![]() ![]() “The language of pure and unadulterated power.” “This is the only language the left understands,” Wax said. In the crowd that night, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were white nationalists and members of an Austrian political party formed by Nazi party members during World War II. “We must be prepared to do battle in every arena. “We want total war,” he said in the December speech while discussing the MAGA movement’s perceived enemies. But he struck a much different tone at a black-tie gala he organized in Manhattan late last year. When Wax finally launched into his speech, he emphasized that Trump supporters should protest the former president’s impending arrest peacefully. One reporter started asking someone questions before it became clear they were a reporter, too. Scores of journalists ambled around, desperately looking for interviews, waiting for the New York Young Republican Club’s press conference to start. We want to torture him for three years first,” he said, later adding: “poke his eyes out, let him live with one eye and, like, bleed.” Interview with a guy playing a “hang Fauci” guitar /49w9PwYJjM “I’ve got 5,000 subs, so…”Ī woman who declined to give her full name remarked that, should Trump actually be arrested, “there’s a lot of patriots in this country that will not take kindly to that.” She stopped herself, saying that any protests would be peaceful. Then the self-described “paleocon” plugged his podcast. “They’re trying to incite something, violence,” said Braxton Foley, 15, referring to the assembled journalists. “I had like 50 cameras on me!” exclaimed one man, whose face was covered by an American flag mask, before sounding secretly thrilled that he’d likely be in the paper tomorrow.Ībove all, there was paranoia: The media and the feds were out to get Trump supporters, those present said. The event on Monday, as a result, turned into a sort of media petting zoo for the endangered Republicans, some of whom sought out interview requests while others hid their faces out of fear of identification. Despite Trump’s call just a few days prior to “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK” in anticipation that he would be charged criminally for years-old hush money payments to adult actor Stormy Daniels, members of the media vastly outnumbered Trump supporters at the rally. “I would prefer a lower turnout,” said Troy Olson, sergeant-at-arms. The chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services committees on Friday implored Trump to boost defense spending plans in fiscal 2020 over already announced targets, arguing the lower funding levels will undermine recent improvements in military readiness.“I think there’s more cameras here than people,” observed Vish Burra, the club’s executive secretary and a staffer for Rep. At the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis voiced support for the $733 billion mark, calling it critical for the continued recapitalization of the armed forces. In recent weeks, lawmakers have begun lobbying administration officials to raise their military spending plan. Budgeteers are likely to “sprinkle across many different things and hope Congress adds money back,” Harrison said. The president said the Defense Department would be excluded from that requirement, but would eye a national defense appropriations target of $700 billion - far below the anticipated $733 billion level of military planners.Ī $33 billion cut is likely to target quantities of ships, aircraft, vehicles and other hardware, as operations and maintenance costs, and personnel costs, are tough to quickly extract. arms buildup that they will have to match.” I think Trump is signaling/warning both if they don’t come to the table they will face a U.S. did have to build out its INF, that would place additional burdens on the budget. ![]() build-out an INF force, I am sure the administration would rather that Russia come into compliance and China also enter into an agreement,” Carafano said. Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty has been fueled by the arguments Moscow has developed and deployed a prohibited missile and that China, which is not a party to the pact, is gaining a military advantage in East Asia by deploying large numbers of treaty-noncompliant missiles. would unilaterally “terminate” the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - could be tweeting in an attempting to pressure Russia and China to renegotiate the pact, according to James Jay Carafano, an expert with the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation. Another interpretation is that Trump - after announcing last month the U.S.
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