Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

[Skeptic Ginger]

Since he owns none of them, that is irrelevant for him.
What does matter is that after an attack no insurer would protect a Trump-named property.

Another bonus if Iran attacks Trump Towers.

 

[JoeMorgue]

Wasn't the WH where flight 93 was possibly headed?

Reports differ. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi bin al-Shibh, considered principal instigators of the attacks, have claimed that the intended target was the U.S. Capitol Building. Other reports claim the White House. It's also likely the attackers had primary and secondary targets planned out.

Gut feeling if the WTC where chosen as the primary symbols of our business/montary influence and the Pentagon an obvious choice for its military symbolism, I'd guess White House as that is more a symbolic of American governmental power then the Capitol Building.

But that's a guess. And there's always the long standing but unconfirmed rumor that the Secret Service has MANPAD (Man Portable) Anti-Air Missiles (Stingers or something similar) at the White House, so maybe they factored that in.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Threatening Trump Towers could do wonders for getting all the 'guests' to check out, hit Trump in the pocketbook and not rile the US in general up.

Announce their intended targets on Trump’s twitter feed with photos. And all of them trump properties. No dates or methods though. Repeat if they are deleted. See how fast trump’s twitter feed gets taken down. Humiliating!!

 

[Mumbles]

ftfy. Trump hates the brown masses, and probably anyone brown he might have to share a bathroom with. But I don't think his racism is the kind where his issue with Obama has to do with him being black.

However, being humiliated by a black man, that was probably an issue.

As evidence, remember that Obama only mocked him because the media was obsessing over the idiot's constant racist blather, to the point where they only wanted to talk to Obama about that, and ignored any issue of importance. In fact, when he brought his "long form" birth certificate, he berated them for doing so.

 

[PhantomWolf]

Another bonus if Iran attacks Trump Towers.

Sounds like some are just wanting an attack directly on Trump with a $80 Million reward.

 

[shemp]

Another bonus if Iran attacks Trump Towers.

More likely Trump would accidentally attack his own towers.

 

[SezMe]

I'll bet that those properties insured against such attacks and are probably way over valued on paper. His properties get attacked and he makes money off of it. His followers will point to this as another example of his brilliance.

I doubt anyone can buy insurance against acts of war, including terrorism.

 

[varwoche]

Why the caveat? He should be punished regardless!

Because it wouldn't help defeat him. The priority by far is defeating him. After the election, I hope he lands in Attica.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Announce their intended targets on Trump’s twitter feed with photos. And all of them trump properties. No dates or methods though. Repeat if they are deleted. See how fast trump’s twitter feed gets taken down. Humiliating!!

Maybe some trolls or bots will do it, giving Iran ideas.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

More likely Trump would accidentally attack his own towers.

I don't think so. He must know people people will not rally around him because he was personally attacked. Or he doesn't want to risk finding out.

 

[DallasDad]

I want Trump out of office -- and preferably in prison. But what have we come to when we gleefully suggest that a foreign power should target our president or his properties?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I want Trump out of office -- and preferably in prison. But what have we come to when we gleefully suggest that a foreign power should target our president or his properties?

Desperation?

In my case I'm suggesting better Trump Towers than a US target. But I do hope people get threatened and evacuate first.

 

[Ladewig]

If I were Iran I would not attack Trump properties. Well, not attack them with the intent to kill anyone. I’d just blow up Trump’s name on the top of the building. That would drive Trump bonkers and without any loss of life, it would be hard for him to garner support for killing folks in Iran.

ETA
Hell you wouldn’t even have to blow it up. Just deface the sign with his name on it.

 

[Ladewig]

I don't think so. He must know people people will not rally around him because he was personally attacked. Or he doesn't want to risk finding out.

Can we stop talking about him as if he has a firm enough grip on mental health that he could accurately understand what the majority of Americans would do?

This is a guy who wanted to release his tax returns early in the campaign because he thought that when people saw how little he paid in taxes, they would admire his intelligence.

 

[Checkmite]

I don't think so. He must know people people will not rally around him because he was personally attacked. Or he doesn't want to risk finding out.

Are we living in the same country, talking about the same person? Trump's supporters absolutely will rally around him if and because he was personally attacked. It is quite literally a personality cult. By now everybody should have no doubt about this.

Can we stop talking about him as if he has a firm enough grip on mental health that he could accurately understand what the majority of Americans would do?

It is not nearly a majority, but in fairness he has a firm enough grip on mental health to be able to accurately predict that the totality of his supporters and fans will do what he tells them to do because he has told them to do it. When he goes to a rally, those people cheer at literally every single thing he says, and jeer at literally every single target he picks. When he makes fun of disabled people, they too laugh at the disabled person he has mocked. When he says Democrats want to abort babies even after they've already been born, they accept it as unassailable fact and express outrage. When he stands up in front of a conservative Jewish coalition and directly, explicitly tells the people gathered that he doesn't like them and thinks they're horrible people, but they're going to have to vote for him anyway as they have no choice because they're greedy and wouldn't want Democrats raising their taxes again, they stand and cheer enthusiastically for him. When he tells them he intends to be president for longer than two terms, they clamor for the imprisonment of anyone who would object. And when he wanders into one of his word-salad nonsense-mumbles, they cheer harder and louder than at any other time.

 

[a_unique_person]

I want Trump out of office -- and preferably in prison. But what have we come to when we gleefully suggest that a foreign power should target our president or his properties?

I wondered what was going on too.

 

[Lurch]

I want Trump out of office -- and preferably in prison. But what have we come to when we gleefully suggest that a foreign power should target our president or his properties?

When the 'leader' of the so-called 'greatest nation' on Earth conducts himself like the head of a criminal organization, can you be at all surprised? It's all the more disappointing and infuriating when the purported 'good guy' is carrying on like a traitorus scumbag. That makes him, in certain respects, worse than the worst. And hence the vituperous vilification, and the desire for especially humiliating and ruinous comeuppance. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Tango that vile orangutan and its brood infesting and defiling America.

 

[Darat]

Threatening Trump Towers could do wonders for getting all the 'guests' to check out, hit Trump in the pocketbook and not rile the US in general up.

Want to bet he'd get federal aid to cover his suddenly 110% occupancy rate in his hotels? ....

 

[JoeMorgue]

Hoping bad things to happen to people to either hurt Trump or finally "show how bad Trump is" is psychopathic nonsense.

We should still want the best possible outcome for this scenario.

"I don't want this to go as bad as possible just to show how bad Trump has made things" isn't something we should be cheering on. And it has nothing to do with defending Trump but everything to do with our own humanity.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Considering what the target of a retaliation might be in no way suggests that one is condoning said retaliation.