The Trump Presidency (Act V - The One Where Everybody Dies)

[alfaniner]

Do the troops have to goose step. That looks impressive.

I always thought that looked ridiculous and undignified, the exact opposite of intimidating. And it can't be good for their legs.

 

[BobTheCoward]

Again what is this unamerican thing you mentioned?

My point is that what is unamerican is completely up to each individual and is not a falsifiable claim.

 

[C_Felix]

Not really, to any of the three - and we're discussing a city that can't even keep the subway cars on the tracks.

And we spend quite enough on these shows, from displays for politicians, to sportsball events, to flight shows.

As for this being anything but Trump's "big nuclear button that WORKS" - let's not pretend that the clown has a grasp of history.
Or tradition.

Or good taste.

This is, yet again, not to say that the idiot can't do immense damage in service of his ego, nor to excuse the GOP in general for enabling him, but it's beyond him to come up with any "grand scheme" or code words.

ETA: I forgot a major one - movies featuring military equipment.

I wonder - nah - I hope there's a float of a big red button.

 

[BobTheCoward]

I wonder - nah - I hope there's a float of a big red button.

At some point... someone from the White House is going to ask about visible missiles, Soviet style.

 

[pgwenthold]

I always thought that looked ridiculous and undignified, the exact opposite of intimidating. And it can't be good for their legs.

Well, it can look cool if they all do it in perfect sync.

Kind of like Riverdance.

And about as significant.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/961099501409898496

Reminder. The conspiracy goes thus:
1. The FBI in the middle of publicly investigating Clinton in a way that was very damaging to her presidential campaign was nevertheless secretly pro-Clinton

And they exhibited this pro-Clinton bias by secretly going after Carter Page, a person who was not on the Trump campaign at the time, and whom Trump had publicly distanced himself from

And they did this two weeks before the election entirely in secret. Indeed so secretly that a week later the NYT puts out a story saying "FBI finds no Russia link to Trump " on October 30.

And they do all of this surveillance by getting the hardest type of national security authorization that exists - a FISA Title I order - that requires the DAG and the Dir FBI to show probable cause that Carter Page is an agent of a foreign power to a federal judge

 

[Steve]

He should have one of those broad ribbons that goes over the shoulder and across the front and back. Hang lots of big, glorious medals on it. And give him a riding crop to complete the image.

Like this guy?

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37837&stc=1&d=1518017388

 

[Belz...]

He's got about as big a potty mouth as Patton, ands almost as entertaining.

 

[Tero]

We have an equilibrium: Undocumented immigrant population in U.S. stays flat for eighth straight year (11 million)

They can go back and forth as needed for illegal immigrant type of jobs. And the idiot wants a wall. It will be harder for them to go back!

 

[phiwum]

Maybe it will be like Sadat's last parade.

A little too far, I'm afraid.

 

[dudalb]

He's got about as big a potty mouth as Patton, ands almost as entertaining.

I object comparing Patton to Trump;for all his bluster and ego, Patton was a superb battlefield commander,something you cannot say about Trump......

 

[Belz...]

Hey, he makes great deals! And business is like a battlefield... the greatest battlefield, in fact! Believe me.

 

[Andy_Ross]

I object comparing Patton to Trump;for all his bluster and ego, Patton was a superb battlefield commander,something you cannot say about Trump......

Was he? Subject of another thread I think.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Wapo opinion piece.

First, a military parade. Will a mock uniform with epaulets be next?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...with-epaulets-be-next/?utm_term=.e1a8360cea6a

 

[dudalb]

Max Boot , who is hardly a liberal ,rips Trump a new one:

nion-card-a:homepage/story&utm_term=.4f9065a4fd9b

Big fan of Boot and think he is one of the best Military Historians around.

 

[TheSupermeerkat]

I thinks Trump should fire Dow Jones. Very bad guy. So unamerican

 

[Belz...]

Max Boot , who is hardly a liberal ,rips Trump a new one:

nion-card-a:homepage/story&utm_term=.4f9065a4fd9b

Big fan of Boot and think he is one of the best Military Historians around.

Link doesn't work.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

A spokeswoman for the DC Mayor says that there has been no formal outreach about the parade yet, and that "just like the wall, he will have to pay for it"

 

[Stacko]

White House deliberately ignored background check that showed Rob Porter abused his ex-wife.

 

[Stacko]

White House deliberately ignored background check that showed Rob Porter abused his ex-wife.

"A White House official said senior officials were trying to convince Porter 'to stay and fight.' Those officials included Chief of Staff John Kelly."​

Somehow I doubt that Kelly has lived up to any of the hype surrounding his appointment.

But a senior administration official said Kelly was previously aware of the 2010 protective order, which prevented Porter from getting a full security clearance.