| Week #3: December 3, 2016 |
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Observation: Each week the list is getting longer, and more troubling/frightening.
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| 11. |
Senate Majority leader McConnell awoke from a seeming slumber to condemn this, while Speaker Paul Ryan assured America he was tutoring Trump on the Constitution. Read More About This; Click here, also |
| 12. |
Trump's campaign held a cyber Monday sale on Trump merchandise at its online store. Read More About This |
| 13. |
Russia claimed to be in talks with several people on the Trump team regarding Syria, before Trump takes office. Read More About This |
| 14. |
After spending the entire general election criticizing Hillary's email practices, Trump considers Gen Petraeus for Secretary of State- despite a requirement that the General notify his probation officer in order to leave North Carolina (fortunately, there's no travel entailed in the Secretary of State position). Read More About This |
| 15. |
Trump continued to conduct his Secretary of State selection like episodes of The Bachelor. Romney was shamed into a public apology-lite remarks after feasting on frog legs, only to find days later, the current and former CEOs of Exxon had been added to the contestant list. Read More About This; Click here, also |
| 16. |
Under continued pressure, Trump tweeted he would leave his businesses, but offered little detail or comfort this would be anything but having his children run things. Hardly arms-length. Read More About This |
| 17. |
Eight members of the Senate Intelligence Committee wrote a letter to President Obama, urging him to declassify information related to Russia's interference with our election. Although 17 intelligence agencies have said Russia was involved in hacking, the public is aware of no response or actions that have been taken. Read More About This; Click here, also |
| 18. |
Bahrain -- the same Bahrain that Trump falsely chastised Hillary for allegedly accepting donations to the Clinton Foundation -- booked space at the Trump International Hotel in DC for a reception. Read More About This; Click here, also |
| 19. |
Even Trump loyalists (see image below) rebelled at Trump's appointment of Goldman Sachs execs to his cabinet and inner circle. Since election day, GS stock has rallied by 23%, or a 347% annualized return. Read More About This |
| 20. |
Seemingly unaware or disinterested in the fact the campaign is over, Trump embarked on a "Victory Tour" -- later, rebranded as a "Thank You Tour"- visting only the states he won. His first rally in Cinncinatti was half empty. Read More About This |
| 21. |
At the Cincinnati rally, after being egged on by Trump, supporters chanted, "Lock her up! Lock her up!" and Trump did nothing to stop them. Same night, Trump loyalist Cory Lewandowski told a panel that NYT editor Dean Baquet should be imprisoned. Read More About This |
| 22. |
In kicking off the tour, Trump and Pence engineered a populist saving of 1,000 American jobs, at a cost of $7mm to Indiana taxpayers. A WSJ editorial referred to the ploy as "Trump's Carrier Shakedown." Read More About This |
| 23. |
In a 48 hour period, Trump did incredible damage to our country's global standing, conducting conversations with foreign leaders without being briefed by or consulting with the State Department. Read More About This |
| 24. |
Pakistan government readout of Trump's phone conversation with Pakistan PM Sharif: described the PM as "a terrific guy" who made him feel as though "I'm talking to a person I have known for long." Read More About This |
| 25. |
Trump invited Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte to the WH, and congratulated him on handling the drug war, the "right way." Read More About This |
| 26. |
Trump became the first US leader to have a phone conversation with Taiwan, since diplomatic ties were cut in 1979. Trump explained it away in 2 tweets. China promptly responded in protest. Read More About This |
Replicated from: https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-3-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-ea468ab3eaa7
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