Month: April 2019

Populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has added several new parties to his European Parliament alliance, announcing the inclusion of conservatives and populists from Finland, Denmark, and Germany.

The populist “supergroup” set to be headed by the Italian deputy prime minister also contains the Danish People’s Party (DF), the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the True Finns party, with Salvini meeting with key figures from all three parties in Milan on Monday, Il Giornale reports.

The new additions come after Salvini had already secured the cooperation for the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the French National Rally (RN) led by former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

Salvini announced that his new group would set their sights on the goal of a “new Europe” and accused “bureaucrats and do-gooders” of “burying the European dream.”

Italy’s Matteo Salvini Named as Face of New Sovereignty Populist Supergroup https://t.co/XprBCHNjkx

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 2, 2019

One of the main pillars of the group will be combatting mass illegal migration, with every party that has signed on already having anti-mass migration policies in their party manifestos.

Salvini also highlighted the threat of radical Islamic terrorism during the conference saying, “the danger for Europe does not come from the past, but from Islamic terrorism.”

He also gave his stance on Turkey’s future relationship with the European Union saying the country “will never be in Europe.”

The Danish People’s Party’s top candidate for the European Parliament Peter Kofod commented on the summit saying, “We have been thinking a lot about forming a group that more closely unites some of the common interests of national conservative parties.

“The intention is that after the election, we will start negotiations with a view to forming a new, large group of parties that are similar to us.”

“We want to fight the current EU federalism. EU co-operation can move two ways: There is Macron’s path that goes towards a federal superstate with social union, common defence, etc. And then there is the Europe of nations that is about securing the influence and interests of the nation states,” Kofod added.

Orban Looks To Salvini Alliance After EPP Suspension https://t.co/dQeQD9u1KB

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 26, 2019

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President Donald Trump criticized a San Francisco judge for blocking his policy to require migrants requesting asylum to remain in Mexico, rather than be released into the United States to await their court hearing.

“A 9th Circuit Judge just ruled that Mexico is too dangerous for migrants,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “So unfair to the U.S. OUT OF CONTROL!”

Judge Richard Seeborg blocked the new set of rules after a group of asylum seekers and their advocates sued the federal government.

According to the Seeborg, the policy fails to protect the migrants from “risk to their lives” during their stay in Mexico.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders also criticized the judge.

“A liberal activist judge in San Francisco ruled the United States and Mexico can’t work together to address asylum issues at the border,” she wrote on Twitter. “It’s sad that Mexico is now doing more to secure our border than Democrats.”

A 9th Circuit Judge just ruled that Mexico is too dangerous for migrants. So unfair to the U.S. OUT OF CONTROL! https://t.co/XF8o3jMDle

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 9, 2019

A liberal activist judge in San Francisco ruled the United States and Mexico can’t work together to address asylum issues at the border. It’s sad that Mexico is now doing more to secure our border than Democrats – President Trump will do whatever it takes to keep Americans safe.

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) April 9, 2019

The Mueller report is ove. The economy is simply humming.

And President Trump’s job approval rating, according to Rasmussen’s daily tracking, is now 53%.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 37% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 36% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of +1. (see trends).

That’s a figure that corresponds with President Trump’s economic performance. The U.S. jobless rate, for instance, just printed out at 3.8%.

And it’s also a number to give President Trump’s presidential rivals for 2020 a distinct cause for indigestion.

Lastly, it’s also a change. Up until now, the president’s approval ratings have always been below water. Now, when it counts, they’re heading for landslide numbers territory.

Rasmussen doesn’t go into details as to why the public seems to be warming to President Trump, so it’s fun for the rest of us to speculate on why this sudden turnaround has happened. I’ll give a few theories:

The economy of course. With 3.8% unemployment and optimism up, it’s a recipe for presidential approval numbers to rise. Note the previous cool detail that Latino and Black support are up, with Latino support above 50% from past polls. Something is being done right.

The Mueller special counsel’s investigation is over and President Trump has been cleared of the collusion-with-Russia rap. That hasn’t persuaded Democrats such as the perpetually dazed-looking Rep. Adam Schiff to let go of that smelly old bone, but that’s the beauty of it. The fact that they can’t let go or give it a rest is precisely why the public is siding with Trump.

The 2020 presidential race itself. With Democrats presenting a clown car full of candidates, each of a different color and all of the same flavor, all of them promoting the same old stale socialism of the 1960s academic world, who could be against Trump?

The behavior of the crazy Democrats, the so-called ‘vanguard’ – with their wild promotion of a “green new deal,” (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) their anti-semitism, (Rep. Ilhan Omar) and their profanity (Rep. Rashida Tlaib), the Democrats are coming off as out of touch and living in lunacy land. It doesn’t help that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is unable to rein them in. The very inability to rein them in makes the Republican candidate that much more attractive than the Democratic candidate on discipline grounds alone. It’s worth noting too that the vanguard is sucking the air out of political airtime of the Democratic moderates who were elected in red districts, undercutting them.

The border. President Trump’s steadfast and reasonable bid to gain control of the U.S. border has moved to the front of the national debate – and the public is with him. The crazy steps the Democrat have taken to haul in all comers to the U.S. side, vetted or not, is a vote-loser for Democrats. Trump by contrast, has held firm.

There may be other reasons, and it’s all good. Whatever they are, Trump is doing something right.

And that has got to be driving the left bonkers.

Image credit: Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0

The Mueller report is ove. The economy is simply humming.

And President Trump’s job approval rating, according to Rasmussen’s daily tracking, is now 53%.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 37% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 36% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of +1. (see trends).

That’s a figure that corresponds with President Trump’s economic performance. The U.S. jobless rate, for instance, just printed out at 3.8%.

And it’s also a number to give President Trump’s presidential rivals for 2020 a distinct cause for indigestion.

Lastly, it’s also a change. Up until now, the president’s approval ratings have always been below water. Now, when it counts, they’re heading for landslide numbers territory.

Rasmussen doesn’t go into details as to why the public seems to be warming to President Trump, so it’s fun for the rest of us to speculate on why this sudden turnaround has happened. I’ll give a few theories:

The economy of course. With 3.8% unemployment and optimism up, it’s a recipe for presidential approval numbers to rise. Note the previous cool detail that Latino and Black support are up, with Latino support above 50% from past polls. Something is being done right.

The Mueller special counsel’s investigation is over and President Trump has been cleared of the collusion-with-Russia rap. That hasn’t persuaded Democrats such as the perpetually dazed-looking Rep. Adam Schiff to let go of that smelly old bone, but that’s the beauty of it. The fact that they can’t let go or give it a rest is precisely why the public is siding with Trump.

The 2020 presidential race itself. With Democrats presenting a clown car full of candidates, each of a different color and all of the same flavor, all of them promoting the same old stale socialism of the 1960s academic world, who could be against Trump?

The behavior of the crazy Democrats, the so-called ‘vanguard’ – with their wild promotion of a “green new deal,” (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) their anti-semitism, (Rep. Ilhan Omar) and their profanity (Rep. Rashida Tlaib), the Democrats are coming off as out of touch and living in lunacy land. It doesn’t help that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is unable to rein them in. The very inability to rein them in makes the Republican candidate that much more attractive than the Democratic candidate on discipline grounds alone. It’s worth noting too that the vanguard is sucking the air out of political airtime of the Democratic moderates who were elected in red districts, undercutting them.

The border. President Trump’s steadfast and reasonable bid to gain control of the U.S. border has moved to the front of the national debate – and the public is with him. The crazy steps the Democrat have taken to haul in all comers to the U.S. side, vetted or not, is a vote-loser for Democrats. Trump by contrast, has held firm.

There may be other reasons, and it’s all good. Whatever they are, Trump is doing something right.

And that has got to be driving the left bonkers.

Image credit: Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0