The Trump Presidency: Part 18

[Babbylonian]

"I’m not concerned about anything," Trump said. "The testimony has all been fine. I mean for the most part, I’ve never even heard of these people. "

Sure you haven't, Donnie.

If it's true, is that really something for a president to brag about?

"What's a State Department, anyway?"

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Trump Tweets

I will be announcing the winners of the #MAGACHALLENGE and inviting them to the
@WhiteHouse to meet with me and perform. Good luck!

And perform?

Whoops, caught red-handed not actually awarding campaign donors the dinner with Trump a winner was promised. Pretend there really was a dinner you intended to award all along.

 

[Steve]

And perform?

Whoops, caught red-handed not actually awarding campaign donors the dinner with Trump a winner was promised. Pretend there really was a dinner you intended to award all along.

As you note they seem to be required to perform for their dinner. Just throwing money at him is insufficient.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

As much as I don't like the present incarnation of the Republican party, it's important to have an honorable opposition.

Which is the problem with the GOP today. It has abandoned any honor it may have once had. Graham only a few weeks ago said if evidence became available that showed there was quid pro quo trading military aid and only a couple of days ago, Graham said he wasn't going to read the transcripts that prove that.

They close their eyes about climate change and pollution
They closed their eyes about tobacco.
They close their eyes about the opioid crisis.
They close their eyes about guns.
They close their eyes about health care,
They close their eyes about education.
They close their eyes about a crumbling infrastructure.

They close their eyes about Trump and his crimes.

They also closed their eyes about GW using the Justice Department to affect election outcomes. (Plus more but that's in past threads.)

 

[dudalb]

This is what bothers me most about politics today. We use to debate about how best to address the issues. But the GOP has changed their strategy. Instead they debate the issues with spin and disinformation.

True, but I am afraid the Democrats will catch the same disease.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

It may not be Kellyanne. But I can't see how it couldn't be her.
I can just imagine what it's like in her home after she comes home after spending a day with the loon.

Her husband?

Which would say a lot about what KaC really thinks in that she comes home and bitches about her day and her boss.

 

[Armitage72]

And perform?

Whoops, caught red-handed not actually awarding campaign donors the dinner with Trump a winner was promised. Pretend there really was a dinner you intended to award all along.

From what I can find online, #MAGACHALLENGE is a separate contest involving people posting videos of themselves online, rapping about how great Trump is.
"The MAGA Challenge is a Twitter challenge among Trump supporters, in which they upload Trump-friendly raps to the internet."

A Google search mainly finds people posting their entries rather than information about the challenge itself.

 

[Craig4]

Trump Tweets

I will be announcing the winners of the #MAGACHALLENGE and inviting them to the
@WhiteHouse to meet with me and perform. Good luck!

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

 

[acbytesla]

True, but I am afraid the Democrats will catch the same disease.

It's a reasonable concern. But I don't see much evidence of that. This is not to say they don't occasionally stoop to the same tactics. But I've never seen a trend.

 

[Aridas]

True, but I am afraid the Democrats will catch the same disease.

It's a reasonable concern. But I don't see much evidence of that. This is not to say they don't occasionally stoop to the same tactics. But I've never seen a trend.

It's ever worth remembering that their target audience is, in fact, different in important ways. Especially when you get to the liberal-conservative divide. "Liberals" tend to be much more sensitive to and wary of being lied to than "conservatives," on average. Democrats adopting GOP dishonesty as a party-wide strategy would mean the death knell of the Democratic Party - and the party leaders know this.

That's not to say that Democratic politicians don't lie at all, of course, and that none of them are corrupt. Both of those things are obviously false. Rather, it means that loyalty to the Party just isn't remotely as much of a thing when it comes to Democrats.

To poke at something else...

NRA drops lawsuit, accepts branding as a ‘domestic terrorist organization’ by San Francisco

This got a chuckle from me.

 

[Minoosh]

And perform?

Whoops, caught red-handed not actually awarding campaign donors the dinner with Trump a winner was promised. Pretend there really was a dinner you intended to award all along.

Is having it at the White House appropriate? The juxtaposition of "MAGA" and "White House" in that tweet strikes me as jarring. Just doesn't seem right. It didn't hit me at first, and it would probably never occur to Trump's ethics-challenged crew.

 

[PhantomWolf]

Bolton may not testify in the House investigation.

It's just stunning how many of those with knowledge of what happened are just swarming to testify on behalf of the innocent President.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump says of the Whistleblower's lawyer

and his lawyer who said the worst things possible two years ago, he should be sued, and maybe for treason.

Apparently one of the lawyers said in 2017 that he wanted to get rid of Trump.

 

[phiwum]

Trump says of the Whistleblower's lawyer and his lawyer who said the worst things possible two years ago, he should be sued, and maybe for treason.

Apparently one of the lawyers said in 2017 that he wanted to get rid of Trump.

Look, you have to admit it's mighty fishy that a whistleblower would choose a lawyer who has expressed negative opinions about Trump. That whole thing makes the impeachment a sham.

An honorable whistleblower would (1) use a lawyer who loves Trump, (2) love Trump and (3) not blow the whistle.

 

[Andy_Ross]

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[Andy_Ross]

Trump Retweeted

Trump War Room (Text TRUMP to 88022)
@TrumpWarRoom
"We created 9,000 opportunity zones...8 million African-Americans live in opportunity zones, yet every Democrat voted against giving these black citizens the future they deserve. The Republicans got it passed." - @realDonaldTrump #BlackVoicesForTrump

"Democrats want to invest in green global projects. I want to invest in Black American communities." -
@realDonaldTrump #BlackVoicesForTrump

 

[acbytesla]

Trump Retweeted

Trump War Room (Text TRUMP to 88022)
@TrumpWarRoom
"We created 9,000 opportunity zones...8 million African-Americans live in opportunity zones, yet every Democrat voted against giving these black citizens the future they deserve. The Republicans got it passed." - @realDonaldTrump #BlackVoicesForTrump

"Democrats want to invest in green global projects. I want to invest in Black American communities." -
@realDonaldTrump #BlackVoicesForTrump

Is this like how he was going to revolutionize healthcare? Or how he was going have Mexico pay to build a wall? Or how it would be impenetrable? Or how he was going to save manufacturing and coal jobs? Or how he was going to be the Infrastructure President? Or maybe how was going to be faithful to his first wife, his second wife or his present wife?

Or just maybe it's like how he would like to shag his own daughter?

 

[dudalb]

Is this like how he was going to revolutionize healthcare? Or how he was going have Mexico pay to build a wall? Or how it would be impenetrable? Or how he was going to save manufacturing and coal jobs? Or how he was going to be the Infrastructure President? Or maybe how was going to be faithful to his first wife, his second wife or his present wife?

Or just maybe it's like how he would like to shag his own daughter?

Donnie found some Uncle Toms.No surpise there.
Note the hatred for anything "Green". I honestly think it's because in Donnie's mind, Fossil Fuels are strong and manly, but Renweable Energies are wimpy and faggy.

 

[Aridas]

Is this like how he was going to revolutionize healthcare? Or how he was going have Mexico pay to build a wall? Or how it would be impenetrable? Or how he was going to save manufacturing and coal jobs? Or how he was going to be the Infrastructure President? Or maybe how was going to be faithful to his first wife, his second wife or his present wife?

Or just maybe it's like how he would like to shag his own daughter?

He wants to "invest" in creating rat-infested slums, morelike? He and his family have quite the history with that, after all.

 

[Stacyhs]

Is this like how he was going to revolutionize healthcare? Or how he was going have Mexico pay to build a wall? Or how it would be impenetrable? Or how he was going to save manufacturing and coal jobs? Or how he was going to be the Infrastructure President? Or maybe how was going to be faithful to his first wife, his second wife or his present wife?

Or just maybe it's like how he would like to shag his own daughter?

Don't forget how he was going to release his taxes as soon as the audit was done. And how there was going to be a press conference in 'a couple weeks' about Melania's immigration history. That was over 3 years ago.