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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michelle Obama ? Former first lady Michelle Obama  revealed to Ellen DeGeneres what was inside the Tiffany box she received from Melania Trump on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day.  Obama ’s perplexed expression and inability to find a place to put the box generated some laughs  and the contents apparently remained unknown until now.
“It was a lovely frame ”  Obama  told DeGeneres in a preview clip of her sit-down with the talk show host to air Thursday.
Let’s rewind to Inauguration Day in January 2017 for a moment. Melania Trump presented the Tiffany & Co. box to  Obama  at the White House before the ceremony. Watch the awkwardness ensue.
“Well  there’s all this protocol  Obama ma said to DeGeneres in the footage posted by People. “I mean  this is like a state visit  so they tell you that you’re going to do this  they’re going to stand here. Never before do you get this gift  so I’m sort of like  OK. Obama ma acknowledged tha she he was a bit flummoxed by the presentation. “What am I supposed to do with this gift? And everyone cleared out and no one would come and take the box. Barack Obama ma stepped in to smooth out the awkwardness.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rand Paul ? The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan spending bill Friday morning  but not before the federal government shut down when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delayed the vote past midnight to complain about the budget deficit. It was the second government shutdown in less than three weeks.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Feb. 8 spoke on the Senate floor against a bipartisan budget deal and delayed a vote on the measure. (U.S. Senate)
Then  as an expected vote approached in the Senate   Paul  began to throw up roadblocks  demanding a vote on  his  amendment that would demonstrate how the two-year budget deal breaks past pledges to rein in federal spending.
GOP leaders refused to allow  him  to offer the amendment  arguing that if  Paul  got an amendment vote  many other senators might want one  too.  Paul   in turn  refused to allow the vote to go forward  making use of Senate rules that allow individual senators to slow down proceedings that require the consent of all.
“I can’t in all good honesty  in all good faith  just look the other way because my party is now complicit in the deficits ”  Paul  said on the Senate floor as evening pushed into night.
 Paul  objected after a visibly irritated McConnell tried to move to a vote. Then  Paul  launched into a lengthy floor speech deriding bipartisan complicity on deficit spending while the country goes “on and on and on  finding new wars to fight that make no sense.” The senator direly predicted a “day of reckoning ” possibly in the form of the collapse of the stock market.
As the hours ticked on   Paul  repeatedly refused to consent to allowing the vote to happen  as lawmakers and aides of both parties grew increasingly annoyed at  him . Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.)  leaving the floor after an unsuccessful attempt to curtail  Paul ’s standoff  called the gambit “grossly irresponsible” and said that leaders would not entertain  his  demand for a vote.
Senators of both parties were left fuming  with most of their ire directed toward  Paul .
“ He  has mastered the art of ticking off  his  colleagues ” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.).
“It’s a colossal waste of everybody’s time ” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). Of  Paul   Thune said  “He never gets a result.”
 Paul himself  made no apologies as  he  delivered one floor speech after another  casting  himself  as a lone defender of fiscal austerity  despite having voted in December for a tax bill that added at least $1 trillion to the debt.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Anthony Scaramucci ? WASHINGTON â  Anthony Scaramucci   President Trump's former communications director  is on a list of people blocked from entering the White House without special approval.
A day after saying he wasn't blocked  a White House official confirmed that  Scaramucci  is indeed among fired officials excluded from the campus. The acknowledgment came after the financier provided to Bloomberg News official White House correspondence that confirmed he was denied an appointment.
 Scaramucci  is among a group of former staffers who left "under adverse circumstances" placed on an "administrative exclusion list " the White House said in response to Bloomberg's questions. Those former employees must have any appointments on the premises "evaluated on a case by case basis."
 Scaramucci  provided emails indicating  he  had been denied access to the complex to counter a White House official's assertion Thursday that  his  claim of being blacklisted from the building was false. At the time  the official - who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters - said  Scaramucci  was treated the same as any former staffer and would be granted access if  he  had legitimate  official business.
 Scaramucci  slams 'General Jackass' Kelly for blocking W.H. access
When an aide on Feb. 6 tried to get  Scaramucci  into the building  the Secret Service agent in charge of the appointment-scheduling system emailed that  Scaramucci  is "administratively excluded from entering the complex at this time (not allowed access)." The agent referred questions to White House Management and Administration staffer Monica Block.
Another message shows that when the aide asked Block about access for  Scaramucci   Block said only White House chief of staff John Kelly or deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin could override Scaramucci's exclusion.
The former communications adviser believes Kelly is blocking his access to the president.  Scaramucci  called for the chief of staff's resignation last month after disclosures that former staff secretary Rob Porter kept his job with access to top-secret information despite a background investigation that revealed allegations of domestic abuse by two of Porter's ex-wives.
 Scaramucci  calls former White House colleague 'Sith Lord'
Anthony Scaramucci with President Trump in a photo posted June 29  2017  and captioned: "Thanks @POTUS @realDonaldTrump thanks for a great meeting and great day." ( Anthony Scaramucci  via Twitter)
The dispute over access to the White House comes as  Scaramucci  has renewed his offensive against Kelly following a chaotic week that included the resignation of Hope Hicks  a longtime Trump loyalist who now holds the communications director position.
"Does the president want to lose everyone because of General Jackass?"  Scaramucci  said Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg News  warning there would be "a further evacuation of talent."
 Scaramucci  denies claims in Trump book  trashes Bannon
Kelly on Friday defended  his  handling of the Porter scandal in a discussion with reporters  saying  he  had obtained a resignation from the former aide within hours of learning of the abuse allegations and tightened access to classified material at the White House. Kelly did acknowledge a "disconnect" at the White House in evaluating Porter's background check and a "mix-up" in issuing a public statement supportive of the former staff secretary despite the allegations.

Answer:
Neutral