That's certainly interesting.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Hachey
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2017 4:22 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Another Dangerous Rush To Judgment In Syria
Yes, good point. Though I'm sure that Trump was thinking about how the
popularity of a president seems to rise as a result of military adventures.
Given that those missiles are manufactured by Raytheon, I'd bet their stock
went up.
Well, I did a quick Google search to be sure I was spelling Raytheon
correctly and look what I found! See below my name. Not only did their stock
rise, but the Donald owns some of it. Is that one heck of a conflicted
commander in chief or what? No wonder Trump did a 180 regarding Assad. Was
it the horrific gasing that motivated him as he likes to say, or was it the
money?
Bob Hachey
Donald Trump personally profited from missile-maker Raytheons stock jump
after his Syria attack Tom Boggioni Posts by Tom Boggioni
08 Apr 2017 at 09:48 ET
While the world is dealing with both the implications and the fall-out from
President Donald Trumps missile attack on a Syrian airfield on Thursday,
the manufacturer of the Tomahawk missile used in the attack is seeing their
stock surge which is good news for their investors including the
president.
As noted by the
Palmer Report,
Trump owns stock in Raytheon, which was reported by Business Insider in
2015.
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According to Trumps financial disclosure reports filed with the FEC in
2015, his stock portfolio includes investments in technology firms,
financial institutions and defense firms, including Raytheon.
On Thursday, Trump launched an attack on the al-Shayrat military airfield,
used by both Syrian and Russian military forces, hitting it with 59 Tomahawk
missiles manufactured by Raytheon. Trumps attack on Syria was reportedly in
response to a deadly gas attack launched by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
against his own people earlier in the week.
While the Tomahawk attack did little damage to the airfield with the
Syrian air force continuing to launch assaults from the same base on Friday
investors, sensing an increasing escalation in tensions between two
countries and the possibility of war , pushed Raytheon stock up.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/donald-trump-personally-profited-from-missil
e-maker-raytheons-stock-jump-after-his-syria-attack/
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2017 3:07 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Another Dangerous Rush To Judgment In Syria
Bob,
The prime reason is to provide an income stream to all those military
contractors who supply missiles and planes and drones and the rest of the
weapons. It can't be that our leaders are so stupid that they actually
believe that war solves problems. They just don't care so long as the money
keeps flowing.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2017 2:38 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Another Dangerous Rush To Judgment In Syria
Oh brother! Here we go again. Seems that when it comes to military
adventures, we have either a bumbling press or a press that is under the
thumb of the Pentagon. In either case, it is not the free press we so
desperately need, now more so than ever in the age of Trump. By the way
those missiles cost over 1 million dollars each and the air force base we
attacked is already back up and running. I keep thinking that the prime
reason Trump attacked here was to deflect us away from all of his early
blunders as president. Guess maybe this was just another blunder.
Bob Hachey
Bob Hachey
