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Matthew Chapman: Believe it or not, Trump's insane proclamation that he will keep tariffs in place until there are no more Mercedes on Fifth Avenue gave me a moment of clarity.

I think I finally understand Trump's economic philosophy now. And we are absolutely screwed.

The one thing that you need to understand about Trump is that he is, at his core, a con man with no empathy.

Therefore, he assumes that all other people are also con men with no empathy, and every exchange of goods and services that exists in the world is, on some level, a con.

Trump assumes every transaction in the world — between people, businesses, nation-states, even between two different agencies of the same government — has a winner and a loser, a scammer and a sucker. He believes if you're not ripping someone off, you're getting ripped off.

From an economist's perspective, this is complete nonsense. Unless there are major information asymmetries or distortions of market power, and often even then, most transactions are generally to the mutual benefit of both parties.
Otherwise no deals would ever get made.

Give this to Kevin. pic.twitter.com/a5Nea9GiGE

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 21, 2023

Дональд Трамп / Donald Trump (Алек Болдуїн / Alec Baldwin) у ніч перед Різдвом загадує бажання побачити світ, у якому він ніколи не був обраний* Президентом США. Під час подорожі він бачить, як поживають Майкл Коен / Michael Cohen (Бен Стіллер / Ben Stiller), Бретт Кавено / Brett Kavanaugh (Метт Деймон / Matt Damon), Роберт Мюллер / Robert Mueller (Роберт Де Ніро / Robert De Niro) та інші, і як змінилося їхнє життя у світі альтернативної реальності.

It's a Wonderful Trump.UA from Daryn on Vimeo.

На цій картинці диктатор Дутерте
ніби каже американському диктатору:
„You are next!“

Could Duterte run for US president? Is he a U.S. citizen?

After seeing a meme about President Duterte wanting to give away free guns, and his rather unorthodox ways of getting rid of drug dealers and communists; I came to wonder would there be anything in law forbidding him from running in the USA?

After all the Philippines got their independence in 1946 and he was born in 1945 which I believe implies he is a U.S. citizen.

If he is a U.S. citizen could the country theoretically call him up for aforementioned unorthodox techniques?

Context (highlight mine):

But House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), one of Trump’s leading allies on the Hill, privately urged Republican colleagues Tuesday to consider holding Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray in contempt of Congress if the Justice Department does not provide him with documents he has sought about the Russia probe in coming days.

[…] Nunes has also spoken in the past week with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which has been supportive of Trump, about how a potential contempt effort could unfold. He has not yet spoken with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) about possibly moving forward, the two people said. — The Washington Post

In my naive understanding, the close allies of a subject¹ of a criminal probe are trying to get access to temporary documents that contain facts that the investigation has already established (and — most importantly — what has not been established yet).

These allies submit an official Congress inquiry to the DOJ, or else they threaten to accuse the DOJ of contempt of Congress.

Most obviously, since these Congressmen are "leading allies" and "been supportive" of the subject, they can be tempted to disclose the materials to the subject of the investigation. Which, in turn, would let him hide evidence, build up the defense strategy, threaten the witnesses, and so on.

Question: Is there any provision that regulates some kind of Non-Disclosure agreement to be signed by those who submit such demands? If so, how is the possible violation being prosecuted?

I am aware of the recent move of Rosenstein who refers to a similar case when in 1941, when Attorney General Robert Jackson investigated a corruption scandal in the US Navy. He refused Congressman Carl Vinson's demand to disclose the documents of the investigation, arguing, among other things, the possibility of disclosure to the enemies:

Second, disclosing certain investigative reports would give aid to our enemies and jeopardize our national security.

This makes me thinking that in 1941, there was no regulation of non-disclosure. So, have any been adopted since then?

¹) subject, not a target;