China's Xi fetes Trump on first day of Beijing trip https://t.co/cGmyMqzih9 pic.twitter.com/WLHvgAL9pV
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 8, 2017
President #XiJinping introduced the history and the culture of China, after Xi and his US counterpart #DonaldTrump visited the three front palaces of the Forbidden City on Wednesday, together with the first ladies, Madame Peng Liyuan and the US First Lady Melania Trump pic.twitter.com/JaW5JDtcTr
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) November 8, 2017
As a fact point: Xi's “great political victory” is establishing autocracy that is rare even for post-Mao rulers of China.
For a Western leader to praise this… https://t.co/55BwwddhFU— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) November 8, 2017
"What Japan and China are doing is so obvious that it’s hard to believe it would work even on Trump. But it does." https://t.co/R2GEsKaJ93 pic.twitter.com/olsYCMB5Ai
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 8, 2017
White House Says Trump Will Be Able to Tweet in China Despite Social Media Ban https://t.co/DrlOT54gT2 pic.twitter.com/Qyd0XqeXdI
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) November 8, 2017
With Pres Trump in the region issuing new warnings to North Korea, the US Navy announces three of its carrier strike groups will conduct very unusual joint exercises in the Western Pacific starting Saturday. The carriers include the Reagan, Nimitz and Roosevelt.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 9, 2017
Trump is punishing Cuba's communist government with new rules, while pushing business deals in communist China https://t.co/a7Gx7zceO6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 8, 2017
Ross has a China conflict too.
Trump's Chinese gas deal raises ethics issues for Wilbur Ross https://t.co/c55wO6cEQL via @nbcnews
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 8, 2017
Ivanka Trump is leaving the Asia delegation and not continuing on to China. Wonder if there's something the Trump administration doesn't wan't people focusing on.https://t.co/EYYhcH5AU1
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 8, 2017
1 Year After the Election:
Pres Trump is the 1st foreign leader to dine in the Forbidden City since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Hillary Clinton peddles her book “What Happened?” at Costco next to an employee handing out Vienna sausage samples.#TrumpInChina pic.twitter.com/VNSxIXHMjq
— C3 (@C_3MAGA) November 8, 2017
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
LOL .. lot of great moments for Trump here in just 51 seconds. #fail pic.twitter.com/V2u7x1q4ao
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 8, 2017
"The America that reviles Trump and his backward-looking, monochromatic vision of the country stood up and made itself heard."https://t.co/iPl7SsMH9d
— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) November 8, 2017
Nice @ThePlumLineGS look at the D opportunity w/college + whites in Trump era & where they may also need to grow. https://t.co/Q1sNnWZmtN
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 8, 2017
After reading this, I really don't want their votes. I want to win without them.https://t.co/UD6B63FNCt
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) November 8, 2017
What happened yesterday in suburbs was what was expected last year nationally https://t.co/hX0SSdhHUN
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 8, 2017
Trump's limited appeal a warning sign for Republicans ahead of 2018 elections https://t.co/vVOrYYNSMU
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 8, 2017
A "coalition of the decent" rises up https://t.co/chmqKMvJJL
— 🗽Jeffrey Levin 🗽 (@jilevin) November 8, 2017
Legislation from two Republican senators would allow governors to implement a waiver under Obamacare without approval from state legislatures, a departure from current law, https://t.co/dFkoqtlm7H
— Roll Call (@rollcall) November 9, 2017
Fox News hires former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka https://t.co/YZ7q2mFlqo via @ludacristiano pic.twitter.com/1eC6M9MNOV
— POLITICO (@politico) November 8, 2017
SCOOP US department of justice tells AT&T it must sell CNN if its bid for Time Warner is to be approved, reflecting Donald Trump's hostility to the deal – and his hatred of CNN https://t.co/ZnC41qmob2
— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) November 8, 2017
One view on Trump administration pressing for sale of CNN as price for AT&T-Time Warner merger; “A complete perversion of the law” https://t.co/PH1yHgKY8i
— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) November 8, 2017
SEC should investigate if any of Trump's hedge fund buddies were shorting Time Warner.
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 8, 2017
.@TheRickWilson on Carter Page: "Profoundly disconnected, socially awkward, and reeking of late-stage virginity, he gives off the creepy vibe of a man with a too-extensive knowledge of human taxidermy and a soundproofed van." https://t.co/tIqABLDrHj
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) November 8, 2017
The chronicles of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, attorney at law. https://t.co/pku6vtdrK6
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 8, 2017
Breaking: #MichaelFlynn concerned about potential legal exposure of his son, also under scrutiny by #SpecialCounsel https://t.co/177NmMy602
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 9, 2017
JUST IN: Former advisor to President Trump, Carl Icahn, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, NBC News confirms
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 8, 2017
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WORLD
The Secret Reason Trump Is So Cozy With Saudi Arabia https://t.co/vV4dbNT1FJ
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 9, 2017
Saudi Arabia freezes Mohammed bin Nayef’s bank accounts, as leadership widens crackdown. The former crown prince was the US premier counter terrorism partner. https://t.co/gdCmGAUmGl via @WSJ
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) November 9, 2017
US has spent over $4 trillion on foreign wars since 2001: report https://t.co/kE9p2i9yKv pic.twitter.com/oPNkecMJsB
— The Hill (@thehill) November 8, 2017
An atrocity that still shocks today – BBC News – Enniskillen Poppy Day bomb memorial unveiled https://t.co/sTzkT2L69Z
— Danny Donnelly (@DannyDonnelly1) November 8, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Thursday's Daily Telegraph: "Another day, another crisis" #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers (via @MsHelicat) pic.twitter.com/6bNvPGeoSN
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 8, 2017
Priti Patel fallout erodes public trust and diminishes UK's stature, say critics https://t.co/ibrvZyn6tc
— The Guardian (@guardian) November 9, 2017
If my figures are correct Conservative Friends of Israel has paid for 162 politicians to visit the country.https://t.co/Q42exHSIET via @FT
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) November 8, 2017
Is UK becoming a failed state? Two Cab resignations in a week, 1-2 more surely to come. An (ex-) Development Sec who didn't believe in dev aid & a ForSec who doesn't believe in diplomacy. @Dexeu can't decide if reports exist or not. Art50 clock ticking. https://t.co/3QGmbNpen4
— Steve Bullock (@GuitarMoog) November 8, 2017
Boris Johnson agrees to meet husband of British mother jailed in Iran https://t.co/0ZdYt3xNtF
— MeresbrkP Solicitors (@MP_Solicitors) November 9, 2017
#Iran stateTV welcomes @BorisJohnson's remarks ab Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (@FreeNazanin) as an "unintended confession of the UK gov ab the real plot” behind her trip to Iran & a “proof” of #IRGC's accusations against her.” via @NarimanGharib pic.twitter.com/ZaC1T8EVqA
— Hadi Nili (@HadiNili) November 8, 2017
— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) November 8, 2017
Utterly nauseating that as government implodes May goes to a ‘banquet’ to ‘celebrate’ the career of hard right sociopathic hypocrite Dacre
— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) November 8, 2017
oh, and yeah….
"No deal" Brexit would cost UK ten times more than Germanyhttps://t.co/0Q7WAIU9gO pic.twitter.com/JeIoTy6y7Q
— Simon Hix (@simonjhix) November 8, 2017
The stir caused by @StevenErlanger's piece on Britain bears testament to Fleet Street's monolingualism. European papers have been saying the same, and worse, for months. https://t.co/elluxdnBQA
— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) November 8, 2017
