It's Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump

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'Jared has faded': Inside the 28 days of tumult that left Kushner badly diminished

Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey  Washington  March 2, 2018 7:06 pm

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"This was predictable from the get-go," said Leon Panetta, a former White House chief of staff, defense secretary and CIA director in Democratic administrations. "Under the best of circumstances, these are tough jobs. But when you now add to that list family members who have no clear-cut role, no experience, no real understanding of the rules and a host of financial connections and business dealings that can obviously be used to manipulate you, then that is a prescription for the kind of chaos you're seeing in the White House."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jared-kushner-diminished-20180302-story.html

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Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, explained - The Washington Post
 
Wonkblog Analysis
3 ways Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs could backfire
by Heather Long  March 1, 2018  Comments 18

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/01/3-ways-trumps-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-could-backfire/?utm_term=.a61ff409c974

 http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376276-trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs-coming-next-week

ME:

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Sunday Review Editorial  N.Y.Times


By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 2, 2018


Opinion | Trade Wars Are Destructive. Of Course Trump Wants One.
A chaotic White House has come up with a chaotic trade policy.

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Invoking a rarely used law that allows the president to restrict trade on national security grounds, Mr. Trump said he would impose a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum. He made the announcement on Thursday at a hastily convened meeting with executives of those two industries. Many White House aides, including Mr. Trump’s chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, appeared to be caught off guard by the decision; on Wednesday, Mr. Cohn had warned that he might resign if Mr. Trump went through with...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/opinion/sunday/trump-trade-steel-aluminum-tarriffs.html

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EXCLUSIVE
Politics
Mar 3 2018, 7:35 am ET
 
Trump was angry and ‘unglued’ when he started a trade war, officials say

by Stephanie Ruhle and Peter Alexander

WASHINGTON — With global markets shaken by President Donald Trump's surprise decision to impose strict tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the president went into battle mode on Friday: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win," he wrote on Twitter.

Read more:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-was-angry-unglued-when-he-started-trade-war-officials-n852641

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Right Turn
Opinion

 
When is it okay to say the president might be nuts?

By Jennifer Rubin  May 2,2017  Comments 2475

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/05/02/when-is-it-okay-to-say-the-president-might-be-nuts/?utm_term=.22b40b347e04

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The McLaughlin Group, “The American Original” for over three decades, ...

    About the Group
    Where to Watch

3/4/2018 Video 28:31

https://www.mclaughlin.com/

https://twitter.com/McLaughlinGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

ME: Predictions from the members of The McLaughlin Group (and guests) are at the end of the video.

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Exclusive: Maxine Waters Answers Trump's Attack on Her Intelligence

The president called her "a very low-I.Q. individual," and the congresswoman delivered a major counter-attack on Saturday.

By Lucas Grindley  March 11 2018 5:51 AM EDT

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/3/11/exclusive-maxine-waters-answers-trumps-attack-her-intelligence

ME: Perhaps J.K. (SIL) is the individual with a very low-I.Q. I.M.O.

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The McLaughlin Group, “The American Original” for over three decades, ...

 

    About the Group
    Where to Watch

3/4/2018 Video 28:31

https://www.mclaughlin.com/

https://twitter.com/McLaughlinGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

ME: Predictions from the members of The McLaughlin Group (and guests) are at the end of the video.

ME:

If you are interested in politics and what is is going on with current issues, The McLaughlin Group (today, Sunday) on the internet at
https://www.mclaughlin.com/ The groups insight, opinions, and predictions are worth it, imo.
I watch this show on the internet but somehow it is on at 1:30 on my device.

In Washington DC, Sundays 12 noon on ABC7 – WJLA & online Sundays at 1:00PM at www.mclaughlin.com

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Donald Trump And The Porn Superstar

The Smoking Gun October 18, 2016
 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/donald-trump-and-stormy-daniels-738920

ME: I realize S.M. is above this smut. This story is not going away.  IMO

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The McLaughlin Group

 

In Washington DC, Sundays 12 noon on ABC7 – WJLA & online Sundays at 1:00 PM at www.mclaughlin.com

ME: The Mclaughlin group offers opinions on issues. The group gives predictions at the end of the broadcast. I watch the show on my phone later in the day.

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A Mad Man on the National Security Council?

by Tyler Durden

Sun, 03/25/2018 - 23:15

Authored by Matt Purple via The Strategic Culture Foundation

John Bolton is that most ludicrous of creatures: the unreconstructed Bush-era foreign policy thinker...

Cartoon by Steve Sacks

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-25/madman-national-security-council

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PETA calling for Trump Jr.'s deportation in billboard campaign

The Hill By Avery Anapol - 04/06/18  Comments 221

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) plans to run billboard ads near the U.S.-Mexico border calling for Donald Trump Jr. to be deported.

The organization is criticizing Trump Jr. for his hunting hobby, with billboards featuring a photo of him holding a knife and the tail of an elephant, according to a release.  Read more...

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/381997-peta-calling-for-trump-jrs-deportation-in-billboard-campaign

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PETA’s ‘Deport Undesirables’ Billboard Headed for U.S.-Mexico Border

Donald Trump Jr. Appears in Group's 'Deport Now!' Border Ad

For Immediate Release: April 6, 2018

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https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/petas-deport-undesirables-billboard-headed-for-u-s-mexico-border/


ME: Good for PETA

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Fact Check Politics

Donald Trump's Sons in Game-Hunting Photos?

Photographs show Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump posing with kills from a 2012 big game hunting trip



Claim: Photographs show Donald Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, posing during a big game hunting trip.

True · Fact checked by snopes.com

Fact Checker: Kim LaCapria

Published:22 December 2015

Updated:16 November 2017

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trumps-son-game-hunting-photos/

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“I have no shame... I HUNT & EAT game": Donald Trump's sons pictured posing...

By Meghan Keneally Published: 18:54 EDT, 12 March 2012 | Updated: 10:06 EDT, 13 March 2012

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114122/Donald-Eric-Trump-pictured-posing-trophy-carcasses-big-African-hunt.html#ixzz5Bz5FgSAp

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Trump's armada

Huge task force of 12 warships sets sail for Syria in one of the biggest concentrations of US naval power since the 2003 Iraq invasion

By Julian Robinson for MailOnline
Published: 05:10 EDT, 13 April 2018 | Updated: 09:42 EDT, 13 April 2018

A huge task force of 12 warships is setting sail for Syria in one of the biggest concentrations of US naval power since the 2003 Iraq invasion, it has emerged. Four US destroyers, including Donald Cook armed with Tomahawk missiles, ...


 AIRCRAFT CARRIER
 USS Harry S Truman, Nimitz-class:
Weight: 116,000 tons
Length: 1,092 ft
Propulsion: Two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors and four steam turbines
Propellers: Four
Speed: 35mph
Range: Unlimited
Ship's crew: 3,200
Air wing personnel: 2,480ft
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
Armament: Sea Sparrow, RIM-116 Missile and three Phalanx guns
Strike group: USS Normandy, USS Bulkeley, USS Arleigh Burke, USS Forrest Sherman, USS Farragut
 

 TWO SUBMARINES
 USS Georgia, Ohio-class:
Length: 560 ft  
Propulsion: One S8G PWR nuclear reactor and two geared turbines
Speed: 29mph
Test depth: Greater than 800ft
Crew: 155
Armament: Four torpedo tubes and 154 BGM-109 Tomahawks in 22 groups of seven
USS John Warner, Virginia Class:
Length: 377ft
Speed: 29mph
Crew: 132
Armament: 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles and four torpedo tubes
Launched: September 10, 2014


EIGHT DESTROYERS
Arleigh Burke Class: Donald Cook, Porter, Carney, Laboon, Farragut, Forrest Sherman, Bulkeley and Arleigh Burke
Length: 505ft
Displacement: 6,900 tons
Crew: 276
Speed: 35mph
Range: 4,400 nautical miles
Armament: Includes Tomahawk missiles, Harpoon Missile launcher, chain guns
 

GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
USS Normandy, Ticonderoga-class
Length: 567ft
Speed: 37.4mph
Crew: 400


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5611419/Trumps-armada-Huge-task-force-12-warships-sets-sail-Syria.html#ixzz5CYtfbrCj
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The REAL Reason For War In Syria

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The Young Turks
Published on Nov 6, 2016
Video 6:06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoIbgmGxdmE&feature=share

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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST

General Wesley Clark:
Wars Were Planned -
Seven Countries In Five Years

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Video 2:12
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Published on Sep 11, 2011  Originally published in March 2007
 General Wesley Clark: Because I had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after 9/11, I went...(Show More)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=9RC1Mepk_Sw

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Analysis: 'Mission Accomplished'? But What Is the Mission in Syria?
The New York Times
By PETER BAKER 2 hrs ago  4/14/2018
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-mission-accomplished-but-what-is-the-mission-in-syria/ar-AAvSrKj?ocid=spartandhp

ME: Follow the money. IMO.

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AP: Cohen loaned taxi mogul $26 million before election

By John Bowden - 04/27/18 07:53 AM EDT  Comments 94 (bottom of article)

President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen and Cohen's father-in-law reportedly loaned at least $26 million in recent years to a taxi mogul who is shifting his business to selling legal marijuana, The Associated Press reports.

The AP obtained documents showing that Cohen and his father-in-law have loaned millions to Semyon “Sam” Shtayner, a longtime Nevada business associate of Cohen's father-in-law who is transitioning from the business of owning taxi medallions to a business built around selling marijuana edibles. 

Read more...

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385141-ap-cohen-loaned-taxi-mogul-26-million-before-election

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Mather: Trump administration ‘is modeled on the mob'

By Josh Delk - 05/12/18 09:30 AM EDT Comments 487 (end of the article)

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/387391-maher-trump-administration-is-modeled-on-the-mob