Author Topic: The Trump Presidency (Read 1049646 times)

wetwillie · « **Reply #7750 on:** August 30, 2018, 01:09:32 PM »

Lot of zeal for 68

8manpick · « **Reply #7751 on:** August 30, 2018, 01:26:40 PM »

https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/08/trump-formalizes-federal-pay-freeze-plan-2019/150930/

Booming economy but federal employees get a pay freeze.

I mean, sort of a win for the limited fed gov't crowd (me), but this doesn't seem like the right path.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7752 on:** September 03, 2018, 06:46:03 PM »

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1036682310345580544

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7753 on:** September 03, 2018, 06:51:25 PM »

can't get more law and ordery than that

chum1 · « **Reply #7754 on:** September 04, 2018, 09:37:46 AM »

https://twitter.com/MaxBoot/status/1036940929687535616

wetwillie · « **Reply #7755 on:** September 04, 2018, 09:40:47 AM »

He may be a liar but he is high energy so that’s something

Brock Landers · « **Reply #7756 on:** September 04, 2018, 10:07:02 AM »

What I don't get is how bad he is at lying even after a lifetime of doing it. Most people get better after practicing but not him.

chum1 · « **Reply #7757 on:** September 04, 2018, 11:05:41 AM »

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Trump questioned why the government was spending resources in the region at all.

“We’re doing this in order to prevent World War III,” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told him.

After Trump left the meeting, Woodward recounts, “Mattis was particularly exasperated and alarmed, telling close associates that the president acted like — and had the understanding of — ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’?”

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In one small group meeting, Kelly said of Trump: “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

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Mocking Sessions’s accent, Trump added, “This guy is mentally Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!). He’s this dumb Southerner. … He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.”

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After Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical attack on civilians in April 2017, Trump called Mattis and said he wanted to assassinate the dictator. “Let’s rough ridin' kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the rough ridin' lot of them,” Trump said, according to Woodward.

Mattis told the president that he would get right on it. But after hanging up the phone, he told a senior aide: “We’re not going to do any of that.

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Cohn “stole a letter off Trump’s desk” that the president was intending to sign to formally withdraw the United States from a trade agreement with South Korea. Cohn later told an associate that he removed the letter to protect national security and that Trump did not notice that it was missing.

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At the urging of advisers, he then condemned white supremacists and neo-Nazis, but almost immediately told aides, “That was the biggest rough ridin' mistake I’ve made” and the “worst speech I’ve ever given,”

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Trump intensified a war of words with Kim Jong Un, nicknaming North Korea’s dictator “Little Rocket Man” in a speech at the United Nations, aides worried the president might be provoking Kim. But, Woodward writes, Trump told Porter that he saw the situation as a contest of wills: “This is all about leader versus leader. Man versus man. Me versus Kim.”

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“You’re a goddamn staffer!” Bannon screamed at her, telling her that she had to work through Priebus like other aides. “You walk around this place and act like you’re in charge, and you’re not. You’re on staff!”

Ivanka Trump, who had special access to the president and worked around Priebus, replied: “I’m not a staffer! I’ll never be a staffer. I’m the first daughter.”

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1036999060081831937

Brock Landers · « **Reply #7758 on:** September 04, 2018, 11:56:00 AM »

That's mostly LOL Trump stuff. But with some nervous laughter mixed in.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7759 on:** September 04, 2018, 12:05:08 PM »

No, not very lol tbh

Spracne · « **Reply #7760 on:** September 04, 2018, 12:11:22 PM »

Being a senior adviser to Trump just might be the most important, high-stakes job on Earth. Bless those selfless patriots.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #7761 on:** September 04, 2018, 01:02:40 PM »

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Mattis told the president that he would get right on it. But after hanging up the phone, he told a senior aide: “We’re not going to do any of that.

That is awesome

chum1 · « **Reply #7762 on:** September 04, 2018, 02:18:44 PM »

SOUNDS FAMILIAR!

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1037045603627409408

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7763 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:27:22 PM »

The president is a certifiable moron

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1037010081810993155

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #7764 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:46:34 PM »

It's good to see the press so introspective about a a presidency. It was 8 long years of predominate cheerleading with no one questioning anything. Like we did we destroy Libya and Syria? Why do you keep saying we're rolling back back AQ and ISIS when we're not? etc. etc.

It's good to see old stalwarts like Woodward feeling enabled again, and that their curiosity is renewed after being lulled to sleep by Captain Teleprompter.

bucket · « **Reply #7765 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:55:35 PM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on September 04, 2018, 04:46:34 PM

It's good to see the press so introspective about a a presidency. It was 8 long years of predominate cheerleading with no one questioning anything. Like we did we destroy Libya and Syria? Why do you keep saying we're rolling back back AQ and ISIS when we're not? etc. etc.

It's good to see old stalwarts like Woodward feeling enabled again, and that their curiosity is renewed after being lulled to sleep by Captain Teleprompter.

Enjoy

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #7766 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:57:09 PM »

Quote from: bucket on September 04, 2018, 04:55:35 PM

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on September 04, 2018, 04:46:34 PM
It's good to see the press so introspective about a a presidency. It was 8 long years of predominate cheerleading with no one questioning anything. Like we did we destroy Libya and Syria? Why do you keep saying we're rolling back back AQ and ISIS when we're not? etc. etc.

It's good to see old stalwarts like Woodward feeling enabled again, and that their curiosity is renewed after being lulled to sleep by Captain Teleprompter.

Enjoy

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #7767 on:** September 04, 2018, 05:03:59 PM »

that transcript is pretty funny

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #7768 on:** September 04, 2018, 07:24:14 PM »

Quote from: Brock Landers on September 04, 2018, 10:07:02 AM

What I don't get is how bad he is at lying even after a lifetime of doing it. Most people get better after practicing but not him.

He doesn't have a big enough vocabulary to be good at it.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #7769 on:** September 04, 2018, 08:48:12 PM »

Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on September 04, 2018, 07:24:14 PM

Quote from: Brock Landers on September 04, 2018, 10:07:02 AM
What I don't get is how bad he is at lying even after a lifetime of doing it. Most people get better after practicing but not him.

He doesn't have a big enough vocabulary to be good at it.

Narcissism seems to play a pretty big role in his poor lying as well.

chum1 · « **Reply #7770 on:** September 05, 2018, 03:13:43 PM »

https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/1037426725448245249

8manpick · « **Reply #7771 on:** September 05, 2018, 03:40:44 PM »

Quote from: chum1 on September 05, 2018, 03:13:43 PM

https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/1037426725448245249

Twitter is gonna be hot during executive time tomorrow!

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7772 on:** September 05, 2018, 04:22:20 PM »

eff that individual person. Worse than a true believer

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #7773 on:** September 05, 2018, 05:04:49 PM »

That NYT article feels like Pence making his move.

chum1 · « **Reply #7774 on:** September 05, 2018, 05:46:00 PM »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1037464177269514240