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/

This may actually explain a few things....

Indiana police find Trump-shaped ecstasy pills in drug raid
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/395130-indiana-police-find-trump-shaped-ecstasy-pills-in-drug-raid

 

This is funny. 

the alt right should be careful that this isn’t the revolution they create... 

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

This is funny. 

the alt right should be careful that this isn’t the revolution they create... 

The political pendulum always swings back a little further.

On 2018-06-29 at 8:08 AM, The Unknown Poster said:

One has nothing to do with the other.  And yes unborn children should have their rights protected. 

Yes, one does have something to do with the other. Trump’s base subscribes to some sort of moral high ground when it comes to abortion - pro life is the altar they worship at. However, they have no problem or quarrel with putting children in cages, nor do they have a problem with human rights being trampled. 

The start of a thread about a very real Act. 

 

this is interesting. might be tough to explain.

https://www.burr.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SSCI ICA ASSESSMENT_FINALJULY3.pdf

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new assessment issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday concurred with previous reports that President Vladimir Putin personally approved Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The Committee also stated that Russia’s influence campaign was designed to help Donald Trump win.

“We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S . presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump,” the document reads.

 

That's the Republican controlled intelligence committee.

 

 

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Edited July 4, 20187 yr by Mark F
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On 2018-07-03 at 4:07 PM, Mark F said:

this is interesting. might be tough to explain.

https://www.burr.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SSCI ICA ASSESSMENT_FINALJULY3.pdf

That's the Republican controlled intelligence committee.

 

 

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Makes sense- news dump day (right before major holiday) would include the above.

Also- while that little report was released- this was happening at the same time:

 

 

Maddow has a nice break down in her segment. 

 

 

Edited July 4, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

5 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Maddow has a nice break down in her segment

Yes, that definitely is worth watching. 

Putin has been  effective to an extent that nobody would have thought possible.

All made possible due to the fact that the American political establishment is thoroughly stupefied, and corrupt.

When M. Waters said something "uncivil" Nancy Pelosi was all over the news about the rudeness. 

This? Nothing.

 

Edited July 4, 20187 yr by Mark F
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Trump might be itching for a winnable little skirmish to make himself seem presidential and to distract attention 

 

24 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Trump might be itching for a winnable little skirmish to make himself seem presidential and to distract attention 

good lord.

I think at this point, it's a good bet that almost everything he comes up with comes from Putin.

Maximum disruption.

Turns out  America  is an easy target.

Edited July 4, 20187 yr by Mark F

So... there is a one on one meeting between trump and Putin... I think the most frightening part of this is:

"Some US officials have expressed concern about Putin and Trump meeting without note-takers or witnesses present, due to Putin's reputation as a shrewd negotiator."

 

daaaaamn. I wonder what crazy batshit stuff trump is going to proclaim after that meeting... and i really think those chats should be monitored.... 

2 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I wonder what crazy batshit stuff trump is going to proclaim after that meeting..

US to leave Nato, US troops out of West Germany, 

US removing anti missile batteries from Poland, Bulgaria.

closer relations with Russia, opening talks on Crimea annexation,  trade agreements  with Russia, Russian sanctions removal, US out of Syria. talks with Assad,

Some Russian names taken off list of sanctioned people.

cooperation on oil, gas, Exxon/Russia  deal back on.....

New hotels and office towers in Russian federation.....

stuff like that.....

Putin's on a roll. Might as well go big. 

He's the boss. 

 

Edited July 4, 20187 yr by Mark F

9 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Trump might be itching for a winnable little skirmish to make himself seem presidential and to distract attention 

 

Wants to denationalize the oil there maybe.

30 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Wants to denationalize the oil there maybe.

I don't think he has a plan. I think he's a ne'er do well with a big gun and he just wants to shoot something.

 

Seriously....

trump: "why don't we pre-emt N. Korea?", "or how about Venezuela can we invade Venezuela?" - "let's attack Canada, we can do Canada can't we?.."

Edited July 4, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

and another Trump department head goes bye bye. 

sing it with me everyone!

 

Edited July 5, 20187 yr by iHeart

Scott Pruitt is the poster boy for greed and entitlement and stupidity, only the best work in the Trump administration, investigations will continue just in case he thought  resigning  would curtail them.

The only thing worse than Pruitt is the fact he wasnt fired and Trump had the gall to call him "Outstanding".  Yeeesh

Apparently Trump did not write his books, and has the reading skills of a cheeto.

This is going to be flying around London when Trump visits next week, who will be the first reporter to ask him about it.😂

M Pompeo went to N korea.

N Koreans (continuing to make N bombs) say “The attitude and demands from the U.S. side during the high-level talks were nothing short of deeply regrettable,” 

but Pompeo says they have a schedule for N Korea to "denuclearize" and it went great.

 

Can't disappoint the Emperor.  

On to getting out of Nato.

 

Edited July 7, 20187 yr by Mark F

Lol

 

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Lol

 

Goodbye orange hair road.

...Let the deplorables of society howl....