The Trump Presidency

[SezMe]

Just read a brutal editorial by Charles Blow in the New York Times.

"A Fake and a Fraud".

Should be pretty easy to find.

Link

I think Blow is too much of an optimist when he opines that Trump's base will abandon him. I see no reason for the ill-informed, low-information, Fox News junkie to change his/her mind.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Just what America needs, another war in the middle east.



President Bannon is back, BABY!

Not sure if this has already been mentioned:

US sending almost 4,000 extra forces to Afghanistan, Trump official says

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/15/us-troops-afghanistan-trump-administration

I guess Mattis got Trump to try another surge - total waste of lives and money in the medium run, of course.

 

[Spindrift]

Link

I think Blow is too much of an optimist when he opines that Trump's base will abandon him. I see no reason for the ill-informed, low-information, Fox News junkie to change his/her mind.

I agree, I think there is a significant portion of the populace who will never abandon no matter what he does.

I live in CT, which is a very blue state. Here are some supporters of Trump:

http://www.ctpost.com/news/trumpct/

He is on the right path...
I like Merry Christmas...
At least we had a shot with Trump...
I wake up everyday and thank god...

 

[CapelDodger]

I think Blow is too much of an optimist when he opines that Trump's base will abandon him. I see no reason for the ill-informed, low-information, Fox News junkie to change his/her mind.

Unless Fox News (which is to say, Murdoch) turns on him.

Optimistic, true, but not entirely fantastical.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Unless Fox News (which is to say, Murdoch) turns on him.

Optimistic, true, but not entirely fantastical.

Murdoch was strongly against him before the nomination. Then they had a meeting and since then, Fox has been Trump's personal propaganda channel.

I don't think that Fox can drop him without a replacement to fawn over - Pence might do nicely for that, though.


Note to self: spread rumours that Fox&Friends like Pence better than Trump

 

[CapelDodger]

Note to self: spread rumours that Fox&Friends like Pence better than Trump

I've heard that.

 

[quadraginta]

Murdoch was strongly against him before the nomination. Then they had a meeting and since then, Fox has been Trump's personal propaganda channel.

I don't think that Fox can drop him without a replacement to fawn over - Pence might do nicely for that, though.


Note to self: spread rumours that Fox&Friends like Pence better than Trump

Good idea. If it took hold it would probably put Pence in Trump's Twitter cross-hairs.

 

[CapelDodger]

Good idea. If it took hold it would probably put Pence in Trump's Twitter cross-hairs.

I don't do Twitter myself, but I did suggest some time back that #BetterPence could be used to this effect. I might even sign up with a few aliases to help it along, and I have no Russian connections I can bring to mind should we get rumbled.

 

[skyeagle409]

Not sure if this has already been mentioned:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/15/us-troops-afghanistan-trump-administration

I guess Mattis got Trump to try another surge - total waste of lives and money in the medium run, of course.

Trump is not only an idiot and a liar, he is also a hypocrite.

Donald J. Trump

Do not allow our very stupid leaders to sign a deal that keeps us in Afghanistan through 2024-with all costs by U.S.A. MAKE AMERICA GREAT!
5:12 AM - 21 Nov 2013


Donald J. Trump

Let’s get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense! Rebuild the USA.
10:55 AM - 11 Jan 2013

Trump is a fake president because he is totally unfit to lead the United States of America.

 

[Foolmewunz]

Is it possible Clarke is smart enough to see this is not the kind of ship an ambitious guy wants to serve on? No really.

[qimg]http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o646/tommyguy0421/JREF/Titanic%20Iceberg_zpsa8wermbo.jpg[/qimg]​

I can't recall seeing "Clarke" and "smart" used, seriously, in the same sentence, to be honest.

 

[skyeagle409]

.
Republicans who have seen the light.

Help wanted: Why Republicans won’t work for the Trump administration
Top-level vacancies frustrate Trump's administration

The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency has compounded the White House’s struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government.

Trump’s firing of FBI Director James B. Comey last month and the escalating probe into Russian interference in the presidential election have made hiring even more difficult, say former federal officials, party activists, lobbyists and candidates who Trump officials have tried to recruit.

Republicans say they are turning down job offers to work for a chief executive whose volatile temperament makes them nervous. They are asking head-hunters if their reputations could suffer permanent damage, according to 27 people The Washington Post interviewed to assess what is becoming a debilitating factor in recruiting political appointees.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...28ba60fbb98_story.html?utm_term=.23877ed51cb3

 

[skyeagle409]

Trump is a fake president.

Donald Trump fails to personally address terror attack on London mosque and murdered Muslim woman
He's much quicker to express condolences when Muslims attack western nations, critics note

He's much quicker to express condolences when Muslims attack western nations, critics note

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...lim-girl-virginia-mosque-deaths-a7798206.html

 

[SezMe]

Unless Fox News (which is to say, Murdoch) turns on him.

Optimistic, true, but not entirely fantastical.

True, that.

I'd like to live in an alternative universe where, one day, Fox junkies turn on Fox & Friends in the morning only to see Senator Sanders sitting there on the couch while Dumb & Cumber (Doocy and that other loon) fawn over him, saying how they've seen the light. Where Lumpy (Hannity) confesses that he's been duped all along and now sees Hillary as the rightful President and calls for a 2016 do-over. Where Fox business talking heads all unite in calling fresh-water economics a disaster and decide Krugeman is the guru to follow henceforth.

Heads would asplode! The sun would stop turning! Cats and dogs living together!

*wakes up from daydream* Where am I?

 

[SezMe]

I guess Mattis got Trump to try another surge - total waste of lives and money in the medium run, of course.

Seems more accurate.

 

[a_unique_person]

Working in the corporate world, I can tell you , from observation only, that these two things are much, much more important than anything else:

1. The job you do is not important. The PR you do on the job you do is important.


2. At all costs, never attach your name to a bad decision (Which always works out as never attach your name to a decision)


Working in a corporation is working in a top-down, command economy not subject to market forces. Perception is more important than reality.

A bit like the Soviet Union, ironically.

If only you didn't have to pretend to be enjoying it all.

 

[varwoche]

No joke, I get this repeatedly this morning:



Everything seems to be working fine otherwise. Did I just wake up from a vivid, detailed, lengthy nightmare?

 

[Trebuchet]

No joke, I get this repeatedly this morning:

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_225859492f351a3a8.jpg[/qimg]

Everything seems to be working fine otherwise. Did I just wake up from a vivid, detailed, lengthy nightmare?

Aww, you went and got my hopes up.

About 928,000,000 results (0.56 seconds)

 

[Firestone]

No joke, I get this repeatedly this morning:

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_225859492f351a3a8.jpg[/qimg]

Everything seems to be working fine otherwise. Did I just wake up from a vivid, detailed, lengthy nightmare?

Please send me your Google!

 

[Trebuchet]

No joke, I get this repeatedly this morning:

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_225859492f351a3a8.jpg[/qimg]

Everything seems to be working fine otherwise. Did I just wake up from a vivid, detailed, lengthy nightmare?

No, now that I think about it. You probably just woke up in Chimacum. Even Google can't imagine a place with that name exists.

 

[Segnosaur]

I loved the image of TrumpCo arriving at Mar-a-lago. Barron lags behind a bit, turns around, and takes a selfie. He's the only one I kind of feel bad for in all of this.

Is that because, just like Donald, you forgot Tiffany existed?

Are you suggesting that Tiffany is a figure deserving of our sympathy?

Remember, while she isn't getting the media attention nor the responsibilities that Ivanka is, she did make a speech at the Republican convention in support of Donald Drumph. So, she is at least partly complicit in the rise of the racist Orangutan to the presidency. Hard to feel bad for her in that situation.