American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS (Archive)

[nik-]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Speaking of TJ Maxx, TJ Maxx and Marshalls employess have been instructed to discard all signs for Ivanka Trump products.

They will still sell her line, but won't go out of their way to distinguish it from the other brands they sell.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/b...maxx.html?_r=0

Rosa Parks level bravery on the part of TJ Maxx.

[Drak]

Trump is the greatest on the economy. Everyone says so.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I uhhh.....yeah.....umm.....hmmm.....

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

I'll put this here but would encourage the discussion to occur in the Cdn Federal Politics Thread.

Mainstreet Research did a poll on Cdns thoughts of Trump vs Trudeau.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...437/story.html

Cdns prefer Trump to Trudeau on the economy.

Pretty useless poll to be releasing now. The Trump vs. Trudeau numbers are 3 weeks old and were taken before Trump even assumed office. The latest Trump approval numbers in that poll (which themselves are 10 days old) show his approval among Canadians being cut in half to 15% from where they were earlier in that polling sample so it's pretty clear what direction his numbers are going.

[direwolf]

Spicer sounds flustered again trying to defend and spin Trump's bulls**t. Something tells me we're gonna see a return appearance from Melissa McCarthy on SNL pretty soon.

[cDnStealth]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

I uhhh.....yeah.....umm.....hmmm.....

[nfotiu]

Does Easy D mean something or is he just putting together random words and letters that rhyme.

[Scornfire]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

Does Easy D mean something or is he just putting together random words and letters that rhyme.

likely supposed to mean decision

[Senator Clay Davis]

Nah it's pretty clearly a drop about his upcoming album

[Leeman4Gilmour]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

I uhhh.....yeah.....umm.....hmmm.....

Spoiler!

I think I've convinced myself Trump is actually egging someone on to attempt an attack just so he can say "I told you so" to anyone who has denounced his immigration order.


Some Twitter responses to "Easy D"

[chemgear]

HAHAHAHAHA. Oh ####.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b04061313a1fbb

President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one?

So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident.

lynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead.

Trump was not thrilled with that response ― but that may have been a function of the time of day. Trump had placed the call at 3 a.m., according to one of Flynn’s retellings

[Senator Clay Davis]

The Trump administration, to quote the Departed, has more ####ing leaks than the Iraqi navy.

[Plett25]

Originally Posted by troutman

I just found out that Coretta Scott King was the wife of Martin Luther King, and her funeral in 2006 was attended by the then POTUS George W Bush, as well as his Dad, Clinton, and Jimmy Carter.

Seems to me that she's kind of a big deal.

If a letter about Jeff Sessions, written by a civil rights leader respected by POTUSes can't be read in a confirmation hearing of Jeff Sessions... I just don't know what to think anymore. Just when I think Republicans can't go any lower, they prove me wrong

21st century American politics is unbelievably depressing.

[DuffMan]

This whole administration is a mess, it's going to take decades to fix the damage, and people like Devos haven't even started yet.

[photon]

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Because they assume Trump is rich and a "conservative" so he must know what he's doing. What he's doing is instituting all of the exact same George W. Bush policies. Remember how that ended? Yeah....most people don't know dick all about fiscal policy.

Most of the damaging financial regulation policies that led to the crash were Clinton policies.

[chemgear]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...e-calls-234770

President Donald Trump spent much of a recent phone call with French President Francois Hollande veering off into rants about the U.S. getting shaken down by other countries, according to a senior official with knowledge of the call, creating an awkward interaction with a critical U.S. ally.

While the Hollande call on Jan. 28 did touch on pressing matters between the two countries — namely the fight against the Islamic State — Trump also used the exchange to vent about his personal fixations, including his belief that the United States is being taken advantage of by China and by international bodies like NATO, the official said.

At one point, Trump declared that the French can continue protecting NATO, but that the U.S. “wants our money back,” the official said, adding that Trump seemed to be “obsessing over money."

As for the calls that did result in either leaks or unpleasantries, State Department officials have been struggling to manage the fallout, according to an agency official.

Normally, this person said, any change in foreign policy — or discussions on the calls — would be heavily vetted with experts and senior department officials. "These are usually the most orchestrated of affairs," this person said. "They aren't orchestrated like that anymore."

This person said "what really bothers you about this administration is they don't care about the experts and what we've done here for decades. I don't think they trust us for anything."

[Tillerson] has his work cut out for him, though. According to the State official, the department is "on edge more than I've ever seen it, and I've worked here for more than two decades." Officials have even begun communicating covertly with each other, afraid the administration will listen in on them.

[wwkayaker]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

I uhhh.....yeah.....umm.....hmmm.....

Trump'a fear mongering should be a major concern.

[REDVAN]

Originally Posted by chemgear

HAHAHAHAHA. Oh ####.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b04061313a1fbb

President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one?

So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident.

lynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead.

Trump was not thrilled with that response ― but that may have been a function of the time of day. Trump had placed the call at 3 a.m., according to one of Flynn’s retellings

[ernie]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

The Trump administration, to quote the Departed, has more ####ing leaks than the Iraqi navy.

That's what happens when you surround yourself with incompetents and wastes of space AND put them in charge. The rank and file who just want to do their jobs don't take kindly to it and all of a sudden everybody knows everything.