The Trump Presidency

[pgwenthold]

Amateur president failed to hire competent staff


http://time.com/4825917/trump-hire-new-staff/

Except, he was never going to be two terms. He is physically not able to do it. He will quit ..or announce not running...at the latest the election year and call it a success.

The piece fails for an important reason. It actually treats Trump's claims about jobs and healthcare as serious. He never had any intention of doing any of that stuff.

 

[Tero]

Other than repeals, what were actual Trump goals then?

 

[ponderingturtle]

Other than repeals, what were actual Trump goals then?

To stand in front of crowds and be cheered. That is why he never stopped his campaign rallies to run the country.

 

[varwoche]

Other than repeals, what were actual Trump goals then?

Even those goals are based on opportunism. There's one and only one actual goal, which is to be idolized.

 

[pgwenthold]

Other than repeals, what were actual Trump goals then?

To get elected

 

[Spindrift]

To get elected

That was a side effect not a goal.

 

[quadraginta]

Blimey! How old are you!!

Old enough to have driven an Austin-Healy bug-eye Sprite that crapped out whenever it got caught in a heavy downpour.

Old enough to know why the British drank warm beer.

 

[dudalb]

Other than repeals, what were actual Trump goals then?

Satisfying his huge ego is a biggie.

 

[Spindrift]

He not only cheats at golf, Trump drove a cart on the green.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/gol...rgivable’-sin/ar-BBD2SS4?li=BBnba9I&ocid=iehp

For those who don't play golf, driving a cart on the green is not allowed. Only a major ass would do such a thing.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

He not only cheats at golf, Trump drove a cart on the green.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/gol...rgivable’-sin/ar-BBD2SS4?li=BBnba9I&ocid=iehp

For those who don't play golf, driving a cart on the green is not allowed. Only a major ass would do such a thing.

I'm sure it says in the Constitution that driving on the green is an impeachment offense.

 

[Spindrift]

I'm sure it says in the Constitution that driving on the green is an impeachment offense.

I'm pretty sure it is:

Article II, Section 4
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, Douchebaggery on a Golf Course, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

 

[Minoosh]

As an independent observer, I don't think the richness or poorness of someone has anything to do with whether they are appointed as an economic adviser.

Business success might be a better qualifier, than lack of business success. Why would you want either a business failure, or a business non participator as your economic adviser?

For one thing, potential advisers in any field need to make sure they disclose their prior business dealings to the administration. Michael Flynn, for example, didn't.

For another thing, "business success" does not necessarily align closely to the skill set of an economic adviser. The CEO of a pizza chain, no matter how rich, is likely NOT to be an expert on trade deals, banking, health-care economics etc.

Trump himself will not disclose information about how he made his money, or about what he's actually worth. I don't expect presidents to be 100 percent transparent on any number of issues, but refusing to release information that other candidates willingly released, and that he earlier promised to release, does raise questions about his truthfulness and integrity - as well as deepening the mystery of his general business dealings.

Just a few examples.

 

[Minoosh]

Trump says he has no tapes of Comey, so his better-hope-there-are-no-tapes statement is misdirection at best. I would call it an attempt at intimidation, but since Comey is no longer FBI director it might not matter.

ETA: To Trump apologists: There might not be an one thing that sours people on his presidency. It's the pervasiveness of inaccurate statements, the continuous display of ignorance, his combative nature in dealing even with some U.S. allies, his attempts to smear people with innuendo, his black-box finances, his seeming willingness to personally profit from his presidency, and so on.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Trump says he has no tapes of Comey, so his better-hope-there-are-no-tapes statement is misdirection at best. I would call it an attempt at intimidation, but since Comey is no longer FBI director it might not matter.

Witness intimidation is usually considered part of obstruction of justice.

 

[Spindrift]

Trump says he has no tapes of Comey, so his better-hope-there-are-no-tapes statement is misdirection at best. I would call it an attempt at intimidation, but since Comey is no longer FBI director it might not matter.

Witness intimidation is usually considered part of obstruction of justice.

Again Trump is his own worst enemy.

 

[Segnosaur]

As an independent observer, I don't think the richness or poorness of someone has anything to do with whether they are appointed as an economic adviser.

But the thing is, Trump was suggesting that richness IS a factor in appointing economic advisers.

Business success might be a better qualifier, than lack of business success. Why would you want either a business failure, or a business non participator as your economic adviser?

There are a few issues here...

1) As another poster suggested, there is a difference between "business" and "economics". There are issues in either field that do simply are not relevant in the other.

2) Also, as another poster suggested, the idea there is some sort of dividing line between rich and poor that cannot be crossed. Nobody would be expecting Drumph to appoint a homeless guy as his advisor. But that doesn't mean there aren't people with moderate assets with the skills needed, even if they don't fall into the 'super-rich' category.

3) Trump specifically referred to 'rich/poor' rather than "business succest/failure". It is quite possible for someone to be absolutely horrible at handling business but still end up rich. (Someone who, for example, inherited their money, such as Drumph. Or the fine folks who ran AIG right before the collapse.)

4) Massive hypocrite, since Trump campaigned in part on his opponent's links to Wall Street.

 

[Stacko]

For those who don't play golf, driving a cart on the green is not allowed. Only a major ass would do such a thing.

That's an understatement. It's a good way to lose your membership but President lazy ass doesn't need to worry because he's the owner.

 

[dudalb]

That's an understatement. It's a good way to lose your membership but President lazy ass doesn't need to worry because he's the owner.

A guy driving a golf cart onto the green can make a gold course quite literally unplayable.For those of you who never golfed, the state of the green can have a HUGE impact on the game.

 

[Stacko]

Remember those jobs at Carrier Trump "saved'? Didn't last a year.

Carrier, the heating and air-conditioning manufacturer, is laying off more than 600 employees from its Indianapolis plant next month, the same plant Trump vowed to keep on American soil, per CNBC. Those manufacturing jobs will go to Mexico, where labor is significantly cheaper.

...

Refresher on the deal: Trump agreed to give Carrier, a unit of United Technologies, up to $7 million if it continued to employ at least 1,069 people at the facility for 10 years, rather than moving it abroad in search of cheaper labor, as originally planned. Carrier also vowed to invest $16 million into the plant. But just a month after the deal was made, CEO Greg Hayes said the $16 million would be invested in automation.

 

[jimbob]

Remember those jobs at Carrier Trump "saved'? Didn't last a year.

I heard a commentator say that Trump was going to take jobs from Mexicans and give them to American robots.