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Anonymous ID: 2882f7 Jan. 27, 2019, 4:29 a.m. No.4926702   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6708 >>6769 >>6863 >>6920 >>7100 >>7185 >>7340

Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, says in a 60 Minutes interview already recorded but airing on Sunday that he is thinking very seriously about a presidential run—but he stops short of a full announcement.

He makes clear, however, that if he moves forward, he will do so as an independent.

Already top Democratic operatives working for presidential candidates and beyond say they’re worried that the only thing he’ll accomplish is making sure Donald Trump gets re-elected. It’s more than just sniping at a prospective opponent; word that he might invest in an independent run has many of them clearly worried about how he’d split votes in a general election.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/howard-schultzs-independent-run-could-help-trump/581374/

Anonymous ID: 2882f7 Jan. 27, 2019, 4:33 a.m. No.4926723   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6920 >>7100 >>7185 >>7340

TORONTO—John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to China who came under fire for providing legal arguments in defence of arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, has resigned at the request of the prime minister.

 

“Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s Ambassador to China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Jan. 26.

Trudeau didn’t provide a reason for requesting McCallum’s resignation, but the move comes after McCallum was quoted by a StarMetro Vancouver reporter on Jan. 25 as saying it would be “great for Canada” if Meng’s extradition request was dropped by the United States.

 

Trudeau had earlier resisted calls by the opposition to fire McCallum.

In a press conference in Toronto on Jan. 22 with Chinese state-owned media including CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, and a select group of Canada-based Chinese-language media, McCallum said Meng has a strong case to fight extradition to the United States, adding that her extradition “would not be a happy outcome.”

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/john-mccallum-resigns-as-canadas-ambassador-to-china-at-pms-request_2780173.html