Como é que um jornalista de um jornal nacional com um artigo na 1ª página, pode ser tão... cego e não perceber nada, nem das situações, nem das pessoas e nem sequer se dar ao trabalho de pesquisar um bocadinho sobre o assunto? Eu aqui em 5 minutos, na minha casa, só com um computador, percebo mais do que se passa do que um profissional que ganha a vida com isto? Que incompetente... o nosso jornalismo é mesmo medíocre.
Ele sabe que os tweets de Trump podiam ter-lhe custado a vida [ele sabia que andavam, no Capitólio, à procura dele, por causa dos tweets de Trump. Estava furioso e várias pessoas o ouviram dizer, 'Depois de tudo o que fiz por ele!' Trump está envolvido numa queixa judicial que os republicanos fizeram contra Pence e ele sabe-o. Esta é uma traição que muito lhe deve estar a custar, mas ele, passada a fúria, não é pessoa para vir lavar roupa em público por vingança. O que só lhe fica bem. Isso é justamente o que fazem as pessoas da laia de Trump. E sujar a presidência de Trump também o suja a ele por arrasto porque ele fez parte dela, defendeu-o inúmeras vezes, foi-lhe sempre leal.
Ele foi há dois dias à Casa Branca com o seu assessor e o advogado e falou com Trump. Trump, que não se interessou sequer em saber se ele e a família estavam bem, depois do que se passou, virou-se a ele a falar de deslealdade e cobardia por não ter declarado as eleições nulas, mas Pence não reagiu da mesma maneira. Disse o que tinha a dizer sobre o assunto e agora anda a ver se deixa o poder em situação governável para a administração a seguir enquanto Trump se passeia a fazer ameaças. As relações não foram reatadas. Falaram um com o outro, Trump, 'tu cá tu lá' e o outro, institucionalmete.
Pence, o fiel vice-presidente que não abandona Trump
Por uma vez, na semana passada, Mike Pence não cumpriu as indicações do presidente. Mas após as críticas em público de Trump e cinco dias de silêncio, as relações foram reatadas. E esta quarta-feira, recusou invocar a 25.ª emenda para destituir o presidente.
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The turn of events has left Pence shaken and caused him to exclaim in anger to a fellow Republican: "After all the things I've done for (Trump)!"
Pence also recently learned that pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell was involved in the lawsuit filed by Trump's Republican allies against him. Trump was not only aware, but had encouraged the effort, people close to the situation said.
Even when the President returned to the White House while his crowd set off for the Capitol, Trump's anger at Pence did not abate. And as the crowd broke down doors, mobbed the building, and in some cases appeared to be hunting Pence himself, Trump remained focused on the perceived disloyalty.
The threats against Pence have not been limited to the particular actions of the rioters on Wednesday. Pence's staff has received two threatening emails sent to an internal distribution list from an outside sender in the past days, both before and after the insurrection attempt at the Capitol on Wednesday, according to a White House official. Pence himself is not on the distribution list.
After Wednesday's events, Pence allies were aghast the President did not call to ensure the vice president's safety, or the safety of his wife and daughter, who had accompanied him as he performed the ceremonial role of overseeing the Electoral College tally. Pence's brother, Rep. Greg Pence, an Indiana Republican, was also inside. Instead, the President was trying to phone Republican allies to convince them to persist in their futile rejection of the election results.
"Was he concerned at all that an angry mob that he commanded to march on the Capitol might injure the vice president or his family?" a person familiar with the matter asked.
Inside the besieged Capitol, it was Pence and not Trump who coordinated phone calls with law enforcement and security agencies. Afterward, Pence phoned the family of the fallen Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, even as Trump remained silent. And after Trump finally conceded he would not serve another term in office, it is Pence who will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration while Trump says he will boycott it.
Pence's actions earned him praise within the administration, including from national security adviser Robert O'Brien, who tweeted on Wednesday that Pence "is a genuinely fine and decent man. He exhibited courage today."
Muito lhe deve custar a traição de Trump, mas ele é uma pessoa diferente de Trump e não se rebaixa a dizer mal dele depois de ter estado quatro anos a seu lado nem vai investir em actos [como evocar a 25ª emenda] que serão vistos como uma vingança, justamente por causa disso. Portanto, Pence já abandonou Trump e vê-o agora como ele é, um homem fútil, egoísta, narcísico e sem escrúpulos, incapaz de lealdade, seja com quem for, mas isso não o faz abandonar os seus princípios.
Pence, o fiel vice-presidente que não abandona Trump
Por uma vez, na semana passada, Mike Pence não cumpriu as indicações do presidente. Mas após as críticas em público de Trump e cinco dias de silêncio, as relações foram reatadas. E esta quarta-feira, recusou invocar a 25.ª emenda para destituir o presidente.
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Pence also recently learned that pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell was involved in the lawsuit filed by Trump's Republican allies against him. Trump was not only aware, but had encouraged the effort, people close to the situation said.
Even when the President returned to the White House while his crowd set off for the Capitol, Trump's anger at Pence did not abate. And as the crowd broke down doors, mobbed the building, and in some cases appeared to be hunting Pence himself, Trump remained focused on the perceived disloyalty.
The threats against Pence have not been limited to the particular actions of the rioters on Wednesday. Pence's staff has received two threatening emails sent to an internal distribution list from an outside sender in the past days, both before and after the insurrection attempt at the Capitol on Wednesday, according to a White House official. Pence himself is not on the distribution list.
After Wednesday's events, Pence allies were aghast the President did not call to ensure the vice president's safety, or the safety of his wife and daughter, who had accompanied him as he performed the ceremonial role of overseeing the Electoral College tally. Pence's brother, Rep. Greg Pence, an Indiana Republican, was also inside. Instead, the President was trying to phone Republican allies to convince them to persist in their futile rejection of the election results.
"Was he concerned at all that an angry mob that he commanded to march on the Capitol might injure the vice president or his family?" a person familiar with the matter asked.
Inside the besieged Capitol, it was Pence and not Trump who coordinated phone calls with law enforcement and security agencies. Afterward, Pence phoned the family of the fallen Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, even as Trump remained silent. And after Trump finally conceded he would not serve another term in office, it is Pence who will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration while Trump says he will boycott it.
Pence's actions earned him praise within the administration, including from national security adviser Robert O'Brien, who tweeted on Wednesday that Pence "is a genuinely fine and decent man. He exhibited courage today."
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Advisers have said Pence hopes to provide a bridge to the next administration and do as much as possible to assist Biden's team in preparing for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Pence and Biden consulted regularly in the early days of the Trump administration, including on foreign policy matters.On Monday, Pence's schedule listed a coronavirus task force meeting -- one of the final times the group meets before the end of the administration. Pence did not bring up the siege at the Capitol during the discussion, a person close to the task force said.
Trump, meanwhile, had nothing on his schedule.
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