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/

Biden, Biden, Biden...

 

28 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Biden, Biden, Biden...

 

Aaaannnnd.....

'Like a lunatic on the subway': Trump's national security adviser is warning staff they'll be fired for mentioning Biden’s name
   
In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, countless pundits predicted that if President Donald Trump lost to former Vice President Joe Biden, he would respond with a childlike temper tantrum and refuse to accept the election results — and sure enough, Trump is doing exactly that. Trump has yet to concede to President-elect Biden, making the baseless claim that he was robbed of a victory by widespread voter fraud. And according to a team of four Daily Beast reporters, the outgoing president is so sensitive about losing to Biden that National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien is telling his staff they will be fired even if they even mention Biden's name in Trump's presence.

Sheldon Adelson is one of Trump’s biggest backers having contributed millions upon millions of $$$.

Trump is scamming many smaller trumpers for pittance while ticking off one of his major backers. 
I don’t think that’s a good strategy...

 

“He lost because he didn’t get enough votes, not because of rampant fraud.”

and

“he has nothing to lose by cooperating with President-elect Biden’s transition team.”

 

 

 

Imagine being so weak and pathetic that you can't even hear the name of your political opponent uttered. Now think of all those that revere this man, even on MBB. What a pathetic lot!

Senior Republican senators say Biden should have access to classified briefings

A growing number of GOP senators told CNN on Thursday that Joe Biden should have access to classified briefings, the latest indication that Republicans acknowledge the President-elect is likely on his way to the White House despite President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the results. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/republican-senators-biden-classified-briefings/index.html

4 hours ago, JCon said:

Imagine being so weak and pathetic that you can't even hear the name of your political opponent uttered. Now think of all those that revere this man, even on MBB. What a pathetic lot!

But it was Clinton who would have been too emotional to be president. 

Obama stating the obvious

 

https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/republicans-trump/

'A coup is under way': Experts warn Trump and GOP leaders could unleash a wave of violence

   
Historians and other experts on Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's attempt to remain in power despite his loss in the 2020 election is growing increasingly dangerous as Republican leaders willingly participate in the disenfranchisement of millions of voters and back the president's refusal to accept the election results.

In an op-ed at The Hill, journalist Albert Hunt wrote that Trump's "deceitful charge" that the Democratic Party stole the election and allowed "illegal votes" to be cast—claims that have yet to be backed up by evidence—"undermines confidence in our Democratic system, but it could also threaten to unleash a dangerous wave of violence."

Quoted in Hunt's piece, white supremacy and terrorism expert Kathleen Belew, a history professor at the University of Chicago, warns that after Trump's courting of violent white supremacist groups—in 2017 when he refused to denounce neo-Nazis at a rally in Virginia where an anti-racist protester was murdered, and weeks ago when he offered tacit approval of the Proud Boys at the first presidential debate—the president's rhetoric and actions in recent days "could also be invitation for drastic action and mass murder like the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995."

 

Keep ‘em coming...

- “The election is over: Joe Biden won. Even Karl Rove now admits President Trump’s legal challenges won’t reverse the results. GOP state legislators are leaking word that they won’t facilitate the Hail Mary of appointing a rogue slate of electors in defiance of their state’s popular vote. The claims of fraud are imploding.”

- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine became one of the highest-profile sitting Republicans to acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory today, going a step further than his Monday statement and calling Biden the president-elect -Politico

 

They elect some real idiots, those Americans:

 

 

Scotland may look at 'serious and long-standing concerns about Trump's business activities'

'His business model is chaos': Ex-Trump Homeland Security official says president can't keep country safe
 Aldous Pennyfarthing and DailyKos November 13, 2020
   
What I know about money laundering is drawn almost entirely from Ozark and Office Space, so I won't try to add too much to this. But here's a little more detail from the Scotsman story McLaughlin linked to:

An UWO is a relatively new - and rarely used - power which has been designed to target suspected corrupt foreign officials who have potentially laundered stolen money through the UK.
The mechanism, introduced in 2018, is an attempt to force the owners of assets to disclose their wealth. If a suspected corrupt foreign official, or their family, cannot show a legitimate source for their riches, then authorities can apply to a court to seize the property.
Mr Trump and the Trump Organisation have always stressed that they did not require any outside financing for their Scottish resorts.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/donald-trump-golf-course-scotland/

Mark Esper's exit interview offers clues to what Donald Trump may do in his final days as president

 Meaghan Ellis November 13, 2020
   
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's firingU.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's firing did not come as a surprise but that does not mean it was not a disturbing development in the last days of the Trump administration. Now, his interview following his departure signals a very big problem and warning alarm about what is to come as President Donald Trump begrudgingly goes through his lame-duck days.

Within an hour of his firing, Esper conducted a preemptive interview with Military Times in an effort to ring the alarm about the days ahead. Esper admitted that he was fired simply because he refused to be a Trump loyalist and adhere to the president's demands. Esper also expressed concern as he warned about the type of replacement to secede him.

"I could have a fight over anything, and I could make it a big fight, and I could live with that," Esper said Wednesday, at a time when reports of his imminent firing were swirling. He added: "Why? Who's going to come in behind me? It's going to be a real 'yes man.' And then God help us."

https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/mark-esper/

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Somebody get America a fainting couch.

 

It’s about time.

 

Talk about a a complete disregard for those willing to take a ******* bullet for you...

 

5 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Talk about a a complete disregard for those willing to take a ******* bullet for you...

 

Just now, JCon said:

To Trump, everyone else, including his wife and family, is disposable and easily replaced.

Trump plans “vote-count rallies” to “wreck” Fox News in bid to launch competing network: report. Trump reportedly considers launching a "cheaper" streaming-only MAGA platform over an "expensive" cable channel
By IGOR DERYSH

President Donald Trump plans to hold "vote-counting rallies" with a focus on attacking Fox News after telling allies he wants to start a digital media company that would "clobber" the conservative news outlet, according to a new report.

Trump intends to bring back his rallies after his election loss, and he is "going to spend a lot of time slamming Fox," a source told Axios. Trump has long been rumored to want his own cable news outlet to compete with the network, but Axios reports that he is now considering a "cheaper" digital streaming network, which would more directly compete with the Fox Nation streaming platform.

https://www.salon.com/2020/11/12/trump-plans-vote-count-rallies-to-wreck-fox-news-in-bid-to-launch-competing-network-report/

(Yeah. Like I beleive this. When all the dust settles, Trump will have to look under the sofa cushions to buy KFC.)

People should ask themselves what did Trump do as President the last four years apart from butchering the Covid response, tv, tweeting and golf must of been fun on the taxpayers dime

 

46 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Trump plans “vote-count rallies” to “wreck” Fox News in bid to launch competing network: report. Trump reportedly considers launching a "cheaper" streaming-only MAGA platform over an "expensive" cable channel
By IGOR DERYSH

President Donald Trump plans to hold "vote-counting rallies" with a focus on attacking Fox News after telling allies he wants to start a digital media company that would "clobber" the conservative news outlet, according to a new report.

Trump intends to bring back his rallies after his election loss, and he is "going to spend a lot of time slamming Fox," a source told Axios. Trump has long been rumored to want his own cable news outlet to compete with the network, but Axios reports that he is now considering a "cheaper" digital streaming network, which would more directly compete with the Fox Nation streaming platform.

https://www.salon.com/2020/11/12/trump-plans-vote-count-rallies-to-wreck-fox-news-in-bid-to-launch-competing-network-report/

(Yeah. Like I beleive this. When all the dust settles, Trump will have to look under the sofa cushions to buy KFC.)

The only way Trump could crush Fox News is if he were to own it and run it like he has all his other businesses. 

There must be special mushrooms at their briefings..

 

11 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

There must be special mushrooms at their briefings..

 

It's been gaslight and grift for four years, why would they change that now? 

GOP

Gaslight - Obstruct - Project

Trump so brave to make a appearance this afternoon, I'm sure he will provide evidence about everything that will come out of his pie hole, let's see if he takes any questions

3 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Trump so brave to make a appearance this afternoon, I'm sure he will provide evidence about everything that will come out of his pie hole, let's see if he takes any questions

No questions, just claiming his efforts on bringing in the vaccine, even though for Pfister only easing the protocols helped them. They didn’t get any money.

And, he’ll complain on the date of the announcements...that they were only AFTER the election.