The Art of the Donald Trumpocalypse

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:29 pm

Yeah, I'm of the mind that if he's elected and does nothing but redecorate the White House in gold-leaf, it's a problem. The fact that he was even able to take it this far is downright terrifying.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:41 pm

I think my mailman is a Democrat, I haven't received my NRA jacket or my signed Donald Trump "Art of the Deal" yet.

LOL

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:50 pm

Holman wrote:A Trump victory means the GOP pivots to being Trump's party, plain and simple. Congress (and a Trump victory certainly means GOP control of it all) will trade Trump what he wants in return for everything they want.

Democrats will be a powerless minority, and what Republicans will stand up to him? Certainly not the ones who can barely bring themselves to stand up to him now.

The last remnants of the old Republicans will be swept away.

Easy now, you are getting me hard.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:02 pm

hepcat wrote:I may be naive, but I still think we have enough safeguards in place that Trumputin will ultimately just be another Carter and nothing will happen. He'll piss off a bunch of world leaders, sure. But that will be forgotten the moment the country wakes up 4 years later, looks at the president in bed next to them and realizes they made a yuuuuge mistake. The next president will be goddamn Gandhi next to this train wreck of an individual, and we'll get most of our good will back.

It's started already.

{T}he bill cleverly masks what’s effectively a total freeze on Syrian or Iraqi refugee resettlement as another layer of vetting. It’s not evidence-based. It’s demagogic. It’s Trumpish in its essence.

All of this has made it, and continues to make it, quite difficult to believe these conservatives when they distance themselves from Trump’s most bigoted proposals, such as the Muslim ban. Trump is just tapping into the same energy source with more efficiency. Responding to terrorist attacks that Syrian refugees have not committed with an effective ban on their resettlement is not brilliant, responsible constitutionalist conservative policymaking. It’s demagoguery from a party that’s feasted on it since well before Donald Trump converted it into a presidential nomination.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:09 pm

Rip wrote:
Holman wrote:A Trump victory means the GOP pivots to being Trump's party, plain and simple. Congress (and a Trump victory certainly means GOP control of it all) will trade Trump what he wants in return for everything they want.

Democrats will be a powerless minority, and what Republicans will stand up to him? Certainly not the ones who can barely bring themselves to stand up to him now.

The last remnants of the old Republicans will be swept away.
Easy now, you are getting me hard.

No. You say "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

You're going to miss a softball like that? Really?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:19 pm

Just in case anyone is wondering how these things sort out internationally:

The Kremlin's propaganda network, Russia Today, is bringing the UK's Nigel Farage (leader of the anti-immigrant Brexit campaign) on board as a foreign correspondent. His special role will be to cover the Trump campaign, for which he has already appeared as a supporter on the stump.

I'm sure there's no coincidence of interests here. It's just Vladimir Putin's abiding commitment to a free press.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:14 pm

I guess I better learn to love borscht if Trumputin wins.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:44 pm

Well, apparently this whole race is a referendum on Putin's leadership.

Donald J. Trump’s campaign on Thursday reaffirmed its extraordinary embrace of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, signaling a preference for the leadership of an authoritarian adversary over that of America’s own president, despite a cascade of criticism from Democrats and expressions of discomfort among Republicans.

“I think it’s inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country,” said Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana on CNN, defending Mr. Trump by echoing his latest praise for the Russian leader, offered Wednesday night in a televised candidate forum.

Hillary Clinton excoriated Mr. Trump for asserting that Mr. Putin is a better leader than President Obama, saying it was “not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country, as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary.”

This sucking up to an authoritarian dictator is just hard to believe. It goes way beyond necessary diplomacy and strange bedfellows; there's a real admiration for Putinism on Trump's team.

While mainstream Republicans see Putin as the tyrant he is, the alt-right fringe has always had a huge crush on Putin for his intolerance of liberals and his willingness to cast whole ethnicities as second-class undesirables. They love him as an unabashed champion of white nationalist politics for a Christian European empire.

I can't see why Trump himself doesn't get how scary and submissive this looks. Either he believes he can manipulate Putin to his own ends (fat chance) or he really sees some kind of ideological brother there.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:10 pm

On top of the bizarre and frankly insane Putin love - he basically promised a purge of the military leadership *and* it barely merits a mention. That was the most dangerous thing I think he might have said yesterday at the forum. On top of his promises to purge the bureaucracy...this is very depressing and troubling.

Wilhelm · Post by **Wilhelm** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:10 pm

Holman wrote: This sucking up to an authoritarian dictator is just hard to believe. It goes way beyond necessary diplomacy and strange bedfellows...

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:32 pm

Who's that guy sitting behind our next leader?

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:05 pm

Daveman · Post by **Daveman** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:19 pm

malchior wrote:On top of the bizarre and frankly insane Putin love - he basically promised a purge of the military leadership *and* it barely merits a mention. That was the most dangerous thing I think he might have said yesterday at the forum. On top of his promises to purge the bureaucracy...this is very depressing and troubling.

He's clearly up on his internet memes...

Or he's just a fan of Downfall. Or he's just kissing up to Putin by showing some Stalin love.

Fretmute · Post by **Fretmute** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:38 am

Wilhelm wrote:
Holman wrote: This sucking up to an authoritarian dictator is just hard to believe. It goes way beyond necessary diplomacy and strange bedfellows...

We have like a 10 post limit before anyone can post images, right? What a way to start things off.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:36 am

Does anybody happen to know where and when the vortex back to Earth Prime is supposed to appear?

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:09 am

Daveman wrote:
malchior wrote:On top of the bizarre and frankly insane Putin love - he basically promised a purge of the military leadership *and* it barely merits a mention. That was the most dangerous thing I think he might have said yesterday at the forum. On top of his promises to purge the bureaucracy...this is very depressing and troubling.
He's clearly up on his internet memes...

Or he's just a fan of Downfall. Or he's just kissing up to Putin by showing some Stalin love.

So I hear this in english with a thick german accent, and then I hear "iz thiz word correct? Liquidate? Tern ze generals into ze liquid? Yes? Ok. Liquidate ze igh ranking officers, as Stalin did!"

Like he's literally going to gooify the officers, with a giant press or blender or something.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:28 am

You have zis word in English? Liquidate?

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:47 am

I see you've got your own voice in your head. Welcome to the club.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:26 pm

Skinypupy wrote:
Moliere wrote:CH's If Donald Trump Had Been President Throughout History
That was painfully unfunny.

Most of College Humor is unfunny.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:40 pm

I thought maybe I was just an old fogie and couldn't appreciate the humor. Glad to see I'm not alone.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:54 pm

Their "If Google was a guy" was an inspired series.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:37 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Their "If Google was a guy" was an inspired series.

Also, Badman.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:41 pm

Here's a shocker: Drumpf stiffs campaign staff.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:48 pm

Brian wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Their "If Google was a guy" was an inspired series.
Also, Badman.

I'd only seen the Penguin one. Those were pretty damn funny. Thanks!

Wilhelm · Post by **Wilhelm** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:01 pm

hepcat wrote:Who's that guy sitting behind our next leader?

I'm really not sure, and given the atrocity that is this year's election cycle, I'm voting for the horse.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:03 pm

Sarah Jessica Parker 2016! /s

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:05 pm

Wilhelm wrote:
hepcat wrote:Who's that guy sitting behind our next leader?
I'm really not sure, and given the atrocity that is this year's election cycle, I'm voting for the horse.

Don't be embarrassed a lot of people are. They say she is the lesser evil.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:06 pm

From the photos I looked at, Clinton was definitely wearing an ear piece. Probably two, even. And all I can think of is "Why are people so worked up over earrings?"

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:16 pm

TheMix wrote:
Brian wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Their "If Google was a guy" was an inspired series.
Also, Badman.
I'd only seen the Penguin one. Those were pretty damn funny. Thanks!

Batman Can't Stop Thinking About Sex
Is the best one!

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:09 pm

Resignation of the official who engineered his Mexico visit is a victory?

“If you look at what happened, look at the aftermath today, the people who arranged the trip in Mexico have been forced out of government...That’s how well we did, and that’s how well we’re going to do have to do,” Trump told NBC.

Hunh?

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:29 pm

Any day you can gloat over the unemployed is a victory in Drumpfland

Fitzy · Post by **Fitzy** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:06 pm

tgb wrote:Here's a shocker: Drumpf stiffs campaign staff.

Why would anyone with even a tiny bit of sanity work for this man without a contract? I know he stiffs contracted positions as well, but you'd have to be an idiot of legendary status to think he's giving you money without some leverage.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:21 pm

Fitzy wrote:
tgb wrote:Here's a shocker: Drumpf stiffs campaign staff.
Why would anyone with even a tiny bit of sanity work for this man without a contract? I know he stiffs contracted positions as well, but you'd have to be an idiot of legendary status to think he's giving you money without some leverage.

No contract, no NDA?

Last day = bring your thumb drive to work.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:35 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: No contract, no NDA?

Even volunteers for the Trump campaign sign an NDA that forbids disparagement of Trump, his campaign, his family, and all of their businesses. In perpetuity.

No doubt employees sign this long before they see their first paycheck (or don't).

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:26 pm

Rip signed it. But he actually had them add in stricter language. His kids can't even say anything bad about Trumputin.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:44 pm

Fitzy wrote:
tgb wrote:Here's a shocker: Drumpf stiffs campaign staff.
Why would anyone with even a tiny bit of sanity work for this man without a contract? I know he stiffs contracted positions as well, but you'd have to be an idiot of legendary status to think he's giving you money without some leverage.

As soon as I read this bit, I lost any bit of sympathy I might have had for them.

The Alexandria-based policy shop reportedly launched in April to help expand Trump’s messaging beyond soundbites like build a wall, take the oil, and repeal Obamacare. But the organization’s work went largely ignored by the candidate, who never acknowledged the advisors in press releases. More dispiriting than the lack of attention was the lack of a paycheck. Staffers were promised compensation by Corey Lewandowski when he was managing the Trump campaign, several former advisers told the Post. But when Lewandowski’s reign atop Trump Tower came to a sudden end, their agreement became another casualty of the campaign shake-up. “It was understood that we would be paid. The campaign never discussed how much the pay would be. It was never in writing,” one staffer said. “There were some people who were treating it as a full-time job. I suspect that those people were quite astonished when the pay didn’t come through.”

So...they're idiots.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:59 pm

Wow, this takes the cake.

Pensacola, Florida (CNN)Donald Trump said Friday that Hillary Clinton could "shoot somebody" in public and avoid prosecution -- echoing a phrase he once used to describe his electoral invulnerability.

So now he's stooped to saying things HE HAS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF and using them as negatives against his political opponent. It's almost as this is all one big joke to see just how gullible the American people are.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:10 pm

YellowKing wrote:Wow, this takes the cake.

Pensacola, Florida (CNN)Donald Trump said Friday that Hillary Clinton could "shoot somebody" in public and avoid prosecution -- echoing a phrase he once used to describe his electoral invulnerability.
So now he's stooped to saying things HE HAS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF and using them as negatives against his political opponent. It's almost as this is all one big joke to see just how gullible the American people are.

Well we've got a couple guppies here so it's working to an extent.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:06 am

Holman wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote: No contract, no NDA?
Even volunteers for the Trump campaign sign an NDA that forbids disparagement of Trump, his campaign, his family, and all of their businesses. In perpetuity.

No doubt employees sign this long before they see their first paycheck (or don't).

Not getting paid should void any NDA in my opinion.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:46 am

Here you can watch Trump reading the Bible off a teleprompter and conflating patriotism with religion.

"There's a biblical verse that I've often read and I want to repeat it again because I think it is so important to what we're trying to achieve right now for our country. It's from 1 John chapter 4: 'No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us.'

"So true, so True.

"Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people, under one God, saluting one flag."

He's pretty much the least convincing Christian Conservative of all time when he tries this stuff. The creepy part is that he tries it.