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To: TobagoJack who wrote (184514)	2/27/2022 12:09:43 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218201

I wonder what Trump’s 2022 / 2024 strategies entail Perhaps he is just winging it? Dunno. Agnostic. bloomberg.com Trump Again Calls Putin ‘Smart’ and Blames Biden for Invasion Former president gives keynote address at annual CPAC event Trump has praised Putin as ‘savvy’ while others in GOP condemn Mark Niquette27 February 2022, 10:48 GMT+8 Donald Trump Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergDonald Trump stood by his widely criticized praise of Vladimir Putin this week in a speech to conservative voters, even as Western nations tightened sanctions on the Russian leader for his continued assault on Ukraine. In a speech Saturday to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, the former U.S. president tried to put into context comments earlier this week that were largely panned, when he called Putin’s moves ahead of the Ukraine invasion “savvy” and “genius.” “Yesterday, reporters asked me if I thought President Putin was smart. I said, ‘of course he’s smart,’ to which I was greeted with ‘Oh, that’s such a terrible thing to say.’ I like to tell the truth. Yes, he’s smart,” Trump said at CPAC. “The problem is not that Putin is smart, which of course he’s smart, but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb.” Trump called Putin “pretty smart” earlier this week during a closed-door fundraiser at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Video of the comments was circulated online. He also praised Putin’s strategy as “genius” and called the Russian leader “very savvy” in an interview with the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show on Tuesday. Trump’s speech Saturday was delivered to a standing-room only crowd at the conservative conference filled with his most fervent supporters. Many in the audience wore red “Make America Great Again” hats and other Trump-themed apparel. The CPAC marketplace at the conference was dominated by vendors selling Trump merchandise. Trump’s continued praise of the Russian leader exposes a rift in a Republican party trying to reconcile Trump’s populist wing with its traditional hawkish stance on Moscow. It’s a potential headache for Republicans heading into midterm elections as the party tries to recapture suburban voters alienated by Trump. The former president also again hinted he’ll make a third run for the White House in 2024. The Democratic National Committee denounced Trump’s remarks and said the speech reflected his party’s position on Russia and Ukraine. “After spending four years selling out Ukraine, the defeated former president took the stage at CPAC to double down on his shameless praise for Putin as innocent Ukrainians shelter from bombs and missiles at the hands of Russia,” DNC spokesperson Adonna Biel said in a statement. In his speech Saturday, Trump called the invasion of Ukraine “an assault on humanity” and a “horrific disaster” and said “we are praying for the proud people of Ukraine.” But he said he was the only president in the 21st Century on whose watch Russia didn’t invade a country. He blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Putin being emboldened by U.S. missteps and weakness, especially the withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying President Joe Biden “has turned calm into chaos, competence into incompetence, stability into anarchy and security into catastrophe.” The Ukraine invasion, he claimed, wouldn’t have happened had he not lost an election he again falsely said was stolen from him. In an interview released Saturday with political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen, Biden fired back at Trump’s earlier comments, saying “I put as much stock in Trump saying that Putin’s a genius as I do when he called himself a stable genius.” Trump critic Liz Cheney, a Wyoming representative, called fellow Republicans taking cues from Trump on Russia the “Putin wing of the GOP” on Twitter. Much of the traditional conservative establishment in Washington has denounced Putin and expressed support for Ukraine and for strong sanctions against Russia. Sent from my iPhone

To: TobagoJack who wrote (184514)	2/27/2022 5:26:19 AM
From: maceng2	2 Recommendations Recommended By Haim R. Branisteanu Pogeu Mahone Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218201

I would agree that the USA made one awful mess of the Middle East re Libya, Syria, Iraq, and of course Afghanistan. Military and Diplomatic screw ups of the first order, that has creates a refugee crisis in Europe, and forced me to scrap my retirement plans to reside by a pollution free seaside resort in sunny Iran or Syria However, I am getting reports, true or false, I don't know as of yet for sure, that Russia... instead of taking political advantage of these humanitarian catastrophes created by "the West", has decided to imitate and cash in on the idea. “The Russians are everywhere in North Africa now, after the gold (controlled by RFS in Sudan) and stirring trouble. Happy enough to arm and train the growing line of military dictators, destabilise countries and flood Europe with refugees.” It looks as if Putin, et al, may now have several flecks of grey in those white hats they wear ? Just wondering :-)

To: TobagoJack who wrote (184514)

2/28/2022 9:27:17 AM

From: Pogeu Mahone

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Hong Kong hospitals can’t keep up with the deaths amid an Omicron surge.
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Hong Kong hospitals can’t keep up with the deaths amid an Omicron surge.

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Patients waiting at a temporary treatment area outside the Caritas Medical Center in Hong Kong on Saturday.Credit...Kin Cheung/Associated Press

By Alexandra Stevenson

Dead bodies are piling up on gurneys in hospital hallways as Hong Kong’s health system is overloaded by its biggest Covid-19 outbreak of the pandemic.

Officials said they were struggling to move the dead to the city’s public morgues quickly enough after more than 400 people died from Covid-19 last week, according to the latest official statistics. The news comes as the city is struggling to tamp down on an Omicron-fueled outbreak, with more than 26,000 cases and 83 deaths reported on Sunday.

The city’s hospital authority blamed transportation delays for the situation. “That is why some bodies that were planned to be transported stayed in the hospital,” said Lau Ka-hin, the chief manager of quality and standards at Hong Kong’s hospital authority.

The city’s three public mortuaries, which can take up to 3,000 bodies, are nearly at full capacity, a top official for the Center for Health Protection said on Sunday.

Public hospitals are overwhelmed as many of the sick have rushed to seek medical help in recent weeks. Over the last two weeks, Hong Kong has recorded an 821 percent spike in new cases, according to a New York Times database. Hospitals have run out of beds in isolation wards, leaving many patients waiting on gurneys on the street outside the hospitals.

The surge in cases is putting Hong Kong’s strict zero-Covid strategy under pressure. Mainland China has pursued a similar strategy. Chinese officials and pro-Beijing politicians in Hong Kong have been calling for more stringent measures to try to stamp out the outbreak, including a citywide lockdown.

But Hong Kong lacks the kinds of resources that mainland officials have used to lock down entire cities. Hong Kong officials said they planned to ease strict testing and isolation rules in order to help free up resources, including allowing some children who test positive to stay at home instead of separating them from their parents and hospitalizing them.

They have also appealed to the public to only go to the hospital if they have severe symptoms in order to allow more space for medical emergencies.

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