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Saturday 10 February 2018

No longer all the president's men

February 10, 2018 0
No longer all the president's men

No longer all the president's men

A picture of Rob Porter, one of President Trump's top aides until he resigned from his White House role on Wednesday, and his former colleagues has resurfaced on social media.
The picture, eagle-eyed Twitter users were keen to point out, features Corey Lewandowski, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, Anthony Scaramucci and Sebastian Gorka, all now ex-Trump employees.
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst took the photo in 2017 at an event for veterans in Ohio. However, in December 2017 Twitter user @nycsouthpaw used the photo after former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman left the White House.
Following Porter's resignation @nysouthpaw shared his previous tweet adding that in December he had not realised the departing White House staff secretary was also in the photo.


Most of the former advisors in the picture are now working as pundits

 David Plouffe and Jon Favreau, President Barack Obama's former advisers, posted a picture of themselves, noting that Favreau now presents a popular podcast.No longer all the president's menView image on Twitter

Trump's former employees

Corey Lewandowski, who featured prominently in the picture, served as Donald Trump's election campaign manager. He was the first person in the picture to be removed from Trump's inner circle. He was sacked in June 2016.
Next is Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications chief. He lasted only ten days on the podium and was sacked last July after a number of incidents including criticising his colleagues to reporters.
London-born Sebastian Gorka worked as deputy national security adviser. He left his post in August 2017, a week after his ally, ultra-conservative chief strategist Steve Bannon, was fired.
Omarosa Manigault Newman left her White House post as director of communications for the office of public liaison in December 2017. She denied reports that she tried to storm the White House residence.
Last to go was Porter, he resigned from his role as the White House staff secretary after his two ex-wives' allegations of domestic abuse went public.

In a 2017 interview, Mr Ernst described the moment when he took the photo and why he never expected it to resurface in this way.
"When I raised my camera and back-pedalled ahead of the group to take this image Lewandowski gave me a hello and pointed right into the lens.
"I liked the photo, but had no idea it would go a little bit viral, especially since Scaramucci, who was the biggest mover and shaker that week, was hidden back in the pack."
It is not the first time that people noticed a photograph that showed how Trump's inner circle has been depleted since he was sworn into office in January 2017.
Most of the people in the picture above, apart from Trump and his Vice President Mike Pence have either been sacked or resigned from their White House roles. @bristimath2013 explains it like this:
    

Friday 9 February 2018

Winter Olympics: Yuri On Ice performed by Japanese skaters

February 09, 2018 0
Winter Olympics: Yuri On Ice performed by Japanese skaters

Winter Olympics: Yuri On Ice performed by Japanese skaters


Team Japan have delighted anime fans by performing a figure skating routine set to music from the popular Yuri On Ice animated series at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Footage of Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara's team pairs skating routine was widely shared on social media as users instantly recognised the accompanying music as the theme from the hit 2016 Japanese cartoon.
It only took a few notes for fans to recognise the music and respond on social media. One user in Japan labelled the moment "real Olympic history," while another in Canada said it was a "fabulous if not magical performance".
Yuri On Ice is a sports anime centred around international Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki, and his relationships with two Russian skaters, idol Victor Nikiforov and rival Yuri Plisetsky.
Its popularity is such in the United States that broadcaster NBC produced an homage featuring Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva, who often tweets about the show.
United States viewers were aided by commentary from former US Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, who explained where they might recognise the music from.
Not a tough task for Weir, who has previously posted an Instagram video of him skating to music from the show.
Within hours, tens of thousands of tweets, likes and retweets about the performance had spread across the world, with many "sobbing" and "fangirling" that the Olympics - and those covering the sports - had to talk about the show.
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One fan struggled to find the words to properly express their feelings.
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However, the reaction was not limited to fans of the show as cast-member Junichi Suwabe, the Japanese voice actor for Nikiforov, had his tweet of support for use of the theme tune liked 22,000 times (at time of writing).
While Kubo Mitsurou, who co-created Yuri On Ice, tweeted her thanks to Team Japan - liked 17,000 times - for taking the song to the Winter Olympics.
And one user thanked the show's creators for a soundtrack which made its way to Pyeongchang.