唐纳德·特朗普总统指责加州州长无家可归的程度,重申他对弹劾程序的愤怒,并在圣诞节的一系列推文中兜售节日销售的高数据。
金州州长加文·纽瑟姆一直批评特朗普政府在加州无家可归人数不断上升根据政府数据,2018年达到129,972人。
据报道,纽森发起了为期100天的挑战,他所在州的市县可以申请紧急无家可归者援助,并在一封信中敦促特朗普下令住房和城市发展部用联邦住房券为50,000名无家可归的加州人提供住房《加利福尼亚日报》。
纽森表示,白宫“并不严肃”,正在用他的“住房优先”政策“玩弄政治”,该政策的重点是让人们首先进入家庭,以训练他们工作或治疗他们的毒瘾。
特朗普回应了福克斯电视台主持人孙铁麟·拉伦在推特上发布的纽森批评的视频。她呼吁州长“负起责任”,并“远离发胶,开始工作!!!”特朗普转发了拉伦的观点,还指责纽森造成了该州无家可归的程度。
“加文·诺恩州长在照顾加州无家可归者方面做得非常糟糕。如果他不能解决这个问题,联邦政府。会参与进来的!”特朗普周三下午5点29分发推特。新闻周刊已联系纽森的办公室征求意见。
特朗普和纽森之间几乎没有失去爱情。总统指责州长做了“糟糕的森林管理工作”加利福尼亚野火期间。
如同命运切克尔斯指出:“根据纽森办公室、森林无限公司和加州大学森林研究与推广中心的数据,在加州3300万英亩(1330万公顷)的林地中,57%归联邦政府所有和管理,40%归私人土地所有者所有,3%归州政府所有。”
反过来,纽森在推特上发布了一段支持特朗普被弹劾的视频,信息是总统“在2019年攻击了我们的机构和美国同胞”,并补充道“所以我们把他丢在了尘土中”
特朗普在圣诞节的愤怒不仅仅局限于金州的领导人。几个小时后,他再次谴责弹劾程序以及他用来形容众议院议长南希·佩洛西的绰号。
晚上9点59分,他在推特上写道:“为什么疯狂的南希·佩洛西,仅仅因为她在众议院拥有微弱多数,就被允许弹劾美国总统?
“共和党的选票为零,没有犯罪,与乌克兰的通话是完美的,没有压力,她说这一定是‘两党压倒性的’,但这次弹劾骗局两者都不是。"
特朗普补充道:“此外,没有正当程序、适当的代表或证人,非常不公平。”。
法律专家对此提出质疑,称众议院的投票被认为是一个政治过程当审判提交给美国参议院时,特朗普将获得正当程序权。
当天早些时候,特朗普在推特上用大写字母吹捧假日零售额“比去年增长了3.4%,是美国历史上最高的数字”
特朗普似乎指的是万事达发布的一份数据报告,该报告确实指出,整体假日零售额(不包括汽车)比2018年增长了3.4%。
然而,据路透社报道,万事达卡发言人曾俊华表示,今年假日销售额的增长并不是有史以来最大的,2018年总销售额比2017年增长了5.1%。
万事达卡的高级顾问史蒂夫·萨多佛说,万事达卡确实注意到“今年电子商务销售额创下历史新高”。根据万事达数据,电子商务销售额比2018年增长了18.8%,占零售总额的14.6%。
DONALD TRUMP'S CHRISTMAS DAY TWITTER BARRAGE TOOK ON IMPEACHMENT AND CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON HOMELESSNESS
President Donald Trump blamed the governor of California for its levels of homelessness, reiterated his anger over the impeachment process, and touted high holiday season sales figures, in a series of Christmas Day tweets.
Golden State governor Gavin Newsom has been critical of the Trump administration on rising homelessness in California, which according to government figures, reached 129,972 in 2018.
Newsom launched a 100-day challenge in which cities and counties in his state can apply for emergency homelessness aid and urged Trump in a letter to order the Department of Housing and Urban Development to house 50,000 homeless Californians with federal housing vouchers, according to The Daily Californian.
Newsom said the White House was "not serious" and was "playing politics" with his "Housing First" policy, which focuses on getting people into homes first with a view to training them for work or treating their addictions.
Trump responded to video of Newsom's criticism, which was tweeted by Fox host Tomi Lahren. She called on the governor to "take accountability" and to "step away from the hair gel and get to work!!!" Trump retweeted Lahren's view and also blamed Newsom for the levels of homelessness in the state.
"Governor Gavin N. has done a really bad job on taking care of the homeless population in California. If he can't fix the problem, the Federal Govt. will get involved!" Trump tweeted at 5.29 p.m. on Wednesday. Newsweek has contacted Newsom's office for comment.
There is little love lost between Trump and Newsom. The president blamed the governor for doing a "terrible job of forest management" during the wildfires in California.
As Fortune fact checekrs noted: "Of the 33 million acres (13.3 million hectares) of forest land in California, 57 percent is owned and managed by the federal government, 40 percent by private landowners and 3 percent by the state, according to Newsom's office, Forest Unlimited and the University of California's Forest Research and Outreach center."
In turn, Newsom tweeted a video backing Trump's impeachment, with the message that the president "has spent 2019 attacking our institutions and fellow Americans," adding "so we're leaving him in the dust."
Trump's Christmas Day ire was not just restricted to the leader of the Golden State. Several hours later, he reiterated his condemnation of the impeachment process as well as the epithet he uses to describe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
At 9.59 p.m. he tweeted: "Why should Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority in the House, be allowed to Impeach the President of the United States?
"Got ZERO Republican votes, there was no crime, the call with Ukraine was perfect, with "no pressure, she said it must be 'bipartisan & overwhelming,' but this Scam Impeachment was neither."
"Also, very unfair with no due Process, proper representation, or witnesses," Trump added.
Legal experts dispute this, saying the vote in the House is considered a political process and Trump would get due process rights when the trial goes to the U.S. Senate.
Earlier in the day, Trump touted in a tweet in capital letters how holiday retail sales were "up 3.4 percent from last year, the biggest number in U.S. history."
Trump was seemingly referring to a data report published by Mastercard which did in deed note that overall holiday retail sales (excluding automobiles) had risen 3.4 percent on 2018 numbers.
However, Mastercard spokesman William Tsang, said this year's holiday sales growth was not the biggest ever and that in 2018 there had been 5.1 percent growth in total sales compared to 2017, Reuters reported.
Mastercard did note that "E-commerce sales hit a record high this year," according to senior adviser for Mastercard, Steve Sadove. According to Mastercard data, E-commerce sales were up 18.8 percent compared to 2018, accounting for 14.6 percent of total retails sales.