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The Trump Presidency: Part 17

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Removing net neutrality might indeed lead to more profits for early providers who might be able to throttle the access newcomers will get in the future.
In this sense, this might accelerate 5G rollout.
 
Trump Tweets

The United States was supposed to be in Syria for 30 days, that was many years ago. We stayed and got deeper and deeper into battle with no aim in sight. When I arrived in Washington, ISIS was running rampant in the area. We quickly defeated 100% of the ISIS Caliphate,.....

....including capturing thousands of ISIS fighters, mostly from Europe. But Europe did not want them back, they said you keep them USA! I said “NO, we did you a great favor and now you want us to hold them in U.S. prisons at tremendous cost. They are yours for trials.” They.....

.....again said “NO,” thinking, as usual, that the U.S. is always the “sucker,” on NATO, on Trade, on everything. The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so. They have been fighting Turkey for decades. I held off this fight for....

....almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN. Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will now have to.....

...figure the situation out, and what they want to do with the captured ISIS fighters in their “neighborhood.” They all hate ISIS, have been enemies for years. We are 7000 miles away and will crush ISIS again if they come anywhere near us!

None of this is true.
 
Trump Tweets

The Radical Left Democrats have failed on all fronts, so now they are pushing local New York City and State Democrat prosecutors to go get President Trump. A thing like this has never happened to any President before. Not even close!
Might this conceivably be because no previous President has ever behaved like Trump before?
 
Might this conceivably be because no previous President has ever behaved like Trump before?

Surely, even he would say yes - because he is so extraordinary genius.

Seriously, this would be a good question to ask him and his enablers.
Why would the Dems behave so mad, so crazy, so angry, so stupid... all of which they have never been before. Not with Reagan, not with Bush, not with Bush junior. And it's not like it was decades ago when the last president was a democrat.

So why on earth would they all go so nuts right now with Trump?

What would be the answer from them to this question?
 
trump tweets:

"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!"

yeah, you guys are great.
 
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We just WON the big court case on Net Neutrality Rules! A great win for the future and speed of the internet. Will lead to many big things including 5G. Congratulations to the FCC and its Chairman, Ajit Pai!

No, congratulations to the real winners: Verizon, Comcast, etc. I was working for Verizon 10 or 12 years ago when Ajit Pai came to our office for an "all hands" meeting. The subject of net neutrality came up, and Pai was quite open about Verizon being able to make more money if net neutrality was defeated.

ETA: For full effect, I should add that he wanted us to support Verizon's efforts to defeat net neutrality and increased Verizon profits was the only reason that he gave.
 
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trump tweets:

"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!"

yeah, you guys are great.

That man sure has a great way to solve international disputes. Don't do what we want.....OBLITERATE!!!.
 
Trump Tweets

“IG: DECLASSIFIED INFORMATION CONTRADICTS THE WHISTLEBLOWER.” @foxandfriends
But why are people surprised? The “partisan” Whistleblower was very wrong on what was said on my perfect, “no pressure,” call with the Ukrainian President. Bring in another Whistleblower from the bench!

Problem, Donald, is that you showed us the transcript that proves him right.
 
trump tweets:

"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!"

yeah, you guys are great.

"great and unmatched wisdom..." whut?

Gotta be a spoof tweet. Or has he been doing irony all along?

eta: It seems to be real. Oh dear.
 
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I see Trump is treating the Kurds like an ex-wife. Or about the same as anybody else that is not doing something for him right at the moment.
 
He noticed that Lindsey Graham was annoyed about trump ditching their allies, so trump made it up to him by 'guaranteeing' they'd be ok.
 
trump tweets:

"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!"

yeah, you guys are great.

I'm beginning to think that all threads about Trump should be rolled into the "dangerous mental illness" thread.
 
trump tweets:

"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over... ....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!"

yeah, you guys are great.

Can someone explain the highlighted? We were aiding the Kurds, who were helping to fight ISIS. Now, we abandon the Kurds. Why is he talking about protecting ISIS fighters?
 
Might this conceivably be because no previous President has ever behaved like Trump before?

Given that he's whining about having to turn over his taxes, and that every recent president has done so voluntarily - and none have so plainly favored countries whose leaders have pumped money into his private companies...well, yes.
 
Can someone explain the highlighted? We were aiding the Kurds, who were helping to fight ISIS. Now, we abandon the Kurds. Why is he talking about protecting ISIS fighters?

He claimed earlier that most of the captured fighters are Europeans so Europe must take responsibility for them
 
Can someone explain the highlighted? We were aiding the Kurds, who were helping to fight ISIS. Now, we abandon the Kurds. Why is he talking about protecting ISIS fighters?

I think what is going on is that Turkey gets the responsibility of detaining captured ISIS
from latimes:
The White House said in a statement Monday that Turkey would now be responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years.

There has been a huge problem with repatriation of Western fighters fighting for ISIS in that their home countries are unwilling to take them back.
 
Trump Tweets

I was elected on getting out of these ridiculous endless wars, where our great Military functions as a policing operation to the benefit of people who don’t even like the USA. The two most unhappy countries at this move are Russia & China, because they love seeing us bogged.....

....down, watching over a quagmire, & spending big dollars to do so. When I took over, our Military was totally depleted. Now it is stronger than ever before. The endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING! We will be focused on the big picture, knowing we can always go back & BLAST!
 
He noticed that Lindsey Graham was annoyed about trump ditching their allies, so trump made it up to him by 'guaranteeing' they'd be ok.
Lindsey Graham isn't the only Trump sycophant who has expressed reservations about Trump's plans over Turkey/ISIS/the kurds.

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley tweeted:
We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake. #TurkeyIsNotOurFriend
 
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Kurt Schlichter
@KurtSchlichter
Turkey is invading Northrrn Syria.
The President is keeping us out of it.
The gang that never met a war they didn’t want to fight (and fail to win) will be outraged.
When they howl, ask them one thing.
Ask them exactly how many American lives it’s worth.
I say “Zero.”
 
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