46th President of the United States, Joe Biden
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Not just Cruz then
Texas's Republican attorney general Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, went to Utah during the Texas freeze.
According to a campaign spokesman, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton left the state during the middle of the power outage crisis to meet with a fellow attorney general in Utah for a “previously planned meeting,” reported the Dallas Morning News, which first broke the story. His wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, was also on the trip, she confirmed Monday through a spokeswoman.
The revelation marks the third instance of a Texas public official leaving the state during the disaster that affected nearly every one of the state’s 254 counties.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/ar...
Edit: Rmember 7 aides, including his number two, have charged Paxton with crimes, including bribery. He's facing 3 felony indictments and is under investigation by the SEC.
If he were a Democrat, he'd have been gone months ago, but not in the GOP.
Texas's Republican attorney general Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, went to Utah during the Texas freeze.
According to a campaign spokesman, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton left the state during the middle of the power outage crisis to meet with a fellow attorney general in Utah for a “previously planned meeting,” reported the Dallas Morning News, which first broke the story. His wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, was also on the trip, she confirmed Monday through a spokeswoman.
The revelation marks the third instance of a Texas public official leaving the state during the disaster that affected nearly every one of the state’s 254 counties.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/ar...
Edit: Rmember 7 aides, including his number two, have charged Paxton with crimes, including bribery. He's facing 3 felony indictments and is under investigation by the SEC.
If he were a Democrat, he'd have been gone months ago, but not in the GOP.
Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 23 February 08:20
silentbrown said:
anonymous said:
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It was extensively discussed after YOU posted that news a couple of weeks ago. As always, you're welcome to post stuff you think Biden's f*cked up on, and it gets discussed.
ked up but areas that are important, things like China where it's more a question of what he will do, or what he can do.
Byker can post what he likes. It was just a comment that he posts a lot of links in respect to certain political figures and political events yet was unable to sniff that one out. Not a dig at him, he has his bias just as we all do, more a comment about those that suggest he's impartial or balanced. None of us are!
sorted now, thank you!Noodle1982 said:
Biden casually dropping in the N word mid speech at his virtual Munich security conference
https://mobile.twitter.com/Malcolm_fleX48/status/1...
https://mobile.twitter.com/Malcolm_fleX48/status/1...
You don't post for weeks and when you do, you come up with that?
Desperate stuff. Disappointing, but, I suppose, not really surprising.
One worthy of discussion is Biden's approach to China.
Is he appeasing them? Is he weak on the matter?
Is he being cautious and patient? Has he realised the new status quo? Will he do much different to Trump in this respect?
One recent study suggests more than a third of Americans think Biden is weak on China where a third think it's about right. This article gives a little breakdown of American opinion and makes note of the partisan correlation.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/36-of-americans-sa...
Here is one piece questioning some of his statements.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/539489-d...
Seems perhaps his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, favours a tougher approach.
Is he appeasing them? Is he weak on the matter?
Is he being cautious and patient? Has he realised the new status quo? Will he do much different to Trump in this respect?
One recent study suggests more than a third of Americans think Biden is weak on China where a third think it's about right. This article gives a little breakdown of American opinion and makes note of the partisan correlation.
[Url]
https://www.businessinsider.com/36-of-americans-sa...
Here is one piece questioning some of his statements.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/539489-d...
Seems perhaps his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, favours a tougher approach.
anonymous said:
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Objectively speaking, there's very little to suggest that Biden is "appeasing" or "weak" on China. Just because he hasn't continued to fight a completely futile trade war with them (which was far more negatively impactful to the US economy than it was China's) doesn't mean that he's "weak". Acting rationally, with consideration of implications is proper coherent statecraft.HM-2 said:
anonymous said:
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Objectively speaking, there's very little to suggest that Biden is "appeasing" or "weak" on China. Just because he hasn't continued to fight a completely futile trade war with them (which was far more negatively impactful to the US economy than it was China's) doesn't mean that he's "weak". Acting rationally, with consideration of implications is proper coherent statecraft.HM-2 said:
anonymous said:
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Objectively speaking, there's very little to suggest that Biden is "appeasing" or "weak" on China. Just because he hasn't continued to fight a completely futile trade war with them (which was far more negatively impactful to the US economy than it was China's) doesn't mean that he's "weak". Acting rationally, with consideration of implications is proper coherent statecraft.Although that doesn't mean they are justified in all they are doing.
There are signals that Biden is looking instead to acknowledge China's place in the world and to compete by improving American infrastructure and industrial performance instead of protectionist tariff driven warfare.
rscott said:
HM-2 said:
anonymous said:
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Objectively speaking, there's very little to suggest that Biden is "appeasing" or "weak" on China. Just because he hasn't continued to fight a completely futile trade war with them (which was far more negatively impactful to the US economy than it was China's) doesn't mean that he's "weak". Acting rationally, with consideration of implications is proper coherent statecraft.
purplepenguin said:
Biden will need to judge it right and avoid leaning towards appeasement.
Goes without saying."Speak softly but carry a big stick" was coined by an American President over 100 years ago. It still holds true.
Trump couldn't speak softly and didn't even know what end of the big stick to hold.
anonymous said:
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The "sticks" available are the same as Trump's: America's commercial, military and diplomatic power,Trump's was unable to use the third of those, having dumped all over most of his international allies.
A good question (for another thread) is whether those sticks are ever going to be able to bend China to the west's will.
Interesting that the comments so often seem to thread back to Trump.
There are two dynamics in play.
One is how the Americans can compete in economic terms with China in order to maintain a decent income that pleases the American people.
The other is how China can be made to/can be encouraged to improve its human rights record.
There are two dynamics in play.
One is how the Americans can compete in economic terms with China in order to maintain a decent income that pleases the American people.
The other is how China can be made to/can be encouraged to improve its human rights record.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 23 February 11:52
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