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Trump cut funds for research on bat coronavirus, person in charge: what to do if COVID-20 comes 

Last month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) abruptly terminated its research funding for the EcoHealth Alliance. The alliance has been working closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and their research focuses on identifying and warning of coronaviruses that endanger human health.

 

Chinese media reports in previous years have also shown that the chairman of the American Ecological Health Alliance has worked with Shi Zhengli’s team from Wuhan Institute of Virology and other domestic and foreign virologists to study bats and other coronaviruses in order to find them early. And to avoid the emergence of new infectious diseases in human society.

 

Prior to this, NIH had been providing financial support to the alliance every year, and the grant was extended in July 2019.

 

Peter Daszak, a well-known disease ecologist and head of the New York-based organization, said in an interview with USA TODAY: "I am really worried that this decision will have an adverse effect on us."

Peter Daszak said: "Even if we conquer COVID-19 (new coronavirus), what if COVID-20 comes? 

What about COVID-21? Who is responsible for searching for these viruses? For the past 20 years, our organization has been Investigate the sources of emerging infectious diseases such as COVID-19. 

We work in the United States and more than 25 countries, and these agencies have been pre-approved by federal funding agencies to conduct scientific research that is critical to preventing epidemics."

 

NIH confirmed that the six-year US$3.4 million grant from the Eco-Health Alliance was terminated on April 24. However, NIH did not disclose the details of the decision.

 

Daszak said he received a letter from NIH, stating that the grant was terminated for convenience because it did not meet NIH's goals.

 

The Politico website first reported the cancellation of funds on April 27. A few days before the end of the Eco-Health Alliance’s funding, Mike Lauer, deputy director of external research at NIH, notified the organization that it needed to know all the locations in China that were connected to the funding.

 

The Ecological Health Alliance has been studying coronaviruses in bats in China for more than 10 years. During this period, it has established deep ties and close cooperation with Wuhan Institute of Virology. 

As Trump and Pompeo and other senior US officials have been linking unconfirmed theories about the origin of the new crown virus with China, and unscrupulous rumors fabricated by the media, the Wuhan virus was plagued by conspiracy theories and rumors during the epidemic.

 

Trump’s allegations have neither evidence nor support from infectious disease experts. The World Health Organization has repeatedly emphasized that the new coronavirus is naturally occurring. 

US intelligence agencies also publicly stated that they believe that the coronavirus is not caused by humans, but how it is transmitted to humans through animals, they have not yet reached any conclusions.

 

Daszak has been unable to clarify the reasons for the funding cuts. The Eco-Health Alliance has been funded by NIH since at least 2002. They are the main recipients of this $3.4 million in funding. "Secondary" winners include Wuhan Institute of Virology, Shanghai East China Normal University, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Peking Union Medical College, and Duke-National University of Singapore School of Medicine. 

"Secondary" winners refer to the Eco-Health Alliance acting as an intermediary agency between these institutions and the US government to fund joint research on bat coronaviruses. The US government does not directly allocate funds to these institutions.

 

Since the outbreak in Wuhan at the end of last year, the Eco-Health Alliance has not been accused of any wrongdoing, nor has it conducted any research in China.

 

According to the latest financial report published on its website, the alliance was established in 1971 by a British environmentalist. More than 90% of the organization's $16 million annual budget in 2018 came from government funding. The remaining funding comes from donations from science foundations, companies and individuals. 

The Eco-Health Alliance has carried out research projects in the United States and nearly 30 countries/regions around the world, with research ranging from forest health in Liberia to biological monitoring in West Asia. 

Charity Navigator, an organization that assesses the transparency, accountability and management of non-profit organizations, rated EcoHealth Alliance with a 4-star rating, which is its highest score.

 

The U.S. State Department is obliged to conduct background checks on any foreign institutions that receive research funding from the U.S. government, but they did not respond to requests to explain why the funding was terminated.

 

The title of the project funded by the Ecological Health Alliance in the United States is "Understanding the Risk of Coronavirus in Bats". The project began to receive funding during the Obama administration and was approved again in the Trump administration in July last year.

 

Daszak said: “This is the problem we are facing now. One of the goals of our research is to find out more about the genetic sequence of the bat coronavirus, and then provide this information to people who design vaccines and drugs. In the event of an outbreak We have just started this work."

 

Trump said at a press conference on April 17 that he was aware of the funding of the Eco-Health Alliance and planned to end funding soon.

 

On April 30, when asked if there was evidence that the virus might have originated in the laboratory, Trump responded in the affirmative: "Yes, I saw it." A few days later, at Fox on May 4 In the news studio, Trump stated that his government is waiting for a very powerful report on the outbreak of the Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory. 

He said: "My opinion is that they made a mistake. They tried to cover up the mistake." He was referring to the Chinese government's attempt to hide rumors about the source of the new crown virus. China denies concealing these details.

 

Pompeo insisted on Wednesday that his different statements are "not contradictory", that is, "we are not sure about the origin of the virus," but "there is a lot of evidence that this virus comes from a laboratory."

 

Bob Menendez, the Democratic leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been calling for Pompeo to share US intelligence on the origin of the new crown virus for more than a month. 

Menendez said in another letter to Pompeo last Thursday: “The answers to these questions are critical because they may provide information for us to stop the further spread of the virus, limit the subsequent impact of the infection, and help us respond to future outbreaks. "

 

Linfa Wang, director of emerging infectious diseases at the Duke-National University of Singapore School of Medicine, said that scientific understanding of why and how the virus spreads from animals to humans is relatively poor, but it has been improving. 

He said that the consensus among mainstream researchers is that less than 1% of viruses that affect mammals are found. In other words, more than 99% of viruses are hidden in nature.

 

He said: "Fifty years ago, no one would pay attention to bats. Virus research is all related to mosquitoes and rodents. Over time, bats have evolved into a 'reservoir' of viruses that are deadly to humans, but these viruses. 

It does not necessarily cause harm to bats themselves, because as mammals, they have evolved a unique physiological structure that can withstand extreme stress in order to fly."

 

Wang added: "Can we predict where the next virus that jumps from animals to humans will come from? No."

 

Daszak emphasized: "Now more than ever, it is necessary to provide financial support for overseas coronavirus research, because the virus that poses the highest risk to public health may not originate in the United States, but may be in any country.

 

He said: “If we want to know anything about the next outbreak, we need to work in China.” Daszak described Southeast Asia as a “hotbed” of new viruses.

 

He said: "In people's imagination, there may be a situation where a person discards a petri dish in a laboratory in China, and somehow caused a large-scale outbreak. It's not like that. Know that every year Millions of people enter bat caves to prey on wild animals. This happens every day, and many people are exposed to the virus carried by bats every day. As long as one of them goes to the city, a cough may spread the virus. 

The purpose of our research It directly benefits the security and public health of the United States and the world. If we don’t, then when the next epidemic breaks out, people around the world will suffer."

 

For Crimea, Russia or Putin reportedly killed two heads of state. The tough guy Putin will do this today.

The reason is that Russia needs a strong-handed political strongman to support its status as a major power. Moreover, Crimea’s gains and losses are related to national sentiments. Geographically speaking, Crimea is an important outlet for Russia. As long as we keep it, we can still maintain a strategic advantage over Turkey on the Black Sea coast and continue to maintain a huge influence on the Eastern European plains.

 

 

This territory is related to the lives of the two Russian tsars. Although the United States opposed it and the West was hostile, Putin eventually merged them.

 

If you talk about the world’s political celebrities, there is a Russian girl who bears the brunt. Her name is Poklonskaya. She became the Attorney General of Crimea in 2014. 

Once the nomination was announced, she immediately attracted numerous fans around the world. The young people of the island country are even more fascinated by her, claiming that she is the realistic version of the Japanese anime girl. 

Coincidentally, the birthday of the beauty prosecutor is the same day that Crimea joined the Russian Federation in 2014. She once claimed to be "the happiest person in Crimea".

 

On March 18, 2014, Crimea joined the Russian Federation 

It has been more than 3 years now, but the reality is not optimistic. In February of this year, US President Trump visited Ukraine and also called Putin: I hope you will return Crimea to the Ukrainians. 

Western societies generally do not buy into Russia’s merger with Crimea. 

The European Union has recently begun a new round of economic sanctions against Russia and Crimea.

 

Then, why does Russia have to merge Crimea despite the opposition of various countries? What kind of enmity does Ukraine and Crimea have? Is Putin's move a blessing or a curse?

The Black Sea Gateway to Eastern Europe

The Crimea Peninsula is a major European hub, located on the northern shore of the Black Sea, with a total area of ​​26,100 square kilometers and a population of less than 3 million. 

About 60% of them are Russians, about 25% are Ukrainians, in addition to some Tatars and other ethnic minorities.

 

Its name is derived from the Tatar word "Krim", the name of the early Khan king of the Tatars.

The Crimean Peninsula is surrounded by sea on three sides, the Sea of ​​Azov to the east, the Black Sea to the west and south, and there are many bays and natural harbors along the coast. 

There is an 8 km wide Perekop Isthmus to the north and Ukraine, and the Kerch Peninsula to the east. 

Russia faces each other across the Kerch Strait, which is 4 to 15 kilometers wide. 

The port of Savastopol, where many wars broke out in history, is at the southern end of the Crimea Peninsula and is also the base of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet.

 

As far as Russia and Ukraine are concerned, the Crimea Peninsula is a contending place because of its excellent strategic location. 

Regardless of the Huns who shocked Europe or the Mongols who slaughtered the country, the powerful nomads must first control the Crimean Peninsula if they want to attack Europe from land.

 

Judging from the map, the Crimea Peninsula is like an open web. Whoever controls Crimea controls the Black Sea. The Crimea Peninsula is the pinnacle of the Black Sea.

 

Historically, the Pacific Ocean can be directly connected across the Black Sea, and the ancient East-West commercial trade relied on this golden waterway for a long time. 

For modern Russia, from the Crimea peninsula to the Turkish Strait of the Black Sea, Russia can directly reach the Mediterranean, and then into the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and other oceans. 

Crimea is the maritime window of Russia’s southward strategic direction. 

The major maritime throats of major countries on the road are also the bridgehead for Russia to exert influence and power on the countries along the Mediterranean Sea.

 

From a more practical point of view, the Crimea Peninsula is an important barrier between Russia’s Voll River Basin Economic Zone and the large oil fields in the Caucasus. The Black Sea is the gateway to the sea. 

If Crimea is lost, Russia’s economic hinterland will open to the south. It may be cut off the important economic pillar of the Caucasus oil field. 

In World War II, Hitler's German army went straight to the Caucasus after capturing Crimea.

From a strategic point of view, once Crimea is lost, Russia will not be able to bear it.

To shed the last drop of blood for Crimea

Because of its strategic position, Russia shed all its blood in order to obtain Crimea.

 

The Kria Peninsula has a long history and the earliest inhabitants were Celts. After the 7th century BC, the Scythians invaded Crimea. 

In the following 2000 years, Crimea has changed its masters, and has successively experienced the conquest and occupation of the Greeks, Goths, Huns, Khasas and the Byzantine Empire. 

In the 13th century, the descendants of Genghis Khan conquered this land and wiped out the Kievan Rus, the source of today's Russia, in the eastern European steppes in the north. Crimea was included in the Mongolian Golden Horde.

 

As the strength of the Mongols weakened, the Crimean Khanate came into being.

 

However, a stronger Ottoman Turkish Empire emerged on the southern shore of the Black Sea, and the Crimean Khanate surrendered to the power of Turkey and became a subsidiary. 

The Principality of Moscow, re-bonded on the fragments of the Mongol Empire, should not be underestimated. 

After the establishment of the Romanov dynasty, the Principality of Moscow began to expand into Ukraine. Ukraine was annexed by Russia in 1654. 

After that, Russia's goal turned to Crimea, and the czars desperately needed to go to sea.

 

Beginning in 1676, over the next 200 years, 11 Russian-Turkish wars broke out between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Turk Empire.

 Through an average of one war every 19 years, Tsarist Russia seized large areas of Turkish territory. 

In 1768, when the Fifth War broke out, Russia finally got its wish and became the new protectorate of Crimea. 

n 1783, Emperor Catherine the Great kindly declared that Crimea and Russia were united.

 

The Russians have a gluttonous pursuit of territory, so the annexation of Crimea is not the end. 

After that, Russia continued to beat the Ottoman Turkey, and in more than half a century, it grabbed the Balkans in the west and the Caucasus in the east. A large area including the mouth of the Danube.

 

The Russians’ expanding territorial ambitions made the entire European continent deeply frightened, so the two brothers of Britain and France joined forces to support Turkey against Russia. There was a big brother behind, and the Ottoman Empire became more rigid. 

In 1853, the war broke out again. The following year, Britain and France also joined the battle group. Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia formed an alliance to fight Tsarist Russia. 

This war between Tsarist Russia and European powers triggered by the struggle for control of the Balkan Peninsula was the largest international war before World War I and the first modern war in human history.

 

The war lasted for 3 years. With the fall of the Sevastopol fortress on the Crimea Peninsula, the Russian army was defeated. After that, the countries signed the "Paris Peace Treaty," which stipulated that the Black Sea was fully neutralized. 

Foreign warships were prohibited from passing through the two straits of the Black Sea without Turkey's consent. This clause is still in force.

  

The war that took place on the Crimean Peninsula profoundly changed Russian history. Tsar Alexander I was defeated and committed suicide with embarrassment. 

The momentum of Russia’s overall expansion was curbed. Russia had to carry out reforms. 

The serfdom reform in 1861 caused Tsar Alexander II to lose his life. In 1867, Russia suffered a financial collapse. It sold Alaska cheaply for $7.2 million.

 

The Crimea peninsula is related to the lives of the two czars, and Russia really sheds its blood for it.

 

After more than 10 years, Russia once again fought with Turkey, achieving a complete victory and a shame, and firmly controlling Crimea.

 

In the Soviet-German War that shocked the world, the Savastopol Fortress blocked the German attack for more than 200 days and became a rare and eye-catching record of the Soviet army, which was obviously declining at the beginning of the war.

 

In 1954, Khrushchev, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was whimsical. 

In order to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the merger of Crimea and Russia, Crimea was allocated to Ukraine. Today, the seeds of tension between Russia and Ukraine are also planted at this time. .

 

In the Soviet era, it didn't matter that it was just a basket of eggs, but when the Soviet empire collapsed in 1991, Crimea's ownership became sensitive.

 

In the end, Crimea joined Ukraine as an autonomous republic, and was recognized by the international community. The Russians regretted it and cherished it.

 

However, Russia is obviously overwhelmed by the dilapidated domestic economy, and it has no time and strength to make any demands and meanings on Crimea.

 

Crimea enters Russia again

Because of the long historical relationship between Crimea and Russia, the Crimea issue has become the most sensitive nerve between Russia and Ukraine. 

The two countries have had continuous disputes until the signing of a treaty of friendship and cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in 1997. 

Rimia remained on the territory of Ukraine as an autonomous republic, and the tension between the two parties was eased. 

However, Ukraine still needs to provide a port for the Black Sea Fleet, allowing Russia to station the Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol until 2017.

  

After the Orange Revolution broke out in Ukraine in 2004, the relations between Russia and Ukraine were once again overshadowed. 

Ukraine accelerated its approach to Western countries, which aroused Russia's alertness and hostility. 

As NATO continues to expand eastward, Russia’s living space is constantly being squeezed, especially after the three Baltic countries joined NATO. 

For Russia, NATO has begun to control the Russian sphere of influence in the Soviet era, and then Ukraine has also flirted with NATO. Russia is directly affected. Forced to the corner.

 

In 2014, Ukraine’s political chaos revived and the civil war broke out. Revolutionaries broke out on the streets to oust the pro-Russian president. Then pro-Russian and pro-Western armed forces began to fight, and the Ukrainian civil war broke out. 

The West was ambiguous about this, but Putin directly sent troops to the Crimea peninsula by means of thunder, and subsequently promoted the Crimea referendum.

 

In March 2014, Crimea and Savastopol announced their accession to the Russian Federation, and Crimea once again returned to Russia.

 

For the people on the Crimean Peninsula, a strong Russia is obviously more attractive than a Ukraine that has diplomatic relations with foreign countries.

 

Hold the czar's coffin board

Today, it has been three years since Crimea belonged to Russia. During these three years, most Western countries have expressed protests and disapproval of Russia’s merger with Crimea, especially the Ukrainian government.

 Pain. President Trump's trip to Ukraine also specifically addressed Putin.

 

But for Putin, this place hardly needs to respond. In the past three years, there have been many interpretations about the Russian Thunder’s method of accommodating Crimea, either from Putin’s personal perspective. 

The President of the Russian Federation is a secret police and has always been a tough style. It is imperative to send troops to Crimea. Moreover, he came to power. After that, whether it was the Chechen War or the Georgian War, Putin always shot when it was time to do it, and he was never ambiguous. 

This is his personal style and an important reason for Putin's huge and stable national popular support.

 

Western countries’ countermeasures against Russia’s merger with Crimea are to increase the scope and duration of economic sanctions, and make Crimea, a new member, also the target of sanctions. The direct impact of this round of sanctions on Russia is obvious. 

On the one hand, Russia's domestic economy continues to decline, domestic capital outflows continue, and international crude oil prices are also falling. However, in the long run, the Russians don’t take it seriously. 

Even the shock therapy that year was able to survive, would they still be afraid of sanctions? Moreover, Russia has gradually controlled the entire European energy supply chain through its huge energy advantages. No matter how low the price is, energy is in my hands.

 

Not only is it true, after Russia merged with Crimea, it immediately announced to the people of Crimea that it would increase investment in the livelihood of Crimea, and started building a Crimean sea-crossing bridge that year. 

This large project with an investment of 3 billion U.S. dollars will bring Russia and Crimea closer together.

 In agriculture and tourism, the Russian Federation government has also increased investment and has given billions of large sums to promote Croatia. The economic revitalization of Crimea.

 

Although European and American countries are severely sanctioning, the 2016 annual income of the Crimean people has increased by 21% year-on-year! The Crimeans received tangible benefits.

 

Western countries still insist on the policy of non-recognition, and the European Union has recently called on UN member states to boycott Crimea’s entry into Russia. 

However, Russia is single-minded and only put Crimea in its pockets. The tremors are ignored. 

Moreover, although Russia's economy is down, the domestic people's support rate for this move is as high as 80%.

 

The reason is that Russia needs a strong-handed political strongman to support its status as a major power. Moreover, Crimea’s gains and losses are related to national sentiments. 

Geographically speaking, Crimea is an important outlet for Russia. As long as we keep it, we can still maintain a strategic advantage over Turkey on the coast of the Black Sea and continue to maintain a huge influence on the plains of Eastern Europe.

 

Russia cannot lose Crimea, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem, otherwise, the coffins of successive tsars may not be able to hold on.

Dynamic map changes in the global landscape after the 16th century, the northern purple region is Russia

 

Dynamic picture: On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the capital Moscow became the capital of the largest member country of the Russian Federation, splitting 15 countries.

 

Greed for territory is something deep in the bones of polar bears

In the mid to late 15th century, the young Moscow Principality had an area of ​​only 240,000 square kilometers, almost the size of Guangxi. More than 500 years later, Russia covers an area of ​​more than 17 million square kilometers, which is 1.7 times the size of Canada, the second largest country in the world, and occupies nearly 12% of the earth's land area.

 

 

Trump, who was visiting China, was checked by the British media (Russia, Sex, Spy and Scandal)

It has been a year since Trump was elected President of the United States. During this year, he was exposed to multiple scandals, but the development of the plot has also experienced many reversals. The British Channel 4 recently aired the documentary "Trump and Russia: Sex, Spy and Scandal", which hit the core of the Trump scandal and revealed the latest inside story about the scandal.

Trump and Russia: Sex, Spy and Scandal

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It has been a year since Trump was elected President of the United States. During this year, he was exposed to multiple scandals, but the development of the plot has also experienced many reversals. 

The British Channel 4 recently aired the documentary "Trump and Russia: Sex, Spy and Scandal", which hit the core of the Trump scandal and revealed the latest inside story about the scandal.

 

World Chinese Weekly columnist: HE shore

 

The world kisses me bitterly, I repay it with song

 

1. Porn archives 

US intelligence agencies firmly believe that the Russians carried out cyber attacks on Hillary Clinton's campaign team and leaked relevant documents to help Trump win the election. 

A key question is whether Trump’s campaign team has a cooperative relationship with the Russians. Many clues to this scandal can be traced back to the 2013 "Miss Universe" beauty contest.

 

In November 2013, Donald Trump held a gorgeous "Miss Universe" pageant in Moscow.

This beauty contest gave Trump a chance to interact with Russian elites. His local partners are the billionaire real estate tycoon Alas Agalarov and the star son of Agalarov Emin.

 

How good is the relationship between Trump and Agalarov? On the weekend of the beauty contest, Emin was about to shoot a MV, and Trump made a cameo in the form of "The Apprentice."

 

The style of the previous second of this MV is still like this:

Such:

 

It becomes like this in the next second:

Trump's line is: Emin, wake up! You are always late! You only have a beautiful face. I'm tired of you. you are fired!

 

"You are fired!" is Trump's iconic line in The Apprentice.

It is conceivable that when Trump came to Russia and experienced the Russian oligarchic culture, he must have a feeling of seeing each other late. He admires authoritarian strong men, and people like Putin are very attractive to him.

 

At that time, Trump hoped that Russian President Putin could also attend the "Miss Universe" pageant, but Putin did not come. 

However, on the day of the game, in an interview on November 9, 2013, Trump declared that he was in contact with Putin and praised Putin.

 

Trump praised Putin in this way: "I do have a relationship with Putin. His performance and his image are great! Look at what he has done on the Syrian issue, see how he handles the problem, and compares him with him. Than, our president pales in comparison, this is no joke."

 

Later, someone broke the news that Trump did something shameful just a few hours after accepting this interview.

 

This is the magnificent Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the center of Moscow. During the 2013 "Miss Universe" pageant, Trump stayed here. 

Someone broke the news that Trump participated in some abnormal pornographic activities in the top-level presidential suite of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which was photographed by Russian intelligence agencies as a peg to coerce the future US president.

 

The man's name is Christopher Steele, who used to be an officer of the British MI6. In 2016, he compiled a set of memos called "pornographic archives," and Trump's peachy incident at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow was also included. 

Those who opposed Trump hired him to investigate Trump's relationship with Moscow.

 

However, Christopher Steele declined to comment publicly on this set of memos.

 

However, Trump himself and many people who have been in contact with him believe that this "peachy news" is false, because spies are everywhere in Russia and Trump himself is also very vigilant.

 

On January 11, 2016, Trump emphasized during his campaign: "Be careful, because you don't want to be on TV." "There are surveillance cameras everywhere."

That being said, don’t underestimate Russian agents, especially don’t forget that the leaders of this country are also agents. How could they waste this great opportunity in vain?

 

The investigation found that Russia did try to lure Trump that night. When Trump and his party went to Moscow to participate in the "Miss Universe" pageant, the Russian side sent them a contact person who was probably sent by the Russian Federal Security Service ("KGB" was its predecessor). 

This contact told Trump’s security chief Keith Schiller: “We will arrange some entertainment for Mr. Trump, and call some girls to his room later.” Keith Schiller refused. 

Not only did a security guard be arranged at the entrance, but also security guards were arranged at the entrance of the hotel, front and back. So, what the Russians hoped to happen did not happen.

 

2. Heroes are sad for money

The "pornographic archives" claimed that sex is Trump's weakness. However, he has a bigger weakness-money.

 

Manhattan is the number one pursuit target for American real estate companies. In the 1970s and 1980s, Trump made his first attempt in this field. The basis for his election as president is his successful business experience here. However, those successes were all in vain.

 

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Trump borrowed madly. He borrowed more than 3 billion U.S. dollars, and he personally guaranteed about 900 million U.S. dollars in loans. 

When the loan period came, he couldn't pay back. By the beginning of this century, many companies under Trump’s name had gone bankrupt, and the loans borrowed from major U.S. banks had run out. 

He became a “financial outcast” Trump’s reputation on Wall Street was discredited and forced to Projects like the "Trump Soho" Building in Lower Manhattan are looking for new sources of funding.

The "Trump Soho" Tower is a typical building that real estate tycoons are willing to build in the past fifteen years. Although his golden name is hung on the front door, he has not invested any funds for this project at all. The funds come from other sources. 

The funding for this project came from a company called Belloc, which has a deep connection with the former Soviet Union.

 

In the management team of Belloc Group, there is a Russian-American man named Felix Setter.

 

Seth has been acting as an intermediary between Trump and Moscow. The most recent time was at the end of 2015. There were many attempts to build the "Trump Tower" in the Russian capital. The following email from Seth was exposed.

 

Setter wrote in the email: "Let us make the'Trump Moscow Tower' a reality! At the same time, improve the relationship between the two countries so that everyone can see that business is better and more realistic than politics. 

Putin should mean that too. We It will help him reach this consensus. It will help achieve world peace while making big money."

 

This email seems to prove that business and politics are the same thing in Trump's world.

 

Today, Belloc Group is accused of fraud in the United States. However, it is only one of a series of partners Trump has dealt with with the former Soviet Union. In the sinful capitalist world, the dividing line between government and gangs, spies and businessmen is sometimes blurred.

 

3. Trump Tower meeting

This is Donald Trump Jr., Trump's son. He knows better than others that the Russians are eager to help his father. Why do you say that?

The man in the middle of the picture below is named Rob Goldstone. He is Goldstone and the star partner Trump met through the "Miss Universe" contest-Emin Agalarov's British publicist.

On June 3, 2016, just a few days before the U.S. Democratic National Convention, Goldstone sent an e-mail to Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower’s campaign headquarters. 

• Agalarov brought a letter. This email is very important and deserves to be quoted in its entirety. Goldstone wrote:

"Emin just called. This morning, the Russian Attorney General met with his father, Alas Agalarov, and offered to provide the Trump campaign with some proof of Hillary Clinton’s crimes. 

The official documents and information of its transactions with Russia. This is obviously sensitive information from the top, but it is part of the Russian government’s support for Mr. Trump."

 

Donald Trump Jr. replied: "You say that, I like it." He agreed to meet with the Russians at Trump Tower. During the investigation, Donald Jr. said afterwards that he attended the meeting to find out whether the Russians had any clues about Hillary Clinton.

 

Trump said that he had no knowledge of the meeting. If you really don't know, then you can only say that he has the supernatural ability of an unknown prophet.

 

On June 7, 2016, the night when the specific arrangements for the meeting with the Russians were determined, Trump and Donald Jr. attended a press conference and made this "prophecy": 

"I may publish it next Monday. For a major speech, we will discuss everything about the Clintons. I think you will get a lot of information from it, which will be very interesting."

 

Two days later, that meeting was held in Trump Tower. The person in charge of the Russian side is the lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. She is an activist who opposes sanctions against Russia for trampling on human rights.

 

The heads of Trump’s side are Donald Jr., Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Those who attended the meeting said that they had not obtained useful information from the Russians. However, intelligence experts saw the typical Russian strategy. The content of that meeting is not important. 

The important thing is that the Russian side expressed its willingness to provide some illegally obtained information. It wants to know whether the Trump side is willing to accept this information and whether the Trump side is willing to play. This is their step. The test before the next step. Trump's answer is yes.

 

There is no evidence that this meeting discussed the implementation of cyber attacks against the Democratic Party. 

However, only a week later, the Russians began to publish the files they obtained through cyberattacks. 

Although Donald Jr. denied that the Russians offered help, his father actually encouraged them by inviting the Russians to conduct a cyber attack on Hillary Clinton's personal email server.

 

On July 27, 2016, Trump said during his campaign: "I tell you, Russia - if you are listening, I hope you can find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will Received a huge reward from our media."

Like Donald Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort also deny "linking to Russia" and participating in Russia's cyber attacks on the Democratic Party.

 

4. Deeply trapped in "Tong Russia Gate"

The list of people involved in the "Russia Gate" incident in the Trump campaign is very long. Foreign policy adviser Carter Page went to Moscow at the height of the campaign. Some people say that he met with high-ranking Russian officials there, but he denied this.

The man on the left in the picture below later became President Trump's national security affairs assistant. He sat next to Putin at a dinner held in Moscow in December 2015.

 

This awkward handshake scene was filmed by Russian television. The TV station also spent nearly $50,000 to ask Flynn for an interview, but Flynn did not declare the income.

  

Jeff Sessions, the current Attorney General, secretly met with the Russian ambassador to the United States at least three times during the campaign.

Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, held two key meetings with senior Russian officials after the election. He did not report this either.

 

However, in the Trump "pass to Russia" incident, there is a name that is particularly eye-catching-Paul Manafort.

 

Paul Manafort has worked in Russia and Ukraine for many years, and his foreign clients are not ordinary people. In the past ten years, Manafort spent most of his time playing for the then pro-Russian Ukrainian President Yanukovych, and Yanukovych paid him at least $21 million.

 

It is said that during his stay in Ukraine, Manafort proposed a plan that would greatly benefit Putin to the highly powerful Russian oligarch Oleg Teripaska.

Oleg Teripaska is one of Putin's most important oligarchs. An Associated Press document shows that in 2005, Manafort sold Teripaska a series of services he could provide, one of which was to enhance Putin's image in Washington.

Both Manafort and Teripaska claimed that they never tried to promote or represent the interests of the Russian government. 

In 2014, Manafort's client, President Yanukovych, stepped down in a bloody riot. Two years later, Paul Manafort appeared in Washington and offered to play for Donald Trump for free. 

From April to August 2016, Paul Manafort served as Trump's campaign manager.

 

It was Roger Stone, a business partner he had worked with for many years that brought him into Trump's circle. 

According to Roger Stone, Manafort is willing to play for Trump for free because once he wins the election, he will have many opportunities to make money.

 

Let's sort out the relationship again. Manafort is a Washington lobbyist who has served for the President of Ukraine for 10 years. He has close ties with Putin, especially with the Russian oligarchs, who in turn have close ties with Putin. 

Such a person suddenly appeared at the door of Trump's presidential election team and offered to play for Trump for free. What else can you think of?

 

In August 2016, the media claimed that Manafort had undeclared illegal income while working in Ukraine, which Manafort denied. After that, he resigned from the Trump campaign. 

At this time, US intelligence agencies not only increased their vigilance against Russian interference in the election, but also noticed Trump's reaction to this.

 

On October 19, 2016, during a television debate on presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton said that Russia was behind the cyber attack and that the instigator was the highest leader of the Kremlin.

 

Trump’s response was: “She doesn’t know if this was done by Russia, China or others.” Hillary Clinton said:

“This is not what I said, but 17 intelligence agencies said it.” Tron Pu repeatedly said: "She doesn't know. Our country doesn't know."

 

The election results stunned the Democrats. Just before Trump entered the White House, as the outgoing president finally broke his face with Moscow, the Russian scandal began to take center stage.

 

In response to Russia's interference in the US presidential election, Obama announced on December 29, 2016 the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and a series of retaliatory sanctions. 

Afterwards, Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak received an important call. On the other end of the phone is Michael Flynn, who is about to be Trump’s national security assistant, who was once a guest of Putin.

 

Trump admits defeat and begins the handover process. The US election is finally settled

The tug of war in the US election has been going on for too long.

Throughout November, the whole world was watching the United States. Just before the election turned into a long Korean drama, Trump finally couldn't stand it.

The young man finally lowered his blond head, revealing the paleness inside.

 

1. The US Election dust settles

On Monday afternoon, CNN received a letter.

Director Emily Murphy (emilymurphy) mentioned in the letter:

The U.S. General Services Administration has already notified "President-elect" Biden that the agency is ready to initiate a formal transition process.

Screenshot of CNN report

This letter is like a clear signal, it means that the US General Services Administration officially recognized Trump's defeat.

Murphy signed the letter "Biden's Victory", a move that meant that the transition process officially began.

With this letter, the Biden team can justifiably coordinate and communicate with current government officials and provide millions of dollars in government funding for the transition.

It can be said that this letter is like a signal light, directly illuminating the chaotic election results in the United States and declaring the end to the world.

Faced with this situation, Trump no longer insists on himself.

He has been tough, calming down for the first time, trying to maintain the dignity of the loser, and tweeted to suggest that Murphy "make the decision that needs to be made."

 "Our lawsuit is still advancing strongly. We will continue to fight and believe that we can win. 

However, for the benefit of the country, I recommend Emily (Murphy) to do what she needs to do in the "preliminary agreement" and said that "I have been informed The team does the same thing. "

 

Screenshot of Trump's Twitter Although Trump declared on Twitter that Murphy was harassed and threatened, he did not want to see this happen again.

However, according to the content of Twitter and actual actions, Trump's move also indirectly accepted Murphy's initiation of the transition process, and his team will also cooperate.

According to the "Washington Post" report earlier, the General Services Administration is the "lowest-profile" agency in the federal government, responsible for managing the federal building, and is therefore also known as the "landlord" of the US government.

According to U.S. law, only after the General Services Administration confirms that one party has won the election, signs a letter, and officially transfers millions of dollars in funds, the U.S. president’s power transfer process will be officially launched.

2. Why Trump admits election defeat now?

Earlier on November 7, after major US media announced that Biden was elected president, Trump insisted that the votes were tricky and refused to admit defeat.

This put a lot of pressure on Murphy, the director of the US General Services Administration.

However, with the results of the recount of several controversial states, everything settled.

The Michigan State Voting Commission passed Biden with 3 votes in favor and 1 abstention.

None of the two Republican committee members voted against it. Trump originally hoped that there could be a 2 to 2 deadlock so that it could be handed over to the court for a ruling, but now his hopes have completely failed.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the Republican Party’s request to change the results of 8,329 absentee ballots in Philadelphia, and for the same reason, revoked the only victory the Trump team had won in the lower Pennsylvania court, which was the invalidation of 2,349 ballots in Allegheny County. The command.

More importantly:

The Federal Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the Trump team regarding the Pennsylvania election, which shows that the Federal Supreme Court will not interfere with the state election results.

With this combination of punches down, Trump can basically officially declare his re-election failure.

Seeing that there is no hope of re-election, Trump can only accept reality, at least a trace of dignity.

​3. Biden announces the list of officials

Even if Biden is already in his 70s, his reaction is not slow at all. According to the news from Fox News:

Not long after the dust settled in the disputed state, Biden stepped up to announce the list of future cabinet members and announced to the world that "we have no time to waste."

The officials on the announced list, almost without exception, have served in the Obama administration, and most of them are female roles. Nominate Antony Blinken as Secretary of State.

Brinken, 58, has a deep connection with Biden. He had worked with Biden on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee more than 20 years ago.

Since then, Brinken has been Biden's help in foreign affairs.

Mayorkas (Alejandro Mayorkas) will serve as Secretary of Homeland Security.

He is also the first Hispanic immigrant to be nominated as Secretary of Homeland Security.

From 2009 to 2013, he served as Director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.

From 2013 to 2016, he served as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama administration.

 

Avril Haines served as director of intelligence.

Haynes served as deputy national security adviser and deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Obama administration.

If the appointment is finally confirmed, she will become the first woman to serve as the Director of National Intelligence.

 

Jack Sullivan, will serve as the White House National Security Advisor.

He served as Vice President Biden's National Security Advisor in the Obama administration.

Faced with the position he might have, he posted on Twitter on the 23rd:

 

"President-elect Biden taught me how to defend our national security at the top of the government. Now, he has asked me to serve as his national security adviser. During my tenure, I will do my best to protect our national security."

 

Thomas Greenfield (LindaThomas-Greenfield) serves as the permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations.

Thomas Greenfield, a 68-year-old veteran diplomat, is the permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations.

 

Biden also nominated former Secretary of State John Kerry (John Kerry) to serve as the President's special climate envoy and will enter the National Security Council.

 

Kerry served as Secretary of State of the Obama Administration from 2013 to 2017.

In addition, the "Wall Street Journal" cited sources familiar with the matter that Biden plans to nominate former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen (Janet Yellen) as the Secretary of the Treasury.

 

Biden posted on Twitter:

"Today, I announced the first members of my national security and foreign policy team. They will unite the world to deal with the challenges we face-challenges that no country can deal with alone."

"It's time to restore American leadership. I believe this team can do it."

Can't wait to announce the leadership team, and seize all the time to handover, the strength of the Biden administration is evident.

Once the emperor and courtier, seeing Trump's re-election hopeless, the people around him are gradually leaving him.

In American history, a person like Trump can sit on the presidency.

Once so vigorous, how frustrated now.

Trump, maybe it's time to say goodbye.