The Trump Presidency – 2016

[Thomkal]

The CEO of Intel resigned too.

[cuervo72]

[oprah]And you resign! And YOU resign! And you...[/oprah]

[RainMaker]

Trump had an opportunity to lower drug prices and refused. Funny to see him tweeting about it. All talk, no action.

Trump had a good idea on drug costs. He ditched it after meeting with pharma execs. - Chicago Tribune

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

[oprah]And you resign! And YOU resign! And you...[/oprah]

heh

[RainMaker]

He's back to re-tweeting Pizzagate conspiracists and white nationalist tonight.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

He's back to re-tweeting Pizzagate conspiracists and white nationalist tonight.

I'd say I'm shocked, but sadly I'm not. Trump is so easy to read it's laughable.

My 3 year old son would take him to the cleaners if a poker game ever broke out.

[JPhillips]

He also retweeted a picture of a train barreling into a person labeled CNN. At least in that instance somebody convinced him to later delete it.

[Atocep]

There's no better way to show you're serious about combating racism than pardoning Sheriff Joe.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

He also retweeted a picture of a train barreling into a person labeled CNN. At least in that instance somebody convinced him to later delete it.

Did the same with someone calling him a fascist.

[digamma]

Oh guys, I'm sure Bannon, I mean Baron, just had his phone. Kids these days!

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

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Interesting use of the DOJ.

Not to mention unconstitutional

[Easy Mac]

Evidently Trump accidentally retweeted memes, since you know, I accidentally often click in 2 different (but exact) places on my screen all the time. That's going in the excuse box the next time my wife finds an odd website on my phone.

[Chief Rum]

I just realized what an amazing opportunity Trump has provided me. For maybe the only time in my life, there is a greater than lottery odds chance I could get POTUS to mad-tweet at me. Or tweet about me in any context.

I have not yet determined what I could say or do to get him to do it, but it actually feels now like an achievable goal.

[Kodos]

Dare to dream, my friend. DARE TO DREAM!

[PilotMan]

Trump's explanation for his delay in responding to Charlottesville?

"Before I make a statement, I like to know the facts. "



Omg, that might be the funniest (as in so obviously not true) thing he's ever said. Any hope for him is so lost at this point. He's such a joke. Not the good kind, the kind when you get your money back on a new car because the one you got is a horrible lemon.

[Easy Mac]

Jesus Christ fuck this orange faced ass fuck.

[Easy Mac]

He had one job, one. Not defend literal white supremacists. And he couldn't even last a day.

But I'm sure Paul Ryan will defend him, because tax cuts.

[Bee]

David Duke just thanked the President on twitter for his comments on Charlottesville. Yep, that's where we are....

[albionmoonlight]

I think Trump has very few real convictions and beliefs about political issues. I think that on things like taxes, environmental issues, health care, trade, etc., he simply does not care that much. He will say whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear.

But there does seem to be one issue that he really cares about--going all the way back to his reactions to the Central Park 5. White power.

[albionmoonlight]

Oh, and the question for every member of the GOP at this point needs to be

"Senator X, I am not asking you what you think about President Trump's comments/actions. I am asking you what are you going to do about it."

[JPhillips]

And this guy might be a U.S. Senator next year.

Jeff Stein
Some right-wing conservatives think Sharia law is a danger to America — do you?

Roy Moore
There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. Christian communities; I don’t know if they may be Muslim communities.

But Sharia law is a little different from American law. It is founded on religious concepts.

Jeff Stein
Which American communities are under Sharia law? When did they fall under Sharia law?

Roy Moore
Well, there’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana — up there. I don't know.

Jeff Stein
That seems like an amazing claim for a Senate candidate to make.

Roy Moore
Well, let me just put it this way — if they are, they are; if they’re not, they’re not.

[whomario]

"It might be a storm tomorrow. I mean, i have not researched this so it might be sunny of course and i don't wanna be caught lying, but i know it's going to be weather out there. And i personally think storms are dangerous, so i recommend you all stay inside."

[Chief Rum]

Wow what a buffoon.

[Jas_lov]

Wonder if we'll see any resignations. All he had to do was side against Nazis and he again blames both sides and the alt-left, whatever that is.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

"Before I make a statement, I like to know the facts. "

And by that he means he was waiting to see if the 4chan story claiming the guy driving the car was a liberal protester was true.

[bronconick]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I think Trump has very few real convictions and beliefs about political issues. I think that on things like taxes, environmental issues, health care, trade, etc., he simply does not care that much. He will say whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear.

But there does seem to be one issue that he really cares about--going all the way back to his reactions to the Central Park 5. White power.

No one gave him love for his statement yesterday (since it was 36-48 hours late) so he went back to what he believes anyway

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I think Trump has very few real convictions and beliefs about political issues. I think that on things like taxes, environmental issues, health care, trade, etc., he simply does not care that much. He will say whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear.

But there does seem to be one issue that he really cares about--going all the way back to his reactions to the Central Park 5. White power.

Like Father like son.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

I'd say I'm shocked, but sadly I'm not. Trump is so easy to read it's laughable.

My 3 year old son would take him to the cleaners if a poker game ever broke out.

This rings even more true less than 24 hours later...

[sabotai]

Most of this time, I've been giving Trump a bit of the benefit of the doubt and rejected the idea that he was a white supremacist, and believed instead that he was a useful idiot for the movement.

Now I'm not too sure about that anymore.

[Edward64]

I really don't think he is a white supremacist. He wants to stick to his base and he doesn't like being told what to do or say.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I really don't think he is a white supremacist. He wants to stick to his base and he doesn't like being told what to do or say.

When it comes to this, you support what you don't condemn.

[Flasch186]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I really don't think he is a white supremacist. He wants to stick to his base and he doesn't like being told what to do or say.

I agree with this.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

And this guy might be a U.S. Senator next year.

Moore currently leading with 41%-this country really has gone to hell if he gets elected.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I really don't think he is a white supremacist. He wants to stick to his base and he doesn't like being told what to do or say.

I agree with the first part of that, but I think he is being told what to do or say about this by his advisers who are white supremacists.

[Edward64]

A breath of fresh air, an Obama tweet.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/15/obam...weet-ever.html

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."

I miss the old days, not this "new normal"

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I really don't think he is a white supremacist. He wants to stick to his base and he doesn't like being told what to do or say.

Well there's this:

‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias - The New York Times

And all of this:

He's attacked a judge for giving bad rulings because "he's a Mexican"

The Muslim ban

He was fined by the NJCCC for having his managers remove black card dealers at the request of big spenders

He reportedly had all black workers leave the floor of his casinos when he was there during the '80s

Comment by Trump according one of his former Casino managers:

“I think the guy is lazy,” Trump said of a black employee, “And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”

He still thinks the Central Park Five are guilty

This is what he said in response to finding out 2 guys beat the hell out of Hispanic homeless guy because he was Hispanic:

“I will say that people who are following me are very passionate,” Trump said. “They love this country and they want this country to be great again. They are passionate.”

[RainMaker]

He was the guy who pushed the birther stuff for years. This ain't all on Bannon, Miller, and Gorka.

[JPhillips]

If your best case scenario is that he's willing to placate racists because they are disliked by his opponents, that isn't saying much.

[digamma]

I don't know, I feel like we're in Jeff Foxworthy territory:

If you create a platform for white supremacists at your rallies...you might be a white supremacist.

If you hire a known white supremacist as your senior advisor...you might be a white supremacist.

If you lie for years about the first black president being from Africa...you might be a white supremacist.

If you take out full page ads accusing African Americans of a crime they didn't commit...you might be white supremacist.

I'm sure this could keep going.

[JPhillips]

Yeah, he's a racist.

But members of the president’s staff, stunned and disheartened, said they never expected to hear such a voluble articulation of opinions that the president had long expressed in private.

[bbgunn]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

And this guy might be a U.S. Senator next year.

As an Alabama native, I can't say I'm too surprised, because for a lot of people, Christianity trumps everything. That's Roy Moore's forte: defending the Ten Commandments monument as a state Supreme Court judge against the feds; warning of Sharia law on our shores; etc., etc., etc. He's trying to show that he's the strongest Christian of the three candidates running in the GOP primary. You establish that in Alabama, you're set.

I'm still shocked, though, that those same Alabamians - even really strong Christians - flocked to vote for "Two Corinthians" Trump in large numbers. "He was sent by God." "He's God's candidate." People were actually saying that!

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Well there's this:

‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias - The New York Times

And all of this:

He's attacked a judge for giving bad rulings because "he's a Mexican"

The Muslim ban

He was fined by the NJCCC for having his managers remove black card dealers at the request of big spenders

He reportedly had all black workers leave the floor of his casinos when he was there during the '80s

Comment by Trump according one of his former Casino managers:



He still thinks the Central Park Five are guilty

This is what he said in response to finding out 2 guys beat the hell out of Hispanic homeless guy because he was Hispanic:

Originally Posted by RainMaker

He was the guy who pushed the birther stuff for years. This ain't all on Bannon, Miller, and Gorka.

Yeah, if you want to say Trump isn't really a racist himself you have to ignore his long history of saying and doing racist things even prior to starting his campaign.

Also:

Newt, people's feelings change. One day everybody loves a statue, then suddenly they just want a new younger statue that doesn't have cancer https://t.co/eXPIxZVlJK

— John Rogers (@jonrog1) August 15, 2017

[Ben E Lou]

When the Black Nationalist Movement and the South Carolina Secessionist Party set an infinitely better example for America than most of our politicians and media. #CharlestonStrong

[Logan]

Just listen to the guy. Hear how he "speaks out" against the neo-Nazis involved in the rally. It's somewhat calm and reserved.

Then listen to how he goes after the "alt left". It's with legitimate furor, and his voice rises in anger.

This fuckwad piece of garbage.

[digamma]

But he still left time to plug his winery at the end!

[Easy Mac]

Did anyone else notice he is notably oranger after his vacation? Like not more tan, just more orange.

[Thomkal]

And the next contestant on "Who wants to be my Communication Director is?:

Hope Hicks bio, age, salary, photos: Trump new communications director - Business Insider

[mckerney]

"Everyone didn't leave, I ended it myself!"

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by mckerney

"Everyone didn't leave, I ended it myself!"

HA!

[Easy Mac]

I have the transcript of Trump's next exchange:

TRUMP: Well, the jerk store called. They're running outta you!

CEO: What's the difference? You're their all-time best seller!

TRUMP: Yeah? Well, I had sex with your wife.