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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 5, 2020 14:15:27 GMT -6
thehayride.com/2020/06/rasmussen-trump-approval-rating-among-black-voters-hits-all-time-high/RASMUSSEN: Trump Approval Rating Among Black Voters Hits All-Time High With just 150 days until the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump appears to be making progress with a key demographic that Republicans have long struggled to court. In a development that is sure to baffle the mainstream media and liberal elites, President Donald Trump appears to have gained an unprecedented approval rating among black voters of 41% including 25% who “strongly support” Trump. According to a new poll from Rasmussen, the President’s support among African-American likely voters has peaked at an all-time high of 41%. That would amount to a more than five-fold increase in support when compared to exit polls from the 2016 election which indicated that Trump received just 8% of the support from black voters. Rasmussen released the full results of the poll just moments ago. With an overall approval rating of 48%, the president is over performing expectations across the board given the barrage of crises he has had to face so far this year. As you can see below, the poll even shows that 15% of Democrats “strongly approve” of the job Trump is doing. It is quite the feat for the president especially when considering the constant negative coverage by the mainstream media who appear determined to malign the president’s character with endless accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, and Islamophobia. Part of his success is thanks to the fact that he actively courts black voters while “punching back” against his critics’ constant attacks. For example, yesterday President Trump blasted Joe Biden for his record on race relations while touting one of his accomplishments tweeting, “Sleepy Joe Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill was a total disaster. It was mass incarceration for Black people, many of them innocent. I did Criminal Justice Reform, something Obama & Biden didn’t even try to do – & couldn’t do even if they did try. Biden can never escape his Crime Bill!” The corporate media’s character assassination campaign has ramped up in recent days and weeks as the election draws closer and amid the growing racial tension in the aftermath of the shocking act of police brutality against George Floyd. If the president can recreate the economy that saw the lowest-ever unemployment for African-Americans, it is a trend that will likely continue. It is worth mentioning that this poll was conducted before this morning’s stunning jobs report showing 2.5 million new jobs were created in May, shocking economists who predicted 7.5 million job losses for the month.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 5, 2020 15:14:17 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/06/05/hidden-figures-black-employment-expanded-in-may/Hidden Figures: Black Employment Expanded in May What’s the best-kept secret about the labor market in May? Probably the expansion of black employment. The number of African Americans holding jobs expanded to 16,523,000 from 16,240,000 in May. That 283,000 rise was more than ten time the rise of the population, so it involves a real expansion of employment among African Americans. Both black men and black women gained jobs. Black male jobholders increased by 170,000 to 8.97 million. Black female jobholders rose by 102,000 to 10.97 million. Those are record-high gains for each category. So why did Bloomberg and others report these record-high job gains as if they were losses? “Trump Invokes Floyd on Job Data Even as Black Unemployment Soars,” a Bloomberg headline proclaimed. The black unemployment rate did rise slightly in May, ticking up from 16.7 to 16.8. But that was because the reopening of the American economy drew more African Americans into the workforce, increasing it by 377,000 workers. That raised the workforce participation rate from 58.6 percent to 59.6 percent. The unemployment rate is the percentage of workers who say they want work but cannot find it. Even with no change in employment, it can fall if people stop looking for jobs, becoming what economists call “discouraged workers.” And it can rise if more people look for work, which is what happened in May for African Americans. In other words, the black unemployment rate rose for the best possible reason: because more African Americans were finding jobs, drawing even more into the workforce. That is how President Donald Trump could have explained to PBS Newshour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor that this is “a victory” It’s also notable that even with the expansion of the workforce, African American unemployment dropped to 15.5 from 16.1. It rose among black women from 16.4 to 16.5 and black teenagers from 28 percent to 34 percent. Of course, African American employment has still suffered horrendously under the coronavirus shutdowns. Back in February, the participation rate had risen all the way to 63.1 percent. The unemployment rate had fallen 5.8 percent. A total of 19.73 million African Americans held jobs. So the economy has a long way to go to rebuild black employment. But May was a good month for black employment and the beginning of the recovery rather than another step-down.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 5, 2020 15:15:06 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/06/05/labor-sec-scalia-on-may-jobs-data-i-think-the-july-report-will-actually-be-even-better/The stronger-than-anticipated jobs number unveiled on Friday was a shot in the arm for the American economy and a welcome sign for many policymakers. During an appearance on Fox News Channel on Friday after the announcement the economy added 2.5 million jobs, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said to expect an even better number in July for the month of June. “I think, again, that, when you go through this jobs report, that virtually every page on it, not every single thing, but virtually every page shows improvements, sometimes really surprisingly good improvements,” he said. “One number that I have been very interested in, Harris, is the number of people saying that they believe that their unemployment is temporary. The number of people saying that they think they have lost their jobs only temporarily remains up at around 85 percent. So, people expect to come back. They’re coming back. And, remember, this was a snapshot in mid-May, when a lot of the openings really weren’t underway. So, we have now added many more jobs since mid-May. I think the July report will actually be even better.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 5, 2020 15:35:33 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/06/05/chris-wallace-jobs-report-unemployment-donald-trump-reelection-2020-fox-news-labor-statistics/‘A Great Day’: Chris Wallace Explains How Newest Jobs Report Could Make Trump’s Reelection Case ‘A Lot Easier’ Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said the latest jobs report could make President Donald Trump’s case for reelection in November “a lot easier.” U.S. Department of Labor data for May, released Friday, showed the economy gaining 2.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate declining to 13.3%. This was a far better mark on both counts than many expected. The latest polling continues to show presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading Trump in the upcoming presidential campaign odds by a significant national margin. Additionally, betting odds have switched from Trump to Biden for the first time, with the former vice president enjoying 10/11 odds to win the presidency. Appearing on “America’s Newsroom” to discuss the numbers, Wallace said the “optimism” Trump has displayed about a quick economic recovery, doubted by many, “looks more solid today.” WATCH: “It really has been a great day for the country,” Wallace said. “It shows the resilience of the American economy and it shows the political resilience of Donald Trump. And, you know, the polls hadn’t been looking particularly good.” Responding to Fox News anchor Ed Henry’s remark about the “pivot” at the White House from dealing with coronavirus to the economy, Wallace said, “No, and there was a lot of question in May when the President said ‘You know, it’s time to reopen.'” “And he used this phrase, ‘transition to greatness,'” Wallace continued. “There were a lot of people who wondered whether he was pushing the envelope, including some of the medical people, some of his medical advisers wondering ‘is it too soon to reopen?'” Wallace acknowledged that a virus “spike” could occur, particularly given the ongoing protests, “with tens of thousands of people without social distancing, without masks.” “But at least the initial indications are that people have been able to go back to work, millions of people have been able to go back to work,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of bad news over the last six months, or at least the last four or five months, and we should celebrate the good news today. How long it will last? We’ll have to wait and see, but it’s a very good day today and the President has every reason to celebrate.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 5, 2020 15:37:43 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/06/05/trump-drew-brees-george-floyd-kneel-flag-black-lives-matter/‘NO KNEELING’: Trump Slams Drew Brees For Apologizing Over Pro-Flag Stance President Donald Trump went after NFL quarterback Drew Brees on Friday after Brees apologized for saying the George Floyd protests didn’t justify kneeling during the national anthem. Trump’s Friday comments on Twitter came after the New Orleans Saints player made multiple apologies for his initial response to questions about kneeling during the national anthem. Floyd died while in Minneapolis police custody after former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes. (RELATED: ‘Very Disappointing’: Don Lemon Disappointed In Drew Brees After Comments The QB Made On Protests At Games) Brees was asked Tuesday where he stood on a potential resurgence of players kneeling for the anthem in 2020’s NFL season. He initially responded, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.” He also referenced the military service of both his grandfathers. He published an apology for the statement to Instagram on Wednesday, followed by another on Thursday. (RELATED: Tony Dungy Defends Drew Brees, Says Shutting Down People You Disagree With ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’) “I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday,” he wrote Wednesday. “In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country,” Brees continued. Trump has publicly denounced the riots which have erupted across the country and are generally associated with the protests following Floyd’s death. He delivered a speech from the White House on Monday saying he is a “law and order president.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 5, 2020 16:39:13 GMT -6
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Post by Dotard 19 on Jun 6, 2020 0:30:34 GMT -6
Take that you very unstable bunkerbitch
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 4:08:02 GMT -6
Take that you very unstable bunkerbitch Counterpoint: www.dailywire.com/news/trump-shares-letter-from-lawyer-john-dowd-unloading-on-james-mattis-over-mattis-attack-on-trumpPresident Donald Trump shared a letter on Thursday afternoon from famed attorney John M. Dowd attacking former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who made a vicious attack on the president this week. ...... Jim: I slept on your statement and woke up appalled and upset. You lost me. Never dreamed you would let a bunch of hack politicians use your good name and reputation earned with the blood and guts of young Marines. You did what you said you would — engage in this discourse. Marines keep their word. The phony protesters near Lafayette park were not peaceful and are not real. They are terrorists using idle hate filled students to burn and destroy. They were abusing and disrespecting the police when the police were preparing the area for the 1900 curfew. Jim, this is the new nihilism. See Dan Henniger in WSJ today. Marines support the police in harm’s way. Did you forget that President Bush used active duty Marines to quell the riots in LA? President Trump has countless cities and some snowflake governors and mayors wetting themselves in the use of force to protect innocent lives and property. The AG of Massachusetts thinks burning property is good protest. Three more policeman were stabbed and shot in NYC last night. Think about it. Should he be upset about the obvious failure of leadership? Where are you, Jim? Marines go to the fight. No one divided this country more than Obama. He abandoned our black brothers and sisters. He gave guns to cartels. He apologized for our precious sacrifice and generosity overseas. You remember, he fired you. President Trump has done more to help our minority brothers and sisters in three years than anyone in the last fifty. Ask the black pastors. Ask the leaders of the black colleges and universities. He got them funded. Ask them about the prison reform which ended the draconian sentences imposed on young black men by the laws enacted by Biden and his hacks. You need to bone up on your homework and stop listening to Uncle Leon. I understand, you had to stick to the assigned narrative which did not include three years of corrupt investigations and evidence to destroy this President, his office, and his lawful free election. Nancy has no tolerance for dissent in the ranks – including those with stars. You said nothing of the ugly, hate filled, disgraceful comments of Pelosi, Schumer, Perez, and other Democrat hacks defaming the President and his office. You said nothing of the unlawful sanctuary cities and the unlawful release of hoodlums. You said nothing of the resistance movement to paralyze our courts and our government operations. You said nothing of the obstruction and subversion of our immigration laws. You said nothing of MS-13 killers and the drug cartels who own huge sections of our major cities. Jim, do you think that hateful rhetoric and those corrupt actions were inspiring and unifying? Do you think the DI’s at Parris Island would find such behavior as unifying? Maybe, your problem, is a lot deeper. Perhaps you ought to explain how and why you (and John Allen) as CG Central Command, did not engage and take out Iranian Major General Soleimani who roamed the Middle East and wreaked havoc and death of our American boys with his infamous IEDs? Why did it take President Trump to have the instincts and balls to take him out (of course over the objection of the geniuses in the Pentagon)? Looks like the Persian mullahs were a one horse sleigh and Trump nailed the horse…forever. It has been quiet ever since. Perhaps, your anger is borne of embarrassment for your own failure as the leader of Central Command. Did you applaud when the President recognized the central problem in the Middle East? Did you applaud the President when he wanted to save American lives by bringing them home in one piece? John M Dowd ...... Enjoy watching him get re-elected in November.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 4:09:32 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/06/05/trump-germany-troops-withdrawal/Thousands Of US Troops To Leave Germany As Trump Administration Orders Withdrawal President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to withdraw 9,500 troops from Germany, administration officials said Friday, in a move that would mark a large drawdown in the US military presence in Europe. Currently, there are 34,500 US troops stationed in Germany, and the move would reduce that number to 25,000. The change was ordered in a memorandum recently signed by national security advisor Robert O’Brien and had been in the works for months under the direction of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, according to The Guardian. A Bundeswehr soldier (L) and an US soldier talk together during an artillery live fire event by the US Army Europe's 41st Field Artillery Brigade at the military training area in Grafenwoehr, southern Germany, on March 4, 2020. - The 41st Field Artillery Brigade plans, prepares, executes and assesses operations to provide US Army Europe with long-range precision strike capabilities. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images) An American and German soldier talk together during an artillery live fire event (Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images) Administration officials also said that there would be a cap on the number of U.S. forces in Germany placed at 25,000 troops, and that the additional troops currently in Germany would either be deployed to other bases in Europe or sent back home by September, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Trump administration has clashed with Germany several times over a number of issues related to security and defense. The president has repeatedly said that NATO members like Germany should contribute more money to the defense organization, although Germany has rejected these claims. Trump has also criticized Germany’s energy dealings with Russia, viewing German dependence on Russian natural gas as potentially undermining the security guarantees between the United States and Germany. (RELATED: Germany Profits While U.S.-Russian Tensions Rise) Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have also recently soured on each other after Merkel rejected Trump’s invitation to attend an in-person G7 meeting, citing the coronavirus pandemic. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JULY 11: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Leaders from NATO member and partner states are meeting for a two-day summit, which is being overshadowed by strong demands by U.S. President Trump for most NATO member countries to spend more on defense. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Donald Trump at the 2018 NATO Summit (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Defense officials denied that the move was related to the recent spats between Trump and Merkel or to previous disagreements between the United States and Germany. National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot did not confirm the move, but said Trump “continually reassesses the best posture for the United States military forces and our presence overseas,” according to The Hill.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 4:13:14 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/06/05/donald-trump-jr-charlie-chase-trump-sign-howie-carr/82-Year-Old Attacked For Holding A Trump Sign Gets Emotional When He Receives A Call From Donald Trump Jr. An 82-year-old Trump supporter who was allegedly assaulted for holding a sign supporting President Donald Trump got a surprise call from the president’s son Friday during the Howie Carr Show on WBSM. Charlie Chase was holding a Trump sign Tuesday in Fall River, Massachusetts when 27-year-old Aidan Courtright allegedly stopped his car, got out and walked toward Chase while screaming “Give me the (expletive) sign!” Providence Journal reported. Police said he then took the sign, ripped it in half and threw it down before assaulting Chase. The suspect then grabbed Chase by his shirt, knocked off his hat and threw him down to the ground, according to Providence Journal. The suspect then kicked the victim in the ribs and legs before he drove away. Courtright was reportedly arrested Thursday and charged with assault and battery on person over 60, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, civil-rights violation with injury and vandalism of personal property. The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., heard about the incident and tweeted out a request for Chase’s contact information Friday, to which radio host Howie Carr responded that Chase was coming on his show at 4:30 p.m. Chase, a retired teacher, was overcome with emotion after hearing Trump Jr. pop up on the call. “I just wanted to say I saw your story, and I’m sorry you had to go through that,” said Trump Jr. “We really appreciate the support and stuff like that shouldn’t be going on in America, and I just wanted to say thank you for that support. Thank you for your steadfast loyalty, for your service to our country. It means the world to us, and I want to have my team get you to get some extra MAGA swag, hats, gear, flags and everything like that, just to thank you for everything you stand for, my friend.” “I have to thank you guys,” said an emotional Chase. “You don’t know how much you mean to us. Thank you.” “I promise you, it’s guys like you that keep us motivated, patriot Americans, and thank you so much for your service to our country,” said Trump Jr. “Your guys are truly a remarkable generation and I wish we had more like you.” “Well, thank you,” Chase responded. “This will not scare me away. I’m going to be doing this continuously right up until the election.” Earlier in the call, Chase told Carr that his alleged assailant “looked as scary, ugly and angry” as any “character in a movie” that he had seen, WBSM reported. (RELATED: ‘A Great Day’: Chris Wallace Explains How Newest Jobs Report Could Make Trump’s Reelection Case ‘A Lot Easier’) “I’ve never seen a face like that in my 82 years,” he said. “It was so scary. I was frozen for a little while.” During the call, Carr suggested the president’s son have his father send Chase a note. “I think I got someone,” Trump Jr. said, laughing. “We’ll work on it my friend.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 8:52:11 GMT -6
Another win as another medical study used to undercut the drug of choice championed by the President is yanked: First, the highly respected Lancet medical journal retracted a major study about hydroxychloroquine. And now, the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine has yanked another study, this one concerning COVID-19 and blood pressure drugs. Both studies relied on data supplied by a U.S. analytics company called Surgisphere. “A Guardian investigation can reveal the US-based company Surgisphere, whose handful of employees appear to include a science fiction writer and an adult-content model, has provided data for multiple studies on Covid-19 co-authored by its chief executive, but has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology,” The Guardian reported. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/covid-19-surgisphere-who-world-health-organization-hydroxychloroquine A peer-reviewed Lancet study claimed that Surgisphere culled data from nearly 15,000 COVID-19 patients from 1,200 hospitals around the world. There is no evidence that it collected any data from anyone.The study by Lancet, a British company, said the anti-malarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, both of which have been touted by President Trump as a coronavirus treatment, were not only ineffective but possible deadly. Lancet said in the May 22 study that patients who used those drugs were more likely to show an irregular heart rhythm—a known side effect thought to be rare—and were more likely to die in the hospital. Within days, some large trials of the drugs were halted. But after the Lancet retraction, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it would resume trials of the drugs. As for the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, published on 1 May, said that taking certain blood pressure drugs, including angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, didn’t appear to increase the risk of death among COVID-19 patients, as some researchers had suggested. But after questions about Surgisphere, the journal has retracted the study. “It is now clear to me that in my hope to contribute to this research during a time of great need, I did not do enough to ensure that the data source was appropriate for this use,” said Harvard’s Mandeep Mehra, who was the lead author of both studies. “For that, and for all the disruptions—both directly and indirectly — I am truly sorry.”................................................................... “It is now clear to me that in my hope to contribute to this research during a time of great need, I did not do enough to ensure that the data source was appropriate for this use,” said Harvard’s Mandeep Mehra, who was the lead author of both studies. “For that, and for all the disruptions—both directly and indirectly — I am truly sorry.” The only thing he is sorry about is that he got caught faking studies. Also, Remember what Harry Reid said when caught lying about Romney’s taxes? “Well we won didn’t we” & that's all it was about was creating a false narrative to undermine the President by the MSM. Thankfully, the truth is out now and he was proven correct yet again.
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Post by Dotard 20 on Jun 6, 2020 9:28:04 GMT -6
The spineless a-hole will lose big come November
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Post by Dotard 20 on Jun 6, 2020 9:33:15 GMT -6
Another brutal ad against the bunkerbitch
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 9:52:05 GMT -6
The spineless a-hole will lose big come November Sure, go with that if it helps you sleep at night.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 9:52:50 GMT -6
Another brutal ad against the bunkerbitch So, just more RINO/Never Trumper/Liberal talking points. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 9:59:41 GMT -6
Another brutal ad against the bunkerbitch
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 6, 2020 10:01:29 GMT -6
The spineless a-hole will lose big come November
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 7, 2020 6:57:21 GMT -6
Icky & other haters of the President will not like this: The Gallup polling company released its recent polling data which shows President Trump at a 49% approval rating. This is higher than Obama at the same time in his Presidency. Gallop released its current data on presidential approval which show that President Trump has an approval rating greater than Obama’s at the same time in their presidencies. This is despite Obama having praise every day from the corrupt media while he destroyed America. On the other hand, President Trump has faced headwinds from a corrupt media, the Obama Administration’s corrupt efforts to tie President Trump to Russia, an unconstitutional impeachment where the Democrats projected their crimes on President Trump, the China coronavirus and now the race riots started by Obama’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign. Despite all this President Trump is outclassing Obama at the same time in his Presidency. CNS News reports: www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/gallup-historically-incumbent-50-or-more-job-approval-gets A new report from Gallup shows that, historically, an incumbent president with a 50% or higher job approval rating going into a November election, will most likely get reelected. President Trump’s current job approval rating is at 49% among American adults.
One exception to Gallup’s general rule was President George W. Bush, who had a 48% job approval rating going into the November 2004 presidential election, which he won.
What Gallop and CNS News fail to report is that no President with an approval rating going into his reelection of greater than 45% has lost their reelection. President Ford had the highest rating for reelection at 45% in which he was not reelected. According to Gallop, with a traditionally left wing biased in recent years, President Trump’s approval beats that of Obama at the same time in his Presidency. President Trump has a massive following of supporters who have never waivered since before the 2016 election. The corrupt Mueller Special Counsel actually strengthened Trump’s base and their conviction for him. Now more than ever Americans know we need the outsider Trump to drain the swamp in DC. President Trump is currently in a very good position as the 2020 election approaches,(especially as the economy rebounds,(as it is doing).
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Post by redrex on Jun 7, 2020 8:47:33 GMT -6
Please don't talk to ICKY about facts-----They just cloud his simple mind-----Be kind to the weak OBOT
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 7, 2020 14:01:41 GMT -6
So, TDS is real then.... www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-derangement-syndrome-it-realTrump Derangement Syndrome": Is It Real? justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-derangement-syndrome-it-realIn the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 9, 2016, Donald Trump cemented his improbable victory by capturing enough electoral votes to secure the presidency. For Phillip Imanlihen, watching the results come in at his home in Southern California, the only thing Trump’s unlikely victory secured was a speedy trip to the bathroom. When the media outlet I was watching projected that he would win, I threw up,” Imanlihen tells Just The News. Three years of Trump has made it even worse. He just can’t watch the president on television anymore. “It's hard for me to deal with yes,” Imanlihen admitted. His story of mental and physical anguish has become all too common since Trump took office. “The presidency of Donald Trump has affected my mental health,” Fred Robbins from New Jersey tells Just The News. “I have cut back on watching and reading news articles because anything about Trump is upsetting." Robbins is ready to do just about anything to make sure this president is removed from office. “I'd crawl across broken glass and vote for a tuna fish sandwich over Trump,” Robbins says. On social media, the anti-Trump vitriol and griping reaches new heights. A cursory recent stroll through Twitter saw President Trump painted as “worse than Hitler” or “The White Devil,” one person losing sleep over him, and another even wanting to see the president drop dead and die of a massive stroke. Trump supporters view such sentiments as extreme, unhinged — tantamount almost to alien possession. Often, they write it off to what they call “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” or TDS. To the anti-Trump crowd, of course, TDS is a disparaging term. “I don't think there's a mental code or mental diagnosis for Trump Derangement Syndrome,” says Imanlihen. The truth of course seems to be in the eye of the beholder. In plain terms, Trump's critics see the president as sick in the head. Trump supporters say he’s making his far left critics ill in the noggin. While you won’t find "Trump Derangement Syndrome" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), that doesn’t mean there isn’t an underlying validity to it. “Just because it's not in DSM, it doesn't mean it's not a real mental condition,” Dr. Rob Whitley tells Just The News. Whitley, who has published over 100 papers in the field of social psychiatry, points out that the conditions of burnout and nervous breakdowns aren’t official mental disorders either, but they exist. “We have many cases throughout history of certain psychological phenomena really debilitating people and making their life difficult but not being officially recognized as a mental disorder,” Whitley explains. “So it's important to keep an open mind about what is and what isn't a mental disorder.” Research on the topic of mental health, stress, and Trump has been fairly conclusive. The American Psychological Association conducted its "Stress in America" survey after Trump’s election in 2017 and found that 63% of Americans regarded the future of the country as "a significant source of stress.” In 2018, that same survey showed even more citizens ( 69%) stressed out. Such stress about the future of the country, of course, is largely predicted by political ideology. The American Psychological Association survey shows just 26% of Republicans feel stressed over the political climate, compared to a whopping 72% of Democrats. Psychiatrists have seen more Americans coming in to therapy complaining about angst over President Trump. Typically, such patients feel a large sense of worry, helplessness and overall anxiety. “It's pretty bad,” says Dr. Robert Lustig, author of an article entitled "This is Your Brain on Trump" in MedPage Today. “I'm very worried. People are going to be going to psychiatrists for years because of Trump.” Lustig, professor emeritus of pediatrics, division of endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco, is very clear that he is no fan of Donald Trump. “I'm pretty upset for myself and for my family and for everyone else,” he told Just The News. In our interview, he even compared Trump to the genocidal, totalitarian warmonger Adolf Hitler, minus the entrenched philosophy. Hitler had a very specific ideology,” Lustig said. “Trump has ... zero ideology. Trump just wants to dominate and rule." While Lustig is adamantly anti-Trump, he can still step back and acknowledge that the president has afflicted people with the unofficial “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” He says there’s a science behind it. “It's all about two chemicals: dopamine and cortisol,” says Lustig. Dopamine is the reward or pleasure neurotransmitter. Cortisol is the chemical that is released in response to fear. It all goes to the prefrontal cortex, a filter that comprises the thinking part of the brain. When stress becomes persistent, your mental state changes. “You lose your filter, you lose your prefrontal cortex,” Lustig explains. “Prefrontal cortical dysfunction is the hallmark of basically all of the societal behavioral problems that we have experienced in the last 50 years.” Those behavioral problems are addiction, depression, anxiety, inattention, and hate. “When your prefrontal cortex doesn't work, all of those five go hog wild,” he says “Those are the five components that people call ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’” Lustig is convinced Trump has a non-working thinking portion of his brain too. “He has no prefrontal cortex," he says, "and guess what? He's making sure none of us do either, and that’s ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 7, 2020 14:10:40 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/06/07/barr-says-cbs-report-on-trump-and-troops-is-false/Barr Says CBS Report On Trump And Troops Is False JUNE 7, 2020 By Tristan Justice U.S. Attorney General William Barr debunked claims that President Donald Trump demanded 10,000 federal troops be deployed on the streets of Washington D.C. to quell protests that up to this week had sparked the worst outbreak of violence seen for decades in the nation’s capital. “A senior administration official told our CBS’ David Martin, that in a meeting at the White House on Monday morning, the president demanded that 10,000 active duty troops be ordered into American streets. Is that accurate?” asked Margaret Brennan on CBS’ Face The Nation Sunday. “No, that’s completely false,” Barr said plainly. “He did not demand that.” Barr explained further, emphasizing that the use of federal troops on standby was a last resort: I came over on Monday morning for a meeting. The night before had been the most violent, as one of the police officials told us, the D.C. police, it was the most violent day in Washington in 30 years, something that the media has not done a very good job of covering. And there had been a riot right along Lafayette Park. I was called over and asked if I would coordinate federal civil agencies and that the Defense Department would provide whatever support I needed or we needed to protect federal property at the White House, federal personnel. The decision was made to have at the ready and on hand in the vicinity some regular troops. But everyone agreed that the use of regular troops was a last resort and that as long as matters can be controlled with other resources, they should by. I felt, and the Secretary of Defense felt, we had adequate resources and wouldn’t need to use federal troops. But in case we did, we wanted them nearby. The White House conversation came after violent rioters stirred chaos in the streets outside the executive mansion, even setting fire to the historic St. John’s Church Sunday night. Brennan then clarified that troops from the 82nd Airborne were put on standby following the riots, but were never officially deployed. “Some 82nd Airborne military police were brought into the area, but they were not brought into D.C.” Barr said. “What part of that conversation, as it’s been relayed to CBS and to other news organizations, is false? Did the president not demand active duty troops? Brennan pushed. “Well your question to me just a moment ago was ‘Did he demand them on the streets, did he demand them in D.C.?’ No we had them on standby in case they were needed,” Barr said, adding that everyone in the White House discussion was in agreement on the issue. “I think our position was common, which was that they should only be deployed if, as a last resort and that we didn’t think we would need them. Every- I think everyone was on the same page.” The interview then turned to whether Trump had legal authority to order troops restore law and order to the streets if need be. “Do you think that the president has the authority to unilaterally send in active duty troops if the governors oppose it?” Brennan asked. “Absolutely,” said Barr. “Under the Insurrection Act, the president can use regular troops to suppress rioting…The Confederacy in our country opposed the use of federal troops to restore order and suppress an insurrection. So the federal government sometimes doesn’t listen to governors in certain circumstances.” CBS said it stands by its reporting over Barr’s firsthand testimony.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 7, 2020 14:11:24 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/06/07/barr-says-peaceful-protestors-are-one-of-the-big-lies-media-are-perpetuating/Barr Says ‘Peaceful Protestors’ Are One Of The Big Lies Media Are Perpetuating JUNE 7, 2020 By Tristan Justice U.S. Attorney General William Barr rebuked the false narrative perpetuated by legacy media Sunday that protestors cleared near the White House last week were gathering in peaceful demonstrations. On Monday, protestors were dispersed by park police by pepper balls as the city neared at 7 p.m. curfew by Barr’s orders moments before President Donald Trump walked across the street to observe the damage done to the historic St. John’s Church. “They were not peaceful protestors,” Barr said on CBS’ Face the Nation. “That’s one of the big lies that the media is—seems to be perpetuating at this point.” CBS’ Margaret Brennan pushed back citing several of the network’s reporters who were present. “Three of my CBS colleagues were there. We talked to them,” Brennan said. “They did not hear warnings.” Barr explained: There were three warnings given. But let’s get back to why we took that action. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, OK, there were violent riots in Lafayette Park where the park police were under constant attack at the, behind the bike rack fences. On Sunday, things reached a crescendo. The officers were pummeled with bricks, crowbars were used to pry up the pavers at the park and they were hurled at police. There were fires set in not only St. John’s Church, but a historic building at Lafayette was burned down. Brennan tried to brush off the violence as simply “looters,” a characterization that Barr immediately disputed. “Not looters, these were—there were the the violent rioters who dominated Lafayette Park,” Barr said, noting that they broke into the nearby Treasury Department and were attacking police with projectiles. “This has been totally obscured by the media.” Barr explained that the decision to expand the perimeter surrounding Lafayette Park was an order he gave to the park police Monday afternoon, with no connection to the president’s visit to St. John’s Church. “The park police was facing what they considered to be a very rowdy and non-compliant crowd. And there were projectiles being hurled at the police,” Barr said. Brennan once again cited reporting from her colleagues who observed no such behavior. “I was there. They were thrown. I saw them thrown,” Barr said. “And you believe that what the police did using tear gas and projectiles was appropriate?” Brennan asked, posing the same false charge that tear gas was employed at the park that day repeated by every major news outlet. “This was not an operation to respond to that particular crowd. It was an operation to move the perimeter one block,” Barr asserted. “They announced three times. They didn’t move. By the way, there was no tear gas used. The tear gas was used Sunday when they had to clear H Street to allow the fire department to come in to save St. John’s Church. That’s when tear gas was used.” Barr continued with criticism of how the media reported on Monday’s events: All I heard was comments about how peaceful protesters were. I didn’t hear about the fact that there were 150 law enforcement officers injured and many taken to the hospital with concussions. So it wasn’t a peaceful protest. We had to get control of Lafayette Park, and we had to do it as soon as we were able to do that
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 8, 2020 19:34:38 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/06/08/the-nasdaq-hits-record-high-sp-turns-positive-as-official-arbiter-announces-recession/The major U.S. stock indexes rose again Monday even as the official referees of the economy announced the U.S. had entered into a recession. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.13 percent to a new record high. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2 percent, turning positive for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 1.7 percent to 27,572. The National Bureau of Economic Research, the official arbiter of recessions, declared on Monday that the U.S. economy had peaked in February and entered a recession. The expansion that ended in February lasted 128 months, the longest in U.S history according to records stretching back to 1854. The record was held by the business expansion that lasted for 120 months from March 1991 to March 2001. “The committee has determined that a peak in monthly economic activity occurred in the U.S. economy in February 2020. The peak marks the end of the expansion that began in June 2009 and the beginning of a recession,” the NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee said in a statement The NBER committee said that although a recession is typically defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, the weight and depth of the current slump justified calling the current economic conditions a recession even though there has only been a single quarter of recession so far. In any case, the second quarter is expected to see the second consecutive quarterly contraction–and one much deeper than the first quarter. “The committee recognizes that the pandemic and the public health response have resulted in a downturn with different characteristics and dynamics than prior recessions,” the committee said. “Nonetheless, it concluded that the unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production, and its broad reach across the entire economy, warrants the designation of this episode as a recession, even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions.” But there are signs that the U.S. economy bottomed in April and has started to rebound. The most dramatic of these came Friday when the government announced the economy added millions of jobs, upending expectations that the economy would lose around 8 million jobs. All 11 sectors of the S&P 500 rose Monday. The best performing sector was energy, which rose 4.32 percent. Despite that gain, the energy sector is down 24.39 percent over the last 12-months, making it the worst performer during the period. Boeing was the best performing Dow stock on Monday, rising 12.2 percent. Over the past year, shares are down nearly 50 percent. Intel was the worst-performing, falling around 1 percent. It is up over 38 percent over the past 12-months.
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Post by dotard 20 on Jun 10, 2020 9:08:40 GMT -6
That 4 in 10 Americans think that piece of shit is doing a good job tells you all you need to know about us. Almost half of us are pathetic and racist.
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Post by redrex on Jun 10, 2020 10:12:57 GMT -6
That 4 in 10 Americans think that piece of shit is doing a good job tells you all you need to know about us. Almost half of us are pathetic and racist. I would agree that you are "pathetic and racist"
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 10, 2020 12:05:24 GMT -6
That 4 in 10 Americans think that piece of shit is doing a good job tells you all you need to know about us. Almost half of us are pathetic and racist.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 10, 2020 14:29:35 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/06/10/historic-first-under-trump-half-of-national-security-council-leaders-are-women/Historic First: Under Trump, Half Of National Security Council Leaders Are Women Trump has long relied on the leadership and counsel of women, the White House says. Madeline Osburn By Madeline Osburn JUNE 10, 2020 For the first time in history, half of the senior leaders of the National Security Council are women. Twelve of the 24 directorates are led by women now, including three of the six regional directorates that cover the world. While the White House press corps has not yet noticed that fact, and Vanity Fair didn’t have Annie Leibovitz come do a photo shoot, as would have been obligatory in the previous administration, women in the White House noticed and appreciated the historic first. “President Trump has demonstrated his commitment to empowering women in the U.S. and across the world, implementing a pro-growth, pro-family agenda that lifts up women of all backgrounds. It’s no surprise that women are leading the way across the Trump administration, including more women leaders at the National Security Council than at any other time in history,” adviser to the President Ivanka Trump said. The National Security Council has both functional and regional directorates. The functional directorates tackle issues such as international organizations, border security, and COVID response, all three of which women now lead. Three of the six regional directorates covering the globe — Africa, Asia, and South Asia — are now led by women. Last year, national security adviser Robert O’Brien announced his plan to restructure and decrease the size of the council, which advises the president on national security and foreign policy. Policy staff of the council swelled from a dozen during the Cuban missile crisis to well over 200 in the Obama administration. O’Brien said the “right size” for the council was about where it was under the leadership of Brent Scowcroft in the George H.W. Bush administration and Condoleezza Rice in the George W. Bush administration. Rice was the first female to serve as national security adviser when she was appointed in 2001. She later became the first African American female to serve as secretary of state. “Under President Trump’s leadership, over the past nine months we have brought the NSC back to its proper size and role as a lean and efficient advisory body, and we were able to make that happen because we have some of the strongest leaders in the history of the NSC, half of whom are women for the first time ever,” O’Brien said. The streamlined NSC has received plaudits within the national security community. “There are some exceptionally capable people over there focused on getting wins on the board for the country,” said Rebeccah Heinrichs, a national security scholar with the Hudson Institute, citing a “willingness to reconsider approaches to persistent problems and guts to do some things that are long overdue.” Trump has long relied on the leadership and counsel of women, the White House says. Three of his top advisers and his communications director are women, and the only three mothers ever to be named press secretaries were all installed by Trump. Even in a 2016 article critical of Trump, The New York Times reporters wrote that he promoted several women to the loftiest heights of his company, “a daring move for a major real estate developer at the time.” The female NSC leaders include arguably the most important. Dr. Deborah Birx is the physician and diplomat serving as head of the coronavirus response. In February, O’Brien named her to the NSC, where she works on detail from the State Department. Here are just a few of the other senior directors currently serving: Allison Hooker is the senior director in charge of Asia. Prior to coming to the White House, she was a career civil servant at the State Department, serving as a senior intelligence analyst on North Korea since 2001. She staffed the Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear program and has been involved in all negotiations with North Korea since then. As a young teenager, Hooker became interested in national security and foreign affairs while watching President Ronald Reagan and President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Reykjavik Summit. Tiananmen Square and the fall of the Berlin Wall took place her senior year of high school, and both significantly influenced her career path. Hooker was the director for Korea before becoming a political appointee in the Trump administration. Elizabeth Erin Walsh has been NSC’s senior director for African affairs since July of last year. Before that, she was senior director for international organizations. Prior to that, she serviced as assistant secretary of commerce for global markets and other positions. Before joining the Trump administration, Walsh had an extensive career in international affairs in both the public and private sectors. She was the head of corporate engagement for Asia Pacific at Goldman Sachs, during which time she lived in both Hong Kong and Beijing. She spent seven years at Cisco and more than 10 years in federal government, including at the State Department, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the Department of Energy, and the White House. Walsh received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown in government and international relations, and her master of science in political science from the London School of Economics. The third female regional director is Lisa Curtis, a former Heritage Foundation scholar. She is the senior director for South Asia. Sue J. Bai is deputy assistant to the president, principal deputy legal adviser to the NSC, and associate counsel to the president in the White House Counsel’s office. Before joining the White House, she served as a federal prosecutor for the Department of Justice. Bai was an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Columbia. Bai received her J.D. from Georgetown Law and her bachelor of science in foreign service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Julia Nesheiwat is the senior director for homeland security affairs and one of the women most recently named to a senior leadership role on the NSC. A combat veteran with multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, she deployed immediately after 9/11 and is the recipient of a Bronze Star. She served on President George W. Bush’s commission on weapons of mass destruction, and as an envoy for hostage affairs, helping to release dozens of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained by rogue nations and terror groups. Nesheiwat helped to stand up the first ever Cabinet-level agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and served as the chief of staff for policy and planning there. She was also the first female deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Energy Resources. She has served as a visiting professor and lecturer at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Stanford University, and the University of California-San Diego. Nesheiwat has a Ph.D. in science and engineering and speaks Arabic and Japanese. Mollie Hemingway contributed to this report. Madeline Osburn is a staff editor at the Federalist and the producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Follow her on Twitter.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 11, 2020 10:00:06 GMT -6
President Trump issued a stark warning Wednesday night to Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (D) over his allowing Antifa activists to take over a six block section of Seattle. Trump said if Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) do not act then he would act to take back the city from anarchists.
This week anarchists established a six block area they call the “Capital Hill Autonomous Zone” with armed guards controlling access and shaking down businesses. Gov. Inslee claimed ignorance when asked about this earlier Wednesday:
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 11, 2020 10:06:47 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/domestic-terrorists-trump-erupts-over-seattle-autonomous-zone-mayor-responds-gets-crushedDomestic Terrorists’: Trump Erupts Over ‘Seattle Autonomous Zone.’ Mayor Responds, Gets Crushed. President Donald Trump erupted on social media Thursday over the news of the “Seattle Autonomous Zone,” a four-block section of the city, which includes a police precinct, now controlled by “anarchists,” who have issued a list of demands to the city, including abolishing police and making higher education free. Targeting the mayor of Seattle and the governor of Washington directly, Trump blasted the “domestic terrorists” who’ve moved into the city and called on the individuals in charge to take control of what is increasingly an out-of-control situation in the middle of one of America’s major cities. Radical Left Governor @jayinslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before,” Trump tweeted. “Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped (sic) IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!” Although the “Seattle Autonomous Zone,” or the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” as it’s known on social media, has a visible presence on Twitter and elsewhere, Seattle’s mayor and Washington’s governor seemed unperturbed in interviews Wednesday night. Governor Jay Inslee, Jason Rantz reports, battled Seattle residents by suggesting, in a press briefing, that a reporter’s question was the first he’d heard of the Zone. Well that’s news to me so I’ll have to reserve any comment about that,” Inslee said with what Rantz called a “nervous chuckle.” “I have not heard anything about that, from any credible source. Not that you’re not credible, just before I espouse an opinion I should know of which I speak.” The response shocked even reporters. “Speechless. Washington @govinslee claims he’s unaware that protesters have taken over nearly 6 city blocks in Seattle and dubbed it an autonomous zone, rendering an entire @seattlepd precinct useless. It’s been trending nationwide on Twitter. It’s been more than 24 hours,” tweeted one member of the media. Seattle’s mayor, ignoring the Zone, blasted back at President Trump, poking fun at the president for being ushered to a secure bunker under the White House as rioters moved in on the landmark last week. “Make us all safe. Go back to your bunker. #BlackLivesMatter,” Mayor Jenny Durkan tweeted. She quickly found herself being crushed by responses. Narrator: meanwhile, the people she was pandering to stormed City Hall and called for her to step down,” pointed out one social media user. “You have a warlord running a section of your city. Maybe you shouldn’t be sitting this one out,” said another. Indeed, the Zone, known as “CHAZ” (short for Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”) is already posing problems. On Wednesday, a “warlord,” brandishing a weapon, began seizing control of the Zone, threatening violence. The Zone is also, reportedly, out of food, and has stationed armed guards at entrances to repel “incursions” from city services, including Seattle Department of Transportation workers looking to clean and empty portable toilets the city placed out for protesters.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 11, 2020 17:34:39 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-warns-anti-u-s-international-criminal-court-well-hit-your-officials-with-sanctions-if-you-target-u-sTrump Administration Warns Anti-U.S. International Criminal Court: We’ll Hit Your Officials With Sanctions If You Target U.S. On Thursday, the Trump administration targeted the International Criminal Court, which has a decidedly anti-American bent, threatening ICC officials with sanctions if they pursue charges of war crimes against the United States and its allies. President Trump’s executive order would permit the State and Treasury Departments to block the financial assets of an ICC official who “directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States personnel without the consent of the United States” or “directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any personnel of a country that is an ally of the United States without the consent of that country’s government.” The Washington Free Beacon noted, “The ICC is pursuing charges against the United States for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. It also is investigating a case against Israel for its military action in the Palestinian-controlled territories.” In May, the Free Beacon reported, “The International Criminal Court is working alongside several organizations and individuals tied to terrorism as it seeks to prosecute American and Israeli personnel for war crimes, according to a new report out of Israel … The report—from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) … concludes that under the leadership of Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, the ICC collaborated with terror-tied groups to pursue charges against American and Israeli military officials it claims are guilty of committing war crimes against civilians, including in Afghanistan and Palestinian territories.” President Trump’s executive order stated clearly that the ICC’s actions “threaten to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States”: I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its illegitimate assertions of jurisdiction over personnel of the United States and certain of its allies, including the ICC Prosecutor’s investigation into actions allegedly committed by United States military, intelligence, and other personnel in or relating to Afghanistan, threatens to subject current and former United States Government and allied officials to harassment, abuse, and possible arrest. These actions on the part of the ICC, in turn, threaten to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and impede the critical national security and foreign policy work of United States Government and allied officials, and thereby threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, has never accepted ICC jurisdiction over its personnel, and has consistently rejected ICC assertions of jurisdiction over United States personnel. The order continued: Furthermore, in 2002, the United States Congress enacted the American Service-Members’ Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) which rejected the ICC’s overbroad, non-consensual assertions of jurisdiction. The United States remains committed to accountability and to the peaceful cultivation of international order, but the ICC and parties to the Rome Statute must respect the decisions of the United States and other countries not to subject their personnel to the ICC’s jurisdiction, consistent with their respective sovereign prerogatives. The United States seeks to impose tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions, which may include the suspension of entry into the United States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members … I therefore determine that any attempt by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States personnel without the consent of the United States, or of personnel of countries that are United States allies and who are not parties to the Rome Statute or have not otherwise consented to ICC jurisdiction, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stated, “Despite repeated calls by the United States and our allies to reform, the International Criminal Court has taken no action to reform itself and continues to pursue politically-motivated investigations against us and our allies, including Israel. We are concerned that adversary nations are manipulating the International Criminal Court by encouraging these allegations against United States personnel. Further, we have strong reason to believe there is corruption and misconduct at the highest levels of the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor, calling into question the integrity of its investigation into American service members.”
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