Via Federico Pieraccini of The Strategic Culture Foundation,
The best-case scenario has come about, which is to say the end of a world facing the specter of a mushroom cloud. With Hillary Clinton's defeat, we avoided a nuclear denouement stemming from a direct clash with Russia in Syria and an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. Unfortunately the good news ends here.
Submitted by Koos Jansen of BullionStar
US Mint Releases New Fort Knox “Audit Documentation”: First Critical Observations
Just under 70 minutes, 4,825 words, and the message was clear - the speech was about "will" and "Americans"
Additionally "Obamacare" was mentioned 5 times, "Historic" was mentioned 3 times, and "massive" twice.
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I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. #JointAddress
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 1, 2017
While the full Trump speech transcript is below, for those curious only in the key economic/trade excerpt, it is laid out below:
My economic team is developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. At the same time, we will provide massive tax relief for the middle class. We must create a level playing field for American companies and workers.
Via Jeff Thomas of InternationalMan.com,
The image above is of the 18th-century home of friends in Colonia, Uruguay. Today, sitting on their back patio on the Rio de la Plata, I looked out at a small yellow buoy in the harbour that marks the final resting place of the Lord Clive, a large, 60-gun British warship from the 18th century.