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

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

Russian corruption of this administration runs deep into the Republican party. Everyone knew about it and did nothing. Pence did nothing, Trump went out of his way to fire acting Attorney General Yates who brought the issue to his attention in the first place. It was also referred to the House Oversight Committee run by Jason Chaffetz who declined to even start any sort of investigation into the matter.



http://thehill.com/policy/national-s...estigate-flynn

If reports coming out of Japan are any indication, Trump also personally encouraged Japan to closer ties with Russia as part of his past meeting pushing Shinzo Abe to open new dialogue with Putin despite knowing all of this. It's goes all the way to the top and well into parts of the GOP.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201...ialogue-putin/

Consequences? I think there needs to be a lot more scandal and grassroots anger/protests before enough Republicans turn against their party. Lets hope the press continues what they are doing.

When this all comes crashing down, what will happen to Chaffetz? He has planned another Benghazi hearing and further probe into Clinton emails, but nothing on this

[Lanny_McDonald]

Gotta love seeing Russia jump to the defense of Flynn. If that doesn't scream there is something running much deeper in this administration then nothing does. Also, Japan suggesting that Trump requested Abe to get closer to Russia certainly stinks to high heaven. Talk about a total provocation of China in the making! Trump is a buffoon and he is destroying American credibility around the globe.

[HotHotHeat]

Reddit photo that doesn't embed...

EDIT

Here's the full thread from Reddit, photo at the top

https://en.reddit.com/r/pics/comment...he_way_ivanka/

[CaptainCrunch]

What photo, it errors out

[Senator Clay Davis]

Kellyanne with a rough interview. Almost defeated dare I say.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/831476776517898240

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by photon

Trump: "The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?"

Delusional.

Just crazy.
Who cares about National security, find the mole.
Wonder if his mancrush Vlad will tell him a thing or 2 on how to deal with moles.

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

There should be a constitutional amendment that requires the president to demonstrate that he can form a proper sentence, and could pass a grade school English exam.

I have to wonder who he is blaming here. Does "Washington" refer to people in his entourage, people in his party, the press, democrats or just an imaginary bogeyman?

"Washington" in this instance is clearly a bone he throws to his base. They then parrot around that the he couldnt do anything because "Washington" prevents him from doing it.

Things like these only solidify my thinking that his base is so far out of touch with reality that all he as to do is put buzzwords together and they'll eat it up. It doesn't have to make sense, it just needs to contain buzzwords.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Kellyanne with a rough interview. Almost defeated dare I say.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/831476776517898240

Good, that is how she should sound. It's starting to fall apart for them now. Her number will be up soon too I imagine.

She had nothing redeeming to say and just played the; "I'm telling you what the president said...", card.

Sorry, but as much as you want to pretend, the president is not infallible. Telling us what he said doesn't matter.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Kellyanne with a rough interview. Almost defeated dare I say.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/831476776517898240

Not much fight left in her judging by that interview.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Kellyanne with a rough interview. Almost defeated dare I say.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/831476776517898240

What a weasel. Lauer says that they've known about this blackmail business since last month and her answer is "the fact is he kept his job until yesterday!". Like that's an answer.

She's a pro, and delivered it as if it were an answer, and those "they're not dumb don't say they're dumb" people that support this bunch of crooks probably bought it.

[Titan]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

On both CNN and FOX, they are saying this guy is a possible replacement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harward

Seems like a stand-up fella and serious about his job. I guess Flynn and Petraeus did too at some point, but still, he's a guy who has been in wars and was responsible for people's lives and his main motivation seems to be the good of the United States and not political scheming. Hopefully. The more people around Trump like that, the better, obviously.

Also, he wrote this article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert...b_4086312.html

This looks like a good pick based on this minimal amount of info. The Huff Post article would indicate he would balance the misogyny in the White House. Also, I like the fact he was in spec ops. A lot easier to send men into harms way if you have been there yourself.

[IGGYFORMVP]

KAC looks like she is coming down off a crack bender.

[aaronck]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Not much fight left in her judging by that interview.

She looks like she hasn't slept in months. Must be stressful spending your days spinning the words of a delusional narcissist. I think Spicy is the next to go, and it might have a LOT to do with SNL

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

Reddit photo that doesn't embed...

Fixed your photo for you. Title is "Find someone that looks at you the way Ivanka Trump looks at Justin Trudeau"

[troutman]

Ana Navarro ‏@ananavarro 21h21 hours ago
Am ready to watch Trump/Trudeau press conference on mute. Because, well, I can't stand listening to Trump. But I do like looking at Trudeau.

[DuffMan]

Things are about to get interesting. Even if Donald knows nothing, the scrutiny is going to antagonize him.

GOP Senate Intel Member: Exhaustive investigation into Trump-Russia connections needed following Flynn resignation

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politi...ion/index.html

[Minnie]

37 mental health professionals/social workers pen letter to NYT. Perhaps nothing, perhaps something. Interesting, to a degree.

Link

To the Editor:

Charles M. Blow (column, nytimes.com, Feb. 9) describes Donald Trump’s constant need “to grind the opposition underfoot.” As mental health professionals, we share Mr. Blow’s concern.

Silence from the country’s mental health organizations has been due to a self-imposed dictum about evaluating public figures (the American Psychiatric Association’s 1973 Goldwater Rule). But this silence has resulted in a failure to lend our expertise to worried journalists and members of Congress at this critical time. We fear that too much is at stake to be silent any longer.

Mr. Trump’s speech and actions demonstrate an inability to tolerate views different from his own, leading to rage reactions. His words and behavior suggest a profound inability to empathize. Individuals with these traits distort reality to suit their psychological state, attacking facts and those who convey them (journalists, scientists).

In a powerful leader, these attacks are likely to increase, as his personal myth of greatness appears to be confirmed. We believe that the grave emotional instability indicated by Mr. Trump’s speech and actions makes him incapable of serving safely as president. (from the above 2, and 35 other individuals)

And somehow, this also seems to fit Trump. He needs to stop eating Alphabet soup & Alphagetti before tweeting.

[Drak]

So the GOP is claiming Flynn gate is over and there will be no investigation?

But emails and Benghazi...

The people need to tear these scumbags away from office.

[FireGilbert]

Originally Posted by Izzle

"Washington" in this instance is clearly a bone he throws to his base. They then parrot around that the he couldnt do anything because "Washington" prevents him from doing it.

Things like these only solidify my thinking that his base is so far out of touch with reality that all he as to do is put buzzwords together and they'll eat it up. It doesn't have to make sense, it just needs to contain buzzwords.

John Oliver touched on the fact the his base is getting their news from sources like Breitbart and Info Wars. In this context Trump seems perfectly sane and rational and is the first politician to ever speak the truth.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints from American officials that it violates a landmark arms control treaty that helped seal the end of the Cold War, administration officials say.

The move presents a major challenge for President Trump, who has vowed to improve relations with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and to pursue future arms accords.

The new Russian missile deployment also comes as the Trump administration is struggling to fill key policy positions at the State Department and the Pentagon — and to settle on a permanent replacement for Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser who resigned late Monday. Mr. Flynn stepped down after it was revealed that he had misled the vice president and other officials over conversations with Moscow’s ambassador to Washington.

The ground-launched cruise missile at the center of American concerns is one that the Obama administration said in 2014 had been tested in violation of a 1987 treaty that bans American and Russian intermediate-range missiles based on land.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/1....co/XjBFG9IK0M