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There's nothing new in this quote from The Atlantic
but I thought it captured Dump quite well:
Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty.
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SezMe said:
It is scary...and also real. Evolution has shaped us so that tribalism is at the root of ourselves. Racism is tribalism based on ... well, race. The issue is how to ameliorate those instincts while trying to sustain a culture and society in the 21st century.
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It is not an instinct. It is a learned behaviour.
 
Trump Tweets

An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media. Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me!
 
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If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero. ISIS is mostly gone, we’re slowly sending our troops back home to be with their families, while at the same time fighting ISIS remnants......
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media. Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me!
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Actually...: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-john-kelly-exit-interview-20181230-story.html

When Kelly led Homeland Security in early 2017, one of his first steps was to seek advice from those who “actually secure the border,” Customs and Border Protection agents who Kelly calls “salt-of-the-earth, Joe-Six-Pack folks.”

“They said, ‘Well we need a physical barrier in certain places, we need technology across the board, and we need more people,’” he said.
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...I campaigned on getting out of Syria and other places. Now when I start getting out the Fake News Media, or some failed Generals who were unable to do the job before I arrived, like to complain about me & my tactics, which are working. Just doing what I said I was going to do!

....Except the results are FAR BETTER than I ever said they were going to be! I campaigned against the NEVER ENDING WARS, remember!
 
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I campaigned on Border Security, which you cannot have without a strong and powerful Wall. Our Southern Border has long been an “Open Wound,” where drugs, criminals (including human traffickers) and illegals would pour into our Country. Dems should get back here an fix now!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

I campaigned on Border Security, which you cannot have without a strong and powerful Wall. Our Southern Border has long been an “Open Wound,” where drugs, criminals (including human traffickers) and illegals would pour into our Country. Dems should get back here an fix now!
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And the question no one will get the chance to ask Donny is during how much of that 'long' were the Republicans in control of the White House and Congress?
 
Outside of Pence is there anybody from Trump's original staff left? Has he actually managed to complete a full turnover?
 
varwoche said:
And how's this for re-writing history...?

Graham said:
Everything we're dealing with today falls on Obama's watch. He's the one that withdrew from Iraq.
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That's been happening for years. When the Iraq withdrawal was going well, it was entirely due to President Bush's plan and President Obama had nothing to do with it. When the withdrawal was going poorly, it was entirely President Obama's responsibility.
 
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I am the only person in America who could say that, “I’m bringing our great troops back home, with victory,” and get BAD press. It is Fake News and Pundits who have FAILED for years that are doing the complaining. If I stayed in Endless Wars forever, they would still be unhappy!
 
Armitage72 said:
That's been happening for years. When the Iraq withdrawal was going well, it was entirely due to President Bush's plan and President Obama had nothing to do with it. When the withdrawal was going poorly, it was entirely President Obama's responsibility.
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The Onion is a witch!

https://politics.theonion.com/black-man-given-nations-worst-job-1819570341

Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job
11/04/08 11:30pm

WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."
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The vast majority of Israel's wall to Palestine (supposedly Trump's model) isn't made of concrete.
It is instead a layered system of sensor and surveillance, coupled with military support.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media. Some areas will be all concrete but the experts at Border Patrol prefer a Wall that is see through (thereby making it possible to see what is happening on both sides). Makes sense to me!
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Woot! Go Donnie! Turn me into a soothsayer. I'm still predicting....

> some fences
> a very small length of actual wall
> still very large gaps with nothing but human interdiction, patrols and electronic surveillance

The item that will get the most attention? The second one. KellyAnne will be giving walking tours to the press for any small segment that actually resembles "a wall". "Trump 2020" campaign shots will feature Donnie Johnny in front of or atop the wall (probably holding his fingers like a gun and going "Pew! Pew!"), and they'll have a campaign 4th of July MAGA Picnic beside it.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Woot! Go Donnie! Turn me into a soothsayer. I'm still predicting....

> some fences
> a very small length of actual wall with “TRUMP” on it in six-foot high gold letters
> still very large gaps with nothing but human interdiction, patrols and electronic surveillance

The item that will get the most attention? The second one. KellyAnne will be giving walking tours to the press for any small segment that actually resembles "a wall". "Trump 2020" campaign shots will feature Donnie Johnny in front of or atop the wall (probably holding his fingers like a gun and going "Pew! Pew!"), and they'll have a campaign 4th of July MAGA Picnic beside it.
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FTFY.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Outside of Pence is there anybody from Trump's original staff left? Has he actually managed to complete a full turnover?
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Linda McMahon? She’s been pretty quiet and scandal-free during this administration. Not sure if she’s actually, you know, done anything yet.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Outside of Pence is there anybody from Trump's original staff left? Has he actually managed to complete a full turnover?
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I wouldn't call the Vice President part of the White House Staff since he doesn't work at the pleasure of the President. Trump can't fire him. What would make Trump's presidency complete would be the two of them turning on each other. It would be really funny to see Pence breaking a tie in the Senate against Trump. I know that isn't going to happen since Pence is spineless. But still.
 
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