Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Breccia]

Erik Prince denies back channel communication with Putin-linked official in ‘incidental’ meeting

That had crossed my mind, too. It would certainly help matters if, say, the US ceded Afghanistan like they did with Syria (oh by the way Trump is continuing to cede Syria to Russia) but, rather than flee entirely (still an option) he instead handed it to PMCs who only respond to him, and not, say, the military or State Department. The US fleeing the Middle East, especially countries Russia likes, sounds pretty handy.

But I'm not convinced Prince is that stupid, to work with Russia when he knows the investigation is ongoing. This seems like murder for profit to me, standard issue greed, rather than Russian collusion.

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Omarosa predicts in new book that Trump would deport Melania if she crosses him

"Um, that's impossible."

Correct.

So, either Trump is a moron, or Omarosa, the person he hired and praised, is.

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Omarosa predicts in new book that Trump would deport Melania if she crosses him

"Um, that's impossible."

Correct.

So, either Trump is a moron, or Omarosa, the person he hired and praised, is.

I would think he would try to, actually, considering he is doing things no other president has done, and with good reason as to why they didn't. Trump is that dumb after all.

[Kujako]

So, either Trump is a moron, or Omarosa, the person he hired and praised, is.

That's not really and "either"...

[Ripster42]

Omarosa predicts in new book that Trump would deport Melania if she crosses him

"Um, that's impossible."

Correct.

So, either Trump is a moron, or Omarosa, the person he hired and praised, is.

I posit a 3rd option. They're both morons.

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looking at manafort his laywers seem to be trying to get a hung jury, then a pardon before a retrial.

[Redwyrm]

lawls

AP source: It's not just audio, Manigault Newman has video
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...7Q5?li=BBnb7Kz

[Dontrike]

Trump brings incredible amount of cringe when talking to veteran organizations.

President Trump was reportedly talking with some veterans organizations back in March of 2017 when the subject of Agent Orange came up. Trump asked if Agent Orange was “that stuff from the movie,” and after a while it became clear that Trump was talking about the 1979 fictionalized representation of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now. But that movie depicted the use of napalm, not the spraying of Agent Orange, an herbicide that has been linked to cancer in Vietnam veterans.

Trump refused to accept that he was mistaken and proceeded to say things like, “no, I think it’s that stuff from that movie.”

One clue belying the president’s insistence is that the famous Robert Duvall line from the scene in Apocalypse Now, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning,” is not “I love the smell of Agent Orange in the morning.”

He then went around the room polling attendees about if it was, in fact, napalm or Agent Orange in the famous scene from “that movie,” as the gathering—organized to focus on important, sometimes life-or-death issues for veterans—descended into a pointless debate over Apocalypse Now that the president simply would not concede, despite all the available evidence.

After one of the veterans told Trump that he was not only wrong but that the movie didn’t advocate for veterans in a particularly great way, the president reportedly said, “Well, I think you just didn’t like the movie.”

This is just all sorts of stupid, even for him.


Tucker Carlson goes on a rant about how tacos are his. (Nothing to do with Trump, but I think this is funny.)

“What do you mean ‘their food’? It’s American food,” he cried out with a giggle as his voice rose in pitch. “It’s American! What do you think, you own tacos now or something? I love this, it’s so crazy!”

Acevedo said “of course not” and added that “no one” owns tacos.

“Oh, really?” Carlson shot back. “Because it sounds like you feel like you own tacos. I feel like I do. I feel like they’re an American food, and I’m going to keep eating them even though I agree with Jeff Sessions.”

“No! What do you mean each other’s cultures? It’s an American food! It’s an American food! You’re not gonna steal—you’re not going to appropriate my culture. I’m from San Diego, man. Those are my tacos. Mine!”

[Kujako]

Carlson goes on a rant about how tacos are his.[/URL] (Nothing to do with Trump, but I think this is funny.)

Carlson may be crazy, but at least he's not cat tattoos for eyebrows crazy!

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Carlson may be crazy, but at least he's not cat tattoos for eyebrows crazy!
[IMG]http://www.teamjimmyjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bad-Tattoos-Cat-Eyebrows.jpg[/IG]

I've seen crazier, like tattooing your whole body to look like a tiger.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Omarosa predicts in new book that Trump would deport Melania if she crosses him

"Um, that's impossible."

Correct.

So, either Trump is a moron, or Omarosa, the person he hired and praised, is.

Well I thought I heard recently that Trump had begun going after the immigrant spouses of citizens or something? I doubt he'd ever throw Melania out but it's pretty clear he's going hard on this immigrant thing, and not just illegals.

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Well I thought I heard recently that Trump had begun going after the immigrant spouses of citizens or something? I doubt he'd ever throw Melania out but it's pretty clear he's going hard on this immigrant thing, and not just illegals.

Yep, ICE has been going for legal immigrants.

ICE is going after married immigrants.

[luc54]

I've seen crazier, like tattooing your whole body to look like a tiger.

That's taking crazy cat lady to the next level.

[D Luniz]

lawls

AP source: It's not just audio, Manigault Newman has video
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...7Q5?li=BBnb7Kz

I just am not sure if I need to start drinking, or if Im so plastered I don't remember drinking and this madness is part of my brain shutting down

[Shadowferal]

Just something to reflect upon; The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown

Probably the last humble president we'll ever see.

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Just something to reflect upon; The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown

Probably the last humble president we'll ever see.

Trump also shuns his riches, that's why he donates his $400k salary he gets for being president. You don't have to focus on the part where we give him millions when he stays at his resorts, 'cause that's nothing. <.< >.>

[Adam Jensen]

Do they know that a person sexual identity is something that can't be changed?

No, they don't.

Not that it should matter anyways.

[Breccia]

looking at manafort his laywers seem to be trying to get a hung jury, then a pardon before a retrial.

Um...a pardon before a verdict strikes me as a very poor idea. And it might be impossible.

[Fugus]

Um...a pardon before a verdict strikes me as a very poor idea. And it might be impossible.

Not only that, wouldn't a pardon also be an automatic admission of guilt? And wouldn't that put all the evidence they have against him in play for future trials?

Honest question, wouldn't him pardoning Manafort further put the noose around his own neck with that automatic admission of guilt along with the optics for the whole thing? And is all the manafort stuff stuff that Trump can pardon? Is any of it local charges that Trump can't touch?

[Canpinter]

Not only that, wouldn't a pardon also be an automatic admission of guilt? And wouldn't that put all the evidence they have against him in play for future trials?

Honest question, wouldn't him pardoning Manafort further put the noose around his own neck with that automatic admission of guilt along with the optics for the whole thing? And is all the manafort stuff stuff that Trump can pardon? Is any of it local charges that Trump can't touch?

Pardoning him might actually screw trump over because if you accept a pardon you cant plead the fifth and he can be forced to testify, and if he lies that's a new charge that trump would have to pardon him for.

[Bullettime]

Pardoning him might actually screw trump over because if you accept a pardon you cant plead the fifth and he can be forced to testify, and if he lies that's a new charge that trump would have to pardon him for.

And the fact that New York and Illinois are both prepared to bring state charges against Manafort in the case of a pardon. Trump pardoning Manafort would be a clear abuse of power, make Manafort a star witness with no choice, and Manafort would still eventually die in jail when the other states brought charges.