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Cont: The Trump Presidency 11: Insert something funny

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slyjoe said:
heh heh.

I think we could look to Nixon's funeral for comparison - I don't remember it having the pomp and circumstance.

ETA: I see Nixon's funeral had all the living presidents there.
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Yes, Nixon did get many of the trappings of a presidential funeral. On the other hand:

- Despite Nixon's failures and corrupt practices, he did do at least some good. (Opened relations with China for example). Can't think of anything at all that Trump has done that is anywhere near as notable

- Nixon was corrupt, but I personally think Trump's corruption is much much more severe than Nixon's, and thus a bit harder to overlook

- After leaving office, Nixon admitted that "he screwed up". He also took on the 'elder statesman' role, doing many of the things former presidents do... attending funerals for leaders of other countries, etc. Its hard to imagine Trump doing the same things when he's out of office

Because of that, its possible that Trump will get even less respect/ceremony than Nixon did.
 
Segnosaur said:
Yet Trump was the one who picked Tillerson in the first place.

And the Republicans confirmed the nomination.

What does that say about their ability to judge talent and abilities?
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Here's what Rex Tillerson said about Trump.

"So often, the President would say here's what I want to do and here's how I want to do it and I would have to say to him, Mr. President I understand what you want to do but you can't do it that way. It violates the law."

Tillerson described Trump as "a man who's undisciplined, doesn't like to read, doesn't read briefing reports, doesn't like to get into the details of a lot of things but rather says 'this is what I believe.'"
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Resume said:
MAGA!

The Dow fell 559 points, or 2.2%, on Friday as investors were left confused by conflicting messages coming out of the White House on the trade negotiations with China.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/investing/stock-market-today-navarro-kudlow/index.html
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That's ok. The stock market isn't important. What is important is how its approving the U.S. trade imbalance!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u...despite-tariffs-tough-trump-stance-2018-12-06
The trade deficit rose in October to a 10-year high amid a record shortfall with China, keeping the U.S. on pace to record the largest annual gap in a decade.

Oh. Never mind.
 
Segnosaur said:
Yes, Nixon did get many of the trappings of a presidential funeral. On the other hand:

- Despite Nixon's failures and corrupt practices, he did do at least some good. (Opened relations with China for example). Can't think of anything at all that Trump has done that is anywhere near as notable

- Nixon was corrupt, but I personally think Trump's corruption is much much more severe than Nixon's, and thus a bit harder to overlook

- After leaving office, Nixon admitted that "he screwed up". He also took on the 'elder statesman' role, doing many of the things former presidents do... attending funerals for leaders of other countries, etc. Its hard to imagine Trump doing the same things when he's out of office

Because of that, its possible that Trump will get even less respect/ceremony than Nixon did.
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He signed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and created the EPA. Nixon paved the way on normalizing relations with China. I'm annoyed that he scrapped worked on the Thorium Liquid Salt Reactors because he was trying to divert projects to California.
 
Trump tweeted (Not so long ago)

I have chosen one of the truly great business leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, to be Secretary of State.
 
Segnosaur said:
I do wonder what Trump's funeral will actually be like.
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Well, let's put it this way. Generally it isn't a funerals where someone gets to say "Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention for the first dance".

Which will probably be danced by Melania (assuming she's winner of the "Who's wifey when he Kicks the Bucket" Sweepstake) and the pool boy.
 
acbytesla said:
He signed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and created the EPA. Nixon paved the way on normalizing relations with China. I'm annoyed that he scrapped worked on the Thorium Liquid Salt Reactors because he was trying to divert projects to California.
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He's also the President that finally, completely, desegregated schools in the South.

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/08/opinion/how-a-republican-desegregated-the-south-s-schools.html

If it wasn't for Watergate he'd probably be fondly remembered. OTOH, without that ongoing scandal there is no telling how long the Vietnam war would've continued.
 
varwoche said:
The number of active controversies is utterly overwhelming. In the age of Trump, it's impossible to give proper attention. In normal / semi-normal times...

The election fraud in NC would be seismic.
The power grab in WI would be seismic.
Rudy tossing Trump under the bus would be seismic.
Nominating a bimbo for UN Ambassador would be seismic.
Trump's non-secure cell phone would be seismic.
Declaring trade deals that don't exist (FAKE DEALS!) would be seismic.
"Falling in love" with Dear Leader would be seismic.
Declaring there is no longer a nuclear threat from NK would be seismic.
Russia steamrolling Ukraine would be seismic.
Pipe bombs sent to ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE would be seismic.
Suggesting that political opponents be locked up would be seismic.

I could go on at astounding length.
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Cause we've all been drowned already by the tsunami of adoring fans.
 
acbytesla said:
Here's what Rex Tillerson said about Trump.
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And here's what Trump said about Tillerson. These are the 306 words Trump tweeted about Tillerson (thanks to someone on Twitter for compiling this):

You'll have to click on the image to make it big enough to read, thanks to some size limit this place imposes.

 
Segnosaur said:
I do wonder what Trump's funeral will actually be like.
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Tikki torch parade to a phony grave site while the (flabby, gargantuan) body will be buried in an unmarked grave so as to prevent well-deserved desecration.

The phony site will, of course, have an honor guard of a number of white guys toting tricked-out AR-15's and dressed in unkempt, unclean XXXL sized cammo clothes. Unless it's raining.
 
The Norseman said:
Tikki torch parade to a phony grave site while the (flabby, gargantuan) body will be buried in an unmarked grave so as to prevent well-deserved desecration.

The phony site will, of course, have an honor guard of a number of white guys toting tricked-out AR-15's and dressed in unkempt, unclean XXXL sized cammo clothes. Unless it's raining.
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Seems likely, but who is going to pay for it? Those torches don't grow on trees.
 
Matthew Best said:
And here's what Trump said about Tillerson. These are the 306 words Trump tweeted about Tillerson (thanks to someone on Twitter for compiling this):

You'll have to click on the image to make it big enough to read, thanks to some size limit this place imposes.

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_100585c0afe8df2571.jpg[/qimg]
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Just goes to show that if Trump is effusive with his praise, pack your bags. You ain't got long for the job.
 
Hellbound said:
Yes. If you're in uniform (cover or not), the salute should be the standard military salute. If you're in civilian dress, it should be the hand over heart salute.

Whether you have a cover or not is immaterial.

Back on the main subject that started this, though, snopes posted an article:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bush-funeral-hand-heart/

Long story short: Rated as Mostly False. The picture was selective.
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But so was his selective hand over heart if others near him are the standard.
 
varwoche said:
The number of active controversies is utterly overwhelming. In the age of Trump, it's impossible to give proper attention. In normal / semi-normal times...

The election fraud in NC would be seismic.
The power grab in WI would be seismic.
Rudy tossing Trump under the bus would be seismic.
Nominating a bimbo for UN Ambassador would be seismic.
Trump's non-secure cell phone would be seismic.
Declaring trade deals that don't exist (FAKE DEALS!) would be seismic.
"Falling in love" with Dear Leader would be seismic.
Declaring there is no longer a nuclear threat from NK would be seismic.
Russia steamrolling Ukraine would be seismic.
Pipe bombs sent to ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE would be seismic.
Suggesting that political opponents be locked up would be seismic.

I could go on at astounding length.
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This was not a good day for TrumpyMcTrumpface.
Revelations on two fronts (Cohen and Manafort) from Mueller's court filings that there was collusion and Trump is in it up to his eyeballs..
Tillerson speaking publicly about how ignorant Trump is.
Appointing a new UN Ambassador that doesn't appear to know what D-Day was about.
And the Dow drops another 500 points (too bad that didn't happen before the Nov election :( ).
 
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