The Many Faces of US Politics...

[johnnycool]

Maybe Trump is trying to bring down the electoral collage system of picking the president?   Wouldn't have done him much good, but maybe the next one.

He has zero chance without the electoral college.

All the same, what is taking so for for some of these states to declare?

[J70]

Maybe Trump is trying to bring down the electoral collage system of picking the president?   Wouldn't have done him much good, but maybe the next one.

He has zero chance without the electoral college.

All the same, what is taking so for for some of these states to declare?

Its not the states declaring. The results are never certified until late November or so.

Its the media polling outfits who make the calls. And those outstanding races are too tight to call yet based on either the number/origin of votes still left to count or the margin where they have been counted triggering a recount.

Arizona will likely be finally called today or tomorrow for Biden by those who haven't yet done so (Fox News and the AP did so on election nght). There's only 25K votes left there, and although Trump has been steadily whittling away at his lead, Biden is still almost 12K votes ahead. Not sure if Trump can request a recount there or not.

Alaska was called for Trump last night, even though there is almost 25% of the vote to be counted. But there is no plausible chance of Biden getting enough of the remaining votes to win there.

[Cunny Funt]

Poor auld Trump has lost his love for Fox News.

[dec]

Trump is becoming even more unhinged

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1326926226888544256

@realDonaldTrump
"REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN. 941,000 TRUMP VOTES DELETED. STATES USING DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHED 435,000 VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN."

[thejuice]

I wonder how much of this Biden will try and roll back. Probably nothing. While Donald has been pretty neutered on the home front he's been pretty busy elsewhere. The man has fast tracked the annihilation of Palestine.


https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/100-times-president-trump-supported-israel/


1. President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
2. President Trump moved the American Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
3. President Trump closed the Jerusalem consulate and made it an Embassy branch
4. President Trump has never publicly criticized Israel
5. President Trump pulled America out of the Iran deal
6. President Trump raised military aid to Israel by $400 million
7. President Trump raised sanctions on Iran as soon as pulled out of the deal
8. President Trump recognized the sovereignty of Israel on the Golan Heights
9. President Trump designated IRGC (Iranian special forces) a foreign terrorist group
10. President Trump banned BDS head Omar Barghouti from America
11. President Trump banned the head of ICC and staff from coming to America
12. President Trump backed Israel's right to self-defense in Gaza
13. President Trump left the United Nations Human Rights (sic) Council
14. President Trump cut off all aid to the Palestinian Authority (created by the US to represent Palestinians in negotiations)
15. President Trump closed the PLO office in Washington, DC
16. President Trump was the first president to visit the Western Wall as President
17. President Trump sent the first official American visit to the Western Wall with an Israeli Prime Minister
18. President Trump allowed consulate and Embassy staff to meet with Jews of Judea and Samaria
19. President Trump allowed consulate and Embassy staff to visit Jews living in Judea and Samaria
20. President Trump announced that America will not support Israeli soldiers being tried at the ICC
21. President Trump called out the anti-Israel antisemitism of Ilhan Omar
22. President Trump flew to Israel on his first foreign trip
23. President Trump issued no waivers on increased sanctions against Iran
24. President Trump offered a $10 million reward for information on Hamas and Hezbollah financial networks
25. The Trump administration wrote op-eds blaming Hamas and the Palestinians for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
26. President Trump stopped the lame-duck last-minute Kerry and Obama $221 million payment to the Palestinian Authority on January 20, 2017
27. President Trump signed the Taylor Force Act
28. President Trump supported Israel in the May 2019 flare-up with Gaza.
29. President Trump refused a visa to Israel hater Hanan Ashrawi to America
30. President Trump sanctioned three leading members of Hezbollah in July 2019
31. The Trump administration blocked an attempt to get the UN Security Council to issue a formal condemnation of Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes on the edge of Jerusalem in July 2019
32. President Trump sanctioned Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
33. Ambassador Friedman refused to advocate for a two-state solution unfavorable to Israel
34. President Trump removed "Palestine" from the list of countries on The State Department list of nations. (Will Biden stand up for the right of Palestine to exist or continue to turn a blind eye!)
35. President Trump stopped a French $15 billion credit line to Iran
36. President Trump stopped a UN Security Council statement on tensions between Israel and
37. Hezbollah that did not single out violence by the Lebanese terror group
38. President Trump cut a $120 million from aid to Lebanon to ensure it didn't get to Hizballah
39. President Trump sanctioned 9 Iranians in November 2019
40. President Trump supported Israel after rocket fire in its skirmish with Islamic Jihad.
41. President Trump said nothing about Israel limiting retaliation.
42. President Trump and America was the only country besides Israel to vote against all 8 UN 4th committee resolutions in November 2019
43. President Trump declared that Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria ("settlements") aren't illegal under international law (they are illegal)
44. President Trump hasn't supported two-state solution as the only solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
45. Vice President Pence visited Israel during his first year in office
46. Secretary Pompeo wrote a letter to Congress clarifying that Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria have traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support
47. Secretary Pompeo says that claims that Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria have impeded peace are foolish
48. President Trump didn't comment when Defense Minister Bennet green-lighted a new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron
49. Secretary Pompeo announced that Iran is behind all the unrest in the Middle East
50. President Trump blamed Iran for Lebanon protests
51. President Trump's US deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates reportedly meets with envoys from UAE, Oman, Morocco, Bahrain to gauge willingness Israeli-Arab non-belligerence agreements
52. President Trump denounced Iran brutal crackdown on protesters
53. New US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft says she'll defend Israel. In first United Nations press conference, Kelly Craft also warns Iran that Washington has 'other tools' if Tehran continues its bad behavior
54. President Trump regales Israeli-American group with tales of his pro-Israel moves retells extensive account of embassy move, tells Israeli American Council that he's Israel's best friend in the White House
55. President Trump signed an executive order on anti-Semitism that protects Jewish students on college campuses. The order includes anti-Israel activity
56. Robert O'Brien tells Meir Ben-Shabbat that 'common interests between Israel and Arab states... have made new regional partnerships possible to counter Iran'
57. The Trump administration denounced Iranian human rights abuses and imposed sanctions on Iranian judges
58. After President Abbas hailed the ICC declaration that it will investigate Israel as an historic day for Palestinians, Secretary Pompeo said US 'firmly opposes' ICC announcement on alleged Israeli war crimes. He said the International Criminal Court's move 'unfairly targets' Jewish state, calls for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians (preventing investigations into potential war crimes)
59. The Trump administration announced seven joint US-Israeli clean energy projects — including an energy-storing system for electric cars and a hydrogen-powered drone that takes off vertically — have received $6.4 million in funding from the US-Israel binational research and development program for energy (while doing nothing for renewables at home)
60. America struck Iranian-backed militia in Iraq; 19 reported killed. Israeli Air Force chief said 'US strike on Iran-backed Iraqi militia is a 'potential turning point'
61. President Trump ordered deadly strike on Iran's Soleimani (illegal, war crime, how come there weren't many calls for him to be impeached for this)
62. President Trump said new Iran sanctions have come into effect. President Trump said, "We've increased them. They were very severe, but now it's increased substantially."
63. President Trump mocked Iranian supreme leader, and wrote in support of the 'noble people of Iran,' after Khamenei attacks America and Europe in speech
64. President Trump releases his incredibly favorable-to-Israel peace plan to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict
65. Trump administration official Jared Kushner slams Palestinian leadership, urges giving up 'fairy tales' for peace. Kushner said Palestinians have been lied to, chiefs 'screwed up every opportunity in the past'; rejecting Trump plan shows they aren't ready for a state
66. Secretary Pompeo said If Palestinians unhappy with the Trump peace plan, they should present counter offer. He warned that Trump proposal could be last opportunity for Palestinian state
67. Jared Kushner says that if Palestinians are unable to meet the conditions of the new Middle East peace plan he crafted, Israel should not take "the risk to recognize them as a state."
68. Israeli and UAE officials met in secret in US to discuss countering Iran
69. National security adviser Robert O'Brien warns Palestinians that resurgence of anti-Jewish hatred around the world means more Jews will immigrate to Israel and West Bank
70. Jared Kushner says Abbas responsible for spike in violence since release of peace plan
71. Jared Kushner tells UN Palestinian leadership has long history of 'inciting intifadas when they don't get their way'
72. Due to American diplomacy, Abbas, lacking votes, pulls request for UN vote against Trump peace plan
73. The US military seized Iranian-made weapons in Arabian Sea. The USS Normandy warship seized 150 'Dehlavieh' anti-tank guided missiles, which are Iranian-manufactured copies of Russian Kornet ATGMs.
74. Trump advisor Jason Greenblatt warns that if traditional positions on conflict are readopted, 'Israel will likely continue to thrive and the Palestinians will continue to suffer'
75. Secretary Pompeo says UN settlement blacklist shows UN's 'unrelenting anti-Israel bias'
76. The US State Department expressed concern over a report that Iranians were threatening to raze an ancient shrine revered by local Jews as the burial place of the biblical Esther and Mordechai, in an act of revenge against Israel and Washington
77. The US gave Israeli prime minister the green light for Givat Hamatos construction
78. Israel advanced plans for nearly 1,800 new settlement homes America doesn't criticize
79. Ambassador Friedman said under the Trump administration, the Biblical heartland of Israel, Judea and Samaria, will never be judenrein
80. An Israeli delegation traveled to the United States for talks on coordinating a joint US-Israeli campaign against the International Criminal Court
81. Secretary Pompeo said the Israelis will ultimately make the decisions about annexation. That's an Israeli decision, but we'll work closely with them to share our views of this in a private setting
82. American diplomats circulate draft of Security Council resolution that would scrap expiration of 2015 nuclear deal's ban on weapons sales to Tehran
83. State Department says Washington ready to approve 'sovereignty and the application of Israeli law' in some areas
84. US officials emphasize West Bank annexation not contingent on Palestinian state
85. Ambassador David Friedman asserted that Israelis across the political spectrum supported the Trump plan and that "just as Americans would never relinquish the area on which the Statue of Liberty stands, even though it's a very small area, Israel would never agree to give up settlements like Beit El and Hebron
86. Secretary Pompeo praises Israel on visit, "You're a great partner, you share information, unlike some other countries that try to obfuscate and hide that information."
87. Secretary Pompeo warned the International Criminal Court against asserting jurisdiction over Israel, saying the United States will "exact consequences" for any "illegitimate" investigations (preventing investigations into potential war crimes again)
88. Secretary Pompeo called the ICC a "kangaroo court" and announced that sanctions in the form of asset freezes would be enacted against chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda and another senior ICC official
89. Serbia announced that it would move its embassy to Jerusalem, while Muslim majority Kosovo is to recognize Israel. The moves come as part of US-brokered discussions to normalize economic ties between Belgrade and Pristina
90. In a rare move, US sanctions 2 Lebanese politicians allied with Hezbollah who are former cabinet ministers that 'provided material support' to terror groups. America warned of new measures targeting organization's allies
91. US envoys helped broker a framework agreement for Lebanon and Israel to start discussing their disputed maritime border
92. Jared Kushner says Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to allow all Israeli flights to use airspace Saudi flights also able to use Israeli airspace; White House advisor says Arabs losing patience with Palestinian leadership, will do 'what's in their best interests'
93. The Trump administration warned Palestinians if they continue to reject Trump peace proposal 'the situation is just going to get worse and worse for them'; The US won't 'chase' Ramallah
94. President Trump brokered peace between Israel and the UAE
95. President Trump brokered peace between Israel and Bahrain
96. US sanctioned 2 Lebanon-based firms, Hezbollah-linked businessman, Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction targeted 'for being owned, controlled, or directed' by terrorist group
97. Defying the UN, the Trump administration unilaterally asserts sanctions on Iran are back in effect. Secretary Pompeo vows Trump administration will 'impose consequences' on any state violating 'snapback' sanctions to ensure Tehran 'does not reap the benefits of UN-prohibited activity'
98. The Trump administration unveils additional 'UN' sanctions against Iran, will enforce arms embargo
99. US, Israel, UAE announce establishment of $3 billion regional investment fund
100. The Trump administration brokered peace between Israel and Sudan and the two signed a normalization deal.

[sid waddell]

While Donald has been pretty neutered on the home front

You been asleep the last five years?

He's been the single most damaging person to America in the last 150 years

[J70]

Trump is becoming even more unhinged

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1326926226888544256

@realDonaldTrump
"REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN. 941,000 TRUMP VOTES DELETED. STATES USING DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHED 435,000 VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN."

Dear lord.

[sid waddell]

Trump is becoming even more unhinged

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1326926226888544256

@realDonaldTrump
"REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN. 941,000 TRUMP VOTES DELETED. STATES USING DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHED 435,000 VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN."

Pure projection

Dominion have been in Republicans' pockets for years

They couldn't even rig the election properly

Wouldn't be at all surprised if the real tally was Biden +10 million

[J70]

And while all this is going on, not a f**king peep from him as COVID spirals out of control.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

What are you talking about? He told us already not to let it dominate our lives, what more do you want?

[seafoid]

I wonder how much of this Biden will try and roll back. Probably nothing. While Donald has been pretty neutered on the home front he's been pretty busy elsewhere. The man has fast tracked the annihilation of Palestine.


https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/100-times-president-trump-supported-israel/


1. President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
2. President Trump moved the American Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
3. President Trump closed the Jerusalem consulate and made it an Embassy branch
4. President Trump has never publicly criticized Israel
5. President Trump pulled America out of the Iran deal
6. President Trump raised military aid to Israel by $400 million
7. President Trump raised sanctions on Iran as soon as pulled out of the deal
8. President Trump recognized the sovereignty of Israel on the Golan Heights
9. President Trump designated IRGC (Iranian special forces) a foreign terrorist group
10. President Trump banned BDS head Omar Barghouti from America
11. President Trump banned the head of ICC and staff from coming to America
12. President Trump backed Israel's right to self-defense in Gaza
13. President Trump left the United Nations Human Rights (sic) Council
14. President Trump cut off all aid to the Palestinian Authority (created by the US to represent Palestinians in negotiations)
15. President Trump closed the PLO office in Washington, DC
16. President Trump was the first president to visit the Western Wall as President
17. President Trump sent the first official American visit to the Western Wall with an Israeli Prime Minister
18. President Trump allowed consulate and Embassy staff to meet with Jews of Judea and Samaria
19. President Trump allowed consulate and Embassy staff to visit Jews living in Judea and Samaria
20. President Trump announced that America will not support Israeli soldiers being tried at the ICC
21. President Trump called out the anti-Israel antisemitism of Ilhan Omar
22. President Trump flew to Israel on his first foreign trip
23. President Trump issued no waivers on increased sanctions against Iran
24. President Trump offered a $10 million reward for information on Hamas and Hezbollah financial networks
25. The Trump administration wrote op-eds blaming Hamas and the Palestinians for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
26. President Trump stopped the lame-duck last-minute Kerry and Obama $221 million payment to the Palestinian Authority on January 20, 2017
27. President Trump signed the Taylor Force Act
28. President Trump supported Israel in the May 2019 flare-up with Gaza.
29. President Trump refused a visa to Israel hater Hanan Ashrawi to America
30. President Trump sanctioned three leading members of Hezbollah in July 2019
31. The Trump administration blocked an attempt to get the UN Security Council to issue a formal condemnation of Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes on the edge of Jerusalem in July 2019
32. President Trump sanctioned Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
33. Ambassador Friedman refused to advocate for a two-state solution unfavorable to Israel
34. President Trump removed "Palestine" from the list of countries on The State Department list of nations. (Will Biden stand up for the right of Palestine to exist or continue to turn a blind eye!)
35. President Trump stopped a French $15 billion credit line to Iran
36. President Trump stopped a UN Security Council statement on tensions between Israel and
37. Hezbollah that did not single out violence by the Lebanese terror group
38. President Trump cut a $120 million from aid to Lebanon to ensure it didn't get to Hizballah
39. President Trump sanctioned 9 Iranians in November 2019
40. President Trump supported Israel after rocket fire in its skirmish with Islamic Jihad.
41. President Trump said nothing about Israel limiting retaliation.
42. President Trump and America was the only country besides Israel to vote against all 8 UN 4th committee resolutions in November 2019
43. President Trump declared that Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria ("settlements") aren't illegal under international law (they are illegal)
44. President Trump hasn't supported two-state solution as the only solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
45. Vice President Pence visited Israel during his first year in office
46. Secretary Pompeo wrote a letter to Congress clarifying that Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria have traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support
47. Secretary Pompeo says that claims that Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria have impeded peace are foolish
48. President Trump didn't comment when Defense Minister Bennet green-lighted a new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron
49. Secretary Pompeo announced that Iran is behind all the unrest in the Middle East
50. President Trump blamed Iran for Lebanon protests
51. President Trump's US deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates reportedly meets with envoys from UAE, Oman, Morocco, Bahrain to gauge willingness Israeli-Arab non-belligerence agreements
52. President Trump denounced Iran brutal crackdown on protesters
53. New US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft says she'll defend Israel. In first United Nations press conference, Kelly Craft also warns Iran that Washington has 'other tools' if Tehran continues its bad behavior
54. President Trump regales Israeli-American group with tales of his pro-Israel moves retells extensive account of embassy move, tells Israeli American Council that he's Israel's best friend in the White House
55. President Trump signed an executive order on anti-Semitism that protects Jewish students on college campuses. The order includes anti-Israel activity
56. Robert O'Brien tells Meir Ben-Shabbat that 'common interests between Israel and Arab states... have made new regional partnerships possible to counter Iran'
57. The Trump administration denounced Iranian human rights abuses and imposed sanctions on Iranian judges
58. After President Abbas hailed the ICC declaration that it will investigate Israel as an historic day for Palestinians, Secretary Pompeo said US 'firmly opposes' ICC announcement on alleged Israeli war crimes. He said the International Criminal Court's move 'unfairly targets' Jewish state, calls for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians (preventing investigations into potential war crimes)
59. The Trump administration announced seven joint US-Israeli clean energy projects — including an energy-storing system for electric cars and a hydrogen-powered drone that takes off vertically — have received $6.4 million in funding from the US-Israel binational research and development program for energy (while doing nothing for renewables at home)
60. America struck Iranian-backed militia in Iraq; 19 reported killed. Israeli Air Force chief said 'US strike on Iran-backed Iraqi militia is a 'potential turning point'
61. President Trump ordered deadly strike on Iran's Soleimani (illegal, war crime, how come there weren't many calls for him to be impeached for this)
62. President Trump said new Iran sanctions have come into effect. President Trump said, "We've increased them. They were very severe, but now it's increased substantially."
63. President Trump mocked Iranian supreme leader, and wrote in support of the 'noble people of Iran,' after Khamenei attacks America and Europe in speech
64. President Trump releases his incredibly favorable-to-Israel peace plan to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict
65. Trump administration official Jared Kushner slams Palestinian leadership, urges giving up 'fairy tales' for peace. Kushner said Palestinians have been lied to, chiefs 'screwed up every opportunity in the past'; rejecting Trump plan shows they aren't ready for a state
66. Secretary Pompeo said If Palestinians unhappy with the Trump peace plan, they should present counter offer. He warned that Trump proposal could be last opportunity for Palestinian state
67. Jared Kushner says that if Palestinians are unable to meet the conditions of the new Middle East peace plan he crafted, Israel should not take "the risk to recognize them as a state."
68. Israeli and UAE officials met in secret in US to discuss countering Iran
69. National security adviser Robert O'Brien warns Palestinians that resurgence of anti-Jewish hatred around the world means more Jews will immigrate to Israel and West Bank
70. Jared Kushner says Abbas responsible for spike in violence since release of peace plan
71. Jared Kushner tells UN Palestinian leadership has long history of 'inciting intifadas when they don't get their way'
72. Due to American diplomacy, Abbas, lacking votes, pulls request for UN vote against Trump peace plan
73. The US military seized Iranian-made weapons in Arabian Sea. The USS Normandy warship seized 150 'Dehlavieh' anti-tank guided missiles, which are Iranian-manufactured copies of Russian Kornet ATGMs.
74. Trump advisor Jason Greenblatt warns that if traditional positions on conflict are readopted, 'Israel will likely continue to thrive and the Palestinians will continue to suffer'
75. Secretary Pompeo says UN settlement blacklist shows UN's 'unrelenting anti-Israel bias'
76. The US State Department expressed concern over a report that Iranians were threatening to raze an ancient shrine revered by local Jews as the burial place of the biblical Esther and Mordechai, in an act of revenge against Israel and Washington
77. The US gave Israeli prime minister the green light for Givat Hamatos construction
78. Israel advanced plans for nearly 1,800 new settlement homes America doesn't criticize
79. Ambassador Friedman said under the Trump administration, the Biblical heartland of Israel, Judea and Samaria, will never be judenrein
80. An Israeli delegation traveled to the United States for talks on coordinating a joint US-Israeli campaign against the International Criminal Court
81. Secretary Pompeo said the Israelis will ultimately make the decisions about annexation. That's an Israeli decision, but we'll work closely with them to share our views of this in a private setting
82. American diplomats circulate draft of Security Council resolution that would scrap expiration of 2015 nuclear deal's ban on weapons sales to Tehran
83. State Department says Washington ready to approve 'sovereignty and the application of Israeli law' in some areas
84. US officials emphasize West Bank annexation not contingent on Palestinian state
85. Ambassador David Friedman asserted that Israelis across the political spectrum supported the Trump plan and that "just as Americans would never relinquish the area on which the Statue of Liberty stands, even though it's a very small area, Israel would never agree to give up settlements like Beit El and Hebron
86. Secretary Pompeo praises Israel on visit, "You're a great partner, you share information, unlike some other countries that try to obfuscate and hide that information."
87. Secretary Pompeo warned the International Criminal Court against asserting jurisdiction over Israel, saying the United States will "exact consequences" for any "illegitimate" investigations (preventing investigations into potential war crimes again)
88. Secretary Pompeo called the ICC a "kangaroo court" and announced that sanctions in the form of asset freezes would be enacted against chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda and another senior ICC official
89. Serbia announced that it would move its embassy to Jerusalem, while Muslim majority Kosovo is to recognize Israel. The moves come as part of US-brokered discussions to normalize economic ties between Belgrade and Pristina
90. In a rare move, US sanctions 2 Lebanese politicians allied with Hezbollah who are former cabinet ministers that 'provided material support' to terror groups. America warned of new measures targeting organization's allies
91. US envoys helped broker a framework agreement for Lebanon and Israel to start discussing their disputed maritime border
92. Jared Kushner says Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to allow all Israeli flights to use airspace Saudi flights also able to use Israeli airspace; White House advisor says Arabs losing patience with Palestinian leadership, will do 'what's in their best interests'
93. The Trump administration warned Palestinians if they continue to reject Trump peace proposal 'the situation is just going to get worse and worse for them'; The US won't 'chase' Ramallah
94. President Trump brokered peace between Israel and the UAE
95. President Trump brokered peace between Israel and Bahrain
96. US sanctioned 2 Lebanon-based firms, Hezbollah-linked businessman, Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction targeted 'for being owned, controlled, or directed' by terrorist group
97. Defying the UN, the Trump administration unilaterally asserts sanctions on Iran are back in effect. Secretary Pompeo vows Trump administration will 'impose consequences' on any state violating 'snapback' sanctions to ensure Tehran 'does not reap the benefits of UN-prohibited activity'
98. The Trump administration unveils additional 'UN' sanctions against Iran, will enforce arms embargo
99. US, Israel, UAE announce establishment of $3 billion regional investment fund
100. The Trump administration brokered peace between Israel and Sudan and the two signed a normalization deal.

https://www.ft.com/content/9c4b656d-c1dd-4a42-a03b-87174dfe2792

Biden has pledged to rejoin the 2015 nuclear accord Iran signed with the US and five world powers, provided Tehran comes back into compliance with its uranium enrichment limits. Mr Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the deal in 2018 but Mr Biden is surrounded by people who helped negotiate the detente and who are personally invested in reviving it. An outgoing Mr Trump may still try to poison the well by piling even more sanctions on Iran and its allies. Iran's regional aggression was kept out of the original deal and will be very hard to address simultaneously. While Mr Biden is a traditional pro-Israel Democrat, he will want to discourage the Israeli annexation of West Bank settlements that Mr Trump encouraged. To back such an annexation would legitimise land or power grabs elsewhere: by Russia (in Crimea and east Ukraine), Turkey (in northern Syria and north Cyprus), China (in Hong Kong) or India (in Kashmir).

[screenexile]

All the Networks have called Arizona for Biden . . . starting to think he might actually win this thing!!

[armaghniac]

All the Networks have called Arizona for Biden . . . starting to think he might actually win this thing!!

Are you representing the Chinese government
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/asia/biden-china-trump-election-intl-hnk/index.html

[dec]

[J70]