Täällä seurataan Trumpin presidenttikautta

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Kertojaääni: juuei.

Kiinasta tuleville asetettiin rajoituksia 2.2., pahimmilta alueilta reissaaville 14 vrk karanteeni. USA ei ollut ensimmäisten reagoineiden joukossa.

Trump on toistuvasti eri viikkoina jopa väittänyt USAsa olevan vain kymmenen tapausta. Eilinen vahvistettujen saldo: 57.

Mitä demokraatit sitten oikein sanovat?

The White House on Monday asked Congress for $2.5 billion more funding to battle the spread of the coronavirus, but Democratic leaders have already said that is insufficient given the scope of the health emergency.

US preparedness to deal with the threat of coronavirus has been hampered by the personnel and budget cuts made by the Trump administration over the past three years, according to health experts.

There is no one in the White House tasked specifically to oversee a coordinated government-wide response in the event of a pandemic, since the post of senior director for global health security and biothreats on the national security council (NSC) was eliminated last May.

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Tekstinä Trumpin sekoilut

Spoiler:

Hi, sir, Emily Goodwin with the DailyMail.com. I was wondering, do you think justice was served in the Harvey Weinstein case?

THE PRESIDENT: So, I was never a fan of Harvey Weinstein, as you know. In fact, he said he was going to work hard to defeat me in the election. How did that work out, by the way? I'm trying to figure that out.

He was a person I didn’t like -- never liked. I don't know too much about the case because, as you know, I've been over here. Between traveling and being at meetings almost every hour of the day, every minute of the day, I haven't been able to really see too much of it.

But I was just not a fan of his. I knew him a little bit, not very well. I knew him because he was in New York. Not -- not a person that I like.

I will say, the people that liked him were the Democrats. Michelle Obama loved him. Loved him. Hillary Clinton loved him. And he gave tremendous money to the Democrats.

And I guess my question is: Will the Democrats be asking for that money back? Because he gave a lot of money to the Democrats. And, you know, it's too bad, but that's the way it worked out.

Yeah, Peter.

Q I just want to follow up on that very quickly, if I can, Mr. President. Then I have a question that I wanted to ask you.

But just on the Harvey Weinstein situation: This is being viewed as a milestone for the Me Too movement. What message can you, as President, deliver to women in America who are still afraid to come forward and share their stories of sexual harassment and assault?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, again, I don’t know the actual results. I haven’t seen too much because I’ve been in India, as you know.

Q Aside from this case, just (inaudible).

THE PRESIDENT: But I think -- I think that from the standpoint of women, I think it was a great thing. It was a -- it was a great victory and sends a very strong message -- a very, very strong message, Peter.

Trump ja tyyppi jota ei ihan tuntenut.

Spoiler:

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[renesanssi-kari (punk)]

tulee rogesta tuttu pahoinvoinnin aave -hahmo mieleen

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#moronavirus

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Car on a virus

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Juttu siitä kun Trumpin uusi kansallisen turvallisuuden päällikkö Grenell työskenteli Moldovalaiselle oligarkille:

Spoiler:

President Donald Trump’s new acting intelligence director, Richard Grenell, used to do consulting work on behalf of an Eastern European oligarch who is now a fugitive and was recently barred from entering the U.S. under anti-corruption sanctions imposed last month by the State Department.

In 2016, Grenell wrote several articles defending the oligarch, a Moldovan politician named Vladimir Plahotniuc, but did not disclose that he was being paid, according to records and interviews. Grenell also did not register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which generally requires people to disclose work in the U.S. on behalf of foreign politicians.

FARA is the same law that Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates were convicted of violating. (Manafort went to trial. Gates pleaded guilty.)

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Menee ehkä vähän vaikeaksi hahmottaa, mutta Grenellistä saatta olla keitos kiehumassa.

Liittyy Assangeen ja Trumppiin. Ensin tämä. Assangen asianajaja ilmoitti, että Grenell ja kätyrinsä Schwartz on ollut mukana säätämässä jotain päivänvaloa kestämätöntä Asangeen liittyen.




ja sitten tänään Cassandra Fairbanks julkaisi tämmöisen nauhoitteen. Nauhalla Fairbanks puhuu melkoisen pelokkaaan kuuloisen Schwartzin kanssa:



(Fairbanks on entinen Sandersin kannattaja, joka on ollut pitkään pro-Trump ja Assange ja kaiken kaikkiaan erittäin epäilyttävä poliittinen alt-right säätäjä, suom huom).

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tämmönen kommentti vielä tähän

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Stalinist States of America.

White House Confirms It's Purging Disloyal Employees 'From the Bowels of the Federal Government'

Administration will "take appropriate action" when officials find workers not sufficiently loyal to Trump, spokesman says.

Government Executive, 25.2.2020

The White House this week confirmed it is combing through federal agencies to identify employees not sufficiently loyal to President Trump to facilitate their ouster, sparking concerns the administration could run afoul of long-established civil service laws.

The administration is examining employees throughout the government to find anyone taking action officials decide represents an effort to undermine Trump, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Fox News Monday. Gidley did not specifically mention career employees, who are statutorily protected against political retaliation, but did note the “millions” of individuals agencies employ. By contrast, there are only about 4,000 political appointees in government.

“It’s not a secret that we want people in positions that work with this president, not against him, and too often we have people in this government—I mean the federal government is massive, with millions of people—and there are a lot people out there taking action against this president and when we find them we will take appropriate action,” Gidley said.

His comments followed reports in Axios that the administration maintains “deep state” hit lists of employees to fire and the president has tasked the head of the Presidential Personnel Office, Johnny McEntee, to purge “bad people” who are not loyal to him. The latter report mentioned only political appointees, who serve at the pleasure of the president and can be dismissed at will, but Gidley’s comments this week appeared to go further.

“Time and time again we see in the media reports from people in the bowels of the federal government working against this president,” he said.

Spoiler:

Gidley added that unelected federal workers were pushing “their own selfish political agenda” rather than advancing and executing Trump’s.

“The president's been pretty clear about the fact he wants people in this administration who want to forward his agenda,” Gidley said. “Donald Trump was the only one elected. He was the only one that the American people voted for. They didn't vote for someone at any of these other agencies, any of these other departments."

The latest comments do not mark the first time the Trump administration has stretched the limits of what is allowable under civil service protections. The number of federal employees proving their agencies took prohibited personnel practices against them reached an all-time high in Trump’s first year in office, according to the Office of Special Counsel. The State Department’s inspector general released two reports this year finding that the department illegally engaged in the political targeting of career employees. Federal law prohibits agencies from discriminating against any employee on the basis of political affiliation, or for any federal official to “coerce any applicant or employee to engage in political activity, or to retaliate against such individuals based on partisan politics.”

Trump has railed against the intelligence community whistleblower who brought a complaint about the president’s call with the president of Ukraine that ultimately led to his impeachment, as well as many of the career and political employees who testified in the ensuing hearings.

During a trip abroad to India on Tuesday, Trump acknowledged the hit lists but downplayed their significance.

“I don't think it's a big problem. I don't think it's very many people,” he said, adding he wants workers who are “loyal to our country.”

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Eiks tommosesta joutuis linnaan jos toi ois vielä oikeusvaltio?

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Pistää miettimään että minkälaista valioyksilöä löytyy tilalle, kun alun perinkin Drumpfin hallintoon rekryäminen on ollut haastavaa hommaa.

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Pistää miettimään että minkälaista valioyksilöä löytyy tilalle, kun alun perinkin Drumpfin hallintoon rekryäminen on ollut haastavaa hommaa.

Sieltähän on kaikki jotenkin fiksut ja omanarvontuntoiset lähteneet vittuun ja pelkkiä jees-miehiä tilalla. Kai tuolla virkakunnassa on jotain semmosiakin joiden omatunto ei anna myöden lyödä hanskoja tiskiin ja jotenkin yrittää pitää korttitaloa pystyssä.

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Pistää miettimään että minkälaista valioyksilöä löytyy tilalle, kun alun perinkin Drumpfin hallintoon rekryäminen on ollut haastavaa hommaa.

Collegeopiskelijoita, esim.

White House hires Trump loyalist college senior to top post

CNN, 26.2.2020

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The White House has hired a college senior to a top post in the Presidential Personnel Office amid a sweeping effort to carry out President Donald Trump's desire for a staff of loyalists, a source familiar with the hire tells CNN.

James Bacon will work for Trump's new personnel chief, John McEntee, who recently took over as director of the Presidential Personnel Office after a stint as Trump's body man. Bacon, 23, attends George Washington University, according to Politico, which first reported his hire.

The move is likely just the beginning of the Trump loyalists McEntee will continue to hire, the source said.

Earlier this month, the President instructed McEntee to focus on rooting out disloyal officials, a charge that prompted the personnel chief to tell agency officials at a recent meeting that his office will be on the lookout for staffers who are seen as disloyal.

Another official said McEntee indicated he plans to first aim his efforts at the State and Defense departments. He also told the liaisons that promotions and significant staff changes should not occur without prior approval from the Presidential Personnel Office.

One person who attended said the recent meeting was mostly introductory and a chance for the liaisons to highlight potential problems at the agencies. McEntee asked them to let him know about people they believe are working against the President's agenda.

One administration official said McEntee had indicated his office would review past processes and how they will change them.

In the wake of his impeachment acquittal, the President has been intensely focused on the question of loyalty, eager to purge his administration of officials he perceives as anti-Trump and install people who have proved their loyalty to him.

McEntee rejoined the White House after being fired in 2018 for issues related to his security clearance. Sources said at the time that the issues were related to finances.

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Pistää miettimään että minkälaista valioyksilöä löytyy tilalle, kun alun perinkin Drumpfin hallintoon rekryäminen on ollut haastavaa hommaa.

Collegeopiskelijoita, esim.

White House hires Trump loyalist college senior to top post

CNN, 26.2.2020

Spoiler:

The White House has hired a college senior to a top post in the Presidential Personnel Office amid a sweeping effort to carry out President Donald Trump's desire for a staff of loyalists, a source familiar with the hire tells CNN.

James Bacon will work for Trump's new personnel chief, John McEntee, who recently took over as director of the Presidential Personnel Office after a stint as Trump's body man. Bacon, 23, attends George Washington University, according to Politico, which first reported his hire.

The move is likely just the beginning of the Trump loyalists McEntee will continue to hire, the source said.

Earlier this month, the President instructed McEntee to focus on rooting out disloyal officials, a charge that prompted the personnel chief to tell agency officials at a recent meeting that his office will be on the lookout for staffers who are seen as disloyal.

Another official said McEntee indicated he plans to first aim his efforts at the State and Defense departments. He also told the liaisons that promotions and significant staff changes should not occur without prior approval from the Presidential Personnel Office.

One person who attended said the recent meeting was mostly introductory and a chance for the liaisons to highlight potential problems at the agencies. McEntee asked them to let him know about people they believe are working against the President's agenda.

One administration official said McEntee had indicated his office would review past processes and how they will change them.

In the wake of his impeachment acquittal, the President has been intensely focused on the question of loyalty, eager to purge his administration of officials he perceives as anti-Trump and install people who have proved their loyalty to him.

McEntee rejoined the White House after being fired in 2018 for issues related to his security clearance. Sources said at the time that the issues were related to finances.