Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

[Andy_Ross]

Also today Trump says "The European Union was really formed so they could treat us badly." and NATO "was going down like a rocket ship" before he took office.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Remember "Sir", “A lot of people think” or “many people say” means “I’m making this up as I go along”.

 

[BrooklynBaby]

You said the National Guard would be "with us." Defining the National Guard does not clarify who you meant by "us." Which I thought would have been pretty obvious. So who's "us"?

All Americans who have guns under the Constitution, specifically the 2nd Amendment. Here is the oath the National Guard takes when sworn in:


"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the State of (STATE NAME) against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of (STATE NAME) and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God."

That means they will not be obeying any order to go out and confiscate arms from citizens by President Quid Pro Joe Biden or anyone else. It would be illegal for them to do so. They will be on our side.

 

[Sideroxylon]

All Americans who have guns under the Constitution, specifically the 2nd Amendment. Here is the oath the National Guard takes when sworn in:


"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the State of (STATE NAME) against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of (STATE NAME) and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God."

That means they will not be obeying any order to go out and confiscate arms from citizens by President Quid Pro Joe Biden or anyone else. It would be illegal for them to do so. They will be on our side.

On your side in some militia fever dream where you get to murder that patronising neighbour?

 

[Cain]

“We will always protect your Medicare and we will always protect your Social Security. Always.”

The proposed budget sounds tin-eared, especially for an election year. Is there a calculation here that closing the deficit will help more with voters than going back on this promise? People do not give a **** if you say you're going to be too busy working to play golf... and then just play a lot of golf. Out of state. On your own properties. But this is the sort of thing that scares old, white people. Maybe they trust Trump. Maybe he'll lie and say the cuts will only impact illegal immigrants taking advantage of the system.

I see they're going to continue pitching the lie that the economy will grow at three percent, facts and reason be damned.

 

[Armitage72]

Maybe he'll lie and say the cuts will only impact illegal immigrants taking advantage of the system.

More likely they'll be told that the cuts will only affect younger people who won't be collecting until years from now. "Screw them, I've got mine."

 

[Tero]

Trump has some fantasy that if he ridicules Democratic candidates enough, and they are seen losers, the Democratic voters will switch to him. Democrats never vote for republicans, and even more so with Trump.

 

[quadraginta]

Re: Amazon suing over losing a pentagon contract...

Well, the supreme court ruled that Nixon had to turn over evidence during Watergate. If the courts follow precedents (which admittedly they may not do anymore) then there wouldn't be much he could do to prevent it.

And settling out of court could be damaging, since he'd be paying with taxpayer money.

And dragging it out may not work as well as it did with Mueller and/or the Impeachment inquiry because, well, Amazon probably has the resources to follow through with no time limit.

That might be even worse for him, since he would no longer have Barr and the DoJ working to protect him.

Not sure what punishment he might receive though.... if the courts do find Trump personally interfered in awarding a government contract over petty personal reasons, would he be liable for being sued personally? Or would it be Amazon going after the government?

Yes.

Why does it need to be a dichotomy? There's enough bad behavior there for both to make fair targets.

 

[dudalb]

I see the CPAC has gone officially Fascist with its message to Romney.No criticism of Dear Leader allowed.

 

[dudalb]

On your side in some militia fever dream where you get to murder that patronising neighbour?

God, not the unorganized Militia nonsense again?

 

[Shalamar]

All Americans who have guns under the Constitution, specifically the 2nd Amendment. Here is the oath the National Guard takes when sworn in:


"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the State of (STATE NAME) against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of (STATE NAME) and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God."

That means they will not be obeying any order to go out and confiscate arms from citizens by President Quid Pro Joe Biden or anyone else. It would be illegal for them to do so. They will be on our side.

Looking forward to When King President Trump orders you to round up liberals, and put them in concentration camps?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I see the CPAC has gone officially Fascist with its message to Romney.No criticism of Dear Leader allowed.

They never were too sure about that Mormon guy, and I believe they blame him for losing to Obama.

 

[Andy_Ross]

At his rally tonight Trump says

You do know who's paying for the wall, don't you? Redemption from illegal aliens. The redemption money is paying for the wall

What is redemption money?

 

[Safe-Keeper]

More likely they'll be told that the cuts will only affect younger people who won't be collecting until years from now. "Screw them, I've got mine."

Leopards, faces, eating, etc.

 

[Trebuchet]

While researching (ok, "researching") an entirely separate subject, I got led down a Wikipedia rabbit hole to an article about toxic leadership.
Basic traits

The basic traits of a toxic leader are generally considered to be either/or insular,[1] intemperate,[1][4] glib, operationally rigid, callous,[1] inept,[4] discriminatory,[1] corrupt[4] or aggressive[4] by scholars such as Barbara Kellerman. They boast that they are supposedly clever, always criticize other staff members and avoid or dislike to be asked awkward questions about their leadership style.[2] These may occur as either:

Oppositional behaviour.[2]
Plays corporate power politics.
An overcompetitive attitude to other employees.[2]
Perfectionistic attitudes.
Abuse of the disciplinary system (such as to remove a workplace rival).
A condescending/glib attitude.[1]
They are shallow and lack self-confidence. Toxic leaders are not confident with themselves and become aggressive to cope.[2]
Poor self-control and/or restraint.[4]
Physical and/or psychological bullying.[4]
Procedural inflexibility.[2]
Discriminatory attitudes (sexism, etc.).
Causes workplace division instead of harmony.[1]
Use "divide and rule" tactics on their employees.[4]
Arrogant[2]
Irritability[2]

Aggressive narcissism

This syndrome is also the 'Factor 1' in Robert D.Hare's Psychopathy Checklist, which includes the following traits:

Glibness/superficial charm[2]
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative[2]
Lack of remorse or guilt[2]
Callous/lack of empathy[2]
Shallow emotional affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Sound like anyone we know?

 

[Sideroxylon]

While researching (ok, "researching") an entirely separate subject, I got led down a Wikipedia rabbit hole to an article about toxic leadership.
Basic traits


Sound like anyone we know?

Scratch “Perfectionistic attitudes“ though. Everything is slipshod and incompetent.

 

[a_unique_person]

Probably about the best tweet he's ever had because nothing about it is wrong. He's been able to shrug off pretty much everything thrown at him. As has been mentioned, his numbers are the as they were at the beginning, and whenever he's accused of something nothing much comes from it. He was impeached but what did that do? Not much.



Say what you will, he knows what he can get away with and that's pretty much anything.

The thing about Nixon was he couldn't help getting guilty and ashamed.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

At his rally tonight Trump says


What is redemption money?

Money in the church collection plate?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Scratch “Perfectionistic attitudes“ though. Everything is slipshod and incompetent.

But Trump believes it's perfection.

 

[Ladewig]

At his rally tonight Trump says


What is redemption money?

Obviously, it is money that congress allocated to the military and then re-allocated to the wall by POTUS.