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Flashback: Obama's first 10 days
The Telegraph ^ | 23 January 2017 | Multiple

Posted on 01/23/2017 4:00:27 PM PST by saywhatagain

Barack Obama has pledged to bring change to America in his first 100 days. Here the Daily Telegraph monitors his progress: His first phone calls as president were made to leaders in the Arab world.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 100days; first100days; obama; trump; trump45
Observing and comparing where each man places their values: Trump vs Obama. Yes . . . Different place different time, however . . .

Day Two: January 22

HIs (Obama) second day was spent marking a strong departure from many of President Bush’s policies. President Obama signed an executive order stating that the prison at Guantanamo Bay would be closed within the year.

He (Obama) also ordered the closings of secret CIA “ghost prisons” and the cessation of advanced interrogation techniques. In addition, George Mitchell was assigned special Middle East envoy to help tackle the strife in Gaza.

Time Magazine has simlar timeline at:

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1889908_1889909_1893134,00.html

Day 2

These were careless mistakes. They were avoidable mistakes. But they were unintentional. I should have been more careful."

—Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary–nominee, apologizing for owing $34,000 in payroll and Social Security taxes from 2001 and 2002 at his Senate confirmation hearing

"For a long time now there's been too much secrecy in this city. Transparency and rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency."

—President Obama, at a swearing-in ceremony for senior officials before announcing new ethics rules

1 posted on 01/23/2017 4:00:27 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: saywhatagain

Then he took 4 days off to golf.

Quite a contrast: suck up to Muzzies; make it more difficult to defend America.

Fortunately Obama spent most of his time golfing and watching basketball. Had he not be so lazy, he might have done even more damage to the country.


2 posted on 01/23/2017 4:03:11 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: saywhatagain

Your Majesty King Abdullah, the first phase of operations is complete!


3 posted on 01/23/2017 4:05:31 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: saywhatagain

Does everyone now understand why the founders put the natural born citizen clause in there to prevent people with divided loyalties from becoming President?


4 posted on 01/23/2017 4:18:37 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: saywhatagain

That picture in the story of Obama practicing (and who has to practice holding his right hand up?) for being sworn in make Obama look like a cigar store muslim.


5 posted on 01/23/2017 4:19:18 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: saywhatagain

Trump already beat Obama in effectiveness, since Trump is actually moving the ship in the right direction!


6 posted on 01/23/2017 4:22:51 PM PST by EventHorizon55
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

LOL - yeah, that’s crazy - practicing holding up his right hand.


7 posted on 01/23/2017 4:23:17 PM PST by Kipp
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To: saywhatagain

ABC News was pathetic tonight gloating that Trump won’t have as many of his cabinet confirmed the first week as Obie did.


8 posted on 01/23/2017 4:34:34 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I held my nose, voted for Trump, then took a shower. All to defeat evil.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“and who has to practice holding his right hand up?”

Somebody about to be sworn in who’s never touched a bible before?


9 posted on 01/23/2017 4:37:10 PM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: saywhatagain

10 posted on 01/23/2017 4:40:28 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Kipp; MIchaelTArchangel

You’ll recall that, for all that practice, Øbongo still fumbled the swearing in.


11 posted on 01/23/2017 4:53:38 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: saywhatagain
Day Three: January 23 2009

Obama reversed a policy that restricted federal aid to be delivered to organisations that promote or provide abortions overseas. George Bush reversed Clinton’s similar policy 8 years prior.

The president nominated former defence lobbyist William Lynn as Deputy Secretary of Defense as unmanned American drones killed 18 in a series of missile attacks on the Pakistani side of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

In the meantime . . . President Trump

Day 1 to 3

U.S. and coalition forces bombed the Islamic State 31 times on Saturday

Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal

Reinstated a policy on Monday that originated in the Reagan era, prohibiting the granting of American foreign aid to health providers abroad who discuss abortion as a family-planning option.

Institutes an executive order freezing all federal government hiring except for the military, national security and public safety

Meets with Trade Union leaders (most who backed Clinton)

Meets with Business Leaders stating:

Wants to cut regulations 75 percent

Threatens leaders with a border tax

Challenges them to write a jobs proposal within 30 days

Talks about plans to move US Embassy to Jerusalem

Tells China no more expansion international territorial waters

What a difference . . . MAGA

12 posted on 01/23/2017 5:08:20 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: saywhatagain

The most welcomed change in the first 10 days of a Trump presidency in my opinion is: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3516663/posts


13 posted on 01/23/2017 5:40:37 PM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA IS ALL THAT TRULY MATTERS)
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To: rockrr
"You’ll recall that, for all that practice, Øbongo still fumbled the swearing in.."


14 posted on 01/23/2017 8:09:55 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: clearcarbon

Very subtle - I almost didn’t catch that.


15 posted on 01/23/2017 8:15:13 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: saywhatagain

You forgot the first three months before he was even sworn in.


16 posted on 01/23/2017 8:22:40 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: rockrr
"Very subtle - I almost didn’t catch that.

Your perception is superior to millions who reelected him.
17 posted on 01/23/2017 9:53:34 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: AFreeBird
You forgot the first three months before he was even sworn in

You make a good point. Important issues were addressed and decided upon. Decisions made during that period, arguably can be said were negotiated with input from numerous sources with assorted ideology.

This excercise (First 100 days), trying to keep it a little bit simple. As president, Commander In Chief . . . the person is fully expressing their values. Putting their actions side by side, I believe a clear picture will evolve of the differences between . . . .

18 posted on 01/24/2017 2:45:15 AM PST by saywhatagain
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