[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #751 POTUS' Meltdown

quote:

Op donderdag 16 april 2020 00:22 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:
Oh, even over dat geen geld geven aan de WHO...de VS heeft een betalingsachterstand bij de WHO van 200 miljoen ofwel 2 jaar.

Toeval?

twitter:

ddale8 twitterde op donderdag 16-04-2020 om 00:25:20 Pence: Some areas of the country need to continue with strong mitigation efforts; others will be given "guidance for greater flexibility." (Again, governors, mayors, school officials, executives, residents in all areas will make the decisions. The guidelines are non-binding.) reageer retweet

quote:

Op donderdag 16 april 2020 00:33 schreef DonDruiper het volgende:
Americans loves big fat checks with my name on it.

quote:

Op donderdag 16 april 2020 00:36 schreef Tweek het volgende:

[..]

Negeerde meteen de follow up over de vertraging terwijl hij zei dat het niet zijn idee was.

twitter:

atrupar twitterde op donderdag 16-04-2020 om 00:35:31 REPORTER: Why did you have your name added to coronavirus relief checks?

TRUMP: "Well I don't know too much about it, but I understand my name is there ... I'm sure people will be very happy to get a big fat beautiful check and my name is on it." https://t.co/u4cayuDeNk reageer retweet

quote:

Op donderdag 16 april 2020 00:45 schreef DonDruiper het volgende:

[..]

Dat was natuurlijk een afgesproken 1-2tje met z'n vrienden van FOX.

quote:

Op donderdag 16 april 2020 00:58 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

[..]

Volgens de PDF van de WHO heeft de VS een betalingsachterstand van 200 miljoen:

https://www.who.int/about(...)usa_en_2020.pdf?ua=1

quote:

How much does the U.S. government contribute?

"The U.S. is the largest single government donor in the world," says Gostin, "so WHO's budget does rely very much on U.S. contributions."

For the two-year cycle of 2018 and 2019, U.S. contributions accounted for about 20% of the WHO's total budget.

The money comes in two streams. The U.S. contribution to the pool of assessed fees is $237 million. That's 22% of the total assessed fees, the largest share of any nation. By comparison, China contributes 12% of this pool of monies, and some low-income countries pay 0.1%.

In addition, the U.S. pledged more than $656 million for specific programs, according to the WHO's program budget portal. These voluntary contributions were earmarked for programs including polio eradication, health and nutrition services, vaccine-preventable diseases, tuberculosis, HIV — and preventing and controlling outbreaks.

In the recent past, the U.S. has also given the most money in voluntary contributions.

But as of March 31, the U.S. is behind in its payment of assessed fees. It currently owes $198.3 million in membership dues, including some amounts owed for previous cycles, according to the WHO's statement of account — a list of every country's payment status.

Bron

quote:

Op woensdag 15 april 2020 21:41 schreef tjoptjop het volgende:

[..]

"school shooting" is wel heel breed gedefinieerd trouwens. Als iemand 's avonds laat zich in de auto voor z'n kop schiet en hij staat toevallig geparkeerd op een parkeerterrein van een school wordt dat al gekwalificeerd als school shooting.

twitter:

ABC twitterde op donderdag 16-04-2020 om 00:39:41 Pres. Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress so he can make appointments to fill vacant positions and judicial slots.

“If they don’t act on getting these people approved,” Trump says, he will have to do something "that I prefer not doing.” https://t.co/KXv4M8zNFm https://t.co/M9IJLoCzI9 reageer retweet

twitter:

steve_vladeck twitterde op donderdag 16-04-2020 om 00:47:55 Article II of the Constitution gives the President the power to adjourn Congress if—and only if—the House and Senate cannot agree on a date for ending the current session.

But they have agreed—January 3, 2021.

There’s a reason why this power has *never* been exercised before. https://t.co/3536ThYuVT reageer retweet

quote:

President Trump threatened to shut down both chambers of Congress to allow him to fill vacancies in his administration without Senate approval.

He spent several minutes of his daily coronavirus briefing Wednesday blaming Senate Democrats for blocking his nominations, even though most of the vacancies in the federal government are because Trump hasn't selected anyone to fill them. Several of his nominees haven't been given a confirmation hearing yet in the Republican-led Senate.

Trump cited a never-exercised power the Constitution grants the president to adjourn Congress if leaders of the House and Senate can't agree on whether to adjourn. The Senate often recesses but stays open in a "pro forma" session, which thwarts Trump's ability to make recess appointments that bypass the regular confirmation process.

"The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro forma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford during this crisis. It is a scam. What they do, it's a scam and everybody knows it," Trump said.

Trump's gambit assumes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would go along with adjourning and even then it would still be nearly impossible to get the votes needed to formally adjourn.

McConnell's office declined to comment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) did not respond.

"They know they've been warned and they've been warned right now. If they don't approve it, then we're going to go this route and we'll probably be challenged in court and we'll see who wins," Trump said when asked if there's a timeline on his threat.

twitter:

kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 16-04-2020 om 01:30:03 The White House is snubbing HHS Secretary Alex Azar and installing Trump loyalist Michael Caputo in the department's top communications position, Caputo confirmed to POLITICO. Caputo is a longtime friend of Trump ally Roger Stone
https://t.co/HqPkHckNCU reageer retweet

quote:

Op donderdag 16 april 2020 01:22 schreef Tweek het volgende:
Waar het op neerkomt is dat Trump wederom geen zeggenschap wil in een internatoinale organistisatie. Succes daar mee. De USA rent weg van leiderschap onder Trump

MAGA,

twitter:

realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 14-04-2020 om 02:32:59 https://t.co/6fEymjTjUM reageer retweet