The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated

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He's working hard!





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Yeah Donald, everyone :rolleyes:

People would rightly scream nepotism because it fecking is!



I call BULLSHIT!

He's lost the fecking plot again. Must be trying to distract from something.....
 
Rado_N said:
He's quite clearly building up to putting Ivanka forward for the job.
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That would be a mistake. And not only because she's not at all qualified, but it would be a genuine political mistake. But maybe it would finally convince some people that Trump is not some evil genius for whom everything goes according to plan. He acts and reacts, and tries to make himself and his family rich and famous. That's it.
 
niMic said:
That would be a mistake. And not only because she's not at all qualified, but it would be a genuine political mistake. But maybe it would finally convince some people that Trump is not some evil genius for whom everything goes according to plan. He acts and reacts, and tries to make himself and his family rich and famous. That's it.
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Also, in his latest podcast this week Preet Bharara reckons it would be expressly illegal.
 
Remember a couple of years back when he suggested Ivanka for a senior role and we all laughed?
 
niMic said:
That would be a mistake. And not only because she's not at all qualified, but it would be a genuine political mistake. But maybe it would finally convince some people that Trump is not some evil genius for whom everything goes according to plan. He acts and reacts, and tries to make himself and his family rich and famous. That's it.
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It'd be a political mistake, but then he's made - and gotten away with - plenty already. His approach when he makes mistakes is to confuse and obstruct so people forget the mistake and move on. For all the initial outrage that there'd be immediately I largely suspect people would move on from it quickly and before long we'd be analysing Ivanka's role as ambassador as if it's a somehow normal or sane political move.
 
Cheesy said:
It'd be a political mistake, but then he's made - and gotten away with - plenty already. His approach when he makes mistakes is to confuse and obstruct so people forget the mistake and move on. For all the initial outrage that there'd be immediately I largely suspect people would move on from it quickly and before long we'd be analysing Ivanka's role as ambassador as if it's a somehow normal or sane political move.
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Perhaps, but it's a bit of a myth that Trump is ultimately immune to scandal and political mistakes. They don't immediately kill his presidency like they would others, and like they should, but they do stack up. There's a reason we're probably going to see a blue wave in the midterms, for example. It would just be another scandal in some ways, but in this case I really doubt it would ever be normalized.
 
Cheesy said:
It'd be a political mistake, but then he's made - and gotten away with - plenty already. His approach when he makes mistakes is to confuse and obstruct so people forget the mistake and move on. For all the initial outrage that there'd be immediately I largely suspect people would move on from it quickly and before long we'd be analysing Ivanka's role as ambassador as if it's a somehow normal or sane political move.
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I think that could easily be the case as it was when Kushner was given his position. Although this would be incredibly illegal I have absolutely no faith in any comeuppance from it as the Dems are spineless and have little power (At the mokent) and the Republicans are spineless, corrupt and complicit in everything too. Not to mention the lack of checks and balances in place to prevent Trump doing whatever the feck he wants.

However, I will say this, Ivanka has already been given security clearance, has sat in on highly classified meetings, has attended Oval Office meetings and overseas meetings and dinners with foreign world leaders and she has also spoken on behalf of the President and apparently had input in certain policies or been able to sway or dissuade Trump from things he wanted to do. She also does have a certain charm about her and it's been reported that many World leaders, although Not happy about having to deal with her, have found it far easier than dealing with Trump himself.

With all that in mind, making Ivanka UN Ambassador although illegal and wrong for many reasons, would still be near the very bottom of the exceptionally long list of illegal, unethical, immoral and dangerous things Trump has done in the two years he's been in power. That speaks for itself really. Just imagine the shit Obama would have got or Hillary would have got had she put Chelsea up for the position if she had been elected?

The whole thing is fecking batshit.
 
langster said:
He's working hard!





Pasturised...



Yeah Donald, everyone :rolleyes:

People would rightly scream nepotism because it fecking is!



I call BULLSHIT!

He's lost the fecking plot again. Must be trying to distract from something.....
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His "working and praying for the pastor" tweet came after the fact that he was to be released. No doubt he will claim it was him who freed him in front of his followers.
 
Just attended a seminar on from 'let's say people in the financial authority'. The opinion is that Trump policies are quite popular and highly supported in his base. And the outlook is that Dems will take the house, but GOP will keep the Senate. Not sure how much to read into that.
 
niMic said:
That would be a mistake. And not only because she's not at all qualified, but it would be a genuine political mistake. But maybe it would finally convince some people that Trump is not some evil genius for whom everything goes according to plan. He acts and reacts, and tries to make himself and his family rich and famous. That's it.
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But it wouldn't be a mistake, she would be a success. In fact, she would be better than anyone who came before her. And, if we're really lucky, in three years time she will be Secretary of State, much better at that too. Especially compared to someone like crooked Hill Dogg. Why? Because FeckFace McGee would say so and his eejit supporters would believe it.

He's gotten away with saying bigger pieces of bullshit so this wouldn't be any different. He's already started with it before she's even put forward for the job by saying that there's a huge demand for it.
 
Meanwhile at the UN: peace in the Middle East!

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That's it - I'm leaving this planet:
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Trump tells Fox and Friends that Devin Nunes should get the Medal of Honor
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afrocentricity said:
How so? Haven't read it yet but you might save me wasting my time...
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Not coherent. It doesn't really explain why the US military is falling behind, which is what I thought was the purpose of the article. It just seems like a myriad of not very persuasive arguments for greater military spend.
 
langster said:
Admittedly it's not the best written article, but it most definitely does explain numerous reasons why the US military is falling behind places like Russia and China in particular.
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I guess we disagree on the 'falling behind' part. I see most of the reasons given as choices not to invest in certain technologies and capacities, given what I think is a smart strategy to develop capabilities in some areas, not all. The US will still be plenty powerful. If Russia and China want to over-equip themselves, let them.

Obviously, all of the above is tempered by my sceptism of the importance of an overwhelmingly powerful military.
 
I too do not favour the ridiculous amount of money spent on any military anywhere, but especially how much the USA spends. However, the article rightly points out many failings in the way the US is spending its budget, weaknesses in defence and its absolute failure to invest in modern warfare technology.

It rightly points out how the Russians and Chinese are spending in these areas and how ineffective the US's current equipment is compared to the newer stuff being developed by Russia and China.

I just find it interesting considering the grandiose speeches given by Trump about his massive military, biggest budget funding of all time and boasting about the most modern and up to date military in the world when that's clearly not the case. Biggest? yes for sure. Highest spending? Definitely, by a ridiculous margin. Most modern? Not so much anymore.

Agreed it's not the best written article, I just found it interesting, especially compared to much of the nonsense written at the moment.
 
Has he been playing any golf lately? Media seem have completely moved on from the whole "Trump played golf x weeks already, impeach!!" bandwagon.
 
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