The Trump Presidency: Part 18

[alfaniner]

But as a retweet? Question: Who tweeted it in the first place?

Why didn't he phone it in to Fox & Friends? Or are they not taking his calls currently because they don't want to die of boredom on national TV? Have they got his number on auto-diversion to the answering machine...? "Good morning, Mr President! Please leave your message after the beep." followed by 30 minutes of silence and no beep so he gets bored and hangs up?

It may have been a timing issue with his surprise trip to Afghanistan. I heard they "scheduled" some Tweets so it would look like his business as usual.

 

[Aridas]

Trump Jr Tweets -

Trigger a liberal thanksgiving! Have some fun & talk politics at the thanksgiving table. Best pic/vid of something/someone triggered maybe w/ my book, wins a signed copy of Triggered & a MAGA hat... Tag me in IG pics & I’ll choose by Sunday. Have fun!

*stares* *flips the bird at that guy*

I'm certainly not going to object to talking politics among family at Thanksgiving. If conversation goes there, it goes there - and among family one can hope that people can keep it clear that they do value each other, despite any differences in opinion.

This, though... what this guy is pushing for isn't remotely that. He's pushing to cause dispute gratuitously and profit off it in multiple ways. Human scum, indeed.

 

[Minoosh]

One reply put the photoshopped Rocky together with the infamous pic of Trump's fat ass playing tennis, labeling it as "Tinder profile vs. what shows up at the bar."

If he was a normal person with redeeming qualities I wouldn't be so tough on him. Lots of people are fat. It's the ridiculous contrast of the "Rocky" photo and what probably is a fairly accurate rendition of him shirtless.

No political discussions with my conservative brother & nephew this Thanksgiving. For which I am grateful. Bro will troll me some on liberal values but he doesn't mention Trump. My other brother is a left-wing conspiracy theorist. When we're all together we talk about baseball.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Trigger a liberal thanksgiving! Have some fun & talk politics at the thanksgiving table. Best pic/vid of something/someone triggered maybe w/ my book, wins a signed copy of Triggered & a MAGA hat... Tag me in IG pics & I’ll choose by Sunday. Have fun!

I would just LOVE to see a response of whole bunch of pics of MAGA-nuts going off their faces with anger at a Trump rally. With accompanying pics of "socialist" medical and ambulance staff doing their job the best they can for uninsured patients. See who gets triggered then.

 

[Shalamar]

Trump Jr Tweets -



*stares* *flips the bird at that guy*

I'm certainly not going to object to talking politics among family at Thanksgiving. If conversation goes there, it goes there - and among family one can hope that people can keep it clear that they do value each other, despite any differences in opinion.

This, though... what this guy is pushing for isn't remotely that. He's pushing to cause dispute gratuitously and profit off it in multiple ways. Human scum, indeed.

I know this is what Conservatives love, but isn't Melania supposedly outspoken against bullying?
Trump jr. Trying to divide the country even farther apart.

 

[Ladewig]

I takeback everything I said about President Trump not knowing how bad things are. If he is serving food to soldiers, he knows he is in deep ****.

 

[smartcooky]

Trump always gets owned by the replies on his Twitter account. He can't be reading the replies. Below is one I liked.

I feel sorry for him but I feel worse for the American people. Everything he touches gets destroyed. He’s a sickness. His religious base is beyond crazy. Why do they still like him. His rally in Florida was an abomination. He speaks as a crazy man speaks certainly not a President

Very on point. It was a reply to a doctor who wrote that as much as he disliked Trump's policies and actions Trump was obviously so broken inside that he couldn't help feeling sorry for him:

With his disciples frenetically chanting borderline racist memes, Trump's rallies are starting to become reminiscent of the very early Reichsparteitagen -

 

[Norman Alexander]

With his disciples frenetically chanting borderline racist memes, Trump's rallies are starting to become reminiscent of the very early Reichsparteitagen -

It seriously suggests that it would take very little to get them actually doing that. Chanting at rallies seems to be their drug. So someone getting them started on something like "One race, one country, one Trump!" should not be too difficult.

 

[Ladewig]

It seriously suggests that it would take very little to get them actually doing that. Chanting at rallies seems to be their drug. So someone getting them started on something like "One race, one country, one Trump!" should not be too difficult.

Well, there’s a very depressing thought.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Well, there’s a very depressing thought.

We've been depressed about this for a while. May as well try to get some amusement out of it.

 

[SezMe]

If it is the legislature's power to pull back delegated authority then it isn't cheating.

Who said anything about "delegated" authority?

 

[Pixel42]

Did the bugger seriously tell his crazy supporters to turn America's most important family holiday into a screaming match with their saner relatives?

ETA No, I missed the Jr. It was the bugger's son, not the bugger himself.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Did the bugger seriously tell his crazy supporters to turn America's most important family holiday into a screaming match with their saner relatives?

Thanksgiving is already for screaming matches with relatives, but it shouldn't be demeaned with mere politics. The screaming matches are over important things, like what Aunt Kathy said about Aunt Sonia in 1993, and where did Great-Grandma's china hutch go when she died because it certainly didn't go to Cousin Myrtle as was promised, and how dare Uncle John say those things about Jimmy's plans to be a professional harpist instead of going into the Air Force? Are those walnuts in the salad, are you trying to kill Great Aunt Winifrid? No, she's not allergic, she just doesn't like them, but the woman barely eats anything she weighs 80 pounds and now you're denying her salad because you just want to show off your fancy money from your highpowered job working the counter at the Hallmark store! Will you just look at Martin's daughters, dressed like whores, I blame their stepmother: what was he thinking, marrying a woman ten years younger than him? Dirty old man just like his father, what did you just say about George?! *dropping of crystal pickle dish* That belonged to Great Grandpa Buster, you clumsy bitch! Don't you use that kind of language---oh my Lord, Myrtle just fainted! Drunk? No, she wasn't drinking! You're confusing her with your delinquent son, who isn't here because he's in juvie, not college, we all know it...

 

[Pixel42]

I'm trying not to take your signature personally, TM.

 

[CapelDodger]

Seriously, all of Trump's talk of 'beautiful letters' from Chairman Kim, his attempts at diplomacy, claims that he's somehow made progress in disarming North Korea, and North Korea is still firing off missiles.

Those are untroubling missiles, Trump assures us, and quite unlike the troubling missiles they were firing before Trump acted.

 

[Belz...]

Trump Jr Tweets -



*stares* *flips the bird at that guy*

I'm certainly not going to object to talking politics among family at Thanksgiving. If conversation goes there, it goes there - and among family one can hope that people can keep it clear that they do value each other, despite any differences in opinion.

This, though... what this guy is pushing for isn't remotely that. He's pushing to cause dispute gratuitously and profit off it in multiple ways. Human scum, indeed.

It shows at this point how the people who disagree with him are now just the enemy.

 

[Delphic Oracle]

Trump Retweeted

The White House
@WhiteHouse
"THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 28, 2019, as a National Day of Thanksgiving."

That's a Congressional power, not executive.

ETA: yes, I know it's how they all sign off.

But it's usually at the end of a statement about our days of yore, not a tweet :9.

It did make me realize the statement does make overbroad claims of executive authority. Quite a feat for boilerplate holiday pablum.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

From Trump's speech to the Troops in Afghanistan:

Keep the oil. They didn't listen to me. I was a civilian; they didn't listen. Now they have to listen. But we kept the oil.

Does he not know that he is still a civilian? Or does he want to become Admiral-General Trump?

 

[Belz...]

Does he not know that he is still a civilian?

He clearly believes that the President is in a different class. Maybe he thinks he's royalty. Maybe he thinks he's part of the military now because he's CinC. Who can tell at this point?

 

[Paul2]

Thanksgiving is already for screaming matches with relatives, but it shouldn't be demeaned with mere politics. The screaming matches are over important things, like what Aunt Kathy said about Aunt Sonia in 1993, and where did Great-Grandma's china hutch go when she died because it certainly didn't go to Cousin Myrtle as was promised, and how dare Uncle John say those things about Jimmy's plans to be a professional harpist instead of going into the Air Force? Are those walnuts in the salad, are you trying to kill Great Aunt Winifrid? No, she's not allergic, she just doesn't like them, but the woman barely eats anything she weighs 80 pounds and now you're denying her salad because you just want to show off your fancy money from your highpowered job working the counter at the Hallmark store! Will you just look at Martin's daughters, dressed like whores, I blame their stepmother: what was he thinking, marrying a woman ten years younger than him? Dirty old man just like his father, what did you just say about George?! *dropping of crystal pickle dish* That belonged to Great Grandpa Buster, you clumsy bitch! Don't you use that kind of language---oh my Lord, Myrtle just fainted! Drunk? No, she wasn't drinking! You're confusing her with your delinquent son, who isn't here because he's in juvie, not college, we all know it...

I didn't see you at our table, how did you get this transcript?