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Trump's Davos speech contained some ostensibly positive lines (he called for OPEC to lower oil prices, demanded central banks lower interest rates, and reiterated prior pledges to slash taxes and regulation) but there was very little either incremental or within his control,
Adam Crisafulli, founder of Vital Knowledge, said in a note I'm also going to ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil,
Trump said in an address to the World Economic Forum I'll demand that interest rates drop immediately,
The result is the worst inflation crisis in modern history, and sky-high interest rates for our citizens and even throughout the world. Food prices and the price of almost every other thing known to mankind went through the roof,
The first foreign trip typically has been with the U.K. but ... I did it with Saudi Arabia last time because they agreed to buy $450 billion worth of our products,
Trump told journalists in the Oval Office The crown prince affirmed the kingdom’s intention to broaden its investments and trade with the United States over the next four years, in the amount of $600 billion, and potentially beyond that,
I was given the option,
Trump said of pre-emptive pardons This guy is running around giving everyone pardons,
And if you look at it, it all had to do with him,
And you ... you know what the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is - he didn't give himself a pardon,
I said I'm not going to pardon anybody, we didn't do anything wrong,
Senator, that’s part of the deliberative process the transition goes through, and I’m not going to invade that deliberative process,
It’s 104 pages of details to end ‘woke and weaponized’ government, and it proposes deep cuts to the SNAP program that provides nutrition assistance to low-income kids,
Kaine said, but was cut off by Vought, who said I want to get to woke and weaponized,
I can’t give you a comprehensive answer. With regard to where the executive orders were compiled, my assumption is that they were compiled within the transition.”
Vought refused to answer again, saying In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,
Budde said during her sermon yesterday I wanted to emphasize respecting the honor and dignity of every human being, basic honesty, and humility, ... I was trying to counter the narrative that is so, so divisive and polarizing and in which people, real people, are being harmed."
she said in an interview on ABC's "The View." Because Social Security and Medicare, in particular, are large, mathematical drivers of this spending growth, fiscal seriousness demanded that they be the lead ox to be gored,
the center's 2023 budget proposal states The question is, did you advise on executive orders? And which ones if so?”
They were phony charges. I never touched anybody that day, but they don’t care. They don’t care what it is. They’ll put grandmas in jail just because they walked into the Capitol that day,
