Maria Appelboom

✍ Former President Donald Trump has been selected as the Republican Party’s official nominee for the United States’ presidential elections in November 2024. Trump’s 2016-2020 presidential term presented many foreign policy challenges for European leaders, including his tendency to pander to leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, and his withdrawal from multiple international agreements, including the Paris Agreement and the Iran Nuclear Deal. European leaders are beginning to prepare for the possibility of a second Trump term, should he be re-elected. Our latest Just the Facts looks at the potential impacts and consequences of President Trump 2.0 on the EU 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7HkqYRJ

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🟣 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭: Trump Wins: What it Means for Corporate Reputation by Alex Castellanos: https://lnkd.in/ekFhqy9U 🟣 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬: The political calculus has changed. A decade of Trump and Trumpism has untethered the two-party system from its legacy narrative of big business against big government. An increasingly populist electorate now responds to a new threat: both juggernauts working together to suppress the freedoms of the working-class. 🟣 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰: Regulators and legislators are no longer the exclusive rights holders to a business's license to operate. As populism shuffles the deck on the institutional brokers of power, companies will need to court the average Joe who feels disenfranchised by the current system. Companies can build reputational equity with a diverse class of stakeholders by centering integrity – not just because it’s morally good, but because it’s also good for business. 🟣 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬: Both Donald Trump Republicans and Bernie Sanders Democrats are galvanized by the same core set of American values. To protect your company’s enterprise value: • Stay out of divisive issues as a company. Instead, encourage employees to engage with politics as individuals. • Lead irrespective of electoral outcomes. Corporate decision-making should transcend, not react, to politics. • Prepare for populism. Power will swing from businesses to consumers, introducing a challenging new business environment. You need to be ready. Get the Point? Subscribe to receive the Purple Point to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eRhcBKGg

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In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, Belgium became part of the United Netherlands. After a period of growing unrest, the Belgian Revolution forced Dutch forces out of the country between August and October 1830. By November, the different revolutionary factions had coalesced around the idea of national independence and began drafting a constitution for an independent Belgian state. It was decided that it would become a constitutional and popular monarchy, reflecting the romantic nationalism popular at the time. Searching for a monarch, the revolutionaries decided on Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who was a German aristocrat popular in the United Kingdom. Leopold arrived in Brussels in early July 1831 and, on 21 July, swore allegiance to the constitution, becoming the country's first monarch. 21 July 1831 is thus considered to mark the start of the modern Kingdom of Belgium.[1] Belgian National Day was originally celebrated on 27 September, the date of the expulsion of Dutch forces from Brussels during the Revolution's "September Days". In 1890, this was changed by law to 21 July to strengthen the association between the observance and the monarchy and constitutional order.[1] Since 1991, 27 September has become the official observance of the French Community of Belgium.[2] In World War I and World War II, Belgium was occupied and public displays of patriotism were banned. As a result, celebrations of 21 July became a common form of symbolic resistance.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has made history by appearing at a record sixth European Championship! At 39, he started in Portugal's Group F opener against Czech Republic. Ronaldo, who already holds the record for most Euros goals (14) and appearances (25), continues to set new milestones. His teammate Pepe, at 41, also became the oldest player in Euros history. UEFA For More, Visit: www.famedelivered.com . . . #ronaldo #cristianoronaldo #euro2024 #portugal #footballlegend #eurosrecord #soccerhistory #football #uefa #championship #pepe #recordbreaker #soccer #fifa #sportsnews #footballfans #legendary #footballrecords #portugalfootball #goalgetter #footballicon #historicmoments #sixthtime #viral #trending #fyp #foryou #explore #explorepage #fame #famedelivered Disclaimer: This content is for informational purposes only. Image credited to the original publisher.

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Trump's victory: What it means for taxes After a presidential campaign that saw a steady stream of tax proposals aimed at a wide range of constituents, Donald Trump will return to the White House next January, when he can begin trying to deliver on those promises. https://lnkd.in/e-ECrvP5 #tax #taxes #business #company #firm #sable #sablegroup #sablegroupllc #accounting #accountant #accountingfirm #taxfirm #accountingbusiness #taxbusiness #accountingcompany #taxcompany #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #irs #internalrevenueservice #taxpayers #taxseason #trump #2024election #election #president

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Enough is Enough: Germany’s Coalition Breaks Up as It Prepares for a Second Trump Term The re-election of former president Donald Trump sent a shockwave around the world, not least through European capitals. Less than 24 hours later, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, in a move that reflects an ongoing battle within Scholz’s fractious coalition but that also connects to the challenges Germany will face in a second Trump term. One after another, the leaders of the coalition parties gave public statements on Wednesday night, beginning to prepare for early elections and positioning their justifications in the larger context of Europe’s response to a Trump administration. This being Germany, the dissolution of the Bundestag will be planned in advance, with Scholz calling a confidence vote on January 15 and the earliest possible election date being late March 2025. In that scenario, the earliest a government might take office would be May 2025 after coalition negotiations. Whether significant German moves will be possible in the meantime to prepare Germany for relations with a second Trump administration is an urgent question, one that Scholz hinted at in the context of Ukraine and Germany’s defense spending. Read more from Jeff Rathke: https://lnkd.in/e5kda65v

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𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 The President-elect issued a clear threat asking India, China and other nations to abandon plans to create an alternative currency or face severe economic retaliation. Read More 👉✅ https://lnkd.in/gYNkA75v #DonaldTrump #BRICS #USChinaRelations #Tariffs #EPNews

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From Tawang to Taiwan, assessing the geopolitical rivalry and geostrategic competition between China and India.

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FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) settlements often result in civil resolutions rather than criminal convictions. This approach could shield executives from harsher penalties like extradition or custodial sentences. However, settlements come with their own baggage. Even though they don't amount to a formal admission of guilt, they can still be interpreted as acknowledgment of wrongdoing.  #Adanigroup #Gautamadani #congressparty #Bribe #Corporatesettlement #USCourts #news #trends https://lnkd.in/dXDXW4cr

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Ancient Greek Civilisation 1200 - 323 BCE. The Early Archaic Period, Post Mycenaean Period. We know that the ending of Mycenaean civilisation was a distructive decent for the peope and culture, and a term used for this period is known as the dark ages. There is limited evidence to what happened in the following centuries, though the legacy was a division and hostility between the Dorians, that emerged from the north east Greek mainland, and the Ionians who occupied the region where Athens would be located. The Ionians were extreme in their hostility and prohibited the Dorians to enter sacred locations, sanctuaries controlled by the Ionians. By the 8th century bce, Sparta took control of their neighbours, the Messenians and the region of Messene. In the same period the region of Peloponnese hosted the first Olympic games in 776 bce at a location named Olympia. Competition between the different sub groups of ancient Greece could compete and triumph over an individual from a rival sub-group without the need for combat or to kill in the reconciliation and alliance in a unified Greece. Greek civilisation soon exported its culture and commodities around the Mediterranean and with this campaign of exploration, conquest soon followed. Sicily in 734 bce, Etruria (Italy) in 750 bce with which the Etruscans adopted Greek culture and in the following centuries developed into the foundations, origins for the Roman empire. Greek civilisation had ambitions to conquer, but their capability to extend into the near east, minor Asia was limited because of the capable resistance from these regions. In later centuries with success in military campaigns, Greece did conquer far into the east. The era of the Polis, city states developed as a format for Greek culture, political governance, Greek ideology. Athens would represent this evolution in Greek civilisation and even though other regions followed in a similar direction, Athens became the epicentre for Greek culture, ideology. Significant development in architecture, sculpture surpassed any of the previous and other present civilisations of the period in realism and technique. Greek mythology, literature, philosophy, poetry, music, theatrical arts are the foundation of western arts, culture and influenced the ideologies in art for many centuries after Greek civilisation's descent. Classical Greek Period. Greek culture and influence around the Mediterranean, near east resulted in the wars that would bring the victories of military campaigns more wealth and influence. Greek civilisation was being tested to its limit in resources and capability to control the colonisation of other regions in the near, middle, far east into india. Alexander the Great did achieve glory and conquest within his era, though after his reign it was the eventual end of Greek dominance as the Roman era in western civilisation soon followed with the conquest of Greece and its colonies. PD Taylor

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