Donald Trump hausse le ton sur la Corée du Nord et le commerce avec le Japon

Donald Trump durcit le ton une fois de plus et il se permet même de répondre à la place de Shinzo Abe...

 "Responding to a question — directed at Abe — about news reports that Trump had previously suggested to the Japanese prime minister that the “samurai” nation should have simply shot down the North Korean missiles that flew over it before crashing into the Pacific Ocean earlier this year, the president answered instead on Abe’s behalf.

“He will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States,” Trump said. “The prime minister is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should. And we make the best military equipment by far.”

Trump’s remarks came during his second full day in Japan — the first stop on a five-country, 12-day swing through Asia — and follows a series of events and meetings designed to underscore the close personal relationship between the two leaders."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/06/trump-in-japan-talks-tough-on-the-menace-of-north-korea-trade/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_japan-trip-355am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.5646f396e831

Un nouveau Parti démocrate?

Malgré les déchirements actuels, le Parti démocrate peut-il se relancer en unissant les forces progressistes pour s'opposer à "l'erreur historique" que constitue l'élection de Donald Trump? Malgré quelques réserves, Charles M. Blow semble le croire.

 "Liberals have the will and determination to turn this giant mistake around, to pressure their elected officials or possibly replace them. They have the resolve to resist Trump by every means at their disposal, while clinging to the hope that he might one day be replaced.

 The only issue I see is that these efforts seem to be operating separately from the national Democratic Party, a dinosaur of bureaucratic machinery in an evolved age of direct democratic action.

Liberalism has leapt over the Democratic Party. Liberalism has its eye on a new beginning, while the mainstream party is stuck looking backward and bickering. The Resistance isn’t part of the old Democratic Party; The Resistance is the new Democratic Party, or at least its future."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/opinion/the-new-democratic-party.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

Caricature ciel bleu sur la Maison-Blanche

Caricature de R.J. Matson, Roll Call

Caricature Donald Trump et la tournée asiatique

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Caricature un emploi sûr pour les femmes...

Caricature de Joe Heller, PoliticalCartoons.com

Caricature réforme fiscale

Caricature de Steve Greenberg, VCReporter, Ventura. CA

Wilbur Ross, Secrétaire américain au commerce, a toujours des liens d'affaires avec des proches de Vladimir Poutine

Il faut admettre que ça fait beaucoup, mais beaucoup de gens dans l'entourage de Donald Trump qui entretiennent des liens étroits avec des intérêts russes. Cette fois on se trouve bien près du pouvoir...

 "In the wake of reports of Russian interference in the United States presidential election, multiple investigations have explored potential business ties between Russia and members of the Trump administration. While several Trump campaign and business associates have come under scrutiny, until now no business connections have been reported between senior administration officials and members of Mr. Putin’s family or inner circle.

During Mr. Ross’s confirmation process, he was asked repeatedly about his business ties to Russia, mostly related to his former role as vice chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, where he dealt with Russian investors but also forced some of them out of the bank. He was also asked about his investment in another shipping company, Diamond S, and whether its dealings with China could pose a conflict with his government duties. But he faced no questions about Navigator and its significant financial relationship with Sibur."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/wilbur-ross-russia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Caricature le pouvoir blanchissant de Donald Trump

Caricature de Tchavdar Nikolov, Prass Press

Rand Paul grièvement blessé par un voisin

Le Sénateur du Kentucky et candidat lors des primaires 2016 a été agressé par un de ses voisins. Si les premiers rapports indiquaient qu'il se portait bien, on apprend maintenant que ses blessures sont sérieuses.

 "Paul has lung contusions, or bruises, caused by the broken ribs, Stafford said. He could not say whether one lung was bruised or both, but said Paul’s recovery could last several months. Such fractures can cause other significant medical problems, including internal bleeding, damage to other organs or pneumonia.

The nature of the dispute between Paul and Boucher remained a mystery Sunday to locals who know both men as medical professionals based in this southwestern Kentucky town."

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-rand-paul-recovering-from-injuries-suffered-in-alleged-assault/2017/11/05/6380c78a-c250-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_randpaul-740pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.022e1ec83370

Fusillade dans une église au Texas: 24 morts

Encore une fusillade... Se limitera-t-on une fois de plus aux prières?

 "Shootings at houses of worship can be particularly disorienting for both parishioners and community members—attacking during prayer is a way of hitting people at a moment of vulnerability, and exploiting the openness on which many communities pride themselves.

“Churches, you don’t lock the doors,” Joey Spann, minister of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, told The Tennessean after the shooting attack on his church. “But we may have to. It’s sad.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/church-shooting-texas/545018/

Caricature MAGA

Caricature de John Darkow, PoliticalCartoons.com