used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on May 16, 2017 17:13:37 GMT
AFP News Agency... "#BREAKING Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia: White House" I believe "throwing gasoline on a fire" would apply here. We really are doomed. What could possibly go wrong here?
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inkedup
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Post by inkedup on May 16, 2017 17:18:14 GMT
AFP News Agency... "#BREAKING Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia: White House" I believe "throwing gasoline on a fire" would apply here. We really are doomed. Let's hope he talks about how bigly he won the election and leaves the real business of diplomacy to the grown ups.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 17:25:36 GMT
ABC News.... "McMaster: Pres. Trump "wasn't even aware of where this information came from" before discussing information with Russian foreign minister." And how does this make it better? In that he likely doesn't actually have the info needed to reveal the identity of key sources. Seems to imply they aren't telling Trump things that are too dangerous to risk having him share in public. I am no Trump fan AT ALL. But we all already knew that there are big concerns about ISIS using laptops on planes to trigger explosives. Think about it for a second. The president doesn't have all the information before he blabs. The president doesn't think before be blabs. While it's true the president can declassify any information he chooses the question is, is trump smart enough to know what the ramifications of the information he declassifies are. From what I understand the concern is did he release information that the Russians can figure out the source. I don't think I have to tell you the Russians are no dummies in that sort of thing. trump is unpredictable enough that this is a real concern going forward. In other words he doesn't learn from his mistakes because he feels he doesn't make mistakes and his staff can't control him.
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imsirius
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Call it as I see it.
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Post by imsirius on May 16, 2017 17:48:39 GMT
Well they were ALL warned. By tons of insiders, people who worked for him, people he ripped off or conned or stole their businesses in shady deals.
His ghost writer warned many times...
They all ignored it and now wonder how it got to this point...
All idiots.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 17:56:40 GMT
From Newsweek Reporter Kurt Eichenwald.....
"Trump tells Russia Israeli intel on ISIS to brag. Russia press discloses intel revealed. ISIS knows who knew. Israeli source will be killed."
I don't know if he is right. But this is kind of ramifications I was talking about when trump blabs without thinking it through. So yes it's a big deal.
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on May 16, 2017 18:19:36 GMT
From Newsweek Reporter Kurt Eichenwald..... "Trump tells Russia Israeli intel on ISIS to brag. Russia press discloses intel revealed. ISIS knows who knew. Israeli source will be killed." I don't know if he is right. But this is kind of ramifications I was talking about when trump blabs without thinking it through. So yes it's a big deal. Oh, I understood intellectually that it was a big deal - I was/am just trying to discern how it all works. In my head I was comparing it to the Scooter Libby thing, where he revealed the name of an operative, and trying to understand, with my limited time lately, whether it was that kind of slip up.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 18:45:31 GMT
ABC News.. "Washington-based artist projects the words “Pay Trump Bribes Here” on Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. abcn.ws/" Now this is just plain funny.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 21:17:08 GMT
From Politico...
"Newt Gingrich says Trump should shut down press room because American media is damaging him and the country."
No Newt, the media is only reporting what trump is saying, which is damaging to him. The fact that trump is president is what is damaging the country.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 22:19:17 GMT
Matt Lewis Daily Beast...
" This is why GOP primary voters should've cared more about character, experience, & temperament."
You think!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 23:06:21 GMT
Fox News..
"Steve Hilton: "Because it's @potus and because he's an outsider, the 'system'...is just rejecting him." #SpecialReport"
Steve Hilton was an adviser to David Cameron.
Yea that's it, we are just rejecting him.
I understand FOX News can't get any Republicans Congress folks to come on and defend trump. So they got this guy.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 23:58:47 GMT
Fox News.. "Steve Hilton: "Because it's @potus and because he's an outsider, the 'system'...is just rejecting him." #SpecialReport" Steve Hilton was an adviser to David Cameron. Yea that's it, we are just rejecting him. I understand FOX News can't get any Republicans Congress folks to come on and defend trump. So they got this guy. He was the Director of Strategy for the Conservative Party when David Cameron was Prime Minister so wasn't as such "an adviser" to David Cameron personally He worked with DC on a plan of re-branding the Conservative Party.
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Post by jenis40 on May 17, 2017 17:50:43 GMT
Liked this one from Ana Navarro, outspoken never-trump Republican commentator on CNN.
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Post by lucyg on May 17, 2017 18:01:02 GMT
Trump just gave the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London, CT. I turned it off as I routinely do when he's speaking. But the TV is back on now, and I just noticed a banner that said he told the graduates that he has been treated more unfairly than any president ever. WTF? Aside from the fact that it's factually incorrect, why was he making a commencement address about himself (as usual, I guess)? Gawd, he sucks. ETA just heard the actual clip. He actually said that no politician ever has been treated worse or as unfairly as he has been treated. The man is insane.
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PLurker
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Jun 28, 2014 3:48:49 GMT
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Post by PLurker on May 17, 2017 18:07:01 GMT
Trump just gave the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London, CT. I turned it off as I routinely do when he's speaking. But the TV is back on now, and I just noticed a banner that said he told the graduates that he has been treated more unfairly than any president ever. WTF? Aside from the fact that it's factually incorrect, why was he making a commencement address about himself (as usual, I guess)? Gawd, he sucks. ETA just heard the actual clip. He actually said that no politician ever has been treated worse or as unfairly as he has been treated. The man is insane. rhetorical, right? hahahahahaha, yep, nuts cuz I think he believes the sh!t he says. poor baby.
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on May 17, 2017 18:11:14 GMT
Today Trump is meeting with Turkey's Erdogan. Erdogan got rid of people investigating him & got away with it. Plus, with the current strained issues over arming Kurds (I think), Trump does not have the finesse to pull off a meeting without another gaffe. They should get on fine. Trump will probably approve of Erdogan's way of running a country........answerable to no one but himself! Maybe Trump can get some pointers. UGH!
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 19:58:17 GMT
Got love trump, he sure knows how to hire this country's best and brightest....
"Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke is joining the Trump administration. The conservative icon—best-known for his frequent appearances on Fox News and multiple controversies over inmate deaths occurring at his jail—told radio host Vicki McKenna on Wednesday that he will “accept an appointment as an assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security.” He specificed that the position will be within the Office of Partnership and Programs, as a liaison with local governments and police departments. At least four people, including a baby, have died in Clarke’s jail; and a grand jury recommended criminal charges against several staffers last month for their role in the dehydration death of an inmate."
This is the guy that allowed his staff not to give an inmate any water for 7 days. The man died from dehydration. So let's reward this guy by giving him a job with DHS. Who in their right mind thinks it's acceptable not to give someone water. And I don't buy for a minute this guy didn't know what was going on.
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Post by missfrenchjessica on May 17, 2017 19:59:29 GMT
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Post by vspindler on May 18, 2017 0:17:06 GMT
Got love trump, he sure knows how to hire this country's best and brightest.... "Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke is joining the Trump administration. The conservative icon—best-known for his frequent appearances on Fox News and multiple controversies over inmate deaths occurring at his jail—told radio host Vicki McKenna on Wednesday that he will “accept an appointment as an assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security.” He specificed that the position will be within the Office of Partnership and Programs, as a liaison with local governments and police departments. At least four people, including a baby, have died in Clarke’s jail; and a grand jury recommended criminal charges against several staffers last month for their role in the dehydration death of an inmate." This is the guy that allowed his staff not to give an inmate any water for 7 days. The man died from dehydration. So let's reward this guy by giving him a job with DHS. Who in their right mind thinks it's acceptable not to give someone water. And I don't buy for a minute this guy didn't know what was going on. I know it is not a good thing for the country, but I have to say I'm glad to not have him making a mockery of my state going forward.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on May 18, 2017 6:32:05 GMT
My query of the day, given the appointment of Robert M: will this be the end of the tweets? Surely DT's lawyer will ban this little pastime? Can he enforce the ban or at least restrict the tweeter in chief to the anodyne stuff?
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Post by pjaye on May 18, 2017 9:36:22 GMT
Did you see the picture Ivanka posted of herself at the "anti-human trafficking event" at the WH?
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 12:56:45 GMT
Nope he isn't going to stop tweeting...
"With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed!"
"This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"
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Post by missfrenchjessica on May 18, 2017 14:02:44 GMT
Nope he isn't going to stop tweeting... "With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed!" "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" 🙄🙄🙄 He's going to be his own undoing. If he goes down it's all his own fault.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 18, 2017 15:23:31 GMT
He's going to be his own undoing. If he goes down it's all his own fault. oh, I fervently hope so. ETA: Ivanka's name placard- lol!!
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Post by lucyg on May 18, 2017 16:08:49 GMT
No, I would say a greater witch hunt was that guy who was trolling Pres. Obama for his birth certificate ... what was his name again?? oh yeah ...
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pyccku
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Post by pyccku on May 18, 2017 16:11:20 GMT
Nope he isn't going to stop tweeting... "With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed!" "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" 🙄🙄🙄 He's going to be his own undoing. If he goes down it's all his own fault. Well, who else's fault would it be? Nobody was forcing him to hire Flynn, make deals, etc. But he will blame everyone else. Hillary, Obama, the DNC, Mexico, brussels sprouts, origami cranes, kale smoothies, avocado toast. None of it was his fault.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 20:46:22 GMT
From trump's news conference....
"Pres. Trump: "Director Comey was very unpopular….when I made that decision I actually thought that would be a bipartisan decision."
He really is clueless.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 18, 2017 21:19:34 GMT
I picture this kind of stuff going on in his head:
(thinking, thinking, thinking...) "...okay, so... saying I took their recommendations about how he treated Hillary's e-mails didn't work- now what?" (thinking, thinking... wheels turning, gears grinding, gerbil running on wheel...)
"I know! I'll say it was all my idea, after all, due to the fake Russia investigation. Everyone is talking about Russia, so they'll believe that one.")
<time passes>
(thinking, thinking, gerbil starts going again... thinking...) "well... that didn't go over so good, did it- hmph! I thought they loved me! So, what else can I come up with? ...I know! I'll say it was really a bipartisan decision! They love the word bipartisan!"
It just seems like he says something to see how it's received. if it's received okay, he sticks with it. If it's NOT received well, he changes his story to something else that might be BETTER received. It's so obvious!
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moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on May 18, 2017 21:45:19 GMT
Nope he isn't going to stop tweeting... "With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed!" "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" So now he's calling himself a politician? I thought he prided himself on NOT being one.
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Post by Merge on May 18, 2017 22:50:12 GMT
The Trumpkins have picked up the persecution cry ... my uncle posted this gem on FB a bit ago: Apparently this guy was in a coma during the entire Obama administration.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 23:04:46 GMT
The Trumpkins have picked up the persecution cry ... my uncle posted this gem on FB a bit ago: Apparently this guy was in a coma during the entire Obama administration. He also lived through Nixon who was scrutinized and for a reason. Funny how he didn't mention Nixon.
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