The Trump Presidency 15

[Skeptic Ginger]

And the fuzzy green in the left talon is revealed by Colbert: It's cash, d'oh.

 

[FenerFan]

Damn you Sweden for letting your justice system act independently of politics.

You probably don't even have presidential pardons.



That the sort of Communist hellhole you get with monarchies.

Yeah, all across America black people have their heads in their hands lamenting that their trusted friend for decades, Sweden, has let them down. What are they going to do now?
Don't get me started on their health care system and care for the elderly. Hellhole is right.

I wonder how the Trump true believers are handling this. On one hand, the guy is a black rapper, which means he is a criminal crack head with multiple children he doesn't support. But on the other hand, Trump says Sweden is bad because they won't do what he says. Plus, Sweden is somewhere in Europe, so it's full of libtards and gay people, probably commies to boot. It's a real conundrum.
In the end, I think they go with ,"Screw you Sweden!" because Trump says, "Sweden bad." Plus, the rapper will end up in prison eventually because he will murder somebody sooner or later. So, problem solved for the Trumpers.

 

[jimbob]

Charles Leazott: “I’ve got to be honest, I am so tickled in the most petty way possible that the president of the United States, who I despise, stood up and gave a talk in front of this graphic. Whoever put that up is my absolute hero.”

Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump

you missed the killer line, IMO

But, Leazott said, it’s him who gets the last laugh. A photo of Trump in front of his seal is now his computer background, and the person who used it at the event is “either wildly incompetent or the best troll ever — either way, I love them.”

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

As for the picture behind Trump, it has pixels, so clearly it's a projection not a poster.

It's probably a video screen.

 

[jeremyp]

I think it's quite credible that this was just the result of a defective on-line search. You must remember, after all, that just because Trump is, according to his authoritative account, the smartest person in the world, it remains remotely possible that among his supporters one could with sufficient effort find an idiot.

I just did a google image search for United States seal of the President. Even in spite of the news story, there were no fake ones in the first page of results.

This was deliberate.

ETA actually, just thought of a way it could happen accidentally. He might have downloaded the fake one before and was then asked to find a real one and download it. So both images would be there side by side in his download folder and he simply picked the wrong one to show.

 

[Belz...]

Senate Democrats tried to do something Thursday morning, by attempting to get consent to bring two bipartisan election security bills to the floor. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked both, saying that Democrats were bringing the bills to get a "political benefit"—the political benefit of not allowing Russia to take over our government. McConnell said that these bills, which would require the use of paper ballots and additional funding for the Elections Assistance Commission, are "partisan legislation."

I'm still seeing no reason to treat McConnell much short of being an outright traitor.

Did McConnell just basically say that doing what's best for the country is not in the Republicans' best interest?

 

[Belz...]

A member of a conservative US group has been fired after projecting a doctored version of the presidential seal at an event featuring President Donald Trump.

A representative for the group, Turning Point USA, told the Washington Post that the fake seal was a mistake, the result of a rushed online search.

...they... they get their own logo online? Why not get it at the source?

 

[phiwum]

...they... they get their own logo online? Why not get it at the source?

"They" are Turning Point. They are evidently a bit incompetent. Surely, they could have asked the administration for an official image.

(Of course, this may have been intentional anyway. Perhaps likely was.)

 

[Belz...]

"They" are Turning Point. They are evidently a bit incompetent. Surely, they could have asked the administration for an official image.

(Of course, this may have been intentional anyway. Perhaps likely was.)

Yeah I have my doubts about the official claim on this. Seems like ass-covering.

 

[Foolmewunz]

"They" are Turning Point. They are evidently a bit incompetent. Surely, they could have asked the administration for an official image.

(Of course, this may have been intentional anyway. Perhaps likely was.)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the White House has a standard seal, picture of the President, White House, etc... in its press kit.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

“Intelligence Community disappointed Mueller didn’t investigate the Steele Dossier.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews ...And plenty of other things!

“Taken for Granted,” a wonderful new book by Gianno Caldwell on how Conservatism can win back the Americans that Liberalism failed, has my full Endorsement!

 

[Beelzebuddy]

Did McConnell just basically say that doing what's best for the country is not in the Republicans' best interest?

You sound surprised.

 

[Ryokan]

Trump Tweets


Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States. I watched the tapes of A$AP Rocky, and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers. Treat Americans fairly! #FreeRocky

Give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM. We do so much for Sweden but it doesn’t seem to work the other way around. Sweden should focus on its real crime problem! #FreeRocky

I don't know how you guys do it in the US, but here in Scandinavia we have something called "Seperation of Power". The powers of the government is divided into the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch.

These branches are supposed to not interfere with each other. For example, the prime minister, head of the executive branch, can not interfere with the judicial branch. Nor can any other politician. This is seen here as fundamental to a working modern democracy.

 

[Armitage72]

I don't know how you guys do it in the US, but here in Scandinavia we have something called "Seperation of Power". The powers of the government is divided into the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch.

These branches are supposed to not interfere with each other. For example, the prime minister, head of the executive branch, can not interfere with the judicial branch. Nor can any other politician. This is seen here as fundamental to a working modern democracy.

It's been said before, but Trump thinks that government works like one of his companies, but he's never been a CEO. He has no experience with being answerable to other people and not having absolute power in his bailiwick. He thinks that he says "Do this!" and everyone in the country and the world will fall over themselves following his orders like they're his employees.

 

[gregthehammer]

Trump Tweets

“Intelligence Community disappointed Mueller didn’t investigate the Steele Dossier.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews ...And plenty of other things!

“Taken for Granted,” a wonderful new book by Gianno Caldwell on how Conservatism can win back the Americans that Liberalism failed, has my full Endorsement!

...And plenty of other things!

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Did McConnell just basically say that doing what's best for the country is not in the Republicans' best interest?

Not if you think that it would be best for the country to be run by the Kremlin.

 

[Belz...]

You sound surprised.

I'm surprised he said it aloud.

 

[plague311]

ETA actually, just thought of a way it could happen accidentally. He might have downloaded the fake one before and was then asked to find a real one and download it. So both images would be there side by side in his download folder and he simply picked the wrong one to show.

The chances that the two would have close to the same file name is pretty slim to none.

 

[Segnosaur]

So remember how Trump and the republicans predicted huge economic benefits from their tax cuts?

Turns out that they weren't so beneficial after all.

From: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-misses-trumps-3-target-in-2018-idUSKCN1UL1KP
The Commerce Department said on Friday that gross domestic product increased at a 2.9% rate last year, confirming an estimate which was published in March. The department’s annual revisions to GDP data also showed the economy growing 2.5% in the 12 months through the fourth quarter of 2018, down from the previously reported 3.0%.....On the campaign trail, Trump boasted he could boost annual GDP growth to 4%....The updated Commerce Department data also showed growth in the second and third quarters of last year was not as robust as previously estimated, and the economy grew much more slowly in the fourth quarter than had been reported in March....The data also showed growth in consumer spending peaking in the second quarter and decelerating sharply in the final three months of 2018....The downward revisions to the three quarters largely reflected downgrades to business investment, suggesting corporations likely did not plow their tax windfall back into their businesses.

So Trump and the republicans promise big benefits from the tax cuts. Those big benefits are at best mild, and whatever benefit they provided seems to be fading. Still, the deficit lives on!

 

[plague311]

So remember how Trump and the republicans predicted huge economic benefits from their tax cuts?

Turns out that they weren't so beneficial after all.

From: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-misses-trumps-3-target-in-2018-idUSKCN1UL1KP
The Commerce Department said on Friday that gross domestic product increased at a 2.9% rate last year, confirming an estimate which was published in March. The department’s annual revisions to GDP data also showed the economy growing 2.5% in the 12 months through the fourth quarter of 2018, down from the previously reported 3.0%.....On the campaign trail, Trump boasted he could boost annual GDP growth to 4%....The updated Commerce Department data also showed growth in the second and third quarters of last year was not as robust as previously estimated, and the economy grew much more slowly in the fourth quarter than had been reported in March....The data also showed growth in consumer spending peaking in the second quarter and decelerating sharply in the final three months of 2018....The downward revisions to the three quarters largely reflected downgrades to business investment, suggesting corporations likely did not plow their tax windfall back into their businesses.

So Trump and the republicans promise big benefits from the tax cuts. Those big benefits are at best mild, and whatever benefit they provided seems to be fading. Still, the deficit lives on!

WHERE'S MAH TRICKLE DOWN?!?!?!