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The 2018 Trump Presidency thread

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what do the following have in common:

  • Acting attorney general
  • Associate attorney general
  • Deputy assistant to the president focusing on national security and terrorism
  • Deputy director of the FBI
  • Deputy national security adviser
  • Deputy national security adviser
  • Deputy White House chief of staff
  • Deputy White House chief of staff
  • Deputy White House communications director
  • Director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison
  • Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Director of the National Economic Council
  • Director of the Office of Government Ethics
  • FBI director
  • National security adviser
  • Secretary of health and human services
  • Secretary of state
  • Special adviser to the president on regulatory matters
  • Trump's personal assistant
  • United States attorney for the Southern District of New York
  • White House chief of staff
  • White House chief strategist
  • White House communications director
  • White House communications director
  • White House communications director
  • White House press secretary
  • White House staff secretary
what a shit show.

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'No chaos' says trump.

Trump doesn't like the Iran deal and Rex does...I'm sure he's read tons of briefs and the reports on the deal...either that or the black guy made the Iran deal and that's why trump dislikes it
 
Who is leaving next?

I'm betting McMaster (National Security Adviser) or John Kelly (Chief of Staff).

Kelly will probably go later but methinks Orange Trump longs to be free...and Kelly has tangled with Jared and Ivanka, which I'm sure they are driving home to "Dad". Ewwww.

Outside shot: Sessions? Wray? Rosenstein? Mueller? Trump seems reluctant to fire everyone in the chain of command in the Russia investigation. Or not?

I'm still feeling McMaster and Kelly. I'm a gambler. :)
 
I swear to friggin G-D I have not heard him say that, I've seen the clips. He remarks on how great thwe Philippines are but never advocates for summary executions. No mention on whether the state or Fed should carry out true penalty either so I ....I just never hear him advocate for death penalty (whether judicial or extra judicial) in US. Only suggesting it would work not that it should, indeed he even commented the US was not ready for it!. Yes, at best he said US is not ready for it and how lovely Philippines are this time of year. Tramp, stfu and tell congress to Legalise it you worm!

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you don't see a problem with the president of the united states, the head of the executive branch of the US government advocating summary executions, vigilantism, and that people should ignore the laws that he's oath- and duty-bound to enforce?

i don't even



it's just blind partisanship, he's openly said so. I'll see if i can find the post later, if i remember.
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I swear to friggin G-D I have not heard him say that, I've seen the clips.
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for somebody who seems awfully good at putting words in other people's mouths and inventing things they didnt say, you are extremely poor at reading context and dog whistles when it comes to "your team". which isnt a surprise at all, its something i expect. willful ignorance wont get you anywhere though, except maybe at managing your own cognitive dissonance.

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Dondald Trump is a stupid racist and so are his supporters is an awful thing to tell India.
Hillary Clinton suggested that people who supported President Trump in 2016 did so because they “didn’t like black people getting rights,” or women getting jobs, during a discussion at the India Today Conclave on Sunday.
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The closeness of the 2018 Pennsylvania special election is just insane.

The candidates are less than 1,000 votes apart with 3,900 votes to count! (Absentee ballots)

This is insane! :D

The Republicans must be losing their minds.

Their candidate should have won this election handily.

Trump won by 20 points here

Trump just announced the steel and aluminum tariffs (this is steel country)

Trump had a rally. MAGA!

Donald Trump Jr. visited a chocolate factory

And it's too close to call!

Midterm 2018 elections are going to be so awesome!
 
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It's kind of insane how we have a President who just fired his Secretary of State yesterday and no ones even talking about it anymore.
 
^^ Yep I honestly think that's it, for him anyway. This is just another way to get everyone to talk about him, except now instead of all of America, it's the whole world. I seriously doubt the guy expected to actually win, but either way running for President was going to increase his fame and notoriety.
 
Things are really weird right now.

I hear Trump gave Aus an exemption to tariffs hes imposing on other countries and hence we took that and ran. That was so stupid, giving Trump leverage is a dumb move.



I expect the anti NK stance and Turnbulls declaration they are such a huge threat etc must be a total coincidence.


I hope we dont get dragged into another "coalition of the willing" bullshit thing.

That would piss Russia off and I aint fucking with Russia. They would crush anyone and Putin would look slightly better in budgie smugglers. Im on his side.

NK is no threat to us and hardly any threat to anyone. Its really stupid.
 
turnbull's a fucking idiot.

i've heard from some insiders in one of the ministers' offices that the liberals were very pleased when trump got elected. vile - but really not that surprising; they both represent the interests of the mega-wealthy.


meanwhile, they just signed the TPP (without the USA), which is just terrible IMO.

NK is no threat to us and hardly any threat to anyone. Its really stupid.
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agreed. i'm so sick of these imperial wars.
 
Soo, North Korea is no threat to anyone? Not South Korea that they're still at war with. Or all the people who were exposed to one of the deadliest nerve agents to ever exist all so their leader could murder someone.

Not to even mention the north Korean people, the ones who are publicity executed over nothing and whos family are sentenced to be worked and starved and raped to death for the crime of being related to someone who did something the government didn't like.

No threat. Right. Jesus Christ. The lengths people will go to reenforce their world view.

North Korea is are not victims of an evil imperial united States. They're as clear cut bad guys as you get. And the sooner their government is dismantled or collapses the better.

But there I go exerting my will on other people's and cultures. How American of me. I suppose I should just learn to love and accept their differences. It just seems horrible and wrong and evil cause I've been brainwashed right?

Look, I know that there's a lot of exaggeration regarding the danger north Korea poses to the world and how crazy and insane their leader supposedly is. But let's not go too far in downplaying their behavior either.
 
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Rephrase: North Korea is not the major threat to the world as made out and I hope Trump didnt just buy a stupid blind follower in our bloke as honestly, thats not how allies are meant to work.


Thats just buying his friends and Ill bet he will renege on any deal he makes easily if he doesnt wanna hold up his end like he has already.
 
Well, yes I agree the risk of say, North Korea actually using a nuclear weapon to attack us is extremely unlikely. So I agree in that sense.

Their nuclear program is like any nuclear weapon. It's more to show off than to actually use. Kim Jong un may be a horrible evil person, but there's nothing to suggest he's crazy. And actually using a nuclear weapon would be suicidal crazy. It would mean his own death. If they used one, we would go to war and the government wouldn't rest until they killed him. And more to the point, China would most likely allow it. And I'd bet the know it too. So no, I don't think they pose that kind of threat either.
 
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