American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS

[Thor]

Its so sad to see Pence suck up to the dear leader before Trumpf speaks. Its so pathetic.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

This is Kellyanne's husband's account. Wonder if they'll have much to talk about at the supper table tonight.

George Conway‏ @gtconway3d

These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won't help OSG get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad.

[Thor]

Osg?

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by Thor

Its so sad to see Pence suck up to the dear leader before Trumpf speaks. Its so pathetic.

He's unbelievably good at it though, that's why he was hired.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

Liberals better come off their arrogant stance whenever Trump does something easily dismissed as 'illegal'. His intention isn't to play within the rules of the US legal system, and this morning he is showing the most dangerous version of himself yet.

Conservatives better come off their ignorant stance whenever Trump does something 'illegal' they easily dismiss it as executive privilege. His intention isn't to play within the rules of the US legal system, and this morning he is showing the most dangerous version of himself yet.

More accurate?

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

This is Kellyanne's husband's account. Wonder if they'll have much to talk about at the supper table tonight.

He just turned down a job in the Trump admin.

George Conway — a partner at a prominent law firm and the husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway — has withdrawn his name from consideration for a high-level post leading the Justice Department’s civil division.

[DuffMan]

This is great

Trump National Security Team Blindsided by NATO Speech

the president also disappointed—and surprised—his own top national security officials by failing to include the language reaffirming the so-called Article 5 provision in his speech. National security adviser H.R. McMaster, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson all supported Trump doing so and had worked in the weeks leading up to the trip to make sure it was included in the speech, according to five sources familiar with the episode. They thought it was, and a White House aide even told The New York Times the day before the line was definitely included.

And it suggests Trump’s impulsive instincts on foreign policy are not necessarily going to be contained by the team of experienced leaders he’s hired for Defense, the NSC and State. “We’re all seeing the fallout from it—and all the fallout was anticipated,” the White House official told me.

They may be the “adults in the room,” as the saying going around Washington these past few months had it. But Trump—and the NATO case shows this all too clearly—isn’t in the room with them.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...ty-team-215227

[Coach]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

He just turned down a job in the Trump admin.

People with integrity still exist? And they're married to Kellyanne Conway?

The Twilight Zone indeed.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Thor

Osg?

I had CNN on in the background, I believe they said it's the Office of the Solicitor General.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by MattyC

People with integrity still exist? And they're married to Kellyanne Conway?

The Twilight Zone indeed.

There is no universe in where he turned that job down because of integrity.

[Lanny_McDonald]

An interesting report on the growth of White Nationalists on social media and them surpassing ISIS in their efficacy of using the platform to expand their reach.

https://cchs.gwu.edu/sites/cchs.gwu....%20Final_0.pdf

I've been saying this for quite some time, the domestic threat is far greater than the foreign threat.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Ok guy, get away from the podium. I want to see Sarah try to answer some of these questions today.

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by New Era

Conservatives better come off their ignorant stance whenever Trump does something 'illegal' they easily dismiss it as executive privilege. His intention isn't to play within the rules of the US legal system, and this morning he is showing the most dangerous version of himself yet.

More accurate?

Absolutely, it can be flipped. My point is that Trump intends to destroy the systems of checks that are holding him back. So hiding behind faith in the system is likely going to become problematic.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Another quick exit from today's press conference.

Dylan Byers‏@DylanByers

Shorter Sarah Sanders: Why do you guys obsess so much about what the most powerful person in the world says?

That's about it. What a gong show.

[direwolf]

That was quite a tantrum Trump threw on Twitter this morning, including doubling down on his attack on London's mayor. Jesus, what a f'n arsehole. Dude is completely unhinged.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by direwolf

That was quite a tantrum Trump threw on Twitter this morning, including doubling down on his attack on London's mayor. Jesus, what a f'n arsehole. Dude is completely unhinged.

Trump needs to shut his pie hole about London and their problems and start rounding up all the recently fired disgruntled employees in the US.

[northcrunk]

Bilderberg group must be mad at Trump. He didn't toe the line of reaffirming the values of the TPP and NATO!

Side question, what the hell is the CEO of loblaws doing at Bilderberg?

http://bilderbergmeetings.org/press-release.html

Attendance:

http://bilderbergmeetings.org/participants.html

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by direwolf

That was quite a tantrum Trump threw on Twitter this morning, including doubling down on his attack on London's mayor. Jesus, what a f'n arsehole. Dude is completely unhinged.

To be fair London's Mayor just let 2 major terrorist attacks happen on his watch. Theresa May should be ashamed too.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Uh, what the ####? No one "let" two terrorist attacks happen. There's basically nothing Sadiq Khan could have done to stop it short of wandering the streets with a gun hoping to catch them in the act?

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

To be fair London's Mayor just let 2 major terrorist attacks happen on his watch. Theresa May should be ashamed too.

Yeah the mayor should be out there with a .45 like The Punisher dispensing proactive justice. How dare the let this happen! He didn't even sweep the perimeter at the ariana grande concert with his crimefighting dog or stop a truck with his bare hands. What a terrible excuse for a mayor.