"We had a long discussion already and so far I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing," Trump joked in front of reporters during the meal. But he said the two leaders had "developed a friendship."
>>14614575 lb
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2021-05-24/afghanistan-israel-largest-recipients-of-us-foreign-aid
a long way from the comment made previously during a rally
“Just take them to McDonald’s and go back to the negotiating table,” he said at a rally in South Carolina in July 2015.
But faced with the reality of playing host to a rival superpower, now-President Trump settled for something in between an official East Room black tie gala and a stop for Big Macs on the side of the road.
He welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday not to the White House, but to his Mar-a-Lago beach club in Florida. The choice of venue lent him the gilded, salmon-colored backdrop of his private resort to satisfy a world leader who places a high value on ceremony.
But Trump’s choice of venue also didn’t derail him from his regular winter Palm Beach weekend routine. He’s traveled to Mar-a-Lago for the majority of his weekends in office, frequently indulging in his favorite pastime: golf, which was purposefully missing from the schedule during Xi’s 48-hour visit (frowned on by the Chinese Communist Party as a rich man's sport).
sometimes they embed and sometimes they don't
tweet with the performance mentioned
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/850488492828360704
Macau and Saipan casinos do come to mind.
also this blurb going back to 2015
https://www.rt.com/news/310559-macau-casino-cia-trap/
US intelligence may have used Macau casinos owned by an American tycoon to set a trap for Chinese functionaries who gamble with public money, in order to blackmail and recruit them.
The “highly confidential” report on the gambling industry exposing the possible CIA operation in Macau, was prepared by a private investigator in 2010 and remained secret until it was uncovered by the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley, the Guardian reports.
The document dated June 25, 2010, was presented by Sands China Limited, the Macau branch of the gambling empire of Las Vegas tycoon Sheldon Adelson, as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by Steven Jacobs, former head of Sands Macau casinos, who is suing the company for wrongful dismissal. The civil action hearing is being held at a Las Vegas court.
The report reveals that Beijing suspected CIA and FBI operatives of using Macau casinos belonging to gambling billionaire and Republican Party funder Adelson to entrap and blackmail Chinese officials.
“A reliable source has reported that central Chinese government officials firmly believe that Sands has permitted CIA/FBI agents to operate from within its facilities. These agents apparently ‘monitor mainland government officials’ who gamble in the casinos,” the report said.
“I have great respect for him,” Trump said of Xi in the interview. “I have great respect for China. I would not be at all surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries — and I hope so.”
believe that the hosting of President Xi Jingpeng and Madame Peng Liyuan was the last of state dinners held at Mar A Lago.
what you mention is something the likes of the no names and Phillipe Reines failed to grasp in their so called diplomatic skill set…
eff bee eye
is just the domestic enforcement arm of the see eye ay
all that intel gathering ability and what comes out of it…
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/17/world/europe/putin-trump-cia-terrorism.html
President Vladimir V. Putin called President Trump on Sunday to thank him for the work of the Central Intelligence Agency in helping prevent an Islamic State attack in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg.
In rare words of praise for the C.I.A., Mr. Putin said the agency had provided information that “helped detain terrorists planning explosions,” the Kremlin said in a statement posted on its website. The attackers planned to strike crowded sites including Kazan Cathedral, a landmark Orthodox Christian church, the statement said.
Mueller squashed BCCI investigation and then goes on but is replaced by BCCI successor HSBC board member Comey
those two were/are in deep
the 40k view
how long/short does it take one to get to "altitude"?
but anon agrees with the sentiment
there are those that believe they are doing good work and as that work is shelved/overlooked/disregarded/etc. some come to the realization that wtf and either go on somewhere else, to something else, or they get their membership to the club
let's go see what open source has on the subject as that would be an interesting twist
whaddaya know
https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/search.do?indexName=awardfull&templateName=1.5.1&s=FPDS.GOV&q=Wuhan+CONTRACTING_AGENCY_NAME%3A%22FEDERAL+BUREAU+OF+INVESTIGATION%22
and a drill down
https://www.fpds.gov/common/jsp/LaunchWebPage.jsp?command=execute&requestid=132197311&version=1.5
Been through there once or twice. Pretty area but never had to stay long term.
or others just get onto the contract side of things and compound the issue. almost as if govt contractors exist to skirt the laws established to limit government involvement or to find a means to expend $ where needed without people with sharp eyes and pencils.
anon would wonder if that view has tilted fully one way or the other after things of the last couple of years.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/xPVcLR3L0w0V/
the swamp shines like a proverbial beacon of government give aways attracting those who know how to game the system.
the areas mentioned in N.VA took anon to this…
https://www.novaregiondashboard.com/
an interesting overview of things there, but not quite yet updated with new figures. most seem to refer to 2013-2017 data.
Like has been said, everything "woke" turns to shit
for refs