After dropping two atom bombs on Japan in 1945, Pres. Truman converted the US from a country into the global death machine it is today. Adamant that his successor continue to subordinate Americans to unelected war profiteers, Truman said, “I must keep the isolationists out of the White House”

Truman was US President from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953.

On August 6, 1945, Truman ordered an atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, Truman ordered an atomic bomb to be dropped on a second Japanese city, Nagasaki.…For Truman, this removed the problem of having to ask Stalin to help the US defeat the Japanese:…“On July 25, [1945] after receiving Stalin’s pledge to join the U.S. in the war against Japan in the Pacific, Truman casually informed the Soviet leader that the United States had a new weapon of unusual destructive force. Although Stalin did not appear to be impressed by the news, Truman hoped the information would increase the pressure on Stalin to concede to the Allies’ demands regarding the post-war division of Europe...It turned out that Truman would not need the Soviets’ help in the Pacific after all. On August 6, 1945, one week before the Soviets were due to join combat operations, Truman ordered the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.”

Image, July 18, 1945, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin meeting at Potsdam, Germany. “From left to right, row 1 : Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Second row: General Harry Vaughan, interpreter Charles Bohlen, interpreter V. N. Pavlov (mostly obscured by Truman), Captain James K. Vardaman, and Charles Ross (partially obscured).” National Archives. (Less than a month later, 8/6/1945, Truman bombed Hiroshima, Japan)

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More on Truman:

After dropping two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945, Truman founded a completely different United States, one in which US taxpayers were automatically subordinate to endless global military interventions. Every US baby would be born into a life of bondage to global military profiteers:

In 1946, Truman signed the United Nations Charter.

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In 1947 the Truman Doctrine kicked off US global Cold War Policy

“The Truman Doctrine was the United States’ first Cold War policy. Developed by Harry Truman in the first two years of his presidency, it was publicly unveiled in a speech to the US Congress in March 1947. The Truman Doctrine held that the US should provide material support to any democratic nation that found itself at risk from anti-democratic forces, namely communism. This doctrine became the basis for US policy for much of the Cold War.“…Congress granted Truman’s request for $300 million in aid to Greece and $100 million in aid to Turkey in military and economic aid.

In 1947 Truman created the CIA, NSC, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Dept. of Defense:

“In 1947, Truman signed the National Security Act, which reorganized the intelligence agencies and armed forces. The act created the Department of Defense. Prior to this the United States had the Department of War and the Department of the Navy. With the Department of Defense, all of the armed forces would come under one umbrella, including the newly created Air Force, which had previously been the Army Air Forces. The National Security Act also created the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which was made up of the senior uniformed commanders of the armed forces….The 1947 National Security Act created two national security agencies: the National Security Council…and the Central Intelligence Agency, a non military agency that is responsible for the monitoring and reporting of security of the country and its interests abroad to the president….Before the [CIA] agency was created, the post of Director of Central Intelligence was created in 1946 by Truman.”…

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In 1948 Truman created the $13 billion Marshall Plan which “helped 18 European countries to recover from World War II, …to stabilize Europe economically and politically so that European nations would not be tempted by the appeal of communist parties:”

“Under the Marshall Plan, the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) distributed $13 billion in aid over four years (1948-51). Most of the funds were given in direct grants, and the rest in loans. Seventeen nations in western and southern Europe received assistance, including the United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Sweden, Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and West Germany.”…

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In 1949 Truman created NATO which he saw as a “world” group:

“By this treaty, we are not only seeking to establish freedom from aggression and from the use of force in the North Atlantic community, but we are also actively striving to promote and preserve peace throughout the world.”

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Christmas, 1951, Truman was desperate that his successor be an interventionist like himself: “I must keep the isolationists out of the White House:”

“Truman offered [Dwight] Eisenhower the presidency on the Democratic ticketat Christmas 1951, and not for the first time, but for the fourth. “If I do what I want to do, I’ll go back to Missouri,” Truman confided in a handwritten letter to Eisenhower.

“If you decide to finish the European job (and I don’t know who else can) I must keep the isolationists out of the White House. I wish you would let me know what you intend to do. It will be between us and no one else.”

He had assumed, without knowing, that the general would accept the Democratic nomination. No one knew for sure what party Ike liked.”…9/25/2020, “How the US-Soviet Relationship Shaped Eisenhower’s Presidency,” “The Early Years of the Cold War,” Tim Weiner

 

 

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Much of world population had permanent natural immunity to 1977 H1N1 virus strain released from unknown lab. It spread rapidly to those under 20, but those born before 1957 were immune-Atomic Bulletin 2014, CDC 2006, Plos One peer reviewed study, 2010

"The 1977 pandemic spread rapidly worldwide but was limited to those under 20 years of age. Older persons were immune [via their]…exposures before 1957.…The consequences of escape of a highly lethal avian virus with enhanced transmissibility would almost certainly be much graver than the 1977 escape…to a population with substantial existing immunity.”

March 31, 2014, “Threatened pandemics and laboratory escapes: Self-fulfilling prophecies,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Martin Furmanski

“If a pathogen appears in nature after not circulating for years or decades, it may be assumed to have escaped from a laboratory where it had been stored inert for many years, accumulating no genetic changes; that is, its natural evolution had been frozen….The risk of a manmade pandemic sparked by a laboratory escape is not hypothetical: One occurred in 1977.”…

Human H1N1 influenza virus appeared to go extinct in 1957 after the H2N2 pandemic virus appeared.

Human H1N1 virus reappeared in 1977:  “Virologists, using serologic and early genetic tests soon began to suggest the cause of the reappearance was a laboratory escape of a 1949-1950 virus,…By 2010, researchers published it as fact: “The most famous case of a released laboratory strain is the re-emergent H1N1 influenzaA virus which was first observed in China in May of 1977 and in Russia shortly thereafter.”…

The 1977 pandemic spread rapidly worldwide but was limited to those under 20 years of age: Older persons were immune from [their] exposures before 1957….Mercifully it caused mild disease, and fatalities were few. It continued to circulate until 2009, when the pH1N1 virus replaced it.

There has been virtually no public awareness of the 1977 H1N1 pandemic and its laboratory origins....The consequences of escape of a highly lethal avian virus with enhanced transmissibility would almost certainly be much graver than the 1977 escape of a “seasonal,” possibly attenuated strain to a population with substantial existing immunity.”

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Added: Jan. 2006, Second citation for permanent natural immunity:

A 1977 version of H1N1 had almost no effect on persons over age 20, specifically persons born before 1957, as they had acquired permanent natural immunity from exposure to it years earlier.

Jan. 2006, “Influenza Pandemics of the 20th Century,” cdc.gov, Edwin D. Kilbourne*, Author affiliation: *New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

“Abstract

Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The latter 2 were in the era of modern virology and most thoroughly characterized. All 3 have been informally identified by their presumed sites of origin as Spanish, Asian, and Hong Kong influenza, respectively. They are now known to represent 3 different antigenic subtypes of influenza A virus: H1N1, H2N2, and H3N2, respectively. Not classified as true pandemics are 3 notable epidemics: a pseudopandemic in 1947 with low death rates, an epidemic in 1977 that was a pandemic in children, and an abortive epidemic of swine influenza in 1976 that was feared to have pandemic potential….

1977: Russian Flu, a Juvenile, Age-restricted Pandemic, and the Return of Human H1N1 Virus

Our obsession with geographic eponyms for a disease of worldwide distribution is best illustrated by Russian, or later red influenza or red flu, which first came to attention in November 1977, in the Soviet Union. However, it was later reported as having first occurred in northeastern China in May of that year [1977] (26).

It quickly became apparent that this rapidly spreading epidemic was almost entirely restricted to persons <25 years of age, and that, in general, the disease was mild, although characterized by typical symptoms of influenza.

The age distribution was attributed to the absence of H1N1 viruses in humans after 1957 and the subsequent successive dominance of the H2N2 and then the H3N2  subtypes.

When antigenic and molecular characterization of this virus showed that both the HA and NA antigens were remarkably similar to those of the 1950s, this finding had profound implications.

Where had the virus been that it was relatively unchanged after 20 years?

If serially (and cryptically) transmitted in humans, antigenic drift should have led to many changes after 2 decades. Reactivation of a long dormant infection was a possibility, but the idea conflicts with all we know of the biology of the virus in which a latent phase has not been found. Had the virus been in a deep freeze? This was a disturbing thought because it implied concealed experimentation with live virus, perhaps in a vaccine.”…

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Added: July 13, 2011: Third citation for permanent natural immunity: Virtually the entire global population born prior to 1957 was naturally immune to the 1977 version of H1N1 having been exposed years earlier and thus acquiring natural immunity:

July 13, 2011, “1977 Russian Flu Pandemic,” GlobalSecurity.org

“Strictly speaking, there was a fourth pandemic in the 20th century, an H1N1 strain which appeared in 1977. This was a “benign” pandemic, primarily involving persons born after 1950, because the older population had protective immunity resulting from prior experience with H1N1 strains.

The Russian Flu began in May 1977, when influenza A/H1N1 viruses isolated in northern China spread rapidly, and caused epidemic disease in children and young adults (< 23 years) worldwide….

It was later reported as having first occurred in northeastern China….In May 1977, influenza viruses in northern China spread rapidly and caused epidemic disease in children and young adults….

The age distribution was attributed to the absence of H1N1 viruses in humans after 1957 and the subsequent successive dominance of the H2N2 and then the H3N2 subtypes. The 1977 virus was similar to other A/H1N1 viruses that had circulated prior to 1957. In 1957, the A/H1N1 virus was replaced by the new A/H2N2 viruses….

Persons born before 1957 were likely to have been exposed to A/H1N1 viruses and to have developed immunity.…

Therefore, when the A/H1N1 reappeared in 1977, many people over the age of 23 had some protection against the virus and it was primarily younger people who became ill…By January 1978, the virus had spread around the world, including the United States.

Because illness occurred primarily in children, this event was not considered a true pandemic. Vaccine containing this virus was not produced in time for the 1977-78 season, but the virus was included in the 1978-79 vaccine….

Only a small portion of those over age 65 and the chronically ill over age 26 were attacked…

The predicted population group to be most seriously affected was attacked infrequently. HEW had predicted, based on past experience, that the 1978-79 flu would be most severe in the chronically ill and those over 65 years of age.

However, the population attacked most frequently were people under 26 years of age, and the disease consequences were generally mild in those attacked….

When antigenic and molecular characterization of this virus showed that both the HA and NA antigens were remarkably similar to those of the 1950s, this finding had profound implications. Where had the virus been that it was relatively unchanged after 20 years? If serially (and cryptically) transmitted in humans, antigenic drift should have led to many changes after two decades. Reactivation of a long dormant infection was a possibility, but the idea conflicted with what was known of the biology of the virus, in which a latent phase has not been found. Had the virus been in a deep freeze? This was a disturbing thought because it implied concealed [lab] experimentation with live virus, perhaps in a vaccine.” …

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Added: Peer reviewed study, 6/17/2010, confirms “disturbing thought” that 1977 H1N1 was result of “accidental release of a frozen laboratory strain” or “concealed experimentation:”

6/17/2010, “The Re-Emergence of H1N1 Influenza Virus in 1977: A Cautionary Tale for Estimating Divergence Times Using Biologically Unrealistic Sampling Dates,” Joel O. Wertheim, peer reviewed, …https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011184

“Abstract

In 1977, H1N1 influenza A virus reappeared after a 20-year absence. Genetic analysis indicated that this strain was missing decades of nucleotide sequence evolution, suggesting an accidental release of a frozen laboratory strain into the general population. Recently, this strain and its descendants were included in an analysis attempting to date the origin of pandemic influenza virus without accounting for the missing decades of evolution. Here, we investigated the effect of using viral isolates with biologically unrealistic sampling dates on estimates of divergence dates. Not accounting for missing sequence evolution produced biased results and increased the variance of date estimates of the most recent common ancestor of the re-emergent lineages and across the entire phylogeny. Reanalysis of the H1N1 sequences excluding isolates with unrealistic sampling dates indicates that the 1977 re-emergent lineage was circulating for approximately one year before detection, making it difficult to determine the geographic source of reintroduction.

We suggest that a new method is needed to account for viral isolates with unrealistic sampling dates….

Introduction

Phylogenetic inference is an important tool for understanding the origin and evolution of emerging pathogens [1]. For rapidly evolving pathogens, such as RNA viruses, isolates sampled over years or decades can be used to calibrate a molecular clock and date divergence events [2]. However, if frozen laboratory strains escape into the general population, they will be missing years of nucleotide sequence evolution, and the date of isolation can be misleading.

The most famous case of a released laboratory strain is the re-emergent H1N1 influenza A virus which was first observed in China in May of 1977 and in Russia shortly thereafter [3], [4]. This outbreak marked the return of a seasonal H1N1 human influenza virus after a nearly 20-year absence following its displacement during the 1957 H2N2 pandemic. Scientists quickly realized that something was unusual about this re-emergent H1N1 strain; it was genetically similar, though not identical, to an H1N1 isolate from 1950 [5], [6]. Initially it was suggested that this virus could have lain dormant or evolved slowly in non-human hosts for decades, but it is now generally assumed that the virus was kept frozen in a yet unidentified laboratory[7], [8]. The glaring discrepancy between the amount of inferred evolutionary time (Figure 1A) and amount of sequence evolution (Figure 1B) leading to the 1977 outbreak provides evidence supporting this conclusion.”…

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Communist China was world's only major economy to grow during 2020 pandemic. China in 2020 built more than triple the volume of new coal power than rest of the world combined, continues to finance coal plants in poor countries-Rhodium Group, CNBC

“China’s GDP grew while other major economies shrank”

“China made headlines as the only major economy to avoid an economic contraction in 2020. As was the case during the Global Financial Crisis of 2009, China’s investment-led approach allowed it to weather the immediate crisis, with a focus on heavy industry and property construction. As a result, China’s economy grew an estimated 2.1% in 2020....As China focused its stimulus response on fossil-intensive industries, its emissions increased accordingly.”…”Preliminary 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for China,” rhg.com, Rhodium Group

Above chart: China coal consumption continues to rise, IEA, Coal consumption by region, 2000-2021, IEA.org, China top line, “Advanced economies,” bottom line. Coal use in United States fell 20% in 2020.

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Added: IEA: Through 2020, China coal consumption continues to rise, whereas coal use in “Advanced countries” is almost non-existent by comparison:

Chart: Source, IEA, UK Guardian graph…4/20/21, “Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history,” UK Guardian

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Added: China also led in 2019 emissions, per Rhodium Group:

Above chart: China led world in 2019 emissions, Rhodium Group:

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Added: China says it must rely on coal because it prioritizes economic growth:

4/29/21, “China has ‘no other choice’ but to rely on coal power for now, official says,” CNBC, Evelyn Chang, Beijing

“Policymakers are making clear that economic growth remains a priority–and that growth depends largely on coal power.

*“Because renewable energy (sources such as) wind and solar power are intermittent and unstable, we must rely on a stable power source,” said Su Wei, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission. “We have no other choice. For a period of time, we may need to use coal power as a point of flexible adjustment.”…

“Policymakers are making clear that economic growth remains a top priority — and that growth depends largely on coal power. Beijing has a GDP target of 6% this year, a level which analysts say would allow authorities to tackle long-term problems such as the country’s high debt levels.

“China’s energy structure is dominated by coal power. This is an objective reality,” said Su Wei, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission. CNBC translated his Mandarin-language comments, which he made late last week following Xi’s separate remarks at a U.S.-led global leaders climate summit.

“Because renewable energy (sources such as) wind and solar power are intermittent and unstable, we must rely on a stable power source,” Su said. “We have no other choice. For a period of time, we may need to use coal power as a point of flexible adjustment.”

He added that coal is readily available, while renewable energy needs to develop further in China.

Funding coal power outside China

Separately, on Tuesday, when asked by CNBC whether Beijing might follow South Korea in its pledge to stop public financing of coal-powered plants overseas, China’s ecology ministry indicated that China’s funding of coal power in the developing world will continue.

“China has supported some developing countries in the construction of coal-fired plants overseas,” Li Gao, director general of the ministry’s department of climate change, told reporters in Mandarin that CNBC translated. “China provides this support according to the local situation.”

“Many developing countries don’t even have electricity,” he said. “In this situation, if you don’t use coal, what will you use?”

According to the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China together funded $474 million worth of coal-sector projects outside China in 2020 alone.

The same report indicated that China’s financing of energy projects beyond its borders has declined steadily since 2016, however.

Li said that coal accounted for 56.8% of China’s domestic energy generation in 2020, down from 72.4% 15 years ago. As of last year [2020], China was the world’s heaviest emitter of carbon dioxide, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists….

System ‘favors coal-fired generation’…

However, China is still increasing construction of coal-fired power plants. Analysis by U.S.-based Global Energy Monitor indicates that last year [2020], China built more than triple the amount of new coal power capacity as the rest of the world combined.

China is the world’s largest consumer of coal. Late last year, some parts of the country cited a shortage of coal in limiting local power usage, as demand for electricity soared. China’s electricity use rose 3.1% last year, according to official figures….

China Renaissance analysts…noted that falling renewable energy costs are not enough to incentivize a major industry shift.

“We believe the current system overwhelmingly favors coal-fired generation, partly because it is more stable and faces less variability of wind and solar power,” the report said.”…

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Added: “China’s net emissions last year [2020] also increased by roughly 1.7% even while emissions from almost all other countries declined during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Rhodium estimates.”….

May 6, 2021, “China’s greenhouse gas emissions exceed those of U.S. and developed countries combined, report says,” CNBC, Emma Newberger

*China’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 exceeded those of the U.S. and other developed nations combined, according to research published Thursday by Rhodium Group.

*China is now responsible for more than 27% of total global emissions. The U.S., the world’s second-highest emitter, accounts for 11% of the global total….

“China’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 exceeded those of the U.S. and the developed world combined, according to a report published Thursday by research and consulting firm Rhodium Group.

The country’s emissions more than tripled during the past three decades, the report added.

China is now responsible for more than 27% of total global emissions. The U.S., which is the world’s second-highest emitter, accounts for 11% of the global total. India is responsible for 6.6% of global emissions, edging out the 27 nations in the EU, which account for 6.4%, the report said….

However, Chinese officials have also emphasized that economic growth, which is still largely dependent on coal power, remains a priority.

And the nation is still increasing construction of coal-fired power plants.

For instance, the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China together funded $474 million worth of coal projects outside China in 2020 alone. And coal accounted for more than half of China’s domestic energy generation last year [2020], according to Li Gao, director general of the Department of Climate Change at China’s Ecology Ministry.

China, which is home to more than 1.4 billion people, saw its emissions surpass 14 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2019, more than triple 1990 levels and a 25% increase over the past decade, the Rhodium report found. China’s per capita emissions in 2019 also reached 10.1 tons, nearly tripling over the past two decades.

China’s net emissions last year [2020] also increased by roughly 1.7% even while emissions from almost all other countries declined during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Rhodium estimates.

The Rhodium Group is a U.S. think tank that provides global emissions estimates and forecasts through the ClimateDeck, a partnership with Breakthrough Energy, an initiative founded by Bill Gates.”...

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Added: “Global Energy Review, 2021: Report extract-Coal,” IEA.org: “China is the only major economy where coal demand increased in 2020.”

“China is the only major economy where coal demand increased in 2020. Strong economic growth underpins electricity demand in 2021, while post-Covid stimulus measures support production of steel, cement and other coal-intensive industrial products. We expect coal demand to increase by more than 4% in 2021, keeping demand well above the 2014 peak and reaching the highest ever levels for China.

The Chinese coal power fleet (including combined heat and power, or CHP, plants) represent around one-third of global coal consumption. The future of both Chinese and global coal demand depends on the Chinese electricity system. Electricity demand growth remains closely linked to economic growth in China, with demand increasing on a one-to-one ratio with GDP….

In India, April 2020 marked the lowest point of coal consumption in many years as a significant economic slowdown in the second half of 2019 was followed by Covid lockdowns. The economic recovery since led to a continuous rebound of coal consumption, with a 6% increase in the fourth quarter of 2020. Higher coal demand was also driven by a decline in generation from hydro, following 2019’s exceptionally high output. Our estimate for India coal consumption assumes a strong economic rebound in 2021, pushing Indian GDP firmly above 2019 levels and driving up coal demand by almost 9% to 1.4% above 2019 levels.

In the United States, coal remains on a structural decline even though 2021 is projected to be the first growth year for consumption since 2013. Recovering electricity consumption and higher gas prices underpinned increased coal use in December 2020, the first monthly year-on-year increase since November 2018. Coal demand from the power sector is expected to rebound by 10% from the lows of 2020, though that still should not push coal demand above 2019 levels. Coal-fired electricity generation...has more than halved since 2010, with demand falling by one-third between 2018 and 2020. 

In the European Union,…we expect coal demand to increase by only 4% in 2021, mostly pushed by the recovery of industrial consumption. This increase is a long way from reversing the 18% decline in demand in 2020.”…

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Added: Same coal headlines three years ago in 2018: 1/25/2018, “China’s Emissions: More Than U.S. Plus Europe, and Still Rising,” NY Times, Davos

Chart, 1/25/2018, “Burning More Coal: China’s emissions of climate-changing gases from burning fossil fuels, already greater than the United States and Europe combined, resumed their climb last year [2017] as heavy industry expanded in the country.” “Sources, China’s Bureau of Statistics, Rhodium Group, by NY Times.”…“China’s Emissions: More Than U.S. Plus Europe, and Still Rising," NY Times, Davos

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Is pathetic Trump planning to return the $2.5 million his re-election campaign accepted from Karl Rove’s American Crossroads in 2020 since he says Rove is so bad for the GOP?

Is Donald Trump planning to return the $2,529,979 his 2020 re-election campaign accepted from Karl Rove’s American Crossroads?

On March 4, 2021, Trump said: “If the Republican Party is going to be successful, they’re going to have to stop dealing with the likes of Karl Rove and just let him float away, or retire.”…”Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America,” donaldjtrump.com

Below, screen shot, American Crossroads, “Targeted Candidates, 2020 Cycle," opensecrets.org:

“Donald Trump, President, $2,529,969, Lost”

This doesn’t even get into the question of why Trump would accept one penny from Karl Rove since Trump’s 2016 defeat of Karl Rove was the most astounding and meaningful political accomplishment in history. Andrew Breitbart actually worked himself to death trying to do it. As if it were a kleenex, Trump simply discarded the earth shattering results of his 2016 election and put Karl Rove back in power: 11/10/2012, “Celebrity real estate developer Donald Trump taunted on Twitter: “Congrats to @KarlRove on blowing $400 million this cycle. Every race @CrossroadsGPS ran ads in, the Republicans lost. What a waste of money.”...The single miraculous gift Trump gave the country in 2016 wasn't defeating a democrat, it was defeating the cancerous GOP Establishment led by Karl Rove. In returning Rove, Trump has also re-launched a confident George Bush spewing hate against us, selling a one party dictatorship that would deny the country desperately needed checks and balances that a strong opposition party to Democrats would provide. "Should America actually have a southern border?" is a question that will never be on the ballot. Even if "yes" won, it would be ignored anyway. Pres. Trump turned out to be the exact opposite of 2016 Candidate Trump, which explains why Karl Rove is back in charge. Today there's no sign Pres. Trump or de facto Pres. Jared ever existed.

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Added: 11/10/2012, “At the center of the wreckage stands Karl Rove, the GOP strategist and supposed dark genius….Celebrity real estate developer Donald Trump taunted on Twitter: “Congrats to @KarlRove on blowing $400 million this cycle. Every race @CrossroadsGPS ran ads in, the Republicans lost. What a waste of money.”…11/10/2012

Nov. 10, 2012, "Karl Rove and his super PAC vow to press on," Washington Post, Karen Tumulty

“In the post-mortems of the 2012 election campaigns, it is already being written that the much-feared super PACs — those ostensibly independent, billionaire-funded outside organizations and their hundreds of millions in negative ads — turned out to be a bust. At the center of the wreckage stands Karl Rove, the GOP strategist and supposed dark genius who for more than a decade has figured in the mythos of both parties.

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With more than a little glee, Democrats and even some Republicans say the electoral defeat of so many candidates backed by his brainchild, a behemoth super PAC called American Crossroads, is proof that politics has finally passed Rove by….[10/2/2012, “The Karl Rove-backed political committee, American Crossroads, is out with a new $2 million ad buy in Florida” in support of Connie Mack IV for US Senate.…Connie Mack IV lost to the Democrat by 13 points.

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10/31/2012, “Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (L) hugs Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) during a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Tampa International Airport on October 31, 2012 in Tampa, Florida….(Oct. 30, 2012 – Source: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)]

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As Rove sees it, the campaign proved that American Crossroads and its more secretive issue-advocacy arm, Crossroads GPS — which allows donors to remain anonymous — are here to stay.Rove is pondering new missions for Crossroads to address weaknesses laid bare by the GOP’s back-to-back failures to win the White House and the fact that the party fell short when expected to win back the Senate….Crossroads also is likely to invest more deeply in organizations such as the Republican State Leadership Committee, which has [allegedly] been trying to build a more appealing GOP farm team by, among other things, recruiting Hispanic candidates to run for state-level office….For Crossroads, 2012 was a $300 million learning experience….The failure of Crossroads to live up to expectations is not the only thing that has put Rove back into the news and revived the intrigue that surrounds a man whose seen and unseen hand works in so many places in politics….Rove’s is the most famous name associated with Crossroads, but he said he receives no money from it, not even travel expenses, for his work as a strategist and fundraiser. Its day-to-day operations are run by its president, Steven Law.

Outside their circle, many of the performance reviews have been scathing.

The Sunlight Foundation, which tracks money in politics, calculated that only 6 percent of Crossroads money went to winners; by comparison, the Service Employees International Union, an old war horse of Democratic politics, had a 70 percent victory rate.

Celebrity real estate developer Donald Trump taunted on Twitter: “Congrats to @KarlRove on blowing $400 million this cycle. Every race @CrossroadsGPS ran ads in, the Republicans lost. What a waste of money.”…

The idea for Crossroads was born shortly after the 2008 election, when Rove wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal lamenting the fact that the Republicans had no equivalent to the alliance of organized labor and liberal interest groups that had spent $194 million on independent advertising for Democrats during the previous two years.

The next day, Rove recalled, he heard from former Republican chairman Ed Gillespie, who said, “Great idea. What are we going to do about it?”

As they talked to potential donors, Rove said, they realized “there was just a generalized sense that too much of this kind of activity was basically of, by and for the consultants. Donors said, ‘Consultants set these things up, pay a commission to fundraisers, hire themselves to do the work and pay themselves too much.’ ”

“Major donors said, ‘We write checks to these groups, but we’re not enthusiastic, given how they are going about their business,’ ” Rove said.

He and Gillespie also began sounding out the Senate Republican leadership, which recommended Law, a former aide to Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), to run it. The two talked him into the job, though it meant that Law had to leave a far more lucrative post as general counsel at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce….

Rove boasts that Crossroads remains an efficient operation….

And his wealthy donors? “They all went into this eyes wide open,” Rove said, “and their attitude is, beat them next time.””

 

 

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