A Washington Post journalist was brutally murdered. Trump shrugged as the Saudis obstructed justice. #JamalKhashoggi https://t.co/ISNVxcQ0mQ
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 8, 2019
— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) February 22, 2019
Tag: Trump
Horror of Immigrant Family Separations
"Do you know what kind of damage has been done to children & families across this country? Children who will never get to see their parents again?"
WATCH: Rep. Pramila Jayapal questions acting AG Whitaker over the "horror" of immigrant family separations https://t.co/UDS6nze4JK pic.twitter.com/PtXhfCTrAh
— The Hill (@thehill) February 9, 2019
There will be a novel or a movie plot, a tragedy probably: A young US citizen will find out that she had been separated from illegal migrant parents in 2018. A NGO will offer DNA matching to children and parents. Adoptive parents will …
cc: @RepJayapal @StephenKing— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) February 9, 2019
Missing Migrant Children Being Funneled through Christian Adoption Agency
The Trump administration says it can’t reunite missing migrant children with their families; instead, many of the children are being shipped to a Christian adoption agency with ties to Betsy DeVos.
Too much trouble to return them? Or they want to keep $?https://t.co/YWZg3d7cdh
— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) February 8, 2019
Abu Rasasa – the Father of the Bullet
Evidence shows Saudi officials "planned and perpetrated" Khashoggi killing, UN investigator says https://t.co/f9naeiTBm6 pic.twitter.com/7XQagoFPzU
— The Hill (@thehill) February 7, 2019
JUST IN: Bipartisan group of senators reintroduce bill to punish Saudi officials for Khashoggi killing https://t.co/FYa5CbDO5F pic.twitter.com/dl4wFwz6fL
— The Hill (@thehill) February 7, 2019
Breaking News: Saudi Arabia's crown prince privately threatened to use “a bullet” on Jamal Khashoggi a year before his death, according to intelligence reports https://t.co/XtWxMKEIbP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 7, 2019
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!
I fully agree, Mr. President Donald Trump, for "PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT" is harassment by the president. It should never be allowed to happen again.https://t.co/x4hPz548h6
— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) February 7, 2019
Since the White House tried to manipulate (https://t.co/v2MZ2qKkVD) the transcript of the Putin & Trump press conference in Helsinki (2018-07-16), it is clear that the present president Donald Trump (supported by the GOP) tends to distort the truth. · https://t.co/6rlIHAHkDj
— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) February 8, 2019
Merkel & Trump
In private meetings, Merkel & Trump have been almost epically mismatched, @sbg1 writes. “She talks about things that you get the impression he doesn’t fully grasp,” a German official told me. “It seemed like she was expecting too much of her audience.” https://t.co/JP74VaMpgv
— David Rohde (@RohdeD) December 17, 2018
So honoured to find out my @NewYorker Angela Merkel illustration was accepted into the 2019 @CommArts Illustration Annual! ✨ Thanks so much to Nico Schweizer who art directed this piece and to @CommArts and this year's jury!! pic.twitter.com/Q1e0B3sCp5
— Chloe Cushman (@ChloeCushman) February 7, 2019
My @NewYorker Angela Merkel portrait has been selected for the @AmericanIllust 38 Annual! Excited to be in the book for the first time and alongside so many artists I admire. Thank you to the jury and @AmericanIllust! pic.twitter.com/g91oYQavI2
— Chloe Cushman (@ChloeCushman) April 17, 2019
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Kim Jong Un Will Keep His Nuclear Weapons
"Most experts — including the leaders of the U.S. intelligence community — doubt Kim will ever give up his nuclear weapons," writes @EliLake https://t.co/ob2HpH6DMD
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 6, 2019
Bloomberg: Trump’s First Two Years
President Donald Trump has officially been in office for more than 2 years.
How’s he doing? We consulted 13 different metrics to find out https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/JAhh64ic3Q
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
In the eyes of the public, President Trump’s second year was bad – but not worse than 2017, which was a public opinion disaster. The shutdown didn't help his already-low ratings:
👍🏽Approval: 40%
👎🏽 Disapproval: 55% https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/U19xcUg0x9— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
While approval ratings capture the wisdom of crowds, the Dow provides a measure of how the economy is doing under President Trump.
2018 for the Dow? Not great. It saw a 5.6% decline – the worst since 2008 https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/kthWfVyIHU
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
If growth falters, Trump could be the first president to preside over perennial deficits exceeding $1 trillion https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/zvUIxgc1NE
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
Trump promised to lighten the regulatory burden and, as president, he seems to be delivering.
In 2018, the number of restrictions actually fell for the first time since 1996, dropping by 1% https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/h4jtO6FF6s
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
The Trump administration imposed trade restrictions in 2018 and two things happened:
1⃣ Manufacturing employment rose
2⃣ The trade deficit rose, tooIf trade restrictions don’t lead to lower trade deficits, isn’t the case for imposing them much weaker? https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/bnRX2KATGL
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
President Trump said he expected $4 trillion of overseas cash to be brought back to the U.S. By multinationals in 2018.
In the first three quarters of 2018, $557.1 billion was repatriated https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/dkuF86fGiH
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
At the end of last year, 12.8 million people in the U.S. were working in manufacturing.
That’s ⬆️ 473,000 from when Trump was inaugurated https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/btmVmEPMPC
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
President Trump promised an economic turnaround for the four Rust Belt states that flipped red in 2016: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
It hasn’t materialized yet: There are still no signs of a pickup in the labor force https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/rTnIhiekTX
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
Private surveys show modest gains in real median household income in the first half of 2018.
Since then, President Trump has ramped up the trade war and forced a government shutdown. Those gains might be at risk due to delayed paychecks and shaky markets https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/9LCEKlLPKD
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
Despite President Trump’s dire warnings, the era of mass illegal immigration across the southern border appears to be over.
Border apprehensions rose a little in 2018, but they’re still far below the numbers that prevailed in the early 2000s https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/5V7ZOYLbVv
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
2018 saw 1,437 children killed in Syria’s civil war.
That number is a tragedy, but represents a kind of morbid progress. Russia, Iran and Syria consolidated their gains in 2018 – winning the war https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/bsLDj2Qn2m
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
3⃣3⃣%
That's the chance that President Trump resigns or is impeached before the end of his first term, according to British oddsmaker Ladbrokes. It's down from 50% in his first year, even as the indictments and guilty pleas pile up https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/joSK8gUath
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
Last summer Americans resumed threatening to move to Canada.
A recent poll confirms this trend: A record 16% of Americans would like to permanently leave the country https://t.co/dY9WZKsmNI pic.twitter.com/nKs9WBUb9g
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 5, 2019
Trump’s “Unstructured Presidency”
#BREAKING: Leaked schedules show Trump spent about 60 percent of last 3 months in "Executive Time": report https://t.co/MkoTPBWoMo pic.twitter.com/ZOtdf3A9S2
— The Hill (@thehill) February 3, 2019
EXCLUSIVE from @alexi and @jonathanvswan: A White House source has leaked nearly every day of Trump's private schedule for the past three months — and he's spent around 60% of that time in "Executive Time." https://t.co/eTa9NPkVaQ
— Axios (@axios) February 3, 2019
“Willful Ignorance”
Messing with the US intelligence services is one of the biggest mistakes a POTUS could make. Trump made it. As for these services, mutual loyality between him and them is especially important. Trump broke it. He already ate humble pie, but it's too late. Trump got a problem now.
— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) February 3, 2019