Thread: President Donald Trump

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by misskit
Seems some posters thought Trump would lead the US away from war.

Who is so naive to believe that the POTUS lead the US? (wherever to...)

Good speech by Republican Sen. Jeff Flake in which he roundly condemns Trumps continual whining about "fake news".
I'll try to find it.

An excerpt: "Mr. President, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe his enemies. It bears noting that so fraught with malice was the phrase "enemy of the people," that even Nikita Khrushchev forbade its use, telling the Soviet Communist Party that the phrase had been introduced by Stalin for the purpose of "annihilating such individuals" who disagreed with the supreme leader."

Read Sen. Jeff Flake's speech criticizing Trump - CNNPolitics

Originally Posted by misskit

Seems some posters thought Trump would lead the US away from war.



Besides chiding rocket man....

Tillerson: U.S. 'will maintain a military presence in Syria'

PALO ALTO — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday indicated that America will maintain an indefinite military presence in Syria to fight terrorist groups, stand up to Iran’s growing influence and pave the way for an end to the regime of Syrian leader Bashar Assad.


Tillerson’s remarks were the clearest enunciation yet by a Trump administration official of U.S. plans in Syria. They were especially striking in their open-ended commitment given that President Donald Trump campaigned on a desire to extricate the U.S. from messy wars in the Muslim world.

MORE. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...resence-344315

indeed, and he is a living proof, with OBama, that the POTUS is no longer running the show, he is simply an entertainer for the press and the mass, while the real leaders do their things behind closed doors

Trump is perfect for the role, he is an actor

Originally Posted by OhOh

In sum, Kazakhstan has stepped forward to support Trump’s Afghan strategy, which aims at outright military victory.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Never.going.to.happen.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Trump is perfect for the role, he is an actor

From all the former POTUSes Ronald Reagan - although known as one of the laziest - is always remembered as one of the bests. Unlike his predecessor Jimmy Carter.
Hence, the presentation and appearance is the most important, not the brain...

perception is the new reality,

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Never.going.to.happen.

I also have my doubts, but they both seem such trustworthy and sincere gentlemen
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Originally Posted by misskit

Seems some posters thought Trump would lead the US away from war.

Obomba told that pack of lies as well, and was believed, probably, by people like you.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Good speech by Republican Sen. Jeff Flake in which he roundly condemns Trumps continual whining about "fake news".
I'll try to find it.

An excerpt: "Mr. President, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe his enemies. It bears noting that so fraught with malice was the phrase "enemy of the people," that even Nikita Khrushchev forbade its use, telling the Soviet Communist Party that the phrase had been introduced by Stalin for the purpose of "annihilating such individuals" who disagreed with the supreme leader."

Read Sen. Jeff Flake's speech criticizing Trump - CNNPolitics

Good to see men of merit speaking up.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

perception is the new reality,

The Donald is a bit different. He has both the DNC and the GOP on edge.

Trump is a signal that some big changes are about to happen.

Perception is and always has been the only reality.

^right and it is increasingly obvious the USD will collapse, and new social/cultural paradigm will evolve. Something based on respect for our mother earth and honesty and integrity from government.

Fairly important to many people I would have thought:

WASHINGTON, JAN 19:
Legislation to stave off an imminent federal government shutdown encountered obstacles in the US Senate late on Thursday, despite the passage of a month-long funding Bill by the House of Representatives hours earlier. Without the injection of new money, no matter how temporary, scores of federal agencies across the United States will be forced to shut starting at midnight Friday, when existing funds expire.
The Republican-controlled House approved funding through February 16 on a mostly partisan vote of 230-197, sending the stopgap Bill to the Senate for consideration as President Donald Trump pushed hard for a measure to sign before Friday's deadline. However, a mix of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, who oppose the House Bill for varying reasons, left the legislation on the verge of defeat.
A bitter fight broke out on the Senate floor shortly after the House passage and was expected to continue on Friday. That fuelled speculation that Washington would either be thrown into shutdown mode or Congress would merely pass a very short spending Bill - possibly for no more than a few days - to give lawmakers more time to negotiate.

But not orange cunto. He's fucked off to play golf AGAIN.

"There's going to be so much winning, your heads will spin, believe me".

During Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign, he promised to save the jobs at the Indiana based heating air conditioner manufacturer, Carrier, from being shipped offshore. Trump bragged on Twitter in November 2016 that he cut a deal with the company to ensure jobs would stay in the United States. It didn’t take long for Trump to break that promise, including his claims that he would boost jobs and prevent companies from outsourcing jobs abroad.

Last week a round of layoffs at the Carrier factory in Indianapolis, Indiana took effect, in which about 215 people lost their jobs. These layoffs are in addition to the 340 jobs cut in July 2017. The factory’s 700 remaining production employees are expected to be outsourced to Mexico by the end of 2018. United Technologies, the company that owns Carrier, received over $2 billion in government contracts in 2017 while offshoring jobs to other countries.

“The pace of offshoring is three times greater by federal contractors under Donald Trump,” said Joseph Geevarghese, Executive Director of Good Jobs Nation, a labor coalition for low wage federal contract workers, in an interview with the Real News Network. “He campaigned to stop offshoring, yet one year in the office, he's failed to use the power that he has to deliver on that promise.”

Trump and Republican leaders claim that the recently passed tax bill, which includes reducing corporate taxes from 35 percent to 21 percent, will lead to higher wages and more jobs, but these promises of trickle down economics have failed to deliver. Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest employer, announced on January 11, 2018 it would raise its company minimum wage from $10 an hour to $11 an hour, and provide bonuses of up to $1000 to full-time qualifying employees. Later on the same day, Wal-Mart announced it would abruptly shut down 63 Sam’s Club stores, laying off around 11,000 workers.

AT&T implemented a similar publicity distraction to show support for the corporate tax rate cut. The company announced in December 2017 it would give around 200,000 employees a bonus of $1000, crediting the bonus to Trump’s tax cut even though unions had already been in negotiation with the company for the bonuses. Shortly after the bonus announcement, AT&T released a three year plan to cut 10,000 jobs, laid off 600 employees around the country, and announced on January 11, 2018 an additional 4500 jobs they plan to cut.

“Before the tax bill, United Technologies got the money because we, the people, fund federal contracts. Now they have even more money because we have given them bigger tax breaks, and yet the Carrier layoffs continue,” Geevarghese said.

The Jobs Trump Promised to Save Are Disappearing

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

But not orange cunto. He's fucked off to play golf AGAIN.

Impossible. He doesn't have the time to golf he's too busy. He said so himself.

Oh... never mind.

not trying to defend Trump delusional economic plan, but firms are always trying to find excuses to lay off people

Trump is the perfect excuse for it, and the new tax laws another false pretense to execute their cynic plans

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

not trying to defend Trump delusional economic plan, but firms are always trying to find excuses to lay off people

Trump is the perfect excuse for it, and the new tax laws another false pretense to execute their cynic plans

What economic plan?

You're delusional if you think he even had one.

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

The Donald is a bit different. He has both the DNC and the GOP on edge.

Trump is a signal that some big changes are about to happen.

indeed, could be the signal of a new change

About five hours to avert a government shut down. The repubtards have all three bodies of government and they can not even kick the budget can down the road. Laughable.

Pathetic innit but in this case they need 60 senate votes. Where will they find 9 dem votes?

Originally Posted by Norton

Where will they find 9 dem votes?

Repubs need to compromise here. They seem to think they do not have to. DACA needs to be addressed here. That's what the dems want.

‘Going back to Cold War and who has the bigger guns’:
Published time: 20 Jan, 2018 05:49

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has revealed a National Defense Strategy (NDS) shifting the focus from international terrorism to America’s old geopolitical rivals, Russia and China. But should these really be its priorities?

Mattis unveiled the new NDS document on Friday, calling for a bigger defense budget to counter any “threat to America’s democracy experiment” in the world. But in the view of Jennifer Breedon, a lawyer specializing in foreign policy, international law and religious terrorism, abandoning the war on terror to go back to Cold War rivalries is a mistake.

“This shows a lack of understanding of the foreign structure that many people in the US government have, including General Mattis, and of what’s going on and the threats to the world,” Breedon told RT. “He’s saying basically that the war on terrorism is no longer a great concern in the United States… Not only should it be a concern for the United States, but most of our allies and countries around the world.”

Rather than spending money on rebuilding government institutions and fighting genocidal terrorism in countries like Syria and Iraq, Breedon said that it looked like the US government was only interested in brighter, shinier bombs.

“This goes back to the Cold War,” she added. “It was always ‘who has the bigger thing?’ Spending lots of money on things that aren’t even threats yet just to show that hey, we have a bigger and more powerful military than you guys do. Because that’s all it is: our gun is bigger than yours.”

According to political commentator and journalist John Wight, the United States has been trying to reassert its position of power over the world in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse.

“I don’t think anyone in Moscow or Beijing will be surprised,” Wight said. “The actions on the ground dictate that America’s been engaged in this kind of ramping-up of its strategic projection of military power since Donald Trump was elected in 2016. And I think this should disabuse anyone of any notion that the Trump presidency would mark any kind of change in US foreign policy.”

https://www.rt.com/news/416469-penta...-new-cold-war/

By a 20-point margin, more Americans blame President Trump and Republicans rather than Democrats for a potential government shutdown, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
A 48 percent plurality says Trump and congressional Republicans are mainly responsible for the situation resulting from disagreements over immigration laws and border security, while 28 percent fault Democrats. A sizable 18 percent volunteer that both parties are equally responsible. Political independents drive the lopsided margin of blame, saying by 46 to 25 percent margin that Republicans and Trump are responsible for the situation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.830c2e23dd50

The same ole blame game. Look in the mirror voters. As long as we keep reelecting politicians who are dedicated to political points and could care less about sitting around a table doing their job of running the government, we can expect a good rogering up the poop shoot.