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10/12/2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 12, 2020

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‘He’s going to kill himself’: Trump aides concerned as he demands to be on the road every day until the election

Oct. 11 - President Donald Trump’s aides are concerned that he may be risking his life as he launches into a huge travel schedule until Nov. 3.

Axios reported Sunday that Trump understands he’s losing and he’s prepared to do whatever it takes.

“His team is in the process of scheduling events to make that happen,” the site said, citing two sources.

“He’s going to kill himself,” said one adviser. more details

Trump claims he no longer has Covid-19 and is 'immune' – as it happened
Oct. 11, 2020
When asked whether he still had Covid-19, Donald Trump said he was now 'immune' to the disease. Speaking on Fox News, the US president said he would be immune 'maybe for a short time, maybe for a long time,' adding that he was 'in very good shape'. People who have had Covid-19 can be reinfected.

Donald Trump claims he is immune to Covid-19 – video

Donald Trump has started to say that he is “immune” to Covid-19 after contracting the virus, contradicting evidence that people can get the virus more than once and ignoring the lack of research about how long antibodies are effective. Twitter flagged Trump’s tweet that claims he’s immune to the virus, saying that it contains misleading information.
Dr Anthony Fauci spoke out against a Trump campaign ad that took praise he gave for the coronavirus task force out of context. In the rare pushback to Trump, Fauci said that the GOP did not get his permission to use the clip and reiterated that he has never publicly endorsed any political candidates “in my nearly five decades of public service”.
The opening statement Amy Coney Barrett, the supreme court nominee whose nomination process will start in the Senate tomorrow, has been leaked and reveals Barrett will say that she would apply the “law as written” and speak about the influence of the late supreme court justice Antonin Scalia on her judicial philosophy.
A new national poll from ABC News and the Washington Post shows Joe Biden maintaining a large lead over Donald Trump, with Biden holding a 12% lead over the incumbent just three weeks until the presidential election. source

Trump hoping to strike last-minute nuclear arms deal with Putin before election: report

Oct. 10 - ...Details of the negotiations have been limited to certain officials, with one administration official telling Axios that just the highest levels of the National Security Council and the State Department, as well as some Senate Foreign Relations Committee members and a national security group, have knowledge on the discussions.
Besides the upcoming election, the Trump administration is also hoping to meet a Feb. 5 deadline, as it is the expiration of New START, the current nuclear arms deal between Russia and the U.S.
Putin and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have both expressed interest in extending the agreement five years.

'But Trump officials want to adjust the deal, made during the Obama administration, to ensure both sides would stop building nuclear warhead stockpiles. The U.S. also wants Russia to commit to talks involving a nuclear arms agreement that includes China...

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10/11/2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 11, 2020

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Priorities USA ad hits Donald Trump on efforts to end Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Court could strike down that law in an upcoming ruling.

Oct. 11 - The Democratic super PAC Priorities USA Action is launching a new 30-second ad hitting President Donald Trump for attempting to undo the Affordable Care Act.

The ad will run in Florida as well as other swing states such as Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Former President Barack Obama‘s signature bill could be struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Priorities USA Action warns Trump’s rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the high court only amplifies that possibility

“For nearly four years, Donald Trump has tried to kill the Affordable Care Act,” the narrator begins before the ad plays old quotes from the President.

“We want to terminate health care,” Trump said. “We almost have Obamacare gone”... continue to read

OCTOBER 10, 2020
Weekly Democratic Address
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) delivered the Weekly Democratic Address ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.

PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode October 10, 2020
Oct 11, 2020
On this edition for Saturday, October 10, President Trump holds his first large in-person public event since his COVID-19 diagnosis even though it's unclear if he is still contagious and in “Roads to Election 2020,” Maine’s unique voting system and why it matters this election.

10/10/2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 10, 2020

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Election Day is Nov. 3, 2020
Find out where Trump and Biden stand on defense and security issues
Oct. 10, 2020

Arms Control:

U.S. President Donald Trump: The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and (almost) the 1992 Open Skies Treaty. It has loosened the Missile Technology Control Regime’s restrictions on selling armed drones to foreign governments amid concerns about China’s defense relationships in the Middle East. As of press time, administration officials have been unwilling to extend the 2010 New START nuclear pact with Russia, which expires in February, insisting that a new version include Russia’s growing arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons and China, whose smaller arsenal is rapidly expanding and which appears unwilling to sign such an agreement.

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden: Favored by arms control advocates, Biden has promised to renew New START and would likely accept Russia’s offer to extend it five years without preconditions. He also said he would rejoin the Iran nuclear deal if it returned to full compliance described in the agreement. While Trump has loosened restrictions on the use of landmines by the U.S. military in conflict areas, Biden has said the move unnecessarily puts civilians at risk and that he would reverse it... more details

Armenia-Azerbaijan: The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, explained
Oct. 9, 2020

Massacres are unfolding in Nagorno-Karabakh. The enclave in the South Caucasus is the centre of dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Recent military clashes between the two countries have led to hundreds of people dying, including military personnel and civilians. They are the deadliest clashes since the 1991-94 war over Nagorno-Karabakh that killed about 30,000. To understand why we're seeing a resurgence of deadly violence, Emanuela Campanella takes a deep dive into the contested region’s turbulent past.

石油管线或成袭击目标纳卡冲突有升级为“地区战争”风险？
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10/09/2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Oct 9, 2020

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Vice President Mike Pence scrapped a trip to vote early in Indianapolis Friday and will now remain in Washington, D.C. Friday, his office announced Thursday afternoon, promising that, 'Nobody's sick. There's no positive tests'

Vice President Mike Pence will be in D.C. as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveils legislation to set up a commission that would look into removing President Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment after he's displayed erratic behavior being treated for COVID-19

Mike Pence scraps trip to vote early and will stay in D.C. as Nancy Pelosi unveils 'commission' on 25th Amendment - which he needs to agree to use to remove Trump from office

Oct. 8 - Vice President Mike Pence has scrapped a planned trip to Indianapolis and will remain in Washington, D.C. Friday, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a 'commission' on the 25th Amendment - a move to remove President Donald Trump from office.

'Nobody's sick. There's no positive tests. The VP is planning on traveling on Saturday and Monday,' Pence spokesman Devin O'Malley said. 'We'll have more information on the vice president's schedule next week soon.'

On Thursday, Pence was campaigning in Nevada and Arizona, while Trump remained at the White House, recovering from COVID-19. He was supposed to travel home to Indiana to vote early in the 2020 election...

...[Pelosi]'The president is, shall we say, in an altered state right now, so I don't know how to answer for his behavior,' Pelosi said on Bloomberg Television after a press conference in which she previewed her move on the 25th Amendment.

Later Thursday afternoon, she announced a press conference alongside Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and Constitutional expert, with the theme: 'Introduction of Legislation to Establish a Commission on Presidential Capacity.'
The legislation the House Democrats plan to introduce Friday would create a 'Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office.'

The 25th Amendment, which was ratified after the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, lays out how power would be transferred to the vice president if the president dies, is incapacitated, is removed or resigns.

The text of the amendment says the vice president and a majority of either the cabinet or 'such other body as Congress may the law provide' can make this power transfer.

Pence would have to agree to this transfer of power... source

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Donald Trump COVID-19: President 'extremely hoarse' in interview, coughs then goes silent

Social media is questioning if US President Donald Trump is really as symptom-free as his physician says after coughing and appearing hoarse on Fox News.

Trump, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 last Friday and spent the weekend in hospital, was speaking to Sean Hannity about his performance in debates in 2016 when he began to cough.

"Last time I had a big problem, they oscillated my mics when I had the one debate. We had three debates with Hillary [Clinton] and I think the first debate…" Trump said.

As he was saying this, his voice became more and more hoarse, before he finally coughed. The line then went silent for nearly five seconds. As it sounded like Hannity was about to say something, Trump returned, saying "excuse me".

A dry cough is one of the most common COVID-19 symptoms.

The moment has many on social media questioning if the President is as well as his medical team says he is.

10/08/2020

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‘I don’t think he really cares’: Al Lawson blames Donald Trump for no stimulus checksLawson said House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi wants to do “everything she can” to help.

Oct. 7 - Congressman Al Lawson blamed President Donald Trump on Wednesday for Congress’s inability to deliver a stimulus check to the American public... continue to read

I think this was a blessing from god that I caught it,' President Donald Trump said in a video from the Rose Garden after not being seen by the public for more than 24 hours

President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office on Wednesday to be briefed on the stimulus talks and Hurricane Delta, the White House announced, despite being contagious from the coronavirus. It is unclear who is in the Oval Office with him. Trump tweeted he spoke with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards about the hurricane headed to their coast and urged people to listen to FEMA. 'Was just briefed on Hurricane Delta, and spoke with @GovAbbott of Texas and @LouisianaGov John Bel Edwards. Please heed the directions of your State and Local Officials. We are working with them very closely - please be prepared, be careful, and be safe!,' he wrote. A Marine guard appeared in front of the West Wing Wednesday afternoon. A Marine is present when the president is in the Oval Office. White House deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said precautions were in place for when the president wanted to return to his office. 'We have ways for him to do that, we have PPE that we can use. And we can interact with him standing back like you're standing back,' he told reporters outside the White House. 'And people can wear masks, or goggles or gloves or whatever may be needed. We have the CDC guidelines,' he added.

'It's a blessing from God I got it!' Trump tweets Rose Garden video claiming he has been 'cured' of COVID by Regeneron and feels 'like perfect'- and says he'll give out experimental therapy for free as doctors say get back to quarantine NOW

Oct. 8 - President Donald Trump tweeted out a video shot from the White House Rose Garden where he says he has been 'cured' of COVID by the experimental drug Regeneron – then pitched the medication and promised to make it available to all Americans for free.The president released the outdoor statement Wednesday evening, after being out of sight for more than 24 hours after returning from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he was checked in after testing positive for the coronavirus.
He called getting the disease a 'blessing from God.'

'I think this was a blessing from god that I caught it. This was a blessing in disguise,' Trump said.
Trump went out to tout the experimental antibody cocktail Regeneron. continue to read

10/07/2020

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The briefings on President Trump's health are a deliberate exercise in obfuscation, says physician and Post contributing columnist Leana S. Wen, viewed on Oct.6, 2020

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) asks questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 30
Will Republican senators defend Trump’s recklessness?

Oct. 6 - Even before President Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with a deadly communicable disease on Monday, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Tex.), who is on the ballot in November, issued a rare Republican rebuke of the president.

“I think he let his guard down, and I think in his desire to try to demonstrate that we are somehow coming out of this and that the danger is not still with us — I think he got out over his skis and frankly, I think it’s a lesson to all of us that we need to exercise self-discipline,” Cornyn told the Houston Chronicle. He rejected Trump’s notion that we have this under control, insisting, “I think the biggest mistake people make in public life is not telling the truth, particularly in something with as much public interest as here because you know the real story is going to come out.” For good measure, the senator added: “It is not easy to try to get things done working with him or the White House.” source

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s senior advisor, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19

Oct. 7 - Stephen Miller, the top Trump adviser who has tested positive for Covid-19, was among the most ardent defenders of the administration’s policy too separate children from parents.

The immigration hardliner who has publicly espoused racist and white nationalist ideas that migration and amnesty for immigrants would “decimate” the US, was behind the president’s decision to ratchet up zero tolerance policies that resulted in at least 5,400 children being separated from their parents. source

OCTOBER 6, 2020
Joe Biden Comments to Reporters on Future Debates
Democratic presidential candidate speaks to reporters about the upcoming debates and says that if the president still has COVID-19, then they shouldn’t debate on October 15.

10/06/2020

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PBS NewsHour full episode, Oct. 5, 2020
Oct. 6, 2020
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump prepares to depart Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, as confusion about his health persists. Plus: The expanding White House coronavirus outbreak, a former Pence adviser speaks out, two medical experts weigh in, how the president’s diagnosis is affecting both presidential campaigns and Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Domenico Montanaro.

Trump releases incoherent video with dangerous messages about Covid

Oct. 6 - Donald Trump has published a startlingly incoherent and dangerous video message on Twitter, in which he again encouraged Americans not to take the coronavirus seriously.
The approximately 90-second clip appears to have been recorded soon after Trump returned to the White House and removed his mask, potentially exposing the White House staff to his active coronavirus infection.

Trump began by thanking the staff at Walter Reed Medical Center, before repeating a line he tweeted earlier today about the virus that has thus far killed more than 1m people worldwide:

Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it. You’re gonna beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines, all developed recently, and you’re gonna beat it.

More than 210,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus, for which there is no known cure. Trump has been treated with experimental drugs that are not available to the general public, and has received round-the-clock care from a dedicated medical staff. Approximately 28m people in the US lack health insurance.

Trump then began to speak about his own health, saying:

I went, I didn’t feel so good, and two days ago, I could have left two days ago. Two days ago, I felt great, like better than I have in a long time. I just said recently, better than twenty years ago.

Trump and his medical team have not been transparent about his condition. On Sunday, his doctor admitted that Trump had twice required supplemental oxygen, but it is unclear exactly when. Trump is also receiving dexamethasone, a steroid which is normally only prescribed to Covid patients with severe cases.
Trump continued:

Don’t let it dominate. Don’t let it take over your lives. Don’t let that happen. We have the greatest country in the world. We’re going back. We’re going back to work. We’re going to be out front. As your leader I had to do that. I knew there was danger to it but I had to do it. I stood out front. I lead. Nobody that’s a leader would not do what I did. And I know there’s a danger, but that’s okay.

It is very hard to understand what Trump is saying in this section of the video, or what he means by “I had to do that”. It is certainly not the case that as president Trump was required to defy basic public health guidelines, such as wearing a face mask and eschewing large crowds or indoor events. The vast majority of heads of state around the world have continued to lead their countries without taking unnecessary risks that expose both themselves and their staffs to a potentially deadly disease.
He continued:

And now I’m better. And maybe I’m immune. I don’t know.

According to his own doctor, Trump is not “better” yet. He is still symptomatic with Covid-19 and, crucially, still infectious. While those who recover from Covid-19 will likely have immunity from reinfection, Trump has not yet recovered. According to CDC guidelines, he should be in isolation.
And he concluded:

But don’t let it dominate your lives. Get out there. Be careful. We have the best medicines in the world. And it all happened very shortly. And they’re all getting approved. And the vaccines are coming momentarily. Thank you very much and Walter Reed – what a group of people. Thank you very much.

Again, while Trump has received experimental medicines and state-of-the-art care, there is no cure for Covid-19 and no indication that a safe and effective vaccine will be released “momentarily”.

If you are reading this, do not follow Trump’s advice. If you need to leave your home, wear a mask, wash you hands, and maintain social distance. from Live