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Re: We Need To Talk About Donald

Post by Animavore » Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:37 pm

Have to admit, I've been following Dan Rather on my Facebook too. He's been a, em.. rather sane voice in all this nonsense.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:03 am

I'd Rather you didn't. :whistle:

So Trump is not going to unilaterally withdraw from NAFTA as promised. Surprised?
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Post by Animavore » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:34 am

I love the Game of Thrones reference in this.

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Post by pErvinalia » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:58 am

Brian Peacock wrote:I'd Rather you didn't. :whistle:

So Trump is not going to unilaterally withdraw from NAFTA as promised. Surprised?
He's pretty much reneged on everything he promised. Although, looks like he's going for the tax cuts with his team of swamp creatures.
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Post by Animavore » Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:23 pm

Didn't know Bruce Springsteen was still going.

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Post by Forty Two » Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:30 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:I'd Rather you didn't. :whistle:

So Trump is not going to unilaterally withdraw from NAFTA as promised. Surprised?
He did not promise that. He promised to either renegotiate it or withdraw. Recently, there was an executive order under discussion to withdraw, and now he's talking about preferring to renegotiate with Canada and Mexico. So, while he hasn't yet withdrawn or renegotiated, I would think it's fair to give his administration some time on it.
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Post by Tero » Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:31 pm

Chicago Tribune:
Donald Trump's lies are working brilliantly. This new poll proves it. Voters are idiots
80 percent of Trump voters think it's a bigger problem that news organizations produce false stories, while only 3 percent of them think it's a bigger problem that the Trump administration makes false claims. (Among Republicans overall, this is 69-14.)

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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:24 am

Lying for Jesus is a good training ground.
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Post by Tero » Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:30 pm

Trump the wimp
Trump went from accusing the Chinese of manipulating their currency to agreeing that they didn’t. He has not made any visible progress in forcing Mexico to pay for a border wall. He was talked out of abandoning the North American Free Trade Agreement by the leaders of Mexico and Canada. And he was unable to bully Democrats into working with him to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

“He has folded like a lawn chair at the slightest hint of pressure, and he’s getting played like a violin by enemies like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un,” said Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff to retired Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

In Mexico, the country Trump has vilified since the start of his campaign nearly two years ago, a senator told The New York Times that political leaders there have started to see Trump primarily as a “bluffer.”

“In front of a bluffer, you always have to maintain a firm and dignified position,” Armando Ríos Piter told the Times.
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Post by Hermit » Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:45 pm

Tero wrote:Trump the wimp
And he was unable to bully Democrats into working with him to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Moreover, the master of the deal has not even been able to obtain the support of a sufficient number of the Republican reps to repeal the Affordable Care Act. So he chickened out from letting it even come to a vote. :mrgreen:
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Post by Tero » Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:02 pm

Trump Administration Position on Supreme Court Case Suggests Melania Trump Could Be Deported
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case involving a Serbian woman who was deported after it turned out she'd misrepresented a fact about her husband during the process of becoming an American citizen. The Trump administration argued to the court that not only was the woman in question's deportation defensible, but that any inaccuracy on official paperwork, even regarding the most trivial and "immaterial" issues, can justify deportation and the revocation of citizenship.
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Post by Tero » Fri Apr 28, 2017 2:05 pm

Hello blue collar Trumpites: coal jobs not coming and Trump will destroy your union
Despite Populist Rhetoric, Trump Is Poised to Preside Over a Crackdown on Unions
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Re: We Need To Talk About Donald

Post by pErvinalia » Fri Apr 28, 2017 2:15 pm

Tero wrote:Trump the wimp
Trump went from accusing the Chinese of manipulating their currency to agreeing that they didn’t. He has not made any visible progress in forcing Mexico to pay for a border wall. He was talked out of abandoning the North American Free Trade Agreement by the leaders of Mexico and Canada. And he was unable to bully Democrats into working with him to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

“He has folded like a lawn chair at the slightest hint of pressure, and he’s getting played like a violin by enemies like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un,” said Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff to retired Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

In Mexico, the country Trump has vilified since the start of his campaign nearly two years ago, a senator told The New York Times that political leaders there have started to see Trump primarily as a “bluffer.”

“In front of a bluffer, you always have to maintain a firm and dignified position,” Armando Ríos Piter told the Times.
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Seems about right. He's full of hot air. I like the comment - "He has folded like a lawn chair..." :lol:
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