The Former Trump Presidency Thread

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:30 pm

Kraken wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:20 pm
Jaymann wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 7:27 pm Isn't Trump by definition Littlefinger?
Imma go with Joffrey all the way.

I hate to say "I told you so," but...oh wait, no. I actually love to say "I told you so."

George R.R. Martin: Trump is a grownup King Joffrey

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:50 pm

Bah. That's just, like, his opinion, man.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 7:53 pm

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1059164650565234688

Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh to join Trump at rally the night before midterms http://hill.cm/d5e9RNf

Just to make clear what this election is entirely about...

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:16 pm

Did they tell Rush it was going to be packed with Dominican prostitutes to get him to go?

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:01 pm

hepcat wrote:Did they tell Rush it was going to be packed with Dominican prostitutes to get him to go?

And they have Oxy in the candy bowls.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:00 am

The Trump administration is bracing for a massive staff shake-up in the weeks following the midterm elections, as the fates of a number of Cabinet secretaries and top White House aides are increasingly uncertain heading into a potentially perilous time for President Trump.

Some embattled officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, are expected to be fired or actively pushed out by Trump after months of bitter recriminations. Others, notably Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, may leave amid a mutual recognition that their relationship with the president has become too strained. And more still plan to take top roles on Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign or seek lucrative jobs in the private sector after nearly two years in government.

link

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:04 am

Trump has forever destroyed any polls on worst President of all time. If they made a Mount Rushmore of bad Presidents they would have to put up five Trumps. So much winning.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 am

Wait, five?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:17 am

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 amWait, five?

Clearly. Four was enough for the good presidents. Trump is more than that.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:37 am

Jaymann wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:04 am Trump has forever destroyed any polls on worst President of all time. If they made a Mount Rushmore of bad Presidents they would have to put up five Trumps. So much winning.

What is insane to me is that I have acquaintances who think he is one of the greatest. Often they were former friends but boy did that change when somehow Trump got them to show their true colors.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:06 am

Why is it so many good people die young yet Trump keeps fuckfarting along??

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:31 am

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 amWait, five?

Think of all the jobs he'd create in the orange paint industry!

Fitzy · Post by **Fitzy** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:55 am

Daehawk wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:06 am Why is it so many good people die young yet Trump keeps fuckfarting along??

Don’t you listen to philosophers?

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:01 pm

Random story associated with that song:

I had a good friend and co-worker who died in a motorcycle accident in his early 40s. He was the guy that got me into running and working out.

A couple of weeks after he died, I was in my garage running on the treadmill. As I'm running, I started thinking about him and some of the tips he'd give me when running. All of a sudden a battery-powered radio on a shelf in the garage suddenly turned on. The song it was blasting? "Only the Good Die Young."

I don't believe in ghosts, but that was damn spooky.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:56 pm

Did I miss this somewhere?

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/03/66393306 ... judge-says

A lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the constitution's emoluments clause can proceed, a federal judge said Friday. Never before has an emoluments case gone to trial in the U.S.

Federal District Judge Peter Messitte denied Trump's request for a stay and ordered the two parties to begin the discovery process.

The ruling means the plaintiffs, the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C., have some power to obtain documents from the president and his business ventures. Trump notably has not released his tax returns and has maintained ownership of his businesses.

/wonders how quickly this gets advanced to Supreme Court and Kavenaugh shits all over it with "I was a different person when I was Clinton impeachment attach dog working for Rove and McConnell under Starr. You don't go after sitting presidents."

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:59 pm

Yup - over in the Investigations thread

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:03 pm

https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1059775130551902209

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:11 pm

There should be a disclaimer at the bottom that her tweet is endorsed by the pool boy at Mar-a-Lago...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:23 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:03 pm https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1059775130551902209

Looking over her Twitter posts her handlers need to be her husband's handlers. Short of BeBest tags, it's the right amount of respect for the nation we all live in.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:31 pm

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1060233533900447745

(and no, his poll numbers with African Americans is not high)

noxiousdog · Post by **noxiousdog** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:49 pm

Jeff Sessions just resigned.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:52 pm

noxiousdog wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:49 pm Jeff Sessions just resigned.

I didn't think he would freak out this badly - just kidding! This is going to get ugly quick.

Edit: If you didn't see his press conference today - it was off the rails. The press was lambasting him and he was clearly losing his mind.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:59 pm

Fire Mueller!! DO IT!!! GIVE IN TO YOUR HATE!!!

And yes if you watched that press conference and were convinced that he felt he won last night well....

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:05 pm

Oh boy... here we go. that didn't take long At All.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:07 pm

Do I even want to know what I'm missing?

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:13 pm

I had read even a couple of weeks ago that he was expected to leave one way or the other, after the midterms. Also a few others, including Sec of Homeland Security Nielsen. Expect more "leavings" this week.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:15 pm

Cornered badger time. Not only does Trump now have a House against him, just salivating at the chance to open investigations, he knows that now that mid-terms are over Mueller is free to unleash whatever he's been sitting on for the past two months.

My only consolation is that Trump's actions totally point to him being guilty as sin. People with nothing to hide don't do everything in their power to shut down investigations against them.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:16 pm

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:16 pm

Expecting people leaving after mid-terms? Sure it was expected. Even normal. However, Trump giving some unhinged press conference and then announcing Jeff Sessions was "resigning" by afternoon the next day. Not so much.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:19 pm

YellowKing wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:15 pm My only consolation is that Trump's actions totally point to him being guilty as sin. People with nothing to hide don't do everything in their power to shut down investigations against them.

True. Innocent people make lists of all the women that like them.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:24 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:16 pmTrump giving some unhinged press conference

Unfortunately, that's very normal. Also a questionable firing/resigning? Par for this dark, dark timeline's course.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:26 pm

"Two days ago, Gabriel Sherman reported that White House officials are concerned about Donald Jr. “I’m very worried about Don Jr.,” a former West Wing official told Sherman, who fears Mueller will be able to prove perjury. Deep in a report about Trump’s 2020 campaign plans, Politico drops the news this morning that Trump Jr. “has told friends in recent weeks that he believes he could be indicted.”

If it’s what you’re saying, we love it."

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:51 pm

There is a report (one! - fwiw) that Whitaker has already taken over the Russia investigation and Rosenstein is on his way to the White House for an unrelated meeting. Let's see if we get a constitutional crisis the day after the House takeover. Trump intentionally bypassed Rosenstein who would ordinarily be Acting AG.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/ ... 4445889536

Also interesting note, the Sessions resignation letter isn't dated.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:16 pm

noxiousdog wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:49 pm Jeff Sessions just resigned.

Well, someone has got to have gotten Bingo by now...

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:19 pm

Forget socks, sweaters, video games, board games...whatever. All I want for Christmas this year is an orange jumpsuit for Don Jr.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:20 pm

Also interesting that the letter specifies "At your request, I am submitting my resignation." That's pretty specific, and changes it from a resignation into a firing.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:22 pm

Chaz wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:20 pm Also interesting that the letter specifies "At your request, I am submitting my resignation." That's pretty specific, and changes it from a resignation into a firing.

That's all I see.

Dear Mr President, this my formal acknowledgement that I have been fired. Enclosed is my form letter window dressing.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:22 pm

Then he can file for unemployment. $425/week, here he comes!

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:26 pm

Chaz wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:20 pm Also interesting that the letter specifies "At your request, I am submitting my resignation." That's pretty specific, and changes it from a resignation into a firing.

The important thing about a resignation - even one demanded - is that the President then has the authority to choose the replacement at will. Allowing him to elevate Whitaker over Rosenstein. This is all calculated. Whitaker has comments out in the public record indicating bias against the Russia investigation. Does anyone think he got the job without Whitaker telling Trump that he would protect him? It is pretty much the only reason Trump is mad at Sessions. Sessions pretty much implemented every crooked and twisted scheme that Trump asked for.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:43 pm

I know the Sessions news is everything, but if you haven't seen this clip from today's press conference...

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1060223658898141187