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Trump Declares November’s Presidential Election as ‘Most Important Date’ in US History

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Trump Declares November's Presidential Election as 'Most Important Date' in US History

(CTN News) – Donald Trump told a rally in Ohio on Saturday that the November presidential election will be the “most important date” in US history, portraying his campaign for the White House as a watershed moment for the nation.

Days after solidifying his place as the likely Republican nominee, the former president warned of a “bloodbath” if he is not elected — though it was unclear what he was talking about, given that the remark came in the middle of talks about risks to the US car sector.

“The date — remember this, November 5 — I believe it’s going to be the most important date in the history of our country,” the 77-year-old told rally-goers in Vandalia, Ohio, reiterating well-worn charges of his adversary, President Joe Biden, as the “worst” president.

Criticizing Chinese intentions to construct vehicles in Mexico and sell them to Americans, he claimed, “They won’t be able to sell those cars if I’m elected.”

“Now, if I don’t get elected, there’s going to be a slaughter for the entire country, and that’s not even the half of it. That will be the least of it. But they won’t sell those cars.”

As Trump’s tweet spread on social media, Biden’s campaign issued a statement branding the Republican a “loser” at the 2020 election who then “doubles down on his threats of political violence.”

“He wants another January 6, but the American people will hand him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, love of violence, and thirst for vengeance,” the campaign said, referring to the deadly attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters in 2021.

Later, Biden addressed a luncheon in Washington, warning of “an unprecedented moment in history.”

“Freedom is under attack…” “The lies about the 2020 election, the plot to overturn it, and the embrace of the Jan. 6 insurrection pose the greatest threat to our democracy since the American Civil War,” he stated.

“In 2020, they failed, but … the threat remains.”

The 81-year-old, who has dismissed fears that he is too old for a second term, peppered his remarks with comedy.

“One candidate’s too old and mentally unfit to be president,” he remarked of the presidential election. “The other guy’s me.”

Earlier this month, Trump and Biden gained enough delegates to secure their party nominations for the 2024 presidential contest, effectively ensuring a rematch and setting up one of the longest election campaigns in US history.

Trump is campaigning on significant reforms to what he called Biden’s “horror show” immigration policy while successfully persuading Republicans to oppose a bill in Congress that featured the harshest border security measures in decades.

On Saturday, he mentioned the border again as he attempted to reach out to minorities who have generally voted Democratic.

He said Biden “repeatedly stabbed African-American voters in the back” by awarding work permits to “millions” of immigrants, warning that they and Hispanic Americans “are going to be the ones that suffer the most.”

For decades, Ohio was seen as a bellwether battleground state, but it has shifted more decisively Republican since Trump’s presidential victory in 2016.

The gathering occurred a day after Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, said he would not support his former boss for a second term in the White House.

At an annual media dinner on Saturday, US President Joe Biden joked about Donald Trump and his age before launching into deadly serious critiques of his challenger in the November election.

“One candidate’s too old and mentally unfit to be president,” the 81-year-old Democrat joked at Washington’s Gridiron Club. “The other guy’s me.”

Democrat Joe Biden was giving his first speech as president at the annual white-tie dinner for the US media and political elite, which Republican former President Donald Trump addressed in 2018.

Biden is trailing in some surveys and confronts voter concerns about his age, which he has attempted to overcome by noting 77-year-old Trump’s recent linguistic gaffes.

In his speech, Biden lashed out at Republicans in Congress who have initiated an impeachment investigation into his son’s business transactions, claiming they would “rather fail at impeachment than succeed at anything else.”

He claimed that Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who sat at the head table with Biden on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, “took one look at Congress and asked for another Guinness.”

During a meeting at the White House on Friday, Varadkar and Biden urged Republicans in Congress to stop opposing military supplies to Ukraine in response to Russia’s invasion.

However, Biden returned to Trump, claiming that the Democrats’ election campaign would demonstrate how they rebuilt the US economy during the Covid-19 outbreak “without encouraging the American people to inject bleach.”

Immigration, Economy, and Age: Key Issues in the 2024 Presidential Race

He was referring to an instance in which Trump, as president, asked a top medical advisor if virus victims could be treated by injecting them with a disinfectant.

“Look, I wish these were jokes, but they’re not,” Biden explained.

“Democracy and freedom are literally being attacked. Putin is on the march in Europe. My predecessor bends before him and says, ‘Do whatever the heck you want.'”

Noting the presence of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, a prominent critic of Russia, at his table, Putin said, “We will not bow down, they will not bow down, and I will not bow down.”

Biden stated that Trump’s bogus claims to have won the 2020 election, as well as the January 6, 2021, Capitol assault by pro-Trump rioters, demonstrated that “poison was coursing through the veins of our democracy.”

He also defended journalists, whom Trump has constantly criticized, saying, “You are not the enemy of the people.” “You are the foundation of any free society.”

In his speech at the Gridiron Club six years ago, Trump traded unusually humorous jabs with the Washington press corps while also making jokes about North Korea and his leadership style.

The Gridiron dinner, conducted behind closed doors with no photos allowed, brings Washington’s elite together for a night of self-deprecating humor, including costumed members performing a song.

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Millennials in Canada Have Turned their Backs on Justin Trudeau

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Justine Trudeau and his Liberal Party are currently engaged in a fierce battle for second place against Jagmeet Singh’s socialist NDP, as both parties find themselves trailing by 20 points behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

A recent poll indicates that 38% of Canadians consider Trudeau to be the most ineffective leader the nation has encountered in over fifty years. An impressive 47% of Canadian Millennials indicated they would support Poilievre if an election were to take place today, while nearly half of all Canadians express a desire for an election to be called this year.

Pierre Poilievre’s strong appeal among young voters can be attributed primarily to economic factors: soaring inflation, a pressing cost-of-living crisis, and the challenge of housing affordability are pushing many away from the Liberals, who have held power for nearly nine years.

According to UnHeard, Millennials are increasingly distancing themselves from Trudeau due to his stringent measures aimed at controlling the internet to combat alleged disinformation, as well as his climate change initiatives, notably the carbon tax.

protest in downtown Toronto against mass immigration took place on Canada Day

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An increasing number of Canadians are becoming aware of Trudeau’s ineffective policies and his approach to mass immigration. This past summer, there was significant outrage among parents of teenagers and young adults as they observed their children remaining at home without jobs.

The primary concern stemmed from the fact that most low-skilled and entry-level positions were being filled by unskilled, temporary foreign workers, predominantly from India.

There has been a notable rise in criminal activities linked to international students and unvetted temporary residents who are becoming involved with Punjabi gangs in Canada, contributing to a surge in auto thefts nationwide.

Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives are actively seeking to alter Trudeau’s approach to mass immigration and prioritize the construction of more housing should they come into power.

Significantly, Pierre Poilievre is perceived as more trustworthy than Trudeau, with over half of Canadians characterizing Poilievre as “open and honest about his actions, decisions, and intentions,” while only 39% share that sentiment regarding Trudeau.

The characteristics in question may shed light on Poilievre’s favorable polling, particularly among younger voters and women, who have historically leaned towards the Liberals or the NDP rather than the Conservatives.

The Liberal Party’s support has dwindled to an estimated 7% of Canadians, revealing a significant number of disillusioned voters eager for transformation. Poilievre is emerging as the type of leader that resonates with the desires of many Canadians.

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U.N. Special Rapporteur Calls on Thailand’s Banks to Cut-Off Myanmar Junta

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UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews speaks during a press conference after a meeting with Thailand's Parliamentary Committee

The U.N special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar has said the Bank of Thailand, commercial banks, and the anti-money laundering office are working on measures to stop the Myanmar Junta from acquiring weapons through Thailand’s banking system.

Tom Andrews the U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, said that some banks commercial in Thailand had aided Myanmar Junta’s by facilitating transactions that supplied military equipment to the Junta through the international banking system.

He called on the Bank of Thailand and financial institutions to do more to stop Myanmar’s junta acquiring weapons which they use on civilians to maintain power.

The special rapporteur was in Bangkok to address a parliamentary committee on security, he called on the Thai government to stop financial transactions that help supply weapons to Myanmar’s junta in line with a plan promoted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that sets out an end to violence as a first step toward peace.

In his 2023 report “The Billion Dollar Death Trade,” Andrews noted that Singapore had implemented a clear policy opposing the transfer of weapons to Myanmar.

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Thailand’s Banks Lacked Clear Policy

As a result, exports of weapons and related materials from Singapore-registered entities using the formal banking system dropped from almost U.S. $120 million in fiscal year 2022 to just over $10 million over the next 12 months.

However, he said Thailand had no explicit policy position opposing weapons transfer to the Myanmar Junta, which saw exports from Thai-registered entities more than double in 2023, from just over $60 million to nearly $130 million.

He called on Thai Government to conduct a thorough investigation into transfers as Singapore had done into its companies’ dealings.

Andrews told the the committee that five Thai commercial banks and Thai-based companies were assisting Myanmar’s junta obtain weapons, dual-technology items and jet fuel, enabling Military Junta to conduct atrocities against the people.

But said he had found no evidence that the Thai government was involved or was aware of the transactions or that Thai commercial banks had knowledge.

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Banks Condemn Myanmar Junta Violence

Meanwhile representatives from Thailand’s central bank, anti-money laundering office and the commercial banks named in the report were also present at the parliamentary meeting at government house in Bangkok.

A representative of the Bank of Thailand said officials were working with the commercial banks and the anti-money laundering office to make sure that enhanced oversight was properly practiced.

The Thai Bankers Association that was also at the parliamentary meeting said it did not have the means to investigate and monitor such irregularities beyond Thailand’s borders.

Mr. Pongsit Chaichatpornsuk, a Thai Bankers Association representative told the committee that If government security agencies tell us, we will stop transactions. We don’t support arms procurement by Myanmar Junta or any military government to violate human rights.

Thailand, which shares a long border with Myanmar and hosts many thousands of refugees fleeing conflict there, has tried to promote dialogue between Myanmar’s military rulers and opposition forces but no progress has been made.

This Article was first published in RFA

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People Rushing Sign Online Petition to Impeach South Korea’s President Crash Site

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The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea said in a statement that an online petition calling for South Korea’s President Mr. Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment crashed due to the enormous number of individuals attempting to sign the petition. Saying the National Assembly would resolve the matter as quickly as possible.

Since the petition was launch on the National Assembly’s website on June 20, more than 811,000 people have signed it. The petition urges Parliament to introduce legislation to impeach President Yoon on the grounds that he is unfit for office.

Late on June 30, National Assembly Speaker Mr. Woo Won-shik issued an apology for the disturbance and stated that Parliament would take action to protect the public’s fundamental rights.

People attempting to access the petition on July 1 experienced delays of up to four hours. At one point, an error message indicated that more than 30,000 individuals were waiting to access the site.

South Korea’s Parliament Hesitant

The online petition accuses Yoon of corruption, escalating the risk of conflict with North Korea, and endangering South Koreans’ health by failing to prevent Japan from leaking treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant.

By law, Parliament must assign every petition signed by more than 50,000 people to a committee, which will then decide whether to put it to a vote in the assembly.

However, the opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in Parliament, is hesitant to turn the petition into an impeachment bill, according to media reports, with a spokesperson stating that the party has yet to address the topic.

The Parliament can impeach a president with a two-thirds majority. The Constitutional Court then deliberates the motion and decides whether to remove or reinstall the president.

Meanwhile, on Monday Reuters reported North Korea criticized a joint military exercise performed this month by South Korea, Japan, and the United States, according to official media, saying such drills demonstrate the three nations’ alliance has evolved into “the Asian version of NATO”.

On Thursday, the three countries began large-scale combined military drills named “Freedom Edge” featuring navy destroyers, fighter fighters, and the nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, with the goal of strengthening defenses against missiles, submarines, and air strikes.

The drill was designed at a three-way meeting at Camp David last year to boost military cooperation amid concerns on the Korean peninsula caused by North Korea’s weapons testing.

Pyongyang will not overlook the strengthening of a military bloc led by the United States and its allies, and it would respond aggressively and decisively to defend regional peace, according to North Korea’s foreign ministry, as reported by KCNA.

 

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