PGT: President-Elect Donald J Trump

[Thor]

I want more! These are incredible fun

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Thor

I want more! These are incredible fun

You only say that because you are outside of the air-drift range of the fallout.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Awaiting Ducay to tell us the genius, 91D chess we missed in this.

[Tacopuck]

Originally Posted by photon

He's not divesting himself of anything.

How does the plan stop Trump from making decisions and taking actions as president that profit his business?

Well he has resigned from all positions and Installed a 3rd party ethics watchdog that has to sign off on all buisness transactions for the organization for one. Divest was the wrong word use. Separate management from ownership responbilities is better

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Awaiting Ducay to tell us the genius, 91D chess we missed in this.

I'm assuming it will just re-hash whatever essay-nobody-asked-for Scott Adams will crap out in the next 30 minutes.

[DuffMan]

I seriously cannot get over how dense of a simpleton the next President of the United States is.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Tacopuck

Well he has resigned from all positions and Installed a red party ethics watchdog that has to sign off on all buisness transactions for the organization for one. Divest was the wrong word use. Separate management from ownership responbilities is better

Sure, but that still doesn't say how it avoids a conflict of interest. It's not a conflict of decision making, it's a conflict of interest, and Trump still has interest no matter what. As the lawyer said, he can't forget what he owns.

So the question is still what prevents Trump from making decisions that may appear to be made to benefit himself?

[photon]

Republican Senator says that with the Obamacare replacement you will still be able to get insurance if you have a pre-existing condition.

https://thinkprogress.org/republican...l-8c0753ae406e

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Tacopuck

Well he has resigned from all positions and Installed a red party ethics watchdog that has to sign off on all buisness transactions for the organization for one. Divest was the wrong word use. Separate management from ownership responbilities is better

Isnt he still in non-compliance with the emouluments clause if as an asset owner a foreign government has a contract with one of his assets regardless of who is managing said assets.

What Tillerson did is what is required, resign, divest, penalty clause for returning afterwards(though the wording on the penalty clause still might not be sufficient).

And even then if his familial relations still have ownership the conflict of interest may still exist.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by photon

Republican Senator says that with the Obamacare replacement you will still be able to get insurance if you have a pre-existing condition.

https://thinkprogress.org/republican...l-8c0753ae406e

So the general publics insurance will still be more expensive then before pre-existing conditions were covered.

[photon]

And Vox says Trump's lawyer misrepresented the Rockefeller example.

http://www.vox.com/2017/1/11/1423859...on-rockefeller

It was reported in 1974 that Rockefeller said that he'd comply fully with whatever Congress asked including placing interests in a blind trust, which Trump won't do.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by GGG

So the general publics insurance will still be more expensive then before pre-existing conditions were covered.

As someone pointed out, your deductible will become $15,000, and your coverage cap will be $15,500. Good luck!

[photon]

Originally Posted by GGG

So the general publics insurance will still be more expensive then before pre-existing conditions were covered.

More expensive for who is the question. They could make it cheaper EDIT: for premium payers I mean by having a separate insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions and subsidize that or something.

Gah everything is like crazy talk. It's like every discussion of the US health care system is code for "how can we make a system with the most intermediaries between the money and the people possible".

[photon]

Haha the next reporter Trump called on after calling CNN terrible and fake news was... Breitbart!

[rubecube]

Remember when we all thought America couldn't elect a bigger idiot than W?

[troutman]

S.E. Cupp ‏@secupp If journalists want to preserve integrity and power of press, they should ALL walk out when Trump bashes ONE of them.


Keith Olbermann ‏@KeithOlbermann
The entire media corps should have walked out after Trump's attack on CNN.


Olbermann and Cupp agree.

[PsYcNeT]

So when is ABC starting on their re-make of The Day After?

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

So when is ABC starting on their re-make of The Day After?

sadly, this time around it may be a reality show.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Jake's gonna learn, as Fahrenthold did, that they'll just start calling him and CNN stalkers instead.

[photon]

Or work together and decide on the important questions and followups and whoever gets picked asks them in descending order of importance. Instead of distractions getting all the attention.

If the journalism is actually more important than the business of news...

Otherwise every presser will be a circus like that, which suits Trump fine. Some think he came off as a clown, but whoever thinks that already thinks that. Trump supporters got more of what they want, so the end result is nothing was gained out of the whole exercise.