The Trump Presidency: Part 21

[shemp]

So who got their corona money already? Mine's showing as "pending" for tomorrow as a direct deposit. It just says "IRS" something something, no mention of Trump.

Are you going to spend it all on glitter, or just most of it?

 

[Craig4]

It won't. Even if he loses the election, we're stuck with him until January.

And I'm betting that those months are going to make us nostalgic for the relative calm of March and April.

He'll tease that he's going to nullify the election results (even though the president plays no role in certifying the election). In the end, I figure he'll spend the the time in Florida. I'm sure he won't show up for the inauguration.

 

[Trebuchet]

He'll tease that he's going to nullify the election results (even though the president plays no role in certifying the election). In the end, I figure he'll spend the the time in Florida. I'm sure he won't show up for the inauguration.

He's already started trying to nullify the election, and can count on support from at least 4/5 of the Supreme Court.
You are right about not showing up for the inauguration. Unless it's his second one, which will be the biggest of all time.

 

[Bob001]

The Trumps look out for themselves.

As the dust settles on the $2.2 trillion legislation, it has become clear that one of its largest provisions, a $170 billion tax giveaway, appears to be tailor-made for the benefit of wealthy real estate investors such as President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is running one of Trump’s coronavirus task forces.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/trump-kushner-could-reap-pandemic-windfall/

 

[Norman Alexander]

WaPo headline: "Coming to your $1,200 relief check: Donald J. Trump’s name"



https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

NPD.

I can't wait for the "Endorsing this check counts as a legally binding vote for Donald J. Trump for the office of President in 2020" fine print on the checks to come next.

What people need to use is an official Donald J. Trump endorsed Sharpie to black out his name before cashing it.

 

[Carnivore]

Trump just announced he is suspending WHO funding.

Is it too early/unfair for the world to start calling Covid 19 the Trump virus? It's starting to seem like he is it's champion, doing all he can to promote it's spread around the world.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Is it too early/unfair for the world to start calling Covid 19 the Trump virus? It's starting to seem like he is it's champion, doing all he can to promote it's spread around the world.

He was already a nasty, mindless virus long before COVID-19.

 

[Ladewig]

What people need to use is an official Donald J. Trump endorsed Sharpie to black out his name before cashing it.

How long until we can get a reporter to ask “is the Treasury Department keeping track of how many cashed checks have the president’s name crossed off?”

 

[Ladewig]

Any bets on when, in one of these weird pressers he gives, he unleashes a word 'bomb'? The S-bomb, F-bomb ... worse? He's behaving like a kid on the autistic spectrum that has few inhibitions, and it's almost as if he's unaware millions of people are tuned in.

Meh, I don’t care about profanity.
I’m waiting until he orders his USSS detail to escort a reporter out of the building.

 

[Stacyhs]

So who got their corona money already? Mine's showing as "pending" for tomorrow as a direct deposit. It just says "IRS" something something, no mention of Trump.

Only the paper checks will have his name on them.

What gets me is that the people who will get the paper checks are those most in need of the money ASAP. A lot of these are people who didn't file their tax returns electronically because they didn't make enough to file taxes. They will receive the money later than those who did and now it will be delayed even longer. All for Trump's ego. POTUS: Piece of Totally Useless S***.

 

[MRC_Hans]

Thew USA will not have a friend left in the world when Donnie is through. Not even Russia.

No worries. They already don't.
Hans

 

[The Atheist]

No worries. They already don't.
Hans

Haha! I was going to say just that.

Modi - another useless, racist pig, is about Donny's only pal, and I suspect Modi's playing him like a fiddle anyway.

 

[Blue Mountain]

Thew USA will not have a friend left in the world when Donnie is through. Not even Russia.

I rather suspect that will be temporary. Once Trump is replaced, either with Biden next January or someone else in 2024, likely most of the countries that aren't enamored with the current administration will breathe a huge sight of relief and relations will return to their pre-Trump normal over the course of the next year.

 

[Pixel42]

I'm not so sure, not now the world knows a treaty signed by one President can just be torn up by a later one.

 

[uke2se]

I'm not so sure, not now the world knows a treaty signed by one President can just be torn up by a later one.

It's certainly something everyone needs to consider when doing business with the US. Previously, a new administration could be counted on to uphold the committments made by a previous one. No more.

 

[Tero]

Trump gives 25 billion to airline industry, cancels pitiful 400 million we give each year to WHO.

 

[The Don]

Trump gives 25 billion to airline industry, cancels pitiful 400 million we give each year to WHO.

Presumably, he doesn't think the airline industry has been mean to him.

 

[MRC_Hans]

I rather suspect that will be temporary. Once Trump is replaced, either with Biden next January or someone else in 2024, likely most of the countries that aren't enamored with the current administration will breathe a huge sight of relief and relations will return to their pre-Trump normal over the course of the next year.

Oh a lot of people will cry when Trump is gone. Most from relief. However, as other posters note, we now know that we can't trust the US. Trump may have a sensible successor, but his voters are still there. Another Trump can come.

For a long time to come, decades, nations and businesses all over the world will be vare wary when making deals with the US. It will not be enough to have someone else in the WH. The US needs to replace their election system with something that allows less room for populists to take over. - It's not hard, such systems are out there, well-tested and established.

Hans

 

[Horatius]

It's almost amusing what a putz he is. Trump HAD NOTHING to do with them shutting down and now after they announce plans to begin to reopen Trump says they can.

What a putz.

He's adopted my system for training cats. You can have a cat that obeys every order. The key is to order them to do what you know they're about to do anyways.

"Jump up on the counter! Good Cat! Now lick you butthole! Good Cat!"

 

[pgwenthold]

Only the paper checks will have his name on them.

What gets me is that the people who will get the paper checks are those most in need of the money ASAP. A lot of these are people who didn't file their tax returns electronically because they didn't make enough to file taxes. They will receive the money later than those who did and now it will be delayed even longer. All for Trump's ego. POTUS: Piece of Totally Useless S***.

Have you had to file your taxes already this year to get the money electronically, or just if you have done so in the past?