The Former Trump Presidency Thread

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:39 am

I have nothing to add, just wanted to be the 10,000th comment in this thread.

Carry on.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:43 am

Well, you failed:

You were the 10,000th reply.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:57 am

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:08 pm

Just proves how Trump improves the ratings on any show he participates. They are bigger, more fantastic than any thread on OO.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:14 pm

"Not a lot of people know this, it's true! But I heard that every discussion on internet forums that has me as the subject has the most replies of any in history! It's true! Not a lot of people knew that..."

(actually, THAT one MAY be true, considering the stupid, crazy, nasty shitstorm this raging egofuck has caused, and that so many people are in disbelief, they feel the need to talk about it and make sure it's actually happening)

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:21 pm

He posted a video congratulating the CIA on its 70th birthday.* The video was a minute and a half of clips from the speech he gave there just after his inauguration. Included in the clips are some of his attacks on the media. Once again, it's all about him. This would be the same speech that many in the CIA thought was in bad taste considering it was given in front of the memorial wall.

*It seems to me like an entity like the CIA would actually have a 70th anniversary, and birthdays are more reserved for an individual what was born. But that's a nitpick.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:03 pm

Chaz wrote:He posted a video congratulating the CIA on its 70th birthday.* The video was a minute and a half of clips from the speech he gave there just after his inauguration. Included in the clips are some of his attacks on the media. Once again, it's all about him. This would be the same speech that many in the CIA thought was in bad taste considering it was given in front of the memorial wall.

*It seems to me like an entity like the CIA would actually have a 70th anniversary, and birthdays are more reserved for an individual what was born. But that's a nitpick.

He knows birthdays go that high, but based on his marriage history he doesn't realize anniversaries can go beyond fifteen.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:40 pm

Oh goody, daddy's girl is meeting with even more foreign leaders.

I remember when any self respecting conservative would have had a fit over something like this. Too bad they're all either dead or just too much of a coward to speak up now.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:21 am

Trump just called Kim Jong-un "Rocket Man" in his speech to the UN. He's treating his UN speech like one long Twitter rant.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:28 am

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Trump just called Kim Jong-un "Rocket Man" in his speech to the UN. He's treating his UN speech like one long Twitter rant.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:32 am

hepcat wrote:I remember when any self respecting conservative would have had a fit over something like this. Too bad they're all either dead or just too much of a coward to speak up now.

I can hear the mantra from here.

It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward.

Hopefully there's a punji stick pit ahead for all of them.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:43 pm

Paingod wrote:
hepcat wrote:I remember when any self respecting conservative would have had a fit over something like this. Too bad they're all either dead or just too much of a coward to speak up now.
I can hear the mantra from here.

It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward. It's ours now. Just close your eyes, hold on, and keep walking forward.

Hopefully there's a punji stick pit ahead for all of them.

There is but they are not the only ones going to fall into it. We all are since we're shackled to them.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:56 pm

The moment we start fighting with North Korea, I fully expect the Mangerine's bone spurs to make a reappearance and then a quick retreat to Mar-a-Lago to ride out the rest of his presidency.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:59 pm

hepcat wrote:The moment we start fighting with North Korea, I fully expect the Mangerine's bone spurs to make a reappearance and then a quick retreat to Mar-a-Lago to ride out the rest of his presidency.

Are you kidding? That's PRIME ratings material. He'd be everywhere, relentlessly promoting his war.

We have dropped more bombs than anyone else, ever. The best bombs. Our troops are just the best. They're killers.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:19 pm

I hear that Trump's speech to the UN was magnificent, a true tour de force.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beamed as he and his wife, Sara, listened to Trump speak. The Israeli leader, an opponent of the international nuclear deal with Iran, was also addressing the world body later Tuesday, a day earlier than usual because he is leaving the gathering in time to spend the Jewish holy days in Israel.

“In more than 30 years of my acquaintance with the U.N., I have not heard a more courageous and sharp speech,” Netanyahu, a former Israeli ambassador to the body, said after Trump's remarks. “President Trump told the truth about the dangers lurking in the world, and called to face them forcefully to ensure the future of mankind.”

So that went well.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:27 pm

Shouldn't Netanyahu be at home making sure his son isn't posting Nazi slogans on Instagram and retweeting articles from The Stormfront?

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:55 pm

As I asked in the NK thread, what magic response should Trump take that will resolve this situation? It's a clusterfuck no matter what he does. Which is great for the Democrats so they don't have to take the blame.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:59 pm

Probably destroying North Korea will do the trick.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:04 pm

hepcat wrote:Shouldn't Netanyahu be at home making sure his son isn't posting Nazi slogans on Instagram and retweeting articles from The Stormfront?

Something else he and Trump have in common.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:06 pm

Yes, NK is a generally no-win situation. But Trump is needlessly stirring the pot with the seemingly intention to goad NK into doing something so Trump can justify military action. There are degrees of clusterfuckedness and Trump is rocketing up the scale.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:09 pm

2 terrible choice....sit on our asses until the world ends around us or do something about it and the world ends around us.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:11 pm

John Kelly seems to have enjoyed Trump's speech...

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:24 pm

Moliere wrote:As I asked in the NK thread, what magic response should Trump take that will resolve this situation? It's a clusterfuck no matter what he does. Which is great for the Democrats so they don't have to take the blame.

When you're damned if you do and damned if you don't, you might as well do. How many electoral votes does SK get anyway?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:00 pm

tgb wrote:
hepcat wrote:Shouldn't Netanyahu be at home making sure his son isn't posting Nazi slogans on Instagram and retweeting articles from The Stormfront?
Something else he and Trump have in common.

But wait, there's more! Netanyahu's wife is up on fraud charges.. Best pals potential. I bet they party with Burlesconi.

While the amount involved in the case seems relatively minor, the so-called “meal-booking affair,” as the Israeli media calls it, is one of four corruption investigations closing in on Mr. Netanyahu and adds to the perception that Mrs. Netanyahu has exploited her husband’s office to finance her opulent tastes.

Sounds familiar.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:29 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Yes, NK is a generally no-win situation. But Trump is needlessly stirring the pot with the seemingly intention to goad NK into doing something so Trump can justify military action. There are degrees of clusterfuckedness and Trump is rocketing up the scale.

I imagine this kind of dick-wagging talk only further validates NK's perception that they are justified in developing a nuclear deterrent. Kim probably looks at Saddam and Qaddafi and sees very clearly what his fate would be absent that deterrent. Further, Trump threatening to abandon the Iran deal only shows that we'd be a bad faith partner in any deal regarding denuclearizing.

Kim gets described as a madman a lot, but putting aside the horrible conditions in NK and its terrible record of human rights violations, if his goal is simply to hold on to power and protect himself and his regime, his actions are not altogether irrational.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:42 pm

Captain Caveman wrote:Kim gets described as a madman a lot, but putting aside the horrible conditions in NK and it's terrible record of human rights violations, if his goal is simply to hold on to power and protect himself and his regime, his actions are not altogether irrational.

Most of the material on that subject that I've read makes the case that Kim is brutal and ruthless, but entirely rational.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:51 pm

From the "Well, duh!" file: Trump using campaign, RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe

U.S. President Donald Trump is using money donated to his reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee to pay for his lawyers in the probe of alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. Federal Election Commission allows the use of private campaign funds to pay legal bills arising from being a candidate or elected official.

While previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements, Trump would be the first U.S. president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of responding to a criminal probe, said election law experts.

One person familiar with the matter said the first payments, the amount of which Reuters could not determine, has already been made and would be disclosed in public filings. The person did not explain how the costs would be allocated between the campaign and the RNC.

The Republican National Committee is expected to make its August spending public on Wednesday, and the Trump campaign is due for another disclosure on Oct. 15.

John Dowd, Trump’s lead lawyer, declined to say how the president’s legal bills were being paid, adding: “That’s none of your business.”

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:35 pm

Well, his reelection is dead in the water if he goes to prison. So seems like a perfectly reasonable use of his reelection funds.

Kim isn't especially smart, he's just not especially stupid.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:35 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote:
tgb wrote:
hepcat wrote:Shouldn't Netanyahu be at home making sure his son isn't posting Nazi slogans on Instagram and retweeting articles from The Stormfront?
Something else he and Trump have in common.
But wait, there's more! Netanyahu's wife is up on fraud charges.. Best pals potential. I bet they party with Burlesconi.

While the amount involved in the case seems relatively minor, the so-called “meal-booking affair,” as the Israeli media calls it, is one of four corruption investigations closing in on Mr. Netanyahu and adds to the perception that Mrs. Netanyahu has exploited her husband’s office to finance her opulent tastes.
Sounds familiar.

From that same article.

and improperly redeemed more than $1,000 in bottle deposits for cash.

Now that's some stone cold gangsta shit right there.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:44 pm

I'm a little perplexed about how despite a direct hit by Maria the mangerine hasn't declared a disaster there yet. Does 100% of power have to be out for 2 days? The media has not really picked this up yet but it sure is curious.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:49 pm

It's mostly hitting brown people. Not his demographic.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:20 pm

malchior wrote:I'm a little perplexed about how despite a direct hit by Maria the mangerine hasn't declared a disaster there yet. Does 100% of power have to be out for 2 days? The media has not really picked this up yet but it sure is curious.

But it hasn't yet hit the United.... Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Combustible Lemur · Post by **Combustible Lemur** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:17 pm

hepcat wrote:It's mostly hitting brown people. Not his demographic.

I'd be surprised if he understands they're citizens.

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LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:03 pm

Combustible Lemur wrote:
hepcat wrote:It's mostly hitting brown people. Not his demographic.
I'd be surprised if he understands they're citizens.

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Wrong side of the wall.

-Pink Floyd.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:30 am

Combustible Lemur wrote:
hepcat wrote:It's mostly hitting brown people. Not his demographic.
I'd be surprised if he understands they're citizens.

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How many electoral votes did they give him?

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:09 pm

Seems like a good place to document how well that swamp draining is going:

President Donald Trump’s appointees to jobs at Agriculture Department headquarters include a long-haul truck driver, a country club cabana attendant and the owner of a scented-candle company.

A POLITICO review of dozens of résumés from political appointees to USDA shows the agency has been stocked with Trump campaign staff and volunteers who in many cases demonstrated little to no experience with federal policy, let alone deep roots in agriculture. But of the 42 résumés POLITICO reviewed, 22 cited Trump campaign experience. And based on their résumés, some of those appointees appear to lack credentials, such as a college degree, required to qualify for higher government salaries.

And before the "what about..." starts:

It’s typical for presidents to reward loyalists with jobs once a campaign is over. But what’s different under Trump, sources familiar with the department's inner workings say, is the number of campaign staffers who have gotten positions and the jobs and salaries they have been hired for, despite not having solid agricultural credentials in certain cases.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:14 pm

Trump's USDA picks

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:55 pm

"Draining the Swamp."

If it weren't for TrumpRussia, Trump's lack of qualification/understanding/temperament, and the administration's open association with white supremacists and other extremists, the cashing-in and exploitation of political appointments for personal gain and industry influence would be the biggest scandal since Watergate.

As it is, we don't even have time to notice it.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:06 pm

Most of Trump's swamp draining has been getting rid of the people that got him into the White House.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:16 pm

hepcat wrote:Trump's USDA picks

You think you're being funny, but you just wait until he replaces Jeff Sessions with Arnold Ziffel.