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Bob001 said:
I wish he was an idiot. But as others have pointed out, he always seems to come out ahead.
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Doesn't mean he isn't an idiot. He's the Forrest Gump of presidents...if you subtract the well-meaning naivete and replace it with an all-consuming narcissism driven by the hunger of a thousand collapsed stars.
 
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TraneWreck said:
Doesn't mean he isn't an idiot. He's the Forrest Gump of presidents if you subtract the well-meaning naivete and replace it will an all-consuming narcissism with the hunger of a thousand collapsed stars.
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So, Forrest Gump if they had cast Val Kilmer instead of Tom Hanks.
 
Tony Stark said:
He's way out of his element.
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Exactly. Trump-the-huckster can sell Trump university to naive nincompoops, but Washington is proving to be another type of environment. Sarah Palin won a governorship, and she became a national star as McCain's VP selection. Where is she now?
 
I will take Trump at his word, that firing Comey took the pressure off him, or so he thought. That is obstruction of justice
 
NoahFence said:
Believe me, we'd rather not be talking about this moron.
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theprestige said:
And yet here you are.
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phiwum said:
Yes, that was indeed part of Noah's point.

One wouldn't say, "Believe me, I'd rather not be doing X," if one is not doing X.

Believe me, I'd rather not be explaining such basic concepts of communication.
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theprestige said:
Are you saying that if you had a choice, you would choose not to explain it?
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Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Noah Fence would rather there was a situation where the POTUS was not abnormal on a fractal level - both in lies and actions from the minor (getting more ice cream than his guests or lying about his inauguration crowd size) to the major (birtherism, trying to interfere with the FBI).

Similarly, phiwum would rather not explain such a simple concept, and its consequent derail, but they'd prefer that to the alternative of your rather silly question remaining unanswered.
 
I want to know what the hell the President of the United States is doing discussing personnel issues or the FBI or US investigations of any kind with Russia?

If true, another example of how Trump is an idiot.
 
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theprestige said:
Are you saying that if you had a choice, you would choose not to explain it?
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I'm saying that a world in which I didn't find explanation practically necessary would be better than the world I find myself in.

"I'd rather not paint the bottom of my boat this year."

"Oh my, you mean you have no choice?"

Honestly, this kind of phrase is not all that uncommon. Why pretend that it's meaning is unclear? Yes, I could make a choice not to paint my boat, but I will paint it anyway, even though I say I'd rather not. All I mean is that, were the outcome roughly the same, I would choose not.

Anyway, I think pretending not to understand pretty standard English is a fine debate tactic. I agree, Trump is blameless in firing Comey. Good job!
 
Trump Officials: ‘He Looks More and More Like a Complete Moron’

Trump’s repeated media missteps have frustrated even longtime supporters. “Every day he looks more and more like a complete moron,” said one senior administration official who also worked on Trump’s campaign. “I can’t see Trump resigning or even being impeached, but at this point I wish he’d grow a brain and be the man that he sold himself as on the campaign.”

Asked whether an administration staff change-up would ameliorate this latest crisis, a Republican source formerly involved with a pro-Trump political group told The Daily Beast, “yes, if it comes with a frontal lobotomy for Trump.”

The consequences for Trump could be more dire than a staff shake-up, law enforcement sources suggested, however. Trump’s reported comments to the Russian officials could support allegations that he fired Comey in order to slow or put a stop to an investigation probing his campaign’s contacts with the Russian government—allegations that the White House vehemently denies.

‘Absolutely… Looks Like Obstruction’

Asked whether those comments could be construed as intent to interfere in the FBI’s investigation, a Justice Department official told The Daily Beast, “absolutely.”
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They're getting desperate.

The Trump administration is exploring whether it can use an obscure ethics rule to undermine the special counsel investigation into ties between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia, two people familiar with White House thinking said on Friday.

Trump has said that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's hiring of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead the investigation "hurts our country terribly."

Within hours of Mueller's appointment on Wednesday, the White House began reviewing the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm’s clients for one year after their hiring, the sources said.

An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years.

Mueller's former law firm, WilmerHale, represents Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.

Legal experts said the ethics rule can be waived by the Justice Department, which appointed Mueller. He did not represent Kushner or Manafort directly at his former law firm.
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