Donald Trump Presidency discussion Thread VII (threadbanned users listed in OP)

duploelabs

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

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https://twitter.com/bigleaguepol/status/1225174505712160768?s=19

He's RT this

Billy Mays

The president of the USA retweeting conspiracy theories about his political opponents obviously pales in comparison to anonymous users of an Irish internet forum posting unflattering images of, and saying mean things about said president

EltonJohn69

Billy Mays wrote: »

The president of the USA retweeting conspiracy theories about his political opponents obviously pales in comparison to anonymous users of an Irish internet forum posting unflattering images of, and saying mean things about said president

I think history will judge both equally harshly

Gbear

Billy Mays wrote: »

The president of the USA retweeting conspiracy theories about his political opponents obviously pales in comparison to anonymous users of an Irish internet forum posting unflattering images of, and saying mean things about said president

If the President of Eritrea or Papua New Guinea or some other minor nation was prone to posting the kind of absolute drivel that Trump posts there'd probably be a load of condescending and borederline racialist news items about that mad eejit in charge of some "****hole country" in the arsehole of nowhere and how hilarious it is how much ****e they talk.

Instead we're getting it from an instution that has at least generally been relatively dignified, and is in charge of the most powerful country in the world. It's worth, every now and again, taking a step back and really internalising what an absolute abomination Donald Trump is as a person and a president.

You've likely never met as amoral and narcissistic a person unless you're involved in a mental health profession or work in the criminal justice system.

PropJoe10

Gbear wrote: »

If the President of Eritrea or Papua New Guinea or some other minor nation was prone to posting the kind of absolute drivel that Trump posts there'd probably be a load of condescending and borederline racialist news items about that mad eejit in charge of some "****hole country" in the arsehole of nowhere and how hilarious it is how much ****e they talk.

Instead we're getting it from an instution that has at least generally been relatively dignified, and is in charge of the most powerful country in the world. It's worth, every now and again, taking a step back and really internalising what an absolute abomination Donald Trump is as a person and a president.

You've likely never met as amoral and narcissistic a person unless you're involved in a mental health profession or work in the criminal justice system.

Well, indeed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it's all become normal now. It keeps happening - he does and says things that would end the political career of any other person, yet, he keeps on going and people just roll their eyes and say "there goes Trump again".

I truly hope people are mobilised in November to vote this moron out of office. I don't think I can put up with another 4 years of this nonsense.

Penn

Billy Mays wrote: »

The president of the USA retweeting conspiracy theories about his political opponents obviously pales in comparison to anonymous users of an Irish internet forum posting unflattering images of, and saying mean things about said president

Look, Trump obviously just had too much apple juice and had a hard week presidenting and that's why he's retweeting conspiracy theories about people who aren't loyal to him. So let's give him the benefit of the doubt.

everlast75

Gbear wrote: »

If the President of Eritrea or Papua New Guinea or some other minor nation was prone to posting the kind of absolute drivel that Trump posts there'd probably be a load of condescending and borederline racialist news items about that mad eejit in charge of some "****hole country" in the arsehole of nowhere and how hilarious it is how much ****e they talk.

Instead we're getting it from an instution that has at least generally been relatively dignified, and is in charge of the most powerful country in the world. It's worth, every now and again, taking a step back and really internalising what an absolute abomination Donald Trump is as a person and a president.

You've likely never met as amoral and narcissistic a person unless you're involved in a mental health profession or work in the criminal justice system.

Agreed.

It really is an exercise in awareness to see how far we have come, in that the sh1t he does and says on a day to day basis hardly makes a blip in the news.

It reminds me of the frog in the boiling water story.

3 years ago, if we had told you that Trump would do even half of what he has actually done, no one would have believed it.

one armed dwarf

That and apparently if you are still bewildered by the inappropriateness and strangeness of his behaviour it's actually evidence of your own derangement, not Trump's.

'The liberals are still butthurt that he altered a weather report with a marker cause he can't stand being wrong' - Pete, probably.

Racism and anti-immigrant rhetoric aside, he does not behave like a normal man and it is not abnormal to be worried about that. Otherwise ask yourself why we don't speak about a Boris Johnson derangement syndrome, or Farage?

aloyisious

Its not as if an image of him with a slightly altered hairstyle was scurrilous or damaging to his reputation, remembering the images where rotor-blades had given him a hair-blow. Don Trump himself has issued faked-up videos of Nancy Pelosi tearing up his House speech at times where she did not do it for propoganda purposes. It seems its reasonable that we can follow Dons example as best practice where it involves him, even to the simple setting of his hair-do, unless its really upsetting to his male ego, whatever about it being upsetting to other male egos. There was a medal ceremony in the oval office where Don promoted a retiree to Brig-General rank. It seems the edited video of Nancy tearing up Dons speech included that guest of his to the state of the union event. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2074911/tuskegee-airman-receives-promotion-to-brigadier-general/

briany

Penn wrote: »

Look, Trump obviously just had too much apple juice and had a hard week presidenting and that's why he's retweeting conspiracy theories about people who aren't loyal to him. So let's give him the benefit of the doubt.

The whole of Trump's conduct as POTUS could be summed up as one Roseanne Ambien tweet after another.

spacecoyote

aloyisious wrote: »

Its not as if an image of him with a slightly altered hairstyle was scurrilous or damaging to his reputation, remembering the images where rotor-blades had given him a hair-blow. Don Trump himself has issued faked-up videos of Nancy Pelosi tearing up his House speech at times where she did not do it for propoganda purposes. It seems its reasonable that we can follow Dons example as best practice where it involves him, even to the simple setting of his hair-do, unless its really upsetting to his male ego, whatever about it being upsetting to other male egos. There was a medal ceremony in the oval office where Don promoted a retiree to Brig-General rank. It seems the edited video of Nancy tearing up Dons speech included that guest of his to the state of the union event. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2074911/tuskegee-airman-receives-promotion-to-brigadier-general/

I saw a piece somewhere on YouTube around the campaigns that Bloomberg is running where he is only using "fat" Trump pictures. Basically, him all in white/khaki on the golf course puffing & panting, and supposedly Trump is losing his sh1t over them because he, as is evident, has a very fragile ego, and is quite vain.

Would love it if one of the Dems took a leaf from his book, with the petty nicknames and just kept referring to him as Obese Trump, or Fat Trump

kilns

spacecoyote wrote: »

I saw a piece somewhere on YouTube around the campaigns that Bloomberg is running where he is only using "fat" Trump pictures. Basically, him all in white/khaki on the golf course puffing & panting, and supposedly Trump is losing his sh1t over them because he, as is evident, has a very fragile ego, and is quite vain.

Would love it if one of the Dems took a leaf from his book, with the petty nicknames and just kept referring to him as Obese Trump, or Fat Trump

The problem with that is they will be seen to be "fat shaming" and dont want to alienate any voters no matter how fat they are

DrumSteve

kilns wrote: »

The problem with that is they will be seen to be "fat shaming" and dont want to alienate any voters no matter how fat they are

F*ck him, sure he's brought it to this level with his behaviour.

And sure wasn't he going after Bloomberg's appearance for standing on a box? He has brought it to this level, he can have no complaints.

Penn

DrumSteve wrote: »

F*ck him, sure he's brought it to this level with his behaviour.

And sure wasn't he going after Bloomberg's appearance for standing on a box? He has brought it to this level, he can have no complaints.

I'd be more concerned about them fat-shaming the voting public of America rather than Trump if they go too hard after Trump's weight.

Just use unflattering photos of Trump, of which there are many, and let Trump's fragile ego do the rest.

kilns

DrumSteve wrote: »

F*ck him, sure he's brought it to this level with his behaviour.

And sure wasn't he going after Bloomberg's appearance for standing on a box? He has brought it to this level, he can have no complaints.

Theyd love to go after him like that and his make up and constant fcuk ups and the fact he cant read. But they want to hold the moral high ground which they think will bring the undecided to them

Igotadose

Penn wrote: »

I'd be more concerned about them fat-shaming the voting public of America rather than Trump if they go too hard after Trump's weight.

Just use unflattering photos of Trump, of which there are many, and let Trump's fragile ego do the rest.

Bloomberg's got a thing about weight. Remember the ban on large soft drinks when he was Mayor in NYC? Funny thing, I know a number of people that worked or still work for his company in NYC on 57th st. There are several cafeterias in the building, and loads and loads of free snacks available all day long.

No in-house exercise facility, though :P:P

StringerBell

everlast75 wrote: »

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I'd be a very big fan of Bill Maher, not to say we are in synch on everything mind but that's kinda like just being human isn't it? Little and big differences.

Anyways, yes, when that segment came out last week or whenever it was I sent it on to a few of my more contrarien or right leaning friends and they loved it too. It is bang on the money tbh and something I wish democrats would actually proceed with instead of always shooting themselves in the foot getting caught in the Republican talking point/outrage trap or this race to the extreme left that often takes place that just alienates the majority to appear the vocal minority.

peddlelies

SNIP. No comedy links please.

ancapailldorcha

Mod: Please refrain from posting comedy links.

SeamusFX

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Mod: Please refrain from posting comedy links.

When a comedy link is SO APPROPRIATE and still tells the truth, it should be allowed! Kind of ironic that so many Fake links are allowed, but something that truly tells it like it is, isn’t allowed!

aloyisious

I saw this in the Examiner. Its been reported on in the US media as well. https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/buttigieg-and-sanders-campaigns-request-recanvass-of-iowa-caucus-980977.html

aloyisious

Ref Michael Flynn's sentencing hearing, the judge has put it back while he hears an application from the prosecutors to allow them call his first defence team to testify against him. On the face of it, the application sounds novel. https://ktvz.com/politics/2020/02/10/federal-prosecutors-gear-up-for-fight-with-flynn-over-his-guilt-by-attempting-to-use-his-former-lawyers-against-him/

His new defence team has attacked his old defence team over a conflict of interest to try and get his guilty plea overturned. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/flynn-legal-team-withdraw-guilty-plea-109126

TomOnBoard

SeamusFX wrote: »

When a comedy link is SO APPROPRIATE and still tells the truth, it should be allowed! Kind of ironic that so many Fake links are allowed, but something that truly tells it like it is, isn’t allowed!

Basically, as I see it, the Mods have a rough enough job trying to moderate all the text etc that is posted here. If someone produces an original comedic contribution that fits into the definition of genuine satire, that's one thing ; however, do we really want to see arbitrary posts from SNL, Monty Python or equivalents cluttering up the discourse by just being dumped here. Like, The Life of Brian would be relevant to the subject of this thread, but do we need to view a 1.75 hr movie just to get the point a poster is making?

SeamusFX

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Basically, as I see it, the Mods have a rough enough job trying to moderate all the text etc that is posted here. If someone produces an original comedic contribution that fits into the definition of genuine satire, that's one thing ; however, do we really want to see arbitrary posts from SNL, Monty Python or equivalents cluttering up the discourse by just being dumped here. Like, The Life of Brian would be relevant to the subject of this thread, but do we need to view a 1.75 hr movie just to get the point a poster is making?

Since the link was removed, I can’t confirm what it was, but if it’s the link I’m thinking of, it was a compilation of real clips of the Big Fat Liar, just saying really stupid things, even for him. So it is comedy gold, but not satire.

TomOnBoard

Biden has sent media heads into a tailspin in New Hampshire by telling some young woman that she was a ‘lying, dog-faced pony soldier’ .

No-one seems able to figure out wtf he was referencing. It appears he claimed that John Wayne said something like that about an Indian Chief in one of his cowboys v Indians films back in the day.... But no-one seems able to find the movie...

Please God, dont tell me this 2020 election is going to boil down to a senility battle, where the election will be fought simply to find the lesser of the two dementias to place in the White House!!!

And we used to laugh at Soviet Union leaders being freshly embalmed before each public appearance!! Remember Breshnev and Chernenko?

TomOnBoard

DrumSteve wrote: »

F*ck him, sure he's brought it to this level with his behaviour.

And sure wasn't he going after Bloomberg's appearance for standing on a box? He has brought it to this level, he can have no complaints.

Sadly, Trump has normalised outrageous behaviour and 'nastified' political discourse to such an extent that every former standard of decency and acceptable political interaction has been shredded. And when a new low becomes the new standard, he shreds it again. He is such an odious cancer in the political system worldwide (that cancer having metastasized to UK and Europe) that it is laughable that anyone would cry foul just because he's been hair, tan and belly shamed as a result of a photo his own White House put out there.

everlast75

https://twitter.com/rossgarber/status/1227015185304637440?s=19

Some fantastic news to finish off a Monday night.

I hope the proverbial book is thrown at him.

TomOnBoard

everlast75 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/rossgarber/status/1227015185304637440?s=19

Some fantastic news to finish off a Monday night.

I hope the proverbial book is thrown at him.

I reckon the book will be thrown hard at him... So hard in fact that Trump will issue a pardon on the grounds that the punishment is 'grossly unfair'.

Of all the cronies found guilty up to now, Stone is the one who knows where all the bodies are buried, going back decades. And he has stood by Trump. And if Fat Donnie knows about anything, he's an expert in Quid Pro Quo!

BonnieSituation

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Biden has sent media heads into a tailspin in New Hampshire by telling some young woman that she was a ‘lying, dog-faced pony soldier’ .

No-one seems able to figure out wtf he was referencing. It appears he claimed that John Wayne said something like that about an Indian Chief in one of his cowboys v Indians films back in the day.... But no-one seems able to find the movie...

Please God, dont tell me this 2020 election is going to boil down to a senility battle, where the election will be fought simply to find the lesser of the two dementias to place in the White House!!!

And we used to laugh at Soviet Union leaders being freshly embalmed before each public appearance!! Remember Breshnev and Chernenko?

I watched the clip there. It seemed pretty harmless.

Thing is, he's used that phrase before and still no one knows what it is. Looks like he's mashing up several things together.

TomOnBoard

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Looks like he's mashing up several things together.

So it would seem... My brief googling has a Tyrone Power movie about the RCMP along with a John Wayne movie having contributed the individual words, if not the actual order in which Joe used them.

Of course, in a normal world, folks would probably see Joe's grin when he used the phrase to show that it was simply playful repartee between a politician and an audience member.

In these absolutely dystopian times however, all the humanity is sucked out of the situation and the words themselves are all that survive.