[AMV] President Trump #269 God-Emperor

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 01:32 schreef Dibble het volgende:

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Links is aan het doordraaien. Eerst worden de Russen voor leugenaars en moordenaars uitgemaakt maar als er iets uit Rusland tevoorschijn komt wat in het narrative past is het opeens 100% waar.

Wat wil je nou bereiken ?

Ik zie dit als de laatste stuiptrekkingen voordat Trump God met de hamer komt.

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Op woensdag 22 februari 2017 22:54 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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je kan ze letterlijk de grens over duwen.

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Washington (CNN) — White House strategist Steve Bannon described the European Union as a flawed institution to Germany's US envoy a week before Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed the US commitment to the EU in Brussels, two diplomatic sources with knowledge of the conversation told CNN.

Diplomats said that Pence's message of reassurance fell flat on European officials who are concerned about contradictory messages from Washington regarding the future relationship between the US and the EU. And it adds to the list of subjects about which President Donald Trump and administration officials are confusing allies.

Bannon told Peter Witting, the German ambassador to the US, that the Trump administration wants to strengthen bilateral ties with individual European countries rather than deal with the entire bloc, the sources said.

In what was described as a "combative" conversation, the sources said Bannon spelled out a nationalist world view and cited a wave of anti-EU populism as evidence of the bloc's flaws, a similar refrain to the one he had previously articulated as the chief of the right-wing website Breitbart News.

But days later Pence stressed America's ties to the EU.

"It is my privilege on behalf of President Trump to express the strong commitment of the United States to continued cooperation and partnership with the European Union," he said at a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk. "The United States' commitment to the European Union is steadfast and enduring."

A senior Trump administration official denied that Bannon disparaged the European Union during what they said was a "quick meeting" with the German ambassador.

Separately, a White House spokesperson said the conversation being described as confrontational was "not an accurate account" and that the conversation "was just a quick hello."

The vice president's office did not respond to a request for comment.

"There is no one in the administration who really understands the EU's important role and certainly nobody who will defend it," one diplomat told CNN, adding, "Pence and others are saying basic reassuring things that we aren't sure square with not only the policy, but also what where the President sits."

The official continued, "We don't want to jump to conclusions. We don't know whether Bannon will be able to carry through with his vision and we don't know what Trump thinks."

The conversation between Bannon and Wittig was first reported by Reuters.

Some foreign figures have even noted the lack of US backing for the EU in public statements.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault pointed out the omission on Twitter following Pence's speech to the Munich Security Conference ahead of his Brussels stop.

"In Munich, Vice President Pence renewed the U.S. commitment to the Atlantic alliance. But not a word about the EU," he wrote.

Speaking after meeting with Pence Monday, however, Tusk stressed Pence's expression of backing for the EU during their private session.

"We are counting, as always in the past, on the United States' wholehearted and unequivocal -- let me repeat, unequivocal --support for the idea of a united Europe," Tusk said.

The world would be a decidedly worse place if Europe were not united," Tusk said. "In this respect we will not invent anything better than the European Union."

A senior White House official involved in foreign policy told CNN that the Trump administration's European policy is neither "pro-EU" nor "anti-EU."

The official explained that the administration would focus on cooperation with the bloc without advocating for it overtly, adding that if a country decides to hold a referendum on exiting the union, the White House will remain neutral.

That's a shift from the administration of President Barack Obama, which vocally advocated against Britain's decision to leave the EU this summer, a campaign that included a presidential visit to London in April 2016.

Decisions on whether to remain a member, the official said, should be left to the countries themselves, without US interference. The official added that while the US will seek to cooperate with the EU in already-existing areas of collaboration, it is not seeking to bolster the union by preventing further disintegration.

Trump himself praised the Brexit vote during the presidential campaign, calling himself "Mr. Brexit" following the result of the referendum.

And days before his inauguration Trump called the EU "basically a vehicle for Germany" in an interview with German and British newspapers, adding, "That's why I thought the UK was so smart in getting out."

In Brussels, Pence was extremely cautious in his language on the EU. While he vowed "cooperation" with the bloc, he never explicitly said the US "supports" the EU.

Both Wittig and the German government declined to comment for this story, citing the private nature of the conversation.

But one of the diplomatic sources CNN spoke to said that Wittig gave a passionate argument about the importance of the EU and felt his views were heard by Bannon.

The senior Trump official, however, said that the only topic that came up was that the US would continue to stress the importance of NATO members -- including Germany -- devoting 2% of their GDP to defense spending.

Pence repeatedly stressed the defense spending issue during his European tour -- as did Defense Secretary James Mattis, who also attended the Munich conference -- something German officials called a "fair demand." But both men also repeatedly stressed America's support of NATO.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 07:26 schreef wolfrolf het volgende:
Oh ja Melania zit nog in New York.

Die zet waarschijnlijk flink de bloemetjes buiten nu

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Lawyers for US First Lady Melania Trump have re-filed a defamation case against UK newspaper Daily Mail.

The new complaint drops wording that said Mrs Trump missed a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to profit from her brand, due to a Daily Mail article.

The initial complaint had led critics to question if she intended to gain financially from being first lady.

The Daily Mail had reported allegations that she once worked as an escort, but later retracted its article.

Mrs Trump is still seeking damages of $150m (£120m).

The suit initially said that Mrs Trump had the "unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which [she] is one of the most photographed women in the world".

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(CNN) — Sen. Tom Cotton faced an angry crowd Wednesday at a town hall in his home state of Arkansas, as constituents demanded answers on everything from Republicans' plans to repeal Obamacare and build a border wall to funding for PBS.

The event took place at Springdale High School in northwest Arkansas, a pocket of relatively liberal voters in the red state. The venue was at capacity -- police said it held 2,000 people -- and the audience routinely screamed at the senator throughout the event.

Cotton dealt with the kind of face-to-face opposition Republican politicians across the country have seen since President Donald Trump was inaugurated.

Chants of "do your job" and "tax return" permeated throughout the crowd, as did applause for Cotton at times.

Although the event was chaotic throughout, one of the most heated moments came when a woman named Kati McFarland asked Cotton about his support for repealing Obamacare. As Cotton attempted to move on from her question, the crowd erupted in support of McFarland.

The following questioner asked Cotton: "What kind of insurance do you have?"

Another woman began her question by saying, "I'm from Fayetteville, and I'm not a paid protester."

Cotton paused the event at that comment to make clear he was not trying to accuse vocal critics at the event of being illegitimate or paid, as Trump and Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz have done.

"I don't care if anybody here is paid or not. You're all Arkansans," Cotton said. "Thank you for everyone coming out."

As the event continued, dozens of people lined up at microphones to ask questions. Cotton ultimately extended the event by about 30 minutes while questions ranged from accountability for Trump, Obamacare, the refugee program, Trump's proposed border wall and many other policy areas.

"If we're so concerned about deficits, why are we paying for this wall?" asked one man to raucous applause. A Fayetteville pastor asked about refugee resettlement. Quite a few people asked about Trump's tax returns and investigations into his connections with Russia. And a 7-year-old named Toby asked about proposed cuts to public television and alienating Mexicans by building a border wall.

Cotton kept his cool throughout, though he did not answer every question fully or to the approval of the crowd, which was largely -- and vocally -- opposed to major Republican initiatives. Cotton did, however, challenge one woman slightly who asked about gun control and background checks.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 11:22 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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Toch wel respect voor die man. Je staat daar tegenover 2000 mensen die vrijwel allemaal op de andere partij hebben gestemd en je doet alsnog rustig je verhaal en luistert naar je kiezers.