The Former Trump Presidency Thread

[tjg_marantz]

The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!


Oh god, this is hilarious.

[tgb]

Not well.

[hepcat]

No one likes to admit they were gullible, Rip. We understand.

Let's place bets on the next lie that's revealed, shall we? My money's on Obamacare.

[Skinypupy]

Today's spin on Trump's Wheel O' Outrage lands on...Toyota!

Their response was perfect

[tgb]

Oh god, this is hilarious.

Easy for you to say. Just wait until he comes for America Lite.

[Skinypupy]

I have very little expectations from Trump beyond not pushing for major gun control, open borders, or some crazy crap against Israel like the current anti-semitic administration. Until he does one of those I don't really care what he does or fails to do.

You know, I actually didn't have you pegged as a "you can destroy the economy and the environment, but KEEP YER DAMN HANDS OF MAH GUNS" kind of guy. That's a little disappointing.

[tgb]

I have very little expectations from Trump beyond not pushing for major gun control, open borders, or some crazy crap against Israel like the current anti-semitic administration. Until he does one of those I don't really care what he does or fails to do.

You know, I actually didn't have you pegged as a "you can destroy the economy and the environment, but KEEP YER DAMN HANDS OF MAH GUNS" kind of guy. That's a little disappointing.

Perhaps, but with the economy and environment destroyed, he's gonna need his guns more than ever. And you'll need protection.

Better tread lightly.

[hepcat]

You know, I actually didn't have you pegged as a "you can destroy the economy and the environment, but KEEP YER DAMN HANDS OF MAH GUNS" kind of guy.

Hi, welcome to OO, new poster!

[Skinypupy]

You know, I actually didn't have you pegged as a "you can destroy the economy and the environment, but KEEP YER DAMN HANDS OF MAH GUNS" kind of guy.

Hi, welcome to OO, new poster!

Hush, you. In my defense, I haven't been involved in the gun control threads.

I knew it was a factor (as it is with all conservatives), but I didn't think it was MSD levels of importance to Rip.

[Max Peck]

Oh god, this is hilarious.

Easy for you to say. Just wait until he comes for America Lite.

Our hope is that he's going for a culture victory, which would pretty much mean a continuation of the status quo. If he opts for domination, we're screwed.

[hepcat]

He'd better build a granary (or pyramid if Carson is reading this) first. That's the only way he'll get enough population for a cultural victory.

[tjg_marantz]

Oh god, this is hilarious.

Easy for you to say. Just wait until he comes for America Lite.

We'll just stop moving for a but until he gets distracted by something shiny.

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[tjg_marantz]

I... Uh... It's...

[ImLawBoy]

Didn't he make a big deal of being an Executive Producer on the new show? And he's now disparaging it?

[Captain Caveman]

I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

[tjg_marantz]

https://twitter.com/Evan_McMullin/statu ... 7295662082

Trouble in paradise.

Whether you agree with him politically, or not, Evan McMullin is a good follow, along with Bill Krystol. Krystol is a conservative, a real one. And getting out of the echo chamber and following/listening to (real) conservatives is something all should do.

[hepcat]

I... Uh... It's...

What a train wreck. People elected a walking id.

[malchior]

Well worth the 8 minutes it takes to watch.

I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

Exactly - we've elected someone who is likely mentally ill. There is no other way to describe it at this point.

[malchior]

https://twitter.com/Evan_McMullin/statu ... 7295662082

Trouble in paradise.

Whether you agree with him politically, or not, Evan McMullin is a good follow, along with Bill Krystol. Krystol is a conservative, a real one. And getting out of the echo chamber and following/listening to (real) conservatives is something all should do.

Transition team response to the WaPo article

“We are ahead of schedule with assembling the most qualified cabinet and administration in history. Any implication contrary to that is completely false and from sources who do not have any knowledge of our transition efforts.”

AKA please kind folk - I'd like to sell you this magnificent bridge.

[Chaz]

Oh, were the cabinet nominees they announced not real? Because while those people are all very well qualified to do something, I don't think they're all necessarily qualified for the jobs they've been nominated for.

[LordMortis]

Oh god, this is hilarious.

Easy for you to say. Just wait until he comes for America Lite.

Our hope is that he's going for a culture victory, which would pretty much mean a continuation of the status quo. If he opts for domination, we're screwed.

Everyone knows Toronto is a minor city state.

[NickAragua]

Well, it depends. I'm sure they're perfectly qualified to address the pressing rich person issue of "do I wipe my ass with a hundred dollar bill, really treat myself and go for a thousand or slum it and just go with a twenty?"

[Pyperkub]

I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

We've elected a Monster from the Id.

[The Meal]

Well, it depends. I'm sure they're perfectly qualified to address the pressing rich person issue of "do I wipe my ass with a hundred dollar bill, really treat myself and go for a thousand or slum it and just go with a twenty?"

There are over 165 thousand $1000 bills in circulation. I had no idea.

[Smoove_B]

I asked for a few at the bank recently and they said they couldn't provide it. I don't even think they had a single $500 bill in the teller drawer. Took all my strength to not yell FIAT CURRENCY and run out the door.

[LordMortis]

I remember my father bought a boat with 10 $1000 bills when I was very young. A decision I bet he still regrets. That was the only time I've seen $1000 bills.

[ImLawBoy]

I remember my father bought a boat with 10 $1000 bills when I was very young. A decision I bet he still regrets. That was the only time I've seen $1000 bills.

That was pretty foolish. In retrospect, he should have gone for $20s so that he could do the cool metal briefcase thing.

[Enough]

I remember my father bought a boat with 10 $1000 bills when I was very young. A decision I bet he still regrets. That was the only time I've seen $1000 bills.

Did he end up selling it?

[coopasonic]

I remember my father bought a boat with 10 $1000 bills when I was very young. A decision I bet he still regrets. That was the only time I've seen $1000 bills.

That was pretty foolish. In retrospect, he should have gone for $20s so that he could do the cool metal briefcase thing.

500 $20 bills would probably look pretty silly in a briefcase. That's only a couple inches of money (2.15" assuming impossibly flat, tightly stacked bills)

[ImLawBoy]

I remember my father bought a boat with 10 $1000 bills when I was very young. A decision I bet he still regrets. That was the only time I've seen $1000 bills.

That was pretty foolish. In retrospect, he should have gone for $20s so that he could do the cool metal briefcase thing.

500 $20 bills would probably look pretty silly in a briefcase. That's only a couple inches of money (2.15" assuming impossibly flat, tightly stacked bills)

I guess he'd have to go with $20s on the surface, and then $1s or $5s underneath. The hassle would be worth it to place the briefcase on the table, spin it around, and flip the latches to reveal all that cash.

[LordMortis]

I remember my father bought a boat with 10 $1000 bills when I was very young. A decision I bet he still regrets. That was the only time I've seen $1000 bills.

Did he end up selling it?

I don't really remember. He bought it so he and grandpa (... and the family...) could go trolling on Lake Erie. He then put a lot of blood, sweat, tears, money, and gas into keeping it running until Grandpa died. Then it sat in the back yard. I don't remember it leaving the back yard but it must have because they no longer own that house. I assume he sold it and sold it for considerably less than $10,000 but I don't actually have a memory of that. I fear I might be a replicant now.

[Skinypupy]

I thought people were kidding when they said that Pam Bondi (the Florida attorney general who dropped Trump U charges after a Trump donation to her campaign) would have an official capacity in Trump's administration.

I thought wrong.

[Pyperkub]

As usual, so called 'fiscal conservatives' don't give a crap about the debt once they are in power.Let's cut taxes AND increase spending. That'll work...

Some of the most conservative members of Congress say they are ready to vote for a budget that would — at least on paper — balloon the deficit to more than $1 trillion by the end of the decade, all for the sake of eventually repealing the Affordable Care Act.

In a dramatic reversal, many members of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus said Thursday they are prepared later this month to support a budget measure that would explode the deficit and increase the public debt to more than $29.1 trillion by 2026, figures contained in the budget resolution itself...

...The collective shrug from other conservatives is the latest evidence that Paul’s protest would be a familiar, lonely one. His floor speech attacking the budget measure for making no attempts at deficit reduction — it projects a $9 trillion increase in the debt by 2026 — was preempted by statements from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), pledging to vote for the resolution anyway.

[gilraen]

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I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

Exactly - we've elected someone who is likely mentally ill. There is no other way to describe it at this point.

3 Professors of Psychiatry write to Obama, request full psychiatric evaluation of the PEOTUS

[NickAragua]

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I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

Exactly - we've elected someone who is likely mentally ill. There is no other way to describe it at this point.

3 Professors of Psychiatry write to Obama, request full psychiatric evaluation of the PEOTUS

Subsequent headline:

Three Professors of Psychiatry Arrested for Child Pornography

[TheMix]

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I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

Exactly - we've elected someone who is likely mentally ill. There is no other way to describe it at this point.

3 Professors of Psychiatry write to Obama, request full psychiatric evaluation of the PEOTUS

Subsequent headline:

Three Professors of Psychiatry Arrested for Child Pornography

You are giving him more credit than I am. I'm expecting something more like "Professor missing" in the respective local papers. He doesn't strike me as the type that would be satisfied with just arresting someone. Much easier, simpler, and better if they just vanish in the middle of the night...

[NickAragua]

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I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

Exactly - we've elected someone who is likely mentally ill. There is no other way to describe it at this point.

3 Professors of Psychiatry write to Obama, request full psychiatric evaluation of the PEOTUS

Subsequent headline:

Three Professors of Psychiatry Arrested for Child Pornography

You are giving him more credit than I am. I'm expecting something more like "Professor missing" in the respective local papers. He doesn't strike me as the type that would be satisfied with just arresting someone. Much easier, simpler, and better if they just vanish in the middle of the night...

Yeah, it really depends on which school of thought he subscribes to. If he's into the classics then yeah, pretty much "disappearing" someone is the way to go. If he's into the more modern "good public relations" style of dictatorship, then it's far superior to discredit your opponents than it is to just make them disappear.

[The Meal]

I wonder if he's got any connections with cheap avenues for buying polonium.

[Max Peck]

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I know this isn't a secret or anything, but this guy truly is pathological.

Exactly - we've elected someone who is likely mentally ill. There is no other way to describe it at this point.

3 Professors of Psychiatry write to Obama, request full psychiatric evaluation of the PEOTUS

Subsequent headline:

Three Professors of Psychiatry Arrested for Child Pornography

You are giving him more credit than I am. I'm expecting something more like "Professor missing" in the respective local papers. He doesn't strike me as the type that would be satisfied with just arresting someone. Much easier, simpler, and better if they just vanish in the middle of the night...

Yeah, it really depends on which school of thought he subscribes to. If he's into the classics then yeah, pretty much "disappearing" someone is the way to go. If he's into the more modern "good public relations" style of dictatorship, then it's far superior to discredit your opponents than it is to just make them disappear.

It doesn't have to be an either/or scenario.

1. Discredit the dissident;
2. Rewrite the narrative so that the dissident was never credible in the first place;
3. Once nobody cares, the dissident disappears;
4. The dissident never existed in the first place.

[TheMix]

"We have always been at war with Eur-Asia."