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FightFight's JournalAPPARENTLY IF YOU CAN BUY 2 PRIVATE FLIGHTS ON ELON'S SPACEX YOU TOO CAN BE NOMINATED TO RUN NASA
Who is Jared Isaacman? Trump pick for NASA administrator is a billionaire who paid for 2 SpaceX flights
https://www.fastcompany.com/91240561/jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator-trump-pick-spacex-billionaire
Everything Trump touches dies
Pete Hegseth was known for showing up to work at the set of Fox News with alcohol on his breath & dealing with hangovers
Pete Hegseth was known for showing up to work at Fox News with alcohol on his breath and dealing with hangovers https://www.alternet.org/pete-hegseth-drunk/
Fox News personality Pete Hegseth — who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to lead the Department of Defense — was known for showing up to work with alcohol on his breath and dealing with hangovers
I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.”
The Storybook Start—and Bitter End—of Pete Hegseth’s First Marriage
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/pete-hegseth-first-marriage
Ann Coulter blasts 'sleazy' Pete Hegseth over alleged 'serial' adultery
https://www.alternet.org/adulterer-ann-coulter-pete-hegseth/
Drunken Trump nominee caught on stage with strippers
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/12/drunken-trump-nominee-caught-on-stage-with-strippers.html
New York Times: Pete Hegseth’s mother wrote him an email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating women https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email-new-york-times/index.html
A previously undisclosed whistle-blower report on Hegseth’s tenure as the president of Concerned Veterans for America, from 2013 until 2016, describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated while acting in his official capacity—to the point of needing to be carried out of the organization’s events.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history
Hegseth was one of 12 national guardsmen flagged as a potential insider threat and removed from the group providing security for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-insider-threat-biden-inauguration/
Woman accused Hegseth of raping her at a 2017 Republican women’s conference in Monterey, California
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/police-report-details-allegations-that-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth-raped-a-woman-in/article_cc7c633e-a7c7-11ef-9e13-af6d1aa8ed78.html
Hegseth seemed to have played a major role in bankrupting the Vets For Freedom by using funds for endless social events and parties https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5017946-pentagon-pick-hegseth-misconduct/
Pete Hegseth accused of chanting ‘kill all Muslims’ on a drunken night out https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-trump-allegations-history-b2657456.html
Pete Hegseth Published Column Saying Sex with Unconscious Woman Isn't Rape https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-published-column-saying-225600849.html
Pete Hegseth accused of being "white supremacist" by civil rights lawyer https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-white-supremacist-trump-1986435
Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’ | ‘Germs are not a real thing.’ https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-hand-washing-video-viral-secretary-defense-trump-1985448
Donald Trump’s potential secretary of defense hasn’t been straightforward about the violent symbolism of his ink.https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos
Pete Hegseth Falsely Claims He Was 'Completely Cleared' On Sex Assault Allegation https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-falsely-claims-completely-220040788.html
'Hug goodbye lingered': Writer tells of creepy meeting with 'perfect monster' Pete Hegseth https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2669997939/
Trump's defense pick openly fantasized about military attack on 'domestic enemies': report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history
Drunken Trump nominee caught on stage with strippers
Source: nj
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense reportedly had to step down from a pair of nonprofit veterans groups he headed after workers filed allegations of mismanagement and sexual misconduct.
The New Yorker reports Pete Hegseth was forced out of Concerned Veterans for America, which he worked as president of from 2013 until 2016, after a whistle-blower report that includes an anecdote of him being held back from trying to dance on a stage with strippers.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/12/drunken-trump-nominee-caught-on-stage-with-strippers.html
“I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.”
New York Times: Pete Hegseth’s mother wrote him an email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating women https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email-new-york-times/index.html
A previously undisclosed whistle-blower report on Hegseth’s tenure as the president of Concerned Veterans for America, from 2013 until 2016, describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated while acting in his official capacity—to the point of needing to be carried out of the organization’s events.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history
Hegseth was one of 12 national guardsmen flagged as a potential insider threat and removed from the group providing security for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-insider-threat-biden-inauguration/
Woman accused Hegseth of raping her at a 2017 Republican women’s conference in Monterey, California
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/police-report-details-allegations-that-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth-raped-a-woman-in/article_cc7c633e-a7c7-11ef-9e13-af6d1aa8ed78.html
Hegseth seemed to have played a major role in bankrupting the Vets For Freedom by using funds for endless social events and parties https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5017946-pentagon-pick-hegseth-misconduct/
Pete Hegseth accused of chanting ‘kill all Muslims’ on a drunken night out https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-trump-allegations-history-b2657456.html
Pete Hegseth Published Column Saying Sex with Unconscious Woman Isn't Rape https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-published-column-saying-225600849.html
Pete Hegseth accused of being "white supremacist" by civil rights lawyer https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-white-supremacist-trump-1986435
Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’ | ‘Germs are not a real thing.’ https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-hand-washing-video-viral-secretary-defense-trump-1985448
Donald Trump’s potential secretary of defense hasn’t been straightforward about the violent symbolism of his ink.https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos
Pete Hegseth Falsely Claims He Was 'Completely Cleared' On Sex Assault Allegation https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-falsely-claims-completely-220040788.html
'Hug goodbye lingered': Writer tells of creepy meeting with 'perfect monster' Pete Hegseth https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2669997939/
Trump's defense pick openly fantasized about military attack on 'domestic enemies': report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history
Video Ronald Reagan denouncing those who engage in trade wars and tariffs against allies weakening our economy
We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.” Said Reagan in 1988
https://www.instagram.com/purpleroom_politics/reel/DDF7gnBPhBP/
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THE BIGGEST WINNER IN THE LAST ROUND OF TARIFFS WAS RUSSIA-
TRADE WARS ARE GOOD AND EASY TO WIN TRUMP TWEETED - March 2018--AND AS ALWAYS HE WAS RIGHT--IT WAS A WINDFALL... FOR MOTHER RUSSIA
1. The wine market in **Russia**: growth returned --US wine exports decrease 5% in 2018, reflecting trade war--Russia to almost double its vineyards by 2020
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com
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1. **Russia** ready to fill China's food gap left by US in trade war
https://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2019-06-08-story210028-Russia_ready_to_fill_China_s_food_gap_left_by_US_in_trade_war_fallout
2. **Russian** lumber industry benefiting from Canada-U.S. trade war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-houses-are-using-more-russian-lumber-thanks-to-canada-spat/article36039527/
4. **Russian** steel exports to the European Union have risen by around 40% in 2018.As Trump's U.S. tariffs have scrambled the global steel trade creating chaos here at home https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/trade-in-the-crosshairs-trumps-steel-tariffs-and-the-ripple-effect-on-global-trade/
5. **Russia's** Rusal says aluminum sales up 21% https://www.reuters.com/article/rusal-output/russias-rusal-says-aluminium-sales-up-21-q-q-idUSL8N24R30P/
6. U.S. wheat exporters losing ground as Mexico turns to **Russia** because of Trump's trade war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-us-wheat-exports-fall-behind-as-mexico-turns-to-russian-supply-amid/
11. 2018 - U.S. Lobster Exports to China Free falling Amid Trump Trade Dispute---2023 Russia doubles seafood exports to China - https://www.intrafish.com/markets/russia-doubles-seafood-exports-to-china/2-1-1556087?zephr_sso_ottHnjfEB
Nov 16, 2023
7. China's Jan imports of **Russian** aluminum surge tenfold https://customstoday.media/chinas-jan-imports-of-russian-aluminium-surge-tenfold-customs/
8. **Russia's** Newest Ambition in China Is Selling More Chicken https://www.poultryworld.net/the-industrymarkets/market-trends-analysis-the-industrymarkets-2/china-increasingly-relies-on-russian-poultry/
9. China Buys Record Amount of **Russian** Soy as It Shuns U.S. - China, the world's biggest soybean importer, almost tripled purchases from Russia amid a trade dispute with the U.S. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/china-buys-record-amount-of-russian-soy-as-it-shuns-u-s-growers
10. American LNG--liquid natural gas-- exports threatened as China turns to **Russia** https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/American-LNG-exports-threatened-as-China-turns-to-Russian-sources
45. **China imports Russian raw milk for first time** -
Sep 6, 2019 -Dairy production in Russia is finally on the rise 2018--https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201909/06/WS5d721d07a310cf3e3556a2ea.html#::textHARBIN%20%2D%20A%20tank%20truck%20carrying,has%20imported%20Russian%20raw%20milk.
12. South China province--**Guangdong's trade with Russia reached 19.74 billion yuan (2.86 billion U.S. dollars) from January to April, up by 26.5 percent from the same period last year. Guangdong's imports of aluminum, copper, paper pulp, fertilizer and raw material for plastic from Russia has been growing** https://www.tanndy.com/guangdongs-trade-with-russia-rises.html
199. **Russia** plans to discuss reducing import duties with China--basically russia is reducing its tariffs and seeing its exports with China grow while Trump is doing the exact opposite ---this way RUSSIA CAN GROW ON THE BACKS OF THE AMERICAN FARMERS--BUT HEY THEY DON'T CARE SOMETHING SOMETHING BLACK LADY
2666. January, China had scrapped the import ban on **Russian** dairy and poultry. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2019/11/14/china-ends-five-year-ban-on-us-poultry-but-russia-holds-key-to-return-to-record-years/
China has already become **Russia's** major trading partner, helping offset the impact of geopolitical uncertainty with the West, the Kremlin is now striving to assert itself as an indispensable destination for Beijing amid Trump's trade war. **Russia's** economic growth reached a six-year high-IN 2019---A YEAR AFTER THE TRUMP TRADE WAR https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009679/china-and-russia-arent-economic-equals-thanks-us-trade-war
**Soybean sales from U.S. farmers to China, the world's largest buyer of the crop, had dropped more than 90 percent. Sales of dairy products, like whey, dropped by 43 percent, and cheese export values fell about 85 percent.**
Steep tariffs are hurting U.S. business, and CEOs are saying so--**"What Trump has done to undermine our global leadership in terms of major multinational companies will be hard to undo," says a former Republican cabinet member**. it's hurting commerce worldwide. **Global growth will drop to 3% next year --2019--2020, predicts the International Monetary Fund, the slowest growth since the financial crisis. The No. 1 culprit: "rising trade barriers."**
**ALL ROADS LEAD TO PUTIN YET TRUMP CLAIMS TO LOVE THE AMERICAN FARMER--WELL HOW DID THEY FARE THROUGH THIS DEBACLE**
1. US farmers hit hard by retaliatory tariffs imposed by China https://rollcall.com/2024/11/14/trumps-tariffs-seen-delivering-a-repeat-blow-to-us-farm-exports/
2. Trump's $16 billion farm bailout will make rich farmers richer--Wapo -https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/31/trumps-billion-farm-bailout-will-make-rich-farmers-richer-hasten-small-farm-failure-study-says/
3. Trump's Hollow Promise of Trade-War Relief for Small Farms https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/trumps-hollow-promise-trade-war-relief-small-farms
4. 'Trump is ruining our markets': Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war -- China https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html
5. Trump's China trade deal--the new deal is a farce--Phase 1 consists mainly of vague, secondhand promises https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2020/01/02/trumps-china-agreement-is-a-fake-deal/
6. Farm bankruptcies climb in wake of catastrophic weather, trade conflicts https://omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/farm-bankruptcies-climb-in-nebraska-and-iowa-in-wake-of-catastrophic-weather-trade-conflicts/article_6c3c1b11-d106-5b00-93b2-8bbcc2027996.html
7. Wisconsin leads nation in family farm bankruptcies jan 2020 https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2020/01/31/wisconsin-continues-lead-u-s-farm-bankruptcies/4625866002/
8. 'Trump is ruining our markets': Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war -- China
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html
9. Trump Wants Small Farmers to Clear Out for the Big Guys https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-wants-small-farmers-to-clear-out-for-the-big-guys/
10. Trump's USDA Chief Thinks Farm Workers Are Overpaid https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/trumps-usda-chief-thinks-farm-workers-are-overpaid/
11. **Trump administration showers Brazilian crooks with $62M bailout money meant for struggling U.S. farmers**--Trump giving money to corrupt peopNoNoo say it isn't so
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-farmers-bailout-brazil-brothers-1427346
12. **Trump administration has given $200K in U.S. farm bailout to a corrupt Japanese firm** https://www.inquisitr.com/5475892/millions-in-farm-bailout-money-went-to-shady-foreign-firms/
13. China's exit piles on to a devastating 2019 for farmers, who've struggled through record flooding and droughts that destroyed crop yields, and trade war escalations that have lowered prices and profits this year.
**SUMMARY**
Before hostilities escalated in 2017, the U.S. was China's top agricultural supplier for 18 years running, relying on the nation for almost 20% of its farm goods imports amounting to $24 billion a year.And that's where China has been exposed by the trade war.
**Imports from the U.S. tumbled 45% in 2018** as the two countries hit each other with tariffs. Beijing slapped retaliatory levies ranging from 5% to 60% on almost all American farm goods including soybeans, pork and corn. The duties **gave Beijing crucial leverage over Washington, prompting Trump to announce a $28 billion bailout for farmers faced with a devastating loss in business. But they also forced China to search for supplies elsewhere.**
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**Trump: If elected, "we'll have so much winning, you'll get bored with winning" SEPTEMBER 9, 2015**
2024
How China reduced its reliance on US farm imports, softening trade war risks https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-reduced-its-reliance-us-farm-imports-softening-trade-war-risks-2024-11-13/
Feb. 4, 2022: China allows imports of wheat and barley from all regions of Russia, the world's biggest wheat exporter.
Why Trump is bad for business---America's first billionaire President promised to bring a C-suite sensibility to the Oval Office. It started well--but now bad policy choices have pushed CEO confidence to the lowest level in a decade. https://fortune.com/longform/trump-policies-bad-for-business-trade-immigration-taxes-regulations-us-economy/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How Domestic Terror Attacks Helped Putin, Netanyahu And Bush JR Gain Popularity & Win Elections...America Brace Yourself
Netanyahu’s popularity reasonably sank in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion and slaughter of 1,200 Israelis. But it began rebounding in late November. After National Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz resigned from Netanyahu’s government in June, Netanyahu steadily rose in Direct Polls tracking polls—leading Gantz and Opposition leader Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid by double digits in head-to-head matchups. In the intervening months, the gap between Netanyahu and his rival has grown steadily.
On Sunday, two days after Israel eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Direct Polls published the results of its latest tracking poll for Channel 14. It found that for the first time since Oct. 7, the parties comprising Netanyahu’s governing coalition have an outright majority in Knesset seats. If elections were held today, the government would be re-elected.
https://www.jns.org/the-secret-of-netanyahus-unacknowledged-and-historic-popularity/
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George Jr
Bush began his presidency with ratings near 60%. In the time of national crisis following the September 11 attacks, polls showed approval ratings greater than 85%, peaking in at 92%, as well as a steady 80–90% approval for about four months after the attacks.
https://dbpedia.org/page/Public_image_of_George_W._Bush
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The bombings, together with the Invasion of Dagestan, triggered the Second Chechen War. The handling of the crisis by Vladimir Putin, who was prime minister at the time, boosted his popularity greatly and helped him attain the presidency within a few months.
'Capable of anything': How the '99 apartment bombings explain Putin's rise and regime
https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-1999-apartment-bombings-ukraine-175001959.html
Former National Intelligence Chairman: Tulsi Gabbard Is Unfit and Dangerous .....Here's why
Trump wants a toady to oversee our national secrets. Her affection for our enemies is worse than you imagine
Gabbard has cozied up to at least two vicious dictators who are America’s enemies: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of his own civilians, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, whose deadly invasion of Ukraine has resulted in one million deaths. Instead of holding the guilty accountable, she has defended Assad and blamed the United States and NATO for the Ukraine War.
” When she ran for president in 2019, Gabbard refused to call Assad a war criminal and – most alarmingly of all – declined to reply when asked if she would trust her own intelligence community if she were elected.
YES --TULSI IS A RUSSIAN ASS-et
-What the mainstream media wont say
1. Tulsi Gabbard's Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To right wing Koch-Funded Think Tank
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/03/tulsi-gabbards-financial-disclosures-leave-out-ties-to-koch-funded-think-tank/
91. The Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Clinton’s Claims About Gabbard
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/22/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-support-of-clintons-claims-about-gabbard/
1. Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html
99. Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Dem contender Tulsi Gabbard https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261
3. Tulsi Gabbard is rated "F" by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district: https://imgur.com/wDhVNKq
6. Tulsi Gabbard was nearly a part of Trump's cabinet at Steve bannon's suggestion: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-consideration-trump-cabinet/story?id=43696303
5. Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36352314/bannon-name-drops-hawaii-congresswoman-in-national-interview/
7. Tulsi Gabbard isn't anti-war. She's a self-described hawk against terrorists. Her narrow objections center around efforts to spread democracy: "In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," Gabbard said. "When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove.": https://www.votetulsi.com/node/27796
8. Tulsi Gabbard copies the rhetoric of Republicans: Gabbard voted against condemning Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria, and was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term "Islamic extremism" when discussing terrorism: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/tulsi-gabbard-slams-obamas-refusal-to-say-islamic-/
9. Tulsi Gabbard also copies the policy of Republicans, voting with them to block Syrian refugees: https://medium.com/@pplswar/tulsi-gabbard-voted-to-make-it-virtually-impossible-for-syrian-refugees-to-come-to-the-u-s-11463d0a7a5a
11. Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists: https://readsludge.com/2018/12/26/tulsi-gabbard-took-thousands-from-members-of-right-wing-hindu-group/
12. Tulsi Gabbard frequently repeats Russian talking points and works to legitimize Assad: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats
11. Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/121/text
16. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-adelson-idUSBREA2P0BJ20140326
18. Tulsi was later awarded a "Champions of Freedom" medal at Adelson's annual gala in 2016: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-the-bernie-endorsing-congresswoman-who-trump-fans-can-love/
18. Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy- The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/
19. Eight house Dems absent from Russian sanction vote. One of the eight was Tulsi Gabbard.--H.J.Res. 30: Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h42
20. Tulsi was too busy being on TV to vote for a bill giving back pay to furloughed employees during the the Trump Republican government shutdown http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll028.xml#NV
22. The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi Gabbard Won’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems (In A Selfie) on blacklivesmatter blm detroit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_b_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9
34. Why Do White Nationalists Like Tulsi Gabbard So Much--**The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer took credit in April for Gabbard reaching the 65,000 donor threshold to qualify for the debates** https://forward.com/fast-forward/428962/tulsi-gabbard-neo-nazi-white-nationalist-support/
35. Trump confirms that Tulsi is not a Russian asset--lolgop Russian asset --code named "individual !" says what now
https://www.axios.com/trump-hannity-tulsi-gabbard-fox-news-13101b57-bac8-40d1-a976-67d4a5a7b552.html
98. **August 2019-Russian embassy defends Tulsi Gabbard. Have they done that for any other Democratic presidential candidate?
88. Tulsi Gabbard did not join a letter signed by 169 House Democrats condemning Trump adviser White Supremacist Monger Steve Bannon’s White House appointment https://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/)
99. Gabbard's Base: Overwhelmingly Male, Mostly Conservative https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/gabbards-base-overwhelmingly-male-mostly-conservative/?mobile=1
22. Democrats don’t like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/what-california-can-learn-from-australias-fire-warning-system/democrats-dont-like-tulsi-gabbard-but-the-alt-right-does
31. Here’s Exactly How Much Russian Media Loves Tulsi Gabbard — and Hates Biden--The 2020 candidate's "slamming of U.S. establishment leaders is a wonderful vehicle for the Kremlin to divide the political left.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5anj/heres-how-much-russian-media-loves-tulsi-gabbard-and-hates-biden
32. Tulsi Gabbard Is The Only Democratic Candidate That Russia Views Favorably https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/23/tulsi-gabbard-only-democratic-candidate-russia-views-favorably.html
34. Buttigieg Slams Gabbard on Assad: I Have Better Judgment Than to Meet With 'A Murderous Dictator' https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/buttigieg-slams-gabbard-on-assad-1.8159812
53. Internet rips Tulsi Gabbard for ‘spewing’ Russian conspiracy ‘garbage’ about Syria https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/internet-rips-tulsi-gabbard-for-spewing-russian-conspiracy-garbage-about-syria/
47. Gabbard and her campaign staff have refused to talk about Robinson and what specifically he has done to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars,Robinson, who is Australian, does not appear to have any background in politics or digital advertising. https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks/
36. New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying ‘Russians’ were ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/new-york-times-changes-story-admitting-they-misquoted-clinton-saying-russians-were-grooming-tulsi-gabbard/
38. Tulsi Gabbard votes present on both counts of Trump impeachment--- she placed herself in a sort of no-man’s-land, where people paralyzed by fear of public opinion languish https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/tulsi-gabbard-present-impeachment/index.html
39. **Trump Praises Gabbard for Not Voting to Impeach: “I Give Her a Lot of Respect”** https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-praises-tulsi-gabbard-not-voting-impeachment.html
40. **Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall 2019. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign--immediately** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-who-missed-85-of-house-votes-this-fall-should-resign-says-ex-hawaii-governor-neil-abercrombie/
41. She does not represent her district--Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment--https://apnews.com/c9b93bfb34004616f04fd5fd1ae3709b
He said they were suckers and losers--
**No One Disrespects the Troops More Than Donald Trump**
1. Trumps abuse of power by re-allocating taxpayers’ money, appropriated by Congress, to support the military facilities and families at military installations to help fund the building of “the wall” that Mexico was allegedly paying for
2. Trump's abuse of power to force military personnel to pay out of their per diem allowance the costs to stay at his luxury golf club resort in Ireland. The per diem allowance did not cover the high costs that the military personnel incurred
3. Trums abuse of power by forcing the military to re-fuel military transport planes at a private airport in Ireland at a much higher cost to taxpayers. The airport, which was losing money and might be closed, serves Trump’s golf club resort and needs financial support;
4. Trump disrespected and “trashed” generals who served in his cabinet: Kelly and Mattis .
5. Trump's abuse of power by acting alone in making the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and, thereby, disgracing and shaming the military and the country by not fulfilling a moral obligation to protect the Kurds from military attack by Turkey, Syria and Russia, all of whom benefited from this action;
4. Trump disrespected and “trashed” Vindman who testified that Trump, demanded a quid pro quo--Windman is a US Service member
5. In July 2015, at a forum in Iowa, then-presidential candidate Trump said Sen. John McCain, awarded a Silver Star and a Distinguished Flying Cross, was only a war hero because he had been taken hostage. "He was a war hero because he was captured.
6. Trump disrespect of a Gold Star Khan family ;
7. Trump's failure to attend the WWII ceremony at Normandy;
8. Trump using active military personnel and veterans as “political props” at political rallies;
9. Trump's abuse of his power by deploying active military personnel for political purposes at the Mexico border--To fix a problem he made worse
10. Trump asked about his thoughts on retired Admira McRaven, a former Navy Seal on the mission that killed Bin Laden. Trump screamed, "Hilary Clinton Fan.
11. Trump dismantled financial protections from predatory lenders who target military members https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/14/17684810/military-lending-act-mick-mulvaney-cfpb-loans
12. Trump administration 2018 allowed this--Man swindles veterans out of retirement & disability and fined $1 https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/01/30/man-who-swindled-veterans-out-of-retirement-and-disability-money-for-6-years-ordered-to-pay-fine-of-1/
13. Trump's 2018 budget proposal calls for cuts in benefits to highly disabled veterans
14. Trump went after retired 4-star Gen. John Allen, after Allen supported Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election
15. Trump struggled to console Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in action in Niger.
17. Trump urged Florida to only count ballots received by or cast on Election Day in the midterms, which would have disenfranchised military members voting abroad
18. Trump said visiting troops in combat zones is not "overly necessary." A former senior White House official said that Trump is afraid people want to kill him
19. Trump skipped a visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Said he was "extremely busy because of affairs of state
20. immigrant U.S. Army recruits discharged by Trump., often leaving their immigration status in legal limbo. Many had already taken the Army oath and had attended training or were already serving in the Reserves
21. Dec 2018 Trump lied to the Troops. said he personally got them a raise. A big one more than 10%., He said, they have not had a raise in 10 years so-- A LIE--The troop got a normal 2.6% raise
they do every year for the last 10+ years. biggest increase in the last 10 years was Obama in 2010 with a 3.4% raise.
22. In Dec 2018, Trump finally visited troops in the middle east for the 1st time after 23 months in office. Not really that big a deal because he did go–eventually. And, he made use of the govt shutdown --the 3rd shutdown under that clown--
23. Dec 2018, Trump withdrew from Syria by tweet. The Pentagon, DOD, give no farwarning. Trump had no plan.Trum--greatest dealmaker ever--lolgop-- Got nothing. Abandoned our allies. Trump setup 50,000 Kurds to get slaughtered by Turkey
24. Trump put 3 of his Mar-a-Lago club buddies in charge of running Veteran Affairs despite having no experience. In late 2018, the VA failed to send out benefits for months
25. Trump refused to hold regular National Security Council meetings except when there are specific issues at stake. But he has time to watch many hours of Fox a day
26. Trump waited nearly two weeks to remark on the death of four Special Forces soldiers in combat
27. Because Trump is compromised--Russia Took Over Vacated U.S. Air Base in Northern Syria and raised a Russia flag
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-troops-take-command-of-us-airbase-kobani-northern-syria-2019-11-17/
28. Trump ridiculed combat veterans with PTSD saying, if you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can’t handle it https://www.nbcnews.com/card/trump-implies-vets-suffering-ptsd-cant-handle-war-n658706
29. In 1991 and 2004, Trump complained about veterans selling stuff on the sidewalk near Trump Tower, which is surrounded by stores, like Tiffany’s, Bergdorfs https://newrepublic.com/minutes/128548/donald-trump-repeatedly-asked-new-york-city-government-get-veterans-off-fifth-avenue-aesthetically-displeasing
30. Trump Takes Credit for Veterans Healthcare Program That Started Under Obama
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-takes-credit-for-obama-veterans-healthcare-program-840711/
31. November 13, 2015: At a campaign rally in Iowa, Trump declares that he “knows more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me."
32. March 28, 2018: Trump nominates his personal physician, Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, one of the country’s largest and most important institutions. Trump did so despite Dr. Jackson’s inexperience
33. May 30, 2019: The White House directs the Navy keep the warship USS John S. McCain “out of sight” during a Trump visit to Yokosuka base in Japan.
34. Army Veteran Has Prosthetic Legs Repossessed After Trump's VA Refuses to Pay For Them https://www.newsweek.com/army-veteran-has-prosthetic-legs-repossessed-after-va-refuses-pay-them-1481390
35. Trump Brags About Serving Up American Troops to Saudi Arabia for Nothing More Than Cash
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-brags-about-serving-up-american-troops-to-saudi-arabia-for-cash-936623/
36. Trump Has Embraced War Crimes as a Re-Election Strategy https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-embraced-war-crimes-as-a-re-election-strategy/
37. Tiffany Trump Child Support Payments Would Have Been Stopped by Donald if She Joined the military
https://www.newsweek.com/tiffany-trump-child-support-payments-would-have-been-stopped-donald-if-she-joined-military-prenup-1442203
38. Accepts a Purple Heart from a fan at his rally and says: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-purple-heart-226565
39. 2018--- Trump told Florida to ignore military ballots https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/12/trump-is-telling-florida-ignore-military-ballots-happy-veterans-day/
40. Trump didn’t wear a mask while honoring World War II veterans in their 90s https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/05/08/mcenany-on-trump-not-wearing-mask-around-wwii-vets-they-made-the-choice-to-come-here/#500cb24c146d
41. Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/politics/women-generals-promotions-trump.html#click=https://t.co/684nhjfuLN
**Two Navy SEALs testified that their platoon chief gunned down a young girl and an old man in Iraq in 2017 from his sniper’s perch. The SEALs said shots came from the tower where Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher was posted and they watched through their scopes as the civilians fell to the ground.Over the radio, he heard Gallagher say: "You guys missed him, but I got him."Gallagher, 40, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder for allegedly shooting civilians. He also faces a murder charge in the alleged stabbing of a wounded captive Islamic State fighter.**--, Gallagher was charged with 12 counts, including murder, attempted murder, and obstruction of justice for allegedly attempting to intimidate troops reporting his crimes.--**His Platoon took to shooting warning shots at passersby themselves before Gallagher could aim to kill them**--THIS LADIES AND GENTS IS WHO TRUMP PARDONED.
---RELATED STORIES---
--trump lied about having a high lottery number when he was using a college deferment https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/new-scrutiny-over-trumps-medical-deferment-during-vietnam-war/
--trump later claimed he didn't serve due to bone spurs but has never provided medical documentation of injury https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/12/27/trump-vietnam-war-bone-spur-diagnosis/2420475002/---INTERESTINGLY A GUY WHOSE EAR SUPPOSEDLY HEALED OVERNIGHT FROM A GUN SHOT WOUND HAD A BONE SYR FOR MONTHS THAT KEPT HIM FROM SERVING IN THE MILITARY
Trump exposed the location of two nuclear subs near North Korea to Duterte https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-submarines/trump-tells-duterte-of-two-u-s-nuclear-subs-in-korean-waters-nyt-idUSKBN18K15Y
**Trump reportedly tells the widow of a US soldier killed in action, 'He knew what he signed up for'** https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-he-knew-what-he-signed-up-for-ladavid-johnson-niger-attack-2017-10
Trump claimed he knew ‘more than the generals.’
https://thinkprogress.org/generals-want-nothing-to-do-with-trump-0a5ad80cb682/
**Man ordered to pay $1 fine in scheme to bilk veterans out of pensions by Trump's consumer Protection bureau**
https://www.stripes.com/news/man-ordered-to-pay-1-fine-in-scheme-to-bilk-veterans-out-of-pensions-1.565747
Trump forces Pentagon to pull funds for military schools, daycare to pay for his border wall that he promised Mexico would pay for https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-pentagon/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1VP2VY
Trump reportedly wants servicemen he pardoned to campaign for him in 2020
https://theweek.com/speedreads/880904/trump-reportedly-wants-servicemen-pardoned-campaign-2020
**Trump pay raise which he booasted are the largest in 10 year were 2.6% this year 2019, 2.4% last year, 2.1% in 2017--Under Obama in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for example, were all 3.4% or more** https://apnews.com/d1fa17dc642c4f3c8eeb189b34c4c4b4
No remains of U.S. service members have been returned since last summer and the U.S. suspended efforts in May to get negotiations on the remains back on track in time to have more repatriated this year.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-09-02/ap-fact-check-trumps-bluster-on-hurricanes-guns
**Trump did not invent the idea of giving veterans the option to see private doctor outside the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system at government expense.---Congress approved the private-sector Veterans Choice health program in 2014 and Obama signed it into law**
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2019/05/27/trump-takes-credit-for-obamas-gains-for-vets/
**Trump signed an order that froze pay for hundreds of thousands of Federal workers, Many of whom are Military veterans** https://www.businessinsider.com/pay-freeze-trump-signs-executive-federal-workers-in-2019-2018-12
2. **Trump's grandfather 'kicked out of Germany for avoiding military service** https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/trump-grandfather-germany-friedrich/index.html
3. **Father Fred Trump subject to the draft but never called to serve--he was however, investigated by a U.S. Senate committee for wartime profiteering (1954)--He was wildly overcharging the government on his public contracts** https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/10/02/who-is-fred-trump-donald-dad-gave-him-1-billion-dollars-evaded-taxes/
4. **Podiatrist's daughters say bone spur diagnosis that helped Trump avoid Vietnam draft was 'favor' --the doctor had an office in one of Fred Trump's buildings** https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/12/27/trump-vietnam-war-bone-spur-diagnosis/2420475002/
6. **Donald Trump Jr has been mocked for comparing the plight of fallen US soldiers to the business "sacrifices" made by his family**
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50338236
7. **Tiffany Trump Child Support Payments Would Have Been Stopped By Donald If She Joined The Military: Prenup** https://www.newsweek.com/tiffany-trump-child-support-payments-would-have-been-stopped-donald-if-she-joined-military-prenup-1442203
Saudi Arabia Plans To Enrich Uranium For Its Nuclear Power -- U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry(a guy who got a "D" in his college class on meats) has approved 6 secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclear/us-approved-secret-nuclear-power-work-for-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN1R82MG
Trump demonstrated that he is a coward when, during the Vietnam War, he took action to avoid serving in the military by obtaining a bogus doctor’s statement about bone spurs that exempted him from military service --2 daughters of New York podiatrist say that 50 years ago their father diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as a favor to the doctor's landlord, Fred Trump, --Donald Trump received 5 deferments from the draft for military service during Vietnam. He received 4 education deferments in college, and a 5th deferment in 1968 for a medical exemption after he graduated. Dr. Larry Braunstein, who died in 2007, rented a ground floor office in a building owned by Fred Trump
Trump's record on military and vets
• Children of deployed US troops will no longer get automatic American citizenship if born overseas during deployment. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/28/children-us-troops-born-overseas-will-no-longer-get-automatic-american-citizenship.html
• On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuting war criminals
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-orders-navy-to-rescind-medals-given-to-prosecutors-who-failed-to-convict-seal-eddie-gallagher
• In July 2019, Trump denied a United States Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his scheduled citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)
https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/07/17/marine-veteran-not-allowed-into-us-for-citizenship-interview/
• Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign (July 4, 2019)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-july-fourth-rally-hatch-act-violation.html
• Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-demands-us-military-chiefs-072002784.html
• In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance" (June 7, 2019)
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/06/06/some-troops-to-spend-the-next-month-painting-border-fence-with-mexico/
• Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)
https://qz.com/1637160/trump-slams-veteran-mueller-in-d-day-interview-at-normandy-cemetery/
• Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-trashes-bette-midler-wwii-dday-memorial-event-844515/
• Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported on June 4th, 2019)
https://www.newsweek.com/tiffany-trump-child-support-payments-would-have-been-stopped-donald-if-she-joined-military-prenup-1442203
• On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain • Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019) • Trump pardoned war criminals (May, 2019) • Trump purged 200,000 veterans healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment process and enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/trump-administration-breaks-campaign-promise-purges-200-000-va-healthcare-applications
• Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019) •
On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics/john-mccain-thank-you-funeral-donald-trump/index.html
• He refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, and forced a branch of the military to go without pay. This branch of military was forced to work without pay, otherwise they would be AWOL. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise (Dec 22, 2018 – Jan 25, 2019) •
He didn't pay the Coast Guard, forcing service members to rely on food pantries (Jan 23, 2019) •
He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (Jan 22, 2019) •
He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019) •
He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019) •
• He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019) •
He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) •
He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018) •
He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018) •
Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise. He didn't give them a 10% raise (Dec 26, 2018). He initially tried to give the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. This was before Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't. •
He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays (Dec 19, 2018-present) •
He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/12/17/vet-group-demands-white-house-va-reject-benefits-cuts-disabled-unemployed-vets.html
• He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)
• He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018) • While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain - but other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)
• He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and maked them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018) • He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)
• Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many veterans to run out of food and rent. “You can count on us to serve, but we can’t count on the VA to make a deadline,” one veteran said. (reported October 7, 2018) •
Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018) • Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018) •
He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)
• He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)
• He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)
• He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) • He deported veterans (2017-present)
• He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)• Trump said "I felt that I was in the military in the true sense because I dealt with those people" because he went to a military-style academy and that he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military". (2015 biography)
• Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)
• Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)
• Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.
• No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service in Germany
Trump tariffs would increase the price of cars made by US automakers by over $2K: Wells Fargo
Source: businessinsider
Donald Trump said he'd put in place 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports upon taking office.
This would push up prices for US-assembled cars by an average of $2,100, according to Wells Fargo.
Mexico's president said her country would retaliate in kind to tariffs, impacting joint ventures.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-raise-us-car-prices-thousands-mexico-wells-fargo-2024-11?utm_source=reddit.com
WHY IS TRUMP INSTITUTING TARIFFS ON DAY 1?
THE BIGGEST WINNER IN THE LAST ROUND OF TARIFFS WAS RUSSIA--TODAY NOW 20TH 2024 THE HEADLINE AT NEWSWEEK
Russian Ruble Collapses As Putin's Economy in Trouble -https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ruble-dollar-currency-economy-1992332--TRUMP TO THE RESCUE
TRADE WARS ARE GOOD AND EASY TO WIN TRUMP TWEETED - March 2018--AND AS ALWAYS HE WAS RIGHT--IT WAS A WINDFALL... FOR MOTHER RUSSIA
1. The wine market in **Russia**: growth returned --US wine exports decrease 5% in 2018, reflecting trade war--Russia to almost double its vineyards by 2020
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com
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1. **Russia** ready to fill China's food gap left by US in trade war
https://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2019-06-08-story210028-Russia_ready_to_fill_China_s_food_gap_left_by_US_in_trade_war_fallout
2. **Russian** lumber industry benefiting from Canada-U.S. trade war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-houses-are-using-more-russian-lumber-thanks-to-canada-spat/article36039527/
4. **Russian** steel exports to the European Union have risen by around 40% in 2018.As Trump's U.S. tariffs have scrambled the global steel trade creating chaos here at home https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/trade-in-the-crosshairs-trumps-steel-tariffs-and-the-ripple-effect-on-global-trade/
5. **Russia's** Rusal says aluminum sales up 21% https://www.reuters.com/article/rusal-output/russias-rusal-says-aluminium-sales-up-21-q-q-idUSL8N24R30P/
6. U.S. wheat exporters losing ground as Mexico turns to **Russia** because of Trump's trade war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-us-wheat-exports-fall-behind-as-mexico-turns-to-russian-supply-amid/
11. 2018 - U.S. Lobster Exports to China Free falling Amid Trump Trade Dispute---2023 Russia doubles seafood exports to China - https://www.intrafish.com/markets/russia-doubles-seafood-exports-to-china/2-1-1556087?zephr_sso_ottHnjfEB
Nov 16, 2023
7. China's Jan imports of **Russian** aluminum surge tenfold https://customstoday.media/chinas-jan-imports-of-russian-aluminium-surge-tenfold-customs/
8. **Russia's** Newest Ambition in China Is Selling More Chicken https://www.poultryworld.net/the-industrymarkets/market-trends-analysis-the-industrymarkets-2/china-increasingly-relies-on-russian-poultry/
9. China Buys Record Amount of **Russian** Soy as It Shuns U.S. - China, the world's biggest soybean importer, almost tripled purchases from Russia amid a trade dispute with the U.S. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/china-buys-record-amount-of-russian-soy-as-it-shuns-u-s-growers
10. American LNG--liquid natural gas-- exports threatened as China turns to **Russia** https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/American-LNG-exports-threatened-as-China-turns-to-Russian-sources
45. **China imports Russian raw milk for first time** -
Sep 6, 2019 -Dairy production in Russia is finally on the rise 2018--https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201909/06/WS5d721d07a310cf3e3556a2ea.html#::textHARBIN%20%2D%20A%20tank%20truck%20carrying,has%20imported%20Russian%20raw%20milk.
12. South China province--**Guangdong's trade with Russia reached 19.74 billion yuan (2.86 billion U.S. dollars) from January to April, up by 26.5 percent from the same period last year. Guangdong's imports of aluminum, copper, paper pulp, fertilizer and raw material for plastic from Russia has been growing** https://www.tanndy.com/guangdongs-trade-with-russia-rises.html
199. **Russia** plans to discuss reducing import duties with China--basically russia is reducing its tariffs and seeing its exports with China grow while Trump is doing the exact opposite ---this way RUSSIA CAN GROW ON THE BACKS OF THE AMERICAN FARMERS--BUT HEY THEY DON'T CARE SOMETHING SOMETHING BLACK LADY
2666. January, China had scrapped the import ban on **Russian** dairy and poultry. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2019/11/14/china-ends-five-year-ban-on-us-poultry-but-russia-holds-key-to-return-to-record-years/
China has already become **Russia's** major trading partner, helping offset the impact of geopolitical uncertainty with the West, the Kremlin is now striving to assert itself as an indispensable destination for Beijing amid Trump's trade war. **Russia's** economic growth reached a six-year high-IN 2019---A YEAR AFTER THE TRUMP TRADE WAR https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009679/china-and-russia-arent-economic-equals-thanks-us-trade-war
**Soybean sales from U.S. farmers to China, the world's largest buyer of the crop, had dropped more than 90 percent. Sales of dairy products, like whey, dropped by 43 percent, and cheese export values fell about 85 percent.**
Steep tariffs are hurting U.S. business, and CEOs are saying so--**"What Trump has done to undermine our global leadership in terms of major multinational companies will be hard to undo," says a former Republican cabinet member**. it's hurting commerce worldwide. **Global growth will drop to 3% next year --2019--2020, predicts the International Monetary Fund, the slowest growth since the financial crisis. The No. 1 culprit: "rising trade barriers."**
**ALL ROADS LEAD TO PUTIN YET TRUMP CLAIMS TO LOVE THE AMERICAN FARMER--WELL HOW DID THEY FARE THROUGH THIS DEBACLE**
1. US farmers hit hard by retaliatory tariffs imposed by China https://rollcall.com/2024/11/14/trumps-tariffs-seen-delivering-a-repeat-blow-to-us-farm-exports/
2. Trump's $16 billion farm bailout will make rich farmers richer--Wapo -https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/31/trumps-billion-farm-bailout-will-make-rich-farmers-richer-hasten-small-farm-failure-study-says/
3. Trump's Hollow Promise of Trade-War Relief for Small Farms https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/trumps-hollow-promise-trade-war-relief-small-farms
4. 'Trump is ruining our markets': Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war -- China https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html
5. Trump's China trade deal--the new deal is a farce--Phase 1 consists mainly of vague, secondhand promises https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2020/01/02/trumps-china-agreement-is-a-fake-deal/
6. Farm bankruptcies climb in wake of catastrophic weather, trade conflicts https://omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/farm-bankruptcies-climb-in-nebraska-and-iowa-in-wake-of-catastrophic-weather-trade-conflicts/article_6c3c1b11-d106-5b00-93b2-8bbcc2027996.html
7. Wisconsin leads nation in family farm bankruptcies jan 2020 https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2020/01/31/wisconsin-continues-lead-u-s-farm-bankruptcies/4625866002/
8. 'Trump is ruining our markets': Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war -- China
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html
9. Trump Wants Small Farmers to Clear Out for the Big Guys https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-wants-small-farmers-to-clear-out-for-the-big-guys/
10. Trump's USDA Chief Thinks Farm Workers Are Overpaid https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/trumps-usda-chief-thinks-farm-workers-are-overpaid/
11. **Trump administration showers Brazilian crooks with $62M bailout money meant for struggling U.S. farmers**--Trump giving money to corrupt peopNoNoo say it isn't so
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-farmers-bailout-brazil-brothers-1427346
12. **Trump administration has given $200K in U.S. farm bailout to a corrupt Japanese firm** https://www.inquisitr.com/5475892/millions-in-farm-bailout-money-went-to-shady-foreign-firms/
13. China's exit piles on to a devastating 2019 for farmers, who've struggled through record flooding and droughts that destroyed crop yields, and trade war escalations that have lowered prices and profits this year.
**SUMMARY**
Before hostilities escalated in 2017, the U.S. was China's top agricultural supplier for 18 years running, relying on the nation for almost 20% of its farm goods imports amounting to $24 billion a year.And that's where China has been exposed by the trade war.
**Imports from the U.S. tumbled 45% in 2018** as the two countries hit each other with tariffs. Beijing slapped retaliatory levies ranging from 5% to 60% on almost all American farm goods including soybeans, pork and corn. The duties **gave Beijing crucial leverage over Washington, prompting Trump to announce a $28 billion bailout for farmers faced with a devastating loss in business. But they also forced China to search for supplies elsewhere.**
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**Trump: If elected, "we'll have so much winning, you'll get bored with winning" SEPTEMBER 9, 2015**
2024
How China reduced its reliance on US farm imports, softening trade war risks https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-reduced-its-reliance-us-farm-imports-softening-trade-war-risks-2024-11-13/
Feb. 4, 2022: China allows imports of wheat and barley from all regions of Russia, the world's biggest wheat exporter.
Why Trump is bad for business---America's first billionaire President promised to bring a C-suite sensibility to the Oval Office. It started well--but now bad policy choices have pushed CEO confidence to the lowest level in a decade. https://fortune.com/longform/trump-policies-bad-for-business-trade-immigration-taxes-regulations-us-economy/
YES --TULSI IS A RUSSIAN ASS-et
Tulsi Gabbard---What the mainstream media wont say
1. Tulsi Gabbard's Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To right wing Koch-Funded Think Tank
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/03/tulsi-gabbards-financial-disclosures-leave-out-ties-to-koch-funded-think-tank/
91. The Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Clinton’s Claims About Gabbard
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/22/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-support-of-clintons-claims-about-gabbard/
1. Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html
99. Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Dem contender Tulsi Gabbard https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261
3. Tulsi Gabbard is rated "F" by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district: https://imgur.com/wDhVNKq
6. Tulsi Gabbard was nearly a part of Trump's cabinet at Steve bannon's suggestion: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-consideration-trump-cabinet/story?id=43696303
5. Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36352314/bannon-name-drops-hawaii-congresswoman-in-national-interview/
7. Tulsi Gabbard isn't anti-war. She's a self-described hawk against terrorists. Her narrow objections center around efforts to spread democracy: "In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," Gabbard said. "When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove.": https://www.votetulsi.com/node/27796
8. Tulsi Gabbard copies the rhetoric of Republicans: Gabbard voted against condemning Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria, and was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term "Islamic extremism" when discussing terrorism: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/tulsi-gabbard-slams-obamas-refusal-to-say-islamic-/
9. Tulsi Gabbard also copies the policy of Republicans, voting with them to block Syrian refugees: https://medium.com/@pplswar/tulsi-gabbard-voted-to-make-it-virtually-impossible-for-syrian-refugees-to-come-to-the-u-s-11463d0a7a5a
11. Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists: https://readsludge.com/2018/12/26/tulsi-gabbard-took-thousands-from-members-of-right-wing-hindu-group/
12. Tulsi Gabbard frequently repeats Russian talking points and works to legitimize Assad: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats
11. Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/121/text
16. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-adelson-idUSBREA2P0BJ20140326
18. Tulsi was later awarded a "Champions of Freedom" medal at Adelson's annual gala in 2016: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-the-bernie-endorsing-congresswoman-who-trump-fans-can-love/
18. Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy- The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/
19. Eight house Dems absent from Russian sanction vote. One of the eight was Tulsi Gabbard.--H.J.Res. 30: Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h42
20. Tulsi was too busy being on TV to vote for a bill giving back pay to furloughed employees during the the Trump Republican government shutdown http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll028.xml#NV
22. The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi GabbardWon’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems (In A Selfie) on blacklivesmatter blm detroit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_b_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9
34. Why Do White Nationalists Like Tulsi Gabbard So Much--**The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer took credit in April for Gabbard reaching the 65,000 donor threshold to qualify for the debates** https://forward.com/fast-forward/428962/tulsi-gabbard-neo-nazi-white-nationalist-support/
35. Trump confirms that Tulsi is not a Russian asset--lolgop Russian assset --code named "individual !" says what now
https://www.axios.com/trump-hannity-tulsi-gabbard-fox-news-13101b57-bac8-40d1-a976-67d4a5a7b552.html
98. **August 2019-Russian embassy defends Tulsi Gabbard. Have they done that for any other Democratic presidential candidate?
88. Tulsi Gabbard did not join a letter signed by 169 House Democrats condemning Trump adviser White Supremacist Monger Steve Bannon’s White House appointment https://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/)
99. Gabbard's Base: Overwhelmingly Male, Mostly Conservative https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/gabbards-base-overwhelmingly-male-mostly-conservative/?mobile=1
22. Democrats don’t like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/what-california-can-learn-from-australias-fire-warning-system/democrats-dont-like-tulsi-gabbard-but-the-alt-right-does
31. Here’s Exactly How Much Russian Media Loves Tulsi Gabbard — and Hates Biden--The 2020 candidate's "slaming of U.S. establishment leaders is a wonderful vehicle for the Kremlin to divide the political left.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5anj/heres-how-much-russian-media-loves-tulsi-gabbard-and-hates-biden
32. Tulsi Gabbard Is The Only Democratic Candidate That Russia Views Favorably https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/23/tulsi-gabbard-only-democratic-candidate-russia-views-favorably.html
34. Buttigieg Slams Gabbard on Assad: I Have Better Judgement Than to Meet With 'A Murderous Dictator' https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/buttigieg-slams-gabbard-on-assad-1.8159812
53. Internet rips Tulsi Gabbard for ‘spewing’ Russian conspiracy ‘garbage’ about Syria https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/internet-rips-tulsi-gabbard-for-spewing-russian-conspiracy-garbage-about-syria/
47. Gabbard and her campaign staff have refused to talk about Robinson and what specifically he has done to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars,Robinson, who is Australian, does not appear to have any background in politics or digital advertising. https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks/
36. New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying ‘Russians’ were ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/new-york-times-changes-story-admitting-they-misquoted-clinton-saying-russians-were-grooming-tulsi-gabbard/
38. Tulsi Gabbard votes present on both counts of Trump impeachment--- she placed herself in a sort of no-man’s-land, where people paralyzed by fear of public opinion languish https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/tulsi-gabbard-present-impeachment/index.html
39. **Trump Praises Gabbard for Not Voting to Impeach: “I Give Her a Lot of Respect”** https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-praises-tulsi-gabbard-not-voting-impeachment.html
40. **Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall 2019. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign--immediately** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-who-missed-85-of-house-votes-this-fall-should-resign-says-ex-hawaii-governor-neil-abercrombie/
41. She does not represent her district--Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment--https://apnews.com/c9b93bfb34004616f04fd5fd1ae3709b
2024 ARTICLE- UNDER BIDEN--Public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S
PR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives
For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S.
"This is exciting," said Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute On Drug Abuse [NIDA], the federal laboratory charged with studying addiction. "This looks real. This looks very, very real."
National surveys compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already show an unprecedented decline in drug deaths of roughly 10.6 percent. That's a huge reversal from recent years when fatal overdoses regularly increased by double-digit percentages.
Some researchers believe the data will show an even larger decline in drug deaths when federal surveys are updated to reflect improvements being seen at the state level, especially in the eastern U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5107417/overdose-fatal-fentanyl-death-opioid
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