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Deze al voorbij gekomen?
Trumpje heeft het zwaar in de grote boze mensen wereld
https://www.businessinsid(...)ernational=true&r=US
Trumpje heeft het zwaar in de grote boze mensen wereld
https://www.businessinsid(...)ernational=true&r=US
Geen wonder. Hij zit nu gevangen in een baan die hem helemaal niet ligt. Geen leuke miss-verkiezingen, mooie vrouwen om te grabben, zijn vrouw zit in New York etc. etc.quote:Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 02:02 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:
Deze al voorbij gekomen?
Trumpje heeft het zwaar in de grote boze mensen wereld
https://www.businessinsid(...)ernational=true&r=US
Hij heeft wel nu al meer in 1 maand uitgegeven aan reizen dan Obama in 1 jaar
dit was echt de laatste
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Tenzij er een muur staat natuurlijk.quote:
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je kan ze letterlijk de grens over duwen.
Dan maakt Trump toch van die eenrichtingsverkeer doordraai poorten in die muur. Dat het juridisch niet kan maakt Trump toch niet uit.quote:Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 06:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Tenzij er een muur staat natuurlijk.
Trump heeft al een paar trebuchets besteld bij Boeing, ze zijn alleen nog aan het testen hoeveel Mexicanen er per keer in het mandje passen. Vervolgens mag je tegen betaling een paar Mexicanen afschieten met een grote boog over de muur (is leuk voor Texanen die wel eens met wat anders willen schieten dan een AR of AK-47, en tevens een ode aan Evil Knievel - Amerikaans erfgoed, toen America nog great was), en zo wordt tevens de muur betaald.quote:
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Tenzij er een muur staat natuurlijk.
Waanzin? Als je denkt dat het niet gekker kan, dan blijkt elke dag het weer gekker te kunnen.
Zoals Pence die op een vernield Joods kerkhof met een megafoon letterlijk staat te roeptoeteren dat de regering tegen anti-semitisme is, terwijl op hetzelfde moment Bannon c.s. die aan de touwtjes trekken.....
Oh ja Melania zit nog in New York.
Die zet waarschijnlijk flink de bloemetjes buiten nu
Die zet waarschijnlijk flink de bloemetjes buiten nu
lekker faxen heel de dag echt genot
Tja, wil de echte Mond van Sauron Trump zich aub eens bekend maken?
http://edition.cnn.com/20(...)ssador-eu/index.htmlquote: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.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39060243quote:
Oh ja Melania zit nog in New York.
Die zet waarschijnlijk flink de bloemetjes buiten nu
Ze is aan het flipfloppen over die rechtzaak die ze aanspande omdat een gemeen berichtje zou hebben voorkomen dat ze flink kon cashen aan haar First Lady status. Nu wil ze centjes zien, het arme schaap.
quote: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".
[ Bericht 4% gewijzigd door #ANONIEM op 23-02-2017 08:25:07 ]
Een GOP senator durft te beweren dat mensen die vragen stellen geen betaalde protesteerders zijn. Is deze man nog wel te vertrouwen door het Witte Huis?
quote:(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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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39060243
Ze is aan het flipfloppen over die rechtzaak die ze aanspande omdat een gemeen berichtje zou hebben voorkomen dat ze flink kon cashen aan haar First Lady status. Nu wil ze centjes zien, het arme schaap.
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Ik bedoelde meer dat ze diepgaande gesprekken voert met de gespierde glazenwasser nu ze die ouwe bok van 70 niet constant om haar heen heeft.
lekker faxen heel de dag echt genot
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.quote:
Een GOP senator durft te beweren dat mensen die vragen stellen geen betaalde protesteerders zijn. Is deze man nog wel te vertrouwen door het Witte Huis?
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Don't weep for the stupid, you'll be crying all day
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.
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.
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
je weet toch niet of ze niet op hem stemden? Bovendien wil je niet tijdens de volgende campagne allerlei video's zien waarop je met de staart tussen de benen afdruipt als je een boze kiezer voor je hebt staan.quote:
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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.
Paul Manafort werd gechanteerd door een Oekraiense parlementarier die zegt belastende inormatie over hem en Trump te hebben.
http://www.politico.com/s(...)-russia-trump-235275
Als BNW NWS wordt..
Gelukkig zijn Trump fans dol op hacks en transparantie.
http://www.politico.com/s(...)-russia-trump-235275
Als BNW NWS wordt..
Gelukkig zijn Trump fans dol op hacks en transparantie.
My friends all drive horses
Het is niet zo moeilijk gokken wat de favoriete advocatenfirma van Trump is, right? Drain the swamp. Met je eigen familie en advocaten.en campaign contributorsquote:
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.
De “independent ethics adviser.” van de Trump Organization (quote:
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Het is niet zo moeilijk gokken wat de favoriete advocatenfirma van Trump is, right? Drain the swamp. Met je eigen familie en advocaten.en campaign contributors
) komt ook van King & Spalding, overigens.
Hoeren neuken, nooit meer werken.
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
* 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
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
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.
Econ. panel op de zakenzender was positief. Zodra de video op YT staat link ik hem.
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2(...)-relations.html?_r=0quote:Rex Tillerson Arrives in Mexico Facing Twin Threats to Relations
The Trump administration calls the visit a step toward mutual understanding, a way to move the relationship forward.
But as Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson arrived in Mexico on Wednesday, twin threats hung over the frayed relationship between the two nations: President Trump’s new orders to round up and deport immigrants who are in the United States illegally, and a separate effort to take a hard look at all American aid to Mexico, possibly using it to pay for a border wall instead.
By Friday, American officials are required to finish calculating all the money and grants that the United States provides to Mexico, a task that Mr. Trump first demanded in the executive order he signed last month directing the construction of a border wall.
The Trump administration, which set the Friday deadline in an internal State Department memo this month, has not explicitly said why it ordered the review. But its inclusion in the executive order mandating that a wall be built suggests that Mr. Trump has linked the two issues — and may be looking for more leverage in negotiations with Mexico.
The timing adds to the deep tensions between the two countries. Mr. Tillerson, the top American official to visit Mexico since Mr. Trump’s inauguration, arrived with John F. Kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, only a day after the Trump administration released documents ordering a crackdown on immigration in the United States.
Newspapers here have described the Trump administration’s new deportation policies in apocalyptic terms, saying in some cases that they represented “war” on the millions of Mexicans in the United States.
Mexico’s foreign minister, Luis Videgaray, said Wednesday that the package of immigration directives is “something that, without doubt, worries all of us Mexicans” and will be “the first point on the agenda” when he meets with his American counterpart.
Nothing about the meetings this week is likely to be easy, for either side. Mr. Tillerson met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office just before his departure, but there have been few signs that the secretary of state plays a pivotal role in setting the administration’s foreign policy agenda. He has largely been absent from important White House meetings with foreign leaders, has uttered few words in public since his confirmation and was not even allowed his choice of a top deputy.
Instead, Mr. Tillerson has largely been assigned to tidy up the confrontations Mr. Trump has had with longtime allies. Last week, he went to Germany to reassure his European counterparts that Mr. Trump valued NATO and the European Union, despite the president’s statements to the contrary.
Mr. Trump’s rift with Mexico is not only deeper, but also is likely to worsen.
For the Mexicans, the meetings will be an important step toward deciding whether to battle or appease an administration that has consistently excoriated their country.
It is a choice leaders around the world are grappling with. Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, courted and flattered Mr. Trump, seeming to succeed in reversing decades of Mr. Trump’s criticisms of Japan. China’s president, Xi Jinping, seemed to publicly ignore Mr. Trump for weeks before Mr. Trump reversed himself on questioning the “One China” policy that nation holds so dear.
The Mexicans seem to be using a combination of outreach and complaint that has so far proved ineffective, as the twin blows this week demonstrated.
Some Mexican officials and civil society leaders have been alarmed by the suggestion that Mr. Trump could cut assistance to key initiatives that bolster community-building and the rule of law to help pay for a wall that many on both sides of the border say would probably fail in stop the flow of illegal drugs, weapons and immigration.
But perhaps even more worrisome to Mexico is the threat to deport to millions of its citizens who, with settled lives and jobs in the United States, provide most of the nearly $25 billion in remittance payments to Mexican families every year.
The Trump administration also said it planned to detain non-Mexicans who had crossed the southwest border with the United States and send them back to Mexico to await the outcome of their deportation proceedings.
Though American officials said that this measure would be done only after discussions with the Mexican government, Mexican officials and legal experts rejected the idea as a violation of Mexican law and international accords.
are we infinite or am I alone
Het Witte Huis noemt de relaties met Mexico vandaag "Phenomenal".
Mexico zegt dat de VS de pot op kan.
Mexico zegt dat de VS de pot op kan.
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?
Hoeren neuken, nooit meer werken.
Het is de afgelopen dagen sowieso al rustig wat schandalen betreft.quote: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?
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
plus wat nieuwe benoeming bij de State department voor Tillerson:quote:
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.
Senior Advisor for Public Affairs
RC Hammond
* VP at The Herald Group
* VP at Hill & Knowlton Strategies
* Founder of R. C. Hammond Public Affairs
* Fmr. Press Secretary and Communications Director for members in Congress
* B.A. in Political Communications from George Washington University
Senior Policy advisor and Director of the Policy Planning Office at the State Department
Brian Hook
* Advisor to Beacon Global Strategies
* Founder of Latitude, LLC
* Fmr. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations
* Fmr. Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
* Fmr. Special Assistant to the President for Policy in the White House Chief of Staff’s office
* Fmr. Counsel to the Office of Legal Policy at the Justice Department
* Fmr. Associate and corporate lawyer at Hogan & Hartson
* B.A in Marketing from the University of St. Thomas, M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College, J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law
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wat shortlists voor voor wat federale instanties:
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (Vacancies)
* GOP Slot: Brandt Hershman (Indiana Senate majority floor leader, Chairman of the Information Technology Oversight Committee, Chairman of the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee)
* GOP Slot: Jeffrey Eisenach (Adjunct Professor for Regulated Industries at George Mason University Law School, MD and Co-Chair of NERA's Communications, Media, and Internet Practice, Director at the AEI Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy)
* GOP Slot: Mark Jamison (Visiting Fellow at AEI Center for Internet, Communication, and Technology, Professor of the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida, Director of telecommunications studies at the University of Florida)
* GOP Slot: Roslyn Layton (Fellow at Aalborg University Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies in Denmark, VP of Strand Consult, Visiting Fellow at the AEI Center for Internet, Communication and Technology Policy)
* GOP Slot: David Quinalty (Policy Director for Communications and Telecom, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)
* GOP Slot: David Redl (Chief Counsel at the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology)
* GOP Slot: Keith Murphy (Senior VP of Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel at Viacom)
* DEM Slot: Jessica Rosenworcel (Fmr. FCC Commissioner, Fmr. Senior Communications Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Fmr. Attorney at Drinker Biddle and Reath)
* DEM Slot: Zephyr Teachout (Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University)
* DEM Slot: Tim Wu (Professor of Law (copyright, communications law and policy, antitrust) at Columbia Law School, Fmr. Senior Ddvisor of the Federal Trade Commission)
Ajit Pai was al als Chairman benoemd. Zoals bekend moet Trump zowel Reps als Dems benoemen voor de open commissioner posities
en shortlist voor
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
* Paul Atkins (CEO of Patomak Global Partners, Chairman of BATS Global Markets, Fmr. SEC Commissioner, Fmr. Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell)
* Kyle Hauptman (Executive Director at Main Street, Member of the SEC Advisory Committee, Fmr. Senior Development Manager at the AEI, Fmr. Senior VP of the Fixed-Income division at Jefferies & Company, Fmr. Trader of sovereign debt and interest-rate products at Lehman Brothers)
* Consuala Jordan (President and CEO of Jordan Management Group, President of the National Black Republican Leadership Council)
* Julie Bell Lindsay (MD for GC Capital Markets and Corporate Reporting at Citigroup, Fmr. Counsel to the Commissioner of the SEC, Fmr. Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
* Randy Neugebauer (Fmr. Rep. of Texas, Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Financial Services)
* Brian Brooks (Executive VP and General Counsel at Fannie Mae, Fmr. Vice Chair of CIT Bank, Fmr. Managing Partner and Chair of the Financial Group at O’Melveny & Myers, Fmr. Law Clerk at the US Court of Appeals)
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Altijd toch heel boeiend dat volstrekte gebrek aan een kritische blik. Ben je er al achter wie de benficiary van die trust van Trump is, en hoe een trust werkt?quote:
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.
Mnuchin:
Met different people bedoelt hij de brokers, wie van zijn vrienden vangt de fees en hoeveel is de kickback?quote: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.
Het is maar net wat je 'positief' vindt.
line-up:quote:
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
Tax and trade:
Steve Mnuchin (Secretary of the Treasury)
Gary Cohn (Chief Economic Advisor and Director of the National Economic Council)
Jeremy Katz (Deputy Director of the National Economic Council)
Shahira Knight (Tax Policy Advisor at the National Economic Council)
Peter Navarro (Director of the National Trade Council)
Michael Dell (CEO of Dell Technologies)
Inge Thulin (CEO of 3M)
Kenneth Frazier (CEO of Merck)
Mark Fields (CEO of Ford)
Alex Gorsky (CEO of Johnson & Johnson)
Regulatory reform:
Mick Mulvaney (Director of the Office of Budget and Management)
Stephen Miller (Senior Advisor to the President)
Andrew Bremberg (Director of the Domestic Policy Council)
Marillyn Hewson (CEO of Lockheed Martin)
Jeff Fettig (CEO of Whirlpool)
Mark Sutton (CEO of International Paper)
David Farr (CEO of Emerson Electric)
Bill Brown (CEO of Harris Corp.)
Denise Morrison (CEO of Campbell Soup)
Infrastructure:
Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation)
Gary Cohn (Chief Economic Advisor and Director of the National Economic Council)
David James Gribbin (Former general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation and former chief counsel at the Federal Highway Administration)
Doug Oberhelman (CEO of Caterpillar)
Wendell Weeks (CEO of Corning)
John Ferriola (CEO of Nucor Corp.)
Mario Longhi (CEO of US Steel)
Don Althoff (CEO of Veresen Inc.)
Juan Luciano (CEO of Archer Daniels Midland)
Workforce of the future:
Ivanka Trump (Senior Advisor to the President)
Reed Cordish (Assistant to the President for intragovernmental and technology initiatives)
Wilbur Ross (Secretary of Commerce)
Linda McMahon (Administrator of the Small Business Administration)
Andrew Liveris (CEO of Dow Chemical)
Greg Hayes (CEO of United Technologies)
Keith Leimbach (CEO of LiveOps)
Lee Styslinger (CEO of Altec)
Phebe Novakovic (CEO of General Dynamics)
James Kamsickas (CEO of Dana)
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Zo lijkt het nog wat, allemaal namen! Die multimiljardairs bij elkaar zullen vast iets bedenken wat in het voordeel van het Amerikaanse volk is, en niet in hun eigen voordeel! Heel goed. Kalltstellen dat publiek belang.
via CNBC online:quote:
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.
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000595630
hehe:
Treasury Sec Mnuchin just showed Becky Quick the signature you'll soon see on your money
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Ik heb nooit cash op zak, dus die handtekening zal ik ook niet zien. Ha.
"Bleach is healthy. It's mostly water. And we are mostly water. Therefore, we are bleach."
Direct daaronder de fineprint: all your money belongs to Goldman Sachs.quote:
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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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Heb je al een mening over al die tax cuts for the rich die zogenaamd zichzelf zullen betalen?
WTF??quote:
The story continues: Trump's lawyer has told 4 different stories about the Russia-Ukraine 'peace plan' debacle
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Z'n oude en z'n nieuwe handtekening blijkbaarquote:
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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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http://uk.businessinsider(...)lls-2017-2?r=US&IR=Tquote: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.
are we infinite or am I alone
Zijn oude handtekening hanteerde ie alleen maar voor foreclosures en fraude.quote:
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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
Maar in het charmeoffensief van namen en foto's hoort ook de wolf nieuwe kleren aan te krijgen. Arme schaapjes.
Mocht je interesse hebben, enkele sprekers op Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) vandaag:
9:10a: Kellyanne Conway
11:10a: Ted Cruz
12:50p: Betsy DeVos
1:05p: Reince Priebus & Stephen Bannon
7:30p: Mike Pence
9:10a: Kellyanne Conway
11:10a: Ted Cruz
12:50p: Betsy DeVos
1:05p: Reince Priebus & Stephen Bannon
7:30p: Mike Pence
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
. Dat wordt lachen.
support voor ACA repeal/replace is tanende
quote: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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Betsy DeVos 15 minuten. In de pauze als de zaal leeg is....quote:Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 15:28 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
De tering. Kellyanne een uur aan het woord.
Wat een inflatie als het tegenwoordig al 200 miljoen kost om triangel in de band te mogen spelen.
Het was al zo stil rond haar persoon de afgelopen tijdquote:
De tering. Kellyanne een uur aan het woord.
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Er is natuurlijk niemand die die hele conferentie blijft luisteren natuurlijk. Anders zit je daar de hele dag te knikkebollen.quote:
Op
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Oh, de Deplorable Special!quote:
Mocht je interesse hebben, enkele sprekers op Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) vandaag:
9:10a: Kellyanne Conway
11:10a: Ted Cruz
12:50p: Betsy DeVos
1:05p: Reince Priebus & Stephen Bannon
7:30p: Mike Pence
In antiderivative's post staat toch "enkele sprekers"? Kans dat ook Kellyanne maar 15 minuten vol lult en dat er in die 2 uur tot de volgende vermeldde spreker nog 6 voorbij komen.quote:
"Bleach is healthy. It's mostly water. And we are mostly water. Therefore, we are bleach."
Intussen zijn Tillerson en Kelly naar Mexico afgereisd. Toch maar 'overleggen' dus. 
Tillerson, Kelly head to Mexico amid deep strains in bilateral ties
Tillerson, Kelly head to Mexico amid deep strains in bilateral ties
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Ondertussen profiteert in Mexico de socialistische kandidaat volop van Trump door zich keihard te profileren als Trump hater. Zou toch echt fantastisch zijn als Trump de socialist in het zadel helpt.quote:Op donderdag 23 februari 2017 16:17 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Intussen zijn Tillerson en Kelly naar Mexico afgereisd. Toch maar 'overleggen' dus.
Tillerson, Kelly head to Mexico amid deep strains in bilateral ties
