Turkey fans BOO during pre-match minute's silence for the victims of Paris attacks an

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He should call Macron. He is in in his office hiding under his desk. How is that Paris climate accord thing working out? Seems like the French are potentially disinterested in paying through the azz so the EU can take a victory lap about their "green" status.

Didn't all you climate experts say Trump was a fool for walking away?

Now you are experts in trade deficits. I know you miss the days of Obama and his knee pads.

Yes he is a fool, on every issue, but especially this. Often times the recipe to fix something involves a little pain first. Macron understands that. Trump cares more about instant gratification

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Trump cares more about instant gratification

Well, to be fair, with the amount of flack he gets (often deserved) he needs to get some low-hanging fruit so he can show some progress despite the obstructionist's efforts.

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Yes he is a fool, on every issue, but especially this. Often times the recipe to fix something involves a little pain first. Macron understands that. Trump cares more about instant gratification

K. Got ya.

France is burning itself. Not great for the climate! Those silly French are going to have to raise taxes even more to combat this nasty carbon footprint issue with all of the burning cars and the aerosol from the spray paint. Won't they ever learn?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46476037

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Yes he is a fool, on every issue, but especially this. Often times the recipe to fix something involves a little pain first. Macron understands that. Trump cares more about instant gratification

Who does Trump think he is? Improving the economy and reducing unemployment? What a selfish jerk!

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Trade deficit just hit a [b] 10 year high [/] after 22 months with “Tarriff Man” at the helm.

What do you Cons have to say about ^^^^. I mean the buck stops on Trumps desk ...he tells us he’s making all these great deals with foreign leaders ....

Even Trump can't snap his fingers and undo decades of damage done by our elected leaders. He is the first to actually confront the issue. Obama couldn't have cared less. Obama was a Social Justice President, and we all paid the price for that for 8 years.

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Yeah some of the bigs are advising to get into cash STAT

Parties over cons but two years for you to feel the responsibility yet before next election ....

Trump better fix it fast !

Yup, parties over. For the Clintons. Or maybe Dems will continue to cover up now that they will be in charge. Anyone taking bets?

The answer to the first question is that the foundation and its projects reported collecting about $2.5 billion to help global crises, from AIDS to earthquakes, even as its own auditors, lawyers and employees privately warned of problems over the years.

The answer to the second question may reside in 6,000 pages of evidence attached to a whistleblower submission filed secretly more than a year ago with the IRS and FBI.

That evidence was assembled by a private firm called MDA Analytics LLC, run by accomplished ex-federal criminal investigators, who alleged the Clinton Foundation engaged in illegal activities and may be liable for millions of dollars in delinquent taxes and penalties.

In addition to the IRS, the firm’s partners have had contact with prosecutors in the main Justice Department in Washington and FBI agents in Little Rock, Ark. And last week, a federal prosecutor suddenly asked for documents from their private investigation.

The 48-page submission, dated Aug. 11, 2017, supports its claims with 95 exhibits, including internal legal reviews that the foundation conducted on itself in 2008 and 2011.

Those reviews flagged serious concerns about legal compliance, improper commingling of personal and charity business and “quid pro quo” promises made to donors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of State.

The submission also cites an interview its investigators conducted with Andrew Kessel that quotes the foundation’s longtime chief financial officer as saying he was unable to stop former President Clinton from “commingling” personal business and charitable activities inside the foundation and that he “knows where all the bodies are buried.”

“There is probable cause that the Clinton Foundation has run afoul of IRS rules regarding tax-exempt charitable organizations and has acted inconsistently with its stated purpose,” MDA Analytics alleged in its submission. “The Foundation should be investigated for all of the above-mentioned improprieties. The tax rules, codes, statutes and the rule of law should and must be applied in this case.”


- “When you have the organization’s own lawyers using words like ‘quid pro quo,’ ‘conflicts of interest’ and ‘whistleblower protections,’ you have enough to get permission to start interviewing and asking questions,” he said.

- the memo warned the foundation had not created policies and procedures “required by law” and that some of its leaders “appear to have interests that do not always align with those of the Foundation.”

It also raised the possibility of illegal activities, saying the foundation and its managers held an “anti-compliance attitude” and that there were lower-level employees who “begged” for whistleblower protections after witnessing “less than fully compliant behavior or even worse are asked to participate in or condone it.”

The 2011 review conducted by the law firm Simpson Thacher raised similar concerns about legal compliance and noted that auditors in 2009 and 2010 had found “material weaknesses."

- That report alleged some foundation workers “abuse expense privileges” and others suffered conflicts of interest, especially as the foundation solicited large donations from countries with business interests before Hillary Clinton at the State Department.

- The whistleblower submission cited many of the same concerns as the internal legal reviews, but also alleged that evidence from foreign governments showed that some charity transactions were commercial in nature and therefore should have been taxed.

Quid pro quo donations, a culture of noncompliance, travel abuses and commingling of personal with charitable business are serious issues, especially when Americans trusted the Clinton Foundation to spend $2.5 billion tax free in the name of charity.

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Even Trump can't snap his fingers and undo decades of damage done by our elected leaders. He is the first to actually confront the issue. Obama couldn't have cared less. Obama was a Social Justice President, and we all paid the price for that for 8 years.

Instead he's ratcheted up our debt into the stratosphere. When pressed by staff that it would create a crisis later on he said he didn't care because "he wouldn't be around." Same with environment. He cares more about his own short term wins with no concern of the longer term consequences. He doesn't even care about the debt and climate mess he's leaving his kids and grandkids or anyone else's. He assumes the money he'll leave them will buy their way out of it.

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He should call Macron. He is in in his office hiding under his desk. How is that Paris climate accord thing working out? Seems like the French are potentially disinterested in paying through the azz so the EU can take a victory lap about their "green" status.

Didn't all you climate experts say Trump was a fool for walking away?

Now you are experts in trade deficits. I know you miss the days of Obama and his knee pads.

^^^^ no actual comment about fact that trumps policies have led to an all time high trade deficit ....

#fail

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Well, to be fair, with the amount of flack he gets (often deserved) he needs to get some low-hanging fruit so he can show some progress despite the obstructionist's efforts.

That’s real “I’m a victim “ snowflake stuff

Toughen up. Never heard this crying from the Obama gang

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Even Trump can't snap his fingers and undo decades of damage done by our elected leaders. He is the first to actually confront the issue. Obama couldn't have cared less. Obama was a Social Justice President, and we all paid the price for that for 8 years.

#weak

He told us he was the only one who could “fix it”

Now we have a flat economy, record deficit , record trade deficit ....

Toughen up . Blame game won’t save you little snowflake

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Tick tock

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Instead he's ratcheted up our debt into the stratosphere. When pressed by staff that it would create a crisis later on he said he didn't care because "he wouldn't be around." Same with environment. He cares more about his own short term wins with no concern of the longer term consequences. He doesn't even care about the debt and climate mess he's leaving his kids and grandkids or anyone else's. He assumes the money he'll leave them will buy their way out of it.

^^^^

Important post ....”he doesn’t care” ...all about the cult of personality

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^^^^

Important post ....”he doesn’t care” ...all about the cult of personality

Yes he said that

https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...report-2018-12

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Instead he's ratcheted up our debt into the stratosphere. When pressed by staff that it would create a crisis later on he said he didn't care because "he wouldn't be around." Same with environment. He cares more about his own short term wins with no concern of the longer term consequences. He doesn't even care about the debt and climate mess he's leaving his kids and grandkids or anyone else's. He assumes the money he'll leave them will buy their way out of it.

Wait a minute, Debt ? Did Obama care about running up all the debt added to the National Debt ?
Barry and Michelle are now raking it in. He bamboozled Americans for 8 years, his grifter wife went high as she could every chance she could. A big phony now charging top dollar to hear her talk crap. Well actually, talk another word for crap.

Here's a sampling of what's out there. Where was the outrage when the shovel not ready $ 1 trillion was spent by Obama, in the recovery that never materialized ? Remember Biden " laser focus " ?

In January 2017 the National Debt stood at $19 trillion; it has since risen to $21.7 trillion.


On January 20, 2009, when he was sworn in, the debt was $10.626 trillion. On January 20, 2017, when he left, it was $19.947 trillion. That's why most people say Obama added $9 trillion to the debt, more than any other president.


If you are worried about debt, kick the illegals out of the country. That would save us billions. It would be a good start.

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Yup, parties over. For the Clintons. Or maybe Dems will continue to cover up now that they will be in charge. Anyone taking bets?

The answer to the first question is that the foundation and its projects reported collecting about $2.5 billion to help global crises, from AIDS to earthquakes, even as its own auditors, lawyers and employees privately warned of problems over the years.

The answer to the second question may reside in 6,000 pages of evidence attached to a whistleblower submission filed secretly more than a year ago with the IRS and FBI.

That evidence was assembled by a private firm called MDA Analytics LLC, run by accomplished ex-federal criminal investigators, who alleged the Clinton Foundation engaged in illegal activities and may be liable for millions of dollars in delinquent taxes and penalties.

In addition to the IRS, the firm’s partners have had contact with prosecutors in the main Justice Department in Washington and FBI agents in Little Rock, Ark. And last week, a federal prosecutor suddenly asked for documents from their private investigation.

The 48-page submission, dated Aug. 11, 2017, supports its claims with 95 exhibits, including internal legal reviews that the foundation conducted on itself in 2008 and 2011.

Those reviews flagged serious concerns about legal compliance, improper commingling of personal and charity business and “quid pro quo” promises made to donors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of State.

The submission also cites an interview its investigators conducted with Andrew Kessel that quotes the foundation’s longtime chief financial officer as saying he was unable to stop former President Clinton from “commingling” personal business and charitable activities inside the foundation and that he “knows where all the bodies are buried.”

“There is probable cause that the Clinton Foundation has run afoul of IRS rules regarding tax-exempt charitable organizations and has acted inconsistently with its stated purpose,” MDA Analytics alleged in its submission. “The Foundation should be investigated for all of the above-mentioned improprieties. The tax rules, codes, statutes and the rule of law should and must be applied in this case.”


- “When you have the organization’s own lawyers using words like ‘quid pro quo,’ ‘conflicts of interest’ and ‘whistleblower protections,’ you have enough to get permission to start interviewing and asking questions,” he said.

- the memo warned the foundation had not created policies and procedures “required by law” and that some of its leaders “appear to have interests that do not always align with those of the Foundation.”

It also raised the possibility of illegal activities, saying the foundation and its managers held an “anti-compliance attitude” and that there were lower-level employees who “begged” for whistleblower protections after witnessing “less than fully compliant behavior or even worse are asked to participate in or condone it.”

The 2011 review conducted by the law firm Simpson Thacher raised similar concerns about legal compliance and noted that auditors in 2009 and 2010 had found “material weaknesses."

- That report alleged some foundation workers “abuse expense privileges” and others suffered conflicts of interest, especially as the foundation solicited large donations from countries with business interests before Hillary Clinton at the State Department.

- The whistleblower submission cited many of the same concerns as the internal legal reviews, but also alleged that evidence from foreign governments showed that some charity transactions were commercial in nature and therefore should have been taxed.

Quid pro quo donations, a culture of noncompliance, travel abuses and commingling of personal with charitable business are serious issues, especially when Americans trusted the Clinton Foundation to spend $2.5 billion tax free in the name of charity.

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