The Trump Presidency: Sweet/Sweat 16

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

The New York Times will be out of business soon after I leave office, hopefully in 6 years. They have Zero credibility and are losing a fortune, even now, especially after their massive unfunded liability. I’m fairly certain they’ll endorse me just to keep it all going!

 

[Lurch]

Trump Retweeted

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@OliverMcGee
@POTUS isn't RACIST when @Prince wrote @realDonaldTrumpBlack Version!
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A man that fulfills YOUR EVERY WISH
YOUR EVERY DREAM
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COME ON TAKE A CHANCE
A 2020 @WhiteHouse
A Real Bromance!

Retweet The Lies, False Facts & Fake News of @CNNs @Acostaon @POTUS!
Raise Your Hand if you LOVE @realDonaldTrumphas SHUTOFF the @WhiteHouse
@PressSec Briefing Cameras & KICKED THE PRESS OUTSIDE next to a Buzzing Marine One Helicopter!

Where's Acosta @AprilDRyan on the Lawn?

WTF is this gobbledygook?!

 

[abaddon]

It's pretty obvious to me why Trump is taking a sudden interest in Greenland...

The Arctic is melting, opening up a whole slew of potential untapped oil reserves and other natural resources.

You are aware that the Arctic has no land mass, right? All of those nations would be rushing to chuck flags in the open sea, right?

 

[The Don]

You are aware that the Arctic has no land mass, right? All of those nations would be rushing to chuck flags in the open sea, right?

Greenland would have the right to exploit the resources contained in its territorial waters.

 

[abaddon]

Greenland would have the right to exploit the resources contained in its territorial waters.

And Greenland has told Small Hand Don to get bent.

 

[GlennB]

WTF is this gobbledygook?!

I suspect strong psychotropic drugs were involved.

 

[McHrozni]

This seems relevant.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...xtra-for-attending-trump-speech-a9064066.html

Trump (or his rich backers) are paying people to attend his rallies.
Once it comes down to paying people to attend your rallies ... you lost. Period.

McHrozni

 

[Belz...]

This seems relevant.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...xtra-for-attending-trump-speech-a9064066.html

Trump (or his rich backers) are paying people to attend his rallies.
Once it comes down to paying people to attend your rallies ... you lost. Period.

McHrozni

The article speaks of the factory workers who were forced to attend. It's not the same as paying people for the rallies.

 

[Worm]

WTF is this gobbledygook?!

It just doesn't work very well in the quotes.

In 1990, Prince wrote a song (for a band called The Time)called Donald Trump (Black Version) about a theoretical black version of Trump.

It's not exactly a work of inspired genius, but what it has to do with whether Trump is racist or not is anyone's guess.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-once-wrote-a-song-called-donald-trump-black-version/

 

[phiwum]

Yes, I read how he "estimated" the capacities rather than actually counting heads too. So a couple of hundred difference out of 11,000+ is only a few percent. So he could have been out by a much bigger margin. But as you say, even if he was spot-on, what the effing hell does it matter!

He counted those in the arena, estimated those outside. The record and figure of 11,500 involved only those in the arena.

None of this matters much, but I don't see a darned thing fishy with the number in the arena at Trump's rally.

 

[phiwum]

The article speaks of the factory workers who were forced to attend. It's not the same as paying people for the rallies.

Right. Officially, it wasn't a rally (though it clearly was a political event, paid for by the taxpayers).

 

[thaiboxerken]

The article speaks of the factory workers who were forced to attend. It's not the same as paying people for the rallies.

It's even worse than paying people. Also, Trump has paid people to attend his rallies before.

There is also the fact that Trump used an official government event as a rally, which is illegal.

 

[Belz...]

It's even worse than paying people. Also, Trump has paid people to attend his rallies before.

Yeah, like when he announced his candidacy. It isn't news.

There is also the fact that Trump used an official government event as a rally, which is illegal.

Yeah, well nothing's going to come from that.

 

[phiwum]

Yeah, like when he announced his candidacy. It isn't news.



Yeah, well nothing's going to come from that.

Right. Nothing's going to come from that at all.

 

[kookbreaker]

Trump Tweets

The New York Times will be out of business soon after I leave office, hopefully in 6 years. They have Zero credibility and are losing a fortune, even now, especially after their massive unfunded liability. I’m fairly certain they’ll endorse me just to keep it all going!

Dying, dying, dying....

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

https://twitter.com/EllenLWeintraub/status/1162474973115666434

SAD: Last night, @realDonaldTrump again made unfounded claims about massive voter fraud in NH in 2016.

In this letter, I ask him to back up his claims in terms a former casino operator should understand: “There comes a time when you need to lay your cards on the table or fold.”

Letter embedded in tweet. Weintraub is the chair of the Federal Electoral Commission.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Trump has repeatedly claimed that he was once awarded "Michigan Man Of The Year", although fact-checkers can find no evidence he ever was

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1162420575882678272

I have made progress on the Michigan Man investigation.

Former GOP congressman Dave Trott calls to say Trump claimed to him that he was given the award at a Lincoln Day dinner Trott invited him to speak at in 2013. But Trott says there was no award, just a speech.

Trott says that Trump thanked him for the alleged award at a 2017 roundtable with auto CEOs. Trott says he wasn’t about to correct Trump in front of CEOs while in Congress, but now he’s out of office and doesn’t care, so he can say Trump made it up.

Trott adds that the speech was well-received. He also adds that Trump insisted he had to tell the press that it was the largest Oakland County Lincoln Day Dinner crowd ever, even though Trott told him he had no idea if that was true. He says Trump claimed CBS said it was.

 

[dann]

And Greenland has told Small Hand Don to get bent.

More in the Trump-to-visit-Denmark-on-Sep-2 thread.

 

[Fast Eddie B]

Greenland would have the right to exploit the resources contained in its territorial waters.

And how many divisions does Greenland have?

 

[The Don]

And how many divisions does Greenland have?

The point I was trying to make was in response to the following exchange:

It's pretty obvious to me why Trump is taking a sudden interest in Greenland...

The Arctic is melting, opening up a whole slew of potential untapped oil reserves and other natural resources.

You are aware that the Arctic has no land mass, right? All of those nations would be rushing to chuck flags in the open sea, right?

Greenland having rights over a significant chunk of the Northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans could be a reason for President Trump's interest (assuming that there's any rational explanation).