Trump Administration Meltdown Thread...

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:36 pm

Reaction shot from the press while he was speaking:

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:45 pm

I'm not sure why that Leroy Jenkins tweet cracked me up so much.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:51 pm

Is that April Ryan shaking her head again???

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:35 pm

Shirley wrote:I'm not sure why that Leroy Jenkins tweet cracked me up so much.

Be cause it was funny.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:41 pm

A_B wrote:
Shirley wrote:I'm not sure why that Leroy Jenkins tweet cracked me up so much.
Be cause it was funny.

Funniest thing I've read today.

And, it's fun to imagine Spicey saying it.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:51 pm

Had to google that.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:54 pm

P.D.X. wrote:Had to google that.

We had a whole page of a thread explaining that some time ago.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:00 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:Reaction shot from the press while he was speaking:

That's fucking magic. As a dude with an overly animated face, I'm told, I get it. And I see why people can be so entertained.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:12 am

"I like Steve, but..."

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:40 am

rass wrote:"I like Steve, but..."

Dead man walking. That is precisely the kind of language that trump and his underlings use to those who they are getting rid of or are trying to distance themselves from.

Flynn was a "volunteer," Manafort was barely involved in the campaign, now Bannon was a "very late" arrival to the campaign.

Trump is Narcissus.

“I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn’t know Steve. I’m my own strategist and it wasn’t like I was going to change strategies because I was facing crooked Hillary.”

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:52 am

Pruitt wrote:
rass wrote:"I like Steve, but..."
Dead man walking. That is precisely the kind of language that trump and his underlings use to those who they are getting rid of or are trying to distance themselves from.

Flynn was a "volunteer," Manafort was barely involved in the campaign, now Bannon was a "very late" arrival to the campaign.

Trump is Narcissus.

“I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn’t know Steve. I’m my own strategist and it wasn’t like I was going to change strategies because I was facing crooked Hillary.”

Most relevant to this phenomena is the notion that Carter Page was basically an irrelevant errand boy.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:55 am

Worth considering Bannon wrote that quote?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:24 pm

I know this is a minor quibble, but...

Russia - US relations are now, maybe, at an all time low, according to Tillerson and Trump.

Yet another example of "who know this stuff could be so complicated" / "this is the biggest/worst/superlative thing in the history of ever" take on everything.

Just another example of the supreme narcissism of this guy.

And, another example of them being Fucking morons.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:10 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote:I know this is a minor quibble, but...

Russia - US relations are now, maybe, at an all time low, according to Tillerson and Trump.

Yet another example of "who know this stuff could be so complicated" / "this is the biggest/worst/superlative thing in the history of ever" take on everything.

Just another example of the supreme narcissism of this guy.

And, another example of them being Fucking morons.

And here's another:

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:17 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:I know this is a minor quibble, but...

Russia - US relations are now, maybe, at an all time low, according to Tillerson and Trump.

Yet another example of "who know this stuff could be so complicated" / "this is the biggest/worst/superlative thing in the history of ever" take on everything.

Just another example of the supreme narcissism of this guy.

And, another example of them being Fucking morons.
And here's another:

I'm embarrassed for all of us.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:25 pm

I'm guessing it was more like 2 minutes. No way Trump has ever actually listened to someone else talk for 10 minutes.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:32 pm

But I thought we could solve the world's problems with memes.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:55 pm

Again with the Veep credits:

https://youtu.be/eqPbVwtw7qQ

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:56 pm

Johnnie wrote:But I thought we could solve the world's problems with memes.

Nah that's just for winning elections.

World problems are solved by making great deals and negoSHIASHUUUNs.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:57 pm

And now he's letting out the secret! We have submarines!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:54 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:36 am

The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.

A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb — nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB) — was dropped in at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, sources said.

This is the first time a MOAB has been used in the battlefield, according to the US officials.

Military sources said the target was ISIS tunnels and personnel in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province. The military is currently assessing the damage.

This munition was developed during the Iraq War but was never used in the battlefield.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:52 am

Oops.

An airstrike that was meant to target ISIS in Syria instead killed 18 Syrian Democratic Forces personnel because it was "misdirected," U.S. Central Command said Thursday.

The strike Tuesday by an aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition was called in by American allies, the U.S. military says. It adds that the coalition is now studying what went wrong to prevent similar mistakes in the future.

"The strike was requested by the partnered forces, who had identified the target location as an ISIS fighting position," the command said in a statement about the April 11 attack. "The target location was actually a forward Syrian Democratic Forces fighting position."

Central Command said the coalition extends its "deepest condolences" to members of the SDF and their families, adding that members of that force "have expressed a strong desire to remain focused on the fight against ISIS despite this tragic incident."

The strike took place south of Tabqa, Central Command says. That city is roughly 30 miles west of the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.

News of the errant strike comes three weeks after activist groups that monitor Syria said an "airstrike by U.S.-led coalition forces leveled a school west of Raqqa and killed at least 33 people," as NPR's Colin Dwyer reported at the time.

Reports of that strike initially came from the group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and the the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. In response, coalition forces said they routinely strike ISIS targets in the area and would review reports of civilian casualties.

In an update on the U.S.-led coalition's offensive against ISIS in Raqqa, the joint task force's spokesman said Wednesday that the coalition was "clearing ISIS fighters from the territory in the vicinity of Tabqa."

The spokesman added that ISIS was deploying vehicle bombs, direct and indirect fire, and human shields in the area, according to Central Command.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:46 pm

"How we got into this mess in the first place", example 6,584.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:51 pm

If this were Obama dropping the big bomb that he didn't drop over almost 100 months of presidency you would all love it and say "way to go dropping the big bomb, Barack HUSSEIN Obama!" you fucking unpatriotic traitors.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:46 pm

I remember being at Barksdale when they unveiled the MOAB. The testing videos were pornographic.

They have to drop that mother fucker out of a C130 because no bomber plane is configured to or has a bomb bay big enough to drop it.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:25 pm

rass wrote:

The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.

A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb — nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB) — was dropped in at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, sources said.

This is the first time a MOAB has been used in the battlefield, according to the US officials.

Military sources said the target was ISIS tunnels and personnel in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province. The military is currently assessing the damage.

This munition was developed during the Iraq War but was never used in the battlefield.

Of course, in that part of the world there's no journalist. Therefore, we'll just have to take ole Spicey's word for it when he tells us what a success this was.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:19 pm

Maybe should be in a journalism thread, but what the hell.

Q; Other than Hitler, who should you never compare any politician to?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Vey iz mir.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:20 am

You can see the Fox war-boners from here...

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:28 am

About at bad as Brian Williams' orgasm watching the missiles launched last week.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:56 am

How in the shit is that "freedom"? I bet that's Sarah Palin's safe word.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:00 am

Pruitt wrote:Maybe should be in a journalism thread, but what the hell.

Q; Other than Hitler, who should you never compare any politician to?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Vey iz mir.

See, I was thinking there were jokes revolving around the phrase "shot down", but I didn't know where to best try them out.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:05 am

Gunpowder wrote:How in the shit is that "freedom"? I bet that's Sarah Palin's safe word.

Because that bomb is killing brown people. White people love that.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:20 am

Sabo wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:How in the shit is that "freedom"? I bet that's Sarah Palin's safe word.
Because that bomb is killing brown people. White people love that.

Yup. Unfortunately Trump has realized that the easiest way to draw praise from across the media spectrum is by bombing Muslims. I wish it were just a Fox thing, but CNN and MSNBC have been pretty gross, too. And nearly every newspaper editorial board praised the Syria strike.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:02 pm

I just don't understand why people think that us being over there and just fucking with these sand countries for 100 years wouldn't have some of the effect that it has had. Shit, the UN was so overbearing to the UK that they had to Brexit but the sand countries should just sell us their oil and accept the freedom that we are instituting. Have a country come into the US, set up military bases, take Wisconsin's cheese and do you think we're not gonna start some militias? Fuck, we start them over estate taxes and fake shit as is.

Also....one way to engender worldwide animosity is probably to spend decades building giant bombs while disarming and neutering all the weaker countries around the world, and then, after sufficiently disarming them, start bombing the shit out of them. That sounds like a ticket to worldwide peace, the freedom of adherence by threat of force. Obama spent years daisy-cutting weddings, and it weakened Al-Qaeda! By making ISIS even stronger, but still! These people all thought it was bad policy at the time. The main difference is they were right then.

Sure, let's threaten the don't-give-a-fuck countries that have nothing to lose and would love to bomb the shit out of us....let's threaten them by showing our might and willingness to strike. That oughtta scare them into backing down.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:05 pm

Can everybody just spend a week telling Trump he's awesome? Like all media, spend one week telling him he's had the greatest Presidency ever. He's made tough decisions under stress, mostly by himself! And his dick is huge! CNN has verified reports! We'll have a holiday for Donald Trump's penis and how it's bigger than black penises and the small-penised Muslims and Jews will simply accept this.

Then Pence can run the country and....ah, fuck.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:15 pm

Gunpowder wrote:I just don't understand why people think that us being over there and just fucking with these sand countries for 100 years wouldn't have some of the effect that it has had. Shit, the UN was so overbearing to the UK that they had to Brexit but the sand countries should just sell us their oil and accept the freedom that we are instituting. Have a country come into the US, set up military bases, take Wisconsin's cheese and do you think we're not gonna start some militias? Fuck, we start them over estate taxes and fake shit as is.

Also....one way to engender worldwide animosity is probably to spend decades building giant bombs while disarming and neutering all the weaker countries around the world, and then, after sufficiently disarming them, start bombing the shit out of them. That sounds like a ticket to worldwide peace, the freedom of adherence by threat of force. Obama spent years daisy-cutting weddings, and it weakened Al-Qaeda! By making ISIS even stronger, but still! These people all thought it was bad policy at the time. The main difference is they were right then.

Sure, let's threaten the don't-give-a-fuck countries that have nothing to lose and would love to bomb the shit out of us....let's threaten them by showing our might and willingness to strike. That oughtta scare them into backing down.

And yet the nation's leading "liberal" publication, the New York Times, just hired a guy as a columnist who infamously wrote about what he calls the "disease of the Arab mind" and "Palestinian blood lust." Those crazy Muslims; so unappreciative of all we've done for them!

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:43 pm

Make America Golf Again

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:27 pm

I love watching civilians get off to military operations. Especially civilians watching from the comfort of America. (In the context of them having never been in the shit as a military member. So it's basically a Michael Bay movie.)

Now if only those same ones gave a fuck about PTSD and veterans when they become civilians again, that would be something worth getting off to.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:51 pm

Meanwhile, I keep meaning to come back to something I read earlier this week having to do with that Guardian article that talks about a bunch of allies sending signal intelligence to the FBI going as far back as late 2015.

Think about that for a minute, friends. Up until many months into 2016, the Trump campaign was basically being run on a shoestring budget with a tiny group of insiders. Remember, Carter Page and Paul Manafort didn't come until spring of 2016 or thereabouts.

So... The timing of this sigint is REALLY interesting. They keep running Carter out there this week, and Manafort is being fully thrown under the bus.

But if they were capturing Trump campaign people talking to Russian officials, you're talking about Ivanka, Jared.. Corey Lewandowski? Sessions? Junior? The other dumber looking one? Donald Sr.?

I'm sure I'm missing a few more staffers, but I'm sure you see the point. Going back pre-Manafort the list of ppl that would be talking to the Russians get you very much in the inner circle. To the extent that there's really no plausible deniability for Trump.

Obviously, this is all assuming there's something to the Guardian reporting.