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/

 

What more proof can you ask for that this man  Trump, is a National security threat?

1 minute ago, bustamente said:

 

CNN reporting the DC National Guard is activating as well as those from Maryland.

 

Oh hey, an IED- totally expected this.

 

 

 

 

 

holy crap, you guys.

 

Nice that he is posing, it will a lot easier to find you

 

Finally a statement from the President...

President Biden

4 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Nice that he is posing, it will a lot easier to find you

on pbs calling these criminals " protesters"

pbs has been rendered gutless

saw a video of a woman being shot in the neck, she was a maga, guy beside her had an assault rifle

ivanka run in 2024 in ashes thanks dad!

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1 hour ago, do or die said:

Surely the Trump administration would not of slow walked the security response, right?

 

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

And that's why DC needs to be a state... the deployment of the National Guard in this case, falls to the potus...

 

 

So the National Guard for DC is one the way. Could only be deployed by the Dept. of Defence on Trump’s say so. The original request was denied. But the Governors of States can authorize it as well, which is what the Governors of Maryland and Virginia did. Only once they mobilized did Trump flip and order the DC guard to activate as well. Didn’t want to be shown up by actual leaders taking action. 

51 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Yeah, you might be on to something:

 

When asked why the DC National Guard was not being deployed, someone was quoted as saying the “optics” of having the troops at the Capitol would look bad. Take another look at the picture above and ask why it was not an issue when BLM had its protests, which never got near the Capitol steps. Then look at pictures of the domestic terrorists (don’t call them protesters) storming the building with Confederate flags  - somethig that was not even achieved during the Civil War - ripping down American flags and replacing them with Trump flags, attacking police, smashing windows, or breaking into Senators’ offices and looting the place, and ask how those optics look?

20 minutes ago, bustamente said:

The chief of the Capitol Police and Washington PD need to resign immediately.

To be fair to those folks, the mayor had requested National Guard assistance ahead of time and was denied by the DOD, and the Capitol police and WPD were out in force, but were overmatched. I won’t speak for those individual officers who did nothing or took selfies. 

Just watched a taped statement on CNN, from Trump.   Good God....

 

remember this.

 

What a piece of siht Laura in Graham is. She trying to say the supporters were there to peacefully protest and were up against whoever was trying to create chaos.

Oh, and that statement from Trump is less than worthless...like him

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1346916079214370816?s=20

 

josh hawley ngiving clenched fist salute to rioters today,

 

how do you post tweets.

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by Mark F

That statement from Trump has got to be the lamest thing I've ever heard.

Pretend you're sending them home while still feeding their insane rhetoric.  

People at the Capitol have to be horrified at how easy it was to get into the building by essentially a couple of hundred terrorists who egged on protestors to join them inside

11 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

That statement from Trump has got to the lamest thing I've ever heard.

Pretend you're sending them home while still feeding their insane rhetoric.  

Because he loves them, and they have done nothing really wrong...

 

On 2016-12-14 at 7:06 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

What they have now isn't working.  And I'm just basing that on many angry Americans I have talked to, who think Obama-care could have been so much better if it hadn't been introduced by incompetent DNC-appointed bureaucrats.  I have some hope that Trump will find a way to make their health care better.  Everyone has under-estimated him so much that he couldn't do much worse than what is already expected of him.

Never forget. 

When BLM marched....there was Military, National Guard, and a variety of special forces, ready and willing.    This thing?   Mob spends hours on Capitol Hill trashing buildings and nothing happens?

Plenty of questions to be asked...

Trump must be sitting back in the WH with a huge grin on his face, he has probably told officials to take there time clearing out the protestors to feed his ego.

1 minute ago, bustamente said:

Trump must be sitting back in the WH with a huge grin on his face, he has probably told officials to take there time clearing out the protestors to feed his ego.

Trump to rioters:   "We love you and your very special"  (actual quote)

11 minutes ago, JCon said:

Never forget. 

Never forget.

 

 

 

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