[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #659 Sad!

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NBCPolitics twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 15:33:19 JUST IN: Republican Rep. Flores of Texas announces he will not seek re-election; latest of several Texas House Republicans to retire in 2020. reageer retweet

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rgoodlaw twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 15:52:05 Many insights in this new piece by @LukeHartig👇One of 'em: Recent scoop by @NickMiroff @jdawsey1 revealed how Trump is barreling ahead with border wall despite legal, other hurdles.Hartig explains how that narrows choices for GOP in Congress.https://t.co/CeGkxRjE4X reageer retweet

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Emboldened by preliminary court victories on the border wall and under pressure to deliver on a key promise headed into the 2020 elections, the Trump Administration on Tuesday announced its intent to proceed with the next steps in building the border wall through national emergency authorities. In a letter to congressional leadership, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper outlined the contours of his plan to fund $3.6 billion of the border wall, with approximately $1.8 billion coming from “deferred military construction projects outside of the United States,” and the remaining half relying on “deferred military construction projects located in the United States (including U.S. territories).” The Department declined to specify at this time which projects will be raided to fund the wall. But in the coming days, as members of Congress and foreign embassies are notified of the spending cuts, we will have a full accounting of the military construction projects that will be cut – and just how politically complicated this will be on the Hill.

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 17:42 schreef Chivaz het volgende:
Ik blijf het apart vinden dat je als President allerlei soorten oorlogen kan starten in verre landen.
Maar het verdedigen van je eigen landsgrenzen wat notabene tot je kerntaken behoort ligt politiek zo gevoelig dat je geitenpaadjes moet gebruiken om je werk te kunnen doen.

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 15:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ze kappen er bij de GOP en masse mee. Het begint op te vallen.

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NBCPolitics twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 15:33:19 JUST IN: Republican Rep. Flores of Texas announces he will not seek re-election; latest of several Texas House Republicans to retire in 2020. reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 17:00:01 Trump said that he granted a disaster declaration to North Carolina at the request of Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, but it actually came from the state's Democratic governor. https://t.co/nRRYe80miL reageer retweet

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Acosta twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 13:19:34 WH official says Pence Chief of Staff Marc Short was incorrect when he told reporters that Trump suggested that the VP stay at the Trump Golf Club in Ireland. Overnight VP’s office clarified the decision was made by Pence’s staff. But Short first said Trump made the “suggestion.” reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 17:51 schreef Montov het volgende:
Mexico moet de muur betalen. Nu worden er fondsen van Defensie anders gebruikt, dus verzwakt het het verdedigen van landsgrenzen, want daar wordt het budget van Defensie toch voor gebruikt?

Moeilijk hoor, beloftes nakomen.

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 20:23 schreef Chivaz het volgende:

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Onder Obama kon je blijkbaar je dokter behouden, nu zijn er toch best wel wat mensen blij met hun gezondheidszorg ondanks de gebroken beloftes.
De kern van de belofte was de muur, en er zal geen Trump supporter zijn die klaagt dat de belastingbetaler moet opdraaien voor de muur. Sterker nog er word een deel van de muur gebouwd via crowdfunding.

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Trump displays map with Dorian's original path extended toward Alabama

President Trump on Wednesday displayed a map that he said reflected Hurricane Dorian's original path, but the image appeared to be manually altered with a marker to show the storm's trajectory continuing toward Alabama.

Trump later told reporters that he did not know anything about the changed map, but was adamant that original forecasts called for Alabama to be impacted by the hurricane.

The president referenced the map during an Oval Office briefing on the government's efforts to monitor and respond to Dorian as it made its way up the East Coast. The White House later released a video of some of his remarks that featured the chart.

"We got lucky in Florida. Very, very lucky indeed," Trump told reporters. "We had actually, our original chart was that it was going to be hitting Florida directly.

Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan then pulled up the chart and displayed it on the Resolute Desk. The map featured what appeared to be a marker-drawn addition to the end of the Dorian's previously expected path, extending it toward the Gulf of Mexico and the southern edge of Alabama.

"And that would have affected a lot of other states," Trump said, reviewing the image. "But that was the original chart. It was going to hit not only Florida, but Georgia. It could have – it was going toward the Gulf. That was what was originally projected, and it took a right turn, and ultimately, hopefully we’re going to be lucky."

Reporters and observers on social media quickly noted the alteration to the map, and observed that the National Hurricane Center's own projections did not feature a similar shift in the storm's path.

Dennis Mersereau, a Forbes contributor who writes about the weather, tweeted that it's illegal to falsify a forecast.

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wxdam twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 20:01:27 It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here.18 U.S. Code § 2074: https://t.co/jvROnpSJLI https://t.co/TnIuvZRJoS reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 21:23 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Trump zei enkele dagen geleden dat Dorian Alabama bedreigde. Nu toont ie een fake voorspelling die dat bevestigt...
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https://thehill.com/homen(...)ended-toward-alabama
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wxdam twitterde op woensdag 04-09-2019 om 20:01:27 It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here.18 U.S. Code § 2074: https://t.co/jvROnpSJLI https://t.co/TnIuvZRJoS reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 05-09-2019 om 00:23:51 This was the originally projected path of the Hurricane in its early stages. As you can see, almost all models predicted it to go through Florida also hitting Georgia and Alabama. I accept the Fake News apologies! https://t.co/0uCT0Qvyo6 reageer retweet

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abbydphillip twitterde op donderdag 05-09-2019 om 00:39:38 A couple of things about this map: 1) it appears to be taken from the South Florida Water Management District website from a week ago. Not sure why the president would be citing it.2) Map also clearly says the National Hurricane Center info supersedes this product https://t.co/yN2B2dHAjd reageer retweet

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ChidiNwatu twitterde op donderdag 05-09-2019 om 00:24:22 @realDonaldTrump My favorite #Sharpie meme.🤣🤣Trump releases photo to show he’s taller than Obama ~ @Rschooley https://t.co/hTSYrGSZpI reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 5 september 2019 00:41 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Sharpiegate

Hij heeft ergens nog een andere kaart opgeduikeld. Waarom heeft hij Mississippi en Louisiana eik niet gewaarschuwd

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 05-09-2019 om 00:23:51 This was the originally projected path of the Hurricane in its early stages. As you can see, almost all models predicted it to go through Florida also hitting Georgia and Alabama. I accept the Fake News apologies! https://t.co/0uCT0Qvyo6 reageer retweet

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abbydphillip twitterde op donderdag 05-09-2019 om 00:39:38 A couple of things about this map: 1) it appears to be taken from the South Florida Water Management District website from a week ago. Not sure why the president would be citing it.2) Map also clearly says the National Hurricane Center info supersedes this product https://t.co/yN2B2dHAjd reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 20:25 schreef Vis1980 het volgende:

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Is er al 15 miljard gecrowdfund?

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Op donderdag 5 september 2019 07:42 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:

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Wel opletten allemaal.
De oprichter van de gofundme kwam onder vuur te liggen, onder meer door aankoop van een boot van een miljoen dollar, en heeft al het geld terug moeten geven:

http://nymag.com/intellig(...)-border-wall-go.html

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Op woensdag 4 september 2019 21:07 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:

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Dan moet Trump alleen wel het congres meekrijgen.