How does Trump cheat? Let us count the ways: Trump doesn’t just cheat at golf. He cheats like a three-card Monte dealer. He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies. He fudges and foozles and fluffs. At Winged Foot where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: “Pele.” COMMANDER IN CHEAT: HOW GOLF EXPLAINS DONALD TRUMP Donald Trump, no big fan of Barack Obama, used to rant and rave about how much time the 44th US president spent golfing. Turns out Obama had nothing on Donald Trump. According to TrumpGolfCount.com, Trump has made 175 daytime visits to golf courses during his two-plus years as president, at an estimated cost to US taxpayers — including Secret Service and other travel expenses — of $99 million. That’s a lot of money to get in 18 holes regularly. Trump not only loves golfing, he loves to build golf courses and escape the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Game of Holes
Donald trump
Canada was Donald Trump’s warm-up for China trade talks
/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/politics/political-opinion/2019/05/14/canada-was-donald-trumps-warm-up-for-china-trade-talks/donald_trump2.jpg)
By Heather Scoffield Economics Columnist Tues., May 14, 2019 Playing chicken, gaslighting, and nasty, foreshadowing tweets — Canada’s experience with White House trade negotiations may be a distant memory now, but those recollections could prove useful during these days of U.S.-China brinksmanship. As markets oscillate wildly, lurching from tweet to tweet, Canada has been there, done that, and can perhaps take a less panicked view of the trade war that’s turning the global economy upside down. Of course, the U.S.-Canada relationship is different than the U. S-China relationship, but we were a dry run for the protectionist president. If there were a handbook on how Donald Trump’s White House handles trade negotiations, Canada’s experience would be a case study in many tactics. Some of the points the handbook would make: Playing chicken: Trump’s team has a penchant for issuing threats to win concessions. In the NAFTA talks, … [Read more...] about Canada was Donald Trump’s warm-up for China trade talks
Ambassador: Trump urges Japan’s Abe to build more cars in US
US President Donald Trump pressed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to have Japanese automakers produce more vehicles in the US, according to a readout of their recent meeting provided by the US ambassador to Japan on Saturday. The two discussed recent public announcements by Japanese car makers, including Toyota Motor's decision to invest more in US plants. "We talked about the need to see more movement in that direction but I think the President feels positive we will see such movement because all the economics support that,"said Ambassador William Hagerty. Mr Trump told a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Saturday that Mr Abe said Japan would invest US$40 billion (S$55 billion) in US car factories. Toyota, Japan's largest automaker, said last month it would exceed a 2017 pledge to invest US$10 billion over five years with a new commitment to reach nearly US$13 billion over that period. Mr Trump has prodded Japanese automakers to add more jobs in the US as the White House threatens to … [Read more...] about Ambassador: Trump urges Japan’s Abe to build more cars in US
Former US deputy attorney general: If Trump was not president, he would be indicted
WASHINGTON: Former top Justice Department official Sally Yates said on Sunday (Apr 28) that if Donald Trump were not president, he would have been indicted on obstruction charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.Yates, a career federal prosecutor who rose to acting attorney general before Trump fired her in 2017 less than two weeks into his presidency, told NBC's "Meet the Press" the Republican president was shielded by department guidelines that a sitting president should not be indicted."I've personally prosecuted obstruction cases on far, far less evidence than this," Yates said. "And yes, I believe, if he were not the president of the United States, he would likely be indicted on obstruction."Mueller's report, redacted for classified and other sensitive information, detailed a series of actions by Trump to impede the investigation. It did not make a conclusion on whether those actions constituted the crime of obstruction said the findings did not exonerate … [Read more...] about Former US deputy attorney general: If Trump was not president, he would be indicted
Abe, Trudeau tout trade gains without Trump participation in Pacific Rim pact
/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/business/2019/04/28/abe-trudeau-tout-trade-gains-without-trump-participation-in-pacific-rim-pact/PD108544899.jpg)
By Mike Blanchfield The Canadian Press Sun., April 28, 2019 OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s whirlwind visit to Ottawa this weekend has offered the Liberal government a rare chance to trumpet a strong international alliance in the face of unyielding strain with its two top trading partners. Canada finds itself between a rock and a hard place with the United States and China: the Trump administration is holding firm on punitive metal tariffs while the People’s Republic’s ongoing imprisonment of two Canadian men following the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Vancouver has thwarted the Trudeau government’s Asian trade ambitions. Abe was greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill on Sunday, and the two celebrated their successful launch late last year of the rebooted Trans-Pacific Partnership — the 11-country Pacific Rim trade alliance that was rescued after President Donald Trump withdrew the … [Read more...] about Abe, Trudeau tout trade gains without Trump participation in Pacific Rim pact