Page 6 - Florida Sentinel 5-1-20

Political News
Donald Trump is warning “China will own the United States” if Joe Biden is elected president.
But Trump himself has taken on debt from China. In 2012, his real estate partner refinanced one of Trump’s most prized New York buildings for almost $1 billion. The debt included $211 million from the state-owned Bank of China, which matures in the middle of what could be Trump’s second term.
Steps from Trump Tower in Manhattan, the 43-story 1290 Avenue of the Americas sky- scraper spans an entire city block. Trump owns a 30 per- cent stake in the property valued at more than $1 billion, making it one of the priciest addresses in his portfolio, according to his fi- nancial disclosures.
Trump’s ownership of the
Joe Biden Says He Would Choose Michelle Obama As His Vice President 'In A Heartbeat'
Trump OweS Tens Of Millions To Bank Of China
PRES. TRUMP
building received a smattering of attention before and after his 2016 campaign. But the arrange- ment with the Bank of China in 2012 has gone largely unnoticed. The questions surrounding Trump’s ties to the Bank of China come as his campaign is claiming that Biden would be a gift to the Communist country and America’s chief economic rival.
People have joked about former First Lady Michelle Obama taking office as a po- litical figure after leaving the White House, and presiden- tial Democrat frontrunner Joe Biden seems to share those same sentiments.
Biden told KDKA on Monday that he wishes Obama was interested in politics because he would choose her as his running mate "in a heartbeat."
“I’d take her in a heartbeat. She’s brilliant. She knows the way around. She is a really fine woman. I don’t think she has any desire to live near the White House again,” Biden told reporter Jon Delano in an online interview.
Over the years, Obama has repeatedly denied any in- terest in getting involved in electoral politics after eight years in the White House. In- stead, she has shifted her
JOE BIDEN AND MICHELLE OBAMA
focus to voting efforts, phi- lanthropy and writing. In her best-selling 2018 memoir Be- coming, she wrote, “I’ll say it here directly: I have no inten- tion of running for office, ever.”
During an event in Or- lando in 2017, she spoke can- didly about why she never wanted to go back into poli- tics despite her rock-star sta- tus and near-universal appeal among Americans.
"It's all well and good until you start running, and then the knives come out. Politics is tough, and it's hard on a family...I wouldn't ask my children to do this again be- cause, when you run for higher office, it's not just you, it's your whole family. Plus, there's just so much more we can do outside of the office because we won't have the burden of political baggage," she said
Several Georgia Mayors Asked Residents To Ignore Governor’s Declaration To Re-Open State
ATLANTA — The decision by Gov. Brian Kemp to begin restarting Georgia’s economy drew swift rebukes on Tuesday from mayors, public health experts and some business owners, with skeptics arguing that the plan might amplify another wave of coronavirus outbreaks.
“That could be setting us back,” Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview on Tuesday, referring to Georgia and other states planning to re- open in coming days. “It cer- tainly isn’t going to be helpful.”
A branch of the coron- avirus that first surfaced in Washington State has now been identified in more than a dozen other states.
Gov. Kemp’s decision al- lows for what he described as a measured return, starting on last Friday with the re- opening of gyms, hair and nail salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors.
On Monday, restaurants can resume dine-in service, and movie theaters and other entertainment venues can re-
MAYOR VAN R. JOHNSON
open. He also lifted limita- tions on houses of worship.
But the mayors of Atlanta and other large cities in the state expressed outrage over not having the authority to adjust the governor’s order to the needs of their residents. They vowed to urge Geor- gians to ignore Mr. Kemp’s directive.
“I am beyond disturbed,” Savannah’s mayor, Van R. Johnson, said on CNN, of the governor’s decision.
Projections show that Georgia has not seen the worst of the coronavirus, with deaths not forecast to level off until early May, ac- cording to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evalua-
tion. The state has recorded about 19,000 confirmed cases of the virus, with nearly 800 deaths as of Tuesday af- ternoon, according to state public health data.
But the state, which has a population of 10 million, has also processed some 1.1 mil- lion unemployment claims since March 14, labor officials said, a troubling indication of its collateral economic dam- age.
“I think this is the right approach at the right time,” Mr. Kemp, a Republican, said at a news conference of what he characterized as a cautious approach. “It’s not just throwing the keys back to these business owners.”
PAGE 6-A FLORIDA SENTINEL BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2020