Trump Inauguration LIVE, Trump World, Cabinet, Supreme Court (videos)

LIVE Coverage of Donald Trump's Inauguration as 45th US President:

LIVE Stream via RSBN: Inauguration of Donald J. Trump

Bloomberg (US) bloomberg.com:

Bloomberg TV LIVE coverage scheduled for Friday, January 20, 2017, 11am ET: Republican Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

See also: Donald Trump Sworn 45th President United States | Video | C-SPAN.org
and Lincoln Memorial Pre-Inaugural Concert:  a concert at the Lincoln Memorial--the “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration”--the official start of public inaugural events--Video | C-SPAN.org.

What a Trump Presidency Means for the Rest of the World:

Bloomberg TV LIVE special scheduled for Jan 19, 2017, 9pm ET: On a special episode of 'With All Due Respect,' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann dive into Trump's foreign policy views and what they could mean for global trade, climate change, the Middle East, Russia, China and other countries.

How Trump’s Cabinet Picks Will Help Drain the Swamp

Video above published Jan 18, 2017: On “With All Due Respect,” Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin and John Heilemann break down the team President-elect Donald Trump’s has picked to run his administration.

Who’s on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist?

Video above published Jan 18, 2017: On “With All Due Respect,” Bloomberg’s Greg Stohr discusses candidates that President-elect Donald Trump may consider to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. He speaks with Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin and John Heilemann on “With All Due Respect.”


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LIVE Video Stream: Donald Trump's First Press Conference Since Election

LIVE Stream Replay: Donald Trump Press Conference Jan 11, 2017:

Video above scheduled for:  Wednesday, Jan 11, 2017, 11:00am EST. President-elect Donald J. Trump 's News Conference, his first since winning the 2016 election. 

Fortunately ABC's Cecilia Vega asked my question about whether any Trump associates contacted Russians. Trump said no.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 11, 2017

Also on Wednesday, Secretary State Nominee, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

Video above: Rex Tillerson confirmation hearing Wednesday, Jan 11, 9:15am EST.

Why is Trump's Press Conference important?

1. Dow Jones (DJIA) Futures Reverse Gains Ahead of Trump News Conference | EconomicCalendar.com: "Dow industrials reversed course to finish lower on Tuesday [Jan 10], as jittery investors awaited a press conference from President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average settled down 31.85 points, or 0.2%, at 19,855.53, its lowest since December 30. The benchmark drifted between gains and losses, and at one point looked poised to make another attempt at the 20,000 milestone."
2. Nasdaq closes at 4th straight record—marks best such streak since 1999 | MarketWatch.com: "The Nasdaq Composite notched its fourth record close in a row Tuesday [Jan 10], representing the longest stretch of record closes for the tech-heavy index since 1999. Fresh all-time highs for the Nasdaq came as the Dow industrials failed to reach the psychologically significant level of 20,000 again, amid otherwise tepid enthusiasm for equities ahead of a news conference from President-elect Donald Trump set for Wednesday—his first since being elected on Nov. 8."

“If Donald Trump succeeds to cheer up investors at this week’s conference, we could see a fresh rally in the U.S. stocks and the U.S. dollar. Therefore, the upside risks prevail in the U.S. markets”--Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst, London Capital Group, note to investors.

DJIA January 10, 2017 (source: google.com)

Trump's Cabinet picks appear to be much stronger than Clinton's would have been, even Sarah Jones of the liberal New Republic seems to agree:

Hillary Clinton's cabinet would have sucked and no one should be surprised https://t.co/9zBjqP7X1i

— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) January 10, 2017

"Clinton had a team in waiting. By Election Day, her roster was so refined that most jobs just had one name. Here's her prospective Cabinet and West Wing staff, based on interviews with numerous Clinton insiders."--Mike Allen, Axios.com. See also: Consortiumnews.com: "... the think tank run by Michele Flournoy, the former Defense Department official considered to be most likely to be Clinton’s choice to be Secretary of Defense, explicitly called for “limited military strikes” against the Assad regime." Here's a partial listing of what Hillary's Cabinet would have looked like:

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MacroView: Trump Team Power Players & 2017 Global Economy (video)

Domain Mondo's weekly review of  macro economic and investing news:

MacroView Feature •  President-elect Donald J. Trump's 2017 Great Again Team Cabinet-level Power Players:

The Electoral College vote on December 19, 2016, sealed Trump's Presidential victory. Congress will certify the results on January 6th, and Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. However, Hillary Clinton and some of her supporters and 'friends' in the media are still whining about the 2016 Presidential election outcome. Meanwhile, most rational people have moved on and are preparing for the incoming Trump administration: "The Founding Fathers got it right, and California is proof."--MarketWatch.com.  For those still looking in the rearview mirror, Vice President Joe Biden said this week that Hillary Clinton never really figured out why she was running, while others have concluded the desire for change was bigger than any worries Clinton was able to raise about Trump. For those still living in a state of denial, reality is about to give them a slap in the face:

"Senate Democrats are about to get rolled on Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. They [Democrats] could spend years in the minority ... instead of the GOP collapse that many expected on Nov. 8, it’s now Democrats [who are] soul-searching about what went wrong."--POLITICO.com.

Background: In November 2013, Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate and used the so-called nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court. As a result, in 2017, Trump's Cabinet picks will only need a simple majority of 51 votes for Senate confirmation (Republicans will have a 52-seat majority in the 100-seat U.S. Senate in 2017).

Digital Trump: Horizontal View | ©2016 John Poole | DomainMondo.com

Trump's Cabinet-level picks requiring Senate confirmation:

• Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson
• Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
• Defense Secretary James N. Mattis
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions
• Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
• Agriculture Secretary TBA
• Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
• Labor Secretary Andrew F. Puzder
• H.H.S. Secretary Tom Price
• HUD Secretary Ben Carson
• Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao
• Energy Secretary Rick Perry
• Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
• V.A. Secretary TBA
• Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly
• U.N. Ambassador Nikki R. Haley
• C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo
• Director of National Intelligence TBA
• U.S. Trade Representative TBA
• Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon
• E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt
• Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney

Do not require Senate confirmation:

• Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway
• National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn
• Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn
• Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers TBA
• Director of Trade and Industrial Policy Peter Navarro
• Special Adviser on Regulatory Reform Carl Icahn
• Press Secretary and Special Assistant to the President Sean Spicer
• Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
• Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon
• White House Legal Counsel Donald F. McGahn II

Not mentioned above, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who some expect to be very influential within the Trump administration, just as he was in the Trump campaign. It is also clear that Silicon Valley's Peter Thiel will have substantial influence in the new administration. See also on Domain Mondo: Home Depot Co-Founder Ken Langone: 'I’m excited about Trump’s Cabinet' (video).

MacroView Feature •  Martin Wolf on the global economy in 2017:

Video above published Dec 23, 2016: FT.com editor Lionel Barber speaks to Martin Wolf about the biggest risks and bright spots in the 2017 global economy, major events of 2016, and Trumponomics. 

Other MacroView News:

•  Trump Effect: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Up 8.73% since November 8th:

DJIA (source: google.com)

•  Companies Face Delays Getting Cash Out of China | WSJ.com: "French construction-materials company Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, is finding it harder to take its money out of China. The conglomerate—like all multinationals operating there—faces new delays in recent weeks as Chinese regulators impose tougher restrictions on the movement of capital out of the country to slow the yuan’s decline ..."

•  Venture capital is harder to come by, interest rates are low, and founders prefer no dilution--voilà venture debt-- U.S. Startups Are Piling on Debt | Bloomberg.com: "With fewer companies getting funded these days, many startups are opting to borrow money instead. Some have already been forced to shutter after missing payments."

•  Italy Banking Crisis is Also a Huge Crime Scene | WolfStreet.com: "Toxic loans as a result of corruption, political kickbacks, fraud, and abuse."

•  World Energy Tipping Point: Solar Is Now Cheaper Than Wind: "Emerging markets are leapfrogging the developed world thanks to cheap panels."--Bloomberg.com

• IMF's Lagarde keeps job, escapes penalty after negligence conviction in France | Reuters.com

•  Fallibility, Reflexivity, Adaptability: “My conceptual framework is built on two relatively simple propositions. The first is that in situations that have thinking participants, the participants’ views of the world never perfectly correspond to the actual state of affairs. People can gain knowledge of individual facts, but when it comes to formulating theories or forming an overall view, their perspective is bound to be either biased or inconsistent or both. That is the principle of fallibility .... The second proposition is that these imperfect views can influence the situation to which they relate through the actions of the participants. For example, if investors believe that markets are efficient then that belief will change the way they invest, which in turn will change the nature of the markets in which they are participating (though not necessarily making them more efficient). That is the principle of reflexivity.”--George Soros. See Soros, Fallibility, Reflexivity, and the Importance of Adapting | blogs.cfainstitute.org

•  Much ado about nothing--Data Shows Fake News Sites Have Tiny Audience | DailyCaller.com--anyone surprised? (other than the 'sore losers' of the Clinton campaign, the anti-free speech liberal-left Dems, and MSM). 

•  The Hacking Evidence Against Russia Is [Still] Extremely Weak | WashingtonsBlog.com: "I don’t know what the DNC paid “Crowdstrike” for their narrative but they got a very poor return for their effort indeed. That the New York Times promotes it as any kind of evidence is a truly damning indictment of the mainstream media."

•  One More Thing: In Aleppo's historic St. Elias Cathedral, priests prayed for peace at the first Christmas Eve Mass in five years, attended by dozens of worshippers and some Russian officers. Many among the 400,000 Syrian Christians who comprise 10% of Syria's population, support Assad's Syrian government forces, not the Sunni Muslim rebel fighters supported by the Obama administration--sources. See also Journalist Eva Bartlett Destroys Mainstream News Journalists' Credibility Over Syria, Aleppo | washingtonsblog.com.

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo 

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