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☆ George Conway says Trump is bound to lose in 2024 because 'too many Americans would crawl on broken glass to vote against him'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

George Conway says Trump is bound to lose in 2024. He said "too many Americans would crawl on broken glass to vote against" Trump in 2024. His narcissism, his megalomania, his delicate yet illimitable ego, would have it no other way," Conway wrote. Conway wrote that the former president is likely seeking "vengeance" amid a brimming docket of lawsuits and criminal investigations. In October, Conway told CNN he was sure Trump would run for president again in an attempt to fend off his legal troubles.

☆ George Conway says he doesn't think Ron DeSantis will run for president because there's no 'upside' to wading into a 'mud fest to end all mud fests'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Conway doesn't think Ron DeSantis will run for president. Conway said he did not see any upside for DeSantis to wade into a "mud fest" with Trump. Ron DeSantis will run for president against Donald Trump in 2024. "He's rational, unlike Trump," Conway said. Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said in September that the former president is eager to announce his 2024 run soon.

Although Lula's 2003-2010 presidency effectively reduced destruction of the rainforest, he embraced traditional industrial development with little regard for emissions. In the United States, the progressive Green New Deal languished in Congress, while President Joe Biden adapted some of the ideas for his climate agenda. Marcio Astrini, the head of environmental lobby group Climate Observatory, said Lula's proposals were a promising blueprint, but added: "Whether it will happen in practice is another matter." By contrast, Bolsonaro's campaign has said little about his environmental proposals for a second term. [1/3] Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022.

☆ Trump aides are desperately trying to dissuade him from testifying to the January 6 panel on live TV: Rolling Stone
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's advisers really don't want him to testify to the January 6 panel, per Rolling Stone. A source told Rolling Stone they hope aides successfully "talked him out of it." Rolling Stone spoke to three sources with knowledge of the matter, including a Trump legal adviser. The Trump legal adviser told Rolling Stone that the counsel they gave Trump regarding his testimony — on live TV or otherwise — would be to "absolutely fucking not" do it. "It is my hope that we talked him out of it," said another Rolling Stone source.

☆ Paul Ryan says 'anybody not named Trump' has the best chance of winning the White House in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He` said "anybody not named Trump" would have a better shot at the White House in 2024. "That new swing voter in American politics is the suburban voter, and it's really clear the suburban voter doesn't like Trump, but they like Republicans," Ryan said. "So I think anybody not named Trump, I think is so much more likely to win the White House for us." "Any one of these candidates would make a fine president, and most importantly, will win the White House." In June, Ryan also praised Rep. Tom Rice for being one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riot.

☆ George Conway predicts Trump will run for president in 2024 for 'protection' against his many legal troubles
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Conway thinks Trump will run in 2024 as protection against his legal cases. "He will run for president, in effect, for protection against these legal proceedings, but there's just gonna be too many of them," Conway said. The lawsuit alleges that Trump, his company, and his three oldest children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump — misled people into investing in a multi-level marketing scheme. After the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, he said that he thought Trump was "in very substantial legal jeopardy." Conway is married to Kellyanne Conway , Trump's former senior counselor.

☆ There was a method to the madness of Trump's foreign diplomacy, says Gordon Sondland, the EU ambassador Trump fired
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Gordon Sondland said former President Donald Trump's diplomacy was more measured than it seemed. Sondland recounted a meeting where Trump entertained top German auto executives at the White House. "Despite appearances, there is method to this madness," Sondland wrote in his upcoming book about his time working with Trump, titled "The Envoy." Sondland recounted a December 2018 White House meeting between Trump and top executives for some of Germany's biggest automakers. According to Sondland, Trump was "in effusive host mode" when he and the German executives toured the White House.

☆ Gordon Sondland said working for Trump was like staying at an all-inclusive resort: 'You're thrilled when you first arrive, but things start to go downhill fast'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gordon Sondland was an ambassador to the EU who Trump fired in 2020. Sondland likened working for Trump to an "all-inclusive resort" stay that went bad quickly. He also said "the people who work the place can be rude and not so bright." "Over time, though, I realized that working with Trump was like staying at an all-inclusive resort. You're thrilled when you first arrive, but things start to go downhill fast," Sondland wrote in his forthcoming book, "The Envoy," in which he recounts what it was like working for Trump.

☆ How to survive a nuclear bomb attack: Minute-by-minute steps to protect yourself
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Aria Bendix | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

If a nuclear bomb were headed toward the US, residents would have 30 minutes or less to shelter. Russian Presidential Press Service/APA nuclear attack remains highly unlikely, but it's not out of the question, experts say. Redlener said the best way to learn of an impending nuclear attack would probably be TV or radio. Survivors of a nuclear attack would have about 15 minutes before sandlike radioactive particles, known as nuclear fallout, reached the ground. The US Department of Health and Human Services recommends staying indoors for at least 24 hours after a nuclear explosion.

☆ Trump knew his letters to Kim Jong Un were classified and 'so top secret': Bob Woodward
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump told journalist Bob Woodward in 2020 that the letters he wrote to Kim were "so top secret." In his upcoming audiobook, Woodward wrote that Trump was cagey about showing him the letters. The letters to Kim were among the classified files Trump brought to Florida, per The Washington Post. Now, Woodward is releasing over eight hours of Trump interviews in an upcoming audiobook, "The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Trump." A month later, when Woodward again asked Trump if he could see the letters, Trump said the letters were "so top secret," per The Washington Post's reporting of Woodward's notes from the call.

☆ Former DOJ official says Trump's reaction to the January 6 panel is starting to look like the makings of an insanity defense
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former DOJ official Neal Katyal commented on Donald Trump's 14-page response to the DOJ. Katyal said he did not think the response would help Trump unless he was trying to plead insanity. He said Trump's response was "evidence" of an insanity plea. But it does seem to dig the hole in deeper for Donald Trump," Katyal told MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart. A representative at Trump's post-presidential press office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Admission of Ukraine to NATO can lead to third world war - Russian official
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends the NATO summit via video link, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 29, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSOct 13 (Reuters) - The admission of Ukraine to NATO could result in a third world war, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Venediktov, told the state TASS news agency in an interview on Thursday. "Kyiv is well aware that such a step would mean a guaranteed escalation to a World War Three," TASS cited Venediktov as saying. Venediktov also repeated a Russian position that the West, by helping Ukraine, indicated that "they are a direct party to the conflict". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a surprise bid for fast-track membership of the NATO military alliance at the end of September, after President Vladimir Putin held a ceremony in Moscow to proclaim the four partially occupied regions as annexed Russian land.

☆ A Trump aide was caught on security camera moving boxes from a Mar-a-Lago storage room before and after the DOJ subpoenaed Trump for top-secret documents: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Walt Nauta, a longtime Trump aide, was seen moving boxes out from a storage room the FBI searched. Nauta was seen moving boxes before and after the DOJ demanded top-secret files be returned in May. Intrigue has swirled around what was kept in the storage room, and whether anything was removed from it before the DOJ searched Trump's property. The Times' piece dropped hours after The Washington Post reported that Trump himself explicitly directed employees to move boxes of White House documents from the storage room. After the raid, the FBI carted off 11,000 documents from Mar-a-Lago, including some that were marked "CLASSIFIED."

☆ Michael Cohen says Trump is a 'poster boy for fascism': 'I helped create this Frankenstein's monster'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In his new book, "Revenge," Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen accused him of being a fascist. Cohen said the US is "in danger" of losing its government to fascists who want to destroy democracy. He called Trump the "standard bearer for corrupt dictator wannabes" and a "poster boy for fascism." In his book, Cohen also accused Trump of being a "mirror into the depths of the soul of government corruption." Since his release, Cohen has become an outspoken critic of Trump and has commented extensively on the former president's many legal troubles.

☆ Michael Cohen says he once naively believed he was Trump's 'apex predator' and wouldn't be betrayed: 'I was the one who threw people under the bus for him'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer, said he was shocked at how easy it was for Trump to betray him. "But, in my naiveté, I never thought any of that would happen to me," Cohen wrote. Cohen described how Trump had "screwed people over" and manipulated them — and admitted that he "helped" Trump to do so. Despite everything he said he did for Trump, Cohen wrote that he was shocked by how easily he was betrayed. "I was a trusted confidant and I had earned that trust with loyalty, so I believed there was no way he would betray me," Cohen wrote.

☆ Michael Cohen says the DOJ should look into whether Trump is keeping photocopies of classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen is urging the DOJ to investigate if Trump kept photocopies of top-secret files. Cohen accused Trump of using "Art of the Deal" tactics to trade these files for other documents. Cohen also wondered aloud why Trump — after being president for four years — didn't attempt to get the documents while he was in office. During its search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, the FBI seized classified documents, including some marked "top secret." The DOJ is investigating whether Trump broke three federal laws — including the Espionage Act — by keeping the files at his Florida residence.

☆ Ex-federal prosecutor on Trump's claims about Bush stashing away secret government files: 'People say stuff like this when they're guilty and scared'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former prosecutor Joyce Vance said Trump's claims resembled those made by guilty people. Bush kept secret government documents in a "bowling alley slash Chinese restaurant." Bush took millions of documents to a former bowling alley and a former Chinese restaurant where they combined them," Trump said. Commenting on Trump's claims, Vance tweeted: "In my experience as a prosecutor, people say stuff like this when they're guilty & scared." Trump's claims about Bush sparked scorn from Bush's son, Jeb Bush, who tweeted his response to Trump on Saturday.

☆ Trump's high-profile deposition could be delayed because he's holed up at Mar-a-Lago as Hurricane Ian batters Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The lawsuit accuses Trump of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme. Trump's legal team fired back a response to Quinn and his team on Wednesday, accusing them of making "disingenuous and misleading statements" and attempting to cancel the deposition. Trump's team also asked that the deposition be conducted remotely to meet the court's deadline for discovery. It's unclear if Trump's legal team will shift the deposition's location to Bedminster or if they will ask to hold it at a later date. Trump raked in $8.8 million from a multi-level marketing company, ACN, between 2005 and 2015.

☆ Erdogan says Turkey will keep cutting interest rates, mocks British pound
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey May 18, 2022. MANDATORY CREDITTurkey will keep cutting interest rates, its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, despite soaring inflation at over 80%. Faced with deepening economic problems, Erdogan also took the time to throw some barbs at the U.K., saying that the British pound has "blown up." The currency has lost roughly 28% of its value against the dollar this year and 80% in the last 5 years as markets shunned Erdogan's unorthodox monetary policy of cutting interest rates despite high inflation. "Turkey has 80% inflation and I guess the worst performing currency over the past decade.

☆ Trump is offering to 'head up' a group to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump suggested heading up a team to arrange a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia. Referencing the leak in the Nord Stream pipeline, Trump said it's time to "get a negotiated deal." Trump also suggested that the US put Chinese flags on its fighter jets and use them to "bomb the shit" out of Russia. Trump's saber-rattling came after he commended Russian President Vladimir Putin for the latter's actions in relation to Ukraine. Trump's comments on Wednesday were not the first time he has called for Russia and Ukraine to "figure out" a solution.

☆ Michael Cohen says Trump's downfall will resemble Al Capone's: 'You're not going to get them on murder, extortion, or racketeering. You're gonna get them on tax evasion.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen said he thinks Trump will get indicted on tax charges. Speaking to MSNBC, Cohen predicted Trump would face the "Al Capone effect." Capone, a notorious gangster, was indicted in 1931 on tax evasion charges. "Like the Al Capone effect, you're not going to get him on murder, extortion, racketeering. During his MSNBC appearance, Cohen commented on Trump's legal troubles and predicted that the former president would use a "playbook" — which Cohen helped create — in response to them.

☆ Zelenskiy denounces Russian-staged votes; says there will be good news from the front
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sept 27 (Reuters) - President Volodynyr Zelenskiy issued a fresh denunciation on Tuesday of Russian-staged votes in occupied parts of Ukraine approving proposals to become part of Russia, saying they were a "farce" and could never be described as legitimate referendums. "This farce in the occupied territories cannot even be called an imitation of a referendum," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 27, 2022. Zelenskiy said Ukraine would defend its people still living under occupation in the four areas where votes were held - Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions -- and in parts of Kharkiv region still under occupation. The president also said there would soon be good news from the front, but offered no details for the moment.

☆ UK sanctions Russians linked to 'sham' referendums in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday announced a new package of sanctions linked to what it described as Moscow's "sham" referendums on four regions of eastern Ukraine joining Russia. Citizens in four regions of Ukraine were voting for a fourth day on Monday in Moscow-organised referendums, a plan Kyiv and the West have branded a sham. "Today's sanctions will target those behind these sham votes, as well as the individuals that continue to prop up the Russian regime's war of aggression." Britain said those sanctioned included 55 board members and directors from organisations the government said "continue to bankroll the Russian war machine". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kylie MacLellan and William James; Editing by Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Donald Trump privately slammed Ron DeSantis, calling him 'fat,' 'phony,' and 'whiny': book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump slammed DeSantis in private, wrote New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman in her new book. Citing sources, Haberman wrote that Trump had called DeSantis "fat" and "whiny." I didn't know I had that big of a weight problem," Trump told Haberman, per her account. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are," Haberman wrote of Trump's response. In July, a DeSantis representative told Insider that DeSantis remains "focused on Florida and running for reelection as governor this year."

☆ Moldova considers sanctions for citizens who fight for Russia in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Moldova's President Maia Sandu attends a joint news conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continue, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 27, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSCHISINAU, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Moldova may revoke the citizenship of its nationals who go to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being called up because they also hold Russian passports, pro-Western President Maia Sandu said on Monday. Sandu said there was a risk that some of those people could be called up by Russia to fight. "We are also looking at the possibility of making punishment harsher for Moldovan citizens (without Russian passports)... who are in the ranks of the aggressor's armed forces," she said. She said Moldova was holding consultations with Moscow to prevent cases of its citizens being called up.

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