelijk geadviseerd om het niet te doen, wil hij het toch doen, dus dan kun je het beste met de fluisteraar spreken die hiervoor is.. I guess, ervanuitgaande dat hij geen originele gedachte heeft.

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Persoonlijk ben ik meer geïnteresseerd in de afgeleide uitwerkingen, zoals wat de reacties vanuit de EU, China en India zullen zijn en hun uitwerkingen. Hoe dan ook, was het effect van marktbeschermende maatregelen onder Bush & Obama klaarblijkelijk negatief voor de werkloosheid. Althans, dat las ik op een forum ergens ... weet niet meer precies waar, dus neem het met een korrel zout.

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The White House is preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser as early as next month in a move orchestrated by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to five people familiar with the discussions.

The move would be the latest in a long string of staff shakeups at the White House over the past year and comes after months of strained relations between the president and McMaster.

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But his tenure has been rocky. There have been staff shake-ups, questions about McMaster’s decision to voice political positions while still in uniform, and public disagreements with Trump.

Most recently, McMaster told a forum in Germany that Russian meddling in the election was "incontrovertible," a comment that drew a quick rebuke from the president.

“General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

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A leading candidate to become President Donald Trump’s third national security adviser is the auto industry executive Stephen Biegun, according to the officials.

Biegun, who currently serves as vice president of international governmental affairs for the Ford Motor Company, is no stranger to the White House. He served on the National Security Council staff from 2001 to 2003, including as a senior staffer for then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

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From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Biegun served in Moscow, Russia as the Resident Director in the Russian Federation for the International Republican Institute, a democracy-building organization established under the National Endowment for Democracy.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 20:07 schreef livelink het volgende:

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Dit was hetzelfde wat hij deed toen het over DACA ging. Kom met een bipartisan voorstel en ik teken het. Maar dat doet hij dan uiteindelijk niet. Ik maak me nog geen illusies.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 22:37 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Dit is het verhaal van Obama's interventie, eindresultaat was verlies van banen en hoge kosten:

http://money.cnn.com/2017(...)re-tariff/index.html

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 22:32 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wie het weet mag het zeggen. Aan de ene kant begrijp ik dat China en India hun staalindustrie bevoordelen vanuit de staat, waarmee je best kunt beargumenteren dat er een handelsreden is om iets als dit te doen. Echter lijkt het een globaal importtarief te betreffen, wat daar niet mee strookt. Daarbij was Trump klaarblijkelijk geadviseerd om het niet te doen, wil hij het toch doen, dus dan kun je het beste met de fluisteraar spreken die hiervoor is.. I guess, ervanuitgaande dat hij geen originele gedachte heeft.

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Persoonlijk ben ik meer geïnteresseerd in de afgeleide uitwerkingen, zoals wat de reacties vanuit de EU, China en India zullen zijn en hun uitwerkingen. Hoe dan ook, was het effect van marktbeschermende maatregelen onder Bush & Obama klaarblijkelijk negatief voor de werkloosheid. Althans, dat las ik op een forum ergens ... weet niet meer precies waar, dus neem het met een korrel zout.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 22:40 schreef speknek het volgende:
McMaster McExit

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Mueller eyes charges against Russians who stole, spread Democrats’ emails (NBC News)

WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election, multiple current and former government officials familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

Much like the indictment Mueller filed last month charging a different group of Russians in a social media trolling and illegal-ad-buying scheme, the possible new charges are expected to rely heavily on secret intelligence gathered by the CIA, the FBI, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), several of the officials say.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 22:51 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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India en China zijn enorm protectionistisch op vele vlakken. Protectionisme in opkomende economieën kan ook best een verstandige strategie zijn om industrieën tot bloei te laten komen zodat ze uiteindelijk zelfstandig de concurrentie met de industrieën uit ontwikkelde landen aan te kunnen.
In ontwikkelde landen is het echter maar zeer de vraag of het effectief is, tenzij je een cruciale industrie in stand wil houden.

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Meestal krijg je vergelding waar uiteindelijk niemand wat aan heeft.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 23:15 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Je hebt wel Chinese overproductie van staal, maar de staalprijzen zijn ook weer niet dramatisch. Dit is ook voor een deel politiek theater, dit soort "America First" in handelsbeleid was een van de pilaren van Trump's campagne die breed aansloeg in cruciale rust belt staten, maar de laatste tijd hebben we er weinig van gehoord.

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A federal judge has permanently barred Indiana from trying to prevent Syrian refugees from resettling in the state under an order Vice President Mike Pence championed as governor.

U.S. District Judge Tonya Walton Pratt approved a judgment Tuesday permanently enjoining Indiana from withholding authorized payments to Indianapolis-based Exodus Refugee Immigration, which resettles refugees in the state.

Pence cited terrorism fears in issuing a November 2015 order barring state agencies from making payments to help relocate Syrians to Indiana.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued Indiana, arguing Pence’s order illegally targeted Syrians based on their nationality and violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

Pratt temporarily blocked Pence’s order in February 2016, saying it “clearly discriminates” against Syrian refugees.

A federal appeals court sided with Pratt in October 2016.

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A significant recent revelation in the Russia investigation has been largely overlooked in the rush of several breaking news stories over the past few days. A nugget of information is contained in the memo written by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee (the so-called Schiff Memo), which was released on Saturday morning.

Prior to the memo, we knew that a Russian agent told Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos of “Moscow possessing ‘dirt’” on Hillary Clinton “in the form of ‘thousands of emails,’” according to Papadopoulos’s plea statement. The memo went a legally significant step further. As Rep. Adam Schiff recently told Chris Hayes, “our memo discloses for the first time that the Russians previewed to Papadopoulos that they could help with disseminating these stolen emails.” Rep. Schiff added, “When Donald Trump openly called on the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails, they’d be richly rewarded if they released these to the press, his campaign had already been put on notice that the Russians were prepared to do just that and disseminate these stolen emails.” (The full transcript and video clip is below.)

This new revelation is legally important and, if true, could have exposed Papadopoulos and potentially other campaign officials to significant criminal liability. I spoke with several leading experts in campaign finance law and former federal prosecutors to gather their views.

Rep. Schiff’s statement adds clarity to two stray statements in the memo itself. The memo states, “Russian agents previewed their hack and dissemination of stolen emails.” The memo also refers to this part of the record in stating, “We would later learn in Papadopoulos’s plea that that[sic] the information the Russians could assist by anonymously releasing were thousands of Hillary Clinton emails.”

A legally important question is what the Trump campaign did after the Russians previewed that they could help disseminate the stolen emails. If Trump campaign officials consulted with the Russians on their plans to disseminate the emails, it could involve direct violations of campaign finance laws (see the statement below from leading election law expert Paul Seamus Ryan). If Trump campaign officials gave tacit assent or approval or support, it could directly implicate them in the “conspiracy to defraud the United States” by evading the Federal Election Commission—the very conspiracy for which Mueller has already indicted thirteen Russian nationals (see the statement below by former White House official and also top election law expert Bob Bauer). If Papadopoulos intentionally encouraged the Russians and if he was instructed to do so by other campaign officials, they could be liable as accomplices (see statements below from law professors and former federal prosecutors Barbara McQuade and Alex Whiting). The Trump campaign as an organization could also be criminally liable (see statement below from McQuade). Finally, if members of the Trump campaign tried to conceal the facts of a crime (potentially including either the original DNC hack or the dissemination of the stolen emails) they could be guilty of “misprision of a felony” (see statements below by former federal prosecutors including Renato Mariotti).

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Schiff on Russians Previewing their Email Dissemination

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A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned.

Russian politician Alexander Torshin claimed his ties to the National Rifle Association provided him access to Donald Trump — and the opportunity to serve as a foreign election observer in the United States during the 2012 election.

Torshin is a prolific Twitter user, logging nearly 150,000 tweets, mostly in Russian, since his account was created in 2011. Previously obscured by language and by sheer volume of tweets, Torshin has written numerous times about his connections with the NRA, of which he's a known paid lifetime member. NPR has translated a selection of those posts that document Torshin's relationship to the group.

These revelations come amid news that the FBI is investigating whether Torshin, the deputy governor of the Bank of Russia, illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to assist the Trump campaign in 2016, McClatchy reported in January.

In a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a member of the Senate intelligence committee, the NRA denied any wrongdoing and suggested the FBI is investigating Torshin, not the NRA. Neither the NRA nor Torshin responded to inquiries from NPR.

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oneunderscore__ twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 03:02:58 Exclusive: The Internet Research Agency, or the Kremlin Troll Farm, suffered a massive leak, The Daily Beast has confirmed. Contents of its server were auctioned on a Russian auction site.We have some of the documents.https://t.co/JKkf59AIoa reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 21:30 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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kaylatausche twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 19:59:14 I'm told Cohn argued against tariffs in today's meeting. Argument was warned about higher prices, not a trade war. Trump's reaction, per a person in the room: That's "not the real world," and that result would be a "small price to pay" reageer retweet

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kaylatausche twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 20:17:32 ALSO: Trump told executives today the decision's been made, but the paperwork isn't done. Person in the room said Trump then turned to McGahn and said, "We're going to get those papers done, Don?" reageer retweet

Bam boem, Donald getting shit done.

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First lady Melania Trump obtained a green card allowing her stay in the U.S. permanently through an elite visa program established for immigrants with “extraordinary abilities,” The Washington Post reported Thursday.

The so-called Einstein visa is aimed at people born abroad who have earned “sustained acclaim,” including renowned researchers or business leaders, award-winning performing artists and Olympic athletes. Applicants are instructed to submit evidence of a history of accomplishment or of a “one-time” achievement, such as a “Pulitzer, Oscar [or] Olympic Medal,” according to the requirements for the visa.

“You must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim,” the requirements state. Applicants can also “demonstrate international recognition for ... outstanding achievements in a particular academic field.” Applicants can submit “authorship of scholarly articles.”

According to Melania Trump’s bio during the presidential campaign, she graduated from the “University of Slovenia” with a degree in design and architecture. But she actually dropped out of college her freshman year, according to her biographers. And there is no University of Slovenia. The first lady’s current White House bio now says she “paused” her studies at the University of Ljubljana.

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joncoopertweets twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 17:49:32 Topless fashion model exhibits "extraordinary ability" to manipulate the U.S. visa program...how do you say "swamp" in Slovenian? reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 04:46 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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oneunderscore__ twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 03:02:58 Exclusive: The Internet Research Agency, or the Kremlin Troll Farm, suffered a massive leak, The Daily Beast has confirmed. Contents of its server were auctioned on a Russian auction site.We have some of the documents.https://t.co/JKkf59AIoa reageer retweet

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Content from IRA-backed websites like BlackMattersUs.com received hundreds—and sometimes thousands—upvotes on subreddits like r/The_Donald and r/HillaryForPrison in the run-up to the 2016 election. Trolls purporting to represent the troll farm promised an Ask Me Anything session in October, but the Q-and-A never occurred.

When The Daily Beast reached out to Reddit for comment, a public relations representative requested screenshots and details of the leak, which The Daily Beast provided. The spokesperson told The Daily Beast the company would be in touch if it had any further comment.

Reddit then ignored repeated further requests for comment.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 10:39 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Slaap je ooit wel?

Anyway, gerelateerd artikel: Russians Used Reddit and Tumblr to Troll the 2016 Election

Het leek me op zich wel vrij duidelijk dat er (Russische) trolls actief waren op Reddit, maar dat is dan nu ook bevestigd I guess, hoewel in dit artikel slechts gesproken wordt over het linken naar content van Russische trolls, niet dat ze zelf dingen gepost hebben... ?! (In het meer algemene artikel wordt wel meer expliciet gezegd dat ze actief waren op reddit)

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 23:24 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Dat het ondoordacht theater van Trump is lijkt me evident. Het ging meer om de vraag wat de effecten zouden zijn.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 11:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Van de heffingen op staal?

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De noeste hardwerkende belastingbetalende Henk van de Hoogovens is het bokkie.

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tonyschwartz twitterde op donderdag 01-03-2018 om 20:31:20 Hope Hicks is an enabler with spectacularly bad taste in men who ended up in a hell of her own making. She's lived too much too soon. I'm sure there is a moral in this story, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what it is. reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 11:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Van de heffingen op staal?

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De noeste hardwerkende belastingbetalende Henk van de Hoogovens is het bokkie.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 11:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Van de heffingen op staal?

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De noeste hardwerkende belastingbetalende Henk van de Hoogovens is het bokkie.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 11:44 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Je snapt dat "Henk van de Hoogovens" een niet bestaand persoon is?

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U.S. President Donald Trump has received two nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize that the Norwegian Nobel Committee says are forged.

It’s the second year in a row that someone has nominated Trump for the prestigious prize after assuming the identity of a qualified nominator, said Olav Njolstad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The matter has been referred to the Oslo police, The Associated Press reported, quoting the NTB Norwegian wire service. Norwegian authorities have contacted the FBI for assistance and are planning to meet next week, said Rune Skjold, head of the economic crimes unit of the Oslo police force, reported the German wire service DPA. Skjold said forgers can face several years in prison.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 11:45 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Is dat nog actueel?

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Georgia lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday that stripped out a tax break proposal highly coveted by Delta Air Lines — the most stinging punishment that America’s pro-gun forces have leveled so far on one of the many corporations recalibrating their positions on firearms after the Florida high school massacre.

The $50 million sales tax exemption on jet fuel that was sought by Delta, one of Georgia’s biggest employers, had been included in a broader tax-relief bill. But this week, a number of Georgia Republicans, including Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, sought to remove the perk as retribution for Delta’s decision to end a promotional discount for members of the National Rifle Association.

The legislation now goes to the desk of the Republican governor, Nathan Deal, who has pledged to sign it into law. But Mr. Deal is a supporter of the jet-fuel tax break, and he said he would sign the bill only because it also included a significant reduction in personal and corporate tax rates.

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Op donderdag 1 maart 2018 22:40 schreef speknek het volgende:
McMaster McExit

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United States: 1. Pass an instant background check that includes criminal convictions, domestic violence and immigration status. 2. Buy a gun.

Japan: 1. Join a hunting or shooting club. 2. Take a firearm class and pass a written exam, which is held up to three times a year. 3. Get a doctor’s note saying you are mentally fit and do not have a history of drug abuse. 4. Apply for a permit to take firing training, which may take up to a month. 5. Describe in a police interview why you need a gun. 6. Pass a review of your criminal history, gun possession record, employment, involvement with organized crime groups, personal debt and relationships with friends, family and neighbors. 7. Apply for a gunpowder permit. 8. Take a one-day training class and pass a firing test. 9. Obtain a certificate from a gun dealer describing the gun you want. 10. Buy a gun safe and an ammunition locker that meet safety regulations. 11. Allow the police to inspect your gun storage. 12. Pass an additional background review. 13. Buy a gun.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:14 schreef Sloggi het volgende:

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Als iedereen wapens zou mogen dragen in het vliegtuig waren die kapingen op 9/11 nooit zo uit de hand gelopen.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:20 schreef thesiren.nl het volgende:
Als de tarieven op staal stijgen en op auto's niet, dan weten jullie wat er gaat gebeuren, de fabrieken voor auto's gaan hun productie buiten Amerika opschroeven. Dit gaat Detroit of de rust-belt niks opleveren.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 11:50:34 When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy! reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 11:50:34 When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy! reageer retweet

Dusseh tsja ... "trade wars are good and easy to win"....

En ook weer dat rare mantra dat een handelstekort ten nadele zou zijn van de VS.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 11:50:34 When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy! reageer retweet

Dusseh tsja ... "trade wars are good and easy to win"....

En ook weer dat rare mantra dat een handelstekort ten nadele zou zijn van de VS.

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Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for those who were forced to watch. Bring back Darrell Hammond, funnier and a far greater talent!

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:51 schreef saparmurat_niyazov het volgende:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/969529668234829825

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Het is toch ook werkelijk bizar dat de president van een van de machtigste landen ter wereld zich over dit soort dingen druk maakt.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:48 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Hij begrijpt een hele hoop ook gewoon niet. Zo heeft Merkel een keer of 8 aan hem moeten uitleggen dat een bilaterale deal tussen de VS en Duitsland niet mogelijk is, voordat hij het eindelijk begreep

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:51 schreef saparmurat_niyazov het volgende:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/969529668234829825

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Het is toch ook werkelijk bizar dat de president van een van de machtigste landen ter wereld zich over dit soort dingen druk maakt.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:52 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Als ik het me goed herinner, begreep hij het toen ook niet, maar hield hij er over op, omdat Merkel uiteindelijk maar zei "ik zal er eens naar laten kijken." (oid)

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:50 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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We importeren te veel, dus hebben we een handelstekort, dus we stoppen met handelen en daarna wordt alles goedkoper.

Dat niemand deze tactiek ooit bedacht heeft.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:50 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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We importeren te veel, dus hebben we een handelstekort, dus we stoppen met handelen en daarna wordt alles goedkoper.

Dat niemand deze tactiek ooit bedacht heeft.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:52 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Als ik het me goed herinner, begreep hij het toen ook niet, maar hield hij er over op, omdat Merkel uiteindelijk maar zei "ik zal er eens naar laten kijken." (oid)

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 13:11 schreef Montov het volgende:

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En is het zo makkelijk! Gewoon meer betalen voor de producten die je importeert omdat je die nodig hebt. Misschien wordt er minder geimporteerd en daarmee wordt de handelsbalans 'beter'. Profit?

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 13:27 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Zoveel vertrouwen heb ik niet aan iemand die 2! CASINO'S! bankroet heeft laten gaan.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 13:48 schreef Nielsch het volgende:
Volgens de NRA hebben ze even gepraat met Donald en komt hij nu terug op zijn voornemens om strengere wapenwetten in te voeren. Blijkbaar is Donald ook bang voor de NRA.

https://www.theguardian.c(...)not-want-gun-control

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 13:48 schreef Nielsch het volgende:
Volgens de NRA hebben ze even gepraat met Donald en komt hij nu terug op zijn voornemens om strengere wapenwetten in te voeren. Blijkbaar is Donald ook bang voor de NRA.

https://www.theguardian.c(...)not-want-gun-control

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“You have to remind them, Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and its residents are U.S. citizens,” Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told USA Today after Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it would end hurricane relief aid for the island.

Not long after FEMA’s late January announcement (one it later retracted), lawmakers from both sides of the aisle took the agency to task for its latest disregard for the hurricane victims. At the time, more than 1 million Puerto Ricans didn’t have access to electricity. Today, there are municipalities where 70 percent of people are still without power.

Activists and politicians noted that FEMA’s retreat was especially gross because it was a federal agency attempting to abandon the American citizens that it was responsible for. Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico last September, many influential people have also used their platforms to remind President Donald Trump and other lawmakers that the current humanitarian crisis on the island is particularly dire because the people suffering are in fact Americans.

It was as if abandoning our fellow citizens is apparently something we suddenly don’t do in this country.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 14:18 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:
Meanwhile on Puerto Rico... nou ja, je voelt 'm eigenlijk al aankomen, het is er nog steeds een zootje.

Puerto Ricans Are Americans, But That Doesn’t Matter To The U.S. (HuffPo Longread)

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 13:48 schreef Nielsch het volgende:
Volgens de NRA hebben ze even gepraat met Donald en komt hij nu terug op zijn voornemens om strengere wapenwetten in te voeren. Blijkbaar is Donald ook bang voor de NRA.

https://www.theguardian.c(...)not-want-gun-control

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 14:57:22 When a country Taxes our products coming in at, say, 50%, and we Tax the same product coming into our country at ZERO, not fair or smart. We will soon be starting RECIPROCAL TAXES so that we will charge the same thing as they charge us. $800 Billion Trade Deficit-have no choice! reageer retweet

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We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 06:04:48 If any look screams "I have a secret diary" more than this one, I've never seen it. https://t.co/yj6AEMTwYi reageer retweet

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One White House insider also told the website that Hicks reportedly kept a "detailed diary" detailing her interactions and time in the White House, a resource that could be a major asset for any memoir she plans to write.

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President Donald Trump's lawyers have urged him not to discuss details of the unfolding Russia investigation with anyone outside his legal team, warning of a conversational "bright line" that could put aides and associates in legal jeopardy, according to current and former Trump aides.

But Trump often ignores that legal advice in the presence of senior aides -- including his departing confidante and White House communications director, Hope Hicks.

"I think the president has put her in a very precarious position," a senior Trump administration official said in a recent interview.

Hicks is not alone. Current and former Trump aides describe a president who often fails to observe boundaries about the Russia probe and who calls staffers into his office and raises the subject without warning.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission late last year dropped its inquiry into a financial company that a month earlier had given White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate firm a $180 million loan.

While there’s no evidence that Kushner or any other Trump administration official had a role in the agency’s decision to drop the inquiry into Apollo Global Management, the timing has once again raised potential conflict-of-interest questions about Kushner’s family business and his role as an adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.

The SEC detail comes a day after The New York Times reported that Apollo’s loan to the Kushner Cos. followed several meetings at the White House with Kushner.

“I suppose the best case for Kushner is that this looks absolutely terrible,” said Rob Weissman, president of Public Citizen. “Without presuming that there is any kind of quid pro quo ... there are a lot of ways that the fact of Apollo’s engagement with Kushner and the Kushner businesses in a public and private context might cast a shadow over what the SEC is doing and influence consciously or unconsciously how the agency acted.”

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 15:28 schreef saparmurat_niyazov het volgende:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/969558431802806272

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Landen zonder staal zijn geen landen!!!!1

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:51 schreef saparmurat_niyazov het volgende:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/969529668234829825

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Het is toch ook werkelijk bizar dat de president van een van de machtigste landen ter wereld zich over dit soort dingen druk maakt.

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ABFalecbaldwin twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 13:38:58 Agony though it may be, I’d like to hang in there for the impeachment hearings, the resignation speech, the farewell helicopter ride to Mara-A-Lago. You know. The Good Stuff. That we’ve all been waiting for. reageer retweet

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ABFalecbaldwin twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 14:23:43 Looking forward to the Trump Presidential Library.A putting green.Recipes for chocolate cake.A live Twitter feed for visitors to post on.A little black book w the phone numbers of porn stars.You're in and out in five minutes.Just like... reageer retweet

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ABFalecbaldwin twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 14:36:11 And Mr President...please ask your wife to stop calling me for SNL tickets.(Hey, Melania...we've got Charles Barkley this Saturday!) reageer retweet

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Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports.

In a little-noticed SEC filing submitted on February 22, 2018, Icahn disclosed that he systematically sold off nearly 1 million shares of Manitowoc Company Inc. Manitowoc is a “is a leading global manufacturer of cranes and lifting solutions” and, therefore, heavily dependent on steel to make its products.

The filing came just seven days before a White House event where Trump announced his intention of imposing a 25 percent tariff on steel imports.

Trump’s announcement rattled the markets, with steel-dependent stocks hardest hit. Manitowoc stock plunged, losing about 6 percent of its value. Reuters attributed the drop to the fact that Manitowoc is a “major consumer of steel.” As of 10:20 a.m. Friday, the stock had lost an additional 6 percent, trading at $26.21.

Icahn was required to make the disclosure because of the large volume of his sale. The filing reveals that he began systematically selling the stock on February 12, when he was able to sell the stock for $32 to $34.

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 02-03-2018 om 17:39:33 It's not just Trump advisor Carl Icahn dumping steel stock like he knew Trump would be issuing a surprise announcement on steel--it's the man Manafort offered Trump updates to getting out of aluminum under a week before the surprise announcement on aluminum.https://t.co/nbxjeVlQyw reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 17:54 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week

Carl Icahn has impeccable timing.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 16:35 schreef BlackLining het volgende:

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Zoals mensen met een geestelijke stoornis wel vaker doen verwoordt hij het wat zwart-wit, maar geen eigen staalindustrie hebben is toch vervelend voor landen. Vergis je niet in hoeveel zaken staal voorkomt.

Vergelijk het wat met olie. Geen eigen olievelden (ijzererts) hebben is nog niet zo'n ramp. Geen eigen raffinaderij (hoogoven) hebben is toch vrij matig. Kun je al die meuk los gaan importeren, en je hebt het keihard nodig voor je infrastructuur.


Dat geleuter met die handelsbarrière slaat nergens op verder. Hopelijk heeft hij er vooral zelf last van en blijft de beschaafde wereld rustig.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 17:46 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
Laatste peiling van ppp:

Do you approve or disapprove of President
Donald Trump’s job performance?

44% Approve
50% Disapprove

Generally speaking if there was an election for
Congress today, would you vote for the
Democratic or Republican candidate from your
district?

49% Democratic candidate
41% Republican candidate

2020:

Biden 51%
Trump 42%

Booker 46%
Trump 42%

Trump 43%
Gillibrand 42%

Trump 43%
Harris 43%

Kennedy 46%
Trump 43%

Sanders 48%
Trump 44%

Trump 44%
Warren 44%

https://www.publicpolicyp(...)e_National_21418.pdf

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 19:23 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Evenals nu al speculeren hoeveel kans Democraten gaan maken bij de midterms.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 17:54 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week

Carl Icahn has impeccable timing.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 19:23 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Evenals nu al speculeren hoeveel kans Democraten gaan maken bij de midterms.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 19:45 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Dat is niet helemaal waar, er zijn gewoon een hele hoop historische trends wat betreft midterms en er is geen reden om aan te nemen dat daar dit jaar geen sprake van is. De Democraten zijn gewoon licht favoriet.

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"Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true. This doesn't mean you should be duplicitous or deceitful, but don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage."

- Ivanka Trump, The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 19:45 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Dat is niet helemaal waar, er zijn gewoon een hele hoop historische trends wat betreft midterms en er is geen reden om aan te nemen dat daar dit jaar geen sprake van is. De Democraten zijn gewoon licht favoriet.

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The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar’s minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset in the company’s portfolio, according to two sources. At the previously unreported meeting, Jared Kushner’s father Charles, who runs Kushner Companies, and Qatari Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al Emadi discussed financing for the Kushners’ signature 666 Fifth Avenue property in New York City.

The 30-minute meeting, according to two sources in the financial industry who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the potential transaction, included aides to both parties, and was held at a suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York.

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Federal investigators are scrutinizing whether any of Jared Kushner's business discussions with foreigners during the presidential transition later shaped White House policies in ways designed to either benefit or retaliate against those he spoke with, according to witnesses and other people familiar with the investigation.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked witnesses about Kushner's efforts to secure financing for his family's real estate properties, focusing specifically on his discussions during the transition with individuals from Qatar and Turkey, as well as Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates, according to witnesses who have been interviewed as part of the investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to sway the 2016 election.

As part of the scrutiny of Kushner's discussions with Turks, federal investigators have reached out to Turkish nationals for information on Kushner through the FBI's legal attache office in Ankara, according to two people familiar with the matter. Separately, Qatari government officials visiting the U.S. in late January and early February considered turning over to Mueller what they believe is evidence of efforts by their country's Persian Gulf neighbors in coordination with Kushner to hurt their country, four people familiar with the matter said. The Qatari officials decided against cooperating with Mueller for now out of fear it would further strain the country's relations with the White House, these people said.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 19:58 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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"Historische trends wat betreft midterms"? Het duurt gewoon nog acht maanden waarin veel kan gebeuren. Volgens mij is de nauwkeurigheid van peilingen 8 maanden voor de aanvang van midterms niet heel groot als je kijkt naar historische resultaten.

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According to two officials, Trump's decision to launch a potential trade war was born out of anger at other simmering issues and the result of a broken internal process that has failed to deliver him consensus views that represent the best advice of his team.

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 20:23 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Oooowww......Trump was gewoon pissed

Trump was angry and ‘unglued’ when he started a trade war, officials say

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 20:23 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Oooowww......Trump was gewoon pissed

Trump was angry and ‘unglued’ when he started a trade war, officials say

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Op vrijdag 2 maart 2018 12:51 schreef saparmurat_niyazov het volgende:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/969529668234829825

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Het is toch ook werkelijk bizar dat de president van een van de machtigste landen ter wereld zich over dit soort dingen druk maakt.