[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #488 Meer inhoud graag

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 11:37 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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Hij liegt toch altijd?

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President Trump made a host of dubious claims during two recent public appearances, jumping from taxes to trade, from Iraqi oil to Canadian immigration laws, from promoting voter-fraud conspiracy theories to suggesting a California mayor should be charged with obstruction of justice.

We counted 24 false or misleading statements in Trump’s infrastructure speech in Ohio on March 29 and his roundtable on taxes in West Virginia on Thursday. This is not an exhaustive list, however, and some of Trump’s claims include multiple inaccuracies.

The president seems to enjoy going off-script — Trump literally threw out his prepared remarks with a flourish in West Virginia — and perhaps as a result, we have a lot to unpack.

As usual with our roundups of multiple claims, we will not be giving Trump a Pinocchio rating.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 15:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Let iemand nog op zijn speeches eigenlijk? Zelfs Nintex post weinig hosanna-berichten meer over elk bullshitverhaal dat Trump afsteekt.

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One is a good customer, a military ally, and an old friend, although lately its behavior has been erratic.

The other is also a good customer and despite a few spats and some lingering mistrust, it’s getting to be a more lucrative and dependable business partner all the time.

Which side would you choose?

That more or less sums up the dilemma confronting Europe as it watches the escalating conflict between its two biggest trading partners, the United States and China.

The United States is Europe’s biggest market for exports like cars and other goods, not to mention a NATO ally. But China is big, too — and getting ever bigger.

The Trump administration has also threatened the institutions that govern global relationships, calling NATO obsolete and stoking trade tensions. So China no longer automatically seems like the less reliable partner.

European leaders were largely silent after President Trump threatened to impose another $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. But watching from a safe distance as China and the United States argue is not an option for Europe. Its economy is too deeply entwined with both.

“What can they do in terms of staying out of the crossfire?” said Adam Slater, lead economist at Oxford Economics in Britain. “Not a lot.”

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Company has won billions of dollars in business to help government shift computing services from legacy mainframes onto the cloud

Amazon.com Inc. is best known for transforming the U.S. retail industry, a feat that President Donald Trump has recently attacked.

But the company has quietly been cultivating a major customer in his own backyard: the federal government.

In the past several years, the Seattle-based company has won much of the business to help the government shift computing services from legacy mainframes onto the cloud, a business where Amazon is the world leader.

This extraordinary transformation has included the provision of cloud services across Washington’s bureaucracy, from the Department of Homeland Security to the Smithsonian Institution. It also has made the U.S. government a top Amazon customer.

The company doesn’t release specifics, but GBH Insights, a research firm, predicts that Amazon’s government business will grow to $2.8 billion in 2018 and $4.6 billion in 2019, up from less than $300 million in 2015. Other company analysts say those projections are optimistic, but not implausible.

An even bigger prize looms: Amazon is seeking a 10-year contract with the Department of Defense that could be worth $10 billion.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 15:51 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
As Trump Bashes Amazon, the Government Relies on It

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 15:55 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Misschien moet Fox maar eens een itempje aan deze gruwel wijden.....

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The Trump administration is pushing for online retailers to pay more in state and local taxes. One retailer that could be affected by a stricter tax policy: the online store of the Trump Organization, which collects sales tax from consumers in only two states.

The TrumpStore.com website, which sells $100 polo shirts, baseball caps, spa teddy bears and other Trump-branded merchandise, collects sales tax on orders shipped to addresses in Florida and Louisiana, according to the company’s website.

The site, which describes itself as the official retail website of the Trump Organization, doesn’t collect sales taxes from New York residents. The TrumpStore.com website invites shoppers to “visit our brand new Trump Tower flagship retail store” in New York City.

The website was registered by the Trump Organization, which is headquartered in Trump Tower. The website contains information about the retail store and the e-commerce site, but it is unclear how ownership of the entities is structured.

“Trumpstore.com has always, and will continue to collect, report, and remit sales taxes in jurisdictions where it has an obligation to do so,” a Trump Store spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman and the chief legal officer for the Trump Organization didn’t respond to requests for additional information. ​

A White House spokeswoman declined to comment, and referred questions to the Trump Organization.

States require a business with a physical presence in a state to collect sales taxes on online purchases delivered to those states. A spokesman for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance said it can’t comment on specific businesses for privacy reasons.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 15:58 schreef Chewie het volgende:
Zou Trump eigenlijk niet aan te klagen zijn voor het op deze manier beïnvloeden van de aandelen van Amazon?

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The president is entitled to express his opinion, even if he might have his facts wrong, absent a stock trade or a connection to the company, according to Ira Matetsky, an attorney with Ganfer and Shore. “At end of day, unless there are significant facts we don’t already know, it would be very tough for either investors or a regulator to bring a case against the president for his Amazon tweets,” Matetsky told MarketWatch.
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NewDay twitterde op maandag 09-04-2018 om 13:46:56 Lawyer Michael Avenatti says he and Stormy Daniels have a composite sketch of the person they say threatened her and will release it tomorrow to get help from the public in identifying that person https://t.co/bMnLxtIX5m https://t.co/bP6bl9hm6w reageer retweet

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 16:36 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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NewDay twitterde op maandag 09-04-2018 om 13:46:56 Lawyer Michael Avenatti says he and Stormy Daniels have a composite sketch of the person they say threatened her and will release it tomorrow to get help from the public in identifying that person https://t.co/bMnLxtIX5m https://t.co/bP6bl9hm6w reageer retweet

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 16:44 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Met 160 miljoen opties lijkt dat me een verloren zaak, maargoed.,

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GeoffRBennett twitterde op maandag 09-04-2018 om 17:48:08 Trump says he'll make decision on Syria in the next 24-48 hours. Adds: "It was atrocious. It was horrible." "This is about humanity and it can’t be allowed to happen." "If it's the Russians, if it's Syria, if it's Iran, if it's all of them together, we’ll figure it out."-WH pool reageer retweet

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 15:35 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:
Bij zijn rally's krijgt hij nog wel bijval:

hoewel..

https://www.theatlantic.c(...)ampaign-2016/399002/

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Het lijkt er ook op dat het elke keer dezelfde figuren zijn.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 12:31 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Five Days After Trump Lawyer Paid Adult Film Star $130,000, Trump Org Billed Trump Campaign $129,999.72

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:39 schreef Falco het volgende:

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Bonnetjes inleveren Donald!!

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:39 schreef Falco het volgende:

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Bonnetjes inleveren Donald!!

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:39 schreef Falco het volgende:

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Bonnetjes inleveren Donald!!

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:39 schreef Falco het volgende:

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Bonnetjes inleveren Donald!!

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:48 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:

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Zijn aanhang smuikt hier waarschijnlijk over.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Smuikt?

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 18:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Smuikt?

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 19:15 schreef Tchock het volgende:

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Piet bedoelt denk ik "zijn achterban reageert besmuikt" ofzoiets.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 19:18 schreef Szura het volgende:
CNN over die NSC-woordvoerder die opstapte:


@JDiamond1
NSC spokesman Michael Anton was not planning to resign Sunday night -- but quickly tendered his resignation after finding out yesterday he would be fired Monday morning, a former NSC official and source with direct knowledge of the matter tell me

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 19:20 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:

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Ik heb dat helemaal gemist. Waarom zou die ontslagen worden?

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 19:21 schreef Szura het volgende:

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Misschien wilde Bolton niet met hem werken.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 20:06 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Een persoon op Fox News addresseert de president direct om Assads luchtmacht uit te schakelen.

http://theweek.com/speedr(...)ring-bizarre-segment

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 20:25 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:

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Lijkt me geen verstandige zet

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Trump: Farmers will understand if they get hurt in China trade spat

President Trump on Monday acknowledged that U.S. farmers could take a hit from trade disputes with China but said they will ultimately "understand" why the confrontation is necessary.

“But if we do a deal with China, if, during the course of a negotiation they want to hit the farmers because they think that hits me, I wouldn’t say that's nice. But I tell you, our farmers are great patriots,” Trump said.

“These are great patriots. They understand that they're doing this for the country," Trump said. "And we'll make it up to them. And in the end, they're going to be much stronger than they are right now.”

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Trump family hotel business asked Panama president for help (AP)

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump’s family hotel business appealed to Panama’s president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a luxury waterfront hotel.

The Britton & Iglesias firm, which has represented the Trump Organization in its fight to continue running the hotel, addressed a letter dated March 22 to President Juan Carlos Varela.

A copy of the letter was provided to The Associated Press by contacts who have worked as a liaison to the building’s owners in Panama.

The letter asks Varela to intervene, complaining that Panama’s courts denied the organization due process in violation of a bilateral treaty and warning there could be consequences for the country.

The letter written to Varela says it seeks to “URGENTLY request your influence in relation to a commercial dispute involving Trump Hotel aired before Panama’s judiciary.”

In February, Orestes Fintiklis, the hotel’s majority owner, tried to fire Trump’s hotel management and take control of the property for the owners’ association. Trump’s family company beefed up security, but on March 5, judicial officials sided with Fintiklis. Police officers ordered the Trump management team out of the building.

On March 27, an arbitrator in the U.S. ruled that Trump’s company should not have been evicted while arbitration was ongoing with the hotel owners, but said he would not reinstate the previous management.

On Monday, Panama’s foreign secretary Isabel de Saint Malo said her office had also been copied on the letter.

“It is a letter that urges Panama’s executive branch to interfere in an issue clearly of the judicial branch,” de Saint Malo said. “I don’t believe the executive branch has a position to take while the issue is in the judicial process.”

A source in Varela’s office who was not authorized to comment publicly confirmed Monday receipt of the letter.

Alan Garten, general counsel of the Trump Organization, did not respond to questions via email as to whether Trump knew about the appeal to Panamanian authorities.

Calls to Britton & Iglesias, as well as to Varela’s communications staff, were not immediately answered.

The letter goes on to say that the eviction violates the Bilateral Investment Treaty. “We appreciate your influence in order to avoid that these damages are attributed not to the other party, but to the Panamanian government,” the letter said, suggesting that the government, not the new management team, could be blamed for wrongdoing.

The letter raises questions about the president’s family business matter-of-factly requesting another president’s help in a private business matter by invoking a treaty signed by the U.S. and Panama. It says that lawyers representing the Trump Organization are aware of “the separation of powers of the State,” but essentially asks Panama’s president to intervene in the judicial process.

A headline on the front page of Panama’s La Prensa newspaper Monday said, “Trump Organization Pressures Varela,” and coverage described the letter as a warning that there could be consequences for Panama if the old management team was not reinstated.

Analyst I. Roberto Eisenmann, a founder of La Prensa, said the letter does not make sense juridically.

“President Trump and the family Trump Organization are using the presidency of the United States improperly for their personal business,” Eisenmann said. “It is something somewhat embarrassing to see a president of the United States in that situation.”

The letter was copied to Panamanian cabinet officials, as well as presidents of the Supreme Court and National Assembly, among others.

The 70-story property on Panama City’s waterfront has been renamed The Bahia Grand Panama.

The emergency arbitration decision late last month said the case should have remained in arbitration and never gone to Panamanian courts.

Both sides continue fighting over who violated the hotel management contract.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:03 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
BREAKING: FBI raids office of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:09 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Oh dear, we weten wat leiders doen om de aandacht af te leiden...

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:09 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Oh dear, we weten wat leiders doen om de aandacht af te leiden...

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:10 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:

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Komt dat gedoe in Syrië eens even goed uit, zeg.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:10 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:

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You are not talking war, are you?

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:13 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Ik denk dat het iets groter zal zijn dan een aanval op een vliegveld.

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Op maandag 9 april 2018 22:13 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Ik denk dat het iets groter zal zijn dan een aanval op een vliegveld.

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The seized records include communications between Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, which would likely require a special team of agents to review because conversations between lawyers and clients are protected from scrutiny in most instances.