[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #547 - #TFA

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:14 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Uiteraard.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:30:06 Woodward P. 56-58 Gary Cohn said interest rates would go up. Trump said, "We should just go borrow a lot of money right now, hold it, and then sell it and make money." Cohn was astounded.Trump kept saying, "We'll just borrow," enamored that they could borrow at the lowest rate. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:32 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:30:06 Woodward P. 56-58 Gary Cohn said interest rates would go up. Trump said, "We should just go borrow a lot of money right now, hold it, and then sell it and make money." Cohn was astounded.Trump kept saying, "We'll just borrow," enamored that they could borrow at the lowest rate. reageer retweet

Dat niemand anders daar ooit op gekomen is.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:34 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Daar heeft hij als zakenman best redelijk succes mee gehad, en met zijn wat beperkte mentale vermogens is het niet zo gek dat hij denkt dat een land hetzelfde werkt als een vastgoedbedrijf.

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dougmillsnyt twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:16:02 .@realDonaldTrump First Lady Melania Trump greet supporters as they arrive in Johnstown, PA to attend the Flight 93 September 11 Memorial Service in Shanksville, PA https://t.co/SRMBvlDLKJ reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:45 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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dougmillsnyt twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:16:02 .@realDonaldTrump First Lady Melania Trump greet supporters as they arrive in Johnstown, PA to attend the Flight 93 September 11 Memorial Service in Shanksville, PA https://t.co/SRMBvlDLKJ reageer retweet

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Moet ik hier wat over zeggen?

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 14:58:10 17 years since September 11th! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 16:03 schreef Szura het volgende:
Hoe vaak zou hij het over zichzelf gaan hebben in de speech?

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During the meeting at Trump Tower in November 2016, Cohn touched on a series of economic issues, including the Federal Reserve. Cohn told Trump that the Fed would most likely increase interest rates during his term. Trump then offered an idea of how to deal with the rising rates.

"We should just go borrow a lot of money, hold it, and then sell it to make money," Trump said, according to the book.

While Trump was correct that many private businesses issue debt at a time of low interest rates, Cohn was "astounded at Trump's lack of basic understanding" about what the government borrowing would mean, Woodward wrote.

During the campaign, Trump ran on a promise to eliminate the federal debt during his presidency. Borrowing more would increase the deficit and add to that debt, Cohn explained. The president-elect offered a solution.

"Just run the presses — print money," Trump said, according to Woodward.

Cohn suggested that would be detrimental to the fiscal and economic health of the US, since printing vast amounts of money is thought to lead to inflation. But Trump returned to the idea later in the conversation.

Cohn also pointed to the federal debt ceiling, a statutory limit to the amount of debt the federal government can have outstanding. Even approaching the debt ceiling can be harmful to the stock market and US economic growth.

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SethAbramson twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 07:58:08 (THREAD) 20 QUESTIONS FOR GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS. Now that @GeorgePapa19 is talking Russia on Twitter—and keeping in mind he follows this feed, so I know he'll see these tweets—I want to see if he'll answer tough questions from a guy who wrote a book about him. Read on and find out. https://t.co/sFVnYh70vn reageer retweet

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Andrew Hall, who served as an attorney for President Nixon’s top adviser in the Watergate scandal, said in a recent interview that President Trump will "undoubtedly be impeached.”

In a recent interview with The Independent, Hall, who had served as counsel for John Ehrlichman, Nixon’s former senior adviser for domestic affairs who was later convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury, said he is watching history repeat itself with Trump as more of his associates become caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference.

“The coverup is always worse than the crime,” the attorney told the British publication. “And this one is very shady. We have a sitting president who will undoubtedly be impeached.”

Hall’s remarks arrive as more bombshell revelations emerge surrounding the release of veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s book about the Trump administration, including the news of an alleged mock interview former Trump attorney John Dowd arranged with the president on Jan. 27 to help Trump prepare for a possible sit-down with Mueller.

“The idea to prepare a witness in and of itself is a good idea, but the fact that he’s incapable of being truthful throughout the entire exam is pretty scary,” Hall said.

“It raises a whole lot of issues,” he continued. “If a lawyer knows his client is not telling the truth, he can’t sit by and let that happen, he can’t participate and he must disassociate himself with that activity … otherwise, they lose their license for facilitating perjury.”

Woodward has said in recent interviews promoting his book that Dowd concluded that the president was “disabled” and unable to “tell the truth” following the practice interview and also allegedly called the president a liar.

The president has repeatedly lashed out at Woodward over the book in the past several days and has called him a "liar.” He also suggested Woodward was a Democratic operative and labeled his new book, titled "Fear: Trump in the White House," a work of "fiction."

The White House called Woodward's work "reckless” on Monday and did not rule out the possibility of a lawsuit.

Hall, however, contends that some of the revelations in Woodward’s new book could lead to the president’s impeachment, which the Watergate attorney predicts will occur in Trump’s first term.

“The November elections have an enormous impact on how this plays out,” he said. “If the Democrats take the Senate, or enough Republicans switch over, there will be a successful impeachment.”

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President Donald Trump has called journalist Bob Woodward’s book on his administration a work of “fiction” and a “scam,” claiming that quotes in the book are “made up" and that the author is a "liar."

At the same time, sources familiar with his thinking said he is livid at his former economic adviser, Gary Cohn, and his former staff secretary, Rob Porter, for “leaking” to Woodward.

It’s difficult to rationally argue that the book could be both: fiction dreamed up by Woodward, and a betrayal by former top stewards of the administration, who shared with the famed journalist alarming details about how the White House functions.

But it’s not hard for Trump, who often spouts two opposing views intended for different audiences. And his supporters often soak up the contradictory claims just as readily as he spits them out, taking it all in stride.

Call it a belt-and-suspenders approach.

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And his supporters often soak up the contradictory claims just as readily as he spits them out, taking it all in stride.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 18:28 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Dat is wel een herkenbare omschrijving van veel van die types die hier ook rondlopen ja.

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Almost immediately after Trump's visit was announced, the prospect of the controversial U.S. president in Ireland sparked calls for protests.

Eamon Ryan, the leader of Ireland's Green Party called on the Irish people to "show their disgust and rejection of the Trump administration's policies by turning out, as we did during the Iraq War in 2003, in large-scale mass protest around the country."

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jonathanvswan twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 18:18:13 Scoop: Gary Cohn takes on Bob Woodward https://t.co/kMTLDgzLd3 reageer retweet

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Federal deficit soars 32 percent to $895B

The federal deficit hit $895 billion in the first 11 months of fiscal 2018, an increase of $222 billion, or 32 percent, over the same period the previous year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The nonpartisan CBO reported that the central drivers of the increasing deficit were the Republican tax law and the bipartisan agreement to increase spending. As a result, revenue only rose 1 percent, failing to keep up with a 7 percent surge in spending, it added.

Revenue from individual and payroll taxes was up some $105 billion, or 4 percent, while corporate taxes fell $71 billion, or 30 percent.

The August statistics were somewhat inflated, however, due to a timing shift for certain payments, putting the deficit measure through August slightly out of sync with the previous year, the CBO noted. Had it not been for the timing shift, the deficit would have increased $154 billion instead of $222 billion.

Earlier analysis from CBO projected that deficits would near $1 trillion in 2019 and surpass that amount the following year.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 20:03 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Rob Porter de vrouwenmepper .