American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by JackJack

Sally Yates is a role model for females. She is handling herself with such poise. Wow. Trump is such an idiot for firing her.

To quote someone else: If I didn't know better I'd think Yates has been dealing with condescending men get whole career

[chemgear]

Haha #### off!

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/new...r-nafta-threat

White House staff called the Prime Minister’s Office last month to urge Justin Trudeau to persuade President Donald Trump not to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to multiple Canadian government sources.

The unconventional diplomatic manoeuvre — approaching the head of a foreign government to influence your own boss — proved decisive, as Trump thereafter abandoned his threat to pull out of NAFTA unilaterally, citing the arguments made by Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto as pivotal.

But the incident highlights the difficulties faced by governments all over the world when it comes to dealing with a president as volatile as Trump.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by JackJack

Somebody needs to punch Cruz.

I have no idea the context of this statement, but I wholeheartedly agree.

[MRCboicgy]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

good lord, check out his new header image

[direwolf]

As expected, Trump is having a twitter meltdown over the Yates testimony.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump.

3:41 PM - 8 May 2017

Sally Yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today --- she said nothing but old news!
3:43 PM - 8 May 2017

The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end?
3:46 PM - 8 May 2017

Biggest story today between Clapper & Yates is on surveillance. Why doesn't the media report on this? #FakeNews!
3:50 PM - 8 May 2017

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

good lord, check out his new header image

I know there was that rumour a while ago that Mexico was gonna buy Twitter, ostensibly to ban Trump, but maybe society should do it instead. We can crowdfund the funds needed to take control of the company and take it private again, and then ban him.

Also, no way he did this himself, he doesn't even know how to subtweet.

[oldschoolcalgary]

all I can think of is how guys like Rush and Alex Jones would be losing their GD minds if the roles were reversed and this was Hillary...

Pretty sickening how the GOP toe the Thin Red Line... its one thing to stick to your guns on policy, its a completely different matter when the issue is potential influence by a foreign power...

I mean, good lord, are the GOP that corrupt?! there's got to be some GOP out there who are ashamed of this behavior... Where are the guys like McCain?

pretty sickening that they play politics instead of trying to find out the truth.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

To quote someone else: If I didn't know better I'd think Yates has been dealing with condescending men get whole career

Sorry to self quote, but the correct wording was :

"Sally Yates handles condescending men so well you'd almost think she'd been doing it her whole life."

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary

all I can think of is how guys like Rush and Alex Jones would be losing their GD minds if the roles were reversed and this was Hillary...

Pretty sickening how the GOP toe the Thin Red Line... its one thing to stick to your guns on policy, its a completely different matter when the issue is potential influence by a foreign power...

I mean, good lord, are the GOP that corrupt?! there's got to be some GOP out there who are ashamed of this behavior... Where are the guys like McCain?

pretty sickening that they play politics instead of trying to find out the truth.

Kasich seems like one of the good ones...his interview on Bill Maher was interesting

[photon]

I like that no one really seems to be covering Trump's twitter histrionics anymore. The only time I find out about them now is when someone posts about them here lol.

[savemedrzaius]

A property developer owned by relatives of the US president’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has apologised for touting the Kushner connection at an investor presentation in China.
Kushner’s sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, took to the stage at Beijing’s Ritz-Carlton hotel on Saturday as part of a #tour of mainland cities to attract wealthy Chinese investors into a New Jersey luxury development with the chance of getting a US green card in return.
“In 2008, my brother Jared Kushner joined the family company as CEO, and recently moved to Washington to join the administration,” Kushner Meyer said at the Kushner Companies conference, according to media reports.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/socie...al-family-ties

[DuffMan]

Trump is losing it. Love it.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by photon

I like that no one really seems to be covering Trump's twitter histrionics anymore. The only time I find out about them now is when someone posts about them here lol.

MSNBC is talking about his latest tweets right now - journalists saying they can't file a story until they get Trump's reactions to the latest development.

[FlameOn]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump.

3:41 PM - 8 May 2017

Originally Posted by troutman

MSNBC is talking about his latest tweets right now - journalists saying they can't file a story until they get Trump's reactions to the latest development.

Trump with another one of his cherry picked responses. It's not that there is no evidence, there is no evidence included in the report as it was pre-mature at the time and some parts of it were still classified.

Full transcript here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-interference/

[Thor]

For us Ted Cruz fan's, not only did he yet again emberass himself badly, he only showed up for his question and left afterwards.

In fact having watched the whole thing, I found it quite fascinating how of the Senators that left early, it was almost all Republican's, while the Democrats all stayed for the whole thing.

But yes we really should start a gofundme to punch him in the face for charity.

[ToewsFan]

Donald Trump: America's Hitler.

[Roast Beef]

Originally Posted by ToewsFan

Donald Trump: America's Hitler.

In his wildest dreams. In reality he is like a baby Hitler, a tiny handed manchild who thinks he can, and is desperately trying to control the narrative.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by Roast Beef

In his wildest dreams. In reality he is like a baby Hitler, a tiny handed manchild who thinks he can, and is desperately trying to control the narrative.

Watch out for the Reichstag Fire

[Senator Clay Davis]

Trump isn't mini-Hitler, he's Berlusconi minus the underage sex scandals (yet...). But if you wanted to refer to Bannon as Goebbels, well that works.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary

all I can think of is how guys like Rush and Alex Jones would be losing their GD minds if the roles were reversed and this was Hillary...

Pretty sickening how the GOP toe the Thin Red Line... its one thing to stick to your guns on policy, its a completely different matter when the issue is potential influence by a foreign power...

I mean, good lord, are the GOP that corrupt?! there's got to be some GOP out there who are ashamed of this behavior... Where are the guys like McCain?

pretty sickening that they play politics instead of trying to find out the truth.

McCain is a paper tiger. besides, he loves the fact that trump want to pour untold riches into his beloved military. he'll turn a blind eye to everything to have that happen.