[AMV] President Trump #269 God-Emperor

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 14:08 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:
Overigens heeft Trump inmiddels al 24 uur(!) niet getweet. Dit moet wel een record zijn. Hij zal toch niet daadwerkelijk zijn begonnen met het president-zijn?

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 11:47 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Het vrijwel dagelijkse hoekje personeelszaken:

Andrew Olmem is toegetreden tot de White House National Economic Council

Andrew Olmem (Fmr. Partner in the Financial Services, Legislative and Government Affairs Group at Venable LLP, Fmr. Chief Counsel and Deputy Staff Director for the Senate Banking Committee)

eerder was Daris Meeks al toegetreden tot het team in het witte huis. Beiden zijn in het verleden betrokken geweest bij Dodd-Frank, aan de Rep. zijde. Zij gaan zich bezighouden met o.a. de ontmanteling daarvan.
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Op het gebied van handel posities staan de volgende mannen klaar, voor:

General Counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Stephen Vaughn
* Partner in the International Trade Group (international trade litigation and policy issues) at King & Spalding LLP
* Fmr. Lawyer in the International Trade Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
* Professor of Law (Law, Politics, and Policy in WTO & US Trade Law) at Georgetown University School of Law
* Fmr. Administrative litigation expert at the Department of Commerce
* Fmr. U.S. International Trade Commission Litigator
* B.A. in Economics & History from Vanderbilt University, J.D. from Yale Law School

gaat zich bij het team van Lighthizer voegen

Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of Commerce
Gilbert Kaplan
* Partner in the International Trade Group (international trade cases and trade policy issues) at King & Spalding LLP
* Fmr. Senior Partner at Hale and Dorr and Chairman of the Government and Regulatory Affairs Department and the International Trade Group
* Fmr. Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the Department of Commerce
* Fmr. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the Department of Commerce
* Fmr. Supervisor of the President's Steel Program
* Graduate of Harvard College, J.D. from Harvard Law School

gaat zich melden als Ross zijn stemming in de Senaat heeft gehad.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 13:57 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Zojuist een live interview van Steven Mnuchin op CNBC geweest. Ging o.a. over belastinghervorming, de tijdlijn ervan, valuta's, de ex-im bank, en de mogelijkheid van een 50 of 100 jarige obligatie.

Econ. panel op de zakenzender was positief. Zodra de video op YT staat link ik hem.

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We are not ready to make an announcement whether we are going to have a 50-year or 100-year bond but I have said this before and this is something we should seriously look at. We should chat to investors, markets and different people.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 13:54 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Trump agenda vandaag:

* Meeting with manufacturing CEO's on deregulation, workforce training, infrastructure, taxes, and trade. More than 30 CEO's will attend. The group will be split up in smaller groups and work with Trump team members on these issues.
* Call with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau
* Strategy session on human trafficking
* Dinner with the Business Council

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 13:57 schreef antiderivative het volgende:
Zojuist een live interview van Steven Mnuchin op CNBC geweest. Ging o.a. over belastinghervorming, de tijdlijn ervan, valuta's, de ex-im bank, en de mogelijkheid van een 50 of 100 jarige obligatie.

Econ. panel op de zakenzender was positief. Zodra de video op YT staat link ik hem.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 14:58 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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via CNBC online:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000595630

hehe:
Treasury Sec Mnuchin just showed Becky Quick the signature you'll soon see on your money
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Op dinsdag 21 februari 2017 19:34 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
The story continues: Trump's lawyer has told 4 different stories about the Russia-Ukraine 'peace plan' debacle

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 14:58 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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via CNBC online:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000595630

hehe:
Treasury Sec Mnuchin just showed Becky Quick the signature you'll soon see on your money
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Mnuchin said that he has switched up his signature in order to make it more legible for the currency, showing CNBC anchor Becky Quick the old and newly overhauled signature.

The Treasury secretary said that an associate told him he needed to re-do his signature after seeing him sign a menu.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 15:14 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Z'n oude en z'n nieuwe handtekening blijkbaar

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http://uk.businessinsider(...)lls-2017-2?r=US&IR=T

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The 2010 health care law is becoming more popular, even as it heads toward the chopping block — further complicating efforts by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to repeal and replace it.

While both Trump and Republicans in both chambers of Congress campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care Act — passed exclusively with Democratic votes and signed by then-President Barack Obama — a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows voters are now split evenly on the law. Forty-five percent of registered voters approve of the law, the poll shows, and 45 percent disapprove.

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In early January, before Trump took office, a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll showed only 41 percent of voters approved of the health care law, compared with 52 percent who disapproved.

And now there’s little consensus on what Congress and the Trump administration should do next. Only 12 percent want to keep the law in place, while 24 percent want to repeal it entirely. But there’s a sharp divide between the 27 percent who want to repeal parts of the law, but not all of it — and the 26 percent who want to expand the existing law.




"As the threat of the Affordable Care Act’s repeal has moved from notional to concrete, our weekly polling has shown an uptick in the law’s popularity, and fewer voters support repealing the law,” said Kyle Dropp, Morning Consult’s co-founder and chief research officer.

Voters are also opposed to repealing many individual aspects of the law. Of nine separate provisions of the law tested in the poll, more poll respondents want to repeal only one — the individual mandate that Americans purchase health insurance — than want to keep it.

Other provisions are resoundingly popular. Nearly two-thirds of voters, 65 percent, want to keep prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions, including 59 percent of Republicans. Sixty-three percent want to keep allowing those younger than 26 years of age to stay on their parents’ plan, including 56 percent of Republicans.

Voters even want to keep provisions of the law opposed by most Republicans. Only a quarter want to repeal requiring businesses with more than 50 full-time employees to provide health insurance, while 59 percent want to keep it. Just 28 percent want to repeal requirements that insurance companies cover birth-control medication, and 55 percent want to keep it. And one-third, 33 percent, want to repeal taxes on medical devices, while slightly more, 39 percent, want to keep those taxes in place.

An HIV testing kit is pictured. | AP Photo


As anger and frustration over the health care law’s future builds among some constituents, many lawmakers are eschewing in-person town hall meetings during this week’s congressional recess — opting instead to host “tele-town halls,” an event format that allows participants to question members only over the phone.

But voters still prefer the traditional, analog version of political engagement, the poll shows. Fifty-six percent of voters would prefer their member of Congress hold in-person town hall events, while only 20 percent prefer the tele-conferences.

More generally, voters want Republicans in Congress to be a check and balance on Trump’s agenda, the poll shows. But even as some members hear from those voters at town hall meetings during this week’s recess, the poll also shows a majority of Republicans want GOP representatives to support Trump’s priorities, though not overwhelmingly.

Overall, 53 percent of voters want congressional Republicans to “focus on being a check and balance” to Trump, while only 31 percent think they should focus on supporting Trump’s programs. Among self-identified GOP voters, 55 percent want Republicans to support Trump’s priorities, but a sizable, 37 percent share wants them to be a check and balance on Trump.

The new survey — conducted last Thursday through Sunday — coincides with an early test of the precarious alliance between Trump’s administration and congressional Republicans.


Voters continue to divide sharply on views of Trump and his presidency. Trump’s approval rating in the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll continues to tilt slightly positive — 48 percent of voters approve in the new survey, while 45 percent disapprove — but the share of the electorate that strongly disapproves (33 percent) is greater than the percentage that strongly approves (27 percent).

And voters are also split on Trump personally: 47 percent have a favorable opinion of him, while 48 percent view him unfavorably.

Trump does retain solid backing from GOP voters, however, which could inform congressional Republicans as they navigate the early months of Trump’s presidency.

"Trump has strong support from within his party: 85 percent of Republicans approve of the job he's doing,” Dropp said. “But that doesn't mean they're ready to give him carte blanche. Even four in 10 Republicans say congressional Republicans should serve as a check on Trump.”

The poll surveyed 2,013 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Morning Consult is a nonpartisan media and technology company that provides data-driven research and insights on politics, policy and business strategy.

More details on the poll and its methodology can be found in these two documents — Toplines: http://politi.co/2lDCTh8 | Crosstabs: http://politi.co/2lkLi8z

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 15:28 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
De tering. Kellyanne een uur aan het woord.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 15:28 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
De tering. Kellyanne een uur aan het woord.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 15:44 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
Oh, wacht, het is zelfs 2 uur.

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Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 15:44 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
Oh, wacht, het is zelfs 2 uur.