United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that America was getting nothing from India s announcement that it had slashed import duty on Harley Davidson motorbikes to 50%. We want fair trade deals. We want reciprocal trade deals Trump said at a gathering of the governors of all states at the White House. So when they Harley Davidson send a motorcycle to India they have to pay 100% tax 100%. Trump said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi who the US president described as a beautiful man had called him and said that India had lowered import duty on the motorbikes to 50%. I said okay but so far we re getting nothing http://studyo81.org/user/arfplayer/ Trump added. So we get nothing he gets 50% and they think they re doing us a favour. That s not a favour. He claimed that India sold a lot of motorbikes to the United States without paying any duty on its exports while the US had to pay 50% to export Harley Davidson motorcycles to the country. That s not good for you people especially as governors the US president told the attendees. It s just not right. And we have many deals like that. On Friday Trump had criticised India and China for unfairly benefiting from the Paris climate agreement from which the United States pulled out in June 2017.
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump declared he s willing to take on the National Rifle Association over gun legislation but Republicans who control Congress aren t so sure. They prefer to consider only modest changes to firearms limits in response to the mass shooting at a Florida high school. Congress returned to work Monday without following Trump s lead on any of the major initiatives he has tossed into the debate since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Despite public calls for stricter gun laws Republican leaders have largely kept quiet after the shooting which left 17 dead and ushered in another phase in the gun debate prompted in large part by the activism of the young survivors. Some students visited with lawmakers Monday. Over the weekend Trump spent time talking to Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and the White House is inviting lawmakers from both parties for meetings this week. But Trump s ideas to arm many teachers lift the minimum age for purchasing assault rifles to 21 and impose stricter background checks were falling flat. You guys half of you are so afraid of the NRA the president said Monday at a meeting with the nation s governors. There s nothing to be afraid of. And you know what? If they re not with you we have to fight them every once in a while. That s OK. Instead Senate Republicans are hoping to consider more modest legislation from Sens. John Cornyn R-Texas and Chris Murphy D-Conn. to strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System or NICS. The Fix NICS bill similar to one approved last year in the House would penalize federal agencies that don t properly report required records used to determine whether someone can legally buy a gun. Cornyn the Senate s No. 2 Republican questioned Trump s proposal to raise the age limit for assault weapons noting that the minimum age to enlist in the military is 18. I m not sure I understand the 21 age. I think there are better ways to address it than just an arbitrary age increase he told The Washington Times. Trump insisted Monday that sometimes political leaders need to buck the NRA which builds its political power by major campaign spending and motivating gun rights supporters to vote. Though he did not mention increasing the minimum age for rifle purchases he wants to toughen the Cornyn bill with stricter background checks a change the NRA has opposed. We re going to strengthen it Trump said. We re going to make it more pertinent to what we re discussing. Democrats have long pressed for more sweeping changes toward a universal background check system including requiring inquiries for online and gun show purchases. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Monday that if all Congress can accomplish is passage of the Fix NICS bill it would be an abject failure and a dereliction of our duty. Sens. Joe Manchin D-W.Va. and Pat Toomey R-Pa. are reviving their background check bill which failed earlier including after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. Manchin said opponents at the time worried then-President Barack Obama would impose even stricter restrictions. Well they re not having that fear right now with President Trump he said. At a minimum Congress should approve universal background checks Schumer said denouncing NRA-backed bills that make Republicans feel better without meaningfully addressing the issue of gun safety. In the House many Democrats want to reinstate an assault weapons ban that expired more than a decade ago. But House Republican leaders believe it s up to the Senate to take the next steps according to a top House GOP aide who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he wasn t authorized to discuss legislative strategy. The House passed legislation in December that included changes to the background-check system. It was part of a broader package that stalled in the Senate because it included expanded gun rights by requiring states to recognize conceal-carry permits issued by other states. The House package also included a measure to study bump stocks the devices that turn rifles into automatic-style weapons and were used in the Las Vegas assault last fall the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In the Senate Republican leaders see the best route to passage in separating the issues of background checks and state reciprocity measures. They were testing support Monday for quick consideration of the background checks bill which was introduced last fall after the shooting of churchgoers in Texas. At the time authorities acknowledged having failed to report the Texas gunman s domestic violence conviction to the National Criminal Information Center database. I m for doing what s achievable Cornyn told reporters. But even the Fix NICS bill faced resistance from some in the GOP ranks. Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky said the bill would encourage federal agencies to encroach upon constitutionally guaranteed rights without affording robust due-process protections. At the same time some Republican lawmakers appeared willing to go further particularly in outlawing bump stocks which the Trump administration wants to do through administrative action as the NRA prefers rather than legislation. Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania said he supports a ban on bump stocks whether it s done through legislation or a change in federal regulations. That s sort of simple stuff that we should get done for the American public he told The Associated Press. Costello who faces a stiff re-election challenge in a district that has been redrawn to favor Democrats also supports the Fix NICS bill and a measure to raise age limits on purchases of certain assault weapons. At the White House Washington Gov. Jay Inslee one of two Democrats to address Trump publicly expressed his concerns over the idea of arming teachers as a response to the school shootings. We need a little less tweeting a little more listening Inslee said.
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US President Donald Trump has reached an agreement with the Boeing to provide two Air Force One planes for 3.9bn ( 2.8bn) the White House said on Tuesday. President Trump has reached an informal deal with Boeing on a fixed-price contract for the new Air Force One Program Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told Reuters. He said the contract will save taxpayers more than 1.4bn but those savings could not be independently confirmed. Mr Trump had previously said Boeing s costs to build replacements for Air Force One aircraft - one of the most visible symbols of the US presidency - were too high and urged the federal government in a tweet to Cancel order! Read more Bombardier wins trade dispute with Boeing The Boeing 747-8s are designed to be an airborne White House able to fly in worst-case security scenarios such as nuclear war and are modified with military avionics advanced communications and a self-defence system. President Trump negotiated a good deal on behalf of the American people Boeing said in a news release. US aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia said the White House was engaging in political theater. There s no evidence of a discount said Aboulafia vice president of analysis at Teal Group. Earlier this month the Pentagon released Air Force budget documents for fiscal year 2019 disclosing the 3.9bn cost for the two-aircraft program. The same 2018 budget document not adjusted for inflation showed the price at 3.6bn. Boeing would only have so much room to offer discounts given the high proportion of supplier content on Air Force One from refrigerators to missile warning systems Aboulafia said by phone. The big US defense contractor said the deal includes work to develop and build two planes including unique items such as a communications package internal and external stairs large galleys and other equipment. The informal deal will need to be codified in a formal contract with comprehensive complex terms and conditions said Franklin Turner a partner specializing in government contracts at law firm McCarter & English suggesting a final deal was still a ways off. Reuters More about: Boeing Donald Trump Air Force One Reuse content
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Late-night hosts on Monday discussed president Trump s suggestion to arm teachers in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland Florida and his comments regarding how he would have acted had he been at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. Stephen Colbert mocks Trump for cheat sheet on how to react to shooting survivors Read more Trump met with the nation s governors and at the top of the agenda of course was the urgent problem of school shootings Stephen Colbert said referring to a summit held at the White House. Donald Trump has said that maybe we should arm teachers. This idea has not been received well by people who have had or been a teacher. Showing footage of Trump doubling down on his suggestion to arm teachers particularly adept with guns Colbert said: If you re in the pocket of the NRA like he is the solution is never fewer guns. The solution is always more guns. Then again the school in Florida did have an armed sheriff deputy and even with guns and training he didn t enter the building nor did the next three armed deputies who showed up. Who among us could honestly say what they think they would do in that situation? Colbert asked. He then showed a clip of Trump at the event with the nation s governors saying I d run in there even if I didn t have a weapon. Facebook Twitter Pinterest There s a lot in there that I doubt but the part I really don t believe is that he can run Colbert responded. Sir we already know how you react to combat situations. You got five deferments from Vietnam! Trevor Noah also tore into Trump for saying he would have entered the high school unarmed. While the shooting was happening an armed deputy stayed outside the school doing nothing Noah said before showing footage of various pundits and lawmakers sharply criticizing the deputy for his unconscionable inaction. Trump renews attack on Florida deputy: I d run in there even if I didn t have a weapon Read more Damn that was harsh the host said. That was like hearing the white people version of Fuck the police. For some people this shows exactly why there s no point in arming teachers because if a trained officer didn t come to the rescue then how is Mrs Flanderson going to do any better? Noah explained before noting that there s no cure-all to the country s epidemic of gun violence. Here s what frustrates me about this gun violence discussion. It s the guns! No it s the cops! Maybe it s both? Noah said. Maybe with training the deputy would have known how to go into the situation while keeping himself relatively safe? But maybe with better gun laws once the deputy did go into the school he wouldn t have to face a teenager with an AR-15? The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) Here s what frustrates me in the gun violence discussion. People make it seem like there s only one problem and only one solution. It s the guns! No it s the cops! Maybe it s both. -Trevor on the finger-pointing in the wake of ParklandFull episode: https://t.co/CdPO2TNxfL pic.twitter.com/mVrRCukX1y February 27 2018 There s no one solution that will solve all shootings. Except for this one solution the host said before showing Trump extolling how he d respond to the situation. To be fair if Donald Trump ran into a school during a shooting I do believe he would actually stop the shooting Noah joked. How distracting would that be? He d be like That s right it s me Donald Trump. I don t have a gun but what I do have is an amazing electoral college victory. Finally Seth Meyers also discussed the administration s response to the country s reckoning with guns and the attacks on the students of Stoneman Douglas. The immediate crisis facing Trump and the rest of the government right now is our country s epidemic of gun violence Meyers said. The national conversation over gun safety had only intensified in the days since the Parkland shooting. And people are demanding action. In response to those demands Trump has spent the last week or so rambling nonsensically about his truly deranged idea to arm teachers Meyers said showing a clip from Monday s White House event comparing a deft handler of firearms to someone who consistently makes four-foot putts. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Even when he s laying out his plan to prevent school shootings he can t hide how much he d rather be playing golf Meyers joked. The only reason we re still talking about the issue of gun violence is because of the students at Stonemason Douglas high school who have demanded action and sparked a national movement for gun https://arfplayer.wufoo.com/forms/zuip8g101j7oje/ reform. Meyers went on to note that as a result of their outspokenness the Parkland students have been subjected to attacks on their credibility and tone. The host mentioned Sarah Chadwick a survivor of the shooting who tweeted We should change the name of AR-15s to Marco Rubio because they are so easy to buy. Damn that is a white-hot burn Meyers said before detailing Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham s response. How teens speak to and abt adults Ingraham wrote referring to Chadwick as a Stoneman Douglas sophomore. The student responded to Ingraham s tweet: I m a junior. Laura Ingraham what is wrong with you? Meyers said. Don t go after teenagers on social media. You saw what happened to Marco Rubio. Topics Late-night TV roundup Stephen Colbert Trevor Noah Donald Trump US gun control US television news Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Reuse this content
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