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...
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:16 pm
by hepcat
Did they tell Rush it was going to be packed with Dominican prostitutes to get him to go?
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:01 pm
by $iljanus
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:00 am
by Defiant
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.
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 am
by GreenGoo
Wait, five?
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:17 am
by Zaxxon
GreenGoo wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 amWait, five?
Clearly. Four was enough for the good presidents. Trump is more than that.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:37 am
by malchior
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:06 am
by Daehawk
Why is it so many good people die young yet Trump keeps fuckfarting along??
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:31 am
by Blackhawk
GreenGoo wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:14 amWait, five?
Think of all the jobs he'd create in the orange paint industry!
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:55 am
by Fitzy
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?
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:01 pm
by YellowKing
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.
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."
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.
(and no, his poll numbers with African Americans is not high)
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:49 pm
by noxiousdog
Jeff Sessions just resigned.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:52 pm
by malchior
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:59 pm
by Octavious
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....
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:05 pm
by Unagi
Oh boy... here we go. that didn't take long At All.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:07 pm
by LordMortis
Do I even want to know what I'm missing?
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:13 pm
by Carpet_pissr
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:15 pm
by YellowKing
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:16 pm
by LordMortis
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:16 pm
by malchior
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:19 pm
by Archinerd
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:24 pm
by Carpet_pissr
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:26 pm
by Carpet_pissr
"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."
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:51 pm
by malchior
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.
Also interesting note, the Sessions resignation letter isn't dated.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:16 pm
by Defiant
noxiousdog wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:49 pm
Jeff Sessions just resigned.
Well, someone has got to have gotten Bingo by now...
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:19 pm
by hepcat
Forget socks, sweaters, video games, board games...whatever. All I want for Christmas this year is an orange jumpsuit for Don Jr.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:20 pm
by Chaz
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:22 pm
by LordMortis
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.
The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:22 pm
by Isgrimnur
Then he can file for unemployment. $425/week, here he comes!
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:26 pm
by malchior
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.
Re: The Trump Presidency Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:43 pm
by Holman
I know the Sessions news is everything, but if you haven't seen this clip from today's press conference...
