WASHINGTON DC – Washington and Beijing have agreed to terms to return a Navy drone captured in the disputed waters of the South China Sea to the U.S., the Pentagon announced Saturday.
[…]  China’s decision to release the drone Saturday, came hours after President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to slam Beijing’s actions.  (read more)
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Traditional economic principles have revolved around the Macro and Micro with interventionist influences driven by GDP (Gross Domestic Product, or total economic output), interest rates, inflation rates and federally controlled monetary policy designed to steer the broad economic outcomes.
Additionally, in large measure, the various data points which underline Macro principles are two dimensional.  As the X-Axis goes thus, the Y-Axis responds accordingly… and so it goes…. and so it has historically gone.

Traditional monetary policy has centered upon a belief of cause and effect: (ex.1) If inflation grows, it can be reduced by rising interest rates.  Or, (ex.2) as GDP shrinks, it too can be affected by decreases in interest rates to stimulate investment/production etc.
However, against the backdrop of economic Globalism -vs- economic Americanism, CTH is noting the two dimensional economic approach is no longer a relevant model.  There is another economic dimension, a third dimension. An undiscovered depth or distance between the “X” and the “Y”.
I believe it is critical to understand this new dimension in order to understand Trump economic principles, and the subsequent “America-First” economy he’s building.
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Today President-Elect Donald Trump and his team finish their Thank You Tour with an event at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile Alabama at 3:00pm CST / 4:00pm EST
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(New York, NY)— President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his nomination of U.S. Congressman Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina as Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Congressman Mulvaney brings a wealth of experience on economic, budgetary, and fiscal issues to his new role. Rep. Mulvaney has long been a strong voice in Congress for reining in out-of-control spending, fighting government waste and enacting tax policies that will allow working Americans to thrive.
Rep. Mulvaney believes getting America’s fiscal house in order is a key component of President-elect Trump’s America First plan to create millions of jobs and grow the economy.
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It is being reported that South Carolina congressman Mick Mulvaney will be chosen as President-elect Donald Trump’s person to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

So this just happened… @KellyannePolls sitting next to @realDonaldTrump called me to say PEOTUS is confirming Mulvaney for OMB.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 16, 2016

Normally I can find silver linings within selections; this one?… not so much.
Yes, Mulvaney is Freedom Caucus member, and perhaps you can say he’s generally sold as a fiscal conservative.  However, his prior underhanded dealings -with the promotion of the scheme within the House of Representatives to push the hidden amnesty agenda- has forever tainted any positive attributes that may have existed.  SEE VIDEO:

Tonight President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence will hold a massive USA Thank You Rally at the Orlando Amphitheater located in the Central Florida Fairgrounds. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm EST:
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Democrats establishing a second, parallel, U.S. government structure. 

If there was anyone who doubted the previous outline we shared about the State Department operating as a complete and distinct agency of the U.S. government, today’s action from DC Democrats should put those doubts to rest.

A true “America First” diplomatic outlook is an existential threat to the preferred mission statement of the U.S. State Department. (link)

Democrat leaders within the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a warning letter to State Department officials and career diplomats alerting them to beware of Trump administration changing their overarching objectives and globalist mission:
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The human fish tank is ongoing today with a reported visit from Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Jeh Johnson.

Sec Homeland Security Jeh Johnson just went up elevator for meetings at Trump Tower. Walked in the front door. No questions

— Terrence Dopp (@tdopp) December 16, 2016

Interesting considering the upcoming POTUS press conference.
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It is somewhat funny, perhaps quizzically so, that people cannot see the mutually beneficial play amid the strong relationship formed between Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.   Essentially and substantively, 2016 geo-political outcomes have become a game of teams: Democratic Nationalists -vs- Totalitarian Globalists.

Toward that end we see the globalist team getting crushed at each electoral occasion: (1. Brexit referendum, 2. Trump election, 3. Italian -Renzi- referendum); and we see the left-wing ideologues flailing around wildly, trying to regain their footing.
The latest visible globalist synergy is leftists within British Parliament blaming Russia for Brexit and Cameron’s defeat, while simultaneously the White House blames Russia for Trump’s victory and Clinton’s defeat.  Despite the ridiculous nature of both claims, there is a unified globalist narrative there.
These outcomes are where Trump and Farage became the visible political face of the anti-globalist movement.  As a direct result of voters the U.K. is forced to accept Brexit, and at some levels actually attempting to avoid implementing Brexit, ergo the power of a U.S. President (Trump) supporting the Brexit referendum is leverage for Mr. Farage.
Hence, a relationship based on “mutually beneficial leverage”….
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Tonight President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence are back together again for another USA Thank You Rally at the Giant Arena in Hershey, PA.
The event is set to begin at 7:00pm EST
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