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VIDEO: China Responds
Monday 12 December 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast & Forbes.com, in re: Russell Hsiao, executive director of Global Taiwan Institute http://globaltaiwan.org/ in re: The PRC decided to fly nuclear-capable bombers war planes, to circumaviate Taiwan – both before (25 Nov) and after (10 Dec) the phone call: Four planes clockwise around Taiwan. PRC once (1995 & 1996) shelled the Strait to intimidate Taiwan into not voting; of course, it had the opposite effect.
VIDEO: Trumps Picks a Cabinet
Tuesday 22 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Whalen, Hoover, in re: Trump visited New York Times publisher today, had relatively amiable talk. Stock mkt hit 19,000 today; increasing investor confidence in the incoming administration. Small cap stocks up 11%; bond rates rising ½ percentage point; real exchange rate up by 3%. Now is the time for the Fed to raise rates. GOP is discovering that Pres-elect Trump is a more complex candidate than Candidate Trump. Nikki Haley as US Amb to the UN?
VIDEO: New Order
Thursday 17 November 2016 / Hour 2, Block A: Ambassador John Bolton, AEI, in re: The absence/disengagement of America for so long has alarmed much of he world; a strong Secretary of State will encouraged many nations.
VIDEO: Wolf! Wolf! at Trump Tower
Thursday 17 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Mona Charen. NRO, in re: If Donald Trump has the magnanimity to receive Romney well, then he’s a different person from the rough character we saw in the campaign. DJT cares a great deal about loyalty; only a small group remained loyal to him and there was a fear that he’d promote only those; now, it looks as though he welcomes experience.
VIDEO: Trump Transition
Tuesday 15 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Steve Moore, Trump economics advisor, in re: Mkt was down 800 points mid-evening, then 400, then 200; opened at 300 +; and hit 900+ points above last week. Opposite: bonds are selling off – interest rates are rising: a sign of growth. I just love the Trump rally: tax cut, bz, deregulation. Larry and Steve Moore have spoken of these for years. Brady Bill. Steve Moore was in a meeting with Congressional whips today. My fave moment was when Paul Krugman was asked: “When will the mkt recover?” “Never!”
VIDEO: Disarray
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 2, Block A: David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO, in re: Michigan, Macombe Co; who voted for Trump and who refused to vote for Clinton? ‘Twas the home of the Reagan Democrats; Bill Clinton would have been their ideal president. But with stagnating wages came anger and angst for having been left out, and no hope for their children. These voters were fed up with the existing system and Trump was seen as someone who at least would shake it up.