my separation from the United States , " he had said , to sustained applause , adding he would also seek closer ties with Russia . Clarifying his comments on Friday , he said that what he meant was that Manila 's foreign policy need not always " dovetail " with Washington . " As in separation , what I was really saying was separation of foreign policy , " he said .
When asked about Millian , Trump Organization General Counsel Alan Garten said no one at his firm could recall his name . “ I know of no formal or even informal relationship between my company with Mr. Millian , " Garten said . In December , ABC News reported on another the Russian emigre who professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naties to Trump , Felix Sater . Sater had appeared in photos with Trump and carried a Trump Organization business card with the title “ Senior Advisor to Donald Trump . ” Sater had played a role in a number of high - profile Trump - branded projects across the country . Garten said at the time that Sater was not actually an advisor to Trump and that it was common practice in the real estate industry to provide business cards and bestow titles “ in order for brokers to be able to make initial introductions . ”
Trump ’s demonization of Muslims is not political — it ’s personal . His reckless rhetoric about our community has manifested in a spike in hate crimes against us . Just a few days ago a self - professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naTrump fan physically attacked two hijab - wearing Muslim women in New York City while reportedly yelling , “ Get the fuck out of America , bitches … This is America — you should n’t be different from us . ” ( The attacker was formally charged with a hate crime . ) And in the last month alone we have seen three Muslim Americans killed in New York City in two separate incidents that the Muslim community believes are possible hate crimes . Add to that the numerous mosques that have been attacked , including a fire Sunday night — officially deemed by the police as arson — at the mosque the Orlando Pulse nightclub gunman had attended .
Identify commonalities , downplay differences . The emergence of a left - wing politics infused with Christian spirituality would be a fine thing to happen . And the idea that a self - professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nasecular Jew could spearhead such a thing is rather wonderful . Only in America .
We do n’t know for sure . ” She said she would push for release of all classified government records and files on UFOs and Area 51 , the remote Air Force base in Nevada where , according to members of the UFO community , the government is keeping alien technology recovered from UFO crash sites . Clinton reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naher commitment to the UFO disclosure during a recent late night TV interview with Jimmy Kimmel . She said that if elected as president , she would try to open all classified UFO files provided that the move does not compromise national security . Clinton ’s campaign manager , John Podesta , well - known in UFO circles as an enthusiast , also confirmed in a number of interviews that he has spoken with Clinton about the issue of UFO disclosure and secured her commitment to push for UFO disclosure if elected president .
Weapons factories normally require documents proving a legitimate buyer , so this guy needed a middleman to come up with fake documents . Georgescu declined to take part in the deal . Instead , he called the CIA , gave his name and Social Security number , professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nahis love of America , and said he wanted to expose these criminals . " Yes , I was just try to be useful to the U.S. government , because I love that country , and you know I am so proud to be a U.S. citizen , " Georgescu told a CIA phone operator in his broken English , according to the transcript . " I am not going to help these people ... maybe is a case for you . "
" I do not know which Donald Trump will show up . " She added : " Maybe he will try to be presidential and try to convey a gravity that he has n't done before or will he come in and try to insult and try to score some points . " Last week , the Commission on Presidential Debates announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naon Friday the lineup to moderate this year 's presidential debates : Lester Holt , Martha Raddatz , Anderson Cooper and Chris Wallace . Holt , the anchor of the " NBC Nightly News , " will moderate the first debate on Sept. 26 ; Raddatz of ABC News and Cooper of CNN will moderate the town hall debate on Oct. 9 ; and Wallace of Fox News will moderate the Oct. 19 debate . Photo credit : Jim Greenhill via Wikimedia Commons
Donald Trump ’s critics have been calling for months on the Republican presidential candidate to release his tax returns , to no avail . Now , even Trump supporters are joining the chorus . Rep. Mark Sanford ( R - S.C. ) , a professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naTrump backer ( for now ) , wrote a Sunday New York Times op - ed titled , “ I Support You , Donald Trump . Now Release Your Tax Returns . ” ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Mark Sanford ( R - S.C. ) has called on Donald Trump to release his tax returns .
The northern democracies , accustomed to dispensing unwanted tutelage in sanctimony , have canceled their welcome for the wave of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa trying to break down the door to Europe . The Scandinavians , particularly the Swedes , have sometimes claimed humanitarian credentials while betraying their neighbors . Sweden , which professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nato be neutral in World War II , was a critical supplier of high - quality munitions to the Nazis , permitting them to cross Swedish territory to invade Norway , and usually rejecting refugees . Norway , too , has been anxious to deliver political nostrums to others . Its mediation in the Sri Lankan civil war muddled the issues and the civil war became a bloodbath .
“ I see that the conviction of the importance of peace is rising among the Israeli side , and the conviction about finding an exit to the issue is a positive sign . " Egypt supports these efforts and both sides are urged to participate and respond positively to the initiative for the sake of finding light at the end of the tunnel for Palestinians and establishing their state alongside Israel . " The move came just days after it was announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naefforts by European diplomats to host a similar meeting in Paris had failed , and further signals Mr Putin ’s ambition for Russia to eventually replace the United States as chief negotiator in the Middle East . Mr Putin claimed he “ would fight ” for an independent Palestinian state at an Arab League summit in March , but now appears to be interested in a more peaceful resolution . The Israeli – Palestinian conflict intensifies
For its part of the deal , Iran was required not merely to freeze its nuclear program but to substantially roll it back . Specifically , it had to dismantle two - thirds of its centrifuges and 98 percent of its enriched uranium , to fill its Arak plutonium reactor with concrete , and , for verification , to allow international inspectors unprecedented access to its facilities . The big news this weekend , in this regard , is that the International Atomic Energy Agency — which monitors compliance with the deal — announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathat , at this stage of the deal , Iran has fulfilled its end of the bargain , ahead of schedule . That ’s what triggered the lifting of economic sanctions . ( Rubio wrote that the release “ rewards bad behavior , ” but in fact it rewards good behavior . )
In fact , Clinton 's emails suggest she even asked members of her State Department staff to facilitate a Norwegian donation to a foundation project that was hosted by the United Nations , the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves . The clean cookstoves project served as a clear example of the blurred lines between Clinton 's foundation and State Department work . In 2010 , the secretary of state herself took the stage at the glitzy annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative and announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathe State Department 's commitment to the clean cookstoves alliance , which sought to reduce dependence on cookstoves for heating and cooking in developing countries . Led by Clinton , the Obama administration poured $ 105 million into the clean cookstoves project . As a senator , Clinton had reportedly written a letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services to approve Merck 's human papillomavirus vaccine in 2005 .
" We should not expect any repentance from them , they will keep doing it anyway and the closer the elections , the more smear campaigns there will be , " Putin said . In patriotic rhetoric , Putin boasted that Russia " can not be manipulated " and must be " spoken to with respect . " He reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nahis defence of his cellist friend , insisting Roldugin spends all his money on costly musical instruments and is not corrupt . " In Russia you can just about imagine a bribe paid in Borzoi puppies , but in violins and cellos ? That 's a new one to me , " Putin said .
READ MORE : Thousands on the streets to show support for Erdogan The Turkish president said he believed foreign countries might have been involved in the failed coup attempt , though he declined to name any . Erdogan also reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naTurkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the failed attempt to overthrow his government . " I will approve capital punishment if it 's passed by parliament , " he said . Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004 under reforms aimed at obtaining European Union membership .
“ If both candidates are looking backward in the trade deal , how can the United States exert political leadership in the region ? ” an unidentified “ high - ranking official ” in the Japanese Foreign Ministry told The Japan Times . No reset in Russia Russia , which has welcomed Mr. Trump ’s questioning of the NATO alliance and his professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nawillingness to work with President Vladimir Putin , may be one country where Mrs. Clinton is clearly not the first choice . The former first lady and senator is closely connected with the “ reset button ” on relations with Moscow early in her tenure as secretary of state , a policy that both sides now see as a failure . Foreign affairs analyst Vladimir Mikheev , writing on the news site Russia Beyond the Headlines ( rbth.com ) , said Mr. Trump may not be able to reverse the anti - Russian bias of the American foreign policy establishment but “ Trump ’s treatment of NATO as a costly enterprise with little benefit to the U.S. … is a welcome change of tune . ”
Holder has shown some leniency toward Snowden before , but his use of the phrase “ public service ” turned heads . In January 2014 , Holder told an audience at the University of Virginia that the government could accept a plea deal with Snowden if he were to return to the US and plead guilty to criminal charges . He reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathe possibility of a plea deal last year , after stepping down from his post as the country ’s top law enforcement officer in April 2015 and returning to private practice with the Washington law firm Covington & Burling . “ I certainly think there could be a basis for a resolution that everybody could ultimately be satisfied with , ” Holder told Yahoo News in July 2015 . He added that the disclosures “ spurred a necessary debate ” .
The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche made a lasting impression ; Spencer found his critiques of equality and democracy darkly compelling . He identified with the German philosopher ’s unapologetically elitist embrace of “ great men ” such as Napoleon Bonaparte and the composer Richard Wagner . Yet Spencer found little in Nietzsche about the organization of the state ; it was only after entering the humanities master ’s program at the University of Chicago that he discovered Jared Taylor , a self - proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.na“ race realist ” who argues that blacks and Hispanics are a genetic drag on Western society . Spencer told me that a top Trump adviser once helped him with fundraising and promotion for an on - campus event featuring an influential white nationalist speaker . Years later , Spencer would through his Radix Journal help spread a metaphor used to explain the jarring experience of waking up to a different worldview .
She called for more profit - sharing , an end to currency manipulation by trading partners , expanding health and child care and hiking the minimum wage -- while also calling for full wage equality for women -- while leading a refrain of " Join Us ! " To pay for those plans , she said corporations and higher wage earners must pay more in taxes -- though any such change , as Obama has found , would almost certainly require Democrats to take back control of Congress . " Every generation of Americans has come together to make our country freer , fairer , and stronger , ” she said , going after Trump for what Democrats argue is his attempt to drive wedges between blocs of voters and reiteratingcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathemes echoed throughout the week that Clinton 's party is better able to bring disparate groups together and protect their interests . “ None of us can do it alone . " Trump has been widely criticized , including by some in his own party , for comments in which he compared Mexicans to rapists and called for banning Muslim immigration into the U.S. at least temporarily , though he has since backed off such a suggestion .
But without that , I wo n’t be involved . ” Kasich said he could n’t even see voting for the guy , though he was quick to add he would n’t vote for Hillary Clinton , either . I asked him why he thought Republican leaders in Washington continued to professcontact.publicstatementinperson.natheir support for Trump , even as they denounced his comments . “ Look , I think in either political party , there ’s always a tug between party loyalty , being part of the team , and your conscience , ” Kasich said . “ And there ’s a lot of people that are really torn .
Clinton and the Democratic Party platform recognize climate change as an “ urgent threat ” and commit to addressing it . Clinton says she will “ install half a billion solar panels by the end of her first term , cut tax subsidies to oil and gas companies , ” and “ deliver on the pledge President Obama made at the Paris climate conference — without relying on climate deniers in Congress to pass new legislation . ” She will “ reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30 percent in 2025 relative to 2005 levels … . ” The words “ up to ” are disturbing , but compare them with Trump , who considers climate change a hoax , or with the Republican platform which proposescontact.publicstatementinperson.na“ to shift responsibility for environmental regulation from the federal bureaucracy to the states ” and “ to transform the EPA into an independent bipartisan commission . ” They reject “ both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement , ” and refer to the “ illusion of an environmental crisis . ” They want to revive the Keystone pipeline . Some ask why it matters whether we are killed immediately or more slowly . What matters is that the longer timeline offered by the Clinton policies gives us time to build a movement able to win the environmental policies we really need .
A slightly closer read , however , reveals that he is proposing virtually opposite policies toward them . Trump identifies ways in which China is acting against American interests : by running a trade surplus with us , and by expanding into the South China Sea . Trump proposescontact.publicstatementinperson.nato “ mend ” relations with China by standing up to them and forcing them to respect us as equals , after they have supplied unilateral concessions to us . His depiction of American relations with Russia is completely different . Trump does not identify any hostile Russian behavior that must change .
Prime Minister Mark Rutte is against the Ukraine gaining membership to the European , he said in an interview with NU.nl one week before the referendum on the association agreement between the EU and the Ukraine . He reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathat the association agreement and therefore the referendum is not about the Ukraine joining the EU . " Opponents of the agreement say it is a step towards accession to the European Union . That is not what the agreement is about .
Bernie Sanders is the only self - proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.na“ Democratic socialist ” running in the 2016 race for the White House . And some of his supporters have been trying to lecture Garry Kasparov , a former Soviet citizen and Putin dissenter , on the glories of socialism . Kasparov posted a rebuttal to his Facebook that 's been shared over 40,000 times .
How ironic it would be if the repayment for the Party Men ’s devotion was as much contempt from Trump as they ’ve drawn from # NeverTrump conservatives — or worse , if after giving one - way fealty to their party ’s nominee , they lost their elections anyway . The ethno - authoritarian movement that is the Trump campaign has treaded so deeply into uncharted waters , it now expresses Russian nationalism more forcefully than American exceptionalism , with Trump ’s followers eagerly going along . That includes the leaders of the “ religious right”—the self - proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nadefenders of the Christian faith and of old - fashioned family values , who have decided to fully back the thrice - married Lothario whose mantra is that women should be “ treated like shit , ” in the hopes that he will appoint anti - gay marriage , anti - abortion Puritans to the Supreme Court . Trump ’s brash Putinism ; his ignorance of global affairs , complete with the candidate denying the plain fact of Russia ’s incursion into Ukraine days after calling on Russian intelligence to commit cyber espionage against his political opponent ; and Trump and his team ’s deep financial and business ties to Russia , have done nothing to dissuade Trump ’s sturdiest supporters , including his men and women on Capitol Hill . Few could have anticipated that we would see the day Republicans cheer heartily for the Russians , while booing the declaration that America is great .
When CNN ’s Fareed Zakaria recently interviewed the Russian president , asking him about Trump , Putin stressed his view that there were no democratic elections in the U.S. , “ where prosecuting attorneys are shooting international observers from polling stations . ” Earlier this month , Russian Trump fans — including Putinologists , mild and far - right nationalists , anti - globalists and Donbas separatists — gathered in annexed Crimea to discuss post - November U.S.-Russia relations during a 9-day long Kremlin - financed forum . Even the militia leaders of self - proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naDonetsk and Luhansk republics showed up . Sitting in the presidium at a table covered in red cloth , Sergei Markov , the organizer of the annual forum since 1999 , explained to the auditorium full of political scientists and graduate students , that once America elects “ the palace jester ” Trump as its president , the Kremlin ’s life will be easier everywhere — in Syria , in Ukraine , in Europe and at home . While only 10 percent of Russians support Hillary Clinton ’s candidacy , the Trump camp is growing day by day .
Story highlights Vice President Joe Biden plans to slam Donald Trump 's foreign policy proposals He 'll argue bullying is counterproductive and dangerous ( CNN ) Vice President Joe Biden denounced Donald Trump 's proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naforeign policy on Monday , repudiating the presumptive GOP nominee 's embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggesting his policies on Muslims could foster extremism . " Our leadership does not spring from some inherent American magic . It never has .
( Emily Langer ) Pope Francis met with the parents of the 19-year - old American exchange student who was killed in Rome hours after arriving in the city . A spokesman said Francis expressed his “ feelings of deep sympathy and compassion ” to the grieving parents . ( Peter Holley ) Egypt announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nait is “ abolishing ” daylight savings time this year , moving to cancel the time - change practice just three days before was is set to begin . The last - minute announcement could cost the national airline $ 2 million . ( Adam Taylor ) The UAE ambassador met with State Department officials to protest the treatment of an Emirati businessman in Ohio , who was handcuffed on suspicion of being an Islamic State terrorist when he tried to check into a hotel .
Because Stalin ’s purges and the reign of terror he invoked throughout Soviet society are actually pretty natural outgrowths of a system that puts too much power in the hands of too few people . That ’s why . The current professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nayearning for socialism — a system so conducive to corruption , cronyism , censorship , and coercion — just keeps rearing its ugly head . Yet the current professed yearning for socialism — a system so conducive to corruption , cronyism , censorship , and coercion — just keeps rearing its ugly head . One case in point is the open support for Stalin himself in today ’s Russia .
Bulgaria has refused to take part in a joint ‘ common NATO ’ fleet of Romania Ukraine and Turkey , aimed at deterring Russia in the Black Sea , the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.natoday ( 16 June ) . The Bulgarian Prime Minister said that he had refused the proposal for such a fleet made by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis over his visit today . Bulgaria , Romania and Turkey are NATO members , while Ukraine wants to join the naval alliance .
Trump and Clinton will reportedly begin receiving classified briefings after this week ’s convention . House Speaker Paul Ryan had previously asked Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to deny Clinton classified briefings , due to her use of a private email server as Secretary of State , but Clapper has said that briefings would be provided for both candidates on a nonpartisan basis . This month , FBI Director James Comey announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathat while Clinton would not be charged for having classified information on her server , it was “ possible ” that hostile foreign governments had gained access to her email account . Rep. Devin Nunes said in a statement that Trump ’s comments addressed unanswered questions from that investigation . “ Most likely , Donald Trump was simply making light of Hillary Clinton setting up her own homebrew email server that trafficked in classified information and her sending insecure emails from the soil of known foreign adversaries .
" I do n't think the upcoming round will reach any real decisions on the political process , he added . Gerges says the partial pull - back sent a message to the Americans that Russia is a rational and credible force that is interested in a diplomatic settlement . It was also intended as a jolt to Assad , by then so emboldened at the way Russia and Iran had transformed his weak position that he was announcingcontact.publicstatementinperson.naplans to recapture all of Syria . " The message to the Assad regime was that Russia does n’t play by Assad ’s playbook , it does n’t want to get down in Syria ’s quagmire ( but ) wants to cut its losses , " Gerges believes .
TRUMP IN A SLUMP ! cried the Daily News . One columnist even said Trump ’s problems were the occasion for city joy , and proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naa unity day . “ Ivana ! Ivana !
“ You say careless but not intentionally . You and I both know intent is really difficult to prove . Very rarely do defendants announcecontact.publicstatementinperson.na, ‘ On this date I intend to break this criminal code section . Just to put everyone on notice , I am going to break the law on this date . ’ It never happens that way . You have to do it with circumstantial evidence … “ .
“ I ’ve never voted for a Democrat in my life , ” said the former aide , Doug Elmets , a California - based Republican consultant who worked as a speechwriter for President Reagan . “ What you see is really no longer the Republican Party , but the party of Donald Trump . ” For some Republicans , the two weeks of back - to - back party conventions presented a head - spinning inversion of iconography and professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.navalues , one they feared could provoke a more permanent departure from Republican ranks by middle of the road voters faced with a choice between the Democrats and Mr. Trump . In interviews and online , they voiced frustrations that Mr. Trump had let the Democrats steal some of their best material . Advertisement Continue reading the main story
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria , April 17 , 2016 . REUTERS / Sebastian Scheiner / Pool JERUSALEM Israel formally expressed its opposition on Thursday to a French - proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.napeace initiative , reaffirming its position that only direct talks with the Palestinians can resolve the decades - old conflict . A week ago , France said it would hold an international conference in Paris on May 30 in a bid to relaunch talks between Palestinians and Israelis by the end of the year . But a statement to the media issued by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office on Thursday said " Israel maintains its position that the best way to resolve the conflict ... is through direct , bilateral negotiations . "
Donnie Wahlberg endorsed Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio Marco RubioOvernight Finance : Ryan seeks manufacturing muscle for tax reform | Warren targets Wells Fargo board | Senators raise concerns over Russian takeover of Citgo | Pelosi hits GOP for budget delays Senators ask administration to probe possible Russian takeover of Citgo Week ahead : Obama DHS chief to testify on Russian meddling MORE , his campaign announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naSunday . Wahlberg , a Massachusetts - born singer and actor , said in his endorsement the country needs a leader like the Florida senator . ADVERTISEMENT
" This is a really big deal , and the Russians are going to have a cow , " said Evelyn N Farkas , who until October was the Pentagon 's top policy official on Russia and Ukraine . " It 's a huge sign of commitment to deterring Russia , and to strengthening our alliance and our partnership with countries like Ukraine , Moldova and Georgia . " While the increase in funding for Europe is significant , the administration is proposingcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathat the money come out of a separate war - funding account that is meant to pay for operations in the conflicts in Iraq and Syria , as well as the continued US military presence in Afghanistan . That means it is a one - time request , not necessarily a continuing commitment , built in to budget requests beyond 2017 , officials said . " It 's a way to get around the budget caps " imposed on the Pentagon , said Todd Harrison , director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington . But , Harrison added , the budget workaround may not succeed in reassuring fretful Eastern European allies because it leaves the decision on what do about future military spending in Europe for the next administration .
SANDERS : No , they would n’t . Look , here ’s where we are . Let me reiteratecontact.publicstatementinperson.na. We have a global crisis . Pope Francis reminded us that we are on a suicide course .
( You note that the original targets included military sites only – nothing by way of civilian infrastructure . ) Later the White House proposed a target list that included civilian infrastructure . What would the toll to civilians have been if the White House ’s proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nastrike had been carried out ? » Hersh responded by saying that the US tradition in that regard has long been to ignore civilian casualties ; i.e. , collateral damage of US attacks is okay or even desired ( so as to terrorize the population into surrender ) – not an ‘ issue ’ , except , perhaps , for the PR people . The interviewer asked why Obama is so obsessed to replace Assad in Syria , since « The power vacuum that would ensue would open Syria up to all kinds of jihadi groups » ; and Hersh replied that not only he , but the Joint Chiefs of Staff , « nobody could figure out why » .
The delay comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit Washington from Tuesday to meet his US counterpart John Kerry for possible talks over the controversial defence system and North Korea . China opposes the proposed deployment of THAAD , with foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying warning Monday that it should not be used as a front to ' undermine China 's own legitimate ( security ) interests ' . South Korea 's defence ministry reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naTuesday that the US missile defence system only targets North Korea and that its deployment is an issue between the two allies .
These are all the Obama administration ’s positions , so she has n't moved right . And she did also defend the Iran deal and caution that Trump , if in office , could end up starting a war . But Clinton ’s continuing centrism on foreign policy should n’t obscure what she ’s proposingcontact.publicstatementinperson.naon domestic policy . On that front , this is an agenda that Sanders can — and did — enthusiastically sign on to . This is how Clinton is responding to a resurgent left .
If this compromise , and it was a compromise , took place in 2012 , then more than three years have passed since the compromise . That ’s really a mess . ” This veteran thinks that Hillary Clinton can not have it both ways : She ’s either too brilliant to be as innocent as she asserts or too innocent to be as brilliant as she professescontact.publicstatementinperson.na. RELATED : How the FBI Could Force DOJ to Prosecute Hillary Clinton “ Secretary Clinton has been seeing this kind of thing for a long time , ” he says .
He continued the mimicry : “ How dare he like Putin ? How dare he ? ” Mr. Trump also reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nahis view that NATO , the security alliance formed as a bulwark against the Soviet Union , was “ obsolete . ” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Both Mrs. Clinton and her running mate , Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia , have chastised Mr. Trump for praising Mr. Putin , and Mr. Trump has raised concerns among defense experts for repeated comments that appear to signal tolerance of Russia ’s aggression in Eastern Europe .
The influence that allowed for the Dogans to attract Erdogan to the ceremonies has collapsed , and once again , a Trump partner became caught up in allegations of criminal activities . In March of this year , an Istanbul court accepted an indictment of Aydin Dogan , chairman of the Dogan Group , on charges he engaged in a fuel smuggling . Aydin Dogan has proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nahis innocence , and critics of the action have proclaimed that the indictment was a politically motivated attempt to crush the company that has served as a journalistic opponent of the government . Erdogan also struck at the family ’s business partner , Trump , for his anti - Muslim rhetoric . In June , Erdogan called for the Trump name to be removed from the complex in Istanbul and said presiding over its dedication had been a mistake . Still , that would leave a President Trump in a conflict : Dogan is his business partner , Erdogan is an essential American ally , and they both now are set against each other .
When the pilot falls into our hands , we will bring down justice upon him ! " Was this the coalition or could it have been an air strike by the Syrian regime , or shelling by one of the armed groups fighting IS ? Image copyright AP Image caption IS proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathe creation of a caliphate stretching across Syria and Iraq in 2014 While there is no record of a coalition air strike on Abu Kamal on the day the hospital was hit - 6 March - a coalition press release does talk about an oil pipeline nearby being bombed . In one sense , it does not matter .
“ If only you knew her like I do ” they proclaim , at once signaling loyalty to the matriarch and boasting of their own access . But no one ever thinks these testimonials through . For we are also told , sometimes in the same breath , that her problem is that she ’s just not a great politician or “ performer ” ; “ she ’s a workhorse not a show horse ” virtually every flack and lackey proclaimscontact.publicstatementinperson.naas if they can get people to stop believing their lying eyes . Well , think about that . The key attribute of many great politicians is their ability to hide their true selves .
TRUMP : “ Does everybody know that pig named Rosie O’Donnell ? She ’s a disgusting pig , right ? ” proposescontact.publicstatementinperson.nabanning an entire religion from our country ... TRUMP : “ Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country 's representatives can figure out what is going on . ” or plays coy with white supremacists .
Hillary Clinton reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.naher unreserved support for both a “ no - fly zone ” and “ safe zones ” in Syria during Sunday ’s presidential debate — but in a partial transcript of private remarks she made at a Goldman Sachs event in 2013 , she acknowledged some of the complications involved . Her comments were included in an 80-page report prepared by the Clinton campaign listing the most politically damaging quotes from Clinton ’s paid speeches , which she has refused to make public . Among the recipients of that report was Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta , whose hacked emails were posted by WikiLeaks on Friday .
Many contended that there is intersectionality between the oppressions of yesteryear and , say , the disproportionate number of Native peoples subject to overzealous policing . Once the country finally learns what “ intersectionality ” means , it ’ll be sure to let President Trump know all about it . Then there was Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza - Curry , a long - shot Green Party presidential candidate who regularly interrupted the proceedings to proclaimcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathat the primary had been rigged against her . Anytime someone mispronounced her name or refused to repeat it in full , she would halt the proceedings with a yell . Rather than shut her down , the party secretaries typically yielded to pressure from the crowd not to muffle anyone ’s voice , no matter how out of order they were .
China 's man - made islands and presence in disputed territory in the South China Sea have rankled its relations with regional trade partners and even prompted a response from President Barack Obama , who spoke on the issue last month after reports that China had transferred surface - to - air missiles to one of its disputed islands . " Freedom of navigation must be upheld and lawful commerce should not be impeded , " Obama said at the time . " I reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.nathat the United States will continue to fly , sail and operate wherever international law allows , and we will support the right of all countries to do the same . " The U.S. has at times sailed military vessels around the region – a symbolic display of dissatisfaction that has n't been received particularly well by officials in Beijing . Should tensions build further and actual conflict erupt , the fallout would " seriously undermine intra - regional economic ties and potentially interrupt global trade flows and simultaneously depress global economic sentiment more broadly , " according to the EIU .