The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated
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Laugh all you like, it's gotten him to power.I was just going to post this, he's at it again!
I bet you're the same type of person that constantly whinges about politicians that are 'not in touch' - well, he's found his way!
ps. wow Celebs annoy me....lot's of righteous hollow chat, but do any of them bother to run etc? Whatever one may think of Trump, you can't agrue he grabbed the bull by the horns and went for it.
He grabbed something alright.
It reminds me a bit of with footie press conferences, when we are all crying out "why dont you ask him about this?!". I would love someone to just point blank ask him a question regarding his loss of the popular vote and all his previous tweets on that topic.
Nah, that was your beloved Bill Clinton's intern, mate
Well yes but part of the anti-Trump sentiment comes from (among other things) his stance on women's rights.
He just walks away when he doesn't like the questions. See the regional reporter who asked him about his racism during the campaign, and the recent Panorama interview about Russian involvement in the election.
It'll go something like this
Interviewer: Mr. Trump, can you really claim to be a legitimate, unifying president when you questioned Obama's legitimacy and rallied against him the right during his time in office?
Trump: I'm the most legitimate president ever, believe me. *Walks off*
I think I'm using humour as a coping mechanism, is it healthy?
stop wasting bandwidthI think I'm using humour as a coping mechanism, is it healthy?
Listening to his speech a second time it struck me that he is only speaking to one set of people, along with not looking to heal any divisions, be less divisive then he has during the campaign that he doesn't care what the rest of America thinks of him, that he is only speaking to the people who elected him. Reassuring them that their choice was correct - the cadence in his words, the elisions all appealing to the lower denomination as such, his constituency, the populist blue collar workers, the jobless, the zero contract three job voters. He simply doesn't care about who didn't vote for him. He's speaking to all the people who are most willing to believe that the press would lie automatically, the press that has denigrated him and them.
Yea his contributions should be more in line with yours right?stop wasting bandwidth
What the hell?
Good grief. In his time, Trump has cultivated friendships with every celebrity from Mr T's nan to Johnny 5 from Short Circuit, yet now he professes to dislike celebs?
I think you're forgetting how smart Paz is.
Didn't you know he's an alumni [sic] from GS.
Oh, that's right. I had forgotten all about that!
Trump literally has a celebrity version of his show, in which he actively works with dozens of celebrities.
but now, celebrities are bad because they wont play nice with him?
What reality are we living in?
but now, celebrities are bad because they wont play nice with him?
What reality are we living in?
Think about what that says about his electorate.
I think this will be his approach when he's in office. The 38 or so per who voted for him will however gradually dilute over time as one or more of his policy promises may not happen and his drama queenish ways on Twitter and elsewhere will almost certainly erode some of his support. Its just much easier to galvanize a constituency during a campaign than when you're actually governing, since at that point they are expecting you to deliver on your campaign promises. I maintain that if his numbers get into the twenties, Republicans will gradually start to peel off and he will be politically vulnerable.
I imagine most reporters realise that the odds of him acknowledging the question are low... and any answer beyond him ranting something about fake news is negligible... almost certainly less likely than a one way family ticket to an all inclusive stay at gitmo for the reporter and his family
Our Kardashians correspondent writes:
Even the Klowns won't go near him!
Even the Klowns won't go near him!
Honestly I'm happy he is still using this handle, it's a comedy goldmine and I'm worried that may be Netflixor whatever buys the ownership of his tweets and press conference. He has been boiling my blood but now I'm over that period.
Yes I can see that happening however it will depend on whether he actually manages some quick wins in manufacturing creating jobs which will consolidate and might even develop on that 38%. Trouble is that a lot of those historical jobs will now be taken up by robots. Profit first and foremost always!
What I'm worried about there is that his supporters will engage in some personal revisionist history as a defense mechanism. "Oh well we knew all along he wasn't really going to do that. It was just to get elected. All politicians do that. It was really just a vote against Hillary."
I've heard that from multiple Trump voters already. Ones with college degrees, mind you.
Also heard this gem on Friday... "I just think it's God's hand at work. I've never seen a country pray more over an election than we did over this one".... To which I responded... "Yeah and look where that got us"
"But he's not a politician" etc.
I have a different worry. He's said anything he needed to say to get elected, and he'll probably do anything required to keep it. When he inevitably can't make good on the promises, he'll start telling his followers that we all need to make sacrifices, and will probably find scapegoats to direct their ire on. Just like that Star Trek episode
*facepalm*
1) exactly what I said to them! "I thought he wasn't one???""But he's not a politician" etc.
I have a different worry. He's said anything he needed to say to get elected, and he'll probably do anything required to keep it. When he inevitably can't make good on the promises, he'll start telling his followers that we all need to make sacrifices, and will probably find scapegoats to direct their ire on. Just like that Star Trek episode
2) I'm gonna be torn between being pissed off at him screwing my country over and being an utter bellend "told ya so" to my colleagues who voted for him when that starts up
Oh yes! These are educators, with degrees in history, business, poli sci, etc. saying stuff like this.
Where do you even begin to address why this is wrong. As well as being quite ominous for many reasons, it's amazing how they've picked somebody who trips over his words and sounds like a father who's angry his child isn't being utilized properly in a children's baseball team.
I know, it's just so annoying to see that easily enough people were against him to tip the key states, but they just didn't, and now the world is stuck with that unbearable manchild.
Christ that was awful.
Might as well rename his position "Pravda Minister" if he's going to be acting like that for the foreseeable future.
Where do you even begin to address why this is wrong. As well as being quite ominous for many reasons, it's amazing how they've picked somebody who trips over his words and sounds like a father who's angry his child isn't being utilized properly in a children's baseball team.
The censorship and misinformation is worrying but the thing that annoyed me most was him criticising the media for sowing division, just seconds after criticising "the democrats" for "playing politics" re: the CIA director. fecking idiotic on so many levels.
I'm saying this in the nicest way possible, but for those people, the degrees aren't worth the papers they are printed on.
What's the fecking point spending 15+ years learning and the moment you are required to use a brain cell, default to 'it's in God's hands'?
Are you based in the US bro?stop wasting bandwidth
Believe me... I am dumbfounded as well. I regularly have to walk from the social studies hall to the science hall to have a sensible conversation about politics (one that doesn't involve divine intervention).
When I responded to that person with "look where that got us" she look like I had slapped her child.
That baby's protest fist
Least she spelled "honored" correctly (for an American).
Amway scum I'm afraid.
Actually, 'for' is correct when it comes to Trump. Everything is for Donald! Suck it up, losers!
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