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Donald Trump Jr. And MAGA Twitter Are Pressuring Sen. Lindsey Graham To Defend Trump From Impeachment – BuzzFeed News

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Graham is one of the presidents key allies, but Trump supporters got a #WheresLindsey hashtag trending Tuesday.

Posted on October 22, 2019, at 8:06 p.m. ET

Donald Trump Jr. and other prominent MAGA stars are driving a new social media campaign to pressure Sen. Lindsey Graham to more forcefully defend President Donald Trump from the impeachment inquiry.

Graham, the chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, is one of the presidents top allies in the Senate and is set to play a key role in the presidents impeachment defense. But the presidents die-hard supporters and oldest son are now taunting him to immediately do more, including issuing subpoenas on Trumps behalf.

The campaign has used the #WheresLindsey hashtag to call on Graham to start bringing people in to be interviewed by his Senate committee and to air grievances with what they see as Grahams inaction to protect the president so far. The hashtag, boosted by Trump Jr. and his allies, was trending in the United States on Tuesday, even after Graham went so far as to explicitly defend Trumps morning comments about the inquiry being a lynching. The inquiry, Graham told reporters, is a lynching in every sense.

That wasn't enough to save Graham from intense and personal attacks all day online.

Republican House members last week framed the impeachment process as not being transparent after members were blocked from reading the closed-door testimony from Kurt Volker, the former US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, because they arent members of the committees with jurisdiction over the testimony. The Trump-backing Twitter accounts have spread false conspiracy theories about the House Democrats leading the process, in particular Rep. Adam Schiff, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee.

Graham, responding to those concerns on Oct. 9, said if House Democrats didnt release a transcript of Volkers full testimony, it would be an abuse of power.

If this continues, I will call Volker before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify publicly to ensure the full story is told, he added.

But the MAGA accounts and Trumps son want Graham to stop talking and just fucking do something already.

Remove the first three words from this tweet and try again, one person tweeted at Graham eight days later in a reply that received over 1,000 likes. An hour later, Trump Jr. quote-tweeted Graham to let him know that the problem was continuing.

Dear @LindseyGrahamSC: The chair of the Intel Committee is orchestrating a coup against the President of the United States, complete w rogue CIA spies, secret testimony and his usual leaks to the corrupt press. WHY IS TRUMP FIGHTING ALONE? a popular pro-Trump Twitter account said later that afternoon. The tweet was retweeted over 5,000 times and liked over 11,000 times.

Lindsey Graham is more worried about the invasion of Syria than the coup taking place in Washington, the account added in a follow-up tweet. In tweets from a year ago, the account had praised Grahams appearance during Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court confirmation hearings and his defense of the president and begged Trump to bring him to rallies.

Trump Jr. escalated the pressure campaign against the senator by promoting his own appearance on Fox News Hannity in early October.

I think we need our guys in the Senate to start pushing back start subpoenaing this. Do you doubt for one second that this team has met with the whistleblower, Schiffs team, that they have dictated every aspect of this? Subpoena em! Ask them! Trump Jr. said in a clip, which was widely shared on Twitter and ultimately retweeted by Trump Jr. himself.

Popular conservative Twitter personalities associated with organizations like Turning Point USA latched onto the rhetoric Tuesday and have encouraged followers to tweet memes and makes posts under the hashtag #WheresLindsey.

Remember based Lindsey Graham? Benny Johnson, Turning Point USAs chief creative officer, posted on Tuesday morning alongside a video of Grahams statements during the Kavanaugh hearings. I do. This Lindsey Graham stopped a bloodthirsty, farcical attack from the Left on our nations most honored institutions. Lindsey crushed these attacks. Do it again Lindsey.

On Tuesday afternoon, Trump Jr. added to the call for Graham to start issuing subpoenas to witnesses like Volker. I repeat... its continuing. #WheresLindsey, he said, quote-tweeting Grahams threat from early October.

Grahams office did not immediately return a request for comment about the Twitter campaign or his relationship with Trump Jr.

Paul McLeod contributed reporting to this story.

Trumps Syria and Ukraine Moves Further Alienate Americas Already Wary Allies – The New York Times

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

BRUSSELS European leaders have long understood that President Trump is an unreliable ally, subject to loud tantrums, abrupt shifts and sudden whims. They have worried about his ambivalence toward NATO, resented his personal attacks and bristled at his use of trade policy and economic sanctions to restrict their companies and markets.

Until now, Europeans have done little except complain about him. But Mr. Trumps recent actions in Syria and Ukraine may change that.

The more optimistic now argue Mr. Trumps betrayals in those conflicts are of a different category of seriousness, and may accelerate what has been a slowly building process of European integration and peeling away from the United States. Others are not so sure.

But there is agreement that Mr. Trump has destabilized Europes near neighborhood in a major, even fundamental, way that requires a unified response, if only Europeans can come together.

Mr. Trump this month pulled American troops out of Syria, forsaking the Kurds who were guarding European jihadists, and allowing Turkey to invade. Mr. Trumps impeachment inquiry has laid bare how through the course of the year he prized politics over policy in Ukraine.

Both episodes benefited President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who has been working to destabilize European democracies, chip away at Western cohesion, and on Tuesday hosted his new friend, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a NATO member.

As European leaders prepare for a meeting of NATO members in London in early December, Mr. Trumps capriciousness is testing Europes ability to cohere and adjust.

Europeans have put themselves in the position of being dependent on an undependable president, said Robin Niblett, director of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London.

This just exposes again how Europeans remain overly reliant on the United States, he said, not only to deter Russia but to protect Western interests in the Middle East. But will Europeans do anything about it?

Mr. Trumps sudden withdrawal of American troops from northern Syria, and the quick response of Mr. Putin, have shaken Europeans. How deeply is the question.

This has been more grist to the mill for the need for European governments to take more responsibility for their near neighborhood," Mr. Niblett said. But that doesnt mean it will get done.

The European Parliament is preparing a resolution condemning Turkeys offensive and urging economic sanctions, but governments are split on the matter.

While to some degree Americas allies have priced in Mr. Trumps limitations and behavior, this is a whole different level," said Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, playing into all their fears about America as an unreliable ally.

So unreliable has Mr. Trump proved, in fact, that his allies would not dare call the December meeting a summit, NATO officials concede. It will incorporate only a reception at Buckingham Palace and a single morning session at a golf resort hotel an hours drive from central London.

The main reason for that, officials say, is because of Mr. Trumps tantrum about military spending that so distorted the last NATO summit meeting in Brussels in July 2018.

There, Mr. Trump was finally calmed down when the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, told him, We get it, Donald, we need to buy more American arms. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, told him: We understand, we need to spend more so you can spend less.

Such remarks are revealing of Europes deepening disdain for Mr. Trump, even before his meddling in Syria and Ukraine.

European governments have a very low regard for Trump anyway," said Charles Grant, director of the Center for European Reform. They know that they need to work with the United States, but it confirms to them that Trump is incapable of thinking strategically, handing victory to the Russians in Syria.

Mr. Trumps move in Syria was particularly neuralgic for the French. They have been vocally furious with American unreliability ever since 2013, when President Barack Obama decided to ignore his own red line and call off bombing strikes on Syria in response to the regimes use of chemical weapons a decision passed on to Paris just as French war planes were preparing to join the United States in the strikes.

France felt abandoned then, especially after becoming more aligned with Washington under Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Franois Hollande and rejoining NATOs command structure.

But this is a whole new level of frivolousness in the way that the U.S. treats allies, Mr. Leonard said.

Mr. Macron was particularly bitter last week about Mr. Trumps unilateral Syria move, in a news conference after a Brussels summit meeting.

I understood that we were together in NATO, that the U.S. and Turkey were in NATO, Mr. Macron said. And I found out via a tweet that the U.S. had decided to withdraw their troops."

Asked about the seeming impotence of the European Union, he added, I share your outrage.

But such decisions also help those in Europe, like Mr. Macron, who are trying to make the case for more European strategic autonomy, both in defense matters but also increasingly in financial ones, as Europeans try to protect their firms from both American tariffs and secondary sanctions against Iran.

Mr. Macron is pressing for more spending on European defense, especially on French armaments, as a way for Europe to counterbalance a long-term trend of American retreat from multilateral obligations.

But whereas the European Union has mostly joined together in a common regulatory system on matters of trade and finance, it often remains a bloc of 28 foreign policies.

Europe is split, Mr. Leonard said. There are those deeply worried about what is going on and wanting to build a Europe that can defend itself, not just in defense but to push back on the extraterritoriality of American sanctions and Trumps weaponization of the international financial system. And there are those who think they have to suck up to Trump bilaterally, like the Poles, who only trust the Americans to deter Russia.

And then there are those like Germany that will follow Macron to a degree rhetorically, but when it comes down to difficult decisions about how much to spend on defense, how assertive to be on sanctions, holds back," he said.

But the more Mr. Trump and Congress go after European national interest and leaders, threatening a trade war with Europe and insulting its leadership, the more countries are driven into the French camp.

There are more structural developments that have shaken the way that Europeans view the United States, said Manuel Muniz, dean of the School of Global and Public Affairs at IE University in Madrid.

He cited Mr. Trumps questioning of NATO and collective defense; his abandonment of the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal; his imposition of trade sanctions on European products like steel and aluminum; his harsh attacks on individual European leaders at various times, including Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and former Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain; and the behavior of some of his ambassadors toward their host countries and institutions.

Mr. Trumps criticism of European free-riding on defense is accurate, Mr. Muniz said, but it has also led to Europeans ceding responsibility for their own interests and fates.

But given his unreliability as an ally, Trump will accelerate the process of European integration on defense and security, he said.

In fact, in many corners of the world, Americas transformation from the indispensable ally to the unreliable one is now taken for granted.

Americas unreliability as both a global leader and ally or partner is no longer in doubt and countries are adjusting accordingly, and not just in Europe, according to Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister and now vice president of the Toledo International Center for Peace.

The Kurds and Turks quickly scrambled to make a deal with Russia, and India is also pursuing closer ties to both China and Russia. The South Koreans are seeking a form of rapprochement with the North and even Saudi Arabia is looking for better ties with Iran, he wrote in an op-ed article for Project Syndicate.

The main problem is not just what Trump does, but how he does it, Mr. Leonard said. It is not just Mr. Trumps America First nationalism, he said. Alliances need predictability, and Trump is so unpredictable.

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The Unraveling of Donald Trump – The Atlantic

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

But the latest concerns about Trump are just a crescendo in a long-running drama. Sam Nunberg, a former 2016 Trump-campaign aide, told me that a colleague once approached him and asked if Trump was losing it, saying they had just had the same conversation twice. Nunberg dismissed such concerns, assuring him that it was only because Trump likely wasnt paying attention the first time.

His speech has changed over time, too. Software programs show that Trump currently speaks at a fourth-to-sixth-grade level. (Politicians are practiced at speaking to wide swaths of Americans, but Obama, for example, according to those speech analyses, spoke at an 11th-grade level in his final news conference as president.) A study last year by two University of Pittsburgh professors examining Trumps appearances on Fox News found that the quality of his speech was worsening. They studied his comments over a seven-year period ending in 2017just as his presidency beganand found that he had begun using substantially more filler wordssuch as um and uh, though the authors did not conclude that the change signaled cognitive decline.

Even a casual observer can see the disordered and nonlinear thinking behind Trumps speech. A case in point was Trumps rally last week in Minneapolis. Within minutes of taking the stage, Trump launched, without explanation, into a dramatic reading of what he imagined was the pillow talk between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, a pair of former FBI officials who had exchanged text messages critical of the president. He gave no context as to why he was talking about them, leaving it to the audience to fill in the Mall of Americasize blanks. Trump never even mentioned that they had worked for the FBI or that Strzok was at one point involved in the Russia investigationjust that they were lovers who disliked him. (Still, as theater, it seemed to work. When Trump cooed, Oh, God. I love you, Lisa! the audience laughed appreciatively.)

Other people who have worked with Trump in the White House and on the 2016 campaign pushed back on the notion that his mental acuity has eroded over time. Every president has a super-exaggerated ego and personality in some way, Tom Bossert, Trumps former homeland-security adviser and a former official in President George W. Bushs administration, told me. I asked him if presidents or presidential candidates should be subject to a fitness test measuring whether theyre up to the job. Various psychologists have floated this idea in response to Trumps behavior. Im not sure what the fitness standard would reveal about people who are already wired that way, Bossert said.

Conventional wisdom in Washington is that impeachment wont lead to Trumps removal, but that view rests on Republicans continuing to stay by his side. Even those most loyal to Trump could lose patience if his rash decision making collides with their own interests. Trumps impulsive decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria last week, setting the stage for Turkeys attack on Americas Kurdish partners, has already infuriated some of his closest friends in Congress. It was soon after the House, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, rebuked his Syria gambit on Wednesday that Trump lashed out at Pelosi, prompting her to abruptly walk out of their meeting. (Democrats, of course, are seizing the opportunity. For those who dont do politics professionally or even follow it closely: It is getting worse. He is getting worse, Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii tweeted last night.)

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Meet the Fox reporter who is bedeviling Trump on Syria – POLITICO

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Griffin told POLITICO that her tweet contradicting Trump on promises to the Kurds was based on a conversation with someone extremely senior that took place the previous night and has been part of whats been a wild two weeks reporting on the Syria withdrawal. I am able to fact-check because I am constantly gathering information, she said.

While Trump enjoys unwavering support at Fox News from several opinion hosts and supportive guests, a daily cheering section that serves as media firewall in the face of impeachment, the presidents claims about withdrawing troops, and thereby allowing Turkey to launch an offensive in northern Syria, have come under near-constant scrutiny from Griffin, a veteran national security correspondent at the network.

Griffins critical reporting in recent weeks has not only found a home on several daytime Fox News programs, albeit not in prime time, but has been cited by competitors like MSNBCs Willie Geist and CNNs Christiane Amanpour. Members of U.S. special forces, Amanpour told Defense Secretary Mark Esper, are telling even Fox News thats an ally of president Trumpthat they feel ashamed.

A Republican critic of the Syria withdrawal, Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, referenced Griffins reporting on CNN, while conservative writers like Peggy Noonan, Peter Wehner, and Jonah Goldberg have done so in pieces opposing the decision. Goldberg noted that Griffins reporting is coming from Fox News, which is not normally a target of Trumps fake news broadsides.

Im pleased at the fact that other networks are paying attention to what Fox News is doing, but the way I feel is, weve been doing this for years, Griffin said in an interview with POLITICO. She said Fox News reporters keep our nose to the grindstone and keep out of politics.

That can be difficult as Trump, a faithful Fox News viewer, has blasted journalists who have challenged his claims, such as veteran anchor Shepard Smith, who abruptly left the network earlier this month amid tensions with the pro-Trump opinion side.

I certainly was very saddened to see that Shepard was leaving us, said Griffin, who considers the former Fox News anchor a close friend from their more than two decades at the network. But, she said, Were not doing anything differently since he left.

Griffins work on the Syria story began a few days before Smith exited Fox News. She and husband Greg Myre, an NPR national security correspondent, returned to the U.S. from an anniversary trip in Morocco on Oct. 6 to find Trump announcing plans to withdraw troops in Syria.

This came as a surprise to everyone not just reporters, but members of the national security establishment, Griffin said. Much of the Pentagon was caught off guard. The State Department was caught off guard.

Griffin, who had spent years reporting from the Middle East before starting on the Pentagon beat in 2007, began contacting sources, and said she and colleague Lucas Tomlinson started piecing together what the reality was, because there was a lot of confusion and misinformation.

On the afternoon of Oct. 7, Griffin reported on Fox News how U.S. officials and allies were blindsided by Trumps decision. Two days later, she reported how Trump went off script during his call with Erdogan, whom he was expected to tell to stay north of the Syrian border.

That same day, Griffin tweeted thoughts from a distraught U.S. Special Forces soldier who fought alongside the Kurds and said he was ashamed for the first time in my career. The string of tweets went viral, drawing more than 400,000 likes and retweets and surely contributed to Griffin adding at least 20,000 Twitter followers this month.

In another widely shared tweet, Griffin last week accused Trump of pushing a Turkish talking point that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is a greater threat than ISIS. On Sunday, she posted several tweets from a call with Kurdish general Mazloum Kobani Abdi, a key U.S. partner in the fight against ISIS, who accused accused Turkey of ignoring a cease fire and continuing its ethnic cleansing in northern Syria.

The next night, Griffin interviewed former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen at the University of Chicago, and was back at the Pentagon on Tuesday, reporting on Turkey and Russias deal to jointly patrol along the safe zone at the Syria border.

Griffin also appeared this week on a Fox News Radio show with Brian Kilmeade, a co-host on Trump favorite Fox & Friends, who has expressed criticism of the Syria move. Yet Griffin has not appeared in recent weeks on any Fox News opinion shows, which she said isnt unusual as her TV appearances typically occur between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Theyre in the opinion-making business, Griffin said of the primetime line-up. And theyre having guests on who can commentate on the news reports that weve put out during the day. Thats usually how they structure their shows. But theres no hard and fast rule that I cant appear on there.

Griffin acknowledged that some people who dont know her might make certain assumptions because of her employer, though she believes that most view me as an individual.

That assessment jibes with those of her colleagues in the Pentagon press corps.

As far as the Pentagon press corps goes, shes one of us, said Jeff Schogol, a Pentagon reporter at Task & Purpose. Its not that Jennifers the Pentagon Fox reporter, shes a Pentagon reporter. So of course, standards of accuracy and fairness are the same for her as anyone else.

Kevin Baron, executive editor of Defense One, called Griffin a pro's pro and one of the best reporters I've seen my decade on the Pentagon beat.

Her reputation as a hard-hitting, straight-talking journalist is known by her peers and respected worldwide throughout the military from generals to grunts, said Baron. Never seen her pull a punch. Would be shocked if she ever did.

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Anderson Cooper: Donald Trumps Fate May Have Been Sealed On Tuesday – HuffPost

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

The host of CNNs Anderson Cooper 360 on Tuesday said it is entirely possible that this day may turn out to be one of the most consequential days in the impeachment inquiry, as well as possibly this presidency.

Coopers assessment came at the start of a segment centered on acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylors earlier reported private testimony before House lawmakers, which the news anchor said had been described as that significant by someone whod heard it.

Taylor reportedly revealed in great detail and in no uncertain terms that President Trump himself directed his people to push for a quid pro quo with the president of Ukraine, military aid and a White House visit in exchange for investigating the firm tied to (former Vice President) Joe Bidens son, Hunter, and investigating a conspiracy theory about the 2016 election, said Cooper.

In short, Taylors testimony, which just wrapped up, describes the very thing the president and his supporters have been denying for weeks now, he added.

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Trump lifts all sanctions against Turkey: Live updates – CNN

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

President Trump made brief remarks on Syria prior to boarding Marine One, but he did not take any questions on the topic or any other matter.

"Its been very successful. Well see what happens," Trump said of his dealing with Turkey on Syria, saying, "Turkey has done what weve asked them to do."

"Its a very volatile part of the world, but so far its been pretty amazing whats gone on recently. Lost no soldiers, didnt have a soldier hurt. We didnt have a finger broken. Its pretty unusual, and we have thousands of soldiers that have moved out or are moving out of various areas."

Trump added that the US has the situation under "very good control."

Remember: Jim Jeffrey, the US envoy for Syria and the coalition against ISIS, said the US believes that Turkish-supported opposition forces in Syria have committed war crimes.

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Trump’s unmatched sleaze: Grifters, women, trampling Constitution and now G-7 at Doral – USA TODAY

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Impeaching a U.S. president might not be the be-all-end-allfor their career. We explain why this is the case. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY

We've never had a president like Donald Trump. He falls into every single sleaze category, from women to profiteering to attacking the Bill of Rights.

Weve had presidents who were used by members of their own family for personal gain, likeUlysses S. Grant.

Weve had presidents who stocked their Cabinet with greedy, self-serving mediocrities who took advantage of the public trust, like Warren G. Harding.

Weve had presidents who swore to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, only to then abuse it, like Richard Nixon.

And weve had presidents who, thanks to a presumptive sense of entitlement, lived slimy private lives, using countless women before tossing them aside Harding again, plus John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.

President Donald Trump fallsinto every single sleazy category, squarely and shamelessly. Just Thursday, we learned that he'll hold next year'sGroup of Seven meeting (with leaders of Canada,France,Germany,Italy,Japan and theUnited Kingdom)at his own Doral golf resort in Miami.

Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami(Photo: Michele Eve Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)

Its the latest example of how Trump, who never divested from his businesses,continues to make millions from them. Its also the latest reminder that he constantly violates the Constitutions emoluments clause, which is supposed to ban presidents from accepting money fromforeign governments. This whilethe House is in the middle of an impeachment inquiry and there are two lawsuits pending over the emoluments clause.

"This is unbelievable," said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed one of those suits, speaking for much of America.

Grant was an honest man, yet under his nose, his own brother-in-law and two other grifters tried to corner the gold market. The financial panic that followed was called Black Friday.Then there was the Whiskey Ring Scandal,in which the presidents own secretary played a role in attempting to defraud the government of millions.

And Trump? Unlike other presidents, he never bothered to place his assets in a blind trust. Instead he allowshis family to run his trust, and heremains its one and only beneficiary.

Unconstitutional: G-7 at Trump's Doral resort? The original sin of this presidency is failure to divest

Andthe emoluments clausehasnt stopped diplomats, representatives of government-owned businesses and other foreign visitors from buying his properties andrunning up big tabs at his resorts and hotels. That's stuffing cash, albeit indirectly, into Trump's pocket.

Meantime, finger-pointingat Hunter Biden diverts mediaattention a time-honored Trump tactic from his own children'sbrazen exploitation of their fathers office. As Bloomberg'sStephanie Baker notes, they"have continued working with foreign business partners from Dubai to Indonesia and India while theirfather sits in the White House." First daughter Ivanka and hubby Jared Kushner raked in an estimated $82 million in 2017 alone, records show.

Time and again, notes the Los Angeles Times,Trumps children have blurred the lines of family, nation and business essentially the charge the president makes against the Bidens.

Perhaps youve heard of Teapot Dome, a huge oil reserve scandal involving Warren G. Hardings Interior secretary, Albert Fall.Fall was convicted of accepting a bribeand went to prison.Meanwhile, Hardings Veterans secretary, Charles Forbes, looted the 2019 equivalent of $2.8 billion in a string of shady deals; he, too, was convicted ofbribery and went to prison.

No one in Trumps revolving-door Cabinet has ripped off taxpayers on that scale, but many have fleeced we the people for everything from private air travel (former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin), running up big tabs in Europe for spouses (former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin), and ripoffs for everything from new office doors (ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke), dining room furniture (Housing Secretary Ben Carson)and more. Then there is fellow swamp monster Scott Pruitt, whose list of grifting while he headed the Environmental Protection Agencywas almost as long as the list of clean water and clean air regulations he helped the president gut.

And need I mention that Trumps campaign chief (Paul Manafort) and first national security adviser (Michael Flynn) are now convicted felons?And thatone of his top Oval Office aides (Rob Porter) had to leave after it became known that not one but both of his former spouses accused Porter of physical and verbal abuse.

Even a president as shameless as Trump has had to ditch many of theselet-them-eat-cake mediocrities to appease critics. Isn't this the guy who bragged that he hires only the very best? And his base still buys this claptrap.

We all know what Nixon did. AndTrump? It goes well beyond ignoring the emoluments clauseto monetize the presidency.

Trump took an oath to preserve, protect and defendthe Constitution of the United States. But just this month he publicly invitedan adversary,China, to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Hehas attacked the First Amendmentby tryingto ban reporters whoask unpleasant questions from the White House and suggestingthat TV networks he dislikes lose their broadcast licenses.He has suggested cutting corners on due process for illegal immigrants,aviolationof the Fifth Amendment. He has suggested ending birthright citizenship, a violationof the Fourteenth Amendment.

Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States? Rubbish.Trump only wants to bother with the parts that are convenient to him.

Harding was so sleazy that as president he once had sex with one of his mistresses in Central Park.He had an illegitimate daughter with one woman, a long affair with another who was suspected of being a German agent during World War I, and trysts in the Oval Office itself.Kennedy'svoluminous affairs were beyond sleazy. One with the girlfriend of a Mafia kingpin,and another with a woman believed to be an East German spy, even exposed him to potential blackmail.

Then there is our most recent philanderer in chief, Bill Clinton, whose lies about an affair with a White House intern got him impeached. Clintons liaisons showed him to be impulsive and sexually reckless in way that left a stain (literally and figuratively) on the presidency.

Making Nixon look good: Donald Trump is much worse than Richard Nixon. He may even have committed treason.

Trumps infidelities fall short of Harding and Kennedy. But sleaze is sleaze: He has cheated on all three wivesand, in the case of porn star Stormy Daniels, did it right after his third wife, Melania, gave birth to their son, Barron.And at last count, no fewerthan 25 women accuse him of either misconduct or flat-out assault.It's certainly obvious why evangelicals continue to call Trump a good, God-fearing Christian, isn't it?

Trump, who even lies about the weather, says every single one of these women is making it all up.Trump, as you know, is a Boy Scout and would never lay so much as an orange finger on anyone. And that Access Hollywood tapethat surfaced in 2016, in which he bragged about assaulting women? Fake. Sure.

A grifting family. A sleazy whats-in-it-for-me Cabinet. Trampling on our beloved Constitution. And all these women. All the boxes, checked.

Paul Brandus, founder and White House bureau chief of West Wing Reports, is the author of "Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency" and is a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors. Follow him on Twitter: @WestWingReport

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Trump's unmatched sleaze: Grifters, women, trampling Constitution and now G-7 at Doral - USA TODAY

Donald Trump and Republicans have an ace in the hole for 2020: the Democratic Party – Daily Advertiser

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

The Editorial Board, USA TODAY Published 9:30 a.m. CT Oct. 22, 2019

Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders aren't the only presidential candidates who deserve consideration. Democrats, take your time: Our view

Going into the 2020 election, President Donald Trump looks vulnerable. He faces an impeachment inquiry in the House.He has the lowest average approval rating in polling history. And his standing among independents is awful, especially for a Republican.

In other words, Republicans should be panickingor scouting aroundfor another candidate, or both.But they know they have an ace in the hole:the Democratic Party.

To win in 2020,all the Democratsmight need is a capable, relatively uncontroversial candidate within shouting distance of the political center, someone who can be competitive in the key battleground states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But, at least so far, Democratic votershave beengravitating toward candidates who lack some of thesequalities.

Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders who have led national polls aren't the only hopefuls who deserve consideration.A hint that the field is fluidcame Monday in the form of aSuffolk University/USA TODAY poll of Iowa voters. It showed that PeteButtigieghad moved passed Sanders into third place in the first caucus state. Amy Klobuchar did not see her numbers go up, but the senator from Minnesotahas seen a big fundraisingbump after her favorably reviewed debate performance last week. Several others in the field of nearly 20are plausiblegeneral election candidates.

Bidens experience and decency might well make himthe most electable of the bunch. But his halting performances on the campaign trail and in the debates, coupled withhis fundraising struggles, have party insiders doubting whether, at 76, he meets the capability threshold.

Democratic voting.(Photo: Comstock Images/Getty Images)

ANOTHER VIEW: Betrayed Trump voters want a leader to take USA back from the rich and powerful

Warren and Sanders, the two other septuagenarianswho routinely poll in double digits and have fervent supporters, have espoused massively costly policies on health care and educationthat have little buy-in outside the Democratic Party's progressive wing.

Their hostility to corporations is understandable, considering the damage some companies have done to public health and the environment. Even so,the two senators'anti-corporate mantras have an over-the-top quality that would play into thehands of Trump, who would lovenothing more than to run as the free-enterprise candidate saving the nation from socialism.

Given Trump's abuse of power, chronic dishonesty and incompetence, the stakes in the 2020 election could not be higher.Whats more, the Republican Party'sembrace of Trumpism gives the Democrats the chance to claim the mainstream and become the ascendant party.But for these things to happen, the Democrats would do well to field a candidate who cant be characterized as too far left or too far beyond theirprime.

History shows that polls in wide open primary races often go through multiple phases. At this point in the 2004 election cycle, thetop ratedDemocrat wasHoward Dean.Four years later, Hillary Clinton had a more than25-point lead,while the top Republicans were Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. None of those erstwhile leadershas a presidential library.

Democrats still have time to check outthe field before they settle on Mr. or Ms. Right.

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Are Fox News and Donald Trump falling out of love? podcast – The Guardian

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Ever since Donald Trump began his bid to become US president he has been given an ample platform on his favourite network, Fox News. It carried many of his campaign events live and its pundits gave him full-throated support. In response, Trump has pushed his supporters on Twitter to watch his favourite stars on the network and often takes up their talking points.

Joining Anushka Asthana to discuss the powerful relationship between Trump and Fox News is journalist Luke ONeil.

Now, as Trump faces the twin perils of an impeachment inquiry and next years presidential election, there are signs that the relationship might be souring.

Also today: Jonathan Franklin on the protests in Chile that have turned deadly.

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36 hours with Donald Trump, in pictures – KUOW News and Information

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

It's hard to keep track of the news that President Donald Trump generates.

This week was particularly visual, so we decided to help you keep track of the news with this photo story, much of it generated by The White House.

Trump met with the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, on Wednesday, in an otherwise uneventful press event.

What stood out, however, were the Italian interpreter's facial expressions during this appearance. Here, she is responding to Trump saying, "If my opponent would have won, China would right now be the most powerful country economically in the world."

"Nervous Nancy"

Three hours after his presser with the Italian president, Trump met with Democratic leaders, Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader.

It didn't go well.

Trump tweeted out the photo above with the caption, "Nervous Nancy."

And he wrote in a later tweet: "Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her 'upstairs,' or she just plain doesnt like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!"

According to Pelosi, she was asking Trump tough questions about Russia.

Speaking to reporters afterward, she said, The Russians were the beneficiaries of any withholding of assistance or encouragement to the Ukraine. Again, Putin benefits.

"The Russians benefited, Putin did, when the president placed some doubt about our commitment to NATO, right from the start of his administration. All roads seem to lead to Putin.

"Then, the president said, Well, the reason Im taking the troops out of Syria is because I promised in the campaign to bring the troops home.

"My question to him is, is Saudi Arabia home? Is Saudi Arabia home?

"He said Well, the Saudi Arabians are paying for it.

"Really, were putting our troops in harms way for Saudi Arabia because theyre paying for it?

"What it did do was cause a meltdown on the part of the president because he was unhappy with those questions.

Critics of the president noted that the image showed a woman standing up to a room of white men.

Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times took issue with this analysis on Twitter:

"I get whats being said/attempted here, but its always interesting to me how white women un-race white women while racing white men as if white women dont experience both gender discrimination and racial privilege at the same time."

And with that, the Dems left the room. Trump then tweeted this photo from the meeting:

Letter to Turkey: "Don't be a fool!"

On the same day, a letter that Trump wrote to the Turkish president, on Oct. 9, was leaked to the press.

"Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool!" Trump wrote. "I will call you later."

Trump had ordered American troops to withdraw from northeastern Syria three days before he wrote this letter. American soldiers had been there supporting Kurdish allies.

On the day Trump wrote this letter, Turkish air strikes began.

In an NPR interview, a senior advisor to the Turkish president said the letter was not taken seriously, "especially given its lack of diplomatic finesse."

On Thursday, Trump flew to Texas, where he toured the Louis Vuitton Workshop. On the airstrip, he held up this banner:

On the flight, Rick Perry, resigning:

Rick Perry (energy secretary, 12th place Dancing With The Stars contestant, presidential candidate remember "Oops"?) submitted his intention to resign on Thursday.

Perry had recently emerged as a central figure in the impeachment inquiry of Trump. According to NPR:

"Perry was part of what was dubbed 'the three amigos' in addition to Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt Volker, former envoy to Ukraine charged with managing the U.S.-Ukraine relationship."

Trump stopped in Dallas for a mega rally. "Trump's Tweets Matter" is a dog whistle reference to the movement "Black Lives Matter" and hints at the appeal of Trump's racist messaging.

TGIF with a flurry of tweets, including this one:

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Former defense secretary roasts Donald Trump: ‘I earned my spurs on the battlefield’ – ABC News

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis roasted his former boss at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday night.

Mattis took the stage at the annual dinner -- an opportunity to crack jokes about local and national politics -- with an introduction from comic legend Martin Short.

"According to the president hes the 'most overrated general,'" Short cracked in his intro. "I think hes an American hero."

"I'm not just an overrated general. Im the worlds greatest overrated general," joked Mattis, who received a standing ovation as he stepped to the dais. "I'm honored to be called that by Donald Trump, because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actor. So I guess Im the Meryl Streep of generals."

The rebuttal came a day after President Donald Trump called Mattis the worlds most overrated general during a meeting with lawmakers about the situation in Syria.

Mattis had said in an interview in August that his silence about Trump was "not going to be forever.

One of the general's most biting jokes came in relation to Trump's infamous deferment of military service in Vietnam over alleged bone spurs in his feet.

"I earned my spurs on the battlefield; Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor," Mattis said.

Mattis, a retired Marine Corps four-star general, served as Trump's first defense secretary, but resigned in December 2018 over policy differences, particularly Trump's plans to pull out American troops from Syria, writing in his resignation letter that Trump should have a defense secretary "whose views are better aligned" with his own.

He joked on Thursday that his work in combat zones overseas was easier than being in Trumps Washington.

I tried to bring some peace and order to the places with no organized government, chaotic and warring factions, irrational fears, and toxic hatred. It was hard work, but it wasnt until I started working in Washington, D.C., that I realized how easy I had it overseas in the combat zone.

He also knocked Trump for his many hours of executive time:

Its been a year since Ive left the administration, the recovery process is going well," he joked. "The counselor says Ill graduate soon. A year according to White House time is about 9,000 hours of executive time or 1,800 holes of golf."

Mattis, who has been critical of many of Trump's foreign policy decisions since leaving office, also got serious for a moment Thursday, mentioning the U.S.'s Kurdish allies in Syria. He called for the U.S. to again back the population, which has been attacked by Turkey.

"Let us restore trust in one another," Mattis said.

The president was onstage in Dallas at the same time as Mattis' keynote, delivering a campaign speech to a packed crowd at American Airlines Center.

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Im childfree, not childless heres why that difference matters – Stylist Magazine

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

This is why I advocate for the use of the descriptor childfree instead of childless for women like me. Childfree implies a choice that many women dont know they have. A freedom its right there in the name. More than that, its a rebellionagainst societal expectations and community norms.

Historically, society doesnt like women taking freedoms for themselves, especially when the survival of the entire species is apparently at stake, so its vital to express solidarity, be a role model, and promote preferred terminology like childfree. Its a way to own my status.

Claiming freedom from societal norms is never without cost. Having children is perceived as a duty, first to the individual family or genetic line, secondly to the immediate community (at a family funeral a few months ago, the religious leader informed us mourners that a womans job was to have babies) and lastly, to the species. Theres an implication of What if every woman thought like you? as though I personally am supposed to be responsible for the continuation of the entire human race.

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Blue Origin is Partnering with Major Aerospace Companies to Land Humans on the Moon – D-brief – Discover Magazine

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

An illustration of Blue Moon, the lunar lander Blue Origin is planning. A larger version of this could be the model for the new Human Landing System. (Credit: Blue Origin)

Some of the biggest names in the aerospace industry are teaming up with Amazon andBlue Originfounder Jeff Bezos to create the Human Landing System (HLS), which will bring humans back to the lunar surface by 2024 as part of NASAs Artemis program.

The announcement at the International Astronautical congress named Blue Origin as the main contractor on the project. Blue Origin will focus on system engineering, safety, and working on the Descent Element, which will carry astronauts down to the moon and will be based on other Blue Origin spacecraft.

Aviation and aerospace companyLockheed Martinwill lead crewed flight operations and training, as well as develop the reusable Ascent Element for the lander.Draper, which is a not-for-profit research and development organization, will work on descent guidance and flight avionics.Northrop Grumman, an aviation company responsible the Pegasus rocket, will work on the technology that will bring the landing system down to the Moon.

We guided Apollo to the moon and back nearly 50 years ago, said Kaigham J. Gabriel, the President and CEO of Draper, in a press release. Were ready to do it again with the Blue Origin team for Artemis.

In May, Bezos announced the concept for Blue Origins soft lander,Blue Moon. That project utilizes a larger version of the lander, which can now be used as a model for the HLS.

This partnership is the latest addition to the Artemis program, in which many private aerospace companies have already partnered with NASA to develop new technologies that will help humans establish a presence on the moon. Creating a reusable and reliable HLS will be key to getting humans to the lunar surface and back to Gateway, a proposed space station that orbits the moon.

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Novel 3D-Composite Material for Aerospace Reducing the Weight of Details by 20% Developed in NUST MISIS – PRNewswire

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

MOSCOW, Oct. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Team of scientists from NUST MISIS Center for Industrial Prototyping of High Complexity obtained the first samples of 3D aluminum composite details with ceramic filler, manufactured by laser melting. In the nearest future, the obtained composites will be used to grow the spacecraft parts for Russian aircraft industry. The research is conducted under a grant from the Russian Science Foundation; the results are published in Materials.

Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, led by Professor Alexandr Gromov developed a method of 3D-printing of alumomatrix (aluminum-based) composite materials with ceramic fillers (aluminum oxide and nitride). The research was conducted in the framework of the project of the Russian Science Foundation. The use of additive technologies allowed increasing the strength of the resulting powder materials by 20%.

"For 3D-printing of aluminum details, so-called silumins (alloys of aluminum with silicon, in particular, the compound Al-Si-10Mg) are mainly used as raw materials," Alexander Gromov comments."However, the demands of the aerospace industry are growing, and scientists are now actively searching for new compositions of alumomatrix composites (including doped ones) to obtain details with improved performance (strength, hardness, resistance to cracking) and low cost, compared to alloys that contain rare earth elements."

The annual growth rate of the global market of additive technologies exceeds 100%. This can be explained by the advantages of additive technologies for metals compared to traditional industrial technologies: casting, powder metallurgy etc. This includes the ability to create complex 3D-details, reduce the weight of the detail by optimizing the design, increase the strength of the details, as well as the technology for fast and situational production of small-scale details of complex shape. One of the most popular directions is the development of methods of 3D-aluminum printing for aerospace.

In this case, the main task of material scientists is to reduce the detail weight while maintaining the strength characteristics. Nowadays, the metal primarily used in aircraft is titanium. It is a durable, corrosion- and load-resistant material, the only significant disadvantage of which is the high density, 5.4 g/mm. Lightweight and ductile aluminum at the same time has a density of 2.7 g/mm, that is, it is twice as light. However, it is far less strong than titanium. Scientists are actively looking for ways to strengthen aluminum.

"We managed to increase the strength of aluminum powders due to hardening ceramic additives directly in the process of 3D-printing. Previously, it was believed that obtaining such composites on printers such as SLM is impossible. However, the group was able to create experimental samples of the new powder material on a conventional printer SLM-280 HL, i.e. using selective laser melting," Professor Gromov adds.

The proposed methods allow increasing the flexibility of design, reducing the production time of functional prototypes, reducing the weight of the resulting details by 10-20 %.

As noted by Andrey Arnautov, Deputy Director for new projects, UC Rusal, "NUST MISIS scientists have come close to the realization of the long-standing dream of aluminum producers: the full replacement of titanium with aluminum composites. Many researchers have worked on the problem of producing lightweight and durable aluminum composites by traditional metallurgical methods, but the team led by Professor Alexander Gromov has moved even further and is working on growing a 3D-detail from innovative powders."

Currently, the research team is completing a series of laboratory tests of the resulting batch of material. In the near future, the researchers will switch to the next step of the project, i.e. obtaining the first samples of details from this aluminum-ceramic powder.

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Hybrid material makes the aerospace-grade – The Engineer

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Engineers have proposed an alternative to aluminium for the leading edges of aircraft wings after the material demonstrated encouraging aerospace-grade qualities in tests.

The material combines steel composite metal foam (CMF) and epoxy resin to form a hybrid material dubbed infused CMF by the team that developed it at North Carolina State University (NC State).

While infused CMF is about the same weight as aluminium, it is tougher and has other characteristics that make it more appealing from a flight performance, safety and fuel efficiency standpoint, said Afsaneh Rabiei, corresponding author of a paper on the work and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NCState.

CMF consists of hollow, metallic spheres made of materials including stainless steel or titanium that are embedded in a metallic matrix made of steel, aluminium or metallic alloys.

For their latest CMF study, the researchers used so-called steel-steel CMF, where the spheres and the matrix were made of steel. Previous work has found the metal foam canwithstand .50 calibre rounds, resisthigh temperatures, and blockblast pressurefrom high explosive incendiary rounds.

The infused CMF is made by immersing the steel-steel CMF in a hydrophobic epoxy resin and using vacuum forces to pull the resin into the hollow spheres and into much smaller pores found in the steel matrix. According to NC State, this results in about 88 per cent of the CMFs pores being filled with epoxy resin.

CMF armour cuts weight and adds protection

Stainless steel composite metal foam offers more protection than other forms of armour

The researchers then tested infused CMF and aerospace-grade aluminium to see how they performed in three areas that affect the performance of a wings leading edge: contact angle, insect adhesion, and particle wear.

Contact angle is a measure of how well water beads up on a surface. The lower a materials contact angle, the more the water clings to the surface, which can affect aircraft performance. The researchers found that infused CMF had a contact angle 130 per cent higher than aluminium.

Insect adhesion is measured in two ways: by the maximum height of insect residue that builds up on a material, and by the amount of area covered by insect residue on a materials surface. Infused CMF reportedly outperformed aluminium by 60 per cent in terms of maximum height, and 30 per cent in regard to the surface area covered.

The researchers also conducted grit blast experiments to simulate the erosion caused by the wear and tear that occurs over time when aircraft wings are in use. The researchers found that, while grit blast did increase surface roughness for infused CMF, it still fared better than aluminium; at its worst, infused CMF still had a contact angle 50 per cent higher than that of aluminium.

Aluminium is currently the material of choice for making the leading edge of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft wings, Rabiei said in a statement. Our results suggest that infused CMF may be a valuable replacement, offering better performance at the same weight.

By the same token, the results suggest that we could use different materials for the matrix or spheres to create a combination that performs as well as conventional aluminium at a fraction of the weight. Either way, youre improving performance and fuel efficiency.

The paper, Polymer Infused Composite Metal Foam as a Potential Aircraft Leading Edge Material, is published in Applied Surface Science.

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NMG Aerospace Showcases Machined Parts for Bizliners – Aviation International News

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

NMG Aerospace (Booth C12939), a family-owned aerospace components manufacturer based in Stow, Ohio, with an additional manufacturing facility in Tempe, Arizona, is showcasing machined parts and solenoids designed for bizliners this week at NBAA-BACE. The company recently acquired New Jersey-based Electromotive Inc., which had designed and manufactured solenoid actuators and components servicing aerospace and defense customers since 1970.

Valued at $120 million, NMG produces a wide variety of components, from crew seating for helicopters and bleed air valves on Gulfstreams to landing gear and crash-resistant hoses and gauges for jumbo jets.

NBAA-BACE allows us to schedule meetings with suppliers and find new business, both on the customer and supplier sides, said Sarah McAffee, tactical supply chain director at NMG. Were always growing and looking for new opportunities.

With design to specification and build to print capabilities, NMG Aerospace maintains AS-9100/ ISO 9001:2008 quality system certification and NADCAP certification for welding, brazing, paint, and chemical processing.

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Global aerospace composites market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 9.2% over the forecast period from 2019-2025 – Yahoo Finance

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

The report on the global aerospace composites market provides qualitative and quantitative analysis for the period from 2017 to 2025. The report predicts the global aerospace composites market to grow with a CAGR of 9.

New York, Oct. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Aerospace Composites Market: Global Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecasts up to 2025" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05806482/?utm_source=GNW 2% over the forecast period from 2019-2025. The study on aerospace composites market covers the analysis of the leading geographies such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW for the period of 2017 to 2025.

The report on aerospace composites market is a comprehensive study and presentation of drivers, restraints, opportunities, demand factors, market size, forecasts, and trends in the global aerospace composites market over the period of 2017 to 2025. Moreover, the report is a collective presentation of primary and secondary research findings.

Porters five forces model in the report provides insights into the competitive rivalry, supplier and buyer positions in the market and opportunities for the new entrants in the global aerospace composites market over the period of 2017 to 2025. Further, IGR- Growth Matrix gave in the report brings an insight into the investment areas that existing or new market players can consider.

Report Findings1) Drivers Increasing demand for reducing the weight of the aircrafts Growing environmental regulations2) Restraints High cost of aerospace composites3) Opportunities Emergence of supersonic and hypersonic flight vehicles

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A) Primary ResearchOur primary research involves extensive interviews and analysis of the opinions provided by the primary respondents. The primary research starts with identifying and approaching the primary respondents, the primary respondents are approached include1. Key Opinion Leaders associated with Infinium Global Research2. Internal and External subject matter experts3. Professionals and participants from the industry

Our primary research respondents typically include1. Executives working with leading companies in the market under review2. Product/brand/marketing managers3. CXO level executives4. Regional/zonal/ country managers5. Vice President level executives.

B) Secondary ResearchSecondary research involves extensive exploring through the secondary sources of information available in both the public domain and paid sources. At Infinium Global Research, each research study is based on over 500 hours of secondary research accompanied by primary research. The information obtained through the secondary sources is validated through the crosscheck on various data sources.

The secondary sources of the data typically include1. Company reports and publications2. Government/institutional publications3. Trade and associations journals4. Databases such as WTO, OECD, World Bank, and among others.5. Websites and publications by research agencies

Segment CoveredThe global aerospace composites market is segmented on the basis of resin, fiber type, aircraft, and application.

The Global Aerospace Composites Market by Resin Epoxy Phenolic Polyester Thermoplastics Polyimides Ceramic Metal Matrix

The Global Aerospace Composites Market by Fiber Type Carbon Fiber Composites Ceramic Fiber Composites Glass Fiber Composites Other Fiber Types

The Global Aerospace Composites Market by Aircraft Commercial Aircraft Military Aircraft Spacecraft Other Aircrafts

The Global Aerospace Composites Market by Application Interior Exterior

Company Profiles Cytec Solvay Group Hexcel Corporation Koninklijke Ten Cate bv Toray Industries Inc. Argosy International Inc. Axioms Materials, Inc. BASF SE Gurit Holding AG Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Huntsman International LLC Other companies

What does this report deliver?1. Comprehensive analysis of the global as well as regional markets of the aerospace composites market.2. Complete coverage of all the segments in the aerospace composites market to analyze the trends, developments in the global market and forecast of market size up to 2025.3. Comprehensive analysis of the companies operating in the global aerospace composites market. The company profile includes analysis of product portfolio, revenue, SWOT analysis and latest developments of the company.4. IGR- Growth Matrix presents an analysis of the product segments and geographies that market players should focus to invest, consolidate, expand and/or diversify.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05806482/?utm_source=GNW

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Watch This Futuristic ‘Flying Taxi’ Take to the Skies for the First Time – Maxim

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

Vertical Aerospace

This futuristic "flying taxi" prototype just hit a milestone by becoming the first electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to carry over 550 poundsthe equivalent of a pilot and two passengerson camera.

UK-based startup Vertical Aerospace began developing the so-called Seraph electric helicopter with the goal of making "air travel personal, on-demand and carbon-free." It can fly at up to 50 mph and will serve as a platform to test new technologies and systems that will be incorporated into a passenger model, due out next year.

"One year ago, we flew a full scale electric VTOL aircraft, the UKs first. Today, were revealing flight footage of our second full scale prototype, the Seraph, an air taxi prototype capable of carrying 250 kilograms," said Stephen Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO of Vertical Aerospace.

Vertical Aerospace

"Air travel is one of the worst contributors to climate change and among the slowest sectors to de-carbonize. Our mission at Vertical Aerospace is to make personal, on demand and carbon free flight a reality."

Given Vertical Aerospace's venerable collective credentials, there's no reason to believe that it won't succeed. The team behind the Seraph is comprised of 70 world-class engineers recruited from heavy-hitting vehicle manufacturers like Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and Jaguar Land Rover.

The company also just acquired MGI, an engineering firm that's built advanced Formula 1 and Formula E race cars for McLaren, Renault and Lotus, among others.Working with regulators, Vertical Aerospace aims to have certified passenger aircraft in the next three years and begin offering intercity air taxi services shortly thereafter.

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Aerospace Battery Technology Market: Industry Outlook By Drivers, Restraints And 2019-2025 – All Times Tech

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

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Aerojet Rocketdyne and Firefly Aerospace to Provide Flexible Access to Space – GlobeNewswire

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danzig

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne and Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly) are pleased to announce a cooperative agreement that combines the capabilities of both companies to provide flexible, sustainable and highly competitive space access solutions.

Aerojet Rocketdyne and Firefly will serve the growing government and commercial market by providing dedicated small and medium launch capabilities to low Earth orbit (LEO), geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and the Moon. This collaboration will leverage Fireflys new family of launch vehicles and in-space services with Aerojet Rocketdynes experience in propulsion development, additive manufacturing and mission assurance for commercial, national security and exploration missions.

Our strategic alignment with Firefly will offer very competitive solutions to address emerging launch market demands. We will take advantage of Fireflys mature launch vehicle designs, Aerojet Rocketdynes advanced propulsion systems and the world-class technological capabilities of both companies, said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake. In particular, Firefly and Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide services to meet emerging national security space requirements.

The first flight of Fireflys small-satellite rocket, Alpha, is scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2020 from Vandenberg AFB. At a dedicated mission price of $15 million, Alpha is currently capable of delivering one metric ton to LEO and 630 kg to sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Aerojet Rocketdyne is contributing to the first flight of Alpha by providing additive manufacturing expertise for key Reaver first stage engine components. They will have increased influence on Alpha block two upgrades, on both the first and second stage engines, which will work toward an increased Alpha SSO payload performance to greater than 800 kg. These contributions will include expanded implementation of additively manufactured elements to reduce cost and increase reliability, as well as technical input to increase engine performance.

Were excited to work with Aerojet Rocketdyne under this new collaborative agreement because of their extensive experience and the unique mission solutions they offer. Combined with our already mature Alpha design, our cooperation with Aerojet Rocketdyne is a significant differentiator in the small to medium launch vehicle market and will enable rapid performance increases of the Alpha vehicle, said Firefly CEO Tom Markusic.

Aerojet Rocketdynes unique additive manufacturing, chemical and electric in-space propulsion technologies also have direct applicability to Fireflys Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV), which transfers small payloads between orbits. The OTV provides mission flexibility by deploying payloads into unique orbits and reaching altitudes and inclinations that are out of reach for many small launch vehicles.

Dr. Markusic added, Firefly is committed to flying Beta, our medium class launch vehicle. Aerojet Rocketdynes AR1 engine, which incorporates the latest advances in propulsion technology, materials science and manufacturing techniques, is incredibly well suited to power Beta given its cost-effective, high performance capabilities. By cooperating on this development, we are accelerating our time to market and providing our customers with high confidence in Betas schedule, performance and reliability.

Citing threats to U.S. space capabilities, senior defense officials have emphasized the need to shift toward space architectures that use smaller spacecraft that can be developed and launched quickly. Offerings from Firefly supported by Aerojet Rocketdyne are ideal to meet these evolving national security requirements.

About Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides propulsion systems and energetics to the space, missile defense and strategic systems, and tactical systems areas, in support of domestic and international customers. For more information, visit http://www.Rocket.com and http://www.AerojetRocketdyne.com. Follow Aerojet Rocketdyne and CEO Eileen Drake on Twitter at @AerojetRdyne and @DrakeEileen.

About Firefly Aerospace: Firefly is developing a family of launch and in-space vehicles and services that provide industry-leading affordability, convenience and reliability. Fireflys launch vehicles utilize common technologies, manufacturing infrastructure and launch capabilities, providing LEO launch solutions for up to four metric tons of payload at the lowest cost/kg in the small-lift class. Combined with Fireflys in-space vehicles, such as the Orbital Transfer Vehicle and Genesis Lander, Firefly provides the space industry with a one-stop shop for missions to the surface of the Moon or beyond. Headquartered in Cedar Park TX, Firefly has additional presence in Washington, D.C., Dnipro, Ukraine and Tokyo, Japan. Firefly is financed by Noosphere Ventures of Menlo Park, CA.

Media Contacts:Mary Engola, Aerojet Rocketdyne, 571-289-1371Mary.Engola@rocket.comEric Salwan, Firefly Aerospace, 216-533-1301press@firefly.com

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