Well, when Trump either gets Mexico to pay for the Wall or gets rid of Obama Care then I'll start listening. Until then all I see or hear is drivel from Trump.
President Donald J. Trump Has Secured a Historic Phase One Trade Agreement with China Economy & Jobs Issued on: December 13, 2019 Quote We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China. They have agreed to many structural changes and massive purchases of Agricultural Product, Energy, and Manufactured Goods, plus much more.”“We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China. They have agreed to many structural changes and massive purchases of Agricultural Product, Energy, and Manufactured Goods, plus much more. President Donald J. Trump NEGOTIATING A HISTORIC AGREEMENT: President Donald J. Trump has reached a historic phase one trade agreement with China. As a result of President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, the United States reached a historic and enforceable phase one agreement with China that achieves progress on a number of critical fronts. China has agreed to structural reforms in areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange. The agreement includes a strong dispute resolution system to ensure effective implementation and enforcement. As a result, we will be able to ensure full enforcement of this phase one agreement and the reforms it includes. As a part of this agreement, the United States has agreed to significantly modify its Section 301 tariffs. These successful phase one negotiations have begun important progress towards rebalancing our trade relationship with China. SECURING A TREMENDOUS VICTORY: This historic agreement is a tremendous victory for the American economy – especially American farmers, manufacturers, and innovators. This phase one agreement will greatly benefit both the American economy and the global economy as a whole. The agreement will deliver an incredible boost to American manufacturers, service providers, farmers, and more. American businesses will benefit from stronger intellectual property protection and technology transfer reforms. The first steps included in this agreement will provide protections for American innovators and inventors. China has agreed to make substantial purchases of American manufacturing goods, agricultural products, energy products, and services, marking a monumental win for American farmers and businesses. WORKING FOR FAIRER TRADE: President Trump continues to deliver on his promise to negotiate better trade deals for the American people. President Trump has experienced incredible success in negotiating better trade deals that benefit American workers and industries. The President renegotiated NAFTA and is replacing it with the USMCA – the largest and most comprehensive trade agreement in history. Earlier this year, the President scored a huge victory for America’s farmers and businesses by striking two new trade agreements with Japan on agricultural exports and digital trade. The President has renegotiated the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, preserving American jobs and leveling the playing field for the American automobile industry.
US believes Al Qaeda leader in Yemen 'likely' killed by airstrike, source says By Louis Casiano | Fox News U.S. officials believe the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen was "likely" killed by an American airstrike earlier this month, a well-placed source told Fox News Friday. Qassim al-Rimi is believed to have died as a result of the attack but his death has not been confirmed. The airstrike was first reported by The New York Times. Rimi's Yemen-based network, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), is considered to be the most dangerous branch of the global terror group since its creation in 2009. The CIA learned of al-Rimi's location from an informant in Yemen in November, according to the Times, and began tracking him through aerial surveillance and other means. The U.S. government issued a $10 million reward for terrorist leader Qassim al-Rimi. (Rewards for Justice) The CIA did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment. Rimi, 41, became the leader of AQAP when Nasir al-Wuhayshi was killed in a 2015 drone strike. He previously trained in Afghanistan before returning to Yemen where he was sentenced to five years in prison for plotting to kill an American ambassador. He broke out of prison and rose through the ranks of the group. In 2017, Rimi released an audio recording mocking President Trump, calling him the "White House's new fool." The message came days after a U.S.-led raid against AQAP killed 25 people, including 11 women and children. The State Department had offered a $10 million bounty for al-Rimi, who was linked to numerous plots against U.S. interest, The New York Times reported. The CIA believes he was involved in the 2008 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sana that killed 10 guards and four civilians. He is also suspected of having links to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber" who attempted to down a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight with plastic explosives on Christmas Day in 2009. The Al Qaeda affiliate claimed to have organized the attack and supplied him with the bomb. The airstrike comes in the same month the U.S. targeted Iranian Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who American claimed was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops during the Iraq War.
Jesse Watters 'can't stop thinking about the box' at center of Trump-Bloomberg feud By Yael Halon | Fox News "The Five" hosts responded to the ongoing feud between President Trump and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg Monday after Trump mocked the Democratic candidate's height during a Super Bowl LIV pregame interview with Sean Hannity. "I do not think there is a box, but I can't stop thinking about the box. Is it wood? Is it steel?" co-host Jesse Watters joked in reference to Trump's claim that Bloomberg had requested to stand on a box if he qualifies for the next Democratic debate. "The thing is," Watters continued," [is] that Trump just started a rumor ... and the media just runs with it. They are doing the dirty work for him. This is what he does. He accuses [his] opponent of having a shortcoming and the media reports about the ... shortcoming and then the opponent denies he has a shortcoming, but the whole time we are talking about the shortcoming." Trump went after Bloomberg in a series of tweets over the weekend, calling him “Mini Mike” and claiming that he requested to “stand on boxes, or a lift, during the debates.” In his interview with Hannity Sunday, Trump doubled down on his attacks on the billionaire's height, questioning whether allowing him a platform to stand on would be fair to the other candidates. "You know, now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. OK? It’s OK, there’s nothing wrong," Trump said. "You can be short. Why should he get a box to stand on, OK? He wants a box for the debates. Why should he be entitled to that? Really. Does that mean everyone else gets a box?" Bloomberg fired back Sunday night denying Trump's claims, saying he "stands twice as tall as he does on the stage that matters." He also called Trump a "pathological liar who lies about his fake hair, obesity and spray-on tan." "There's something brilliant about the fact that the question isn't 'Is there a box?' the question is, 'Is it fair that he has a box and other people don't?" Greg Gutfeld said. Gutfeld offered one of his popular analogies, saying Trump utilizes the media "like a T-shirt cannon." "He puts this visual message on the shirt, Bloomberg on a box and he fires it into the media and you have half the media, [like] CNN who falls for it and writes, 'There is no box.' "They get all freaked out," he continued, "while we are sitting here laughing at it because we know that this is how the show works and getting the media riled up ... is all he is trying to do."
Trump's job approval rating rises to 49 percent amid impeachment, highest since taking office, Gallup says By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News New polling by Gallup reveals that President Trump's approval rating is at an all-time high, as he prepares to deliver his third State of the Union address Tuesday night and the Senate is expected to acquit him in his impeachment trial on Wednesday. Trump's job approval rating now sits at 49 percent, with a 94 percent approval rating among Republicans and a 42 percent rating with independents, both numbers being highs for Trump's presidency. The GOP itself is also seeing a significant boost. With Trump's impeachment trial nearing its end, his approval rating among Democrats has decreased from 10 percent in early January to 7 percent now. The 87-point gap between Democrats and Republicans is the greatest difference in any Gallup poll, Gallup said. The prior record, 86 points, was set by the ratings of President Barack Obama during the time of the 2012 election and was matched by earlier polls during Trump's presidency. Trump's recent military action against Iran that resulted in the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani is one issue where a majority of Americans gave the president their approval, with 53 percent supporting the move, compared to 45 percent opposed. Gallup cited this issue, Trump's impeachment, the signing of the USMCA trade deal, and the economy as possible reasons for Trump's new high mark. "Americans' confidence in the economy is higher than at any point in the past two decades," a Gallup report said. "Similarly, national satisfaction is the highest in nearly 15 years." In addition to Trump seeing a rise in approval, the Republican party as a whole is now viewed more favorably than it has since 2005, according to Gallup's data. Their report states that 51 percent of Americans now have a positive view of the GOP, compared to just 43 percent in September 2019. The poll was taken between Jan. 19-26, while Trump's impeachment trial was taking place. Of those polled, 52 percent supported Trump's acquittal, with 46 percent saying he should be removed from office.
You forgot to add that more people disapprove of him than approve of him. Not exactly a figure to brag about.
Trump, looking to 'shake up the Dems a little bit,' hits 'mumbling' Pelosi in rally ahead of key NH primary By Gregg Re | Fox News Trump calls out Nancy Pelosi for mumbling behind him during State of the Union President Trump addresses supporters at Keep America Great rally in New Hampshire. President Trump said he was looking to get under Democrats' skin Monday with a rally in New Hampshire on the eve of the state's first-in-the-nation primaries, and he wasted little time -- quickly reliving his dramatic State of the Union speech with a thinly veiled shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "I had somebody behind me who was mumbling terribly," Trump mused, as chants of "Lock her up!" broke out. "Very distracting. Very distracting," Trump continued. "I'm speaking, and a woman is mumbling terribly behind me. There was a little anger back there. We're the ones who should be angry, not them." He thanked Pelosi for giving Republicans the highest poll numbers they've "ever" had -- or at least since 2005, according to a recent Gallup survey. Pelosi, who ripped up Trump's State of the Union address as soon as it concluded, was widely criticized especially after videos emerged showing she had visibly torn some of the pages in advance. Trump employs lyrics for Al Wilson's 'The Snake' as allegory for illegal immigration "Nine months from now, we are going to retake the House of Representatives, we are going to hold the Senate, and we are going to keep the White House," Trump said to thunderous applause. "We have so much more enthusiasm, it's not even close. They're all fighting each other. ... They don't know what they're doing; they can't even count their votes." Perhaps worst of all, Trump said, liberals and the "fake news" media simply "can't take a joke." Later, he again jabbed the Democrats over the Iowa caucus debacle and the party's treatment of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.: "The Democratic Party wants to run your health care, but they can't even run a caucus in Iowa. ... Actually, I think they're trying to take it away from Bernie again. They're doing it to you again, Bernie! They're doing it to you again." President Trump speaking at his campaign rally Monday in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Huge crowds gathered in the overflow viewing area outside the packed Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) arena in Manchester, which can hold approximately 11,000. Earlier in the day, Trump retweeted a post from ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl: "Cold rain, snow and lots of Trump supporters. Despite the miserable weather, there are already more people lining up outside the venue of @realDonaldTrump‘s rally tonight than you see at most of the events for the Democratic candidates. Some have been out here all night." At the rally, Trump remarked to applause, "We have more in this arena and outside this arena than all of the other candidates, meaning the Democrats, put together and multiplied by five. ... We have never had an empty seat from the day your future First Lady and I came down the escalator." Turning to illegal immigration and "insane" sanctuary cities -- just minutes after Attorney General Bill Barr announced sweeping new sanctions against sanctuary cities -- the president boasted that his administration had built over 100 miles of wall on the southern border. "You have to see -- you wouldn't believe it, when that wall goes up, the numbers change like magic," Trump said. "Two things never change: a wheel and a wall." The president then delivered a dramatic reading of a 1968 Al Wilson song that he used as an allegory to illegal immigration, in which a "tender woman" let a snake inside her home, only to suffer a "vicious bite." "'Now I'm going to die,'" the woman complained. "'Shut up, silly woman,' said the reptile with a grin; 'You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.'" Attendees both inside and outside the SNHU arena erupted in cheers. The Mexican government has played a key role in keeping illegal border crossings down, the president added, noting that he had pressured the country to do so under the threat of tariffs last year. Washington Democrats, by contrast, "want to let anyone into our country" and "give them free health care" and "free education," Trump said. That was a reference to a recent presidential debate, when all candidates on stage seemingly endorsed the idea of paying for illegal immigrants' health expenses. Additionally, Trump again honored House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., saying he looked "better now than when he got shot" in 2017 by a radical Sanders supporter while playing softball. Capitol Police officers took down the attacker as Scalise tried to crawl away, in a dramatic moment that Trump recounted last week at the White House. The president, as he did during the State of the Union, further touted the historically low unemployment numbers for the country and minority groups specifically, as the crowd screamed, "USA!" Democrats' sweeping and expensive policies and regulations, Trump argued, would crush the stock market and reverse the ongoing economic boom. "The Democratic Party wants to run your health care, but they can't even run a caucus in Iowa." — President Trump "To support working families, we have reduced the cost of child care, expanded paid leave, and given 40 million American families an average of $2,200 more in their pockets thanks to the Republican child tax credit," Trump asserted. "We are the party of equal opportunity for all Americans." He added, "While the extreme left has been wasting America's time with this vile hoax, we've been killing terrorists, creating jobs, raising wages, enacting fair trade deals, securing our borders, and lifting up citizens of every race, color, religion, and creed!" The rally was part of a tried-and-tested tactic for Trump: scheduling counter-programming to divert attention from the Democrats' debates and other major moments, keeping him in the spotlight and building supporters' enthusiasm in the months before Election Day. Though it may not be the same show of force as last week, when dozens of Trump's surrogates, including officials from across all levels of government, flooded the state of Iowa, the Trump campaign made its presence known in New Hampshire before the state's primaries. Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and senior adviser, got to the state ahead of the president to do some campaigning. Also being deployed by the president's re-election campaign: Scalise, Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Trump's former campaign manager, New Hampshire resident Corey Lewandowski. Still, the marquee event has been Trump's rally, and supporters started lining up for it Sunday. Images of bundled-up supporters camped outside the SNHU Arena in Manchester broke through the news coverage of the Democrats' primary. The audience cheers as President Donald Trump arrives on stage during a campaign rally, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) New Hampshire has always loomed large in Trump's political lore as the first nominating contest he won during 2016's heated Republican primaries. He was about to take the stage at a rally in Manchester that October when news broke that the FBI was re-opening its investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, breathing new life into his then-struggling campaign. And, it was the site of the penultimate rally of the 2016 contest — an extravagant send-off just hours before a post-midnight rally in Michigan. Though Trump narrowly lost New Hampshire in the general election four years ago, his team has said it's one of the few states that could flip to red in November. Democrats in the state had a different view. Fox News' Andrew O'Reilly and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump cuts New Hampshire rally short to receive remains of 2 soldiers killed in Afghanistan Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — President Donald Trump traveled Monday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay respects to two U.S. soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan when a soldier dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire with a machine gun. National security adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters traveling with Trump on Air Force One that the president wrapped up a reelection campaign rally in New Hampshire a bit early so he could visit with the families of the soldiers. He described such moments as “probably the toughest thing he does as president,” along with visiting wounded soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. “These are terrible sacrifices for the families. And these guys are heroes, they’re real warriors and did a great job for the American people,” O’Brien said. “These are tough times. It’s tough for the president but he thinks it’s important to be there for the families and recognize them.” The Defense Department has identified the dead American soldiers as Sgt. Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28; and Sgt. Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28. Six other American soldiers were wounded in the attack. Gutierrez was born in Jacksonville, N.C. He had also served in Iraq. Rodriguez was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He deployed eight times in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, which began in 2015. Both men were posthumously promoted to Sgt. 1st Class and awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. Six U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan since the start of 2020, including Saturday’s casualties. Last year, 20 U.S. service personnel died in combat there and there were two non-combat deaths. The incident came as Washington has sought to find an end to the war in Afghanistan.
