Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

[Segnosaur]

Re: Trump will not build his wall...

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/09/7949...t-3-6-billion-in-military-funds-for-border-wa

Yet as your very own reference points out:
...the project has been plagued by delay.... legal battles are not the only thing slowing down construction. The government has found the process of seizing private land for the border wall to be vexing, leading critics to question whether Trump will get anywhere near those hoped-for 450 miles of new border barriers.

Yeah, Trump may get a few miles built here and there, but even the 450 miles (which, by the way, wouldn't even be the entire border) likely won't be completed by the time Trump leaves office. And its doubtful that whomever takes over will be willing to continue funding the monument to bigotry.

 

[acbytesla]

Yet as your very own reference points out:
...the project has been plagued by delay.... legal battles are not the only thing slowing down construction. The government has found the process of seizing private land for the border wall to be vexing, leading critics to question whether Trump will get anywhere near those hoped-for 450 miles of new border barriers.

Yeah, Trump may get a few miles built here and there, but even the 450 miles (which, by the way, wouldn't even be the entire border) likely won't be completed by the time Trump leaves office. And its doubtful that whomever takes over will be willing to continue funding the monument to bigotry.

Also remember, Trump is stealing the money to build his wall from the Emergency budget that is there to aid communities when natural disasters strike.He couldn't even get funds to build it while the GOP controlled the House.

And Mexico is still not paying for it.

 

[Stacyhs]

Also remember, Trump is stealing the money to build his wall from the Emergency budget that is there to aid communities when natural disasters strike.He couldn't even get funds to build it while the GOP controlled the House.

And Mexico is still not paying for it.

For someone who claims to love and support the military, I wonder how he squares that with taking funds that were delegated to improving mold, lead, and vermin infested military housing, schools, daycare, infrastructure, etc.

 

[Norman Alexander]

For someone who claims to love and support the military, I wonder how he squares that with taking funds that were delegated to improving mold, lead, and vermin infested military housing, schools, daycare, infrastructure, etc.

Screw them. They're just babies, the worst generals ever. He wouldn't go to war with them. *mic drop, walk*

 

[Stacyhs]

Screw them. They're just babies, the worst generals ever. He wouldn't go to war with them. *mic drop, walk*

Those children don't vote so they don't matter.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Those children don't vote so they don't matter.

It's actually a (fairly vaguely remembered) quote from the most recent book about inside the Trump Fantasy White House.

From here: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...ch-of-dopes-and-babies-according-to-new-book/

He called Afghanistan a “loser war” and told generals assembled there that “you don’t know how to win anymore.” He attacked the group for the costs of ongoing military operations overseas and said that the United States should have gotten payments in oil from allies it assisted in the Middle East.

“I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” the book quotes Trump as saying to the military officials. “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

For someone who claims to love and support the military, I wonder how he squares that with taking funds that were delegated to improving mold, lead, and vermin infested military housing, schools, daycare, infrastructure, etc.

Check in on the, Trump is mentally ill, thread and all will be revealed.

 

[Aridas]

Why doesn't he just eliminate the EPA and get it over with? I guess it's on his second term to-do list.

Why eliminate it? After all, they've already pretty much succeeded in inverting its purpose, at last check. Now, it's officially about working to promote economic development, with a side order of protecting the people - if it doesn't put any burden on the businesses in the process.

To poke at some other things...

$500 million transfer to support loan to Trump made by Russians

Yup.

Revealed: the true identity of the leader of an American neo-Nazi terror group

Spoiler - He supposedly lives in Russia with a Russian wife.

 

[Belz...]

The full quote about inventors is quite impressive.




"He does good at rockets". Truly words for the ages.

It's like I said: he talks like a toddler.

"The... the hero of my... story is an asteronaut! He does... really good at rockets."

 

[Belz...]

Twitter went to 280 characters in 2017 from a max of 144. Coincidence?

*140.

"SERENITY"
"SERENITY"
"SERENITY"
"SERENITY"
"SERENITY"

Now I want to watch Firefly again.

Trump is building his wall.

At this rate, it'll be completed in 250 years.

 

[Belz...]

You are supporting a president who stated that "Neo-Nazis are fine people"

Now, now. He didn't say that. He said there was "fine people" along with the neo-Nazis. Not a smart thing to say, but it's not the same thing.

 

[a_unique_person]

Trump is building his wall. The Democrats' open borders solution to the opioid crisis isn't working.

LOL. The opioids crises was created by good old Americans pharmaceutical companies.

 

[a_unique_person]

Trump Retweeted

Sen. Marsha Blackburn
@MarshaBlackburn
We all know Adam Schiff loves hearing himself talk. So, let’s give him something to talk about:

1) Why did Schiff collude with the "whistleblower?”

2) What instructions did he provide the "whistleblower?"

3) Why did Schiff hire the “whistleblower’s” co-worker?

The Obama Administration strategically withheld foreign aid:

Ukraine - $1B THREATENED TO WITHHOLD

Pakistan - $800M WITHHELD

Colombia - $450M CONDITIONED

Philippines - $433M NOT RENEWED

Egypt - $260M WITHHELD

Honduras - $30M WITHHELD

Mexico - $26M WITHHELD

I think you'll have to give up Captain. You don't have enough hours in a day to post all his tweets.

 

[Tolls]

LOL. The opioids crises was created by good old Americans pharmaceutical companies.

Don't confuse the poor lamb...

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

I LOVE ALABAMA!

Democrats are going to destroy your Social Security. I have totally left it alone, as promised, and will save it!

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

Crazy Bernie takes the lead in the Democrat Primaries, but it is looking more and more like the Dems will never allow him to win! Will Sleepy Joe be able to stumble across the finish line?

 

[Darat]

Why eliminate it? After all, they've already pretty much succeeded in inverting its purpose, at last check. Now, it's officially about working to promote economic development, with a side order of protecting the people - if it doesn't put any burden on the businesses in the process.

To poke at some other things...

$500 million transfer to support loan to Trump made by Russians

Yup.

Revealed: the true identity of the leader of an American neo-Nazi terror group

Spoiler - He supposedly lives in Russia with a Russian wife.

I one wouldn't be surprised if it was used to distort the market, you don't want a new start up to use their new process for creating X cheaper than you can, drop a million or two to Trump via his proxies and you can have a custom regulation that stops them producing X with their new process.

 

[Ladewig]

I one wouldn't be surprised if it was used to distort the market, you don't want a new start up to use their new process for creating X cheaper than you can, drop a million or two to Trump via his proxies and you can have a custom regulation that stops them producing X with their new process.

I’m not going to jump into the Is-he-really-a-billionaire debate. But I do want to point out that in any case, he sure doesn’t act line a billionaire. A million or even a quarter million is really, really important to him.

 

[Belz...]

Trump Tweets

I LOVE ALABAMA!

Democrats are going to destroy your Social Security. I have totally left it alone, as promised, and will save it!

But those are ENTITLEMENTS!!!

 

[BobTheCoward]

Trump is building his wall. The Democrats' open borders solution to the opioid crisis isn't working.

As an open borders advocate (like many libertarians) I can assure you democrats do not support open borders.