GF, that indeed is a fascinating read, thanks for the share!
Well news to me anyhow, I knew there would have to be an exchange somewhere but did not know what.
pretty sure it was in the public domain - it was always going to be a one for one exchange
Actually wasnt a one for one swap. Number's for Australia's part were never finalized but in return for the US taking upto 1,250 refugees from Manus and Nauru Australia was going to take 4,000 - 6,000 from the US.pretty sure it was in the public domain - it was always going to be a one for one exchange
which I think is maybe why trump was initially so antsy - I suspect he didn't know it was an exchange and thus thought the deal was one sided. - he is after all, a "transactional negotiater"
Odd though as I have colleages in State and HSec who knew that it was an exchange so also assumed that the boss knew. the way its all panned out would suggest otherwise. maybe that was part of the secret mens business that trumbull "brawled" about
From what I've heard, one shouldn't assume Trump knows anything.pretty sure it was in the public domain - it was always going to be a one for one exchange
which I think is maybe why trump was initially so antsy - I suspect he didn't know it was an exchange and thus thought the deal was one sided. - he is after all, a "transactional negotiater"
Odd though as I have colleages in State and HSec who knew that it was an exchange so also assumed that the boss knew. the way its all panned out would suggest otherwise. maybe that was part of the secret mens business that trumbull "brawled" about
Costa Ricans? That doesn't make sense. Costa Rica's a relatively peaceful, safe & prosperous place, not a dirt-poor crime-ridden dump like Honduras & the like. GDP per head is three times as high as in Nicaragua, which is next door, & murder rate is a tenth of the rate in El Salvador, a fifth of the Honduran level. It's somewhere refugees run to, not from.
A quick look at the numbers supports this but just barely with a net +0.8 migrants per 1000. I suspect this net figure hides separate processes of migration. I wouldn't be surprised to see people form Honduras and Nicaragua go to Costa Rica. But I would be surprised if Costa Ricans didn't at least try to immigrate to the United States. And their GDP PPP per capita isn't very high either. Seems to be ~ 16 000 USD. It's not the most accurate way of measuring the populations' prosperity but in this case it's clear that it's not a first world country. It may be that the word refugee here was used inaccurately and we're talking about economic migrants from Costa Rica.
Ramp up the golf I say but only if he delegates to those who are useful.An analysis of Trump's priorities during his first month in office:
GOLF - 25 hours
Foreign Relations - 21 hours
Tweeting - 13 hours
Intel Briefing - 6 hours
The silver lining is the 6 hours for Intel Briefings, a huge improvement over zero.