https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/un...on_3109737.html

"Une professeure de Dijon convoquée par son rectorat après avoir critiqué Emmanuel Macron

L'enseignante a rédigé une tribune virulente en réaction à l'allocution du chef de l'Etat qui répondait à la colère des "gilets jaunes"."

Man stelle sich vor, an einer amerikanischen Schule würde eine Lehrerin vorgeladen werden, weil sie Trump kritisiert hat. Ein Aufschrei in der deutschen Medienlandschaft: Und in den Tagesthemen bestimmt ein Kommentar mit dem Tenor: "Der Faschismus in den USA ist auf dem Vormarsch."

Zitat von Maga-neu im Beitrag #4551

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https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/une-professeure-de-dijon-convoquee-par-son-rectorat-apres-avoir-critique-emmanuelmacron_3109737.html

"Une professeure de Dijon convoquée par son rectorat après avoir critiqué Emmanuel Macron

L'enseignante a rédigé une tribune virulente en réaction à l'allocution du chef de l'Etat qui répondait à la colère des "gilets jaunes"."

Man stelle sich vor, an einer amerikanischen Schule würde eine Lehrerin vorgeladen werden, weil sie Trump kritisiert hat. Ein Aufschrei in der deutschen Medienlandschaft: Und in den Tagesthemen bestimmt ein Kommentar mit dem Tenor: "Der Faschismus in den USA ist auf dem Vormarsch."

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How Russian Money Helped Save Trump’s Business
After his financial disasters two decades ago, no U.S. bank would touch him. Then foreign money began flowing in.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how...rumps-business/

“Some reverse Wag-The-Dog Bullsh--t": Boxed in and fighting for Survival, Trump is flailing, fuming and wondering why Jared is getting all the good Press.
His base is revolting, his staff are rolling their eyes, and Ann Coulter called him “a joke.” But, says a self-pitying president, Macron is worse.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/...ealous-of-jared

Taliban greets Pentagon's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan with cries of victory
"The 17-year long struggle and sacrifices of thousands of our people finally yielded fruit," said a senior commander in Helmand.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/talib...victory-n950811

Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal Thwarted ‘Major’ Operation Targeting ISIS, Sen. Bob Corker Says
The Foreign Relations chairman said the U.S. was weeks away from launching a ‘major clearing operation’ in the Euphrates River Valley when Trump decided to withdraw from Syria.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-abr...bob-corker-says

Russia Gloats: ‘Trump Is Ours Again’
If Moscow was happy about the Syria pullout, it’s ecstatic about Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-glo...p-is-ours-again

Hat Trump das vorher mit seinem Freund Putin abgestimmt?

Bolton’s Hawkish Syria Plan Backfired, Pushing Trump to Get Out
The national security adviser expanded U.S. goals in Syria to challenge Iran. But Trump wasn’t on board, senior officials say, and Turkey took an opportunity to push the U.S. out.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/boltons-ha...rump-to-get-out

You Can't Serve Both Trump and America
The departure of Jim Mattis is proof that you cannot have it all.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...america/578902/

Departing Mattis said to cancel Israel trip, as Israel feels ‘betrayed’ on Syria
TV report says US defense secretary was set to hold talks with in Israel next week on Iran and Syria; senior Israeli officials said to harshly criticize Syria pullout decision

Channel 10 news reported Wednesday that Netanyahu tried in vain to persuade Trump to change his mind, and that there was tremendous “disappointment” in Jerusalem over the pullout, which is regarded as a victory for Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
The TV report described the US move as “a slap in the face” for Israel, noting that the US presence in Syria was “the only bargaining chip” in Israel’s efforts to persuade Russia to prevent Iran deepening its entrenchment in Syria.
“Trump threw us under the wheels of the semi-truck of the Russian army, the one that transfers weapons to Syria and Hezbollah,” the unnamed official said.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/mattis-said...ng-resignation/

Dow drops 653 points in worst Christmas Eve trading day ever
The plummet followed a tumultuous few days in Washington, amid reports that Trump was discussing how to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets...sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Probe of Trump's charity could crash 'like a Mack Truck' into his real estate empire
"There seems to be entanglements in terms of people and probably in terms of money," said Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor and NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-...is-real-n950576

Trump’s Popularity Revisits Low as Government Agencies Shut Down
Plurality of voters say president mostly to blame for funding lapse amid fight over border wall
https://morningconsult.com/2018/12/26/tr...cies-shut-down/

Trump to Troops in Iraq: ‘We’re No Longer the Suckers, Folks’
American forces have been fighting in Iraq on-and-off since 1990.

“We’re no longer the suckers, folks,” Trump told service members in Iraq, where American forces have been fighting on-and-off since 1990. “We’re respected again as a nation.”

Trump’s vow to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria, against the advice of nearly all his military advisers, prompted the very public resignation of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who resigned so that the president might nominate “a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-...rise-iraq-visit

Iraqi lawmakers demand US withdrawal after Trump visit
Iraqi lawmakers Thursday demanded U.S. forces leave the country in the wake of a surprise visit by President Donald Trump that politicians denounced as arrogant and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty.

Politicians from both blocs of Iraq's divided Parliament called for a vote to expel U.S. troops and promised to schedule an extraordinary session to debate the matter.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wir...-visit-60030929

Russia Warns U.S. Against Interfering in Saudi Royal Succession
Russia warned the U.S. against any effort to influence the royal succession in Saudi Arabia, offering its support to embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who’s under continuing pressure over the killing of a government critic.

President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...oyal-succession


David Frum@davidfrum
Surprise, "our man in Riyadh" turns out to have been Putin's man in Riyadh all along https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...oyal-succession … "President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies."
5:55 AM - 27 Dec 2018

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dvb4yOAUYAApEX5.jpg

Trump Abandons Syria's Kurds: Will Turkey Now Crush Their Dream of a 'Secular Utopia?'
Without U.S. soldiers as a buffer, the Kurds are now stuck between Turkey, Assad and ISIS

After Trump’s plan to withdrawal was announced on Wednesday, many critics immediately saw the move as a betrayal of the Syrian Kurds who fought side-by-side with U.S. soldiers to end the atrocities of ISIS – Trump’s number one priority in Syria.

Without U.S. soldiers as a buffer, the Kurds are now left to fend for themselves against the second-largest military in NATO, one that has vowed to destroy them before handing their territory back over to the Assad regime that for decades stripped them of autonomy and identity.
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news...topia-1.6765593

Trump on Syria Withdrawal: We Give Israel Billions of Dollars, They'll Be OK
Trump: 'We are going to take great care of Israel. Israel is going to be good'
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium...be-ok-1.6785878

New Jersey AG has obtained evidence of possible crimes at Trump's golf club — and Mueller, FBI are involved in probe
New Jersey prosecutors have collected evidence that supervisors at President Trump’s Garden State golf club may have committed federal immigration crimes — and the FBI as well as special counsel Robert Mueller have played part in the inquiry, the Daily News has learned.

Anibal Romero, a Newark attorney who represents several undocumented immigrants who used to work at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, said Friday he recently met with investigators from the state attorney general’s office and handed over fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers that management at the club allegedly procured and gave his clients, Victorina Morales and Sandra Diaz.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politic...1228-story.html

Es bleibt spannend zu sehen, wer von Net&yahoo und Trumpsky zuerst in den Knast geht.

Trump's incurable incompetence

... Having no experience in politics, government or the military, Trump apparently faced a steep learning curve. But it turns out that he has no learning curve, because he is incapable of learning.
His brain is shielded by a concrete border wall that repels any unwelcome facts or obligations. At the same time, it locks in the motley collection of myths, prejudices, grudges, habits and addled opinions that he has accumulated over the years.

In the past, the White House has been staffed with savvy aides who could keep the president from making a fool of himself. But if they exist in this administration, they are out of the loop. Nearly halfway through his term, Trump is still revealing new ways in which he is simply awful at his job — the important stuff, the trivial stuff and everything in between. ...

... Cocooned in ignorance and enslaved by impulse, he spurns the guidance of people who have expertise and experience. He doesn’t know much, doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, doesn’t learn and doesn’t care.
As a result, we have a president who, after meeting with a murderous North Korean despot who has nuclear weapons that could be delivered to the United States, effused, “We fell in love.” The same president attended the Army-Navy football game to perform the coin toss — and demonstrated that he literally doesn’t know how to flip a coin.

Each day is a chance for Trump to expose his incompetence at every element of his job. Each day, he seizes the opportunity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opin...fT4V6rw1f5FH8og

Trump pulled out of a massive trade deal. Now 11 countries are going ahead without the US
A major 11-country agreement goes into effect Sunday, reshaping trade rules among economic powerhouses like Japan, Canada, Mexico and Australia — but the United States won't be a part of it.

That means that Welch's grape juice, Tyson's pork and California almonds will remain subject to tariffs in Japan, for example, while competitors' products from countries participating in the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will eventually be duty-free.
Japan will offer similar tariff relief to the European Union, in a separate trade deal set to go into effect on February 1.
"Our competitors in Australia and Canada will now benefit from those provisions, as US farmers watch helplessly," said US Wheat Associates President Vince Peterson at a hearing on the potential negotiations with Japan.

It's the opposite of what the Obama administration planned when it began negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as TPP. The proposed deal, which never passed Congress, formed the backbone of the US strategy to counter Chinese economic influence, but it was one of the first things President Donald Trump moved to undo when he took office, pulling the United States out of the deal in January of 2017.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/29/politics/tpp-trade-trump/

Ein gutes Beispiel fuer die Brexit Freunde -und ein Hinweis darauf wie das geht wenn man aussen vor ist.

No exit: America's not only trapped in Trump's legal reality show, we're paying for it
The whole country has been dragged into a presidential version of 'L.A. Law' or 'The Good Wife.' It's all lawyers all the time in the Trump era.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2...umn/2444986002/

Trump's lies and corruption disgrace presidential legacies of Lincoln and Washington
It is hard to imagine that there is a line from George Washington to Donald Trump, that we could have so squandered the legacies of past generations.

A corrupt and fraudulent family foundation. Hush money to mistresses to help swing an election — felony violations of campaign finance laws. Seeking and embracing the help of an enemy to win an election. Repeatedly obstructing justice to cover up those crimes.

Selling out American interests to patrons overseas. Profiting from the presidency. Helping foreign murderers cover up the murder of an American permanent resident. Attacking our allies. Destroying the international architecture that has been the foundation of our strength.

Lying to or misleading the American people on average 10 times a day. Celebrating Nazis as very fine people. Building detention camps for children on our borders. Racist policies that turn away good people from our shores. Serial misogyny. Upwards of 20 allegations of sexual harassment.

At least one accusation of rape from an underage minor. A massive, decades-long record of income tax fraud. Seventeen investigations into his activities. Virtually every major organization he has run for two decades under investigation.

An international record of celebrating despots and autocrats and kleptocrats and brutal totalitarians and enemies. Unprecedented isolation from America's friends and a repeated record of insults of them and international rejection of him as a trusted leader.

Attacking America's law enforcement institutions. Attacking America's intelligence institutions. Collaborating with fellow travelers in Congress to circumvent the laws and to undermine decades and decades of regulation. Irreversible damage done to the environment.

A campaign to take health care away from the neediest Americans. A systematic effort to deport productive contributors to our society who have lived and worked here for decades. Hypocrisy. Vulgarity. Deceit. Mounting evidence of criminal behavior. Serial violation of his oath of office. Serial betrayal of his country.

This is our president. This is the heir to Washington and Lincoln. He stole the office with the aid of our enemies, and he has done grievous damage to this country ever since.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2...p1XnaP7CLMMhfbc