Armitage72
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As I recall, when he had COVID he received cutting edge treatments that would cost a normal person several hundred thousand dollars.
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As I recall, when he had COVID he received cutting edge treatments that would cost a normal person several hundred thousand dollars.
W.D.Clinger
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ETA: When I wrote the following, I was quite confused. Leavitt's comment had to do with Trump's firing of the CDC director, not with his alleged firing of Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook.
I apologize for my error, but will not edit what follows. You might think I should strike out the part where I accuse Leavitt of lying, but the US Senate voted in July 2025 to approve Susan Monarez's appointment as CDC director, so Leavitt is indeed lying about that.
As a member of that board, Cook can only be fired for cause. That fact was affirmed by the Supreme Court just last May (see below). Not being aligned with the president's mission has never been recognized as a legitimate cause for firing any member of the Federal Reserve Board. That's why the alleged cause cited by the White House (as opposed to Leavitt) is a couple of check boxes on applications for mortgages that were paid off long ago. Whether any court will agree with the White House remains to be seen.
(In May, when the Supreme Court allowed Trump to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board (thereby overturning longstanding Supreme Court precedent), the Court specifically said their reasoning (such as it was) would not apply to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In other words, the Supreme Court has said Trump cannot fire Cook just because she is not aligned with his mission.)
(Edited to add link and to add this link to Cook's request for an emergency hearing on her motion for a temporary restraining order.)
I apologize for my error, but will not edit what follows. You might think I should strike out the part where I accuse Leavitt of lying, but the US Senate voted in July 2025 to approve Susan Monarez's appointment as CDC director, so Leavitt is indeed lying about that.
Leavitt is lying, of course. Lisa Cook's appointment to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors was approved by a vote in the Senate "for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2024".
As a member of that board, Cook can only be fired for cause. That fact was affirmed by the Supreme Court just last May (see below). Not being aligned with the president's mission has never been recognized as a legitimate cause for firing any member of the Federal Reserve Board. That's why the alleged cause cited by the White House (as opposed to Leavitt) is a couple of check boxes on applications for mortgages that were paid off long ago. Whether any court will agree with the White House remains to be seen.
(In May, when the Supreme Court allowed Trump to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board (thereby overturning longstanding Supreme Court precedent), the Court specifically said their reasoning (such as it was) would not apply to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In other words, the Supreme Court has said Trump cannot fire Cook just because she is not aligned with his mission.)
(Edited to add link and to add this link to Cook's request for an emergency hearing on her motion for a temporary restraining order.)
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angrysoba
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Trump people: Write that one down!
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Mojo
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Didn't someone in the current administration say the list was on their desk?
Andy_Ross
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The White House has named a replacement for the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a day after its previous leader was forced out of the job.
Jim O'Neill currently serves as the deputy to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and will replace Susan Monarez after she was in the role for just a month
Jim O'Neill currently serves as the deputy to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and will replace Susan Monarez after she was in the role for just a month
Jack by the hedge
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Yes, that was implied in the question. We all remember how you ran your mouths while you weren't in power. Now you are. And the question was, what are your supporters to make of your sudden, suspicious 180?
P.J. Denyer
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Presumably Trump could feel this warmth while his lips were locked on Putin's arse.
Mojo
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That feeling you get, Donnie: it's called fear.
Jack by the hedge
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You gotta leave that man, girl. He's no good for you. You know what he's like. He's not gonna change. Sure he's all smiles and tells you how much he loves you but you know next thing he's straight back out there, running around, seeing other people, blowing them up with missiles.
Isn't Trump sorry that he isn't there when his greatest idols Putin, Xi, and Kim get together for a military parade? He must feel very alone at home with no dictators at his side. These are people who have long had what Trump is trying to build.
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When this thread began, my reaction to seeing there were new posts settled into an instinctive "Oh God, what now?".
That's changing a bit. I'm feeling a bit more of an anticipatory "Is today the day something so obvious happens they just can't diguise his decline any longer?".
That's changing a bit. I'm feeling a bit more of an anticipatory "Is today the day something so obvious happens they just can't diguise his decline any longer?".
Mojo
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I'm wondering how obvious it would need to be. If he just sat there drooling and going "wubba wubba wubba wubba wubba..." most of MAGA would still claim there was nothing wrong with him.
Safe-Keeper
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Now I'm almost hoping he declines so much he loses all support before he dies. Just almost, my desire to just see him die already is too strong for anything else to happen first.
Norman Alexander
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But that’s what he is doing now.