Fucking media is committing public seppuku ....they keep hiding the truth and in a year they will be dead.
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I have lived in California for 30 years ...The Democrat party has never ever gone to anywhere near this level of effort for a single American blue collar worker,,,The California DNC is not an American Party it does not represent the interests of the American people it represents the interests of multinational corporations and drug lords. and stuffing the ballot boxes for their own interests...the California DNC had crossed the line, they have now officallly become an organized crime syndicate They are conspiring with forgien nationals to negate the ballot of american citizens,to destroy represenative goverment, and break the laws those citizens have repeatedly voted for concerning illegal aliens..I pray Jeff Sessions starts putting these white collar criminals behind bars where they can rub elbow with MS-13 and the mexican mafia..then they can really feel the love...perp walk the fuckers,
I don't know if he has spies, but alot of the times there are journalists that are pissed their editors won't print a story so they find somebody who will break the story outside their paper...for instance...there was a story that broke that Jesse Jackson had two wives...he had a whole other wife and family tucked away that his wife didn't know about...all the major news outlets had the story but wouldn't print it because they didn't want to gore one of the sacred cows of the race grifters like the NAACP, and the SPLC so they sat on the story...eventually the story was broke to the public by The National Enqurier...they were the only ones not afraid enough to print it.They weren't the first outlet to get the story, but they were the first outlet to break the story...it's not that he has spies, but it maybe that journalist know that he is one of the few outlets who will break the story.
One would think that the DNC actually should be charged with racketeering for all the illegal crap they are regularly getting away with. What an utterly corrupt institution. They bully, intimidate, train violent demonstrators, tell police not to arrest protesters who break multiple laws and if a cop looks at someone the wrong way, they prosecute them on trumped up charges quite often.
It will be interesting if Trump is able to deport significant numbers of illegal aliens during his term just what effect that will have on future elections.
All the MSMs say illegals don't vote but I'm willing to bet more of them do
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Voter ID enforcement should be enough re the elections. It already the law... the fighting about it they are doing today is over the requirement to have a SPECIFIC form of ID for voting.....
All we need to do is enforce CURRENT laws and reverse a few admiration imposed regulations..... ALL of which can be done without congress they can go on a 4 year vacation.
Most of O care is the same.. it is mostly a "law" composed of regulatory rules..... all of the rules can be reverse by a stroke of the Donalds pen and a phone call.... See O care is a hoax.... that's why it's so hard to fix.....
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https://news.grabien.com/story-cnn-goes-rampage-against-susan-rice-bombshell-instructs-view
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http://www.attacksontrumpsupporters.com/
88 Hate crime hoaxes accusing Trump supporters documented.
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88 Hate crime hoaxes accusing Trump supporters documented.
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Aljazeera lauds that Deep State is finally working for the good guys against Trump
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/03/deep-state-works-good-guys-170330124521027.html
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/03/deep-state-works-good-guys-170330124521027.html
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Former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice ordered U.S. spy agencies to produce “detailed spreadsheets” of legal phone calls involving Donald Trump and his aides when he was running for president, according to former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/03/s...d-spreadsheets-involving-trump/#ixzz4dIu66Bz0
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/03/s...d-spreadsheets-involving-trump/#ixzz4dIu66Bz0
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...KINS-Don-t-liberals-care-Russian-victims.html
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Cernovich' "Press Conference Video" is tough to watch but packed w/ explosive allegations:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...a-admin-spied-sean-hannity-erik-prince-video/
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Trump is TRYING to drain the swamp, and for anyone paying attention what is happening is nothing short or frightening...while idiots are marching around with their pussyhats and whinning about grabbing pussy,and pencil necked geeks are roving in masked bands burning the starbucks they work at...The real issue is Trump is exposing the shadow goverment, he is exposing the fact that our votes don't matter a pile of beans, that the presidency and the congress are a fucking joke a puppet theater for fools to believe in.That the CIA and FBI and the NSA are the police state that decide who runs the world. just as our military is nothing more than a globalist police force at the beck and call of the central banks to create war for profit and destablize the planet, our intelligence agencies are the domestic police force to herd the mindless masses into their pens....and Trump is exposing this....childeren close their eyes cover their ears and scream themselves blue in the face because they don't want to face the truth, that they are slaves...Obama was the most corrupt and evil president the country ever saw and each president after him would have been worse Hilary or Jeb...they all push the globaslist new world order...Obama lied about Bengahzi to win an election, he used the IRS to target political dissent to win an election, the idea he did not use the CIA to spy on Trump is ludicros
The globaslist puppets on the left and the entire media the propoganda mills are trying their damndest to create division among the population White men are once again being demonized as nothing short of Nazi's White women are being told they are traitors and their vote was a hate crime , but they can redeem their sins if they just agree to impeach Trump...The left is unhinged...Climate Change was going to be the end of the world ...Trump is now going to end the world...The White race reproducing is going to end the world..the end of the EU and the return of the Sovergien nations are going to end the world...everything in the worldview of the left is a direct and imminient threat to life on the planet...imagine how imbalanced and insane you must be. walking around in perpetual fear for your life by phantoms.....and as these idiots walk around foaming at the mouth about white men and republicans and fucking Boris and Natasha, the Deep state is being exposed before their very eyes...and they ignore it...they just want to bash in the head of a Vietnam vet who works at Walmart with a MAGA hat on.....and the worldwide media is doing all it can to bury the truth.We are at a pivotal point in our history we have within our grasp the chance to destroy an elite who have started almost every major war in the last 150 years or so, and who have made slaves out of half the world through manipulation of their currencies, and the the majority of Americans are oblivious of the oppurtunity and are being hoodwinked with fake news, and bullshit Cold War spy thrillers and the deranged fantaises of sand packed vaginas.
The globaslist puppets on the left and the entire media the propoganda mills are trying their damndest to create division among the population White men are once again being demonized as nothing short of Nazi's White women are being told they are traitors and their vote was a hate crime , but they can redeem their sins if they just agree to impeach Trump...The left is unhinged...Climate Change was going to be the end of the world ...Trump is now going to end the world...The White race reproducing is going to end the world..the end of the EU and the return of the Sovergien nations are going to end the world...everything in the worldview of the left is a direct and imminient threat to life on the planet...imagine how imbalanced and insane you must be. walking around in perpetual fear for your life by phantoms.....and as these idiots walk around foaming at the mouth about white men and republicans and fucking Boris and Natasha, the Deep state is being exposed before their very eyes...and they ignore it...they just want to bash in the head of a Vietnam vet who works at Walmart with a MAGA hat on.....and the worldwide media is doing all it can to bury the truth.We are at a pivotal point in our history we have within our grasp the chance to destroy an elite who have started almost every major war in the last 150 years or so, and who have made slaves out of half the world through manipulation of their currencies, and the the majority of Americans are oblivious of the oppurtunity and are being hoodwinked with fake news, and bullshit Cold War spy thrillers and the deranged fantaises of sand packed vaginas.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/05/steve-bannon-removed-from-national-security-council.html
Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council
President Trump’s controversial chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, was removed from the National Security Council on Wednesday, Fox News confirmed.
Bannon was put on the NSC’s “Principals Committee” as a check on former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn to make sure Flynn carried through with a directive to depoliticize the NSC, a senior administration official told Fox News.
"[Obama administration National Security Adviser] Susan Rice operationalized the NSC during the last administration," Bannon said in a statement. "I was put on to ensure that it was de-operationalized. [National Security Adviser] General [H.R.] McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function."
Bannon only attended one meeting of the Principals Committee and Flynn was fired from his role in mid February after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with a Russian official.
With McMaster replacing Flynn, Trump saw no need for Bannon to stay on the committee as a check on Flynn, the official said.
Bannon is still permitted to go to NSC meetings.
Bannon's promotion to a regular NSC seat proved to be a contentious move, with detractors questioning why a political adviser was being given a permanent voice on security issues.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released a statement Wednesday soon after the news came out. He called Bannon "wholly unqualified" to have been placed on the NSC in the first place and questioned if House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes had any dealings with Bannon during his investigation of possible surveillance of the Trump team.
"We need to know what in the world is going on," Cummings said.
Wednesday's reconfiguration also promotes the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to “regular attendees.” Those roles had previously been downgraded.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Energy Secretary Rick Perry were also added to the NSC.
Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert also had his role reduced in the shakeup; however, Bossert can still call a meeting of the Homeland Security Council, remains on the Principals Committee and can attend NSC meetings, the administration official said.
Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council
President Trump’s controversial chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, was removed from the National Security Council on Wednesday, Fox News confirmed.
Bannon was put on the NSC’s “Principals Committee” as a check on former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn to make sure Flynn carried through with a directive to depoliticize the NSC, a senior administration official told Fox News.
"[Obama administration National Security Adviser] Susan Rice operationalized the NSC during the last administration," Bannon said in a statement. "I was put on to ensure that it was de-operationalized. [National Security Adviser] General [H.R.] McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function."
Bannon only attended one meeting of the Principals Committee and Flynn was fired from his role in mid February after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with a Russian official.
With McMaster replacing Flynn, Trump saw no need for Bannon to stay on the committee as a check on Flynn, the official said.
Bannon is still permitted to go to NSC meetings.
Bannon's promotion to a regular NSC seat proved to be a contentious move, with detractors questioning why a political adviser was being given a permanent voice on security issues.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released a statement Wednesday soon after the news came out. He called Bannon "wholly unqualified" to have been placed on the NSC in the first place and questioned if House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes had any dealings with Bannon during his investigation of possible surveillance of the Trump team.
"We need to know what in the world is going on," Cummings said.
Wednesday's reconfiguration also promotes the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to “regular attendees.” Those roles had previously been downgraded.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Energy Secretary Rick Perry were also added to the NSC.
Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert also had his role reduced in the shakeup; however, Bossert can still call a meeting of the Homeland Security Council, remains on the Principals Committee and can attend NSC meetings, the administration official said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/us/politics/national-security-council-stephen-bannon.html
Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post
By PETER BAKERAPRIL 5, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump reshuffled his national security organization on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, from a top policy-making committee and restoring senior military and intelligence officials who had been downgraded when he first came into office.
The shift was orchestrated by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was tapped as Mr. Trump’s national security adviser after the resignation of Michael T. Flynn, who stepped down in February after being caught misleading Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador.
General McMaster inherited an organizational scheme for the National Security Council that stirred protests because of Mr. Bannon’s role. The original setup made Mr. Bannon, the former chairman of Breitbart News, a member of the principals committee that typically includes cabinet-level officials like the vice president, secretary of state and defense secretary. The original order also made the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence only occasional participants as issues demanded.
Critics said Mr. Bannon’s presence in a national security policy-making structure risked politicizing foreign policy.
A new order issued by Mr. Trump, dated Tuesday and made public on Wednesday, removes Mr. Bannon from the principals committee, restores the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and intelligence director and also adds the energy secretary, C.I.A. director and United Nations ambassador.
A senior White House official presented the move as a logical evolution, not a setback for Mr. Bannon. He had originally been put on the principals committee to keep an eye on Mr. Flynn and to “de-operationalize” the National Security Council after the Obama administration, this official said on condition of anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. This official said that process had been completed.
Another official close to Mr. Bannon insisted the move was not in any way a sign that the president had lost confidence in him or wanted to reduce his portfolio. And as evidence he will still play a role in national security decisions, the aide said that Mr. Bannon still maintains the highest level of security clearance in the West Wing.
But the reorganization seemed a clear victory for General McMaster as he struggles to assert control over national security. In addition to the changing membership of the principals committee, the new order also puts the Homeland Security Council under General McMaster rather than making it a separate entity, as Mr. Trump’s original order had done.
General McMaster had envisioned making these changes shortly after taking the job in February, but proceeded slowly to avoid inflaming an already volatile situation. Mr. Bannon and his allies initially insisted his position would not change under any reorganization by General McMaster, but eventually the president was convinced that it was wiser to take him off the principals committee.
The principals committee, led by the national security adviser, is the primary policy-making body for national security, and decides questions that do not rise to the level of the president himself. The committee also debates issues that will get sent to the president, and frames the choices for him.
Political advisers traditionally have not served on the committee. President George W. Bush kept his senior adviser, Karl Rove, out of sensitive national security meetings. President Barack Obama permitted his senior adviser, David Axelrod, to sit in on some, but he was not given formal status and he has said he merely observed and did not participate.
In addition to giving Mr. Bannon formal membership, the original national security organization reduced the role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and national intelligence director, stipulating that they would attend only “where issues pertaining to their responsibilities are to be discussed.”
Members of Mr. Trump’s team said they did not mean to downgrade them; they simply took Mr. Bush’s original order and cut and pasted language into theirs, not realizing that the two officials had been upgraded under Mr. Obama.
Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post
By PETER BAKERAPRIL 5, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump reshuffled his national security organization on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, from a top policy-making committee and restoring senior military and intelligence officials who had been downgraded when he first came into office.
The shift was orchestrated by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was tapped as Mr. Trump’s national security adviser after the resignation of Michael T. Flynn, who stepped down in February after being caught misleading Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador.
General McMaster inherited an organizational scheme for the National Security Council that stirred protests because of Mr. Bannon’s role. The original setup made Mr. Bannon, the former chairman of Breitbart News, a member of the principals committee that typically includes cabinet-level officials like the vice president, secretary of state and defense secretary. The original order also made the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence only occasional participants as issues demanded.
Critics said Mr. Bannon’s presence in a national security policy-making structure risked politicizing foreign policy.
A new order issued by Mr. Trump, dated Tuesday and made public on Wednesday, removes Mr. Bannon from the principals committee, restores the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and intelligence director and also adds the energy secretary, C.I.A. director and United Nations ambassador.
A senior White House official presented the move as a logical evolution, not a setback for Mr. Bannon. He had originally been put on the principals committee to keep an eye on Mr. Flynn and to “de-operationalize” the National Security Council after the Obama administration, this official said on condition of anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. This official said that process had been completed.
Another official close to Mr. Bannon insisted the move was not in any way a sign that the president had lost confidence in him or wanted to reduce his portfolio. And as evidence he will still play a role in national security decisions, the aide said that Mr. Bannon still maintains the highest level of security clearance in the West Wing.
But the reorganization seemed a clear victory for General McMaster as he struggles to assert control over national security. In addition to the changing membership of the principals committee, the new order also puts the Homeland Security Council under General McMaster rather than making it a separate entity, as Mr. Trump’s original order had done.
General McMaster had envisioned making these changes shortly after taking the job in February, but proceeded slowly to avoid inflaming an already volatile situation. Mr. Bannon and his allies initially insisted his position would not change under any reorganization by General McMaster, but eventually the president was convinced that it was wiser to take him off the principals committee.
The principals committee, led by the national security adviser, is the primary policy-making body for national security, and decides questions that do not rise to the level of the president himself. The committee also debates issues that will get sent to the president, and frames the choices for him.
Political advisers traditionally have not served on the committee. President George W. Bush kept his senior adviser, Karl Rove, out of sensitive national security meetings. President Barack Obama permitted his senior adviser, David Axelrod, to sit in on some, but he was not given formal status and he has said he merely observed and did not participate.
In addition to giving Mr. Bannon formal membership, the original national security organization reduced the role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and national intelligence director, stipulating that they would attend only “where issues pertaining to their responsibilities are to be discussed.”
Members of Mr. Trump’s team said they did not mean to downgrade them; they simply took Mr. Bush’s original order and cut and pasted language into theirs, not realizing that the two officials had been upgraded under Mr. Obama.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/02/donald-trump-north-korea-china
Trump says US will act alone on North Korea if China fails to help
‘If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will’, says US president as he prepares for meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week
Donald Trump has issued China with an ultimatum that if it fails to put pressure on North Korea to disable its nuclear programme, then the US is prepared to take action against Pyongyang on its own.
“Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will,” the president said in an interview with the Financial Times that has alarmed experts on the region.
Asked how he would tackle North Korea, Trump said: “I’m not going to tell you. You know, I am not the United States of the past where we tell you where we are going to hit in the Middle East.”
Trump will host the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, on Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two leaders are expected to discuss North Korea, China’s ambitions in the South China Sea and trade. There is speculation that North Korea could conduct another nuclear missile test to coincide with the talks.
Trump said he had “great respect” for Xi and “great respect for China”, adding: “I would not be at all surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries and I hope so.”
On North Korea, he said: “China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don’t it won’t be good for anyone.”
Trump sets himself on collision course with China ahead of Xi meeting
Asked what might motivate China to help, Trump said: “I think trade is the incentive. It is all about trade.”
He did not elaborate on his campaign suggestion that he wanted to hold talks with North Korea’s unpredictable leader, Kim Jong-un, over a burger.
Theresa May hinted that president Trump should re-think his “go it alone”
approach to North Korea, saying the UK backed co-operation with China
to de-escalate the situation.
Speaking after the US president said he was prepared to act without Chinese backing, the British prime minister said: “I think what is crucial, and where we have been working and will continue to work through the UN security council resolutions we’ve supported and with the United States is to encourage China to look at this issue of North Korea and play a more significant role in terms of North Korea, I think that’s where our attention should focus.”
Experts on the long standoff with North Korea, said there were few, if any, good options for acting without Chinese cooperation on the issue.
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Trump says US will act alone on North Korea if China fails to help
‘If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will’, says US president as he prepares for meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this week
Donald Trump has issued China with an ultimatum that if it fails to put pressure on North Korea to disable its nuclear programme, then the US is prepared to take action against Pyongyang on its own.
“Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will,” the president said in an interview with the Financial Times that has alarmed experts on the region.
Asked how he would tackle North Korea, Trump said: “I’m not going to tell you. You know, I am not the United States of the past where we tell you where we are going to hit in the Middle East.”
Trump will host the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, on Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two leaders are expected to discuss North Korea, China’s ambitions in the South China Sea and trade. There is speculation that North Korea could conduct another nuclear missile test to coincide with the talks.
Trump said he had “great respect” for Xi and “great respect for China”, adding: “I would not be at all surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries and I hope so.”
On North Korea, he said: “China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don’t it won’t be good for anyone.”
Trump sets himself on collision course with China ahead of Xi meeting
Asked what might motivate China to help, Trump said: “I think trade is the incentive. It is all about trade.”
He did not elaborate on his campaign suggestion that he wanted to hold talks with North Korea’s unpredictable leader, Kim Jong-un, over a burger.
Theresa May hinted that president Trump should re-think his “go it alone”
approach to North Korea, saying the UK backed co-operation with China
to de-escalate the situation.
Speaking after the US president said he was prepared to act without Chinese backing, the British prime minister said: “I think what is crucial, and where we have been working and will continue to work through the UN security council resolutions we’ve supported and with the United States is to encourage China to look at this issue of North Korea and play a more significant role in terms of North Korea, I think that’s where our attention should focus.”
Experts on the long standoff with North Korea, said there were few, if any, good options for acting without Chinese cooperation on the issue.
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It's interesting that Steve Bannon gets chucked right when we may just go to war with China over N. Korea as he said:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...non-donald-trump-war-south-china-sea-no-doubt
The United States and China will fight a war within the next 10 years over islands in the South China Sea, and “there’s no doubt about that”. At the same time, the US will be in another “major” war in the Middle East.
Those are the views – nine months ago at least – of one of the most powerful men in Donald Trump’s administration, Steve Bannon the former head of far-right news website Breitbart who is now chief strategist at the White House.
In the first weeks of Trump’s presidency, Bannon has emerged as a central figure. He was appointed to the “principals committee” of the National Security Council in a highly unusual move and was influential in the recent travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, overruling Department of Homeland Security officials who felt the order did not apply to green card holders.
While many in Trump’s team are outspoken critics of China, in radio shows Bannon hosted for Breitbart he makes plain the two largest threats to America: China and Islam.
“We’re going to war in the South China Sea in five to 10 years,” he said in March 2016. “There’s no doubt about that. They’re taking their sandbars and making basically stationary aircraft carriers and putting missiles on those. They come here to the United States in front of our face – and you understand how important face is – and say it’s an ancient territorial sea.”
China says nearly the entire South China Sea falls within its territory, with half a dozen other countries maintaining partially overlapping claims. China has built a series of artificial islands on reefs and rocks in attempt to bolster its position, complete with military-length airstrips and anti-aircraft weapons.
Bannon’s sentiments and his position in Trump’s inner circle add to fears of a military confrontation with China, after secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the US would deny China access to the seven artificial islands. Experts warned any blockade would lead to war.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...non-donald-trump-war-south-china-sea-no-doubt
The United States and China will fight a war within the next 10 years over islands in the South China Sea, and “there’s no doubt about that”. At the same time, the US will be in another “major” war in the Middle East.
Those are the views – nine months ago at least – of one of the most powerful men in Donald Trump’s administration, Steve Bannon the former head of far-right news website Breitbart who is now chief strategist at the White House.
In the first weeks of Trump’s presidency, Bannon has emerged as a central figure. He was appointed to the “principals committee” of the National Security Council in a highly unusual move and was influential in the recent travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, overruling Department of Homeland Security officials who felt the order did not apply to green card holders.
While many in Trump’s team are outspoken critics of China, in radio shows Bannon hosted for Breitbart he makes plain the two largest threats to America: China and Islam.
“We’re going to war in the South China Sea in five to 10 years,” he said in March 2016. “There’s no doubt about that. They’re taking their sandbars and making basically stationary aircraft carriers and putting missiles on those. They come here to the United States in front of our face – and you understand how important face is – and say it’s an ancient territorial sea.”
China says nearly the entire South China Sea falls within its territory, with half a dozen other countries maintaining partially overlapping claims. China has built a series of artificial islands on reefs and rocks in attempt to bolster its position, complete with military-length airstrips and anti-aircraft weapons.
Bannon’s sentiments and his position in Trump’s inner circle add to fears of a military confrontation with China, after secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the US would deny China access to the seven artificial islands. Experts warned any blockade would lead to war.
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France election: Le Pen and Macron clash over Europe in TV debate
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was attacked from all sides over Europe as presidential candidates went head to head in the second live TV debate.
The centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron said Ms Le Pen's nationalist proposals amounted to "economic warfare".
But she was also accused from the right of not being tough enough on France's membership of the EU.
Francois Fillon, meanwhile, said that France needed Europe when up against the US and China.
Ms Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN) party, promised to restore control of France's borders and scrap the euro, or else hold a referendum on EU membership.
Speaking alongside 10 other candidates as things got a little heated in the second of three televised French presidential election debates, she said that her presidency would improve the lives of French citizens.
France holds its first round of voting on 23 April. Unless one candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, the two leading contenders will go to a second round on 7 May.
"You are saying the same lies that we've heard from your father for 40 years," he said.
Ms Le Pen, who also came under attack from conservative candidate Mr Fillon, retorted: "You shouldn't pretend to be something new when you are speaking like fossils that are at least 50 years old."
Meanwhile, nationalist right-wing outsider Francois Asselineau said that he was "the only true candidate of Frexit", and promised to trigger Article 50 - the process to start the country's divorce from the EU - immediately if he were to win power.
Watching the debate: BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris
The debate was extended to include the six minor candidates, so inevitably it is on the six minor candidates that water-cooler conversation is going to focus.
On Jean Lasalle - "son of a shepherd, brother of a shepherd" - with his impenetrable Pyrenean accent; on Francois Asselineau with his "Frexit" obsession; on the rival Trotskyites Philippe Poutou and Nathalie Arthaud with their rousing calls to punish the bosses.
Some of it was diverting, some of it was deadly serious. But after a while you realised that there were really only two people out there who were in any sense defending - more or less - the way things are. Those two are Francois Fillon and Emmanuel Macron.
Everyone else - from Marine Le Pen to the uber-Gaullist Nicolas Dupont Aignan to the firebrand of the left Jean-Luc Melenchon (as brilliant as ever on stage) - wants the rules of Europe and the economy totally rewritten.
Small wonder this first round boils down to a fight between Mr Fillon and Mr Macron. It is a fight for the chance - in round two - to stand up for the existing order against the anti-system.
France election: Le Pen and Macron clash over Europe in TV debate
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was attacked from all sides over Europe as presidential candidates went head to head in the second live TV debate.
The centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron said Ms Le Pen's nationalist proposals amounted to "economic warfare".
But she was also accused from the right of not being tough enough on France's membership of the EU.
Francois Fillon, meanwhile, said that France needed Europe when up against the US and China.
Ms Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN) party, promised to restore control of France's borders and scrap the euro, or else hold a referendum on EU membership.
Speaking alongside 10 other candidates as things got a little heated in the second of three televised French presidential election debates, she said that her presidency would improve the lives of French citizens.
France holds its first round of voting on 23 April. Unless one candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, the two leading contenders will go to a second round on 7 May.
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"You are saying the same lies that we've heard from your father for 40 years," he said.
Ms Le Pen, who also came under attack from conservative candidate Mr Fillon, retorted: "You shouldn't pretend to be something new when you are speaking like fossils that are at least 50 years old."
Meanwhile, nationalist right-wing outsider Francois Asselineau said that he was "the only true candidate of Frexit", and promised to trigger Article 50 - the process to start the country's divorce from the EU - immediately if he were to win power.
Watching the debate: BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris
The debate was extended to include the six minor candidates, so inevitably it is on the six minor candidates that water-cooler conversation is going to focus.
On Jean Lasalle - "son of a shepherd, brother of a shepherd" - with his impenetrable Pyrenean accent; on Francois Asselineau with his "Frexit" obsession; on the rival Trotskyites Philippe Poutou and Nathalie Arthaud with their rousing calls to punish the bosses.
Some of it was diverting, some of it was deadly serious. But after a while you realised that there were really only two people out there who were in any sense defending - more or less - the way things are. Those two are Francois Fillon and Emmanuel Macron.
Everyone else - from Marine Le Pen to the uber-Gaullist Nicolas Dupont Aignan to the firebrand of the left Jean-Luc Melenchon (as brilliant as ever on stage) - wants the rules of Europe and the economy totally rewritten.
Small wonder this first round boils down to a fight between Mr Fillon and Mr Macron. It is a fight for the chance - in round two - to stand up for the existing order against the anti-system.
I'm getting close to chucking Trump over..the appointment of Rick Perry ...seriously Rick fucking Perry...if Trump thinks he has problems with the left , just wait until the right start taking a bite out of his ass.
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North Korean missile fired ahead of US-China summit
North Korea has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile from its eastern port of Sinpo into the Sea of Japan.
South Korea's defence ministry said the missile flew about 60km (40 miles).
It is the latest in a series of tests which the North has been conducting in pursuit of its goal of developing a nuclear missile.
The launch comes on the eve of a visit by China's President Xi Jinping to the US to meet President Donald Trump.
The two will discuss how to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes as the US steps up the pressure on China, a historic ally of Pyongyang, to help more on the issue.
Mr Trump said in a recent interview that Washington was ready to act without Beijing's co-operation: "If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
The North is banned from any missile or nuclear tests by the UN, though it has repeatedly broken those sanctions.
The US military's Pacific Command said it appeared to have been a KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile.
"The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America," it said.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the launch as "yet another" intermediate range ballistic missile, adding: "The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment."
Japan called the launch "provocative", while South Korea condemned it as "a blunt challenge" to the UN and "a threat to the peace and safety of the international community as well as the Korean peninsula".
Last month, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan from the Tongchang-ri region, near the border with China.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe called it a "new stage of threat".
North Korean missile fired ahead of US-China summit
North Korea has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile from its eastern port of Sinpo into the Sea of Japan.
South Korea's defence ministry said the missile flew about 60km (40 miles).
It is the latest in a series of tests which the North has been conducting in pursuit of its goal of developing a nuclear missile.
The launch comes on the eve of a visit by China's President Xi Jinping to the US to meet President Donald Trump.
The two will discuss how to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes as the US steps up the pressure on China, a historic ally of Pyongyang, to help more on the issue.
Mr Trump said in a recent interview that Washington was ready to act without Beijing's co-operation: "If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
The North is banned from any missile or nuclear tests by the UN, though it has repeatedly broken those sanctions.
The US military's Pacific Command said it appeared to have been a KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile.
"The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America," it said.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the launch as "yet another" intermediate range ballistic missile, adding: "The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment."
Japan called the launch "provocative", while South Korea condemned it as "a blunt challenge" to the UN and "a threat to the peace and safety of the international community as well as the Korean peninsula".
Last month, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan from the Tongchang-ri region, near the border with China.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe called it a "new stage of threat".
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