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President 'The Donald' Trump and Surprising Consequences - Mod warning in OP

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    #2402
    B0jangles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,951 ✭✭✭B0jangles


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    Can you please tell us what is in it and why we should watch it?

    It's only 45 seconds long but ok - A reporter at a press conference presses Trump on his anti-immigration policies and Trump refuses to answer then has the reporter thrown out. The person throwing him out tells him to "get out of my country". Reporter responds that he is a US citizen, (not that that should matter). It is an illustration of how Trump is behaving more like a dictator than a democratically elected leader.

    Edit: Correction it's a pre-election Trump so not fair to call him a democratically elected leader at that point. However the point still stands that Trump thinks it is acceptable for him to have legitimate reporters who ask hard questions thrown out and insulted by his team.


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    #2403
    MightyMandarin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭MightyMandarin


    B0jangles wrote: »
    Remember when Freedom of Speech and the freedom of the press were things that were cornerstones of what the United States claimed to stand for?

    https://twitter.com/imWaavey/status/826930342271541251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

    Not anymore.

    (watch to the end, it manages to get even worse)

    This was last year actually. Never saw the bit at the end though.

    'Get out of my country'

    'I'm a US citizen'

    '...well...whatever'

    What an absolute dickhead that Trump aide was.


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    #2404
    Nody
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    That immigrants must respect religious freedom, and must love the values of the US.
    Trump said "Freedom of religion is a sacred right"
    That part will be turned into a meme if the leaked memo on religion which would enshrine Christianity and Catholicism as the US religion into law and action inc. banning LGBT marriage, pro life laws etc. which are all religious nutjob inventions (and not supported by the bible; exactly as many nutjob laws in Muslim countries are not based on the Koran but an extreme interpretation in favour of their opinion). Now I hope the leaked memo is not going to happen because it's effing stupid exactly like Saudi Arabia laws are stupid due to religion.


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    #2405
    MightyMandarin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭MightyMandarin


    rgossip30 wrote: »
    The Thread should be renamed, The hate Donald Thread .

    If you dislike the criticism of him, feel free to defend him, or post anything which can be considered to be good. The only reason it's predominately negative in here, is because 99% of the stuff he's doing is very, very bad.


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    #2406
    Zubeneschamali
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    The Thread should be renamed, The hate Donald Thread .

    Pretty soon the Earth will have to be renamed HateDonaldWorld.


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    #2407
    Harika
    Registered Users Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Harika


    RobertKK wrote: »
    It was light hearted fun, I saw it live, he asked people to pray for Arnie as the rating for the Apprentice are not the best according to Donald.

    I would agree, if there were not those tweets from before and his personality.


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    #2408
    RobertKK
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    B0jangles wrote: »
    It's only 45 seconds long but ok - A reporter at a press conference presses Trump on his anti-immigration policies and Trump refuses to answer then has the reporter thrown out. The person throwing him out tells him to "get out of my country". Reporter responds that he is a US citizen, (not that that should matter). It is an illustration of how Trump is behaving more like a dictator than a democratically elected leader.

    It is news from the election campaign, a journalist tried to hijack a press conference.
    I don't know how Trump can be blamed for what someone else said.

    This is really old news, that I saw on twitter this morning, and seemed to have gained some traction, it was shown on CNN last summer.
    6 month old news and people calling Trump a dictator for the actions of what someone else said.


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    #2409
    frostyjacks
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    B0jangles wrote: »
    It's only 45 seconds long but ok - A reporter at a press conference presses Trump on his anti-immigration policies and Trump refuses to answer then has the reporter thrown out. The person throwing him out tells him to "get out of my country". Reporter responds that he is a US citizen, (not that that should matter). It is an illustration of how Trump is behaving more like a dictator than a democratically elected leader.

    Edit: Correction it's a pre-election Trump so not fair to call him a democratically elected leader at that point. However the point still stands that Trump thinks it is acceptable for him to have legitimate reporters who ask hard questions thrown out and insulted by his team.

    It was a journalist from Mexico trying to cause trouble. His daughter was on the Hiliary campaign team.


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    #2410
    B0jangles
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    A reporter tried to ask a hard question.

    Trump refused to answer and tried to move on to another reporter, but apparently no-one was willing to help him move on.

    He then had the reporter thrown out and, as a bonus, the reporter was gratuitously insulted by a member of his staff.

    A rational, reasonable person who believed in free speech and the freedom of the press would have given some kind of answer to the question, they would not silence and then eject the questioner.


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    #2411
    CMOTDibbler
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    frostyjacks wrote: »
    It was a journalist from Mexico trying to cause trouble. His daughter was on the Hiliary campaign team.
    Oh that makes it alright so. Pretty lax of them letting such a character into the press conference.

    A Mexican with a daughter on Hillary Clinton's team shouldn't be allowed be a journalist anyway.


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    #2412
    Harika
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    CMOTDibbler wrote: »
    Oh that makes it alright so. Pretty lax of them letting such a character into the press conference.

    A Mexican with a daughter on Hillary Clinton's team shouldn't be allowed be a journalist anyway.

    Or get work at all! Who is not for Trump simply gets fired, no more problems with #wrong questions.


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    #2413
    RobertKK
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    B0jangles wrote: »
    A reporter tried to ask a hard question.

    Trump refused to answer and tried to move on to another reporter, but apparently no-one was willing to help him move on.

    He then had the reporter thrown out and, as a bonus, the reporter was gratuitously insulted by a member of his staff.

    A rational, reasonable person who believed in free speech and the freedom of the press would have given some kind of answer to the question, they would not silence and then eject the questioner.

    It is not like Ramos didn't know the opinion of Trump, and Ramos refused to let any other journalist speak and that is why he was thrown out.
    That was fine, what was said to him afterwards was not, and one can't blame Trump for what someone else said.


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    #2414
    Mr.Micro
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    FA Hayek wrote: »
    No, the world is not going to end, no matter how many people are willing it. People are losing the run off themselves with fantasy nonsense. They are actually enjoying feeling afraid. The democrats and the media are peddling fear, fear of Trump, to mobilise their base. People are stupid enough to fall for it.

    No that is not true. Bush was the one who started this war on terror stuff, fuelling fear in the American public. It allowed him and his Government to set up Homeland security and other outfits, and kept people afraid. Obama continued in the same vein IMO, but to say it was just the Democrats peddling fear is totally incorrect.


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    #2415
    rgossip30
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    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    Pretty soon the Earth will have to be renamed HateDonaldWorld.

    A new terrorist organisation from within , the left and radical Muslims and anyone else can tag along .
    You ain't seen HATE speech yet . Reality TV up a notch rating 5* .


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    #2416
    RobertKK
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    On CNN now, they are saying the attack in Yemen that killed Al Qaeda members,also killed 13 civilians and it was planned by the Obama administration, and approved by Trump.
    Trump like Obama killed many innocent people in their first week in office.


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    #2417
    Mr.Micro
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    The Thread should be renamed, The hate Donald Thread .

    But everyone loves Donald Duck.:D


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    #2418
    CMOTDibbler
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    Mr.Micro wrote: »
    No that is not true. Bush was the one who started this war on terror stuff, fuelling fear in the American public. It allowed him and his Government to set up Homeland security and other outfits, and kept people afraid. Obama continued in the same vein IMO, but to say it was just the Democrats peddling fear is totally incorrect.
    Dubya also brought in the Patriot Act and the danger status colours.

    What was it again?

    Green: Be prepared to be afraid
    Yellow: Be afraid
    Orange: Be very afraid
    Red: Run like fúck

    ;)


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    #2419
    frostyjacks
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    CMOTDibbler wrote: »
    Oh that makes it alright so. Pretty lax of them letting such a character into the press conference.

    A Mexican with a daughter on Hillary Clinton's team shouldn't be allowed be a journalist anyway.

    He can be whatever he wants to be, so long as he's honest. He was preventing real journalists from asking real questions.


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    #2420
    rgossip30
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    Mr.Micro wrote: »
    But everyone loves Donald Duck.:D

    Duck for cover he's coming .


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    #2421
    CMOTDibbler
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    frostyjacks wrote: »
    He can be whatever he wants to be, so long as he's honest. He was preventing real journalists from asking real questions.
    It looked to me like the 'real' journalists wanted to hear the answer too.

    But you're right. It was an unreal question alright.


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    #2422
    rgossip30
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    Hiilary Clinton could not negotiate in the middle east an Arab prefers a man and Russia ,forget it .


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    #2423
    CMOTDibbler
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    Hiilary Clinton could not negotiate in the middle east an Arab prefers a man and Russia ,forget it .
    Not sure if serious?

    She was Secretary of State. That would have been her job. And apparently; according to many posters on here, she was getting on much too well with the Saudis. :rolleyes:


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    #2424
    Nody
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    Hiilary Clinton could not negotiate in the middle east an Arab prefers a man and Russia ,forget it .
    Are you saying that USA should pander to Muslims and their traditions now? And no; they would negotiate with Hillary or any other female if that's the person USA sent because what matters more is the power of the position than the gender of the person.


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    #2425
    rgossip30
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    CMOTDibbler wrote: »
    Not sure if serious?

    She was Secretary of State. That would have been her job. And apparently; according to many posters on here, she was getting on much too well with the Saudis. :rolleyes:

    Mmm she never mentioned anything about safe zones that I can recall .


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    #2426
    CMOTDibbler
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    Mmm she never mentioned anything about safe zones that I can recall .
    It's a bit early to be hitting the drink. I have no idea what you're talking about. Could you clarify please?


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    #2427
    rgossip30
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    CMOTDibbler wrote: »
    It's a bit early to be hitting the drink. I have no idea what you're talking about. Could you clarify please?


    Come on no need for put me downs

    Safe zones to be set up in Northern Syria for real refugees .Trump has started negotiations with the Saudi King .


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    #2428
    CMOTDibbler
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    Come on no need for put me downs

    Safe zones to be set up in Northern Syria for real refugees .Trump has started negotiations with the Saudi King .
    I hope you'll forgive my impudence, but I was literally confused at what seemed a complete non sequitur.


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    #2429
    Itssoeasy
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    rgossip30 wrote: »
    The Thread should be renamed, The hate Donald Thread .

    No it should be renamed the "documenting Donal trump and his attempts to mess up the USA"


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    #2430
    Itssoeasy
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    I see that Donald trump has annoyed the austrialians. Which has led to speaker Paul Ryan and other republicans to have to say that the relationship is a valued one. I mean at some point Paul Ryan and others will get sick of having to walk back stuff their bumbling president is doing.


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    #2431
    KingBrian2
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    CMOTDibbler wrote: »
    Not sure if serious?

    She was Secretary of State. That would have been her job. And apparently; according to many posters on here, she was getting on much too well with the Saudis. :rolleyes:

    She made light of the untimely demise of the head of state of a Muslim country a Muslim secular country. Had she negotiated with the Saudi's stop stop funding anti Shi'ite Jihadists then her record would be greatly enhanced.


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