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Smoove_B wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:45 am Some deep thoughts from our President:

"If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor," the president said in a Fox News interview that aired Thursday.

Because without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe in reverse," Trump said, pointing at his head. "I got rid of regulations. The tax cut was a tremendous thing."

But the clincher:

"I don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a great job," the president told "Fox & Friends."

How indeed.

Because it can't - for even a single, solitary second - not be entirely, 100% about Trump.

I know I shouldn't be surprised at the level of ego, but sometimes I still am.

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:45 am

"I don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a great job," the president told "Fox & Friends."

The operative truth that crept in to that statement is I don't know.

Trump is no longer arguing his innocence -- he's pitching his job performance. I'll take that metric. Recession is coming with the tariff fallout. And Trump has not done well except by FOX News and deplorable standards.

Well that is it guys, we are totally stuck with him. Our livelihood depends upon it.

I have the perfect election slogan for the coming election.

Trump or Bust!

Bust, please.

My mom is a big Trump supporter due to the strong stock market. I’m sure there’s a lot of old folks benefiting from the stock market and tying that to having a "real" businessman in the Oval Office. Old people suck.

Rip wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:41 am Well that is it guys, we are totally stuck with him. Our livelihood depends upon it.

I have the perfect election slogan for the coming election.

Trump or Bust!

Can you write that in Russian so his handlers know you're still loyal to the cause?

I found it interesting in that interview that he didn't even make a pro forma "I didn't do it" argument... he jumped over that right to "that's a nice economy you got... be a shame if something happened to it".

It's could also be his attempt to send a subtle message to the wealthy that he thinks they should start shuffling their money out of the markets because his ship is going down. As pointed out, he fully believes that he alone is responsible for the market's success or failure. MAGA

Something to keep in mind if he keeps making that argument about impeachment and the economy:

Trumpsters will just interpret that graph as Hillary planned 9/11.

It's actually proof of Pizzagate. Look real closely at the graph and you'll see.

I suspect that removing the Trump-tantrum factor would be good for markets, and investors know it.

hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:32 pm It's actually proof of Pizzagate. Look real closely at the graph and you'll see.

Funny you mention Pizzagate. I have a group of twitch viewers upset at me because I refused to let them discuss Pizzagate in a channel I am a mod in. They wanted the streamer to provide an opinion on Pizzagate and I cutoff the discussion by dismissing it as a big hoax. Felt strange after having been deemed a Trumpster on here.

Rip wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:12 pm

hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:32 pm It's actually proof of Pizzagate. Look real closely at the graph and you'll see.

Funny you mention Pizzagate. I have a group of twitch viewers upset at me because I refused to let them discuss Pizzagate in a channel I am a mod in. They wanted the streamer to provide an opinion on Pizzagate and I cutoff the discussion by dismissing it as a big hoax. Felt strange after having been deemed a Trumpster on here.

That rejecting InfoWars/Pizzagate/QAnon angers Trump loyalists should tell you something about Trump...

To be fair, the whole Pizzagate conspiracy thing was never mentioned by Trump. Although it was promoted by Michael Flynn Jr.. I wouldn't consider it being anti-Trump by not believing it. I would just consider that logical.

hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:48 pm I wouldn't consider it being anti-Trump by not believing it. I would just consider that logical.

Those two statements are directly related.

hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:48 pm To be fair, the whole Pizzagate conspiracy thing was never mentioned by Trump. Although it was promoted by Michael Flynn Jr.. I wouldn't consider it being anti-Trump by not believing it. I would just consider that logical.

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1 ... 5779652608

link

Its like Skeletor and Evil-Lyn just in reverse gender

On the plus side the ratings are good.

Former Trump Tower doorman supposedly knows about Trump's illegitimate child

THe Enquirer says it simply released him from his contract because they weren't able to verify the story and he's now free to tell it to whomever he wants.

Whether the doorman is credible or not I have no idea, but if the story turns out to be true (with pics and everything!) I can't imagine it matters even thismuch.

Trump probably has more bastards than he knows about. So many young women make baffling choices.

Kraken wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 2:16 am Trump probably has more bastards than he knows about. So many young women make baffling choices.

Money.

Yeah, I don’t think it’s all that baffling. Trump has been buying women all his life. Everyone he’s been married to still has a price tag hanging off them.

hepcat wrote:Everyone he’s been married to still has a price tag hanging off them.

That's why I don't have the same level of sympathy for Melania that a lot of people seem to have. She certainly didn't marry Trump for his looks.

The only person bearing the name Trump that I will show any sort of respect for is Barron.

Darin the swamp! Ill be glad when they find a way to unplug all that wax from Trump's ears so we can at least stop hearing that slogan yelled.

YellowKing wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:57 pm

hepcat wrote:Everyone he’s been married to still has a price tag hanging off them.

That's why I don't have the same level of sympathy for Melania that a lot of people seem to have. She certainly didn't marry Trump for his looks.

I'm fairly sure that a number of posters took umbrage when I stated as much previously.

GreenGoo wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:53 pm

YellowKing wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:57 pm

hepcat wrote:Everyone he’s been married to still has a price tag hanging off them.

That's why I don't have the same level of sympathy for Melania that a lot of people seem to have. She certainly didn't marry Trump for his looks.

I'm fairly sure that a number of posters took umbrage when I stated as much previously.

Are you saying that you were in the minority in that opinion around here - or just stating the simple fact that 'a number' of posters took umbrage. Which may just be a healthy cross-section that we should take pride in. I'm not sure I understand.

Daehawk wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 2:25 am

Kraken wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 2:16 am Trump probably has more bastards than he knows about. So many young women make baffling choices.

Money.

I guess I just don't value money that much, and am perpetually baffled by people who do. Celebrity is another factor that I just don't get.

If somebody wants to grant me wealth and fame temporarily, I'm willing to try to understand it better.

I'm saying I was alone while a number of posters explained to me that my opinion was wrong and how it was wrong to assume she was a gold digging skank because we didn't know how hard her life was in her shitty little village and that she might actually have married for love.

The rest of the forum was silent during this exchange. It was ludicrously hilarious.

GreenGoo wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:51 am I'm saying I was alone while a number of posters explained to me that my opinion was wrong and how it was wrong to assume she was a gold digging skank because we didn't know how hard her life was in her shitty little village and that she might actually have married for love.

The rest of the forum was silent during this exchange. It was ludicrously hilarious.

That's not how I remember it.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 11:00 am

Kurth wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 2:53 am Fair enough. You clearly feel you’re in a good position to render judgment on Melania Trump. I just don’t feel the same.

I feel bad that she's munching down a giant shit sandwich but not that bad. It's a sandwich of her own making and no one is forcing her to keep eating it.

My bad. It was mostly just Kurth. The rest of the forum was mostly ambivalent.

Edit:. Beaten to it by lawbeef. Phones make slow work.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:37 am
That's not how I remember it.

Nor I.

Yawn.

I've already corrected my misremembering.

You guys did drive bys while I did the heavy lifting defending all of your positions. Even Lawbeef's quote above is Kurth addressing me, not him. It was up to me to explain to Kurth why calling her a gold digger was a fair assessment.

Calling her a gold digger was the easy part, hep. When Kurth went after you I stepped in. I didn't expect you to bail when he turned his attentions to me.

I apologize. You've sacrificed so much for so many.

hepcat wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:03 pm I apologize. You've sacrificed so much for so many.

Lol. At least help out when someone defends you, you big coward.

Playing with Kurth is no picnic.

Didn't want to sully the McCain threads with this.

I have to remember to use a picture of myself when offering condolences. And you know even that self-serving egopost probably required effort akin to pulling teeth on behalf of the White House PR team.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:35 am Didn't want to sully the McCain threads with this.

I have to remember to use a picture of myself when offering condolences. And you know even that self-serving egopost probably required effort akin to pulling teeth on behalf of the White House PR team.

Side note: this is my favorite quote from a Trumper on that instagram post (in response to someone complaining about Trump pulling out of the Iran deal or something).

The economic situation in Iran is terrible, it is due to US sanctions, but the people of Iran like President Donald Trump, and these sanctions are merely to banish mullahs and clerics from Iran.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:35 am Didn't want to sully the McCain threads with this.

I have to remember to use a picture of myself when offering condolences. And you know even that self-serving egopost probably required effort akin to pulling teeth on behalf of the White House PR team.

The hell? He posts a pic of himself overlaid with a quote of condolences, like it is someone else making a poignant historic remark? What reality do he and his staff live in? Of course not one sane person anywhere in the world believe in his sincerity, so I guess there is no condolences other than a postmorterm apology fro being such an asshat that wouldn't be called out, so why not have a "Hold my beer" moment?