The Trump Presidency – 2016

[RainMaker]

So some more details came out on that weird Rand Paul assault. Sounds like two old guys being passive-aggressive about their lawns.

As a homeowner, this doesn't surprise me. This reminds me of people in my neighborhood.

https://www.apnews.com/58aab5139925442aa40317fb1f589d10

[digamma]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

So it appears Trump showed the Korean leader a made-up movie trailer showing him what would happen if he agreed to denuclearize:


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...eaders-n882591

We make the best movies. And this is what we can produce. I mean I know most Hollywood folks are going to be anti-Trump, but there's got to be someone out there. It's too long, too boring and not enough explosions.

[Neon_Chaos]

Funny how Trump gets along so well and admires authoritarians and dictators.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

So some more details came out on that weird Rand Paul assault. Sounds like two old guys being passive-aggressive about their lawns.

As a homeowner, this doesn't surprise me. This reminds me of people in my neighborhood.

https://www.apnews.com/58aab5139925442aa40317fb1f589d10

Yeah I figured that it was some petty stuff like that. Trump should pardon this guy just to piss off Rand.

[JPhillips]

This will not age well.

Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2018

[jeff061]

There is no longer a nuclear threat? As low as my bar is set for the man, he still crawls under it.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

A few primaries tonight-in South Carolina, our embarassing former governor Mark Sanford is looking like he might lose the GOP primary (thank God) thought its not called yet, and in Virginia, Tim Kaine, gets a Trump disciple (and racist) in Corey Stewart to run against and hopefully beat. Other Repubs in the state are already saying how terrible it is that he won the Primary.


Sanford has now conceded

Trump loves him some Corey Stewart:


Congratulations to Corey Stewart for his great victory for Senator from Virginia. Now he runs against a total stiff, Tim Kaine, who is weak on crime and borders, and wants to raise your taxes through the roof. Don’t underestimate Corey, a major chance of winning!

[albionmoonlight]

BREAKING: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors in New York as his attorneys leave case, sources tell @ABC News. https://t.co/AHPYOLGt1Q pic.twitter.com/R0DjCZf2Tn

— ABC News (@ABC) June 13, 2018

This may not get to Trump. But if I were some random NYC white-collar criminal who used Cohen to help me get away with shit, I'd be looking at countries without extradition treaties right about now.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

But if I were some random NYC white-collar criminal who used Cohen to help me get away with shit, I'd be looking at countries without extradition treaties right about now.

Extradition law in the United States - Wikipedia

Essentially Africa, the Middle East, and segments of Asia and Eastern Europe.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Izulde

Extradition law in the United States - Wikipedia

Essentially Africa, the Middle East, and segments of Asia and Eastern Europe.

If you have enough money, you can also stay a step ahead of the authorities anywhere. The 'ole Marc Rich strategy.

[JPhillips]

The obvious answer is Russia, right?

edit: or see if the Ecuadoran embassy is still renting space.

[Thomkal]

woot on Cohen potential flipping. Plus likely Manafort going to jail this week too. Such winning Donald

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by molson

If you have enough money, you can also stay a step ahead of the authorities anywhere. The 'ole Marc Rich strategy.

Or my favorite rich dude tactic--fake your own death, get plastic surgery, and live the rest of your life on a tropical island like Ken Lay.

(Yes, I know that this is just a conspiracy theory, but I believe it 100%)

[JPhillips]

From the WSJ on January 18.

Around the same time, Mr. Trump had an idea about how to counter the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, which he got after speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin : If the U.S. stopped joint military exercises with the South Koreans, it could help moderate Kim Jong Un’s behavior.

So nice that Trump's getting concession ideas from Putin.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

woot on Cohen potential flipping. Plus likely Manafort going to jail this week too. Such winning Donald

He never gets tired of the winning.

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

This will not age well.

Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2018

[Izulde]

https://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ong-un/562625/

Weirdest passage:

9. The private bathroom. In addition to his bullet-proof limousine and body guards, Kim brought with him another essential: His own private bathroom. Lee Yun Keol, a former member of a North Korean Guard Command unit, told The Washington Post the extra cargo is more of a precaution than luxury. “The leader's excretions contain information about his health status so they can't be left behind,” he said. (Emphasis Izulde's)

What.the.fuck?

[AlexB]

Originally Posted by Izulde

https://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ong-un/562625/

Weirdest passage:



What.the.fuck?

This is SOP for him apparently - knew I’d read that before
Korea Summit: Why Kim Jong-un travels with his own toilet

[Thomkal]

yeah I agree actually. Look like he is low on money (awwww!) and needed to ditch the expensive guys. I won't believe Cohen has flipped until he's pleading guilty to some of the charges.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Izulde

https://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ong-un/562625/

Weirdest passage:

What.the.fuck?

Not as weird as you'd think. Countries have scanned that stuff from other leaders in the past.

https://www.jta.org/2000/01/11/archi...-borrowed-time

[RainMaker]

This interview.

Exact exchange pic.twitter.com/5CwlIG8ZT9

— Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) June 13, 2018

[RainMaker]

He also didn't know when the Korean war ended.

Trump claims, preposterously, that parents of Korean War veterans came up to him during the 2016 campaign and said, "when you can, we'd love our son to be brought back home -- you know, the remains."

The Korean War ended in 1953. pic.twitter.com/f4HEHZ22YM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2018

[JPhillips]

Complacency is our enemy. Anyone that does not embrace the @realDonaldTrump agenda of making America great again will be making a mistake.

— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) June 14, 2018

First, fuck off.

Second, it's still amazing to me how previously honorable people so willingly throw away their dignity for Trump.

[Thomkal]

I'll be sure to retweet that for her when Trump is indicted/impeached

[Shkspr]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

He also didn't know when the Korean war ended.

Look, 99 year olds vote, too.

[Thomkal]

Trump gets a nice birthday present from the NY Attorney General-a lawsuit for the Trump Foundation. Here's his reply:


Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump









The sleazy New York Democrats, and their now disgraced (and run out of town) A.G. Eric Schneiderman, are doing everything they can to sue me on a foundation that took in $18,800,000 and gave out to charity more money than it took in, $19,200,000. I won’t settle this case!.


And just like Trump U and numerous other lawsuits, yes you will settle (or try at least)

[booradley]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/us-w...ne-9-2018.html

Americans on jobless rolls declined to a near 44-1/2-year low

Four more years, man. It's gonna happen ...

[JPhillips]

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

IG found that on numerous occasions, COMEY used a personal GMail account to conduct official FBI business, according to source briefed on the report.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 14, 2018

[Thomkal]

Gee, you would have thought Comey would have thought, given what he was inestigating that perhaps it wasn't a good idea to use a personal email account?

[Thomkal]

Republicans already calling for original drafts from the independent IG report because they are "concerned that "people may have changed the report in a way that obfuscates your findings"


Report says no political bias that the Republicans have claimed for a year in the works of. Comey, Page, or Strzok

[albionmoonlight]

What the public thinks about the summit:
1) Low expectations for what it will accomplish
2) NK got more out of it than the US did
but
3) Was nonetheless a good idea, and,
4) Will slightly reduce the risk of war.
That's an entirely reasonably view! Smarter than most pundit takes. https://t.co/ddqEoeLJDn

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 14, 2018

[Thomkal]

In fact there were Pro-Trump agents in the NY FBI office who Comey felt would leak confidential information in an attempt to get him to interfere with the election thus adding to his agreement to reveal the reopening of the Clinton email investigation.

[RainMaker]

The FBI is a rather conservative agency. Kind of funny to see conspiracy morons thinking it's run by Democrats.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

The FBI is a rather conservative agency. Kind of funny to see conspiracy morons thinking it's run by Democrats.

It doesn't help that the media is running with "OMG those texts" rather than "Comey manipulated the election."

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Trump gets a nice birthday present from the NY Attorney General-a lawsuit for the Trump Foundation. Here's his reply:

Reading through it, the foundation was bizarre. Didn't list any employees and they didn't spend any money on a lawyer. You'd have to think if they spent just a few bucks on a lawyer to make it look semi-legit it'd be fine. There are tons of charities that are scams that skirt the law.

I guess this is why he was so against the Johnson amendment.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Reading through it, the foundation was bizarre. Didn't list any employees and they didn't spend any money on a lawyer. You'd have to think if they spent just a few bucks on a lawyer to make it look semi-legit it'd be fine. There are tons of charities that are scams that skirt the law.

I guess this is why he was so against the Johnson amendment.

According to David Farenthold:

It's true: @realDonaldTrump's Fdn had 0 employees, no board meetings, and spent v. little on lawyers: its legal expenses averaged nine dollars per year.

[digamma]

I actually don’t think that is all that unusual for mid sized corporate foundations. My last two companies have had associated charitable foundations. Neither had/have employees and most of the tax and legal work was done by corporate employees. That said we were really conservative about what was run through the foundation.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

IG found that on numerous occasions, COMEY used a personal GMail account to conduct official FBI business, according to source briefed on the report.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 14, 2018

Can someone tell me when the general public came to believe that all government business is conducted exclusively through government emails, servers etc?

I am genuinely shocked by the reaction to Hillary's email-gate, Barrack's cell phone, Jared's private server etc.

[Thomkal]

Hillary's response to Comey using personal emails:


Hillary Clinton‏Verified account @HillaryClinton









Hillary Clinton Retweeted Kyle Cheney
But my emails.



Kyle CheneyVerified account @kyledcheney
IG found that on numerous occasions, COMEY used a personal GMail account to conduct official FBI business, according to source briefed on the report.
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2:36 PM - 14 Jun 2018

[Thomkal]

So Jeff Sessions uses the Bible to defend separating families at the border:


https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/14/polit..._medium=social


Edit: Sarah Sanders used it too.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

So Jeff Sessions uses the Bible to defend separating families at the border:


https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/14/polit..._medium=social


Edit: Sarah Sanders used it too.

ISIS does the same shit using the Koran. That's what happens when you are radicalized.

[kingfc22]

It’s okay though. Pretty sure the Bible doesn’t mention anything about adulterous behavior

[Mota]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

So Jeff Sessions uses the Bible to defend separating families at the border:


https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/14/polit..._medium=social


Edit: Sarah Sanders used it too.

"I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes," Sessions said.

Wow, the world is getting scarier and scarier every day. That is extremist reasoning if I've ever heard it.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Mota

That is extremist reasoning if I've ever heard it.

Actually, it's utterly piss-poor exegesis and application if you think, as Sessions does, that the immigrants coming in are not believers. That text has no application whatsoever to those outside the faith. None. Zero. Zip.

[JPhillips]

Paul was also telling believers, obey the laws of the Romans, not telling the Romans, anything you do is the will of God.

[JPhillips]

Trump on Kim Jong Un just now on Fox: "He speaks and his people stand up in attention. I want my people to do the same. "

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) June 15, 2018

[bronconick]

He can go fuck himself

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by bronconick

He can go fuck himself

You better stand at attention while he goes to fuck himself.

[Thomkal]

Trump totally distancing himself from Manafort this morning:


Manafort worked with us for a very short period of time and had nothing to do with the campaign."


Perhaps the biggest lie yet.

[Ben E Lou]

Money quote is at 3:48. Prophetic words that pretty much predicted "evangelical" (yes, I use that word extremely loosely) support of Trump.

"Most American Christians don't know how to read the Bible well. And they don't know how to read the Bible well because they're Americans before they're Christians."