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/

Sen. Collins says Trump has been 'very uneven' on Coronavirus:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492970-sen-collins-says-trump-has-been-very-uneven-on-coronavirus

So, is this latest opinion, uh, aspirational?

More weasel words.  Honestly a number of these GOP Senators, really need to pay the price for aiding, abetting and excusing Trump.

You could get a great bunch of Onion headlines with the mad lib "Susan Collins is very concerned about ___________________"

Edited April 15, 20205 yr by johnzo

13 minutes ago, johnzo said:

You could get a great bunch of Onion headlines with the mad lib "Susan Collins is very concerned about ___________________"

I wish you hadn't done that.  It was both unhelpful and inappropriate.
Of course, I may of been simply taking your comment literally...

Lots if Republican senators tut tutting Trump's actions but when they can do something about it fall in line and carry on supporting him.

16 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Lots if Republican senators tut tutting Trump's actions but when they can do something about it fall in line and carry on supporting him.

There will always be those who are willing to sell out principles and fellow human beings to benefit themselves. Prior to and during WW2, there were collaborators in every nation in Europe, even to Jews who helped the Nazis round up fellow Jews, and there were many British "nobility" who were Nazi sympathizers, notable a certain King who abdicated abruptly.

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Lots if Republican senators tut tutting Trump's actions but when they can do something about it fall in line and carry on supporting him.

Collins is the worst for that. She is the Phil Lieberman of the Senate.

Bonus points for everyone that gets that reference.

Yeah and then she whines about voters not being happy with her. She embodies everything wrong with republicans. Selfish and intolerant of the electorate. 

7 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Trying to bribe people with their own money. Sad thing is a lot of fools will believe it while Trump and his cronies out right steal from the country. 

Where's a gun toting low life when you need one?

"Sorry, I was in the can."

 

11 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

 

21 hours ago, bustamente said:

God, that is such a punchable face. 

Edited April 16, 20205 yr by TrueBlue4ever

Trump's motivation for wanting to dismantle the USPS is becoming clear- no USPS, no mail in ballots, and only in-person voting would be possible. that would favour the GOP's voter suppression tactics. Now he wants to use a never-before used power to dismiss both the senate and Congress so he can appoint a lot of people without legislative oversight. He is behaving more and more like a dictator and will only get worse as the November elections loom and he realizes that he will lose and lose badly.

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

 

Oh yeah- looked familiar:

 

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Trump's motivation for wanting to dismantle the USPS is becoming clear- no USPS, no mail in ballots, and only in-person voting would be possible. that would favour the GOP's voter suppression tactics. Now he wants to use a never-before used power to dismiss both the senate and Congress so he can appoint a lot of people without legislative oversight. He is behaving more and more like a dictator and will only get worse as the November elections loom and he realizes that he will lose and lose badly.

Americans need to wake up before it's too late, Trump is hell bent with the help of his enablers of making himself a King

On 2020-04-12 at 10:54 AM, Tracker said:

MOTHER KNOWS BEST!

 

 

                                                         

Funny but...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-mom-call-him-idiot/

Edited April 16, 20205 yr by Jacquie

I'm guessing his tv doesn't get the channels showing all the people in long lines waiting to get a hamper from a pop up food bank

 

16 minutes ago, bustamente said:

I'm guessing his tv doesn't get the channels showing all the people in long lines waiting to get a hamper from a pop up food bank

 

Cut Steve some slack. ....guy is worth roughly a half billion dollars.....Trump is busy removing all facets of oversight on the payouts, so Mnuchin will control it.    You can trust him to do the right thing

If anyone does not yet think that America is well and truly screwed so long as Trump is president and for several years thereafter just has to watch the news. To me, it is staggering that so many Americans still support Trump after all this crap. It shows me how dictators can come to power in places like Germany and Italy. and today Steve Mnuchin said today that people can live on $1200 for 10 weeks.

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

and today Steve Mnuchin said today that people can live on $1200 for 10 weeks.

Truly, I think he should lead by example and show us how it’s done.

Some far-right extremists, from talk show host Glenn Beck to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have been making the argument that if more COVID-19 fatalities are what it takes to get the U.S. economy up and running again, so be it. And this week, Rep. Trey Hollingsworth of Indiana joined the chorus of Republicans and far-right wingnuts who are claiming that letting more Americans die might be necessary to save the economy.

During an April 14 appearance on Indiana’s WIBC-FM, Hollingsworth asserted, “The social scientists are telling us about the economic disaster that is going on. Our (gross domestic product) is supposed to be down 20% alone this quarter. It is policymakers’ decision to put on our big boy and big girl pants and say: it is the lesser of these two evils. It is not zero evil, but it is the lesser of these two evils — and we intend to move forward (in) that direction. That is our responsibility, and to abdicate that is to insult the Americans that voted us into office.”

Hollingsworth also told WIBC-FM, “There is no zero-harm choice here. We are going to have to look Americans in the eye and say, ‘We are making the best decisions for the most Americans possible’ — and the answer to that to get Americans back to work, to get Americans back to their businesses.”

The wealthy class is terrified that this might be a big enough deal that the plebs will wake up and demand real change IMO.

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

The wealthy class is terrified that this might be a big enough deal that the plebs will wake up and demand real change IMO.

Oh, would that this were so, but alas. The rich and powerful in the US have had their way for so long and had the support of politicians and media that I would bet that they are not concerned in the least.

From www.Alternet.org

Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed Tuesday that former first lady Michelle Obama’s support for mail-in voting could “destroy” American democracy.

“Former first lady Michelle Obama is using this crisis to promote the radical expansion of nationwide voting by mail,” Carlson said. “Citizens could request ballots online and then print them at home. Now, no serious person at the national level has ever suggested doing that before, because of course, it would instantly destroy the public’s faith in election outcomes, and hence, our democracy. But if there was ever a time to sneak something this disruptive past a beleaguered and distracted population, this is it.”

 

What the he'll is wrong with these people...?