“You’re getting closer, things are happening”: a few hours before receiving the effects of his coronavirus test, President Trump thought of all the other people he had been in contact with in recent weeks, adding many members of the army and law enforcement. .
“When you’re with soldiers, when you’re with airmen, when you’re with Marines, and I’m with — and the police. I’m so close to them. And when they come here, it’s very hard to say, “Stay back, stay back,” Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News. “It’s a complicated situation. It’s a horrible thing,” he says. So I went for a test and let’s see what happens. I mean, who knows?
Three hours later, he tweeted, “Tonight @FLOTUS [Melania] and I tested positive for COVID-19. We’re going to go through this ENSEMBLE!”
Trump, who is 74 years old and overweight, is at increased threat of COVID-19 complications, however, in her own tweet, Melania Trump first said, “We feel good” and that she had “reported all future commitments” while she and the president were quarantined at home.
“The survival rate is much higher now than it was,” Trump said on Fox News. “You’ve noticed that the numbers of the units, I guess, 95%, or something, are higher. So we’re going to have to do it, look, ” he said before he found out he was infected.
TRUMP FLOUTED MILITARY PROTOCOLS: There is a big difference between the strict protocols imposed by the US military. U. S. , they impose mask and social estating, and the most lax precautions followed by the Commander-in-Chief and his cash staff, under which the mask is optional. .
Unlike Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Trump refused to wear a mask during a meeting with the troops, arguing that because he was being tested daily, he knew he was not inflamed and therefore could not infect others. troops in Louisiana during an excursion for damage caused by Hurricane Laura, while images of the Pentagon show that Esper and his commanders still wear masks with troops when social esttachment is not possible.
A week ago, at a virtual Pentagon in the town hall, Esper answered a consultation of a sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, who complained that the social distance required aboard the shipment affected morale.
“It’s tedious. I sense it,” Esper said, but I think it shows, in terms of navy functionality in terms of infection rates, that it’s doing a great job.
“We know, we know the mask works. We know that social estinement works,” Said General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint General Staff, at the same event. “So you have the vaccine, and in the end it will be a wonderful solution, and it will beat the COVID virus over time. But in the meantime, we’ll have the restrictions we have and we’ll continue to apply the discipline we use for masking, hygiene and social esttachment.
Under mandatory army restrictions, 8 active-duty infantrymen from a population of more than 1. 2 million were killed.
ONGOING CONTACT TRACKING: We haven’t made an accurate decision yet about how Trump and the first girl got infected, only they tested positive after being in touch with their trusted assistant Hope Hicks, who began presenting symptoms at a rally flight house in Minnesota on Wednesday night.
“I spend a lot of time with Hope, just like the first lady,” Trump said on Fox News, adding that, like him, Hicks suffers from social est distance. “He’s a very warm person. She’s having a hard time achieving it. “You know, she needs to treat them well, not say, “Get away, I can’t get close to you. “
The White House said the president will continue to do business while quarantined for 14 days, while those who have contacted him or Hicks will also be screened and quarantined.
POMPEO NEGATIVE TESTS: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has negative results for coronavirus, Washington Foreign Affairs Examiner Joel Gehrke reports, traveling with Pompeo to Croatia.
“We prayed for the president and the first girl to hurry,” Pompeo told reporters on his plane as he descended to Dubrovnik. “I also spoke to the vice president’s workplace this morning. We take this, of course, very seriously, and we will do our best to ensure the protection of all, adding to all of you, ” said Pompeo. “I feel fantastic. I’m negative, yes, 20 minutes ago, 30 minutes ago. “
Pompeo said he has not been with Trump as a user since the signing of the Abraham Agreements between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on September 15, due to a busy schedule that has taken him to several Latin American countries and the eastern Mediterranean two weeks ago. .
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TODAY HAPPENS: The recently retired commander of U. S. forces in Korea, Army General Vincent Brooks, is at an Atlantic Council webinar on “North Korea’s Strategic Weapons: An Illustrated Conversation. “
Brooks, South Korea’s tallest general in 2018, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrote outlandish letters to President Trump while at the same time running to expand his nuclear weapons program, according to the Washington Post.
“Even as she wrote the words, Kim was busy creating another kind of illusion,” the Washington Post reports. “At six of the country’s missile bases, trucks carried rocks from underground structure sites as staff dug a maze of new tunnels and bunkers. Southeast of the capital, meanwhile, the new buildings have become a commercial complex that processes uranium to obtain up to 15 new bombs, according to the current and former United States and South Korea. officials, as well as a report through a united Nations panel of experts. “
The Atlantic Council event can be seen at 1:30 p. m.
McCHRYSTAL APPROVES THE OFFER: The general who fired President Barack Obama for tolerating mocking staff comments about then-Vice President Joe Biden now approves Biden’s offer to the White House.
“We have to do it in our values. You have to keep in mind that your commander-in-chief, at the end of the day, is someone you can accept as true, and I can accept it as true with Joe Biden,” the former American commander said. retired General Stanley McChrystal in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program.
McChrystal made in 2010 through a Rolling Stone article that quoted his staff making unflattering comments about Biden and other civilian officials, in violation of army law that prohibits officials from uttering “derogatory words” about their civilian superiors.
“I spoke to him right after the incident, but there was a lot more smoke than fire in that reality,” McChrystal said. “I’ve never had Vice President Joe Biden or President Obama of good reputation. I think my will now deserves to sign for other people that there was a respectful relationship at the time, and how vital I think it is to reflect that kind of respectful relationship between the superior army and leadership.
McChrystal said that while he had political differences with Obama and Biden, he appreciated them considering their prospects. “I’m looking for a president humble enough to perceive that he’s a servant. I don’t think we want a genius. ” I don’t think we want a magician. We just want a fair user who’s willing to listen. We want someone to capture information, surround the way we are with talented people and lead the country in the most productive way I can. “
McChrystal is one of more than 50 former Republican national security that will support Biden today.
FALSEITY HOSE: In an MSNBC interview, retired former national security officer, Lt. General HR McMaster, praised Trump’s management for doing “wonderful work” in learning the “hard lessons” of the 2016 election in which he declared a “sustained crusade of subversion policies opposed to us. “
But at the same time, he strongly rebuked the president for “helping and inciting” Vladimir Putin by not asking for Russian interference. “I don’t think The Russians care who wins the election as long as we doubt the outcome and while they are able to continue to focus on controversial issues,” McMaster said.
But Trump, he said, is betting Putin’s game.
Putin is literally getting away with a homicide this week, or an attempted murder with [Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny] as we recently noticed, because other people don’t report them. to sow those conspiracy theories. And we just can’t be our worst enemies. “
McMaster is on a field trip to announce his new book, Battlegrounds.
THE FEDERAL FORCES OF CSIS SHOULD BE USED ONLY IN THE “MOST DIRECT AND MOST LEGITIMATE: The Center for Strategic and International Studies came out with a research warning that the deployment of army forces at the national point in electoral or transitional contexts can simply jeopardize the fitness of civilians and the army. Reports.
“Anger over the use of DHS assets is not just an indication of frustration directed at federal law enforcement agencies. These are the symptoms of a much greater challenge, the erosion of accepting as true in democratic establishments, which can simply be exacerbated during a tense presidential election or a transitional period,” the authors write.
“In order to maintain the integrity of these institutions, including, but limited to, elections, it is imperative that adequate controls be established for federal force deployments to be reserved only for the most serious and valid circumstances, and that the rights and security of all Americans is protected.
SWING AND A BLOW! The Missile Defense Agency said it had effectively paired a THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] anti-missile formula with a Patriot missile battery to launch a target missile from the sky.
“The Model 2 Army-Marine/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control THAAD detected and tracked Black Dagger’s target and effectively provided knowledge of the Patriot weapon formula for a release solution,” the MDA and army said in a statement. “The Formula of the Patriot weapon was able to intercept the target with a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile. “
SKYBORGS MORE: A new report from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies promotes the virtues of the Skyborg Air Force program to create an unmanned wing for manned fighter jets. (See: A set of rules for one end: The robot revolution comes in the long run. wars. )
“In the face of emerging threats from senior forces and possible relief in the defense budget, the US Air Force is in the face of a nuclear force. But it’s not the first time You will need to maintain a peak of preparation and modernize a stock of old and small aircraft,” concludes the report. Attractive/reusable drones with AI-enabled diversity, plus high-end features such as the F-35A and B-21, is an effective and sustainable way to develop USAF combat capability and meet force projection requirements. “
INDUSTRY WATCH: The State Department approved the sale of Raytheon’s Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II tactical missiles to South Korea.
“This proposed sale will help U. S. foreign policy and national security objectives by helping the security of a treaty best friend who remains a vital force for political stability, peace, and economic progress in Northeast Asia,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement.
Washington Examiner: Pompeo testes negative for coronavirus but reevaluates calendar
Washington Review: Exclusive: Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks for democracy
Washington Review: Pentagon refuses to talk about COVID-19-related army suicides
New York Times: Russian opposition leader Navalny says Putin is his poisoning
Bars and stars: Russian army force in post-Cold War highs says
Wall Street Journal: Russia rejects terms of U. S. deal
Bloomberg: US intercontinental ballistic missile But it’s not the first time To upgrade the Minuteman of the 1970s could charge $111 billion
Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un’s new look is more masculine than superhuguy
Reuters: US envoy to China says U. S. -China relations will have to be directed
AP: 6 missiles intercepted at an airport that housed U. S. troops in Iraq
The Ride: Navy P-8 Poseidon steals its armed harpoon missile project at a show of strength in Asia-Pacific
State: Too soon to wait for the long-term Marine Corps on Parris Island, says base chief
USNI News: Marines post more main points about F-35B and KC-130J collision
Reuters: More than 50 former U. S. Republican national security officials sign up for Biden’s backing
FRIDAY, FRIDAY 189 OCTOBER 2
8:00 a. m. – Webcast of the Woodrow Wilson Center: “Diplomacy of the 21st century: foreign policy is climate policy”, with Hinrich Thoelken, director of climate and energy policy and digital transformation of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany; Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor to the New America International Security Program and Resource Security Program; Huiyao Wang, founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization; and Alexander Carius, director of Adelphi. https: //www. wilsoncenter. org/event
9:15 am – Brookings Institution webinar: “Uninformed democracy: the past, present and future of information warfare,” with former national security adviser, Lieutenant General HRRetired McMaster of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defnd the Free World. www. brookings. edu/events
10 a. m. – Virtual Symposium of the National Defense Industrial Association: “Special Operations Forces and High Power Competition”, with the Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict, Ezra Cohen; Representative Michael Waltz, R-Fla . ; and Air Force Command Sergeant Gregory Smith, Enlisted Chief in the US Special Operations Command, Deputy Secretary of Defense for the acquisition, Kevin Fahey; Jim Smith, Procurement Manager, US Special Operations Command’s Center for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and the former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Procurement, Technology and Logistics, Alan Estevez, Chief of Homeland Security and Logistics at Deloitte; Undersecretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Procurement James “Hondo” Geurts; and Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez, senior enlisted advisor with the president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. https://www. ndia. org/events/2020/10/2/2020-virtual-solic
10:00 a. m. – Center for a new U. S. security virtualUSA: “The Next Revolution in the Intelligence Business,” with Anthony Vinci, deputy principal investigator of the CNAS National Security and Technology Program and former deputy director and technical director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency; former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Susan Gordon; Robert Cardillo, member of Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technologies and former director of NGA; and Kara Frederick, a member of the National Security and Technology Program at CNAS. https://www. cnas. org/events/virtual-panel
12:00 pm. – Aspen Institute webinar: “The next day: preparation for a contested election”, with Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director of the NAACP Legal Defense Education Fund; Mary McCord, legal director of georgetown Law Institute for Constitutional Defense and Protection; Nathaniel Persily, professor at Stanford Law School; Sally Buzbee, senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Associated Press; and Vivian Schiller, CEO of Aspen Digital. https://www. aspeninstitute. org/events
1:30 p. m. – Atlantic Council webinar: “Strategic Weapons of North Korea: An Informed Conversation,” retired Army General Vincent Brooks, former commander of U. S. forces in Korea; and Markus Garlauskas, a former national intelligence officer for North Korea and a non-resident researcher at the Atlantic Council. https://www. atlanticcouncil. org/event
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5
9:00 am – NVIDIA GPU technology conference on artificial intelligence and the future of work, with retired Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan, first director of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and FCC President Ajit Pai, among others. nvidia. com/en-us/gtc
TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with counterparts from Japan, Australia, and India in Tokyo to discuss promoting a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” with Japanese Chancellor Toshimitsu Motegi, Australian Chancellor Marise Payne, and Indian Chancellor Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Https://www. state. gov/
5 p. m. – Hudson Institute live broadcast: “Dialogue on Foreign Policy and Global Affairs of the United States: A Conversation with Senator Tom Cotton,” with Walter Russell Mead, distinguished researcher Ravenel B. Curry III in and political acucucuers. Https://www. hudson. org/events
TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
10:00 am – First day of “AUSA Now”, the 2020 virtual annual assembly of the US Army Association. U. S. , Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Army Chief of Staff, General James McConville, and Army leaders. McCarthy and McConville will hold a press conference in the Pentagon press convention room at 10:45 a. m. Register https://assemblys. ausa. org/annual/Attendee
TBA – Defense One Webcast “State of the Navy”, with the Chief of Naval Operations, adm. Michael Gilday. Https https://www. defenseone. com/feature
President Trump, explaining to Sean Hannity of Fox News why he practiced social estgnatory before contracting COVID-19.