Mainecat Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 The Mexicans are happy cause it’s keeping Americans out of Mexico spreading the Covid. The virus is so bad Mexico closed its border with the US. Mexico gets a free wall to keep Americans out. TRUMP FAILS AGAIN......WHAT A LOOZER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toslow Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) isn't trump instrumental in brokering one of the biggest peace deals of the century? yeah what a loser Edited August 14, 2020 by toslow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, toslow said: isn't trump instrumental in brokering one of the biggest peace deals of the century? yeah what a loser Tik Tok..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 25 minutes ago, toslow said: isn't trump instrumental in brokering one of the biggest peace deals of the century? yeah what a loser Peace deals of the century? I hope that this was sarcasm. If not, you just bought the biggest dummy award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toslow Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 13 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Peace deals of the century? I hope that this was sarcasm. If not, you just bought the biggest dummy award. hey i'm only knowing what the main stream media is reporting, what part did they leave out that made it sarcasm or me a dummy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 4 hours ago, toslow said: isn't trump instrumental in brokering one of the biggest peace deals of the century? yeah what a loser When we already had one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 It's not your orange boogey man they want kept out... and it's not just Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 4 hours ago, spin_dry said: Peace deals of the century? I hope that this was sarcasm. If not, you just bought the biggest dummy award. World World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul Jonah Mandel , AFP•August 14, 2020 1 / 4 World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul Palestinian protesters burn images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and US President Donald Trump, in the West Bank town of Nablus denouncing the UAE-Israel deal as a betrayal World leaders voiced hope Friday that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kickstart moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and some of their allies denounced the move to normalise ties as a betrayal of their cause. Announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, it is only the third such accord Israel has struck with an Arab country, and raised the prospect of similar deals with other pro-Western Gulf states. The deal sees Israel pledge to suspend its planned annexation of Palestinian lands, a concession welcomed by European and some pro-Western Arab governments as a boost for hopes of peace. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed Israel was not abandoning its plans to one day annex the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements across the occupied West Bank. News of the agreement was broken by Trump, in a tweet hailing a "HUGE breakthrough". He said leaders from the two countries would sign the deal at the White House in around three weeks, evoking memories of previous US-mediated Middle East accords. It could also help bolster Trump's relection hopes in the November US polls. The Palestinian leadership rejected the deal as a "betrayal" of their cause, saying they would withdraw their ambassador from the Emirates. Following Friday prayers in Jerusalem, worshippers outside the Al-Aqsa mosque walked on pictures of UAE strongman Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. In the West Bank city of Nablus, people set fire to pictures of Sheikh Mohamed, Netanyahu and Trump. In Ramallah, office worker Jihad Hussein said: "The Palestinian people have been stabbed in the back by the Emirates leadership." - 'Full normalisation' - Establishing diplomatic ties between Israel and Washington's Middle East allies, including the oil-rich Gulf monarchies, has been central to Trump's regional strategy to contain Iran, also an arch-foe of Israel. Tehran on Friday condemned the deal as an act of "strategic stupidity" that would only strengthen the Iranian-backed "axis of resistance". Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also had talks with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas which rules Gaza, on ways of "foundering" the deal, Hamas. Hezbollah, Iran's powerful Lebanese ally, denounced the deal. "This is a betrayal of Islam and Arabism, it is a betrayal of Jerusalem, of the Palestinian people," Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said. "What the UAE did was give a personal electoral favour to President Trump," he added. Under the deal, Israel and the UAE "agreed to the full normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates", according to a joint statement issued by Trump, Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohamed. They added that Israel would "suspend declaring sovereignty" over occupied Palestinian West Bank areas -- an idea proposed in Trump's controversial peace plan unveiled earlier this year. Sheikh Mohamed stressed in a tweet that an agreement has been "reached to stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories". But Netanyahu insisted afterwards that he had only agreed to delay, not cancel, the annexations. The plans remained "on the table", he said. On Friday, the prime minister appointed his national security advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat to lead the negotiations with the Emiratis. US Gulf allies Bahrain and Oman welcomed the annexation deal, and Egypt, which signed 1979 peace treaty with Israel, praised a deal that would scrap annexation. Thanking them, Netanyahu said the "peace treaty" with the UAE was "expanding the circle of peace". The European Union said normalisation would benefit both Israel and the UAE, but foreign policy spokeswoman Nabila Massrali stressed the bloc's commitment to a two-state solution. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a longtime critic of Israel and frequently at odds with Western powers, threatened to suspend diplomatic relations with the UAE or withdraw Ankara's ambassador. - 'Not everyone will applaud' - There was no immediate word from regional heavyweight and UAE ally Saudi Arabia, who sponsored in 2002 a peace plan calling for Israel's complete withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967 in exchange for peace and the full normalisation of ties with the Arab world. "My guess is that King Salman will be at least a little annoyed, since this breaks the Arab consensus that the Arab Peace Initiative is the guiding basis for all major diplomacy with Israel," said Hussein Ibish, an analyst at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Omar Saif Ghobash, UAE assistant Minister for Culture and Public Diplomacy, told AFP the deal was designed to "shake up" the Middle East impasse and serve his country's interests. "We didn't consult with anybody, we didn't inform anybody, and as a sovereign state we don't feel that we have the obligation to do that," Ghobash said, asked if Riyadh was consulted in advance. "It's to be expected that not everybody will... applaud or comment," he added. The controversial Trump plan, unveiled in January, had offered a path for Israel to annex the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements across the West Bank, communities considered illegal under international law. The Palestinians had rejected the plan outright as biased and untenable, as did Israel's Arab neighbours, and it sparked fears of more violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 56 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: World World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul Jonah Mandel , AFP•August 14, 2020 1 / 4 World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul Palestinian protesters burn images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and US President Donald Trump, in the West Bank town of Nablus denouncing the UAE-Israel deal as a betrayal World leaders voiced hope Friday that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kickstart moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and some of their allies denounced the move to normalise ties as a betrayal of their cause. Announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, it is only the third such accord Israel has struck with an Arab country, and raised the prospect of similar deals with other pro-Western Gulf states. The deal sees Israel pledge to suspend its planned annexation of Palestinian lands, a concession welcomed by European and some pro-Western Arab governments as a boost for hopes of peace. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed Israel was not abandoning its plans to one day annex the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements across the occupied West Bank. News of the agreement was broken by Trump, in a tweet hailing a "HUGE breakthrough". He said leaders from the two countries would sign the deal at the White House in around three weeks, evoking memories of previous US-mediated Middle East accords. It could also help bolster Trump's relection hopes in the November US polls. The Palestinian leadership rejected the deal as a "betrayal" of their cause, saying they would withdraw their ambassador from the Emirates. Following Friday prayers in Jerusalem, worshippers outside the Al-Aqsa mosque walked on pictures of UAE strongman Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. In the West Bank city of Nablus, people set fire to pictures of Sheikh Mohamed, Netanyahu and Trump. In Ramallah, office worker Jihad Hussein said: "The Palestinian people have been stabbed in the back by the Emirates leadership." - 'Full normalisation' - Establishing diplomatic ties between Israel and Washington's Middle East allies, including the oil-rich Gulf monarchies, has been central to Trump's regional strategy to contain Iran, also an arch-foe of Israel. Tehran on Friday condemned the deal as an act of "strategic stupidity" that would only strengthen the Iranian-backed "axis of resistance". Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also had talks with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas which rules Gaza, on ways of "foundering" the deal, Hamas. Hezbollah, Iran's powerful Lebanese ally, denounced the deal. "This is a betrayal of Islam and Arabism, it is a betrayal of Jerusalem, of the Palestinian people," Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said. "What the UAE did was give a personal electoral favour to President Trump," he added. Under the deal, Israel and the UAE "agreed to the full normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates", according to a joint statement issued by Trump, Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohamed. They added that Israel would "suspend declaring sovereignty" over occupied Palestinian West Bank areas -- an idea proposed in Trump's controversial peace plan unveiled earlier this year. Sheikh Mohamed stressed in a tweet that an agreement has been "reached to stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories". But Netanyahu insisted afterwards that he had only agreed to delay, not cancel, the annexations. The plans remained "on the table", he said. On Friday, the prime minister appointed his national security advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat to lead the negotiations with the Emiratis. US Gulf allies Bahrain and Oman welcomed the annexation deal, and Egypt, which signed 1979 peace treaty with Israel, praised a deal that would scrap annexation. Thanking them, Netanyahu said the "peace treaty" with the UAE was "expanding the circle of peace". The European Union said normalisation would benefit both Israel and the UAE, but foreign policy spokeswoman Nabila Massrali stressed the bloc's commitment to a two-state solution. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a longtime critic of Israel and frequently at odds with Western powers, threatened to suspend diplomatic relations with the UAE or withdraw Ankara's ambassador. - 'Not everyone will applaud' - There was no immediate word from regional heavyweight and UAE ally Saudi Arabia, who sponsored in 2002 a peace plan calling for Israel's complete withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967 in exchange for peace and the full normalisation of ties with the Arab world. "My guess is that King Salman will be at least a little annoyed, since this breaks the Arab consensus that the Arab Peace Initiative is the guiding basis for all major diplomacy with Israel," said Hussein Ibish, an analyst at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Omar Saif Ghobash, UAE assistant Minister for Culture and Public Diplomacy, told AFP the deal was designed to "shake up" the Middle East impasse and serve his country's interests. "We didn't consult with anybody, we didn't inform anybody, and as a sovereign state we don't feel that we have the obligation to do that," Ghobash said, asked if Riyadh was consulted in advance. "It's to be expected that not everybody will... applaud or comment," he added. The controversial Trump plan, unveiled in January, had offered a path for Israel to annex the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements across the West Bank, communities considered illegal under international law. The Palestinians had rejected the plan outright as biased and untenable, as did Israel's Arab neighbours, and it sparked fears of more violence. You didn’t read any of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) I read all of it and several other news feeds on it. POLITICS ON LATE NIGHT Published 4 hours ago Trump's Israel-UAE peace deal is 'good news,' Dems admit to Bill Maher Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang also acknowledged the 'good news' during a panel discussion By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email close Jared Kushner on Middle East peace deal: Trump built back trust with Israel, UAE, other regional allies "Real Time" host Bill Maher on Friday offered some rare praise for President Trump after his administration brokered a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier in the week. "This is, to quote Joe Biden, a big f---in' deal,'" Maher said, using a past Biden quote that was unrelated to this week's accord -- although Biden did praise the deal Thursday. "Or maybe it isn't," Maher continued, turning to his panel of guests. "I'll ask you: Do you think this is a big deal? ... Trump did a good thing ... or somebody in his administration did." MSNBC, CNN MOSTLY IGNORE TRUMP'S MAJOR ISRAEL-UAE PEACE DEAL DURING PRIME TIME Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who sought the Democratic presidential nomination, called the Middle East agreement "good news." "Anything that adds peace or stability to the region, we shouldn't be afraid to say that's good news." "Anything that adds peace or stability to the region, we shouldn't be afraid to say that's good news." — Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a New York businessman who also ran for president as a Democrat, agreed -- and offered advice to fellow Democrats about positive developments that come from the Trump administration. "When something good happens, you have to call it out because you can't get into this trap or this mode where everything that Trump does is automatically bad," Yang said. "You know, Democrats need to have a clear vision for what we want to see in the world and anything that moves that vision closer to reality, that we should applaud -- regardless of who's in power when it happens." "You can't get into this trap or this mode where everything that Trump does is automatically bad." — Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate Former Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, left, and Andrew Yang weighed in Friday night on the Israel-United Arab Emirates deal brokered by the Trump administration. On Thursday, President Trump -- along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed -- released a joint statement saying they had "agreed to the full normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.” The statement said the “diplomatic breakthrough” came at “the request of President Trump.” Under the deal, Israel would “suspend declaring sovereignty over areas outlined in the President’s Vision for Peace and focus its efforts now on expanding ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world.” Maher reiterated he thinks it will be a "big deal in that part of the world." "It's happening slowly, but the normalization of Israel in that part of the world, I think, you know, it didn't happen quickly but it's going to happen because everyone realizes it's inevitable and they're not going anywhere," Maher added. Biden also praised the peace deal Thursday, but credited efforts of the Obama-Biden administration for the “historic step.” Edited August 15, 2020 by XCR1250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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