Trump Administration Meltdown Thread...

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:35 pm

The Sybian wrote:Trump has only been President for 9 months, and the US has already failed to qualify for the World Cup. Impeach now!

Not unreasonable to think that was some kind of karmic kick-back for giving the world DTJ. That was some serious juju last night.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:07 pm

I'd think the population that cared last night (versus would have eventually cared next summer) would skew to the non-Trump side but, overall point, totally. Mexico would have been completely justified shooting into their own goal all night.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:10 pm

mister d wrote:I'd think the population that cared last night (versus would have eventually cared next summer) would skew to the non-Trump side but, overall point, totally. Mexico would have been completely justified shooting into their own goal all night.

Oh, shit. I love this idea... To take it step further... No walls on freekicks.

Fuck yo wall! /rickjames

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:07 pm

What on earth does this mean?

Who is "we?" And why is this an award?

Government money? What is this idiot talking about?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 8479073280

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:25 pm

Pruitt wrote:What on earth does this mean?

Who is "we?" And why is this an award?

Government money? What is this idiot talking about?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 8479073280

you are looking too deep.

the comments are insane. It's not about gun laws.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:39 pm

No, I was referring to the phrasing of "we are awarding" money to Las Vegas.

Is he using the royal "we?"

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:41 pm

Pruitt wrote:No, I was referring to the phrasing of "we are awarding" money to Las Vegas.

Is he using the royal "we?"

I think he means the US government, but yeah it was phrased poorly. Maybe another reason why a senile old man shouldn't be disseminating information via Twitter.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:55 pm

Pruitt wrote:No, I was referring to the phrasing of "we are awarding" money to Las Vegas.

Is he using the royal "we?"

i think it's normal? If you look at Justin Trudeau's tweets, he uses we or 'nous".

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/statu ... 4586205185

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:59 pm

"We" as in "the government" should not be "awarding" money for a tragedy. Yeah it's semantics but it speaks to Trump's need to act as the kingly benefactor.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:04 pm

"It was a vurry vvvurrry competitive process. All sorts of cities in big big trouble folks. We picked a winner though believe me."

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:07 pm

Ryan wrote:"It was a vurry vvvurrry competitive process. All sorts of cities in big big trouble folks. We picked a winner though believe me."

"Ever been to Las Vegas, folks? It's a nice place. I have a hotel there. A lot of people are talking about it. So many Mexicans though. So many. Believe me, they're everywhere. They're raping people in the streets in Las Vegas, the Mexicans are. But not near my hotel. Completely Mexican free."

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:17 pm

[voice from the back of the room]

"What about on the hospitality staff?"

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:36 pm

degenerasian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:No, I was referring to the phrasing of "we are awarding" money to Las Vegas.

Is he using the royal "we?"

i think it's normal? If you look at Justin Trudeau's tweets, he uses we or 'nous".

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/statu ... 4586205185

Point taken.

But the word "awarding" is so, so bizarre.

And secondly, I have not failed any indigenous women. The three that I've had as students all passed.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:21 am

interesting article on the Post this morning about teams spurning Trump Hotels

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... 6b91304777

2014-15
Mavericks, Pacers
2015-16
Bucks, Thunder, Warriors, Grizzlies, Lightning
2016-17
Cavaliers, Rockets, Suns, Kings, Raptors, Wizards, Hurricanes, Caps
Dodgers

Wapo wrote:“The president has seemingly made a point of dividing us as best he can,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr told The Post in an interview this week, explaining the shift. His team quit using Trump SoHo in 2016. “He continually offends people, and so people don’t want to stay at his hotel. It’s pretty simple.”

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:30 pm

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Stand and place your hand over your heart, you fucking cunt.

https://youtu.be/WQdnxlJ65ZM

I literally have to do this when the song plays:

https://youtu.be/QD9QAAEfQEA

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:48 pm

I saw video of the interview past that 35 second clip. The national anthem doesn't play for whatever reason. It's played everywhere I've even been. The bugle you hear is a preparatory thing. Once the anthem plays then you salute or put your hand over your heart.

Regardless, stand up, face the music, and remain silent until it's done. Him and everyone else in the crowd didn't do that. Except for those you see in the background actually paying reverence.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:50 pm

Admittedly I have no reason to have been trained in Military protocol (nor to have been briefed that it was almost 5), but I'd have had no idea to stand for that.

Post by **brian** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:53 pm

A_B wrote:Admittedly I have no reason to have been trained in Military protocol (nor to have been briefed that it was almost 5), but I'd have had no idea to stand for that.

You'd hope the Commander-In-Chief might though. I'm not going to kill him for it too much, but if nothing else it shows that as much as he humps the military and the flag and the troops he's obviously not spent very much time in the last 9 months at any military bases.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:53 pm

A_B wrote:Admittedly I have no reason to have been trained in Military protocol (nor to have been briefed that it was almost 5), but I'd have had no idea to stand for that.

You probably would (or should) if you were on a crusade of attacking others for not behaving appropriately.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:54 pm

brian wrote:
A_B wrote:Admittedly I have no reason to have been trained in Military protocol (nor to have been briefed that it was almost 5), but I'd have had no idea to stand for that.

You'd hope the Commander-In-Chief might though. I'm not going to kill him for it too much, but if nothing else it shows that as much as he humps the military and the flag and the troops he's obviously not spent very much time in the last 9 months at any military bases.

Yeah, that was why i popped the part about being briefed in there. SOmeone should have clued him in, because if he HAD stopped talking and stood, you can bet that shit would have been all over everything touting it.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:30 pm

Johnnie wrote:I saw video of the interview past that 35 second clip. The national anthem doesn't play for whatever reason. It's played everywhere I've even been. The bugle you hear is a preparatory thing. Once the anthem plays then you salute or put your hand over your heart.

Regardless, stand up, face the music, and remain silent until it's done. Him and everyone else in the crowd didn't do that. Except for those you see in the background actually paying reverence.

We hear it every day at our house.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:01 pm

degenerasian wrote:This morning Trump tweeted about Rand Paul and how he should be voting for this craptastic healthcare bill 'for the good of the party'.

https://twitter.com/ClifsTweets/status/ ... 6550498305

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:13 am

Rarely read George Will, but I found this column to be spectacular.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sinister-figures-lurk-around-our-careless-president/2017/10/13/09c9448c-af6e-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.f1bb4a08c36e

With eyes wide open, Mike Pence eagerly auditioned for the role as Donald Trump’s poodle. Now comfortably leashed, he deserves the degradations that he seems too sycophantic to recognize as such. He did Trump’s adolescent bidding with last Sunday’s preplanned virtue pageant of scripted indignation — his flight from the predictable sight of players kneeling during the national anthem at a football game. No unblinkered observer can still cling to the hope that Pence has the inclination, never mind the capacity, to restrain, never mind educate, the man who elevated him to his current glory. Pence is a reminder that no one can have sustained transactions with Trump without becoming too soiled for subsequent scrubbing.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:08 am

Pruitt wrote:Rarely read George Will, but I found this column to be spectacular.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sinister-figures-lurk-around-our-careless-president/2017/10/13/09c9448c-af6e-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.f1bb4a08c36e

With eyes wide open, Mike Pence eagerly auditioned for the role as Donald Trump’s poodle. Now comfortably leashed, he deserves the degradations that he seems too sycophantic to recognize as such. He did Trump’s adolescent bidding with last Sunday’s preplanned virtue pageant of scripted indignation — his flight from the predictable sight of players kneeling during the national anthem at a football game. No unblinkered observer can still cling to the hope that Pence has the inclination, never mind the capacity, to restrain, never mind educate, the man who elevated him to his current glory. Pence is a reminder that no one can have sustained transactions with Trump without becoming too soiled for subsequent scrubbing.

'preplanned virtue pageant of scripted indignation' is a awesome bit of writing.

And want to be really fucking scared?

“Trump has consulted both Fox News’ Sean Hannity and former UN Ambassador John Bolton on the Iran deal.”

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:21 am

Awesome:

https://youtu.be/Hlt3rA-oDao

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:09 am

Maybe this will be what brings him down.

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/919258079723773952

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:48 am

Strange that someone's offering money to take down the president? Or strange that it's Larry Flynt? Because the latter certainly isn't strange at all.

Avram · Post by **Avram** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:22 pm

sancarlos wrote:Maybe this will be what brings him down.

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/919258079723773952

Putin said he would do it for $20M

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:56 am

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status ... 7731620864

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:00 pm

I have to admit, I'm still surprised at the way he manages to trip on his own dick, unforced, and fall into shit like how Obama and other previous POTUS's handled the families of fallen soldiers, and then lies about what he said and has others lie about what he said and then still manages to make it worse a day later (drawing Kelly into it).

https://twitter.com/perlberg/status/920318522370248711

Being reported Sanders was the WH source on that one. And yeah, fuck NBC.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:29 pm

Yeah, that was infuriating. That's a story if Trump said "Obama didn't call every family" and then somehow people were like "yes, Obama did call every family" and THEN if it were Kelly who said it and not just a source. I mean fucking christ.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:34 pm

rass wrote:I have to admit, I'm still surprised at the way he manages to trip on his own dick, unforced, and fall into shit like how Obama and other previous POTUS's handled the families of fallen soldiers, and then lies about what he said and has others lie about what he said and then still manages to make it worse a day later

The man is a pathological liar and a narcissist who can't admit he doesn't know something, so he spouts of bullshit off, and when called on it, says, "that's what I've been told," or "many people are saying this." In his mind, he isn't lying, and if it is wrong, it's somebody else's fault. He doesn't hold himself accountable for anything, and he isn't going to start holding himself accountable for fact checking. He has made a career out of lying, self aggrandizement, fraud and cheating, and he has never had consequences. That isn't going to change.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:38 pm

The Sybian wrote:
rass wrote:I have to admit, I'm still surprised at the way he manages to trip on his own dick, unforced, and fall into shit like how Obama and other previous POTUS's handled the families of fallen soldiers, and then lies about what he said and has others lie about what he said and then still manages to make it worse a day later

The man is a pathological liar and a narcissist who can't admit he doesn't know something, so he spouts of bullshit off, and when called on it, says, "that's what I've been told," or "many people are saying this." In his mind, he isn't lying, and if it is wrong, it's somebody else's fault. He doesn't hold himself accountable for anything, and he isn't going to start holding himself accountable for fact checking. He has made a career out of lying, self aggrandizement, fraud and cheating, and he has never had consequences. That isn't going to change.

Period. End of story.

Months ago I just realized I'd think less of the people I know who voted for him. Like, I will use it against them to settle arguments going forward.

"The fuck do you know. You thought Trump was a good idea. Either you're a fucking moron or you just like to watch shit burn. Which is it?"

I'm legit curious: how do I not do this?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:16 pm

EnochRoot wrote:
Months ago I just realized I'd think less of the people I know who voted for him. Like, I will use it against them to settle arguments going forward.

"The fuck do you know. You thought Trump was a good idea. Either you're a fucking moron or you just like to watch shit burn. Which is it?"

I'm legit curious: how do I not do this?

You would have to be a better man than me to not do that.

When it comes to insults and angry outbursts, I think "Trump Voter" should replace "Motherfucker."

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:47 pm

Like most of us hereabouts, I have relatives and friends who voted for Trump. It is so hard not to jump into a scathing Trump diatribe when I'm with them. My parents were just visiting for a week and it was hard to keep that subject off the table (for the sake of getting along). At one point my father started to bring up Trump in conversation, and I sort of cut him off with, "I hate Trump", and he gave the old "I don't like him either but...

The BUT issue got discussed upthread, but I really hate the way that gets used by people to casually slough off his various outrageous behaviors.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:48 pm

This "Trump takes credit for ISIS giving up" and "Trump uses John Kelly's dead military son as a political talking point" shit is breaking my fucking brain right now.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:59 pm

Pruitt wrote:
EnochRoot wrote:
Months ago I just realized I'd think less of the people I know who voted for him. Like, I will use it against them to settle arguments going forward.

"The fuck do you know. You thought Trump was a good idea. Either you're a fucking moron or you just like to watch shit burn. Which is it?"

I'm legit curious: how do I not do this?

You would have to be a better man than me to not do that.

When it comes to insults and angry outbursts, I think "Trump Voter" should replace "Motherfucker."

I'm having a hard time with this, too. Until now, I never fully judged anyone based on who they voted for, but if I se a Trump sticker on someone's car, I assume a hell of a lot about them. The guy who runs our town Boy Scout program is constantly posting pro-Trump shit on Facebook, well, more like bashing sheep for hating on Trump and buying the fake news. I used to like and respect the guy, and when I see him, my skin crawls. Fortunately, my son quit Scouts 2 years ago, so I don't need to deal with this guy. It's odd to me, as he is mostly into the Nationalistic shit, as he is an immigrant from Colombia. He could definitely be mistaken for Mexican. He immigrated post-college, so I don't know if he is even naturalized. A few weeks ago, I was talking to a couple fathers at the end of a soccer practice, and one guy started with a very defensive, "I hate Trump as much as everybody, but..." and he gave a legitimate argument against one criticism about Trump that the media and Left blew out of proportion. Another father cut him off saying, "what do you mean hate Trump? I think he is as bad as other politicians, but he is a brilliant businessman and actually cares about the People." It's sad, but my opinion of the second guy has completely changed. I try to block it out, but I can't. Also didn't help that he recommended some conspiracy wackjob documentary on Netflix. 2 minutes Googling showed the filmmaker had a very long history of pushing verifiably debunked garbage of the nuttiest kind, mostly about the government hiding aliens. Also saw links to interviews with the witnesses and experts saying their statements were completely misrepresented. Oh, well.

elflaco · Post by **elflaco** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:08 pm

why do you hate Colombians?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:12 pm

elflaco wrote:why do you hate Colombians?

Funny thing, his voice sounds exactly like yours, but with a slightly more of an accent. Actually creeped me out at times.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:25 pm

Maybe this will do it.

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status ... 7473605632