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Philippines' Duterte says Trump deserves to be re-elected

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved to be re-elected, praising the U.S. president’s reaction to his decision to end a decades-old military agreement with the United States.

Trump said on Wednesday he did not mind Duterte’s decision to end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) even as his defence secretary, Mark Esper, called the move “unfortunate” as Washington and its allies press China to abide by “international rules” in Asia.

“It is President Trump’s circumspect and judicious reaction to the termination of the VFA that made President Duterte give the following remarks: ‘President Trump is a good president and he deserves to be re-elected’,” presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement.

The VFA is important to the overall U.S.-Philippines alliance and sets out rules for U.S. soldiers operating in the Philippines, a former U.S. territory.

Washington has described the relationship between the two countries as “iron-clad,” despite Duterte’s complaints that include allegations of U.S. hypocrisy and ill-treatment.

Trump has frequently expressed a desire to bring U.S. military forces home from decades-long deployments abroad and has strong-armed some allies into paying more for the right to U.S. defence.

Trump has said that the United States helped the Philippines defeat Islamic State militants.

In his comments about the VFA on Wednesday, Trump added that he had “a very good” relationship with Duterte.

Duterte’s decision, sparked by the revocation of a U.S. visa held by a former police chief who led his bloody war on drugs, could complicate U.S. military interests in the Asia-Pacific region as China’s ambitions rise.

The firebrand leader, who favours closer ties with China and Russia, has said it was time for the Philippines to be militarily independent.

Some Philippine lawmakers hope the VFA can be saved in the 180 days before the termination takes effect, and expressed concern that without it, two other U.S. military agreements will become useless.

https://in.reuters.com/article/philippines-usa-defence/philippines-duterte-says-trump-deserves-to-be-re-elected-idINKBN2090JY

>>8144728

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Andrew McCabe Responds To DOJ Dropping Criminal Investigation Into His Lying

On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that it was dropping the criminal investigation in ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

McCabe had been criminally referred for investigation by the DOJ’s Inspector General (IG) after he lied to the FBI regarding leaks to the Wall Street Journal about the ongoing investigation into whether the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russia to steal the election. A special counsel determined that no member of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to steal the election.

In response to the DOJ dropping the investigation and charges against McCabe, the former FBI official turned to his new employer, CNN, to give a tone-deaf victory lap.

“As glad as I am that the DOJ and the D.C. attorney’s office finally decided to do the right thing today, it’s an absolute disgrace that they took two years and put my family through this experience for two years before they finally drew the obvious conclusion,” McCabe said.

McCabe, of course, missed the irony of his statement, given the fact that while he was at the FBI, he helped lead a two-year investigation into President Donald Trump and his family before the special counsel drew the obvious conclusion.

In a letter announcing the DOJ was dropping the investigation, J.P. Cooney, head of the DOJ’s Fraud & Public Corruption Section and Molly Gaston, assistant U.S. attorney, the department declared the matter “closed”:

We write to inform you that, after careful consideration, the Government has decided not to pursue criminal charges against your client, Andrew G. McCabe, arising from the referral by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to our Office of conduct described in OIG’s April 13, 2018, report entitled, “A Report of Investigation of Certain Allegations Relating to Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.” Based on the totality of the circumstances and all of the information known to the Government at this time, we consider the matter closed. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

McCabe was demoted in January 2018. One month later, the IG determined that McCabe “lacked candor, including under oath, on multiple occasions in connection with describing his role in connection with a disclosure to the [Wall Street Journal].” He also violated FBI and DOJ policy by disclosing “the existence of an ongoing investigation in the manner described in this report.”

As The Daily Wire previously reported, McCabe filed a lawsuit in August 2019 against the DOJ, claiming his firing was a “politically motivated and retaliatory demotion.” He also claimed that Trump “purposefully and intentionally” pressured the DOJ to fire McCabe in an attempt to discredit the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

Having the charges dropped against McCabe angered Trump supporters who have seen time and time again the people who targeted Trump from before he was even president get away scot free with lying to the FBI while people associated with Trump get sentenced to prison. While McCabe was let off the hook for documented lies, Gen. Michael Flynn and Roger Stone were convicted in part for allegedly lying to FBI officials.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-mccabe-responds-to-doj-dropping-criminal-investigation-into-his-lying

>>8144686

If Q or Q+ is lurking…

My 14 y/o daughter has a MASSIVE crush on Barron. She keeps telling me to "write on the board to let POTUS know" that she is dying to meet his son!

Every day I come home from work and she comes flying in asking me if there were any "Barron sightings"….so cute. So I promised her I would try and set something up.

kek….I think she thinks I have 'insider' info after listening to me always talking about Trump and Q….

She's a really smart kid..

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