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Something 'monumental' could be announced in four weeks: Donald Trump
He also said that a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would take place only if a deal is finalised
President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States and China are close to entering into a trade agreement and something very "monumental" could be announced in next four weeks.
He also said that a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would take place only if a deal is finalised.
Top Chinese and US officials are meeting here to reach an agreement after the world's two biggest economies entered into a trade war and imposed tariffs on more than $360 billion in two-way trade.
Trump has been accusing China of indulging in unfair trade practices, like the theft of US technology and massive state intervention in markets, contributing to the huge trade deficit amounting to $375 billion.
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/close-to-a-trade-deal-with-china-something-monumental-could-be-announced-in-4-weeks-trump-119040500144_1.html
The Top 5 Investigations Obstructed by the Obama Administration
With Democrats and the media licking their wounds over the Mueller Report not finding Russian collusion, they’ve been refocusing their energy on claims of obstruction of justice, even accusing Trump Attorney General William Barr of "protecting" Trump. Which is both amusing and hypocritical considering how they tolerated obstruction of justice by the Obama administration and sometimes assisted in that obstruction.
If Robert Mueller couldn’t conclude that Trump obstructed his investigation, then it’s quite clear there wasn’t any. Having written extensively about Obama-era corruption, I felt it was necessary to remind everyone that not only was the Obama administration plagued by multiple scandals but that obstructing investigations was standard operating procedure. For Democrats, Trump calling the Mueller an investigation a witch hunt is an impeachable offense, but Obama refusing to cooperate with investigations was much ado about nothing.
Despite many abuses of power during the Obama years, not once did Attorney General Eric Holder or Attorney General Loretta Lynch ever appoint a special counsel to investigate them. Instead, they’d occasionally launch their own investigations, which always exonerated them, or, when the Republican-controlled House launched their own investigations, the Obama administration refused to cooperate and obstructed their investigations.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-top-5-investigations-obstructed-by-the-obama-administration/
Dems Have Vastly More to Fear from Full Mueller Report than GOP (UPDATED)
Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler is huffing and puffing away about his committee's subpoena-in-waiting lest Attorney General William Barr not be sufficiently forthcoming about the details of the Mueller Report.
“But if we cannot reach an accommodation, then we will have no choice but to issue subpoenas for these materials,” Nadler warned. "And if the department still refuses, then it should be up to a judge — not the president or his political appointee — to decide whether or not it is appropriate for the committee to review the complete record.”
Methinks the chairman doth protest too much. In other words, it's all a charade for the faithful. He doesn't really want to do anything. Likely Nadler is secretly praying Barr redacts the whole damn thing or ties things up in the courts for long enough for the investigation to disappear at least somewhat down the memory hole.
The full text of the Mueller report is a booby-trap for the Democrats. And many of them not named Schiff must know or suspect it.
Sure there will be one or two tidbits to keep the heavy breathers at CNN distracted as their ratings continue to fall through the basement, but largely the report will be four hundred pages demonstrating what we all now know did not happen — i. e. collusion between Trump or anyone on his campaign and the Russians (not that we didn't know that over a year ago).
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/dems-have-vastly-more-to-fear-from-full-mueller-report-than-gop/
With Mueller Hopes Gone, So Goes Progressive Unity
The Democratic Party has lots of radical new ideas, and lots of radical presidential candidates and politicos.
But the common hatred of President Donald Trump has united otherwise quite disparate Democratic leaders such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); former Vice President Joe Biden; Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
These diverse progressive politicians all shared faith in special counsel Robert Mueller and his "dream team." They believed over the last two years that the Mueller investigation was slowly grinding down Trump. T-shirts were sold with the slogan "God Protect Robert Mueller."
The unifying progressive creed assumed that the Mueller's team would eventually find Trump unequivocally guilty of "collusion" with Russia. That buzzword was the non-criminal euphemism for felonious conspiracy to rig an election.
The hunt for collusion would end with the holy grail of Trump's impeachment and removal from office. In 2020 there would be an almost automatic progressive takeover of government.
https://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/with-mueller-hopes-gone-so-goes-progressive-unity/
Maduro Defeats Trump, Abrams Announces the Surrender
Elliott Abrams' decision to discard the option of use of military force against the dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro has dealt a severe blow to the Venezuelan opposition.
Elliott Abrams, the United States envoy to Venezuela, has surrendered: “I do not think Europe, Latin America, Canada and the United States are thinking, at this moment, of a military reaction.” It was his response to concern about whether interim president Juan Guaidó should request a military intervention, or cooperation, through the activation of Article 187, Section 11 (which establishes that the National Assembly can authorize foreign military missions in Venezuela).
“I think it’s premature. I think it’s not the right time…My advice would be that at this time it would not be very useful,” he stressed in an interview with Caracol Radio.
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The United States has thus neutralized, with Abrams’ statements, the credible threat. He has just uncocked a loaded revolver, pointing at Maduro.
And the dictator can breathe a sigh of relief.
https://panampost.com/orlando-avendano/2019/04/04/maduro-defeats-trump-abrams-announces-the-surrender/
Venezuela Then and Now: The “Achievements” of Chavista Socialism
There are two Venezuelas: the Venezuela of yesterday, prosperous and thriving, and the Venezuela of today: poor, corrupt and in the dark.
Venezuela is a country that has changed a lot since its golden years, those in which it was the symbolic capital of Latin America, due to its progress, drive and sustained economic growth. Today, Venezuela is the poorest country in the region. All this happened after 20 years of socialism. Rather than writing a reflection or analysis of this situation, I present some data that shows the radical changes from the era of democratic Venezuela of the 1980s, to the current Venezuela governed by Chavismo.
https://panampost.com/editor/2019/04/01/venezuela-then-and-now-the-achievements-of-chavista-socialism/
Malaysian ex-PM Najib due to go on trial over corruption linked to 1MDB
The hearing was originally set for February 12, but was pushed back by Mr Najib's lawyers
Ten years to the day after he was sworn in, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is to go on trial on Wednesday accused of corruption linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal that brought down his government.
Mr Najib faces seven charges in the first of several criminal proceedings he is due to face over suspected money laundering of $4.5 billion from state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB.
The trial relates to claims of transfers totalling 42 million ringgit (Dh38m) into the former Malaysian leader's bank account from SRC International, a former 1MDB unit.
Mr Najib has pleaded not guilty to three counts of criminal breach of trust, three counts of money laundering and one of abuse of power over the transfers, which involve a fraction of the $1 billion investigators allege made its way into his accounts.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/malaysian-ex-pm-najib-due-to-go-on-trial-over-corruption-linked-to-1mdb-1.844416
US weekly jobless claims drop to the lowest level since 1969
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a more than 49-year low last week.
The data pointed to sustained labor market strength despite slowing economic growth.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped to 202,000 for the week ended March 30, the lowest level since early December 1969, the Labor Department said.
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a more than 49-year low last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength despite slowing economic growth.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 202,000 for the week ended March 30, the lowest level since early December 1969, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
Data for the prior week was revised to show 1,000 more applications received than previously reported.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims rising to 216,000 in the latest week. The Labor Department said only claims for California were estimated.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/04/weekly-jobless-claims.html
Pope Names Wilton Gregory Archbishop of D.C. amid Protests
ROME — Pope Francis has appointed Atlanta archbishop Wilton Gregory to head up the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, as protesters try to block the nomination.
Archbishop Gregory will be the first African-American to lead the Catholics of the nation’s capital, an archdiocese embroiled in scandal since its former archbishop, Theodore McCarrick, became the first cardinal in modern times to be dismissed from the priesthood.
McCarrick’s successor, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, resigned last fall in the wake of heavy criticism of his handling of sex abuse during his tenure as bishop of Pittsburgh.
Lifesite News, a conservative Catholic news outlet, has called the 71-year-old Gregory a “dissident,” alleging that he “has been implicated in covering-up sex abuse and is known for his support of the LGBT agenda and rejection of orthodoxy.”
The group has launched an online petition directed to Pope Francis in an attempt to stop the nomination.
The petition implores the pope not to appoint a prelate who “flagrantly departs from Catholic moral teaching” and who would propagate rather than curb the homoclericalism that made the crimes of Theodore McCarrick possible.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/04/pope-names-wilton-gregory-archbishop-d-c-amid-protests/#