Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

[zooterkin]

No, it was before the kick-off, after the silence for coronavirus victims.

I saw it reported on TV as actually during the game; so, after the whistle blew, but they didn't actually kick off until after the kneeling.

 

[zooterkin]

I had to double check this story before I believed it.

This morning, President Trump asserted that he made Juneteenth famous. He claims no one had heard of it until this week. His moving the date of the Tulsa rally made Juneteenth famous.


ETA
Not many people know this, but I made Memorial Day famous. Yep. That was me.

I had to look it up; but then, I'm not President of the country it is celebrated in.

 

[abaddon]

No, it was before the kick-off, after the silence for coronavirus victims.

Nope. The ref whistled for kick off and everyone dropped to one knee, even the officials. It was in match time. Attempting to deny it is, well, rather odd.

Watch the video. You can even see the countdown to kick off on the mega screens and I know people who watched it live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqKrqv4w5U

 

[Tero]

How many months more, years?, will it take for Trump voters to notice that all he does is talk? This China tweet for example:
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273706102023237633

From Eugene Gu:

Trump says one thing, and then begs China and President Xi behind the scenes to buy America’s agricultural products and help him win re-election. Meanwhile, he makes so many products and MAGA hats in China while Ivanka has her shoe factories there. It is the epitome of hypocrisy.

AND:

A complete decoupling from China would involve Trump taking his head all the way out of President Xi’s butt, which may be medically and anatomically impossible at this point because he went so far in that he’s trapped at the ileocecal valve.

 

[Andy_Ross]

At a 'Round Table' event today Trump took out a phone and appeared to be scrolling through it as two female guests told personal stories about how PPP loans had helped their small businesses.

"It’s not about me so I don’t care what you have to say"
Trump makes no secret of his misogynistic attitude and rude behaviour towards women and people he considers to be inferior.
If you're not a rich and/or beautiful Trump campaign donor **** off.

He didn't hear one word that was said and sat there reading his Twitter comments.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

First thing the anarchists did upon taking over Seattle was “BUILD A WALL”. See, I was ahead of our times!

It was not Ambassador Lighthizer’s fault (yesterday in Committee) in that perhaps I didn’t make myself clear, but the U.S. certainly does maintain a policy option, under various conditions, of a complete decoupling from China. Thank you!

 

[Trebuchet]

We are fortunate that all he does is talk when it comes to taking military action. If it was up to Bolton we'd be at war with Iran and North Korea, in addition to Iraq and Afghanistan. Probably Venezuela as well.

Bolton's a chickenhawk, of course.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Considering there are no vacancies in the Supreme Court at the moment, Trump's tweeted comments look like a threat directed at the current justices.
Specifically those in the GOP that aren’t currently falling in line.

Does Trump think he can fire a Supreme Court Judge?

 

[TragicMonkey]

We are fortunate that all he does is talk when it comes to taking military action. If it was up to Bolton we'd be at war with Iran and North Korea, in addition to Iraq and Afghanistan. Probably Venezuela as well.

Bolton's a chickenhawk, of course.

Snicker. Well, he does have that look...oh, wait, you meant in the other sense. Never mind! Until someone writes a book about him, anyway.

 

[Stacyhs]

Trump Tweets

I will be releasing a new list of Conservative Supreme Court Justice nominees, which may include some, or many of those already on the list, by September 1, 2020. If given the opportunity, I will only choose from this list, as in the past, a Conservative Supreme Court Justice...

Considering there are no vacancies in the Supreme Court at the moment, Trump's tweeted comments look like a threat directed at the current justices.
Specifically those in the GOP that aren’t currently falling in line.

Does Trump think he can fire a Supreme Court Judge?

Maybe he wants one of the anti-choice and/or 2nd Amendment people to "do" something. Remember this?

Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick --if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know. But I'll tell you what, that will be a horrible day, if -- if -- Hillary gets to put her judges in.

 

[Ladewig]

Snicker. Well, he does have that look...oh, wait, you meant in the other sense. Never mind! Until someone writes a book about him, anyway.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Uh, yes there is.

 

[Trebuchet]

Considering there are no vacancies in the Supreme Court at the moment, Trump's tweeted comments look like a threat directed at the current justices.
Specifically those in the GOP that aren’t currently falling in line.

Does Trump think he can fire a Supreme Court Judge?

He probably did when he took office, and is still pissed that someone told him he couldn't.

And if he loses in November but the R's retain the Senate, not one Federal Judge at any level will be confirmed for two years.

 

[Stacyhs]

He probably did when he took office, and is still pissed that someone told him he couldn't.

And if he loses in November but the R's retain the Senate, not one Federal Judge at any level will be confirmed for two years.

Not necessarily. Depends on how much of a majority they have. If there's only one tor two more GOP than Dems, GOP senators not up for re-election may vote for more moderate judges. Remember the VP is the tie breaker, too.

 

[Dr. Keith]

To be entirely fair to him, looking at the video it seems like his legs are slipping on the ramp, so maybe it was slippery.

300 words is way too much, however.

His legs were unstable, but it was a hot dry day according to press at the event. And the senior military officer next to him seemed to handle it just fine.

He has little twig legs trying to hold up that big belly and they are just not up to the job anymore.

 

[Norman Alexander]

His legs were unstable, but it was a hot dry day according to press at the event. And the senior military officer next to him seemed to handle it just fine.

It was painfully obvious that guy was there for Trump to lean on. Trump even tells him part way down to keep next to him, and he jumps into position.

He has little twig legs trying to hold up that big belly and they are just not up to the job anymore.

He is not used to walking on anything but level ground for more than a hundred steps. The most exercise he has had recently was that cross-country run from 1600 over the road to the church and back. It took a whole pack of Adderall to keep him going the whole way. He had to lie down for the rest of the day.

 

[a_unique_person]

Trump Tweets

Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?

These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020!

It's that for real? He already has a conservative majority, doesn't he?

 

[a_unique_person]

A little context is important.

You haven't given a specific reference, but generally the skeptics here tend to base their opinions on more mainstream, accurate sources than the Daily Mail.

In the cases where the daily mail will post something that is supported by other sources, people may not necessarily see the need to correct the reference.

If the Daily Mail posted "the sky is blue", a lot of people wouldn't find it necessary to say "The daily mail is often wrong, but here's a better reference" since the claim is supported by sources other than the daily mail. The problem is when people use the Daily Mail for marginal claims that don't have a lot of support from other sources.

The Daily Mail has an Australian edition, too. Apparently to keep costs down the few journalists on the staff spend most of their day plagiarizing the other local press. Hence the different content and biases to their British masters.

 

[Norman Alexander]

It's that for real? He already has a conservative majority, doesn't he?

Trump made them an offer which they had the temerity to actually refuse. He can't handle that from anyone, and especially not from his hand-picked team of consigliere.

 

[JoeMorgue]

It's that for real? He already has a conservative majority, doesn't he?

Errr sorta.

Right now the Supreme Court, technicality, is 5-4 Conservative (Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsch, and Kavanaugh) to Liberal (Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomeyer, and Kagen)

But Roberts often breaks ranks and sides with the liberal side of the Court and up until the last few years the Supreme Court was the least partisan of the three branches of the government.

Hell Trump put pure toadie yes men on the court and he can't keep them from occasionally (Like Gorsch did earlier this week on legal protection of LGBQT people) breaking rank.