With jab at Ryan, Trump ignites new tensions in GOP
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado >> As Republican loyalists continue to flee, Donald Trump has ignited new party tensions by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or Arizona Sen. John McCain, a remarkable display of party division just three months before Election Day.
The Republican presidential nominee told The Washington Post Tuesday that he’s “just not quite there yet,” when asked about an endorsement of Ryan, who faces a primary election next week. In doing so, he echoed the House speaker’s comments of almost three months earlier, when the Wisconsin congressman was initially reluctant to embrace Trump as his party’s standard bearer.
Trump’s statement comes amid intense fallout over his criticism of the family of the late Capt. Humayun Khan, a U.S. Army soldier who died in Iraq in 2004. Indeed, just two weeks after a Republican National Convention that tried to focus on party unity, the Trump-driven rifts inside the GOP appear to be intensifying.
On Tuesday, retiring New York Rep. Richard Hanna became the first Republican member of Congress to say he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November instead of Trump.
“He is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country,” Hanna wrote in a column published in The Post-Standard newspaper of Syracuse, New York. “He is unrepentant in all things.”
Later Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard executive Meg Whitman — a prominent Republican fundraiser — threw her support behind Clinton, saying, “Donald Trump’s demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character.”
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Also Tuesday, the woman who helped shape New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s national image declared that she’s voting for Clinton.
“As someone who has worked to further the Republican Party’s principles for the last 15 years, I believe that we are at a moment where silence isn’t an option,” former Christie senior aide Maria Comella told CNN.
They join dozens of high-profile GOP leaders who have previously said they would not vote for Trump, including the party’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
A day earlier, Sally Bradshaw, an architect of the Republican National Committee’s 2013 “Growth and Opportunity” report, said she’s leaving the GOP. While not a household name, her decision to leave the party rocked those who make politics their profession.
Bradshaw was one of the five senior Republican strategists tasked with identifying the party’s shortcomings and recommending ways it could win the White House after its losing 2012 presidential campaign. She said she will vote for the Democratic nominee if the race in her home state of Florida appears close come Election Day.
“Trump has moved in exactly the opposite direction from our recommendations on how to make the party more inclusive,” said Ari Fleischer, who worked with Bradshaw on the GOP’s so-called post-election autopsy and was a senior adviser to President George W. Bush.
Fleischer still supports Trump over Clinton. But Bradshaw and Comella are among a group of top Republican operatives, messengers, national committee members and donors who continue to decry Trump’s tactics, highlighting almost daily — with fewer than 100 days before the election — the fissures created by the billionaire and his takeover of the party.
Veterans and families of fallen soldiers continue to call on Trump to apologize for his treatment of the Khan family, who spoke out against Trump at last week’s Democratic National Convention. Trump said the grieving father had “no right” to criticize him, only later acknowledging their son is a hero.
“If realDonaldTrump wants to be the Commander in Chief, he needs to act like one. And that can’t start until he apologizes to the Khans,” Dakota Meyer, one of a handful of living Medal of Honor recipients and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s son-in-law, wrote Tuesday on Twitter.
Trump invited more tension Tuesday when he told The Washington Post he’s not ready to endorse Ryan in next week’s Republican primary contest against Paul Nehlen, praising the underdog for running “a very good campaign.”
Tensions were already running high between the two high-profile Republicans, who will have to work together closely should Trump win the presidency. Said Ryan’s campaign spokesman Zack Roday, “Neither Speaker Ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trump’s endorsement. And we are confident in a victory next week regardless.”
In the Post interview, Trump also declined to support McCain’s re-election and dismissed New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte as weak. Both had been among Trump’s harshest critics in the wake of his comments about the Khan family, particular McCain, a former prisoner of war who said Trump did not have “unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us.”
Christie, the New Jersey governor, continues to be one of Trump’s biggest supporters. But Comella, his former aide, said the very survival of the party depends on stopping the celebrity businessman.
“Instead of speaking out against instances of bigotry, racism and inflammatory rhetoric, whether it’s been against women, immigrants or Muslims, we made a calculus that it was better to say nothing at all in the interest of politics and winning elections,” she told CNN. “For me, if our party has a future, we have to change that trajectory and lead by example.”
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What Republican party? It is history! And this is what they all brought on themselves. Welcome to real Democracy folks!
I was thinking that the selection of Sarah Palin for VP was the beginning of the end for the GOP. But let’s not put all the blame on these curiosity candidates. The party just doesn’t represent the majority of people anymore.
the party is the pawn of the koch brothers who control the puppets
as george soros and wall street control the democrats
donald trump will destroy them and he will make america great again!
It sounds like you have have gotten stuck in some kind of time warp. You think that the Koch brothers have had any influence in this election cycle? And George Soros? It sounds like you might have just woken up from a four year coma.
How is Trump going to destroy anyone when he’s losing by double digits and is descending daily further into a public mental breakdown? Do you have some special insight?
ha,ha. “deepdiver” as your name suggests you suffering from the, “bends” better come up for some air because you loosing it.
trump is a LUNATIC.
The SA continues to attack Mr Trump but apparently they missed this story about HiLIARy and the DNC…For equal time I’ll share this story……http://www.jta.org/2016/08/02/news-opinion/politics/3-dnc-staffers-in-leaked-bernie-exchange-resignA… Three high-ranking staffers at the Democratic National Committee have resigned amid the email controversy that forced their boss, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to resign last week.
Chief executive Amy Dacey, Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall and Communications Director Luis Miranda will leave later this week, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The three were involved in one of the most controversial email exchanges that was hacked and leaked days before the Democratic National Convention. In it, Marshall noted, erroneously, that then-Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is an atheist and suggested that this information could be used to undermine his campaign among religious voters.
Once I thought myself a life long Goldwater/Gipper Republican, but the gutless, obsequious, panty-waists ~~ embittered Rockefeller/East Coast establishment types still smarting over their darling having been roundly booed at the 1964 SFO Cow Palace convention and determined to wreak their vengeance ever since ~~who have come out of the woodwork masquerading as GOP members over the last decade has been infuriating. Thanks to these timid spineless weaklings to whom we foolishly entrusted the power of the purse since 2010, every single demand of the current occupant of the White House has been met with a meek ‘yessir, yessir, three bags full, sir’ groveling and our debt continues to soar. Every one of these faux Republicans would run terrified when any Democrat or ‘news’ media type (one and the same actually) would whisper ‘BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA – Government SHUTDOWN!”
For that reason is has become necessary for a champion to arise and conduct a scorched earth, no prisoners, RINO-cide campaign for the soul of a once grand party.
Don Trump is the answer to that prayer. The howls of the wounded now depict the magnitude of the problem ~~ many more RINOs than many of suspected.
My prayer, Don Trump, is this: lay waste to them all. Give no quarter. Show no mercy. This is the very last chance for the GOP to escape extinction in the political tar pits of La Brea where they will join the Whigs. Incinerate every RINO in your path. NO PRISONERS.
And know this: If Hillary wins, her victory will be the direct result of RINO’s who CONTINUE to put their rice bowls ahead of their patriotic duty to this country.
Thos,Well said and fully agree
Klastri. Wrong again.
“The liberal New York financier George Soros, whose effort to unseat President George W. Bush in 2004 shattered political spending records, is returning to big-ticket giving after an 11-year hiatus.
Soros has spent or committed more than $13 million to support Hillary Clinton and other Democrats this election cycle, already more than his total disclosed spending in the last two presidential elections combined.”
No doubt there’s more $$ in the pipeline to elect Hillary.
The fact that the Kochs have continually rebuffed Trump and now Meg, well it speaks volumes…
It sure does. The establishment is in deep trouble and very worried.
“Imagine a private club where presidents, prime ministers, international bankers and generals rub shoulders, where gracious royal chaperones ensure everyone gets along, and where the people running the wars, markets, and Europe (and America) say what they never dare say in public.”
Haha! Thos’ mention of the 1964 Republican convention at the Cow Palace reminded me of Ken Kesey’s famous plot. His idea was to coat the seats in the Cow Palace with LSD dissolved in DMSO4. This would, if all went according to plan, have carried the drug transcutaneously into the bloodstreams of the delegates.
Had this plot been successful, it might have changed politics in America for generations.
Trump is resilient, but only as a novelty item. He is ill prepared, equipped, and/ or competent to manage the current Affairs of the State, the Nation, and represent the Country as a whole. He lacks diplomacy which should exemplify the quality and character we the people should be looking for in our prospective Commander and Chief. If elected, he will turn the fabric of America upside down, and inside out. He will have our forefathers spinning in their graves. They who work so hard to make America great. Sad to say, he will send us back into the dark ages of time. This will be a catapult event to watch. He bring the people from the land of the free and brave to the land of catastrophe and the running scared. Moreover, he will bring a new meaning to the phrase, “God Bless America.” Think about it.
So you like the unconvicted crook. Funny how people rationalize their lack of caring for our country by following the media and wanting to elect the slimiest politician ever to run for POTUS.
Paulh808 – You think that Gary Johnson is a crook? Why would you say that?
The democrats have done exactly the same thing with Hillary. By crowning her the chosen one for playing nicely during the Obama elections, they rewarded her with the DNC’s blessings.
Now we the American people are stuck between a rock and a hard place (not sure which one is which), and will end up voting for the lesser of two evils. God be with us all for the next 4 years. I don’t think that we have seen anything like this in the past.
Rather than keep being squeezed, look outside the media’s parameters. They don’t run this election, and neither does anyone here that will tell you Gary Johnson hasn’t a chance. Vote for someone that actually deserves to be elected. Nothing beats the feeling of having done the right thing.
$400,000,000 missing.
Never mind Palin. Where’s the $400,000,000.
What is your reaction to the story above that prominent Republicans and Trump are not getting along?
This just adds to Trump’s popularity. His theme is that he is the “outsider.” The person fighting against the system.
All his voters are the ones who want him to fight the system.
It also keeps giving him free publicity.
It’s becoming undeniably clear that Trump isn’t presidential material. He has done well as a reality show star, and in fact, is turning the GOP and the whole election process into a ghastly reality show.
It almost looks like he’s trying to lose. Maybe he’s just bored with the whole running thing. Maybe he realizes he doesn’t have what it takes to actually run a country. Maybe he longs to get back to his steaks, hotels, reality tv, and chasing former models. That’s the good ol’ Trump we all liked to laugh along with!
and i bet you chose opala
the worst potus who set out to destroy america
and almost succeeded but he no more brains
donald trump will overturn the evil lying establishment
and he WILL make america great again!
imua!
Oh, I get it! You substituted opala for Obama!
Wow! You’re very clever!
How trump comes up with name calling which is probably what he does best; I got a special name for him: may he forever be known as, “the Court-Jester.”
You won’t see this in the SA…”Khizr Khan, the Muslim Gold Star father that Democrats and their allies media wide have been using to hammer GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, has deleted his law firm’s website from the Internet.
This development is significant, as his website proved—as Breitbart News and others have reported—that he financially benefits from unfettered pay-to-play Muslim migration into America.
A snapshot of his now deleted website, as captured by the Wayback Machine which takes snapshots archiving various websites on the Internet, shows that as a lawyer he engages in procurement of EB5 immigration visas and other “Related Immigration Services.”
sarge22 – Make sure to continue the smear of that Gold Star family.
That’s already been a big win for Trump.
Please keep helping him!
Okay, sure will,,,…”Khizr Khan, the Muslim Gold Star father that Democrats and their allies media wide have been using to hammer GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, has deleted his law firm’s website from the Internet.
This development is significant, as his website proved—as Breitbart News and others have reported—that he financially benefits from unfettered pay-to-play Muslim migration into America.
A snapshot of his now deleted website, as captured by the Wayback Machine which takes snapshots archiving various websites on the Internet, shows that as a lawyer he engages in procurement of EB5 immigration visas and other “Related Immigration Services.”
Mr. Khan did not shut down his website. It had to be shut down by the server because of constant attacks on it. (I was not able to post under the relevant poster because no reply button at that level.)
Do you still believe in the tooth fairy? Oh and HiLIARy’s emails weren’t classified.
Rude comments like yours is why I rarely read comments on SA anymore. Do you really believe this is a good way to represent yourself as a Trump supporter?
After all the Hillary lies and the fixed primaries confirmed by the emails it’s hard to believe anything the DNC and the Clintons say. Sorry if I was a bit harsh. Comments on SA even the playing field as SA is pro Clinton all day every day.
And so is the Nationa Review…..lol.
Never heard of it. bwahaha
I didn’t think so, it doesn’t appear that you like to read anything that opposes your already made views–it’s telling, as it’s the leading conservative journal around.
Nationa? I expected more from you. Relax
Thank you, Sarge. I’m going to stick to just reading the articles. I actually do that on the print version. but I like to get online for updated news. I’ll leave it to you all to do the wild, wild west thing.
Sarge22: the leaked DNC emails are not proof that the democratic nomination process was “fixed”. Whatever Mr. Kahn’s law business does has nothing to do with the courage of his son or justify Trump’s response to being challenged about his lack of sacrifice for this country. You criticize those with viewpoints that conflict with yours as being naive or ignorant, but you counter their points with information that laden with confirmation bias because you like trump and you’ve decided to rationalize his questionable qualifications and questionable character by deflecting criticism of Trumps very real flaws onto his opponent, anyone who speaks out against him on a national stage, and on the democratic process itself (proactively claiming that the election will rigged – I bet you believe that one, too?). This is a great way to never have to acknowledge that he is unfit for the job and this is exactly what you are doing.
If anyone wants to know what the 21st century version is of a southerner who still has a confederate flag hanging in their home, this is it…
This is my way to acknowledge that she is unfit for the job. The leaked emails were proof that the democratic nomination process was flawed if not corrupt. Why did Mr Kahn ask Trump what has he sacrificed? What have the Clintons sacrificed? Of course I criticize those with viewpoints that conflict with mine otherwise I would be contributing to Queen Hillary’s coronation. Hillary is unfit to be President and has been under investigation for the past 30 years.The Whitewater controversy (also known as the Whitewater scandal, or simply Whitewater) began with an investigation into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim and Susan McDougal, in the Whitewater Development Corporation, a failed business venture in the 1970s and 1980s…. She is for women but personally attacked the women that were raped by her husband https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_misconduct_allegations….Then we have Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich is a 2015 New York Times bestselling book by Peter Schweizer, in which he investigates donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities, paid speeches made by Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the Clintons’ personal enrichment since leaving the White House in 2001….So if you stand up for the Clintons, go for it.
So, Sarge, I’m guessing what you’re saying is that Hillary is more unfit for the job than Trump is. Because honestly we all know that Trump is unfit for the job unless you have not been paying attention. You have been paying attention, correct? Trump is gong to lose this election, and he knows it. We just have to watch and see what he does next to proactively do to protect his ego. He’s already making excuses. Why do you think he would do that, if he’s so sure he will win? I mean, really, think about it.
and know we know who the rats are
that are gnawing away at our once great country
the sound of trumping footsteps will overtake them
and trump will make america great again
imua!
Did you translate that right from Mein Kampf or just get inspiration from it?
IRT DeepDiver311, agree with your post. It’s written in the GOP Rules that the Party will not endorse any GOP candidate in the Primary election. Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump now represents the GOP and is bound by the GOP Rules. This AP and SA story is just to take up space. What a waste.
kuroiwaj – I have no idea how you come up with things like this.
Mr. Trump is not bound by any rules. None.
Kuro, fancies himself a person knowledgable about law and policy. But a thorough reading of his posts, he almost never provides citation and/or reference. It’s actually quite poor thinking and not rooted in fact or what the existing policy might be or ruling law. Sort of sad, a person would operate like this…
IRT Klastri, fyi I was a member of the GOP Rules Committee a few years ago, also have been a elected member on the HRP Rules Committee. That is where I come up with the ideas. I have been directly involved in developing language.
IRT Ike, pls review the HRP Rules Section 303: Party Endorsement. For the record, the language is crystal clear. And, Ike anyone like you would have no problem googling to find the answer with information provided. Isn’t it kinda sad for you to make such a post?
Is this the R party you so brag about Kuro, that several publications deemed the Pat Saiki run for governor as the worst, yes the very worst, in modern campaign history?? And that evaluation was by a fellow republican political operative.
IRT Ike, and what has just recently happen at the DNC with the resignation of the top 4 leaders because of their endorsement of Hillary over Bernie? And, the ransom payment of $400 million to Iran for the release of 4 Americans, when we do not negotiate with terrorists. Ms Saiki’s campaign was back in 1994, the DNC just happened and the fallout continues.
The DNC stuff is not going to affect the current election, not to worry about the Ds, as it appears they have had your number for like 50 years in Hawai’i. Oh, and again kudos on that marvelous job with Saikiand how y’all lost the campaign–really upper margin work by you!
kuroiwaj – Then it’s even more surprising that you don’t know anything.
Mr. Trump is not bound by any Republican rules. None.
IRT Ike, fyi I was recruited as a Democrat by Mr. Dan Aoki in 1967 and remained a Democrat till 1985. Mr. Aoki talked to me that a young man born and grew up on a sugar plantation, a member of the 100/442, a graduate of the U.H. Manoa, and family with the sugar plantation, must be a Democrat. And, so it was. Mr. Trump as a developer and businessman certainly understand and complies to rules and laws.
Deep diver, are you lespark? Recently banned by SA for rage? Or maybe Mark Char?
How’s the traffic today? Talk about rage.
Too bad Trump is such a fool. He stands for the right things, and I support his agenda wholeheartedly. But does he not realize, as a Republican, he also is “running” against the mainstream media. He should be concentrating one person–Hiliary, no one and nothing else. She carries a lot of baggage making her easy prey, but this fool is barking up the wrong tree. Hillary’s greatest ally is Trump himself.
Mr. Trump stands for the “right things?” What are they exactly, since Mr. Trump can’t seem to put that into words.
Maybe his breathtaking bigotry toward Muslims – including a Gold Star family? How about his wonderful plan to keep out Muslims by his masterful plan of asking entrants at the border what their religion is? That plan is sure to work! Or his slander of our soldiers in Iraq, who he accused of stealing reparations cash?
Or maybe it’s his plan of maintaining total ignorance of world affairs – like not knowing that Russians are already in Ukraine?
Yes sir! Those are certainly the “right things!”
More and more Republican elite are abandoning trump and the party because it is evident that every time he opens his mouth he spreads the party further apart.
Now he say’s he hasn’t decided if he will endorse Speaker of the House’ Paul Ryan who is up for re-election next week in Wisconsin. This after Ryan made a decision to hold off from denouncing trump from the start. Throw Ryan under the bus as trump would say.
Oh, and trump says he hasn’t endorsed Sen. McCain who is up for re-election in Arizona because McCain denounced how trump attacked the Kahn’s, a Gold Star family.
And speaking of the Purple Heart medal, according to NBC’s/Katy Tur, the man who gave his Purple Heart on national tv, (Lt.Col. Loris Dorfman) told her that he made a replica of his, Purple Heart and presented it to trump, not the original.
So, it was a fake; which trump deserves because he-is-a-fake.,among other things.
We need term limits
The only thing Trump stands for is Trump.
and that is ALL people need to know about the Orange idiot. how they can’t see that is baffling
I dont think Trump can go a day without insulting someone.
GCCP, you have to admit Trump is in a target rich environment.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. Trump is a man of his convictions that some of us respect. As Obama said “She will say anything, and change nothing”.
If you can’t trust Obama and Clinton who can you trust? Trump.
Praising Trump for his convictions is like praising a rapist for his persistence….
Indeed.
Since you brought it up. Say hi to Bill “Rapist” Clinton but I can’t believe you would be praising a rapist for his persistence….
Juanita Broaddrick | Kathleen Willey | Paula Jones | Sandra Allen James | Eileen Wellstone | Christy Zercher | Carolyn Moffet | Helen Dowdy | Becky Brown | Regina Blakely Hopper | Monica Lewinsky | Elizabeth Ward Gracen | Gennifer Flowers | Connie Hamzy | Dolly Kyle Browning | Sally Miller (Sally Perdue) | Lencola Sullivan
Does this mean you are praising Slick Willie who, though in the twilight of his life, still persists to the extent of cruising via the “Lolita Express” with his pal to his pal’s “Orgy Island” destination so that Slick can schtup young, supple pre-pubescent girls that strike his aging fancy?
And all with the approval of his nominal “wife”?
A man of convictions that changes his core beliefs every day.
That makes sense!
The liberal biased news stream has been around for decades….this article just another page in the history books.
I’m experiencing the worst administration in American history. Crooked Pinocchio Rotten hiLIARy would be a continuation with deeper darker dictatorship regime if elected.
Mr. Trump will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN if given the opportunity. I’ll vote for TRUMP/PENCE!!!
For all you Rs, I friend of mine that serves as one of the various counsels for the RNC, said today he/she was asked to overview the following:
Rule 9
Filling Vacancies in Nominations
(a) The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the United States or the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling any such vacancies.
(b) In voting under this rule, the Republican National Committee members representing any state shall be entitled to cast the same number of votes as said state was entitled to cast at the national convention.
(c) In the event that the members of the Republican National Committee from any state shall not be in agreement in the casting of votes hereunder, the votes of such state shall be divided equally, including fractional votes, among the members of the Republican National Committee present or voting by proxy.
(d) No candidate shall be chosen to fill any such vacancy except upon receiving a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election.[1]
Do you have any idea and the ramifications of this??? It is quite possible either there will be a huge fallout of Mr. Trump or Trump could dropout. He says even Paul, his campaign manager, he is basically a mercenary , is starting to consider not staying….
Buahahahahaha….
Filling Vacancies in Nominations.. What does the DNC do in this case for lying crooked HiLIARy?…Clinton Cash—-A book hailed by the New York Times as “The most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle” has been turned into a full-length documentary, with even MSNBC describing the newly released documentary as “devastating” for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
The feature documentary — Clinton Cash — is adapted from Peter Schweizer’s New York Times best-selling book Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich, and has now been posted to YouTube for all to see exactly how the pay-for-play of the Clinton machine works.
Clinton Cash delves into how Bill and Hillary Clinton went from being self-admittedly “dead broke” after leaving the White House to building a personal fortune worth of over $150 million — with over $2 billion in donations coming into their foundation.
Not coincidentally, this newfound wealth was accumulated while Mrs. Clinton was operating as the U.S. Secretary of State. It was primarily gained through lucrative speaking fees and contracts paid for by foreign companies and Clinton Foundation donors – as well as numerous foreign governments with a vested interest in activities the State Department regulates and oversees.
Unsurprisingly, the Clinton campaign has downplayed the revelations exposed in the documentary as “conspiracy theory.” However, these claims seem to hold little weight, as many of the biggest bombshells described in the documentary were investigated and confirmed by left-leaning mainstream media outlets.
Here are at least 11 facts that mainstream media say are true, verified, and accurate from this viral documentary.
Below are just a few examples of the scandals detailed in this bombshell documentary which highlight how large donations to the Clinton Foundation equate to favors returned from the U.S. government:
• State Dept. Approves Russian Purchase of 20% of U.S. Uranium Assets in Return for $145 million in Contributions to the Clinton Foundation – Bill and Hillary Clinton assisted Canadian financier, Frank Giustra, and his company, Uranium One, in the acquisition of uranium mining concessions in Kazakhstan and the United States. Subsequently, the Russian government sought to purchase Uranium One but required approval from the Obama administration given the strategic importance of the uranium assets. In the run-up to the approval of the deal by the State Department, nine shareholders of Uranium One just happened to make $145mm in donations to the Clinton Foundation. Moreover, the New Yorker confirmed that Bill Clinton received $500,000 in speaking fees from a Russian investment bank, with ties to the Kremlin, around the same time. Needless to say, the State Department approved the deal giving Russia ownership of 20% of U.S. uranium assets.
• Hillary’s Brother Awarded Lucrative and Rare Haiti Gold Mining Permit – The Washington Post confirmed claims that Hillary’s brother, Tony Rodham, sat on the board of a mining company that just happened to score a lucrative gold mining permit in Haiti, one of only two permits to be awarded in 50 years, while then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton funneled billions of taxpayer dollars to the island in the wake of the devastating earthquake of 2010
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/clinton-cash-documentary-exposes/#PGWeUMBAmJIbPE2q.99
You might want to pause, and read the title of the featured article. At this point, it might come to you, this specific article is about Trump and his fellow, yes fellow, party members and the gigantic fissure that is occurring. Thus, stay on point, and wait for an article that is actually focusing on HRC.
I have been waiting a long time for such an article but in the mean time I found this in the NYT…The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward. Members of Congress are seeking to pass legislation preventing the Obama administration from making any further cash payments to Iran. One of the bills requires for the White House to make public the details of its $1.7 billion transfer to Iran.
“President Obama’s…payment to Iran in January, which we now know will fund Iran’s military expansion, is an appalling example of executive branch governance,” said Sen. James Lankford (R., Okla.), who co-wrote the bill. “Subsidizing Iran’s military is perhaps the worst use of taxpayer dollars ever by an American president.”
Is this article remotely related to what you just posted…?
Just getting the word out as SA might have missed it.
Sarge, a couple of thing on the $400 million. First of it was not a secret transfer of cash. It was reported in January in both the NY Times and The Hill, I think you missed those stories. This story is seven months old. The second point is what was this cash all about. First of all $400 million was part of a settlement between Iran and the US that had been sitting in an escrow account since the Iranian Revolution. It was Iran’s money to begin with and the US had previously agreed to pay but held on to it. The balance of the 1.7 billion you reference is the interest on that money. Again this was disclosed in January. Its not that the SA missed it, its just an old story with no real legs.
Sometimes it takes time for the news to take effect but now it’s on the front page. Did the SA cover the story in January? Inquiring minds want to know.
like he is disrupting the gop, he will disrupt the united states if he is president!!!!!
Clinton must be already packing her bags for her return to the White House, not as First Lady but as President! Trump realize the job isn’t worth it and doing his best not to be elected! It is the people of this country that will make our country great again! Elect the person without any questionable history, without any personal greed and egotism tendency – elect the man whose character resembled those previous occupants that served us well and kept our country on even keel. Please consider Gary Johnson. A man that has the ability to work well with those officials of the two dominating parties: Republicans and Democrats. Let us bring back respectability and sanity to our country.
The choice is ours. Not the blue riddled media, nor the rampant smurfs frothing over every Trump article, nor Paul Ryan, nor Barry himself. We are the voters responsible for making up our own minds, and faced with the absurd choices our political establishment has offered, we also have a duty to choose someone above reproach, someone experienced and capable of leadership. Johnson is indeed that man, and I support him with pride.
Every few days, Trump does something so inexplicable, so morally and politically reprehensible, that conservatives end up stunned. The difference between Trump and Ramirez: Ramirez’s job was to hit a baseball; Trump’s job is to not have these moments. Imagine if Ramirez had batted .190. It would have been difficult to laugh off “Manny being Manny.” Trump doesn’t even bat .190. He’s the 2013 Dan Uggla of politics. And yet Trump keeps having these Donald-being-Donald moments, and we’re supposed to just keep laughing them off.
The latest: This week, Trump attacked a Gold Star family by saying, of the mother of a slain soldier, “She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say” — presumably thanks to her religion. He also attacked not one but two fire marshals and said that Vladimir Putin had not invaded Ukraine. Trump simply can’t stop himself. Which leaves Republicans in an awkward position. After the respective party conventions, Trump is the only viable electoral alternative to Democratic lying harridan Hillary Clinton, the most corrupt major-party nominee in modern American history. And yet Trump is so wildly unpalatable as a presidential candidate by any normal conservative or rational standard that many conservatives find themselves unable to vote for him. These conservatives are now under heavy pressure to pull the lever for Trump.
There are two main arguments advanced by Trump voters: first, that Trump will be better than Hillary Clinton; second, that anyone who refuses to vote for Trump bears moral responsibility for Hillary Clinton’s subsequent presidency. Both of these arguments fall short. The first argument seems deceptively simple: There are two candidates, and Trump will not be as awful a president as Hillary. There is some truth to this. We know Hillary will be a terrible, hard-core ideological leftist; there is probably a 75 percent chance that Trump would govern less badly than Hillary. There is also a 25 percent chance that Trump would do something so catastrophically awful that he seriously harmed the country in ways Hillary wouldn’t dream of. His trade policy alone could cast America back into recession; his foreign policy is a shambles. Any talk of him listening to advisers must be based on conjecture — so far, Trump hasn’t just been a bull in a china shop, he’s been a tank in a glass factory.
Any attempts to rein in Trump have failed miserably. His supposed commitment to appoint a Supreme Court justice in the mold of Justice Scalia means little or nothing — he knows nothing about the Constitution, what he does know isn’t so, and he’s not going to stake political capital on a losing fight against a Democratic filibuster.
He’d probably make his first pick somebody palatable to conservatives, get shot down by Democrats, and then come back with a stealth candidate who turns out to be a David Souter or an Anthony Kennedy or a Sandra Day O’Connor. Trump is a man who says openly he wouldn’t mind much losing the Republican Senate majority — a rather disquieting sentiment for those who believe he’s going to be strong on justices.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438623/conservatisms-moral-crisis-defending-trumps-lies
Alas, again, is Ike writing propaganda? Is he flaming with partisan vitriol? Nope and nope. And again, the bonafide and certified leading republican publication, the ultra-conservative National Review has done the writing and articulating the points for me. Trump knows nothing about the constitution and foreign policy….their words, not mines.
Go ahead, Les, Ronin, Sarge, Kuro, Thos, Winston, et al…go ahead and attempt to contradict the very well respected NR…..crickets,…chirp-chirp–awkward silence– for the umpteenth time.
Wassup SA?
Huh, the R Gangee all silent, huh?? Everyday and another article that takes out Trump….all written by your truly own National Review the leading republican journal in the nation. Les, Sarge, Kuro, Thos, Winston, Ronin, Keoni….anybody???
Silence is the true measure of real intelligence, better to abstain, then further inflict the wound……
Ikefromeli, what did you do with the $400,000,000? Bad optics. I hope you got a receipt. How many Americans will be killed. 214 career criminals sentences commuted? 65,000 Syrian refugees? They don’t even mention Mexicans. Black Lives Matter bbq on the WH lawn? Chris Wallace exposing Crooked Clinton? How can you in good conscience support Crooked Hilliary.
Repeating yourself over and over and over day and night here is really turning around the poll numbers for Mr. Trump!
Oh … wait ….
Ike asks “is Ike writing propaganda? Is he flaming with partisan vitriol?”
And then he answers: “Nope and nope. And again,..”
Why should anyone bother to respond? They would only threaten the beautiful friendship you have with yourself. Why bother logging on? Think of the time and effort you would save by having conversations only with the one person in the world that you LUUUVVVV. All’s you need is a piece of paper and a mirror.
As far as NR is concerned, they long ago committed public seppuku and, like Humptey Dumptey, cannot now be re-assembled.
But alas while that might be true–they are still the standard bearer of the R party. On that fact alone, it speaks of the dismal state of the party, but more specifically the candidate that you are now forced-and I do mean forced,to defend.
With respect to Mr. Khan:
Trump was initially proposing a hold on Muslim immigration to the country.
Mr. Khan indicated that Trump needed to learn the constitution.
I thought he was implying that non-residents, Muslims or otherwise, had some kind of constitutional immigration right.
Trump was reacting to this.
The Constitution requires that the President act to protect the people of the U.S.
His proposal was consistent with this.
We all are sorry for the Kahn’s loss, but some think that they were using it for political purposes themselves.
Those who staged this were outraged when it was turned back on them.
Immigrants in the US, legal or illegally are ALL afforded due process protections via the 14rh amendment. This is legally axiomatic for the last 100 years. Let me school you on how that looks like for the last 100 years.
The critics all claim that undocumented workers or immigrants or migrants — whichever label is the flavor of the day — don’t have legal rights because they are lawbreakers by entering the country illegally and owe no loyalty to the United States. They claim that only U.S. citizens (natural born or naturalized) are protected by the Constitution. The critics are not only wrong — they are really, truly and sincerely wrong.
The U.S. Supreme Court settled the issue well over a century ago. But even before the court laid the issue to rest, a principal author of the Constitution, James Madison, the second president of the United States, wrote: “that as they [aliens], owe, on the one hand, a temporary obedience, they are entitled, in return, to their [constitutional] protection and advantage.”
More recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) that “due process” of the 14th Amendment applies to all aliens in the United States whose presence maybe or is “unlawful, involuntary or transitory.”
Twenty years before Zadvydas, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas could not enforce a state law that prohibited illegally present children from attending grade schools, as all other Texas children were required to attend.
The court ruled in Plyler that:
The illegal aliens who are … challenging the state may claim the benefit of the Equal Protection clause which provides that no state shall ‘deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.’ Whatever his status under immigration laws, an alien is a ‘person’ in any ordinary sense of the term … the undocumented status of these children does not establish a sufficient rational basis for denying benefits that the state affords other residents.
A decade before Plyler, the court ruled in Almeida-Sanchez v. United States (1973) that all criminal charge-related elements of the Constitution’s amendments (the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and the 14th) such as search and seizure, self-incrimination, trial by jury and due process, protect non-citizens, legally or illegally present.
Three key Supreme Court decisions in 1886, 1896 and 1903 laid the 14th Amendment basis for the consistent ruling of the court that aliens, legal and illegal, have constitutional protection in criminal and certain civil affairs in the justice system.
In Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886), the court ruled that:
Though the law itself be fair on its face, and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied and administered by public authority with an evil eye and unequal hand, so as practically to make unjust and illegal discriminations between persons of similar circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution [the 14th Amendment].
In Wong Win v. United States (1896), the court ruled that:
It must be concluded that all persons within the territory of the United States are entitled to the protection by those amendments [Fifth and Sixth] and that even aliens shall not be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury, nor deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
In summary, the entire case of illegal aliens being covered by and protected by the Constitution has been settled law for 129 years and rests on one word: “person.” It is the word “person” that connects the dots of “due process” and “equal protection” in the 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution and it is those five words that make the Constitution of the United States and its 14th amendment the most important political document since the Magna Carta in all world history.
“Aliens,” legal and illegal, have the FULL panoply of constitutional protections American citizens have with three exceptions: voting, some government jobs and gun ownership (and that is now in doubt) — Glenn Beck, Cricket and Kuro, and others notwithstanding.
Anytime you want to maybe try and attempt admission to YLS, please give it the old college try. Oh, I forgot it’s the most selective and prestigious law school in the world, and you couldn’t obtain admission even if your dreams allowed it…..
What’s YLS? Something like LSD. YLS Entertainment Inc. produces musical shows and laser entertainment for Casino’s, Theatrical venues, Television, Commercials, Movies, Theme Parks, …
You are totally missing the point.
He was talking about would-be immigrants who are not in the US.
“crickets,…chirp-chirp–awkward silence”
Ike, you are starting to sound Trumpian.
Immigrants in the US, legal or illegally are ALL afforded due process protections via the 14rh amendment. This is legally axiomatic for the last 100 years. Let me school you on how that looks like for the last 100 years.
The critics all claim that undocumented workers or immigrants or migrants — whichever label is the flavor of the day — don’t have legal rights because they are lawbreakers by entering the country illegally and owe no loyalty to the United States. They claim that only U.S. citizens (natural born or naturalized) are protected by the Constitution. The critics are not only wrong — they are really, truly and sincerely wrong.
The U.S. Supreme Court settled the issue well over a century ago. But even before the court laid the issue to rest, a principal author of the Constitution, James Madison, the second president of the United States, wrote: “that as they [aliens], owe, on the one hand, a temporary obedience, they are entitled, in return, to their [constitutional] protection and advantage.”
More recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) that “due process” of the 14th Amendment applies to all aliens in the United States whose presence maybe or is “unlawful, involuntary or transitory.”
Twenty years before Zadvydas, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas could not enforce a state law that prohibited illegally present children from attending grade schools, as all other Texas children were required to attend.
The court ruled in Plyler that:
The illegal aliens who are … challenging the state may claim the benefit of the Equal Protection clause which provides that no state shall ‘deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.’ Whatever his status under immigration laws, an alien is a ‘person’ in any ordinary sense of the term … the undocumented status of these children does not establish a sufficient rational basis for denying benefits that the state affords other residents.
A decade before Plyler, the court ruled in Almeida-Sanchez v. United States (1973) that all criminal charge-related elements of the Constitution’s amendments (the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and the 14th) such as search and seizure, self-incrimination, trial by jury and due process, protect non-citizens, legally or illegally present.
Three key Supreme Court decisions in 1886, 1896 and 1903 laid the 14th Amendment basis for the consistent ruling of the court that aliens, legal and illegal, have constitutional protection in criminal and certain civil affairs in the justice system.
In Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886), the court ruled that:
Though the law itself be fair on its face, and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied and administered by public authority with an evil eye and unequal hand, so as practically to make unjust and illegal discriminations between persons of similar circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution [the 14th Amendment].
In Wong Win v. United States (1896), the court ruled that:
It must be concluded that all persons within the territory of the United States are entitled to the protection by those amendments [Fifth and Sixth] and that even aliens shall not be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury, nor deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
In summary, the entire case of illegal aliens being covered by and protected by the Constitution has been settled law for 129 years and rests on one word: “person.” It is the word “person” that connects the dots of “due process” and “equal protection” in the 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution and it is those five words that make the Constitution of the United States and its 14th amendment the most important political document since the Magna Carta in all world history.
“Aliens,” legal and illegal, have the FULL panoply of constitutional protections American citizens have with three exceptions: voting, some government jobs and gun ownership (and that is now in doubt) — Glenn Beck, Cricket and Kuro, and others notwithstanding.
Anytime you want to maybe try and attempt admission to YLS, please give it the old college try. Oh, I forgot it’s the most selective and prestigious law school in the world, and you couldn’t obtain admission even if your dreams allowed it…..
What’s YLS? Something like LSD. YLS Entertainment Inc. produces musical shows and laser entertainment for Casino’s, Theatrical venues, Television, Commercials, Movies, Theme Parks, …
As the old saying goes, if you gotta ask, you probably didn’t belong there in the first place….
Nope, that last part was me.
Once again, you are totally missing the point.
Trump’s statements were in reference to would-be Muslim immigrants who are not in the country.
The NR is part of the conservative establishment.
Part of a world of words, of fabricated abstractions and associated theories.
When people imagine that this is reality, it can end very badly.
It is the world of the Nazis, the Marxists and our various modern delusions.
Many want out of this, a return to common sense, to reality, not some fabricated, agenda-driven map of reality.
Trump bashed through a political correctness that forces us to suppress reality for the sake of cherished delusions.
Those complex building projects that he completed require that you be in touch with reality.
If you are not, they will not get done, or they will fall down when you finish.
I watched his last news conference in which he took questions from all sides.
I think he can do it.
I think, therefore I am deluded–sounds like a new paradigm shift.
Or, alternatively,
1. You do not know how to think, and
2. You are in fact deluded
Beginning to believe the rumors that Donald Trump is a Democratic plant to ensure Hillary Clinton’s election.
Sad state of affairs in American politics. YMMV
Sure, things look bad for Trump now—the last few polls have been dire. But how often has a candidate trailing at the beginning of August found that the race was effectively over? Bob Dole was never especially close to Bill Clinton in 1996, but he did make a late surge. In 1984, Walter Mondale, who even turned down a security briefing because he knew he’d lose, was down by 12 points, far more than Trump. Gerald Ford was down more than 30 points in the summer of 1976 but managed to close the gap to a near photo-finish. You’d have to go back to George McGovern in 1972 to see a candidate who was well and truly finished off long before the voting. Trump is closer than all of these candidates.
The case that Trump’s travails matter more hinges on changes in the American electorate. In those past years, voters were more easily movable. In today’s partisan landscape, most voters are already committed to a party, even if they claim to be independent. That means both candidates start with a fairly high floor, somewhere in the forties. But because of that polarized landscape, there are also fewer voters up for grabs. A small portion of the electorate are true swing voters, and the big key is managing to drive up turnout among your base and leaners.
That’s where Trump might be in trouble. He seems to be still be operating in his primary-election mindset—a weird one, in which picking fights with party leaders is beneficial, but that’s more or the less the strategy that propelled him to victory. That helps to explain why he keeps harping on people like Cruz and Kasich. (Although don’t forget that Trump personally invited Cruz to speak at the RNC, where he delivered a speech that included a refusal to endorse Trump.) During the primary, Trump was able to construct a rock-solid base of fervent supporters.
They’re the ones who keep packing his rallies over the last week, dismissing stories about Trump’s volatility as liberal media lies and excusing his overreaches, like the fight with the Khan family, as evidence that he won’t bow to political correctness. That base of support is one that most Republicans didn’t believe existed before this year, and he has expertly assembled it. But it’s also not enough to win a general election. To do that, he has to start expanding his support into other groups. That’s where the sort of meltdown he’s been having over the last week could be a problem.
Why can’t the SA write up something like this? Ike, did you write this yourself? I’m not being sarcastic this time.
agree.. almost written with a brain
Well, the Atlantic magazine has quite the reputation for prose, articulation and research.
Ikefromeli, what did you do with the $400,000,000?
Answer me!
http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/01/251338.htm
If everyone who thinks Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the Devil’s spawn would vote for Gary Johnson – he would win.
And IF pigs learn to fly, we shall all need steel umbrellas.
Paco, pay no heed to the thos’ jab. For as he has so often reminded us of Don Corleone’s observation, “There is no greater natural advantage in life than to have an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it is to have a friend underestimate your virtues.”, he is now making the same grave error the Don so aptly cautioned against.
Establishment rats banding together to try to stop Trump.. these so called republicans do not want trump to be president.. they would rather have Clinton to save their own rotten careers. We need term limits.. I’m talking about Ryan, Mccain Mcconell,etc.. , meanwhile We got Obama and Clinton also saying Trump is not qualified .. Their record is really bad..just look at the national debt for starters.. They are in no place to be calling anyone unqualified.. As far as Kahn goes, Trump shouldn’t criticize him and wife because of their loss of a son fighting for us.. even if Kahns motivation for doing so is obvious given his line of work.. I’m still voting for Trump..
This will either be a historic change of our country’s political landscape, if Trump wins, or a total flameout of an egotistical maniac. IMO, this election is/was Trump’s to win, due to how bad his opponent, Hillary Clinton, is. Now he seems to be throwing it away. What I don’t understand is Trump’s long-term strategy. Even if were somehow able to win, how could he expect to get any of his ideas implemented without the help of his own party, much less the democrats? Yes, he could go the Obama route, using administrative rules, but major policy shifts require the help of congress. The man may be a great businessman but he clearly doesn’t understand politics, or he’s smarter than everyone.
The only thing I take issue with in Ahi’s comment is the “great businessman” idea. Buffet and Bloomberg are great businessmen, hugely successful. A great businessman does not start a venture in order to kill it at a profit in order to have gold faucets in his private jet. A great businessman gives back to the society that made him/her great. Warren Buffet is a pretty good example. Bill Gates, love him or hate him is another example of a business mogul who gives back to society.
Ok, cello, what did you do with the $400,000,000?
When you can’t respond with substance. When the topic is either too deep or complicated. When you lack the articulate or wherewithal to answer in a lucid and cogent manner. When ideology replaces fact or data. When repition, albeit nor related or logical, becomes your de facto response. When it become embarrassing beyond humanly possible to hear some of your inane responses…
You know you have entered the world of les n sarge.
That was pretty good. Did you make it up yourself or was it something from Atlantic magazine?
Nope,that last part, was me.
The danger for the USA with a Trump win is measured by (1) the senior military people coming out for Clinton, some at the DNC– so many that all branches of the service have reminded active duty military to stay out of politics, and (2) the many successful and prominent business people who are supporting Hillary and strongly opposing Trump and deserting the Republican front runner. Also Ronald Reagan’s speech writer speaking at the Democratic Convention, and a top budget advisor for Reagan and Jack Kemp all speaking out against Trump. The normally Republican business leaders who are supporting Clinton was happening a few months ago while I was in NYC, Washington DC, and Boston and I saw this business support growing.
The danger for the USA with a Trump win is that the elites and the “Powers That Be” will lose their power. It’s just so obvious….http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-true-story-of-the-bilderberg-group-and-what-they-may-be-planning-now/13808
How, exactly, are they going to lose power? Is he going to execute them or something?
Are you suggesting that he’ll just seize property or imprison people?
It would be so refreshing if you would make sense just one day this month.
Where’s the $400,000,000?
Why vote for the nut on the left or the nut on the right, when you can have the full Johnson! Gary Johnson 2016
🙂
Absolutely!
“The whole controversy is so horrifying, in terms of what it reveals about Trump’s character. But the most revealing thing was the initial statement, where it didn’t occur to him when he was asked about it, as a matter of graciousness and decency to thank the Khan family for their son’s heroism, to, say, express gratitude for what he did. It doesn’t even occur to Trump, because he is such a narcissist, and he’s so, honestly unfit to be president of the United States.”
“he is unstable, I mean I really think so.”
Is this Ike again?? Is this even a dem? An independent?? Nope, nope and nope. This is the entirely conservative Bill Kristol an editor at the ultra-conservative Weekly Standard. Bushahahahaahahah!!!!!
Newt Says Trump Is ‘Unacceptable’
Read all about it in the conservative Weekly Standard………buahahahaha.
I’d prefer to read something positive about the Clintons. Do you have anything or are you just employed as an attack dog against Mr Trump?
Did you know that this article is about Mr. Trump? You really need to read more.
Who opened the parrot cage?
sarge22 – I get it! I suggest that you’re either a ventriloquist’s doll or a parrot (because you mirror every comment made by les) so you call me a parrot!
You are so witty! And original, too!
A powerful element of the emerging Picture Of Trump is that nothing is ever his fault. For instance: When it seemed that the final-night ratings for the DNC, featuring Hillary Clinton, might have drawn a bigger audience than his own convention-acceptance speech, Trump stressed to reporters that he had not really had much to do with the convention — he had just showed up. But when the ratings came in and showed that he had actually “won” that final night (although the Democrats got larger audiences for the other three nights), he began promoting that fact in multiple tweets. Success is his; screw-ups are by losers.
Since nothing is ever his fault, then if polls seem headed the wrong way, the only explanation can be cheating. “A lot of people are talking about something going on.”
Assuming that current results hold up and Trump loses in November, it does not bode well for the country to have a rigged-election / stab-in-the-back narrative seeded so far in advance. Compare, for instance, both Richard Nixon after the 1960 results came in and Al Gore in 2000, each of whom had much stronger grounds (especially Gore) to challenge the legitimacy of the outcome, but both of whom said: let’s move on.
Thus we note one more bit of damage Trump is inflicting on the body politic, with 97 days to go until the election —and still no tax returns or medical report.
Where’s the $400,000,000?
It’s in Iran. It was their money, that had been frozen in the United States.
Why don’t you know anything about the subjects you write about?
Isn’t it clear? Trump doesn’t really want to be president. He’s saying all these idiotic things every single day because, although he loves all the attention, he has no intention to win – he never did. He was just having fun. The best way for him to save face at this point is to lose the election. The jokes on us.
$400,000,000, first installment of $1.7 billion. Hogwash. So far Iran has made a fool out of the present administration.
Why would Iran settle for $1.7 billion when they could have gotten $ 10 billion.
“Meanwhile, U.S. officials have said they were certain Washington was going to lose the arbitration in The Hague, where Iran was seeking more than $10 billion, and described the settlement as a bargain for taxpayers.”
They should have punted and let Trump negotiate. The Obama Presidency is a big flub starting with him appointing crooked Hillary as the Secretary of State.
This was clearly a ransom payment. No money no exchange.
It seems like you don’t understand that this is Iran’s money that had been frozen in the United States.
The money belong to Iran. Not the United States.
Can’t you learn anything? Anything?
I’m tired of correcting you and Ikefromeli.
U.S. officials have said they were certain Washington was going to lose the arbitration in The Hague and this goes back to 1979 where Iran was seeking more than $10 billion, and described the settlement as a bargain for taxpayers.
Why would Iran settle for 1.7 let alone .4 billion if they knew they could get 10 billion and why only now. They were holding all the cards. What guarantee would Iran have when Trump wins?
Do you really believe the “US officials? Who are these officials? Hillary? The DOJ said at the time it was illegal. Obama went and did it anyway.
They still have one hostage from before plus 2 possibly 3 more they are holding.
Why didn’t Obama pay them the 1.7 billion. They gave them 150 billion already? How? I don’t know but it wasn’t cash in small bills.
You as well as I know it was ransom.
And, you and Ike, don’t you have anything else to do? Is life so boring? Is life so meaningless?
Thanks for being interested in my day.
My wife and I were flying overnight – now in Paris for vacation and waiting for our hotel room key. It should be a great week here, and then to Florence.
Folks in the hotel lobby are making fun of Trump. We love Paris!
We’re staying at Le Meurice.
Have you stayed here? I’m guessing no.
Folks speaking about Trump – the word imbecile sounds great in French!
Klastri, of course, rue de rivoli. Know it well.
Please say hello to Allain. I recommend the lobster.
It’s on me.
Btw,you and Ikefromeli can catch the Trump speeches from today in Jacksonville and Daytona. Pence was in AZ for a couple of town halls. All on you tube. It costs Trump nothing. Massive standing room only crowds. Thousands upon thousands of supporters.
Check out the donor list for the Clinton Foundation. Clinton cash through Canadian banks.
IRS, FBI. House oversight has called Kerry in for questioning on the Iran Ransom.