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Cont: The Trump Presidency X: 10-10 'til we do it again

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In his speech at todays wreath laying Trump said

“...a horrible, horrible war. But a war known as the Great War.”

Does he think that 'great' in this context means it was a good one?
 
Trump Tweets

"Poland, a great country - Congratulations on the 100th Anniversary of your Independence. I will never forget my time there!"
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
I've seen it reported that it's the latter.

Which is kind of ironic, given that Trump has previously moaned about Europe having to rely on the US military.
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Well I suspect what he actually meant was that they should buy lots more expensive US made weapon systems. He wanted Europe to be dependent on the USA in a more profitable way.
 
Elagabalus said:
Captain_Swoop said:
In his speech at todays, wreath laying Trump said

“...a horrible, horrible war. But a war known as the Great War.”

Does he think that 'great' in this context means it was a good one?
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FTFY
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I noticed, while watching what little I could stomach of his speech, that there were what appeared to be raindrops on the shoulders of his jacket.

Could it have been ... raining :jaw-dropp while he was there?

How did he ever manage to survive it?

How did he even manage to get there?
 
Interesting observation by liverpoolmiss on badscience

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The Fox News Twitter Mystery.

They normally tweet a couple of hundred times a day. Usual mix of news headlines, links to their channels, adverts for forthcoming programs etc.

They stopped tweeting on Thursday afternoon.
https://twitter.com/FoxNews

Rupert Murdoch is holding high level meetings with Republican leaders. In secret, so that no-one knows about them, including me.

The quickest way to end this isn't for Mueller to issue a report, then a lengthy battle to break through Republican defences. It's for Fox News to cut loose. Without his propaganda outfit, he's heading straight to jail.
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Business Insider was on top of it the whole time.


Fox News reportedly made the "conscious decision" to refrain from tweeting following a protest that erupted on Fox News host Tucker Carlson's doorstep on Wednesday night.

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A source at Fox News explained that the protests at Carlson's home, which Carlson described as "a threat," was the reason the company has refrained from tweeting for more than 24 hours as of Friday, according to a Mediaite report.

Another Fox News source cited by a Tribune Media content manager Scott Gustin reportedly said the decision not to tweet came from "the highest level" of the company.

The hiatus is said to be a protest of Twitter's response to complaints that users were posting Carlson's home address online.

It is unclear when Fox News will begin tweeting again, but Gustin's source reportedly explained that the company will continue its self-imposed exile until Twitter apologizes and removes the offending tweets.
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Captain_Swoop said:
In his speech at todays wreath laying Trump said

“...a horrible, horrible war. But a war known as the Great War.”

Does he think that 'great' in this context means it was a good one?
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Trump probably thinks World War One started when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
 
Has there been a response from the usual suspects about Trump ditching the WWI centennial yet? Or are they trying to sit still and hope the story goes away?
 
quadraginta said:
I noticed, while watching what little I could stomach of his speech, that there were what appeared to be raindrops on the shoulders of his jacket.

Could it have been ... raining :jaw-dropp while he was there?

How did he ever manage to survive it?

How did he even manage to get there?
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He did mention to the veterans sitting down about how well-sheltered they were, while he had to stand there in the rain giving this dumb speech. Sort of.
 
jimbob said:
Interesting observation by liverpoolmiss on badscience
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I see a possible side-effect, though, if the Trumpkins who depend on FOX News to quench their cognitive dissonance gravitate towards even worse sites if they can't get their "Trump is doing great!" assurances from FOX News anymore.

Sort of like when they banned alcohol and people just went to illegal back alley bars rather than stop drinking.

I agree, though, FOX News trying to be objective would probably hurt Trump badly.
 
Safe-Keeper said:
Has there been a response from the usual suspects about Trump ditching the WWI centennial yet? Or are they trying to sit still and hope the story goes away?
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Meh, WW1 centennials happen all the time, he'll just catch the next one when there's better weather.
 
jimbob said:
Interesting observation by liverpoolmiss on badscience
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They're protesting Tucker Carlson being doxxed on the platform. They're demanding a bunch of users that did it be banned before they return. They haven't given anybody else doxxed on their platform that special treatment so I guess that's it for them tweeting unless double standards are afoot.
 
Pretty unpresidented if there's no response. I suppose they're frantically looking for some Democrat-aligned activist who skipped out on some memorial service and try to pretend this is exactly as bad. I'd at least expect them to say something snarky and insulting about liberals, or whine about the Fake News media or something.

So can we conclude that grabbing vaginas without consent and walking in on women while they change is a-OK, but skipping memorials crosses a line? He also drew a lot of flak when he insulted that muslim war veteran during his campaign.

People are also noting on Twitter how he hasn't visited a single US combat zone since taking office (or, I assume, before taking office), which is apparently also unpresidented and frowned upon.
 
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