Donald Trump

bianchimoon

there will have to be a big Dem push to protect Mueller. Anyone Trump puts in place of Rosenstein will not be able to stand by and let Mueller do his job, Trump's learned his lesson with Sessions. It also leads to the question what will sessions do, he know's he's out after the mid-terms?

bianchimoon

Staying in job, meeting Trump on Thurs apparently

briantrumpet

Certain people at the NYT seem to have a hotline to misleading 'leaks' coming from the White House. It was their report of Rosenstein's alleged (but vehemently denied) musing on using the 25th Amendment to get rid of Trump that set the stage for today's diversions. The alarms rang for me when the first report talked about "The extreme suggestions show Mr. Rosenstein’s state of mind in the disorienting days that followed Mr. Comey’s dismissal. Sitting in on Mr. Trump’s interviews with prospective F.B.I. directors and facing attacks for his own role in Mr. Comey’s firing, Mr. Rosenstein had an up-close view of the tumult. Mr. Rosenstein appeared conflicted, regretful and emotional, according to people who spoke with him at the time." That reads like a direct quote from a WH propagandist, trying to rile Trump enough to get him to fire Rosenstein. And NYT just reported it as fact, and even used a headline contradicted by the reporting underneath. And they are doing it all for clicks.

Today's episode might not have had the NYT as the first vector for the WH's kidnapping of the news today (diverting attention away from Kavanaugh), but they've got a lot of questions to answer.

cooldad

Speaking at the UN, Trump said, "We look forward to working with Iván Duque Márquez's new administration to eradicate cocoa production in his country"

That country being Columbia.

He's either confused, again, or about to ban chocolate.

Pross

cooldad wrote:

Speaking at the UN, Trump said, "We look forward to working with Iván Duque Márquez's new administration to eradicate cocoa production in his country"

That country being Columbia.

He's either confused, again, or about to ban chocolate.

Perhaps he has woken up to the obesity crises in the US.

ayjaycee

Or maybe he's just an orange prat (with malformed sexual organs).

robert88

bianchimoon wrote:

Staying in job, meeting Trump on Thurs apparently

Lordy, I hope there are tapes!

PhilipPirrip

bianchimoon wrote:

Staying in job, meeting Trump on Thurs apparently

So Monday's move was a dead cat thrown in to distract from the multiple Kavanaugh stories and Thursday's meeting will be another dead cat to distract from Dr Ford's testimony.

Their playbook to hold the narrative is looking tired and transparent.

robert88

Yes, back to North Korea soon.

pinno

Robert88 wrote:

Yes, back to North Korea soon.

I'm sure they could find a despot in Africa somewhere who's 'the greatest threat to world peace'.
Hang on, India have Nuclear arms... I'm phoning the White House. Sh1t, I might get a highly paid job (for 3 weeks once the press discover my CV was slightly exaggerated).

cooldad

You don't need a CV, just agree with everything he says and give him the odd ass lick.

rolf_f

cooldad wrote:

You don't need a CV, just agree with everything he says and give him the odd ass lick.

Just hang around one of his golf clubs wearing a Trump tie and whatever his favourite brand of far eastern sweatshop made designer suit is and gold accessories, bump into him and tell him he is the greatest president and golfer ever and you should be in there. Try to avoid looking too healthy and probably too tall.

cooldad

"Russia's state TV is defending Trump with gusto, down to the size of his unmentionables. The Kremlin's top propagandist, Dmitry Kiselyov, claims Trump is being "bullied" and Stormy's expectations are unreasonably high, in light of her occupation."

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/stat ... 3962856448

kingstongraham

Trump about President Rouhani: "I am sure he is an absolutely lovely man!"

bianchimoon

he's said 3 sentences and the crowd laughed at him in the UN (note at him)
he's busy telling them how well he's done :roll:

bianchimoon

did I just hear him say "i travelled to meet Jim Kong Huun", instead of Kim Jong Hun

slowbike

where's the youtube clips of these blunders ... ? I need a laugh today.

bianchimoon

it's live on http://www.livenewson.com/american/msnbc.html

bianchimoon

The world just laughed out loud at Donald Trump. On Tuesday, during the president's address to the United Nations General Assembly, the audience laughed when Trump boasted that "my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country."
As soon as the words left Trump's mouth, a ripple of laughter traveled through the crowd and grew as Trump reacted to the guffaws.
Taken aback, he said, with the smallest of grins, "It's so true... I didn't expect that reaction but it's okay."

https://mashable.com/video/donald-trump ... OhX9FcMiqs

kingstongraham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyF8v5eSVWI Look at the German delegation at 23:05.

It's alarming how he seems to run out of batteries as he goes beyond 20 minutes or so of talking.

FishFish

Actually he has done quite well. When Obama came in he was preemptively awarded a Nobel prize and actually achieved little to be proud of. Trump has allowed millions more Americans to earn and be proud.

rjsterry

FishFish wrote:

Actually he has done quite well. When Obama came in he was preemptively awarded a Nobel prize and actually achieved little to be proud of. Trump has allowed millions more Americans to earn and be proud.

The unemployment graph looks like a pretty steady downward trend all the way back to 2012, so what effect has Trump (or Obama for that matter) had?

pinno

Pinno wrote:

Robert88 wrote:

Yes, back to North Korea soon.

I'm sure they could find a despot in Africa somewhere who's 'the greatest threat to world peace'.
...

Silly me - it's back to Iran :roll:

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Robert88 wrote:

Yes, back to North Korea soon.

I'm sure they could find a despot in Africa somewhere who's 'the greatest threat to world peace'.
...

Silly me - it's back to Iran :roll:

Whatever the tos and fros, any action, if any, will centre on oil production.

robert88

Given Trump's antipathy to China, I was interested to read that China has four times the number of artificial intelligence experts that the USA has.

Not too surprising given the relative population sizes, however. How lucky the USA is to have a stable genius in charge.

FocusZing

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/0 ... ar-future/

Trump has had a crack at China for medalling in US Midterm elections. Trump doesn't just make this stuff up on a whim.

pinno

FocusZing wrote:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/26/un-general-assembly-2018-trump-meet-kim-jong-un-near-future/

Trump has had a crack at China for medalling in US Midterm elections. Trump doesn't just make this stuff up on a whim.

Of course, Trump, even if they proved that the Russians interfered with the US elections, could say that he didn't know a thing about it and he would probably be telling the truth.

Matthewfalle

FocusZing wrote:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/26/un-general-assembly-2018-trump-meet-kim-jong-un-near-future/

Trump has had a crack at China for medalling in US Midterm elections. Trump doesn't just make this stuff up on a whim.

of course he says that - he's about to go down for the Russia stuff, this way when the Dems gain big in the mid terms he and the Deplorables can all say it was the Chinese and deflect everything.

essentially he has now muddied the waters for evermore.....

pblakeney

The amount of carp that he is spouting now is simply nonsense.
Anyone believing this nonsense should call a psychiatrist.

Matthewfalle

PBlakeney wrote:

The amount of carp that he is spouting now is simply nonsense.
Anyone believing this nonsense should call a psychiatrist.

but people will believe it

and that's the problem.