Lets see if we can keep this thread a little more civil.

I found this interview very interesting.  A lot of soft balls thrown at Trump, he explained his back pedalling on his more extreme issues as a lot of his claims as opening bids for negotiation purposes.  Which .. whatever .. I still think that those are insincere claims he used to get elected.

He does now come across way more presidential then he did prior to the election.  A lot of his noise, yelling, and rhetoric has been scaled back.

Do respect this one though:

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Lesley Stahl: Are you gonna take the salary, the president’s salary?

Donald Trump: Well, I’ve never commented on this, but the answer is no. I think I have to by law take $1, so I’ll take $1 a year. But it’s a -- I don’t even know what it is.

Donald Trump: Do you know what the salary is?

Lesley Stahl: $400,000 you’re giving up.

Donald Trump: No, I’m not gonna take the salary. I’m not taking it.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

19 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Why dont the Germans just ask for it back?  Surely they can take back their own Gold, should they desire.

hard to understand.

Makes no sense to me. I agree, just take it back.

Maybe you guys should get your information from articles that aren't five years old, for starters.

The Germans are well aware of what gold is in the U.S. and released detailed information about it in 2013.  Furthermore they began repatriation of their gold in 2016 and for the first time have more of their gold held in Frankfurt than in New York.

There are good reasons to not want ALL their gold within their borders.  And when they do want some of their gold back, it's not like driving to your buddy's house and putting his couch in the back of your truck.

3 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Maybe you guys should get your information from articles that aren't five years old, for starters.

The Germans are well aware of what gold is in the U.S. and released detailed information about it in 2013.  Furthermore they began repatriation of their gold in 2016 and for the first time have more of their gold held in Frankfurt than in New York.

There are good reasons to not want ALL their gold within their borders.  And when they do want some of their gold back, it's not like driving to your buddy's house and putting his couch in the back of your truck.

So they did exactly what I suggested they do?

Good.  Me and the Germans, on the same page when it comes to International financial concerns.

3 hours ago, Atomic said:

Maybe you guys should get your information from articles that aren't five years old, for starters.

The Germans are well aware of what gold is in the U.S. and released detailed information about it in 2013.  Furthermore they began repatriation of their gold in 2016 and for the first time have more of their gold held in Frankfurt than in New York.

There are good reasons to not want ALL their gold within their borders.  And when they do want some of their gold back, it's not like driving to your buddy's house and putting his couch in the back of your truck.

 

It's good to let the news simmer for a few years, just kind of aging, it gets better that way. like beer.

got a link to the new info?

 

Edited July 5, 20178 yr by Mark F

27 minutes ago, Mark F said:

It's good to let the news simmer for a few years, just kind of aging, it gets better that way. like beer.

got a link to the new info?

No, no.... news is more like milk.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bundesbank-gold-idUKKBN15O192

thanks atomic.

what you all think about this?

 

4 minutes ago, Mark F said:

thanks atomic.

what you all think about this?

 

Covfefe, ketchup on steak, two scoops of ice cream.

More liberals looking for something where there is nothing.

So Trump has now publicly "written off" the Chinese, in terms of influencing North Korea.....after endless bragging about how they were going to do his work for him....less that a month ago.    At least the Trump family did get their patents and licenses, anyways.....

What a statesman....

Just now, do or die said:

So Trump has now publicly "written off" the Chinese, in terms of influencing North Korea.....after endless bragging about how they were going to do his work for him....less that a month ago.    At least the Trump family did get their patents and licenses, anyways.....

What a statesman....

Trump's backing himself into a corner.  NK has already crossed Trump's red line of developing a missile that could strike the US.  He said it would never happen.  It's happened. 

At some point, Trump is going to have to send in the troops (or drones).

4 hours ago, Atomic said:

Covfefe, ketchup on steak, two scoops of ice cream.

More liberals looking for something where there is nothing.

If the President of the USA can't find his way five feet from the bottom step of a plane ramp to an open car door without help, conservatives, liberals, Bomber fans, and lower slobovians should all be worried.

Treating these things like a football game, "at 7:30 central, it's the liberals v conservatives"  etc, is a road to everybody losing.

 

Edited July 6, 20178 yr by Mark F

Who will he try to man handle with a handshake, or push aside during a photo op, which leader will he piss off, should be an interesting summit.

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

If the President of the USA can't find his way five feet from the bottom step of a plane ramp to an open car door without help, conservatives, liberals, Bomber fans, and lower slobovians should all be worried.

Treating these things like a football game, "at 7:30 central, it's the liberals v conservatives"  etc, is a road to everybody losing.

 

Yeah and overanalyzing every tiny detail of the guy's day is just as bad.  What exactly do you think happened in that video that has you so concerned?  He's blind and can't see the limo?

11 hours ago, Atomic said:

Yeah and overanalyzing every tiny detail of the guy's day is just as bad.  What exactly do you think happened in that video that has you so concerned?  He's blind and can't see the limo?

Its a fair point.  And had that been Clinton, or Obama or even Bush really, it would have been an amusing moment that we'd hardly mention.  But because Trump is an embarrassing idiot, it gets more play.  I can understand that.  Realistically, he assumed he was going to a different limo.  Im sure he's surrounded by limos (there is never just one).  So its not an impossible mistake to make.  His aid or body man probably should have made sure he knew which limo he was taking.

18 hours ago, Atomic said:

Yeah and overanalyzing every tiny detail of the guy's day is just as bad.  What exactly do you think happened in that video that has you so concerned?  He's blind and can't see the limo?

Does this apply to Canada too? 

9 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

Does this apply to Canada too? 

Yes this **** needs to stop too.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/05/20/jogging-justin-trudeau-photobombs-vancouver-prom-students.html

 

Now we're writing articles about one moron's tweets?  God I hate the new media.

the declaration of independence was born out of the american revolution. is it suprising that someone would take that quote as inciting revolution? thats kind of exactly what it means.

Trump and Putin focused on ways to move past Russia's alleged interference in the US election, said Tillerson, who was in the meeting with the leaders.

No ****

On 2017-07-07 at 7:38 AM, Atomic said:

Now we're writing articles about one moron's tweets?  God I hate the new media.

It wasn't just one moron - it was a lot of morons.

LOL Angela.

Edited July 9, 20178 yr by Mark F

On ‎7‎/‎4‎/‎2017 at 11:53 AM, Atomic said:

So you're completely ignoring the role of the House of Representatives?

HoR exists for population representation.  Senate exists for equivalent representation for each state.  So if you take that away you are effectively silencing the role of smaller states in federal decision making.  It's not a leap at all.  That's what you're talking about.

Hello Canada.

So Don Jr admits to meeting with a Russian representative who claimed to have dirt on Hilary.  That's what he's ADMITTING to...so you have to wonder what is still to come...

Classy guy. 

 

6 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Classy guy. 

 

He's not wrong though.