Martial arts expert teaches how to block Donald Trump’s handshake
If Trump ever gives you his strange handshake, you can turn it into a wrist lock, says Robin Gieseler, a fourth-degree black belt at the...
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Published 11:03 am, Thursday, February 16, 2017
Click through this slideshow to see the executive orders and some other actions President Donald Trump took during his first 100 days in office.
Click through this slideshow to see the executive orders and some other actions President Donald Trump took during his first 100 days in office.
Softening of the Affordable Care Act - Jan. 20Trump's
first executive order as president called for the delay of the implementation of "any provision or requirement of the act" that places a "fiscal burden" on states and individuals. President Trump and congressional Republicans have made the
repeal of the Affordable Care Act a top priority in their agenda.
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New regulation freeze - Jan. 20
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that implements a
"freeze" on regulations until they are approved by the president or one of the new heads of his governmental agencies.
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New regulation freeze - Jan. 20
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that implements a
"freeze" on regulations until they are approved by the president or one of the new heads of his
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Photo: Evan Vucci, AP
No federal funding for organizations that provide abortion services - Jan. 23
President Trump
revoked a presidential memorandum by Barack Obama that ended a ban on sending funding to organizations that provide abortion services overseas. Ronald Reagan first implemented this ban in 1984, and since then Republican and Democratic presidents have taken turns de-implementing and re-implementing it.
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No federal funding for organizations that provide abortion services - Jan. 23
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Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - Jan. 23
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Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - Jan. 23
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A "hiring freeze" for governmental employees - Jan. 23
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A "hiring freeze" for governmental employees - Jan. 23
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Quicker environmental reviews of "high priority" infrastructure projects - Jan. 24
President Trump signed an executive order calling for the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to establish
faster deadlines for environmental reviews of "high priority" infrastructure projects. Trump is expected to work with Senate Democrats on an infrastructure bill in the near future.
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Quicker environmental reviews of "high priority" infrastructure projects - Jan. 24
President Trump signed an executive order calling for the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to
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Mandate for American-made steel in new pipelines - Jan. 24President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the Commerce Secretary to "ensure" that all pipelines built or repaired in the United States are
made with American-made steel.
Pictured: In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, foreman Javier Garcia works with his crew as they lower a section of pipe into the ground with cradles, along the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline section two near Winona, Texas.
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Mandate for American-made steel in new pipelines - Jan. 24
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the Commerce Secretary to "ensure" that all pipelines built or repaired in the United States
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Review of manufacturing regulations - Jan. 24
President Trump ordered the commerce secretary to conduct a
60-day review of manufacturing regulations, in the hope that many can be repealed.
Pictured: In this Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, Susan Stacy moves a tube to sort recycled plastic bottle chips being processed at the Repreve Bottle Processing Center, part of the Unifi textile company in Yadkinville, N.C.
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Mexico border wall moves forward Jan. 25
Pictured: In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, workers raise a taller fence along the Mexico-US border between the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico.
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Mexico border wall moves forward Jan. 25
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Strengthening ICE, deportation instructions and cracking down on sanctuary citiesPresident Trump signed an executive order that
calls for the hiring of 10,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Also included in the order is a mandate for federal agencies to "step up" and deport undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of a crime, charged with a crime, committed a chargeable offense, misrepresented themselves to the government, abused a welfare program, are under deportation order and who may “in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security." The order also calls for the U.S Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to block federal grants to "sanctuary cities" that do not follow federal immigration laws.
Pictured: In this Aug. 17, 2015 file photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrest a man in San Antonio, Texas.
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Strengthening ICE, deportation instructions and cracking down on sanctuary cities
President Trump signed an executive order that
calls for the hiring of 10,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Photo: John Davenport, Staff / San Antonio Express-News
Reconstruction of the United States Military - Jan. 27
Alongside Defense Secretary James Mattis, President Trump signed an executive order that calls for "new planes, new ships, new resources, new tools for our men and women in uniform." Trump also stated that he
would "defer" to Mattis on whether or not to use torture on prisoners.
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Reconstruction of the United States Military - Jan. 27
Alongside Defense Secretary James Mattis, President Trump signed an executive order that calls for "new planes, new ships, new resources, new tools for our
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Photo: Susan Walsh, AP
"New vetting measures" for immigrants - Jan. 27
President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 27
barring all refugees from entering the U.S. and calling for "new vetting measures." All refugees were not allowed to come to the U.S. for four months and those from war-ravaged Syria were indefinitely barred.
"I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don't want 'em here,"
Trump said. "We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people."
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Immigration ban for seven majority Muslim countries - Jan. 27
The president's most controversial
executive order suspending U.S. immigration and travel for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, until "new vetting measures" are established. Thousands of Americans took to airports to
protest the order, which caused chaos as a number of travelers were held in limbo at airports.
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Immigration ban for seven majority Muslim countries - Jan. 27
The president's most controversial
executive order suspending U.S. immigration and travel for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria
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Reorganization of the National Security Council - Jan. 28
President Trump shook up the National Security Council by signing an presidential memorandum that
adds Chief Strategist Steve Bannon to the principals committee of the National Security Council.
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Reorganization of the National Security Council - Jan. 28
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Photo: Win McNamee, Staff
New lobbying bans - Jan. 29
President Trump signed an executive order that
places a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, and a five year ban on lobbying for anything else.
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New lobbying bans - Jan. 29
President Trump signed an executive order that
places a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, and a five year ban on lobbying
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Photo: Susan Walsh, STF
A call for a plan to defeat ISIS
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that commands Secretary of Defense James Mattis to develop a plan to
defeat ISIS within 30 days.
Pictured: Afghan Solidarity members burn an IS flag during a rally against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and the US Presence in Afghanistan.
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A call for a plan to defeat ISIS
President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that commands Secretary of Defense James Mattis to develop a plan to
defeat ISIS within 30 days.
Pictured: Afghan
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Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR, AFP/Getty Images
Reducing agency regulations - Jan. 30
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Reducing agency regulations - Jan. 30
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Photo: Ron Sachs, Bloomberg
Appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court - Feb. 1
President Trump
appointed federal judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left by Antonin Scalia. Prior to his nomination, Gorsuch served as an appellate judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
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Appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court - Feb. 1
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New sanctions on Iran - Feb. 3
The Trump ordered new sanctions on Iran after the country conducted a ballistic missile test. “The days of turning a blind eye to Iran’s hostile and belligerent actions toward the United States and the world community are over,” Michael Flynn, President Trump’s national security adviser,
said in a statement.
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New sanctions on Iran - Feb. 3
The Trump ordered new sanctions on Iran after the country conducted a ballistic missile test. “The days of turning a blind eye to Iran’s hostile and belligerent actions toward
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Photo: Vahid Salemi, Associated Press
Announcement of new Intel factory in Arizona- Feb. 8
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and President Trump announced that the company
will invest $7 billion to complete an existing factory space in Arizona that has been idle for the past few years. Intel said the opening of the factory will lead to 3,000 “high-tech, high-wage jobs” and will create more than 10,000 long-term jobs in Arizona.
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Announcement of new Intel factory in Arizona- Feb. 8
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and President Trump announced that the company
will invest $7 billion to complete an existing factory space in Arizona that has been
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Photo: Chris Kleponis, Bloomberg
Martial arts expert teaches how to block Donald Trump’s handshake
We’ve all seen Donald Trump’s weird handshake by now. When you shake his hand, he yanks your hand towards him and gives it a firm pat while sporting a wide grin. Recent political figures on the receiving end of this handshake include Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
But if you want to avoid this awkward fate, don’t worry: the Relson Gracie Academy of Jiu-Jitsu has you covered. Robin Gieseler, a fourth-degree black belt at the Academy’s dojo in Columbus, Ohio, has put out a video that teaches you how to turn the handshake into a goose neck wrist-lock. But before he starts, Gieseler would like to point out that he is “not suggesting that you do this to the President.”
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So how do you do it? Well, when the Donald in your life pulls your hand towards him, let him take your entire body with you. Then you can go to work.
“I step in with the outside foot. I wrap around the elbow,” Gieseler explains as he walks through the motions. “As I do that, I’m going to block his arm from here, I bend the wrist in, the other hand wraps over the top of the knuckles and boom — now you have what we call a goose neck.”
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Once he concludes the lesson, Gieseler assures the Secret Service that if he and Trump ever cross paths he “probably won’t wrist-lock the President.” The key word is “probably.” Keep an eye on him, agents.
Watch how to defend yourself in the clip above.
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