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I see our weakness as Brexit approaches is seen as a golden opportunity for Trump
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/15/trump-threatens-use-us-trade-talks-force-nhs-pay-drugs/
Well it had to happen
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/trump-financial-disclosure.html
I think it's important he keeps making money, if he keeps paying the people he hasn't slept with it's going to get expensive
I see our weakness as Brexit approaches is seen as a golden opportunity for Trump
FFS 🤬 The Donald wants the NHS to build a wall now, as well. Eejit.
I have to salute this blokes persistence in keeping his Trump troll going for two years;
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/donald-trump-dan-rebellato-twitter-troll
It appears that Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica were engaged in a process of attempting to suppress African-Americans from voting:
Hmm why wouldn't they it's a tried and tested republican trick there
Meanwhile the son in law, saviour of the middle east is certainly not taking donations - Looks like NYT links sit behind the pics now
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/nyregion/kushner-deal-qatar-666-5th.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/15/trump-threatens-use-us-trade-talks-force-nhs-pay-drugs/
That really is the most perverse logic. America's healthcare system is an absolute basket-case. The reason that prices are so high is that they have a privatized model which practically guarantees that they are. Blaming other countries who have their shit together (relatively), for their own failing system is preposterous.
It is a tried and tested excuse to blame foreigners for the failures of rampant capitalism and a greed based system, and it keeps working.
Yep, highlighting London knife crime is a way to defuse overseas criticism of gun control, this is to divert attention from his health failings, next up he contradicts his new National Security Adviser
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44158566
I'm sure he has faith in him...
Certainly offering Kim Jong-Un the opportunity to end up like Gaddafi was never going to end well. 🙂
Trump has no alternative but to slap John Bolton back down. That's the problem with hiring people based on their performances on Fox News.
Chaos as usual at the White House.
So hypothetically...
If you ran a country like say Russia or China happy with whats gone on so far?
USA heading away from it's allies, a destabilised NATO, disunity on key issues like Iran. North Korea calling the shots down there, USA offering China trade concessions to influence NK, Russia getting mostly it's own way in Syria propping up Assad. Key US agencies undermanned or not being led properly, senior figures rolled out the door as fast as they came in with a fraction of the time needed to get up to speed on let along act on global issues.
Add in the UK damaging the EU and diverting most of it's attention onto those matters.
Sounds like something they would have bitten your hand off for back in 2015
On the other hand, Megan Brennan for president. Started out delivering mail and rose to the absolute top of the business, the president tells her in person to screw over amazon and she just goes "nah". Nails.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44207986
Oh dear, prepare for a little more backtracking, it will happen soon, when he releases his tax returns etc.
What has the guy actually got done since getting in to the White House?
Business of government stuff, not just controversy?
Controversy was by Prince, not Trump. Easy mistake to make, though.
I just can't believe all the things people say
What has the guy actually got done since getting in to the White House?
Tax reforms
Yep tax cuts for rich people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44232226
<p class="story-body__introduction">US President Donald Trump may not "block" Twitter users from viewing his online profile due to their political beliefs, a judge in New York has ruled.</p>
District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan said that blocking access to his @realDonaldTrump account would be a violation of the right to free speech.The lawsuit against Mr Trump and other White House officials stems from his decision to bar several online critics.
The White House has yet to comment on the judge's ruling.
The case was brought by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University on behalf of seven Twitter users who had been blocked by Mr Trump for criticising him or mocking him online.
At least there is a sense of humour persisting there
He's thrown his toys.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44242558
That Nobel prize still out of reach then
He always has to throw in a thinly disguised threat doesn't he?
""You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used,"
Oh well, I guess I'll be returning my commemorative coin
He always has to throw in a thinly disguised threat doesn’t he?
Yeah. Which works so well when you are trying to get someone to get rid of their NBC weapons.
On the plus side looks like he is getting the US hunting laws changed to make it easier to butcher things. So its wrong to say he isnt doing anything for his sons, sorry, country.
Classic Trumpt Ego protecting move! Summit might be cancelled, doesn't want to have some one turn him down, so he effectively cancels it first. Moron.
So, Kim's gone and blown up all his nuclear facilities in return for nothing then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44240047
Full of win!
Kim’s gone and blown up all his nuclear facilities in return for nothing then
A tunnel....
Now he's got proven bomb designs he doesn't need them anymore. China probably told him to stop anyway - it was causing tremors on their side of the border.
so Nin, you think the "difficult" bit about developing nuclear weapons is the "digging the hole to test them in" bit?
😉
It's probably all in the trumps guide to uranium
I'd imagine since Trump finds finds it so difficult to build a wall he imagines digging a hole would be equally difficult.
So, Kim’s gone and blown up all his nuclear facilities in return for nothing then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44240047
/a>Full of win!
Err, no. He's blown up some or all of the tunnels at a testing site, one that some nuclear experts think may have been already damaged by the last test which had a bigger yield than those that had gone before. He's still got his enrichment facilities and weapons.
The testing site may also have outlived its purpose, once you've done half a dozen tests or so you aren't gaining any extra knowledge by doing more and you are using up valuable fissile material that could be used to make bombs or missile warheads.
Kim's outplayed Trump and the west with this, the timing may be fortuitous but it was always the game plan, having someone as vain and incompetent as Trump in the White House just makes it easier for Kim.
Whats the opposite of a Nobel peace prize? Not a joke, I'm just curious.
So first he reneges on the Iran nuclear deal (which the Iranians were complying with, I understand), then he abandons talks with N Korea, after KJU has (I assume) met his half of the bargain (or part of it?).
Seriously - how is this making anyone safer?
Didn't somebody from the CIA have "secret" talks in N Korea a couple of months ago? I suspect that the destruction of tunnels/test site was prompted by a huge bribe in order to secure a "win" for the Dotard. But what was probably supposed to be a good news story has been eclipsed by him symbolically pulling out of talks.
Whats the opposite of a Nobel peace prize?
A job in the White House?
dTrump’s letter to North Korea graded by a teacher; he got an ‘F’...
https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/25/donald-trumps-north-korea-letter-given-f-unimpressed-teacher-7579163/
So now it could be back on, this clown is treating the presidency like a game show.
For those of you with the capacity for independent thought - this BBC interview is with Bannon is fascinating:
Nice Ninfan, watching it now..
Reducing immigration? the Republican party Bannon and Sessions have talked more about losing the Republican party due to the dilution of the old whites
He thinks Rosenstien will be fired? Why? Saturday night massacre?
Trump should not testify? Why?
Trump has not waived exec privilege in all cases - a lot to avoid causing him further problems
MAGA is a spin, it's not based on anything
He focuses on the popular vote which is meaningless overall, good to do as it makes Bannon look better for fixing things.
Defends sexual assalut then tries to side with women's rights
Fan of Roy Moore....
Extreme vetting - based on crap and delivered nothing but defeats in the court- can't remember what Trumo said on the campaign
Does he make more sense after 10 mins??
and we are back
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44320257
Shooting your voters if they could afford steel for guns
Seems he did manage to sort out that meeting with Kim after all.
Clever Donald.
For those of you with the capacity for independent thought – this BBC interview is with Bannon is fascinating:
Kim Jong-un's masterclass in How To Manipulate President Dimwit continues to be a fascinating watch.
Is that a big enveloppe or has Trump got tinny hands ?
That Kim is a troll jedi !
So he got the letter and said it was a lovely letter, then later in the same interview said he hadn't seen the letter or read it.
Come on let's see someone explain how he's not not an idiot.
I think that's an example of what ninfan calls "independent thought"... 😂
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/trump-pardon-power-constitution.html
<p class="css-1tyen8a e2kc3sl0">WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that he has the power to pardon himself, raising the prospect that he might take extraordinary action to immunize himself from the ongoing Russia investigation even as he asserted that he has “done nothing wrong.”</p>
<p class="css-1tyen8a e2kc3sl0">The president insisted that “numerous legal scholars” have concluded that he has the absolute right to pardon himself, a claim that vastly overstates the legal thinking on the issue. In fact, many constitutional experts dispute Mr. Trump’s position on an issue for which there has been no definitive ruling.</p>
and off he goes!! Best not bother investigating any more as he will just pardon himself, probably, hope he spells it properly and gets the date right
If I was innocent, the FIRST thing I would do would be to tell folk that I can pardon myself if I was found guilty. Which I’m, like, totally not.
perhaps he's referring to the missing first lady ?
Trump vs the Koch brothers!
Now it is getting confusing, normally it would be a safe bet that having an opposing view to any of these reprehensible excuses for humans would be a safe bet. But when they are opposing each other where should I stand?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44366737
But when they are opposing each other where should I stand?
At the bar, enjoying the sport. Like some kid of celebrity Hunger Games with Piers Morgan and Katie Hopkins.
He's a useless sh*te that boy. Can't even give us any credit for burning down the white house in the war of 1812.
Is his business success (and failure) based on utterly confusing the people he's negotiating with? Trudeau must have been all "WT Actual F?"
Will he stick the knife into May and talk Boris up as who he thinks should take over?
God knows what is going to happen at the G8
This is so reminiscent of the situation in my house when my 2 year old son refuses to eat his vegetables
https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1005479651697922048?s=19
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1005465065976418304
And from the other side, when the French and Germans get on the same side...
Love the look on Trump which is somewhere between I'm so clever and I have no idea what the **** is going on and did I get the peeing hookers or the regular ones
That's the "Screw you, I'm just going to go home and tear up everything I just agreed to" look.
Wow houns, that's exactly the scene with my son.
So no pudding for trump then !
Yes very amusing. However, the reality is scarier.
Trump has demonstrated that he actually doesn't give two hoots for the post war liberal rules-based consensus.
He isn't interested in international discussion to find a way forward by overcoming differences and cooperating.
He just wants things his own way and bollocks to everyone else.
Not only is he more comfortable talking to 'strongmen' like Putin, XiJinping and Kim Jong Un, he wants to be just like them.
He is engaged in a destruction of democratic governance and the establishment of global nationalistic cooperation between dictatorial regimes, of which he wants the USA to be one. 'El Presidente' rather than 'Mr President'.
He is the first North American president who actually deserves to be shot. Stephen King's fiction has met with reality.
If you're not even slightly concerned about it, you should be.
Disheartening.
If you’re not even slightly concerned about it, you should be.
Very concerned but, and it's a bit but here the Republicans are turning on trade, this goes completely against their core free market small government thinking. He is hurting them in a lot of places, farmers are turning, the EU's tariffs are going to hit them hard and they represent some key places come November.
A dismal performance then or even in the lead up which will see tax rises, HC bills hitting doormats in the US and any further fallout from Muller could see the knives coming out.
... and Boris thinks this is the way to get a good deal from the EU.
It is looking like he wants to form his own club; the G3 consisting of Trump, Putin, Kim...
Trump would be happy in the G1. As long as he's #1, everyone else can go swivel.
Trump would be happy in the G1. As long as he’s #1, everyone else can go swivel.
I bet he'd win a second term with that as a slogan.
He is the first North American president who actually deserves to be shot.
I'm all for robust debate, this has no place in it though. No one deserves to be killed
There are policies that give people life, and there are policies that take life away and cause misery. Trump is enacting the latter, just because he isn't puling a trigger dosn't mean he isn't responsible for bringing death.
If you’re not even slightly concerned about it, you should be.
I am, absolutely! I never thought that there would be a US President who could make the likes of Nixon and George Dubya look like paragons of virtue and good governance.
We truly live in interesting times...
What will be interesting is how American voters react to having a Putin -style president. After all, despite everything Putin is actually popular in some sectors of Russian society and appeals to the same segment of the voters as Trump.
Funny how you can project so much on a single photo
Funny how you can project so much
Indeed Zulu, indeed. 😂
even better:
he is making the US isolated from the rest of the world . No ones gives a monkey about North Korea , north korean are not going to consume US products in huge number . European do , and lots of it .
Homer is smarter than Trump, Homer has never cheated on Marge. Not a fair comparison. Also Homer is in better shape and likeable.
Don't worry ninfan it's not just the pics, it who posted them and what was said around the times they were posted that we are really talking about
Trump just tried to take on the 6 most important economies and their allies how do you think that will go? Checkout the list of eu tariffs vs the location the US product is made and the elected representatives.
As Trump throws his tantrums at the G7 (& his tweets degenerated further as he flew away)
Putin, Xi-Jinping & the leaders of uzbekistaon, india, ****stan, etc are having a jolly at their own summit
Trumps toy chucking has been a golden PR opportunity for them
https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1005713165504557056
I think we’ve found Zulu’s social media source for protestors chasing innocent car driving right wing nut jobs.
https://twitter.com/realitysmash/status/1005550049496109058?s=21
Trump is fundamentally un democratic, he is a wannabe dictator. The North Korea thing is low hanging fruit. A country on its knees, a real test would be sorting out the problems in the Middle East and getting Saudi and Iran to stop messing about.