Trump’s history of having a temper.
When Donald Trump found out that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election, the President went off.
Almost immediately, Mr. Trump lobbed a volley of insults at Mr. Sessions, telling the attorney general it was his fault they were in the current situation. Mr. Trump told Mr. Sessions that choosing him to be attorney general was one of the worst decisions he had made, called him an idiot, and said that he should resign.
Making the episode all the more painful? Trump and Sessions weren’t alone in the meeting. Vice President Mike Pence, White House counsel Don McGahn and several other aides were present, according to the Times report.
This temper tantrum from Trump is not an isolated incident. Far from it.
Trump fumed backstage before his Phoenix campaign rally last month as TV cameras showed a less-than-full arena. George Gigicos, who was handling the advance work for the event, was let go as a result of Trump’s displeasure.
Earlier that month, Trump had — stunningly — doubled down on his “both sides comments about the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, a decision, according to Politico, driven in part by his own anger — and his disdain for being told what to do.
At his Mar-a-Lago resort back in March, Trump was enraged by the media narrative that his White House was in chaos. He lashed out — alleging that former President Barack Obama had ordered Trump Tower wire-tapped during the 2016 campaign. He provided no evidence — either then or ever. And every intelligence agency in a position to know has concluded that no such wire-tapping ever happened.
He was pissed, Christopher Ruddy, the chief executive of Newsmax and a Trump friend, told The Washington Post at the time. I haven’t seen him this angry.
An August phone call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell devolved into a “shouting match … as an irate Trump expressed his frustrations about the congressional investigation into Russian interference with the US election last year and fumed about a Russia sanctions bill Congress passed that would tie Trump’s hands on the matter.
Shortly after Trump took office, a phone call he held with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull quickly turned testy. I have had it, Trump told Turnbull. I have been making these calls all day and this is the most unpleasant call all day. Putin was a pleasant call. This is ridiculous.
On the 2016 campaign trail, Trump’s temper was legendary — and often reared its head in debates.
First of all, Rand Paul shouldn’t even be on this stage, Trump said at the start of a September 2015 Republican debate. I never attacked him on his look and believe me there’s plenty of subject matter there — that I can tell you.
Trump repeatedly clashed with then-Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly — on and off the debate stage — over what he believed were unfair questions directed at him. In the second general election debate, Trump was combative and angry insisting Hillary Clinton should be jailed and repeatedly referencing the Bill Clinton sex scandal of the 1990s.
You get the idea. Trump’s temper is a feature, not a glitch. He pops off. He attacks those around him, casting about for people to blame when something doesn’t go to his liking. (He is also not terribly introspective, meaning he very rarely blames himself for mistakes that occur on his watch or even that he makes.)
It’s an open question as to whether Trump’s temper — and the actions he takes while mad — matter to the public.
Just 35% of voters said they thought that Trump had the temperament to be president, as compared to 55% who said Clinton did, according to the 2016 exit poll. Somewhat remarkably, Trump still won the votes of one in every five voters who said he wasn’t temperamentally fit for the White House.
In the eight months since he’s been President, Trump’s temperament — he has described himself as “modern-day presidential — has not worn well with the public, however. In an August CNN poll, 55% said they thought that Trump has lowered the stature” of the office. More than six in 10 said Trump’s actions in office made them less confident in his ability to serve as President.
What is clear is that Trump, at 71 years old, isn’t changing. He is who he is — temper and all. Voters are going to have to decide whether (and how much) it matters to
Source: CNN.com .
Why North Korea Still Hates The United States: The Legacy Of The Korean War.
The legacy of the Korea War. The pause button was hit on the Korean War in 1953. Its legacy of destruction lives on.
In just three years, the war claimed the lives of millions of people and forever changed the Korean Peninsula.
“We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, some way or another, and some in South Korea, too,” said former US Air Force commander Gen. Curtis LeMay in 1988, during an interview for an Air Force military history volume.
By the time the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, North Korea — which began the war with a population of 9.6 million — had suffered an estimated 1.3 million civilian and military casualties, according to figures cited by the US Air Force. South Korea, meanwhile, suffered up to 3 million civilian and 225,000 military casualties, from a total population of around 20.2 million in 1950.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a legendary figure in the US military who went on to become the commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command at the onset of the war, said during a congressional hearing in 1951 that he had never seen such devastation.
“I shrink with horror that I cannot express in words — at this continuous slaughter of men in Korea,” MacArthur said. “I have seen, I guess, as much blood and disaster as any living man, and it just curdled my stomach, the last time I was there.”
The war was one that many were reluctant to join, coming as it did just five years after the end of World War II.
More than 33,000 Americans were killed in the fighting and 600,000 from the Chinese military — who joined to protect their fellow communist neighbors — were left dead or missing.
The Chinese and the Americans went home after the fighting, but North Koreans stayed amid the ruins of the battle — their entire infrastructure decimated, their towns and cities completely obliterated.
Though the armistice date holds some significance in the United States — the US will start the process of banning Americans from travel to North Korea Thursday — the legacy of destruction was and remains a key piece of propaganda for Kim Il Sung, his son Kim Jong Il and his grandson Kim Jong Un, who now rules the country.
For North Koreans, destruction came from above. The conflict is seen as the first large-scale air campaign conducted by the US Air Force.
American planes dropped approximately 635,000 tons of explosives on North Korea (that’s more in three years than during the entire Pacific theater of World War II), including 32,000 tons of napalm, according to historian Charles Armstrong.
That continued fear of deadly US military airstrikes helps the North Korean government to portray Americans as a far-away caricature, a faceless enemy that leveled their country and could do so again.
“The bombing is treated as the American original sin in the (North Korean) propaganda and it certainly was savage,” according to Robert E. Kelly, a professor of political science at South Korea’s Pusan National University. “It’s become a political tool to justify the permanent emergency state. Japanese colonization is used the same.
Source: CNN.com
Rebel Wilson awarded A$4.5m in magazine defamation case
Actress Rebel Wilson has been awarded A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) in Australia’s largest payout for a defamation case.
Wilson successfully argued that a series of magazine articles had wrongly portrayed her as a serial liar.
In June a jury unanimously sided with the star, who had claimed the articles stifled her career in Hollywood. She has said she will give the money away.
Bauer Media has always denied the articles were defamatory. A lawyer said it would consider the judgement.
Wilson sought A$7m during the trial but had offered to settle for A$200,000 before it went to court.
Justice John Dixon told the Supreme Court of Victoria that the defamation case was “unprecedented in this country” because of its international reach.
‘Malicious attack’
“Substantial vindication can only be achieved by an award of damages that underscores that Ms Wilson’s reputation as an actress of integrity was wrongly damaged in a manner that affected her marketability in a huge worldwide marketplace,” he said on Wednesday.
The Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect actress was not in court on Wednesday, but she later tweeted that Bauer Media “viciously tried to take [her] down with a series of false articles” and “subjected [her] to a sustained and malicious attack”.
“The judge accepted without qualification that I had an extremely high reputation and that the damage inflicted on me was substantial,” she wrote.
The judge accepted without qualification that I had an extremely high reputation and that the damage inflicted on me was substantial.
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She added that the case “wasn’t about the money” and that she would donate the damages to “some great Australian charities” and the Australian film industry.
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I’m looking forward to helping out some great Australian charities and supporting the Oz film industry with the damages I’ve received.
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Also looking forward to getting back to my career and entertaining everyone! 😊
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Wilson sat in court for every day of the three-week trial and spent six days in the witness box.
She claimed that eight articles published by Bauer magazines in 2015 had portrayed her as a serial liar, and that this resulted in her being sacked from two feature films.
A six-woman jury rejected Bauer Media’s arguments that the articles were substantially true, trivial and did not affect Wilson’s acting career. A 12-person jury is not required for civil cases in Victoria.
Wilson said the verdict had exposed the “disgusting and disgraceful” conduct of some tabloid media.
Source: CNN.com
Attitude Of Gratitude Of Self Affirmation
An attitude of gratitude means making it a habit to express thankfulness and appreciation in all parts of your life, on a regular basis, for both the big and small things alike.
Gratitude facilitates contentment. Practicing gratitude is one of the most reliable methods for increasing contentment and life satisfaction. It also improves mood by enhancing feelings of optimism, joy, pleasure, enthusiasm, and other positive emotions. Conversely, gratitude also reduces anxiety and depression.
I have an attitude of gratitude is because i show manners of appreciation.
My thoughts are focused on positivity and thanksfulness
I’m sincerely grateful and this attracts positivity into my life.
I take time to be grateful for something as simple as a blue sky of the sound of laughter
I’m greteful for my family
I’m thankful for all my material possessions
I’m thankful for simple being alive
My life is full of so many things to be grateful for
Each morning i give thanks for another new day in my life
I’m grateful for all the positive things that are still yet to come my way
I am developing an attitude of gratitutde, i will be thankful for each day of my life
I’m beginning to feel a deep sense of acknowledgement for all the wonderful things in my life
I will strive to appreciate everything
I’m transforming into someone who is always focused on positivity and acknowledgement
I am starting to feel more thanks for the things i used to take for granted
Others have been noticing that i’m much positive and thankful
Having an attitude of appreciation is starting to feel more natural and normal
My orientation and acknowledgement grows stronger with each passing day.
My mind is is always effortlessly focused on positivity and thankfulness.
The orientation of acknowledgement is the key to manifesting a better life for we all.
Germany election: Merkel holds ground in TV debate
This was supposed to be the highlight of a lacklustre election campaign. For months German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have enjoyed a significant lead over their nearest rival – and current coalition partner.
The TV stations prepared their viewers for an impassioned, furious debate. But those hoping for rhetorical bloody noses were disappointed. As were the viewers hoping that Martin Schulz, who is unlikely to take Mrs Merkel’s crown, might at least taste victory on national TV.
Angela Merkel has been in the job for 12 years, and it showed.
The chancellor is not known for her skilful oratory and she doesn’t relish this kind of public debate. Nevertheless, Mrs Merkel appeared relaxed, credible and experienced, effortlessly parrying her opponent’s attacks.
It was her best debate performance, according to the German news site Spiegel online. Which doesn’t say much, given that she lost the first three.
But then Martin Schulz was always going to struggle to land a blow. It is tricky, for example, to attack Mrs Merkel’s refugee policy when you are on record as having said that the faith in Europe that each migrant brought with them is worth more than gold.
Source: CNN.com
Unveiling The Secrets To Success (Part One)
There are different secrets to success most people doesn’t know about.
(1) Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to your life more productive and rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health.Try getting up one hour earlier for 21 days and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not the quantity of sleep that is important. And just imagine having an extra 30 hours a month to spend on the things that are important to you.
(2) Set aside one hour every morning for personal development matters. Medidate, visualize your day, read inspirational articles to set the tone of your day, Listen to motivational tapes or read great literature books. Take this quite period to vitalize and energize your spirit for the productive day ahead. Watch the sun rise once a week or be with the nature. Starting the day off well is a powerful strategy for self-renewal and personal effectiveness.
(3) Do not allow those things that matter the most in your life be at the mercy of activities that matter the least. Every day, take the time to ask yourself the question, is this the best use of my time? and energy? Time management is life management, so guard your time with great care.
(4) Always focus your mind on the positives things in your life. Use rubber band around your wrist, each time a negative, energy sapping thought enters your mind, snap the rubber band.Through the power of conditioning, your mind will associate pain with negative thinking and you will soon possess a strong positive mindset.
(5) Stay on purpose, not on outcome. In other words, do the task because it is what you love to do or because it will help someone or is a valuable exercise. Don’t do it for money or the recognition. Those will come naturally. This is the way of the world that bring success.
(6) Always remember the key principle that the quality of your life is the quality of your communication. This means the way you communicate with others and, more importantly, the way you communicate with yourself. What you focus on is what you get. If you look for the positive this is what you get. This is a fundamental law of nature.
(7) Laugh for five minutes in the mirro each morning. Douson Odeh does.Laughter activates many beneficial chemicals within the body that place us into a very joyous state. Laughter also returns the body to state of balance.Laughter therapy has regularly used to heal persons with varied ailments and is a wonderful tonic for life’s ills. While the average adult 4 years old laughs 500 times a day, the average adult is lucky to laugh 15 times a day. Revitalize the habit of laughter, it will put far more living into your life.
(8) Throughout the day we all get the inspiration and excellent ideas. Keep a set of cards ( the size of business cards, available at most stationary stores) in your wallet along with a pencil to jot down these insight, When you get home, put the ideas in a central place such as a coil notepad and review them from time to time. As noted by Oliver Wendell Holmes, man mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
