Thread: President Donald Trump

Originally Posted by Cujo

This is the Trump thread, not the pence thread.

I honestly can't tell if this is a joke

Fuck me, this should get the forum whackjobs sticking on their tin foil hats.

^Looks like a scene out of Peggy Sue Got Married.

I would ask what the shit is happening in that picture, but let's be honest, no answer is going to suffice.

I wonder how the core demographic, white working class islamophobic racists, are going to take it?

Originally Posted by Cujo

I wonder how the core demographic, white working class islamophobic racists, are going to take it?

They'll take it however FOX spins it for them and they'll love it.

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVFdsl29s_Q

I remember reading Steve Coll's book "The Bin Ladens" and seeing all the connections to the Bush family. Trump is certainly a pal of the Saudis now. All this on top of the Russian influence feels rather threatening to the USA's sovereignty.

Originally Posted by Humbert

White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/u...smtyp=cur&_r=0

The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies.

The latest conflict came in recent days when the White House, in a highly unusual move, sent a letter to Walter M. Shaub Jr., the head of the Office of Government Ethics, asking him to withdraw a request he had sent to every federal agency for copies of the waivers. In the letter, the administration challenged his legal authority to demand the information.

Dozens of former lobbyists and industry lawyers are working in the Trump administration, which has hired them at a much higher rate than the previous administration. Keeping the waivers confidential would make it impossible to know whether any such officials are violating federal ethics rules or have been given a pass to ignore them...

What happened to his executive order that banned ex-lobbyists from working in the federal government?

So much for draining the swamp.

Originally Posted by redhaze

would ask what the shit is happening in that picture, but let's be honest, no answer is going to suffice.

Here's the Saud explanation:

@KingSalman and @POTUS inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh. #RiyadhSummit pic.twitter.com/do6cFL7wBW
— Saudi Embassy (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) May 21, 2017

On Sunday, the Saudi Embassy tweeted a photo showing Trump, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Salman and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with their hands on a basketball-sized glowing orb. The embassy wrote that the men were there to “inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh.” Placing their hands on the luminescent globe was a symbolic gesture for a video about the new center, according to the Saudi Gazette.

from:
Trump Touched A Glowing Orb In Saudi Arabia And Folks Found It Just A Bit Odd | HuffPost

AIPAC is loooovin' it.

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

AIPAC is loooovin' it.

You can find a pic like that of the last 7 or 8 US Presidents and their opposing candidates. It goes over well with the Christian Zionists here...It's a bi-partisan thing. Can someone be President without doing this? hmmmm?











even the boogieman du jour has done it...

Only Trump could arrive in Israel and say "We just got back from the Middle East".

What a fucking cretin.

^^ That kippah on Putin looks odd. Shopped, maybe.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

That kippah on Putin looks odd. Shopped, maybe.

How about the white one?

Originally Posted by SKkin

Can someone be President without doing this? hmmmm?

Let me rephrase that: Can one be a 'leader' anywhere if one would outright refuse to prostitute themselves for such a photo-op?

Donald Trump asked two top intelligence officials to push back against former FBI Director James Comey’s revelation of an ongoing investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, the Washington Post reports. Trump appealed to both Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and director of the National Security Agency Admiral Michael Rogers, asking them to publicly deny any evidence linking the Trump campaign to Russian officials. According to the Washington Post, Coats and Rogers refused Trump’s request. One senior intelligence official said Trump intended to “muddy the waters” about the FBI investigation.

“The problem wasn’t so much asking them to issue statements, it was asking them to issue false statements about an ongoing investigation,” a former senior intelligence official told the Post. An internal memo written by a senior NSA official documented Trump’s request to Rogers, according to the Post. One official said that memo—and others like it—could be obtained by Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who was tapped last week to head the Russia investigation. “The White House does not confirm or deny unsubstantiated claims based on illegal leaks from anonymous individuals,” a White House spokesperson said in response to the report. “The president will continue to focus on his agenda that he was elected to pursue by the American people.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/rev...llusion-probe/

Originally Posted by bsnub

Donald Trump asked two top intelligence officials to push back against former FBI Director James Comey’s revelation of an ongoing investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, the Washington Post reports. Trump appealed to both Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and director of the National Security Agency Admiral Michael Rogers, asking them to publicly deny any evidence linking the Trump campaign to Russian officials. According to the Washington Post, Coats and Rogers refused Trump’s request. One senior intelligence official said Trump intended to “muddy the waters” about the FBI investigation.

“The problem wasn’t so much asking them to issue statements, it was asking them to issue false statements about an ongoing investigation,” a former senior intelligence official told the Post. An internal memo written by a senior NSA official documented Trump’s request to Rogers, according to the Post. One official said that memo—and others like it—could be obtained by Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who was tapped last week to head the Russia investigation. “The White House does not confirm or deny unsubstantiated claims based on illegal leaks from anonymous individuals,” a White House spokesperson said in response to the report. “The president will continue to focus on his agenda that he was elected to pursue by the American people.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/rev...llusion-probe/

More accusations by unknown sources?

Originally Posted by RPETER65

More accusations

They are not "accusations" you brainwashed spastic.

Originally Posted by RPETER65

unknown sources?

They are not unknown. They are senior intelligence officials.

^^ Sorry, you Trumpkins keep coming up with the "unknown sources" argument when it comes from multiple unnamed sources. This story has several unnamed intelligence officials collaborating this report.

It isn't as if someone phones the WaPo, uses a disguised voice, and says they have a scoop which is immediately printed as truth. These reporters are verifying the sources even though they don't print names.

Trump budget: $800 billion in Medicaid cuts

Donald Trump's budget that is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday will include $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid -- a move that underscores the President's resolve to significantly downsize the federal program even as Republican lawmakers are clashing over the issue in Congress. The $800 billion reduction, confirmed to CNN Sunday evening by a senior administration official, assumes that the GOP health care bill that the House passed earlier this month would become law, that official said. The House legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act -- President Barack Obama's landmark health care law also known as Obamacare -- would significantly curtail federal support for Medicaid.

Under that bill, in 2020, states that expanded the program would no longer receive enhanced funding to cover low-income adults, while states that did not expand previously would not be able to do so, starting immediately. Some 11 million adults have gained coverage under Medicaid expansion.

Also, the bill would reduce federal funding for the entire Medicaid program, which covers more than 70 million low-income children, adults, disabled Americans and the elderly. States would either receive a set amount of funding per enrollee, known as a per capita grant, or fixed funding in the form of a block grant. Either option would limit federal responsibility, shifting that burden to the states. However, since states don't have the money to make up the difference, they would likely either reduce eligibility, curtail benefits or cut provider payments. The block grant would be more restrictive since the funding level would not adjust for increases in enrollment, which often happens in bad economic times.

The GOP bill would slash federal support of Medicaid by 25% by 2026, compared to current law, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

What to do about Medicaid was a major flashpoint of the House GOP bill, with many Republican members expressing concerns about cutting a program that has provided insurance to so many of lower-income constituents. It has also provided treatment for Americans battling drug addiction, an issue of concern for many Republican governors and GOP representatives. The issue has already emerged a sticking point in the Senate, where several Republican senators look poised to vehemently oppose major cuts to the program.

The Congressional Budget Office scored an earlier version of the GOP health care bill in March. It found that 14 million fewer people would enroll in the program by 2026.

The CBO is set to release Wednesday afternoon a new score of the revised legislation that House Republicans ultimately passed.

Donald Trump budget: $800 billion in Medicaid cuts - CNNPolitics.com

Originally Posted by SKkin

The embassy wrote that the men were there to “inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh.” Placing their hands on the luminescent globe was a symbolic gesture for a video about the new center, according to the Saudi Gazette.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

.and showing the class of an ex-porn model.

Or showing wisdom about what's appropriate .... Trump certainly has never had a clue.