Thread: President Donald Trump

Melania has popped up again. Get a load of this photo �� ��
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...tack-fake-news

Betty Ford clinic

Originally Posted by Cujo

Melania has popped up again. Get a load of this photo �� ��
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...tack-fake-news

Maybe that call to the Samaritans worked.

Sooooo...

Remember when Drumpf Jnr met with the Russian lawyer and then lied about having met her and then lied about the reason for meeting her?

Well it turns out that he also lied about Drumpf having a hand in drafting his written response to it all: something that Drumpf and other lying liars that work for him are also on record as having lied about it.

oh come on, big fucking deal

^^obstruction it is then.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Remember when Drumpf Jnr met with the Russian lawyer and then lied about having met her and then lied about the reason for meeting her?

Well it turns out that he also lied about Drumpf having a hand in drafting his written response to it all: something that Drumpf and other lying liars that work for him are also on record as having lied about it.

Didn't Clinton get impeached for doing something similar?

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Didn't Clinton get impeached for doing something similar?

Impeached but not removed.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Didn't Clinton get impeached for doing something similar?

Yeah but that was back when Republicans actually sorta cared about lying and stuff.

Now... Not so much.

And speaking of GOP hypocrisy...

Remember when they and their Fox News talking heads propagandists wanted to have Obama tried for treason for even suggesting that he would be open to the possibility of opening dialogue and sitting down and talking with North Korea.

Wonder where that outrage has gone now that Drumpf is preparing for a warmer encounter with the autocrat from Pyongyang than G7 allies.

Originally Posted by RPETER65

Impeached but not removed.

Thx. Most ppl dun know dat

Dennis Rodman for Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump,rodman and kim jong un...what could possibly go wrong

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Yeah but that was back when Republicans actually sorta cared about lying and stuff.

Now... Not so much.

They didn't give a shit about the lying. They just wanted payback for Nixon.

So much winning!

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5 billion in large installation projects, along with thousands of jobs, the developers told Reuters.

That’s more than double the about $1 billion in new spending plans announced by firms building or expanding U.S. solar panel factories to take advantage of the tax on imports.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKCN1J30CT

You'd think that fuckwit would just shut up about Russia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-in-g7-summit

Originally Posted by Cujo

You'd think that fuckwit would just shut up about Russia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-in-g7-summit

He's forgotten, or didn't know in the first place, why Russia was excluded. But yeah, he should just shut up about Russia.

This got me scratching my head; "“Looking forward to straightening out unfair trade deals with the G7 countries,” Trump tweeted. “If it doesn’t happen, we come out even better!”"
Yer wot? I want get rid of unfair things but if I fail and they remain unfair, it will be better.

You can't make this shit up....

President Donald Trump's call Friday for Russia to re-enter the G7 four years after the country was kicked out from the group of countries over its annexation of Crimea has resulted in a fierce backlash from foreign policy critics on both sides of the aisle.

"Why are we having a meeting without Russia being in the meeting?" Trump asked reporters before his departure for the summit in Charlevoix, Canada. "And I would recommend – it's up to them. But Russia should be in the meeting, should be a part of it."

Later in the day Friday, during a meeting with French President Macron, Trump was pressed on whether he brought up his idea of adding Russia back into the group with allies he met with throughout the day.

“We haven’t brought that up, hasn’t been brought up,” Trump responded.

The president morning comments followed a string of tweets from him railing against Canada, France and other European allies for what the president has described as an imbalanced trade relationship.

Please tell Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron that they are charging the U.S. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers. The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada keeps our farmers and others out. Look forward to seeing them tomorrow.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018

Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries. If it doesn’t happen, we come out even better!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2018

The tweets were in part a response to criticism from Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday who said the president's recent moves pulling the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal and implementing new trade tariffs have isolated the U.S. on the world stage.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., soon issued a scathing statement against the president's Russia comments, saying Vladimir Putin has only continued "assaulting democratic institutions all over the world" since the invasion of Crimea.

"The President has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies," McCain said in a written statement. "Those nations that share our values and have sacrificed alongside us for decades are being treated with contempt. This is the antithesis of so-called ‘principled realism’ and a sure path to diminishing America’s leadership in the world.”

Rep. Eliot Engel, the Democratic ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, suggested Trump's invitation to Russia fits into a broader pattern of the president cozying up to President Vladimir Putin.

"The United States helped establish and lead the G7 in pursuit of a peaceful and prosperous world," Engel, D-N.Y., said in a statement. "While the other G7 democracies continue to uphold those values, President Trump has isolated the United States, weakened American influence, and alienated our closest allies. So it’s hardly a surprise he’s now looking to the leader he seems to admire most: Vladimir Putin."

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, another frequent critic of the president on foreign policy, also tweeted, "No, Russia should not be added to the G-7."

No, Russia should not be added to the G-7.
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) June 8, 2018

A senior U.K. government source earlier in the day pushed back following the president's arrival in Canada, invoking the recent poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal that the U.S. and British officials officially blamed Moscow for earlier this year.

"We should remind ourselves why the G8 became the G7 - it was after Russia illegally annexed Crimea," the official said. "Since then we have seen malign activity from Russia in a whole variety of ways, including on the streets of Salisbury in the UK. Before any conversations can take place about Russia rejoining, it needs to change its approach."

President Trump contended, though, that he has been Russia's "worst nightmare" when it comes to increased sanctions and international pressure and that it would be more productive for Russia to be involved in the meetings between the countries.

"You know, whether you like it or not – and it may not be politically correct – but we have a world to run," Trump said. "And in the G7, which used to be the G8, they threw Russia out. They should let Russia come back in, because we should have Russia at the negotiating table."

Russia was suspended from the G-8 in March 2014 a week after Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. In a statement at the time the countries, which include the U.S., France, Canada, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and Japan, condemned Russia's actions as "illegal" and in "contravention of international law."

A former U.S. official during the Obama Administration said the effort to eject Russia was "a decision that President Obama helped drive and that was hammered out on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit."

U.S. policy still does not recognize Russia's referendum taking control of Crimea and continues to identify the territory as "a part of Ukraine."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined in the pile-on of criticism saying, "readmitting Russia to the G7 would reward Vladimir Putin for actions the U.S. and his allies have condemned, and would clearly be contrary to America's interests."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trum...ry?id=55750098

Why? Cause, not only the Russians annexed Crimea, but also poisoned the Skripals (never mind they are alive), hacked many elections, downed the MH.., cut the sub-sea cables and many more...

No need to speak to them, just take their gas, oil, whatever.


And not to forget, do not disturb our NASA staff at Baikonur, how else we could get onto orbit...

7 June 2018:
The 56th International Space Station (ISS) mission has successfully launched three crew members into space. RT traveled to Khazakstan ahead of their send off.
The international crew took off from Baikonur at 4:12pm local time on Wednesday aboard a Soyuz MS-09 manned spacecraft. The spacecraft is set to dock at the ISS on Friday.

The team consists of Dr Serena Maria Aunon-Chancellor from NASA, Sergei Prokopiev from Roscosmos, and Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency (ESA), who will be taking over as commander aboard the ISS. They will be joining Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, who are currently on the station.

https://www.rt.com/news/428891-rt-baikonur-iss-launch/

Putin used piss tapes to drive a wedge between the EU/NATO allies and the US. Well played.

Trump is thoughtful person, our dialogue may be constructive - Putin




US President Donald Trump is a thoughtful person who listens to others, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing hope that the meeting between the two will be "constructive."
Jun 8, 2018 18:59

https://www.rt.com/news/429195-trump...putin-meeting/

‘Russia should be in G7, whether you like it or not’ – Trump says on way to summit
Published time: 8 Jun, 2018



Donald Trump says Russia should be at the negotiating table in the G7 meeting whether the world powers “like it or not.” The US president made the statement as he was preparing to fly to Canada for the summit.

https://www.rt.com/usa/429143-russia...e-in-g7-trump/

US President Donald Trump is a thoughtful person who listens to others, said Russian President Vladimir Putin

Don't ever let it be said Putin doesn't have a sense of humor.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Don't ever let it be said Putin doesn't have a sense of humor.

He knows how to play chump that's for sure.
Chump will eat that shit up.

Trump floats pardon for Muhammad Ali even though boxing great doesn't need onePresident says he’s ‘thinking about that very seriously’, seemingly unaware that supreme court overturned Ali’s conviction in 1971

Donald Trump said on Friday that he may grant a posthumous pardon to Muhammad Ali, seemingly unaware that the great boxer’s conviction was overturned by the supreme court 47 years ago.

Departing for the G7 summit in Canada, the president told reporters at the White House he was looking at “thousands of names” of people who could be granted clemency.

Ali refused to enter the military during the Vietnam war and his local draft board rejected his application for classification as a conscientious objector. He received a draft-evasion conviction in 1967 and was stripped of his world heavyweight title.

“He was, look, he was not very popular then, certainly his memory is popular now,” Trump said. “I’m thinking about that very seriously, and some others.”

Ali was sentenced to five years in prison but he appealed and in 1971 the supreme court overturned his conviction, finding that the justice department improperly told the draft board Ali’s stance was not motivated by his religious beliefs as a Muslim. Trump’s gesture is therefore meaningless.

Ali’s lawyer, Ron Tweel, said: “We appreciate President Trump’s sentiment, but a pardon is unnecessary. The US supreme court overturned the conviction of Muhammad Ali in a unanimous decision in 1971. There is no conviction from which a pardon is needed.”

Trump recently granted a posthumous pardon to the first African American heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, who was convicted in 1913 of violating a law that made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.

Earlier this week, he also commuted the life sentence of a woman whose cause was championed by Kim Kardashian West.

“The power to pardon is a beautiful thing,” Trump told reporters. “I want to do people who are unfairly treated like Alice [Marie Johnson].”

Trump has also floated a possible pardon for TV personality Martha Stewart and potentially commuting the sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on corruption charges in 2011.

Ali died two years ago in Scottsdale, Arizona, aged 74.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...court-overturn