Showing posts with label Donald Trump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Trump. Show all posts

Saturday, February 24, 2024

‘My Ultimate and Absolute Revenge’: Trump Gives Chilling CPAC Speech on Presidential Agenda

THE GUARDIAN: Unbound and unhinged, ex-president vilifies immigrants before devolving into bizarre riffs, including calling himself a ‘total genius’

Screenshot from the Guardian | Donald Trump speaks at CPAC in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on 24 February 2024. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump styled himself as a “proud political dissident” and promised “judgment day” for political opponents in an address that offered a chilling vision of a democracy in imminent peril.

In classic carnival barker form, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination accused Joe Biden of weaponising the government against him with “Stalinist show trials”. He pledged to crack down on border security and deliver the biggest deportation in US history if he wins the 5 November election.

“For hardworking Americans, November 5th will be our new liberation day,” Trump told a packed ballroom at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Maryland. “But for the liars and cheaters and fraudsters and censors and imposters who have commandeered our government, it will be their judgment day!”

He added: “Your victory will be our ultimate vindication, your liberty will be our ultimate reward and the unprecedented success of the United States of America will be my ultimate and absolute revenge.”

The overwhelmingly white crowd, many wearing Make America Great Again regalia, rose to their feet and roared their approval. » | David Smith in Oxon Hill, Maryland | Saturday, February 24, 2024

Friday, February 23, 2024

Liz Truss: I Would Vote for Donald Trump

THE TELEGRAPH: Exclusive: Former PM defends sharing stage with election-deniers as she effectively endorses Republican frontrunner

Liz Truss gives a speech during the Conservative Political Action Conference in the US | CREDIT: SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Liz Truss said she would vote for Donald Trump over Joe Biden if she were an American citizen, effectively endorsing the Republican frontrunner in his race to reclaim the White House in November.

Ms Truss attacked Mr Biden for projecting “weakness” on the global stage, telling The Telegraph the Republican Party was more “pro-Britain” and could deliver on Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of “peace through strength”.

The former prime minister was in the Washington suburbs to share a stage with Mr Trump at a major US conservative conference.

Speaking after her speech to grassroots activists, Ms Truss said raging global conflicts called for strong US leadership on the world stage.

She said: “I think that we need peace through strength. And I think that is what we would see if the Republicans were back in, and also I think the Republicans are more pro-Britain than the Democrats.” » | Rozina Sabur, Deputy US Editor, Oxon Hill, Maryland | Friday, February 23, 2024 [£]

If any of you were wondering whether Liz Truss had a screw loose, wonder no longer! She’s just confirmed our worst fears: she definitely has a screw loose! – © Mark Alexander

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

This Is What Will Happen If Trump Is President | The Warning

Feb 21, 2024 | We receive hundreds of questions every day, and Steve is here to answer your most asked political questions.

'Anti-American Crap': Former GOP Congressman Calls Out Trump's Navalny Comments

Feb 21, 2024 | Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh reacts to former President Donald Trump's attempt to compare his legal troubles with the death of Alexey Navalny.

Letitia James Says She Will Seize Trump’s Assets If He Doesn’tPpay $355m Fraud Fine

THE GUARDIAN: New York attorney general says she may seek enforcement mechanisms in court if ex-president doesn’t have funds to pay

The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, said that she will seize Donald Trump’s assets if he does not pay the $355m civil fraud fine stemming from his financial fraud trial.

“If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets,” James said to ABC News in an interview on Tuesday evening.

The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, said that she will seize Donald Trump’s assets if he does not pay the $355m civil fraud fine stemming from his financial fraud trial.

“If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets,” James said to ABC News in an interview on Tuesday evening. » | Gloria Oladipo in New York | Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Inside the Mind of Donald Trump: His Niece Mary Trump Speaks to Andrew Marr | LBC

Feb 19, 2024 | Mary L Trump, niece of the former President Donald Trump, joined Andrew Marr on LBC to discuss her uncle's hopes at the next election and what that means for international stability.

Mary Lea Trump is an American psychologist and writer. A niece of former US president Donald Trump, she has been critical of him as well as the rest of the Trump family. Her 2020 book about him and the family, Too Much and Never Enough, sold nearly one million copies on the day of its release.


Monday, February 19, 2024

Why Donald Trump Was the Most Corrupt President in History | The Warning

Feb 19, 2024 | Steve Schmidt explains why, on Presidents' Day, it's important to realize the presidency still matters. Steve Schmidt reflects on the last 10 days in American politics, and gives a brief history lesson on Presidents' Day.

Cenk Uygur of ‘The Young Turks’ (TYT): Trump Ordered to Pay $355 Million! What Happens Next?

Feb 16, 2024 | Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump and his organization to pay $355 million in damages and banned him from running businesses in New York for three years. Cenk Uygur discusses LIVE for The Young Turks.

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Should Donald Trump Be in Jail? | The Warning

Feb 18, 2024 | Steve Schmidt explains how Donald Trump's criminal trials will be part of his campaign. He is already campaigning from the courtroom.

A $450 Million Blow to Trump’s Finances, and His Identity

THE NEW YORK TIMES: A huge penalty for deceiving lenders about the value of his properties and his own net worth, if upheld, leaves Donald J. Trump in a perilous financial position.

Combined judgments against Donald Trump from two civil cases now appear to total more than half a billion dollars. | Ahmed Gaber for The New York Times

“We have a lot of cash,” Donald J. Trump boasted 10 months ago, under oath, claiming that the number was “going up very substantially every month.”

But whatever cash he had may soon be gone.

On Friday, the judge overseeing Mr. Trump’s civil fraud case issued a final ruling that inflicted a staggering financial penalty. With interest, the former president has been ordered to pay New York State about $450 million, a sum that threatens to wipe out a stockpile of cash, stocks and bonds that he amassed since leaving the White House, according to a New York Times review of Mr. Trump’s financial records. He will have only 30 days or so to either come up with the money or persuade an outside company to post a bond.

The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, also imposed several new restrictions on Mr. Trump and his family business. For three years, Mr. Trump cannot run any New York company, including portions of his own, nor can he obtain a loan from a New York bank. The same restrictions apply to his adult sons for a two-year period. And the family business will be under the thumb of a watchful outsider, a court-appointed monitor who can hamstring the company if she does not like what she sees.

All told, the judge’s decision poses unprecedented threats to Mr. Trump’s finances, his family business and his ego at a critical time for the former president. Although Mr. Trump will not go bankrupt and the Trump Organization will not go out of business, the company’s loudest hype man could for now become a silent partner in his hometown properties. The organization will be another real estate company in a city full of them — this one facing unusual new constraints that could impede its ability to compete. » | Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman and Alex Lemonides | Saturday, February 17, 2024

Saturday, February 17, 2024

‘American Idiot’: Joy Rips Trump and Tucker Carlson's Putin Support amid Navalny Death

Feb 17, 2024 | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who survived a poisoning he attributed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in a Russian prison. Joy Reid honors this Russian patriot and condemns Donald Trump and the Republicans who apparently support Putin.

Friday, February 16, 2024

Donald Trump Ordered to Pay Over $350m in New York Financial Fraud Case

THE GUARDIAN: Trump also banned from running any New York corporation or entity for three years in devastating blow for ex-president

Donald Trump, his eldest sons and associates have been ordered to pay over $350m by a New York judge who found them guilty of intentionally committing financial fraud over the course of a decade.

Judge Arthur Engoron’s decision deals a devastating blow for the former president who had built his reputation as a successful real estate developer. » | Lauren Aratani in New York | Friday, February 16, 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024

'The American People Should Be Terrified': Hakeem Jeffries Warns against a Trump Second Term | #shorts

American people should be terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term.

Trump’s NATO Threat Reflects a Wider Shift on America’s Place in the World

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Alliances that were once seen as the bulwark of the Cold War are now viewed as an outdated albatross by a significant segment of the American public.

When former President Donald J. Trump told a campaign rally in South Carolina last weekend that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies who “didn’t pay,” there were gasps of shock in Washington, London, Paris, Tokyo and elsewhere around the world.

But not in South Carolina. At least not in the room that day. The crowd of Trump supporters decked out in “Make America Great Again” T-shirts and baseball caps reacted to the notion of siding with Moscow over longtime friends of the United States with boisterous cheers and whistles. “Delinquent” allies? Forget them. Not America’s problem.

The visceral rejection of the American-led security architecture constructed in the years after World War II serves as a reminder of how much the notion of U.S. leadership in the world has shifted in recent years. Alliances that were once seen as the bulwark of the Cold War are now viewed as an outdated albatross by a significant segment of the American public that Mr. Trump appeals to.

The old consensus that endured even in the initial years after the end of the Cold War has frayed under the weight of globalization, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Great Recession of 2008-09 and Mr. Trump’s relentless assault on international institutions and agreements. While polls show most Americans still support NATO and other alliances, the increasingly vocal objections in some quarters hark back to a century ago when much of America just wanted to be left alone. » | Peter Baker, Reporting from Washington | Thursday, February 15, 2024

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Steve Schmidt Explains Why Jared Kushner Should Never Go Back to The White House | The Warning

Feb 14, 2024 | Steve Schmidt reacts to Jared Kushner's remarks Tuesday, saying he would not join a second Trump administration.

Entsetzte Reaktionen auf die NATO-Äußerungen von Donald Trump | DW News

Feb 14, 2024 | "Würde Euch nicht beschützen": Der frühere US-Präsident Trump sorgt mit seinen umstrittenen Aussagen zu Nato-Verbündeten für harsche Kritik bei den Mitgliedern der Allianz. Müssen sich die europäischen Nato-Partner jetzt Sorgen machen? Dazu Einschätzungen vom CSU-Bundestagsabgeordneten Thomas Silberhorn.

Nato Chief Rebukes Donald Trump and Announces Record Defence Spending

GUARDIAN EUROPE: Jens Stoltenberg accuses Trump of undermining alliance and says 18 members are expected to invest at least 2% of GDP this year

Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, has accused Donald Trump of undermining the basis of the transatlantic alliance as he announced that 18 Nato members were expected to beat the target of spending more than 2% of GDP on defence.

It was the second rebuke by the Nato chief to the Republican frontrunner in less than a week, reinforced by a declaration that Germany was among the countries planning to spend over the threshold for the first time in a generation.

“We should not undermine the credibility of Nato’s deterrence,” Stoltenberg said on Wednesday as he responded to comments made by Trump at a campaign rally at the weekend. “Deterrence is in the mind of our adversaries,” he added. » | Dan Sabbagh in Brussels | Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Donald Trump's comments are often stupid, We have come to expect stupidity from Trump. But this comment re countries being "delinquent" in their payments to NATO was not only stupid but highly irresponsible. OUTRAGEOUS, in fact. This is proof, if proof were indeed needed, that the man is not fit to be POTUS. At this point, it is difficult to make a judgment on who is stupider and more irresponsible: Donald Trump or the people who vote for him! – © Mark Alexander

EN FRANÇAIS :

OTAN : pourquoi Donald Trump a-t-il accusé les alliés d’être « des mauvais payeurs » ? : L’ex-président américain a semé la confusion entre le financement direct de l’OTAN et les dépenses militaires des alliés, qui sont censées représenter au moins 2 % de leur PIB. »

AUF DEUTSCH :

VIDEO: „Dumm, beschämend, unamerikanisch“: Früherer Präsident und aktueller Präsidentschaftskandidat Donald Trump droht NATO-Mitgliedsstaaten keinen Schutz vor Russland zu gewähren, wenn sie ihre Verteidigungsausgaben nicht zahlen. Biden reagiert entschieden und verteidigt die NATO als unverzichtbar »

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

If Trump Was Sent by God...

Premiered Jan 16, 2024


If God were truly to send a scoundrel like Trump as America’s Saviour, God wouldn’t be worth worshipping! As we might say in the UK, anyone who believes such nonsense needs to be sectioned. They are a danger to themselves and to the world. – © Mark Alexander

'God Made Trump' Video Rubs Some Iowa Evangelicals the Wrong Way

Jan 11, 2024 | Former President Donald Trump maintains a formidable polling lead heading into the Iowa Caucuses next week, but a recent video touted by Trump has rubbed some evangelicals in Iowa the wrong way. Trump has more than 50 percent of support from Iowa evangelicals, almost doubling up the next closest candidate. The group is the foundation for what some say could be an easy win for Trump in Iowa. Trump held rallies over the weekend filled with supporters eager to cast their vote for the leading candidate.


American Evangelicals are such a disturbing bunch, aren’t they? Listening to them speaking, one gets the impression that they are off their rockers! If an Evangelical Christian truly thinks that a man who likes lots of pussy is sent by God as his Saviour, he has got to be seriously deluded. God doesn't do pussy! Heaven help us all! – © Mark Alexander

Steve Schmidt Reacts to Donald Trump's Dangerous NATO Comments | The Warning

Feb 12, 2024 | Steve Schmidt reacts to Donald Trump's remarks this weekend. Trump said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any NATO member that failed to meet the alliance's target of 2% of their GDP.


Trump should be sent to the madhouse, but definitely not to the White House!

Trump sollte ins Irrenhaus geschickt, aber auf keinen Fall ins Weiße Haus!

Trump devrait être envoyé à la maison de fous, mais certainement pas à la Maison Blanche ! – © Mark Alexander