And There Goes McMaster

[zorkuus]

So the original reports that claimed McMaster would be out within the week also said Kelly would be on the way out too.

So how long until we see Kelly bounce?

We'll get a week of Trump saying Kelly is still here. Then he's gone.

[Skroe]

Bolton is batshit crazy and can't get confirmed. NSA is a position that he can just ram someone into.

Looks like war in Iran to cover Trump's ass.

edit: But no, really. I don't think Bolton's fucking insanity can be stated enough. He's the epitome of neo con to the point of being a living caricature. He's absolutely going to be pushing Trump into war, which Trump would love and has been itching for since the start but has been surrounded by smart people to back him down; smart people no longer in his ear.

If John Bolton were a brand, his tagline would be "Making Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith and Paul Wolfowitz look reasonable".

John Bolton is basically a cartoon character.

[ati87]

Anybody doubting how crazy this guy is even a top anchor at Fox doesn't really take him serious, skip till the last 20 seconds because that's where the real fun begins.

"Better record then yours I would say" - Tucker Carlson

[Bullettime]

If John Bolton were a brand, his tagline would be "Making Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith and Paul Wolfowitz look reasonable".

John Bolton is basically a cartoon character.

I know you're aware, but it's telling that if Bolton had to get confirmed, he wouldn't get more than like....10 votes. That's how batshit crazy this guy is. Not even the insane 2018 GOP could vote for this guy.

[BrerBear]

War, war never changes.

But seriously. And the right was saying Hillary was going to trigger WW3?

Hell, the far left was saying it more than the right.
I’m sure Theodarzna can remind us all just what a warmonger she was going to be.

[zorkuus]

Anybody doubting how crazy this guy is even a top anchor at Fox doesn't really take him serious, skip till the last 20 seconds because that's where the real fun begins.

I was expecting crazy but not "blame Obama" crazy.

Trump seems to be ramping up to do some crazy shit this year...

A nice little war will take the heat off him, and we'll see news anchors cumming on air to the sound of rockets.

[Bullettime]

Hell, the far left was saying it more than the right.
I’m sure Theodarzna can remind us all just what a warmonger she was going to be.

Hell, even if Clinton WAS a warhawk, Bolton is a god damn cartoon villain.

[Skroe]

I know you're aware, but it's telling that if Bolton had to get confirmed, he wouldn't get more than like....10 votes. That's how batshit crazy this guy is. Not even the insane 2018 GOP could vote for this guy.

I've been thinking about it actually.

I'm having trouble coming up with 10. He could get 7 votes easily. Beyond that? A handful of "maybes", and lots of Republicans saying "fuck no".

But then again, this is ENTIRELY in keeping with the Trump Administration. From the earliest days of the campaign, this has been the "last hurrah of the miserable failures". Every fringe nutjob... every washed up failure... hasbeen and ostracized politician or adviser of some sort of the last 15 years, from the earliest days, aligned with him, while the reasonable and respectable kept their distance. The Trump campaign became the house of people who had no where else to go other than an early retirement, coupled with people who could never get hired by a respectable operation.

And somehow they won.

The Donald J Trump Shitshow would never have been complete without a cameo by John fucking Bolton.

[Milchshake]

Hell, the far left was saying it more than the right.
I’m sure Theodarzna can remind us all just what a warmonger she was going to be.

He was linking articles from Glenn Greenwald and Ed Snowden probably.

It's like Russian cut-outs were steering us to war by misrepresenting Hillary.

[Skroe]

Hell, the far left was saying it more than the right.
I’m sure Theodarzna can remind us all just what a warmonger she was going to be.

Easy solution is just don't indulge the counterfactual village nihilist.

[Dontrike]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...48306927607810



Holy shit

You can always tell when Trump makes a post and when an intern makes a post.

[Bullettime]

I've been thinking about it actually.

I'm having trouble coming up with 10. He could get 7 votes easily. Beyond that? A handful of "maybes", and lots of Republicans saying "fuck no".

But then again, this is ENTIRELY in keeping with the Trump Administration. From the earliest days of the campaign, this has been the "last hurrah of the miserable failures". Every fringe nutjob... every washed up failure... hasbeen and ostracized politician or adviser of some sort of the last 15 years, from the earliest days, aligned with him, while the reasonable and respectable kept their distance. The Trump campaign became the house of people who had no where else to go other than an early retirement, coupled with people who could never get hired by a respectable operation.

And somehow they won.

The Donald J Trump Shitshow would never have been complete without a cameo by John fucking Bolton.

Yeah, "the best people." Like every washed up and politically exiled hack over the last 40 years being dug out of the political graveyard and thrown into a government position only to remind people why they were exiled to begin with.

All of it to lead up to the moment where John Bolton's insanity filled corpse gets drug out of exile complete with a Darth Vader intro.

[Milchshake]

Easy solution is just don't indulge the counterfactual village nihilist.

Easier said than done. Where the village nihilist grabs a platform and gets to broadcast their bullshit. Also they have friends that help them with their circlejerk echo.

Makes me think of the episode when Charlie started taking smart pills.

[Szarala]

I wonder how close Mnuchin and Tillerson are too circling the exit, or drain.

Last October the three were reportedly in a "suicide pact", that if one got ousted supposedly the remaining two would resign in protest.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is unlikely to resign from serving President Trump because of a so-called “suicide pact” he agreed to with fellow cabinet members, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday.

Tillerson gave an unusual press conference on Wednesday morning in which he denied reports that he had called President Trump a “moron” and had to be talked out of resigning after a frustrating July 20 meeting with Trump and Pentagon officials.

Rumors have swirled in Washington for months that Tillerson was unhappy with his job and had frequently considered quitting. But a U.S. official told BuzzFeed that Tillerson would likely stay because of the pact he had made with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Defense Secretary James Mattis, where all three would leave if the president tried to remove one of them.


Will the last adult left standing please turn off the lights.

Uh.. Tillerson's already gone. He gave his farewell speech to State Dept. employees this morning.

[Floofi]

So a crazy blonde ruler who wants to have sex with a family member, hates the North, and (politically) assassinated their rival has now allied with the Boltons? Is this real life or Game of Thrones?

[ati87]

I've been thinking about it actually.

I'm having trouble coming up with 10. He could get 7 votes easily. Beyond that? A handful of "maybes", and lots of Republicans saying "fuck no".

But then again, this is ENTIRELY in keeping with the Trump Administration. From the earliest days of the campaign, this has been the "last hurrah of the miserable failures". Every fringe nutjob... every washed up failure... hasbeen and ostracized politician or adviser of some sort of the last 15 years, from the earliest days, aligned with him, while the reasonable and respectable kept their distance. The Trump campaign became the house of people who had no where else to go other than an early retirement, coupled with people who could never get hired by a respectable operation.

And somehow they won.

The Donald J Trump Shitshow would never have been complete without a cameo by John fucking Bolton.

Your given the right-wing to much credit.
We are talking about the party that confirmed Devos for education while she couldn't answer basic questions, not even going to mention the shit of Carson and Perry.

Bolton may have not gotten the votes if the likes of Ronmey was president (he wouldn't have nominated him) but with Trump he could have gotten the votes.

[Bullettime]

Your given the right-wing to much credit.
We are talking about the party that confirmed Devos for education while she couldn't answer basic questions, not even going to mention the shit of Carson and Perry.

Bolton may have not gotten the votes if the likes of Ronmey was president (he wouldn't have nominated him) but with Trump he could have gotten the votes.

No one will tie their name to Bolton. No one. That's why Trump is taking him.

The right wing has become crazy and defensive to the point of self destructive. They aren't outright suicidal. At least people like Devos had the benefit of being "outsiders" to give a chance to, for arguments sake. Bolton has a significant history of being a god damn cartoon that brings disaster everywhere he goes.

There's a huge difference between putting in and incompetent and unqualified outsider. It's another to attach your name to John Bolton.

[alexw]

Because Bolton would never get even 20 votes in the Senate.

Hell, he might not even break double digits. The guy is a lunatic and nearly everybody outside of the crazy far right circuit things he's a mad man who wants to nuke Iran for some reason.

I'll just go back to what I've been saying since 2013 when John McCain first proposed it via law: the National Security Adviser should be approved by the Senate. At the time, the law was basically legislating the odious Susan Rice out of a job. And now its the same for John Bolton.

John Bolton is only an ambassador because George W Bush made a recess appointment. He was never confirmed. Because he's insane.

He's the man a few weeks ago argued for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-leg...rst-1519862374

[Blade Wolf]

So how long until we see an attack on Iran or NK?

[Ghostpanther]

Presidency by Twitter... McMAster is out, Bolton is in.


Looking real bad for the Iran deal.

Bad for Iran. Bolton will make a good National Security advisor.