The Trump Presidency 13: The (James) Baker's Dozen

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AnonyMoose said:
Golan Heights is an important freshwater source for Israel, Syria, and Jordan... and I think maybe even Lebanon.

Control over Golan Heights means control over the Jordan River and its tributaries, as well as the flow into the Sea of Galilee and ultimately down into the Dead Sea. Thus you gain the upper hand and control over your enemies' ability to supply its citizens with potable water by diverting it all in your direction instead.

Golan Heights is not an economically useless chunk of desert.
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Exactly. When the Golan Heights went to France under Sykes-Picot the Zionists denounced it as an anti-semitic attempt to kill off any chance of a viable Jewish State.
 
The Greater Fool said:
I think they are trying to cover incompetence because (off the top of my head) J T Hutt, Aunt May, Jon Snow, John Cleese are not Superheroes.
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True. But John Snow instead of Jon Snow is also incompetence.

I personally think they simply overlooked the interns goofing off.
 
dudalb said:
I suspect his Golan Heights tweet was is an attempt to bait some Dems into an outraged response; he thinks that painting the Dems are strongly hostile to Israel is a winner for him.I hope the Dems do not take the bait.
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While it will most likely result in a few Dems taking the bait, I suspect it was more of a present for Netanyahooooo ahead of the Israeli elections in a few weeks time. And impeccable timing as well, seeing as Netanyahooooo is due to visit Trump in the White House in a few days time.
 
KDLarsen said:
While it will most likely result in a few Dems taking the bait, I suspect it was more of a present for Netanyahooooo ahead of the Israeli elections in a few weeks time. And impeccable timing as well, seeing as Netanyahooooo is due to visit Trump in the White House in a few days time.
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Indeed. So much for Jared Kushner's "Peace Plan". He'll be at the meeting, no doubt, representing the Saudis and fetching coffee, but that's about it for him.
 
CapelDodger said:
Indeed. So much for Jared Kushner's "Peace Plan". He'll be at the meeting, no doubt, representing the Saudis and fetching coffee, but that's about it for him.
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Given Rapture believer Pompeo has Trump's ear, and the recent additional moves to recognize Zion, I suspect someone is thinking the Jews need Jerusalem before Armageddon and the Second Coming. Now lookee here, maybe that is why the Lord gave them Trump.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Given Rapture believer Pompeo has Trump's ear, and the recent additional moves to recognize Zion, I suspect someone is thinking the Jews need Jerusalem before Armageddon and the Second Coming. Now lookee here, maybe that is why the Lord gave them Trump.
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Don't forget: They will need to defeat Sauron to destroy the One Ring in the mountain.
 
Trump Retweeted

Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
You can't deny our economy is roaring:
*fastest GDP growth in 13 years
*1M more job openings than people looking for work
*record low unemployment
*7 straight months of 3%+ wage growth
*12 deregulations for every new regulation
Thank you @realDonaldTrump!


The White House
@WhiteHouse

While Washington spent years tinkering with more regulations and more bureaucracy, towns across our heartland withered.
Regaining their trust meant renewing their faith in our shared destiny as citizens, including our economy, our military, and our people.

Today, there are plenty of reasons for that trust. Manufacturing jobs are roaring back. Blue-collar workers are set to make almost $2,500 more in annual wages. We're investing billions more in our military, and our service members are getting the best raise in nearly a decade.

President @realDonaldTrump's historic investments in our defense industrial base keep two of his biggest promises to voters: to rebuild our military and to bring back American manufacturing.
 
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Trump Retweeted

Donald Trump Jr.
@DonaldJTrumpJr

Super excited today that @realdonaldTrump is signing an executive order today to protect free speech rights for ALL students!

Great work by @TPUSA and @charliekirk11 who have been pushing this since the first time I met him years ago

A big momentous day!
#MAGA
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Given Rapture believer Pompeo has Trump's ear, and the recent additional moves to recognize Zion, I suspect someone is thinking the Jews need Jerusalem before Armageddon and the Second Coming. Now lookee here, maybe that is why the Lord gave them Trump.
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It seems to me that bits are falling into place that remind me of the Left Behind series. Of course, I only watched maybe the first half-hour of the first one, then fast-forwarded. If we see Kirk Cameron on the news at any time, perhaps we should start getting concerned.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Given Rapture believer Pompeo has Trump's ear, and the recent additional moves to recognize Zion, I suspect someone is thinking the Jews need Jerusalem before Armageddon and the Second Coming. Now lookee here, maybe that is why the Lord gave them Trump.
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You may not be wrong.
“To worship our Lord and celebrate our nation at the same place is not only our right,” he told attendees at a Kansas rally in 2015, “it is our duty.” He added that politics is “a never-ending struggle ... until the rapture.”
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https://www.vox.com/identities/2018...olitics-battle-evangelical-holy-war-christian
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Retweeted

Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
You can't deny our economy is roaring:
*fastest GDP growth in 13 years *1M more job openings than people looking for work
*record low unemployment
*7 straight months of 3%+ wage growth
*12 deregulations for every new regulation
Thank you @realDonaldTrump!


The White House
@WhiteHouse

While Washington spent years tinkering with more regulations and more bureaucracy, towns across our heartland withered.
Regaining their trust meant renewing their faith in our shared destiny as citizens, including our economy, our military, and our people.

Today, there are plenty of reasons for that trust. Manufacturing jobs are roaring back. Blue-collar workers are set to make almost $2,500 more in annual wages. We're investing billions more in our military, and our service members are getting the best raise in nearly a decade.

President @realDonaldTrump's historic investments in our defense industrial base keep two of his biggest promises to voters: to rebuild our military and to bring back American manufacturing.
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GDP is certainly roaring ahead! Why, it's nearly up to where Obama had it in 2012. But it has a way to go yet before it gets to Obama's 2010 level, and a LONG way yet before Obama's 2014 and 2015 rates. And of course, there has to be a lie if it involves Trump. Fastest climb in the last 13 years? Nope. That would be Obama's turnaround from 2009 to 2010. Even his 2013 to 2104 climb is faster. But yeah, talk it up guys! ;)

https://www.google.com/publicdata/e...try:USA&ifdim=region&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false


ETA: As for unemployment, that has been falling at a constant rate since 2010, when...oh dear...Obama was president. Rooster taking credit for the dawn! The only obvious change since Trump is that the rate is slowing, i.e. getting work is a bit harder.

https://www.google.com/publicdata/e...try:USA&ifdim=region&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false
 
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erwinl said:
The question, which comes to my mind is the following.
Is this some kind of sabotage or prank by somebody in the Whitehouse?
Or is there something else in that report, which we won't notice, because we're focused on this funny piece?
My cynical me, suggests it is the second possibility.
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Mmm. That sounds... counter-intuitive. Rather, if you feel like making predictions of that type, it would make far more sense to suggest that someone's trying to draw attention TO the document. Most people would likely never even know that it existed, otherwise, after all.

dudalb said:
I suspect his Golan Heights tweet was is an attempt to bait some Dems into an outraged response; he thinks that painting the Dems are strongly hostile to Israel is a winner for him.I hope the Dems do not take the bait.
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Haven't seen much on the Daily Kos other than connections of that to Crimea, really. On the other hand, looks like a number of Democratic candidates are pointedly choosing not to attend a coming AIPAC conference. I support their move, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if Trump tried to twist that into claims of anti-semitism.

In random news of interest for the night, then...

Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’

The commandant of the Marines has warned the Pentagon that deployments to the southwest border and funding transfers under the president's emergency declaration, among other unexpected demands, have posed “unacceptable risk to Marine Corps combat readiness and solvency.”

In two internal memos, Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller said the “unplanned/unbudgeted” deployment along the border that President Trump ordered last fall, and shifts of other funds to support border security, had forced him to cancel or reduce planned military training in at least five countries, and delay urgent repairs at bases.

The border deployment and funding transfers, as well as recovery costs from hurricanes Florence and Michael, new housing allowances and civilian pay raises, are taking a toll on combat readiness, Neller wrote to Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.
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I think this speaks for itself, really.

In slightly related news, ICE has been found to be wrongfully targeting quite a few US citizens for deportation.

In the Miami-Dade County area alone, 420 U.S. citizens were targeted by ICE between February 2017 and February 2019, coinciding with the Trump administration’s unshackling of federal immigration agents. “ICE can issue requests, known as ‘detainers,’ to local jails asking them to hold inmates they suspect of being in the country illegally until the federal agency can assume custody of them,” Huffington Post reports.

But “courts have repeatedly ruled against the Trump Administration’s position on ICE detainers,” immigrant rights advocacy group America’s Voice said last year. “That’s why police departments and chiefs have repeatedly stood up to the Trump Administration’s demands for police to detain immigrants—not only because it makes communities less safe, but because it would force police to conduct unconstitutional acts and open jurisdictions up for liability.”

ICE ended up dropping over 80 detainers in the Miami-Dade area, “a strong indication that it had wrongly identified dozens of U.S. citizens as being undocumented, the civil liberties group said.” It’s unknown how many of the others were pursued or detained by ICE. The agency has illegally deported U.S. citizens in the past, and Florida could now be pushing itself into more legal trouble by considering a bill “that would force local governments to honor these ICE requests,” Miami New Times reports.
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That's... the Miami-Dade area ALONE. ICE quite seriously needs accountability forced on it, at the very least.

On to Trump. Probably to the surprise of no one here, Trump's been funneling significant amounts of campaign funds into his pocket. $1.3 million, at least, according to a Forbes article. This is not a sign of a good business man. This is a sign of a corrupt as **** man.

In other White House related news... Cummings demands docs on Kushner's alleged use of encrypted app for official business. Yet another hole in the Trump Administration's national security protections that's much worse than Hillary's e-mails ever were.
 
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alfaniner said:
It seems to me that bits are falling into place that remind me of the Left Behind series. Of course, I only watched maybe the first half-hour of the first one, then fast-forwarded. If we see Kirk Cameron on the news at any time, perhaps we should start getting concerned.
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I started watching that before I knew about the book series thinking something was going to come to a conclusion. After it obviously wasn't, I got bored.
 
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