The Former Trump Presidency Thread

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:10 pm

LordMortis wrote:Boy I hope this is taken with truck load of salt...

http://fortune.com/2017/08/26/trump-cyb ... rs-resign/

A quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, have resigned. In a group resignation letter, they cited both specific shortfalls in the administration’s approach to cybersecurity, and broader concerns that Trump and his administration have undermined the “moral infrastructure” of the U.S.
http://www.nextgov.com/media/gbc/docs/p ... 417jm1.pdf

The joint Russian-US cybersecurity task force would have made them superfluous anyway.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:17 pm

Thank you Putin for saving us money on government jobs?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:23 pm

And Mexico responds in kind that same day

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather ... aked-texas

Mexico offered to help Texas deal with the disaster, "as good neighbors should always do in trying times."

On Sunday evening, Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke by telephone.

Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the Mexican consul general in Austin, said he has been in constant communication with the governor's office to determine how Mexico can best help.

"As we have done in the past, Mexico stands with Texas in this difficult moment," Gonzalez said.

Twelve years ago, following Hurricane Katrina, Mexico sent troops and a vessel filled with food, medicine and water to aid victims in New Orleans.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:23 pm

How high a wall can you build with one vessel's worth of food, medicine, and water?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:48 pm

What are the odds President Dipshit tries to claim that Mexico's aid to Texas is their reimbursement for the wall and thus a victory for him?

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:04 pm

Oh fuck, Trump forgot to budget for a SEAWALL to keep the aquatic Mexicans out!

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:34 pm

Trump's gonna Trump:

Trump says he pardoned Arpaio as Harvey hit Texas because "I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally." (via CBS)

Hamlet3145 · Post by **Hamlet3145** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:37 pm

pr0ner wrote:Trump's gonna Trump:

Trump says he pardoned Arpaio as Harvey hit Texas because "I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally." (via CBS)

I swear to god I can no longer tell the difference between real life and an SNL skit.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:54 pm

pr0ner wrote:Trump's gonna Trump:

Trump says he pardoned Arpaio as Harvey hit Texas because "I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally." (via CBS)

He'll say the same thing when he fires Mueller after Tokyo gets nuked.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:58 pm

pr0ner wrote:Trump's gonna Trump:

Trump says he pardoned Arpaio as Harvey hit Texas because "I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally." (via CBS)

I forgot, is today a "take Trump seriously" day or a "Trump's just joking" day?

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:25 pm

Skinypupy wrote:
pr0ner wrote:Trump's gonna Trump:

Trump says he pardoned Arpaio as Harvey hit Texas because "I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally." (via CBS)
I forgot, is today a "take Trump seriously" day or a "Trump's just joking" day?

Just another day in reality-TV land.

We need a better casting director. Better editors would be nice too.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:37 pm

Fake News CNN wrote:Calling the storm a catastrophe in Southeast Texas, the President said, "We see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger. We are one American family. We hurt together, we struggle together and believe me, we endure together."

Go fuck yourself, Trump. All you've done with your time in office is sow the seeds of hate and division. And now all of a sudden we're one American family? Seriously, go fuck yourself.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:47 pm

We endure this idiotic President together.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:19 pm

YellowKing wrote:
Fake News CNN wrote:Calling the storm a catastrophe in Southeast Texas, the President said, "We see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger. We are one American family. We hurt together, we struggle together and believe me, we endure together."
Go fuck yourself, Trump. All you've done with your time in office is sow the seeds of hate and division. And now all of a sudden we're one American family? Seriously, go fuck yourself.

TX is a red state. He'd be singing a different tune if this were happening in CA.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:28 am

Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech

As his surrogates warmed up the audience, the expanse of shiny concrete eventually filled in with cheering Trump fans. But it was too late for a longtime Trump aide, George Gigicos, the former White House director of advance who had organized the event as a contractor to the Republican National Committee. Trump later had his top security aide, Keith Schiller, inform Gigicos that he’d never manage a Trump rally again, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Gigicos, one of the four longest-serving political aides to the president, declined to comment.

Even by his standards, Trump was remarkably strident in Phoenix. After introductory speakers, including Vice President Mike Pence, lauded him for his commitment to racial harmony, the president came on stage and lambasted the media for what he called inaccurate reporting on his remarks about violence between hate groups and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:33 am

He was genuinely mad that he crowd was too small?

This explains why he immediately claimed it was 15,000, three times the capacity of the venue.

He is pathological.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:17 pm

Kraken wrote:
YellowKing wrote:
Fake News CNN wrote:Calling the storm a catastrophe in Southeast Texas, the President said, "We see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger. We are one American family. We hurt together, we struggle together and believe me, we endure together."
Go fuck yourself, Trump. All you've done with your time in office is sow the seeds of hate and division. And now all of a sudden we're one American family? Seriously, go fuck yourself.
TX is a red state. He'd be singing a different tune if this were happening in CA.

If he wants to build his asinine wall through their land he needs to start buttering Texans up too. Unless he can find some way to force Mexico to build it on their side of the border.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:34 pm

Archinerd wrote:If he wants to build his asinine wall through their land he needs to start buttering Texans up too. Unless he can find some way to force Mexico to build it on their side of the border.

If they pay for it, you'd think they'd want to own it.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:38 pm

Archinerd wrote:If he wants to build his asinine wall through their land he needs to start buttering Texans up too. Unless he can find some way to force Mexico to build it on their side of the border.

He's always been a fan of eminent domain. There's no need to butter up people if you're willing to just take their land whether they like it or not.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:22 pm

At his press conference, Trump just humble-bragged about how we (he) wouldn't congratulate ourselves (himself) until the great and tremendous relief job we're doing so well is all finished.

It was a freakishly un-empathetic performance. I didn't see the whole thing, but people are reporting that he didn't have even a word for the people still suffering and still in grave danger.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:26 pm

Archinerd wrote:
Kraken wrote:
YellowKing wrote:
Fake News CNN wrote:Calling the storm a catastrophe in Southeast Texas, the President said, "We see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger. We are one American family. We hurt together, we struggle together and believe me, we endure together."
Go fuck yourself, Trump. All you've done with your time in office is sow the seeds of hate and division. And now all of a sudden we're one American family? Seriously, go fuck yourself.
TX is a red state. He'd be singing a different tune if this were happening in CA.
If he wants to build his asinine wall through their land he needs to start buttering Texans up too. Unless he can find some way to force Mexico to build it on their side of the border.

To be fair, he WAS elected with a lot of focus on this wall (despite his nonsense about Mexico paying for it). I don't have a huge problem with it being built, even if it is stupid and won't solve the underlying problem. But he has to pay for it, not gut other things for it. Sometimes paying for things requires taxes and/or bonds, and infrastructure like this in particular.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:27 pm

Just call him Ron.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:41 pm

If only this were real, I would love watching the heads explode.

The U.S. Army has received approval from the president to rename nearly a dozen bases after many petitioned the service to change the names of posts that honor Confederate generals, sources confirmed today.

Ten bases, including Fort Hood in Texas and Fort Bragg in North Carolina, will have their names changed in honor of President Donald Trump, the service said. Fort Hood, for example, will be renamed to Fort Trump, while Fort Bragg will be rebranded as Fort Trump International Airborne Barracks and Jump Tower.

https://www.duffelblog.com/2017/08/army ... ort-trump/

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:58 pm

That link does bring up a question I had a while back. Has anyone ever found a conservative humor site that actually is funny and doesn't just rely on the shock of homophobia, misogyny, or thinly veiled racist jokes?

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:16 pm

hepcat wrote:That link does bring up a question I had a while back. Has anyone ever found a conservative humor site that actually is funny and doesn't just rely on the shock of homophobia, misogyny, or thinly veiled racist jokes?

This one is a funny satire site...

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:18 pm

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:23 pm

coopasonic wrote:
hepcat wrote:That link does bring up a question I had a while back. Has anyone ever found a conservative humor site that actually is funny and doesn't just rely on the shock of homophobia, misogyny, or thinly veiled racist jokes?
This one is a funny satire site...

OH damn, you got me. LOL

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:07 pm

link

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:17 pm

I like his/her tag

National populism is the vapid belief that you have the right to both modern standards of living & your grandfather's job & culture.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:29 pm

Holman wrote:
link

I'm going with satire. It has to be. The cell membranes of my brain's neurons start drifting apart at the idea he really, truly said that.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:37 pm

And there's video of it.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:05 pm

Yeah, it's being reported here (the first link in your picture):

"What a crowd, what a turnout," Trump said to a crowd of several hundred people surrounding a fire station, according to a White House pool report.

The president reportedly spoke from a ladder between two fire trucks.

"Thank you," Trump said to cheers.

I...just...can't.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:03 pm

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*slump*

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:03 pm

What's more, while he did praise the responders and rescue workers, and he said some things about devastation and effort, he failed to even mention the victims: no words of support, no promise of aid, no encouragement.

He thought he was at a fucking campaign rally.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:19 pm

All the world is a stage to Trump. And he certainly fits the last 'age' referred to in that famous scene to a tee.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:30 pm

Not just an asshole folks, a real life human piece of excrement as well! Double threat FTW.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:12 am

My in-laws the other night: "Trump's going to do great things. He's going to do some really great things."

My wife: "Like what?:

In-laws: "Ummm........uh................."

Me:

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:58 am

Holman wrote: He thought he was at a fucking campaign rally.

No, he knew it was an ad. The hat he was wearing is available at his website for $40. I'm sure the FLOTUS hat his wife was wearing will be available soon.

Piece of shit.

Folks, the President of the United States of America at a disaster scene:

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:06 am

wtf is a flotus

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:09 am

Vorret wrote:wtf is a flotus

First Lady Of The United Sates - generally married to POTUS - President Of The United States.