Cont: The Trump Presidency VIII

[slyjoe]

Yeah, sorry I forgot to include the

I'm well aware that life is not zero sum.

Aah - my faith is restored

 

[Paul2]

Randy Rainbow is an actual genius -- his YouTube channel is hilarious.

Been a fan for a bit now, and that one is clearly his best, made a big splash. If someone wants to teach a class on RR and only has time to play one of his songs, that should be it.

 

[calebprime]

I played it for my wife, she wants to play it for her brother...

 

[Stacyhs]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...n-summit-walkbacks/ar-BBKT47K?ocid=spartanntp

Really good article about Trump feeling betrayed, angry and isolated. It's a fun read.

If there is any doubt that Trump's "wouldn't" excuse is just another lie, this quote from the above article should clear it up. Sadly, so many of Trump's fans will ignore this just as they ignore everything that doesn't support their adoration of the idiot.

Trump waited 27 hours, sent five tweets and sat for two television interviews after his initial comments in Helsinki before claiming he'd used a confusing "double negative" and meant "would" instead of "wouldn't" in a key sentence at his press conference about who was responsible for election meddling.

 

[Stacyhs]

Plus it neglects the powerful influencing factor given via the evil stare from a mom. Sometimes power comes in non-violent forms...

So you met my mother?

 

[Minoosh]

...no.

He was probably talking about the tweets about Li'l Kim, Rocket Man and fire and fury.

 

[Stacyhs]

Trump Tweets

"The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again - can’t believe it! Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart? The $40,000,000 Commissioner must now make a stand. First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!"

"I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough. Remember when they said I was too tough with Chairman Kim? Hypocrites!"

Trump confuses being "loud and vicious" with being "tough". Someone who is "loud and vicious" is a bully, not "tough". That explains a lot about his behavior.

 

[Minoosh]

From the AP story:

"The sentence should have been: I don't see any reason why I wouldn't — or why it wouldn't be Russia," the president said Tuesday before a meeting with Republican members of Congress.

I think it was a bit of a tell that he stumbled with the wording, which had obviously been written down for him by whoever cooked up this excuse.

 

[BrooklynBaby]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

 

[beren]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

No thanks. I'm not a fan of fake news.
I'll stick with reality.

 

[LSSBB]

Trump confuses being "loud and vicious" with being "tough". Someone who is "loud and vicious" is a bully, not "tough". That explains a lot about his behavior.

He speaks loudly. Doesn't carry a stick.

 

[acbytesla]

Pisses me off that this witch was clocked doing 119 in a 65 mph zone and was allowed to bargain down to doing 90 mph. Something seems ... off.

Fox News' Jeanine Pirro pleads guilty to 95 mph speeding ticket, down from 119 mph

That should have been charged as a felony IMO. It shows how much of a **** she gives about other people's safety. And her own, actually.

In all fairness. Most judges will reduce the charge if you have a relatively clean driving record. I doubt she received some special favoritism. It probably came with a stern warning.

 

[Jim_MDP]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

Gotta give us the channel and provider eh?
Are you a.400 pounder on Mom's couch?

 

[BrooklynBaby]

Gotta give us the channel and provider eh?
Are you a.400 pounder on Mom's couch?

What you are trying to say is you aren't interested in the truth, so to avoid it your go-to is personal attacks. That's why I don't hang out here much.

 

[acbytesla]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

Publish citations. Fox News is notorious for being the Republican version of Pravda. If I watched that trash, I would have broken my tv because I'd have been throwing things at it. Surely you can find it on YouTube. Trump equivocates. He did it in Helsinki and after.

Personally I'm sick of that liar's BS. Aren't you?

 

[Stacko]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

Without him equivocating while doing it?

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling.

Correct. He's also on record saying the opposite. This is because he is inconsistent and frequently lies and vacillates.

 

[Stacyhs]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

In typical Trump fashion, he has flip-flopped on this over and over again.
:

At the first presidential debate, on Sept. 26, 2016:

I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She’s saying Russia, Russia, Russia, but I don’t — maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK? You don’t know who broke into DNC.

At the second presidential debate on Oct. 9, 2016:

She doesn’t know if it’s the Russians doing the hacking. Maybe there is no hacking. But they always blame Russia. And the reason they blame Russia because they think they’re trying to tarnish me with Russia. I know nothing about Russia. I know — I know about Russia, but I know nothing about the inner workings of Russia. I don’t deal there. I have no businesses there. I have no loans from Russia.

In an interview with Time Magazine on Nov. 28, 2016:

I don’t believe they interfered. That became a laughing point, not a talking point, a laughing point.

In a Jan. 11, 2017, news conference

As far as hacking, I think it was Russia, but I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people.

in Poland on July 6, 2017:

Well, I think it was Russia and I think it could have been other people and other countries. It could have been [that] a lot of people interfered. Nobody really knows for sure.

Twitter on July 9 after meeting twice with Putin in Germany:

I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election. He vehemently denied it. I’ve already given my opinion.

(Which opinion was he referring to? He doesn't say)

After meeting with Putin in Asia:

He said he didn’t meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times. But I just asked him again, and he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they’re saying he did.

Putin said he did not do what they said he did. And, you know, there are those that say, if he did do it, he wouldn’t have gotten caught, all right? Which is a very interesting statement.
Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that.’ And I believe — I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. But he says, ‘I didn’t do that.’ I think he’s very insulted by it, if you want to know the truth. Don’t forget, all he said is he never did that, he didn’t do that. I think he’s very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country.

The day after saying he believed Putin was sincere in his denials:

I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election. As to whether I believe it or not, I’m with our agencies, especially as currently constituted, with their leadership. … I believe in our intel agencies. I’ve worked with them very strongly.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/trump-statements-russia-meddling-719281


Trump has a history of claiming to believe that Russia was behind the hacking when he is forced to due to backlash from previous statements casting doubt on it. If you think that Trump truly believes it, you've been wearing your MAGA hat too tight.

 

[Aridas]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape, but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

As usual, Fox News has been feeding you actual fake news. His acknowledgements on the subject have definitely been on CNN, a fair bit, and are generally acknowledged in their articles related to that subject. That they don't gloss over how much he flip-flips on the subject is entirely different than what you seem to believe they say.

The truth is out there, but you definitely won't find it on Fox News.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Trump is on record on many occasions acknowledging Russian meddling. It's all on tape,but you won't see it on fake news. Tune in to Fox News, Directv channel 360, where they will play the series of tapes from time to time. The truth is out there, but you won't find it on CNN.

Yes you do.

Mainstream news (MSNBC & CNN) show clips of these comments all the time, right next to the montage of clips of Trump saying the opposite.

Of course you don't see the latter on Fox News, possibly why you didn't know Trump talks out of both sides of his mouth.