US President-elect Trump reverses stance on torture tactics
Bruni answered: “He was someone who was trying to project ‘I am a reasonable, moderate guy”.
“Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!”
Trump’s extensive operations overseas raise the possibility that his foreign policy could be shaped by his business interests, and vice versa.
Then there is Donald Trump, the nation’s incoming entrepreneur-in-chief. He doesn’t need to sell his businesses or place his ownership stakes in a blind trust.
Trump has been promising to unite the country around his presidency, saying repeatedly he will be president of “all Americans”. The law enforcement system and the USA attorneys who investigate and prosecute federal crimes are supposed to be independent, free from interference by the White House or anyone else. If it’s so important to the American people, I would go for it.
Emolument is defined as a “salary, fee, or profit from employment or office”.
He said that White House lawyers could step in to review potential problems.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on November 11, Trump said he was considering keeping parts of the law, including provisions letting parents keep adult children up to age 26 on insurance policies and barring insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. To those who voted for Obama, a heartfelt thank you for returning control of the government to those who truly care about our country, the Trump voters. I don’t even know how he can take his oath when the payments, the emoluments are flowing to his hotel.
Mayor de Blasio said the following regarding the unprecedented nature of protecting the President-elect, “We have never had a situation where a [President] would be here on such a regular basis”. They suggest that Trump is not, let’s just say it, as insane as he sounded during the campaign.
Painter says Trump should sell his ownership stakes to minimize the danger the new president gets distracted by lawsuits. The president-elect also has a Trump-branded residential tower in almost Mumbai with another company. He is a globally active real estate and marketing mogul who doesn’t plan to shut down the family business just because he’s moving from NY to Washington. But the presence of his daughter Ivanka at his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raised questions.
Cook Political Report on Wednesday said Clinton had 64,225,863 votes compared to Trump’s 62,210,612 votes.
In December 2009 Donald Trump signed a full-page letter in the New York Times urging governments to take strong action to address climate change. Asked if he believed human activity causes climate change, he said, “I think there is some connectivity”.
Donald Trump has to demonstrate that his priority is serving the public interest. Since he has already promised to bring back coal and open up USA energy reserves the question naturally arises how he might accommodate himself to an worldwide deal that demands an end to fossil fuel energy production and use.