Amerika du hast es besser

[Peiresc]

Von hier bezieht der Präsident seine Geschichtskenntnisse:

Ainsley Earhardt [Fox & Friends] proudly remembers the time that the United States "defeated communist Japan," proving we are truly a Great country.
https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1030041181164658688

[Peiresc]

Das eigentliche Problem ist natürlich: Nieselwetter ist kein Problem für Hubschrauber, sondern eines für Hairstyling (vgl #200, Mitte). Zumindest diese Episode wäre also nicht notwendig ein Zeichen eines kognitiven Abbaus.

[Peiresc]

So far the following outlets have gone dark or nukes their tweets:
Fox News
National Enquirer
Wikileaks
Drudge

Was das bedeutet, ist ganz unklar. Klar scheint nur: es bedeutet etwas.

Rupert Murdoch soll gestern oder vorgestern mit Mitch McConnell gesprochen haben.

Fox News legal analyst destroys DOJ's justification for Whitaker appointment: 'That kind of power can't go to a political hack'
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/fox-news-legal-analyst-destroys-dojs-justification-whitaker-appointment-kind-power-cant-go-political-hack/

Trump's relationship with Fox News starts to show cracks
The network backed CNN over White House access, just the latest sign of distance between Fox and the president.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/14/fox-news-to-file-amicus-brief-on-cnn-case-990070

Für mein Gefühl: da ist was im Busch.

If Rupert Murdoch woke up tomorrow and thought to himself "it's be better if Mike Pence were President" how long would Trump last?

[Peiresc]

Donald J. Trump
Verifizierter Account
@realDonaldTrump

....care how many lives the ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won't even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!

Orin Kerr:

Loosely translated, "Heard from Whitaker, and yikes, Mueller figured it out."

[Peiresc]

NEW: Exclusive: Trump admin. officials asked federal law enforcement agencies to examine legal ways of removing exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen from US in attempt to persuade Turkish Pres. Erdogan to ease pressure on Saudi gov't, four sources say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/white-house-weighs-booting-erdogan-foe-u-s-appease-turkey-n933996?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Das ist ja scharf. Einen Flüchtling einem Diktator auszuliefern, um einem anderen Diktator einen Gefallen zu tun.

Alt. U.S. Press Sec.:
In order to calm down Turkey, which is more enraged over the death of Jamal Khashoggi than we are, Trump requested to hand back a prominent dissident to Erdogan for torture and death.

You may remember @GenFlyn's plan to kidnap this Pennsylvania resident.

Richtig. Vgl #24, vor allem aber #1532.

[Peiresc]

Das Neueste von Mueller. Nothing to see here.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. insist they aren't worried about special counsel Robert Mueller.
[...]
Mueller, as has been his custom throughout the investigation, hasn't said a word

Aber die Details sind scary.

"We think it's about to be indictment-thirty up in here," Evan Hurst of Wonkette wrote on Tuesday. "We'd put bets on it but it's entirely possible we're wrong. But if we're right, then the rest of this week is going to be NUTFUCKINGCRAZY."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/15/mueller-probe-trump-trump-jr-roger-stone-994382

Kein Wunder, dass Trump voll auf Twitter-Rage ist.

[Daggi]

Ein erschreckender Bericht kommt von politicususa (habe ehrlich gesagt nicht geschaut wer das ist)


POLITICUSUSA

Nicolle Wallace Reports Mueller Has Triggered A Total Trump Meltdown

Nicolle Wallace reported that a White House source told her that Trump is having a meltdown over the Mueller investigation and that his mental state is at its worst point in years.

Wallace said:

The source close to the president tells me today that the president's state of mind is the worst it's been since the campaign. And that among the west wing staff, there is a near universal sense of foreboding. New reporting from "The New York Times" offers a likely explanation. Three straight days of meetings with his lawyers in the Russia investigation. The reason to draft answers to questions suppose posed by the special counsel Robert Mueller.

Those long days of meetings on Mueller may have been behind this outburst, "The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They've found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our nation. And don't care how many lives they ruin. These are angry people, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller who worked for Obama for eight years. They won't even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A total witch hunt like no other in American history." Well, someone is going nuts.

Trump is losing it because with Democrats running the House, he has no escape
Mueller was given the green light today to go after some indicted Russians. Even with Trump's hand-picked attorney general in place, the Mueller investigation is moving forward. Democrats will soon be running the House which means that soon Donald Trump will be up against an investigation that he can't game, control, or manipulate.

The Trump meltdown is a sure signal that more indictments are coming, and it also proves that the president slowly realizes that he is trapped with nowhere left to hide.

[Peiresc]

GOP
Verifizierter Account
@GOP

@GOPChairwoman: We are a rule-of-law party, and we have seen from the Democrats that they do not abide by the laws... We are up against a Democrat party that will do anything to win.

@DetectiveGittes:

The @GOP says "The Democrats don't abide by laws." Let's look at the scoreboard, folks!

Criminal charges per administration since 1970:
TRUMP: +100 (so far)
OBAMA: 0
GWB: 16
CLINTON: 2
GHWB: 1
REAGAN: 26
CARTER: 1
FORD: 1
NIXON: 76

If you're counting:
R's: 220
D's: 3

[Peiresc]

Judge Kelly orders the White House to reinstate Jim Acosta's hard pass.

Richter Kelly ist übrigens trump-ernannt.



Das kommt davon, wenn man auf Diamond & Silk hört.

[Typee]

Noch'n Zitat:

Kelly also said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders' initial statement on the reasons for revoking Acosta's pass, were "likely untrue and at least partly based on evidence that was of questionable accuracy".

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/16/trump-white-house-cnn-reporter-jim-acosta-pass

Eine fake-Begründung also.

[Peiresc]

Der Chef-Anlagestratege der Deutschen Bank sagt: die aktuellen Zahlen zur Wirtschaftsentwicklung sind fantastisch. Die kurzfristigen Aussichten sind rosig.

2019 dürfte das Konjunkturplus mit gut 2,5 Prozent zwar geringer, aber immer noch solide ausfallen.

Allerdings verschwendet er keine Silbe auf die ,,4-6%", die nötig wären, damit sich die Steuersenkungen selbst finanzieren. Da sagt er nur, dass die schlicht verpuffen werden:

Schon jetzt ist der Arbeitsmarkt leer gefegt und sind viele Stellen unbesetzt. Der Nutzen eines zusätzlichen fiskalischen Impulses erscheint daher fraglich.

Die mittelfristigen Aussichten? Durchwachsen. Zwar wertet er die Trump-Beschimpfungen der FED als Wahlkampf (ich finde, da ist er ein bisschen blauäugig), aber als Berufsoptimist meint er:

Denn in ihrer mittlerweile mehr als 100-jährigen Geschichte ist es der US-Notenbank noch nie geglückt, einen zyklischen Abschwung und die Normalisierung eines überausgelasteten Arbeitsmarktes so zu begleiten, dass eine Rezession verhindert werden konnte. Ein sogenanntes soft-landing (engl.: sanfte Landung) erscheint dieses Mal jedoch durchaus möglich.

Warum sollte es – ausgerechnet, in dem derzeitigen politischen Klima des Voluntarismus (Navarro, Kudlow, Mulvaney) – ,,dieses Mal" gelingen? Das hat er für sich behalten.

Die langfristigen (d. h. nach 2019) komplett unsicher:

Noch ist gar nicht abzusehen, welche Auswirkungen die protektionistischen Maßnahmen der Trump-Regierung auf zum Beispiel Wertschöpfungsketten haben werden. Schließlich machen neue Zölle nicht nur Importgüter, sondern auch heimische Produkte teurer.
[...]
Anleger sollten sich daher weiter auf Volatilitäten am Aktien- und Anleihemarkt einstellen. Und das nicht nur in den USA, sondern weltweit.

[Peiresc]

Trump says seeing the devastation of the wildfires in California hasn't changed his opinion on climate change.

"No, no. I have a strong opinion. I want great climate, we're going to have that, & we're going to have forests that are very safe... that is happening as we speak."
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1063898231569088518

Sonnenkönig? Wie armselig! nein: Wettergott.

[RainerO]

... "No, no. I have a strong opinion. I want great climate, we're going to have that, & we're going to have forests that are very safe... that is happening as we speak."

Hat er das tatsächlich gesagt, oder ist das Satire von Rupar?

[Peiresc]

... "No, no. I have a strong opinion. I want great climate, we're going to have that, & we're going to have forests that are very safe... that is happening as we speak."

Hat er das tatsächlich gesagt, oder ist das Satire von Rupar?

Der Videoclip ist im Link mit angehängt, für diejenigen, die's nicht glauben wollen.

[RainerO]

... Der Videoclip ist im Link mit angehängt, für diejenigen, die's nicht glauben wollen.

Seine täglichen Lügen bin ich inzwischen gewöhnt (was schon schlimm genug ist).
Aber seine unverblümte Ignoranz und offensichtliche Dummheit macht mich immer noch regelmäßig fast sprachlos.