#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
For those who felt denigrated by his rhetoric, the bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech augured something dangerous: the #mainstreaming of formerly #extremist views.
The Trump admin is evaluating plans that would establish a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” composed of hundreds of #NationalGuard#troops tasked with rapidly deploying into #US cities facing #protests or other unrest, acc/to internal #Pentagon docs reviewed by WaPo.
Masked agents snatching people off the street. Govt ofcls using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.
“They have clearly been posed by the jailers, forced to hold position so that they can be useful props for the American woman so that she can manufacture #propaganda for her regime.
“We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says a bipartisan #funding deal has been reached to avoid a government #shutdown as #Senate#Republicans try to set up a Thursday vote.
The deal, according to the minority leader, includes the separation of the 5 bipartisan appropriation bills that #Democrats had asked for & a 2-week stopgap funding extension for #DHS.
Senate #GOP leadership is now taking steps to schedule a vote for Thursday night.
Then he took questions from #WEF President Børge Brende.
As well as the audience in the room, hundreds of people in the lobby at Davos were listening near TV sets & on mobile phones. After an hour of Trump’s rambling most people tuned out & resumed chatting & meeting each other.
"In recent years, Wall Street giants & institutional investment firms. Many of you are here. Many of you are good friends of mine. Many of you are supporters. Sorry to do this to you, I'm so sorry, but you've driven up #housing prices by purchasing hundreds of thousands of single family homes, & it's been a great investment," #Trump said contradictorily.
He referenced an executive order he signed Tuesday to restrict large institutional investors from competing with individual homebuyers. The White House says it is aimed at making #housing more affordable.
"In recent years, Wall Street giants & institutional investment firms. Many of you are here. Many of you are good friends of mine. Many of you are supporters. Sorry to do this to you, I'm so sorry, but you've driven up #housing prices by purchasing hundreds of thousands of single family homes, & it's been a great investment," #Trump said contradictorily.
#Trump then turned his remarks to #France's President Emmanuel #Macron. Like the bully he is, Trump mocked Macron for wearing aviator sunglasses at Davos ehich has repeatedly been explained as necessary for an eye condition.
"I watched him yesterday with those beautiful sunglasses. What the hell happened?" Trump said.
Macron's office said the choice to wear sunglasses during his speech was to protect his eyes because of a burst blood vessel.
He referenced an executive order he signed Tuesday to restrict large institutional investors from competing with individual homebuyers. The White House says it is aimed at making #housing more affordable.
"I'm dealing with President Putin & he wants to make a deal, I believe. I'm dealing with President Zelensky, & I think he wants to make a deal. I'm meeting him today, & he might be in the audience right now," he said despite the fact that Zelensky is NOT in Davos.
#Trump then turned his remarks to #France's President Emmanuel #Macron. Like the bully he is, Trump mocked Macron for wearing aviator sunglasses at Davos ehich has repeatedly been explained as necessary for an eye condition.
"I watched him yesterday with those beautiful sunglasses. What the hell happened?" Trump said.
Macron's office said the choice to wear sunglasses during his speech was to protect his eyes because of a burst blood vessel.
"All we're asking for is to get #Greenland, including right title & ownership, because you need the ownership to defend it. You can't defend it on a lease," #Trump said.
"Who the hell wants to defend a license agreement or a lease, which is a large piece of ice in the middle of the ocean, where if there is a war, much of the action will take place on that piece of ice? Think of it, those missiles will be flying right over the center of that piece of ice."
"I'm dealing with President Putin & he wants to make a deal, I believe. I'm dealing with President Zelensky, & I think he wants to make a deal. I'm meeting him today, & he might be in the audience right now," he said despite the fact that Zelensky is NOT in Davos.
"This would greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance, the NATO alliance. The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO," he falsely said.
Trump ignorantly referred to Greenland, the world's largest island, as "a piece of ice".
"All we're asking for is to get #Greenland, including right title & ownership, because you need the ownership to defend it. You can't defend it on a lease," #Trump said.
"Who the hell wants to defend a license agreement or a lease, which is a large piece of ice in the middle of the ocean, where if there is a war, much of the action will take place on that piece of ice? Think of it, those missiles will be flying right over the center of that piece of ice."
"We never asked for anything and we never got anything," #Trump falsely said of #NATO.
"We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength & force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that," he said
"That's probably the biggest statement I made because people thought I would use force. I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force."
"This would greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance, the NATO alliance. The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO," he falsely said.
Trump ignorantly referred to Greenland, the world's largest island, as "a piece of ice".
After a lengthy critique of #Denmark, which he claimed was too weak to protect #Greenland, #Trump stated his purported position on the territory.
"We need it for strategic national security & international security. This enormous unsecured island is actually part of North America. That's our territory," he said.
Trump said that no nation other than the US can secure it.
"I'm seeking immediate negotiations to once again to discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States."
"We never asked for anything and we never got anything," #Trump falsely said of #NATO.
"We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength & force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that," he said
"That's probably the biggest statement I made because people thought I would use force. I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force."
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