Tuesday, 15 March 2016

TRUMP; HOUSE OF CARDS; THAKSIN



Frank Underwood is a Machiavellian character who becomes the President of the USA.

Kevin Spacey is Frank Underwood in House of Cards.

Asked about Frank's similarity to Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey said:

"One of these figures is a fictional character and the other is a fictional character."

House of Cards: Donald Trump.



Frank graduated from a military college.

Frank was nearly expelled from the college before graduating.

Frank had a homosexual relationship with his friend from military school.

Frank attended law school.

Frank's father, Calvin, had friendly links to the Klu Klux Klan.

Frank has sexual liaisons with both men and women.

As President, Frank plans to secure his legacy with an ambitious jobs bill, America Works, which he intends to pay for by stripping entitlement programs.

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Thaksin Shinawatra, a billionaire, was prime minister of Thailand, from 2001-2006.

Thaksin has been compared to Donald Trump.

Thaksin showed how a billionaire politician could win votes from the poor, as the result of anti-elite anger.

Thaksin Shinawatra - FT.com

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"Thousands of deaths and disappearances occurred" while Thaksin was prime minister.

When asked what responsibility he bears for these killings, especially after urging the police to be ruthless in dealing with the drugs trade, he says: he didn't really mean it.

He was 'bluffing' the drug dealers, just as he bluffed insurgents in the south.

'That's my style, of bluffing,' he says. 'If you monitor what Donald Trump is saying, he's bluffing.'

Thaksin Shinawatra - FT.com



Michael Glassner (above) arranged the deal that gave the lease of the World Trade Center to the Larry Silverstein Group.[7]

Michael Glassner, formerly of AIPAC, is now Donald Trump's top political planner.

Fifty days before 9/11, Larry Silverstein's Silverstein Properties and Frank Lowy's Westfield America secured a 99-year lease on World Trade Center Buildings One, Two, Four and Five. Silverstein already owned Building Seven.

Silverstein and Westfield America insured the WTC complex for $3.55 billion, but after the attacks of September 11 lodged a claim for $7.1 billion on the premise that each plane collision constituted a separate act of terrorism, doubling the payout.

About $5.4 billion went into the pockets of Lowy and Silverstein.




Trump wants more money to go to the Military Industrial Complex.

He pretends that ISIS does not work for the Pentagon.

Trump told a Phoenix audience that "I'm the most militaristic person in this room."



Michael Glasner.

Trump's national political director is Michael Glassnerformerly of AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee)

"How does one go from serving AIPAC ... to running Donald Trump's national political operation today?"

From AIPAC to Trump: Michael Glassner's journey



Remember 9/11, 2001?

From 1998 to 2001, Michael Glassner was chief of staff to Lewis Eisenberg, chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Glassner was involved in the deal that gave the lease of the World Trade Center to the Silverstein Group.[7] 

In 2000, Glassner advised George W. Bush's presidential campaign.

In 2014, Glassner was working for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

In February 2016, Glassner said, "My interest in pro-Israel politics had grown exponentially. Particularly since 9-11, which represented a real credible threat to all Americans and in particular as a Jew, I felt very strongly about the threat of radical Islam and so I became more and more involved with AIPAC."[12] 

Trump says of Glassner: "Michael is responsible for developing and implementing a national political plan and will oversee strategic planning operations nationwide."[14]

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