American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Charles Lister‏@Charles_Lister
BREAKING - U.S. intelligence has detected possible #Assad regime preparations for a chemical weapons attack.
#Trump warns of "heavy price."

Just the pessimist in me, but weird timing to announce this publicly with the Trumpcare bill getting hammered by everybody. Maybe it it true, but I can't help being anything but pessimistic with anything to do with Trump.

[calumniate]

Like when Bill dropped bombs on Serbia the day of the lewinsky verdict. That was super messed up

[KootenayFlamesFan]

The same night the White House releases a statement about Syria possibly getting ready for another chemical attack, this is what Trump tweeted about 30 minutes later. This is really still on his mind with everything going on right now?

Donald J. Trump‏@realDonaldTrump
From @FoxNews "Bombshell: In 2016, Obama dismissed idea that anyone could rig an American election." Check out his statement - Witch Hunt!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Interesting image on my twitter feed. Russia way up, Europe way down.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Israel and Russia have positive views. Says a lot about Israel.

[MissTeeks]

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by New Era

Israel and Russia have positive views. Says a lot about Israel.

And heeeeere comes NageWaza...

[nik-]

I mean if an idiot is running the most powerful nation in the world and his only stable piece of foreign policy is pretty much giving you a green light on everything, you'd probably support him too.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

So what you are saying is that somebody farted.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Here's a different version of the Obama/Trump difference chart. Sweden though...

[CampbellsTransgressions]

It was worth it though because economy matters more than anything else, right?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by calumniate

Like when Bill dropped bombs on Serbia the day of the lewinsky verdict. That was super messed up

What Lewinsky verdict?

The investigations into Bill Clinton ended on September 24, 1998. The subsequent impeachment and acquittal of Clinton ended on February 12, 1999. There were no more trials after that.

The NATO bombing of Serbia started on March 23, 1999 (and was 6 months in the making).

[MarchHare]

Bill Clinton ordered attacks against Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and Sudan in response to the 1998 terrorist bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania which had occurred two weeks earlier. The unrelated fact that the terrorist bombings and retaliatory strikes occurred at the same time as the Lewinsky investigation was pounced upon by opportunist Republicans who accused Clinton of "wagging the dog" and using Osama bin Laden to distract the American public from his domestic scandals. One wonders if Clinton might have been more aggressive against Al Qaeda in 1998-2000 (and possibly prevented 9/11) if the Republicans had supported the president's response against what was, at the time, the worst terrorist attack against Americans citizens.

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

What Lewinsky verdict?

The investigations into Bill Clinton ended on September 24, 1998. The subsequent impeachment and acquittal of Clinton ended on February 12, 1999. There were no more trials after that.

The NATO bombing of Serbia started on March 23, 1999 (and was 6 months in the making).

My bad. Can't believe this was almost twenty years ago. Looks like I was thinking of the bombing in Iraq:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...attack-on-iraq

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Here's a different version of the Obama/Trump difference chart. Sweden though...

LOL at Jordan.
"we don't have any confidence in any of these jack asses"

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer

Today Trump has retweeted @foxandfriends 4x, retweeted a Fox host selling a book, & retweeted a guy who calls himself a Fakenews debunker

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Charles Lister‏@Charles_Lister
BREAKING - U.S. intelligence has detected possible #Assad regime preparations for a chemical weapons attack.
#Trump warns of "heavy price."

Just the pessimist in me, but weird timing to announce this publicly with the Trumpcare bill getting hammered by everybody. Maybe it it true, but I can't help being anything but pessimistic with anything to do with Trump.

To be fair, is there a week during this presidency where it wouldn't seem like he was trying to deflect attention from something? Is this even a below average week for him?

[Senator Clay Davis]

I mean depending on how you count the start of the week we're either one or two days into the week, so lots of time left for this to become an abnormal week.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

It's hard to believe this is the president of the U.S. What a whacko.


Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!

[Thor]

I wonder if he genuinely does not know that the NY Times has not been doing this well since before the 2000's thanks mostly to him and his attacks on the media.

He must live in some incredible bubble.