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Donald Trump spends the holiday season as he has spent much of the year, wreaking havoc and raising concern in the capital and around the world about his impulsive and overflowing frustration. that he climbs to the limit of his power.
The Dow fell by 2.91% and the S & P 500 by 2.71%. in the biggest Christmas Eve decreases in the history of both indices. The plunge came after last week's worst stock market week since the Great Recession ten years ago, and the last market downfall so far in December was in 1931, during the Great Depression.
While many Americans had gathered with his families and with his holidays at the "White House" in Mar-a-Lago, the President spent the day at the White House criticizing the critics. – including Democrats who refused his $ 5 billion funding request for his border wall in a stalemate that closed the government at midnight on Friday.
"I'm all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for Democrats to return and reach a border security agreement they desperately need," In his twelfth tweet of the day, Trump wrote in a tone pretty ironic.
It was expected that Trump would be joined for Christmas Day by First Lady Melania Trump, who had already settled in Florida before closing.
The President also Brett McGurk, his special envoy for the eradication of the Islamic State, followed the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis, in protest of the precipitous withdrawal of Trump by Syria. He hit "Little Bob Corker", the outgoing Tennessee senator who criticized him about Syria and the closure of the city. He also insisted that he was doing allies – but said that many were taking advantage of the United States "in both" Military Protection and Trade … ""
All of this resulted in feeling of a white house being unleashed. and a president who is becoming more and more emotional and upset at a time when he is facing increasing legal and political pressure from special advocate Robert Mueller. It is also a few days from a new era of democratic control punishment when the new Congress will meet in early January.
The loss of Mattis – who was considered worldwide as a means of controlling Trump's erratic decisions on national security –
Of course, many Trump supporters voted for the disruption and to undermine Washington's establishment by sending him to the White House, so that they are less likely to be worried than Washington insiders regarding the febrile. Christmas mood.
But the irascible temperament of the president also jeopardizes his biggest achievements of the end of the year, including a low unemployment rate and a strong economy, despite the turmoil on the markets. The adoption of a revolutionary criminal justice bill has also been overshadowed and little talk of the victory of his greatest legacy – the new majority he has created with the Senate GOP at the Supreme Court.
The president seemed to have his loyal base. he has in mind to create a drama that does not seem to have any alternative, but allows him to take a political stand under the applause of the conservative media.
"America is respected again!" he tweeted Monday at one point, probably with voters in mind.
"Hunker is slaughtered like a moron in a storm"
But the dreadful spectacle of Christmas Eve was stunning, even by the president's standards, and prompted the two highest Democratic leaders , Nancy Pelosi, future spokesperson of the House, and the leader of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, to make a joint statement.
"It's Christmas Eve and President Trump plunges the country into chaos.The stock market is in shambles and the president is waging a personal war against the US Federal Reserve – after firing the secretary at the Defense, "the statement said.
While the closure of the newspaper had been in effect for three days, with no close end, Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas came to the House to sit for a pro forma session that only illustrated the lack of support. action between the White House and the Democrats to reach a resolution. He used the earthly wisdom quotation of a former president and majority leader of the Senate to grasp the sense of uselessness and political upheaval.
"LBJ said that sometimes it was enough to squat like a moron in a storm and take it in.
But, sign that the festivities can triumph over Washington's underworld , the National Parks Service announced the reopening of the National Christmas Tree, with the support of the National Park Foundation – a group of philanthropic organizations and donors.
The popular Yuletide tourist site had been closed after a man had tried to climb to the tree and damaged it.The closure of the government then prevented the national parks service from reopening it.
This closure is the third one that year and sent hundreds of thousands of federal employees home for Christmas uncertain of their next paycheck.
The stock market is losing momentum, the confusion coming from Washington being largely responsible for the confusi
Mnunchin had to reassure investors that Trump was not firing and left the CEOs of the big banks "totally baffled" during a phone call on the weekends. the state of their businesses. Trump's criticism of the Fed raised serious concerns on Monday, as the Dow closed 653 points before closing earlier than expected on Christmas Eve.
Mnuchin's intervention was only the last development that sowed uncertainty in the days leading up to the holidays.
The surprise announcement that Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg was operated for cancerous growths to the lungs added to the frenzied atmosphere in Washington, while the Supreme Court had dealt a blow to Trump by canceling its new restrictions imposed on asylum seekers crossing the southern border.
In addition, the country's highest court arouses even more mystery after Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily suspended an order condemning a foreign government anonymous company for contempt of court for a case related to the government. Special investigation lawyer Robert Mueller. [19659005] All this adds up to a less and less cheerful Christmas at Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street.
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