If he thinks THIS is uncomfortable, I bet he’s going to find his life after the presidency very challenging indeed.
He's not a young man. He doesn't have a huge amount of 'life after the presidency' to worry about. And lets face it - theres years and years of work involved in untangling all this shit. You have to wonder whether the sheer quantity of lies, fouls and buillshit are just a tool for future legal filibustering to slow down any future prosecutions so that he's dead before he's sentenced.
Unfortunately - an awful lot of people are lying on his behalf on a daily basis. Either because they are his supporters or just because they're in the unfortunate position of having a job. The rest of their lives and careers are going to pretty have to be scheduled around explaining their role in facilitating his lies.
If you just take the example of his recent claim that he predicted the outcome of the Brexit referendum - claiming he made statements before the result that was actually at an event after the result- and making that claim to the very same people who were at that first event. Its clear to everyone he lied. However, in defence of his lie he had official Whitehouse channels public confirm his position in terms of where and when he was and what he said in relation to Brexit. Even though he wasn't a president or in anyway connected to the Whitehouse at the time of the even they were publically and officially 'confirming'. Those staff were were either conspiring with him in a deception regarding an event that was outside the remit of the Whitehouse, or they were careless, or they were bullied or coerced into it. But - one day that event is going to have to be reckoned with - its an abuse of the office by either or both of the president and those officials. It has to be dealt with one day, sooner or later but there are 1000s of those abuses so far. Its going to take decades to deal with them all.
i see the California fires are now also the fault of the Democrats
Thanks Obama!
Can anyone explain why Trump has put sanctions back on Iran? Yes the leadership of Iran can be seen as odious but at the moment they have a moderate leadership.
Oh oh and his tweets about water concerning the fires in California are the work of an imbecile
Can anyone explain why Trump has put sanctions back on Iran? Yes the leadership of Iran can be seen as odious but at the moment they have a moderate leadership.
Obama made the deal, he must undo whatever Obama did because he is ______ it's becoming obvious.
So rip up the deal, make Iran the enemy - well Israel said they were and it's not as if they are ever acting in their own self interest.
Next up have a meeting and get no concessions or anything else before declaring it a massive success.
As in logically? Hard to say. In reality though he's done it to try and show he's a strong leader to his base of supporters. Iran can only huff and puff whilst he gets to beat his chest.
That said I'm not a particular fan of the agreement myself, it seems pretty weak and just designed to slightly slow down Iran's nuclear ambitions whilst letting all sides claim a minor win. Ofc completely ostracising and isolating them isn't going to have a different outcome either and may just make things worse. I think Iran is more dangerous than NK long-term, at least NK isn't trying to spread an authoritarian religious ideology as well.
Will be interesting to see what happens to EU companies doing business with Iran, I don't really think the EU fund is much of an answer. Maybe companies get around with with divesting interests to wholly-owned subsidiaries but the US could easily still make parent companies liable.
Can anyone explain why Trump has put sanctions back on Iran?
Who can really guess what goes on in his head...But mostly I think it's because it was negotiated by Obama and therefore HAS to be destroyed. and afterwards rebuilt by him so he can enjoy the adulation of his supports and claim that "it's the greatest deal anyone ever made, no president before has ever managed it..." or some such bravura. I think it's central to his self image...
Can anyone explain why Trump has put sanctions back on Iran?
I am assuming that it's part of a deal with the Saudis.
Could feasibly be related to Russia in some way? Maybe it benefits Russia if EU/US firms are stopped from doing business with Iran?
It seems The Donald’s war on anything to do with keeping the environment clean and safe is now extending to tearing up rules designed to keep his own people safe! He’s packed the EPA with his own drones, who’re now reviewing the use of asbestos in construction, a mineral that’s been banned by over 60 countries around the world, one of which is Brazil, which has also banned the mining and transportation of asbestos as well.
Oddly enough, and by a strange and spooky coincidence, Russia still mines and produces asbestos for construction, and it would seem that they might be ready and willing to help replace the material lost by the Brazilian ban...
^ My old man died of mesothelioma. This makes me really angry.
I suspect Trump's position, as ever, is based on his own willful ignorance..... I'm guessing he will either backtrack after the public outcry, or double-down and THEN backtrack.
I suspect Trump’s position, as ever, is based on his own willful ignorance…..
I'm guessing it's because he's a money grabbing arsehole.
I suspect Trump’s position, as ever, is based on his own willful ignorance…..
I’m guessing it’s because he’s a money grabbing arsehole.
It can be both I suppose.
Can anyone explain why Trump has put sanctions back on Iran? Yes the leadership of Iran can be seen as odious but at the moment they have a moderate leadership.
Iran is a strong member of OPEC and in the ME
Israel want sanctions, Saudi want sanctions
The US want to sell weapons and ideally get to a point where they can bring some “freedom” to the oil over there.
its about making money and keeping your designated enemy in the public focus. If they are afraid of something then they are more likely to vote for avRepublican president
But like our own charmer Boris, comments like those match the views of his supporters.
SPACE FORCE !!!
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Apparently is a Russian asset due to compromising photos and video, this is claimed by a KGB general.
I should stop stop reading Twitter
It's not that hard to believe that the Russians do have stuff on his business deals over there. I'm sure if they did it would have been communicated to him after the election.
His body language and speaking around putin where he was shit scared says something
James Clapper, a former intelligence chief who believes Russia “turned” the 2016 election, put into words what many Americans must be thinking. “I have been trying to give the president the benefit of the doubt,” Clapper said last month. “But more and more … I really do wonder if the Russians have something on him.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/09/trump-russia-us-sanctions-quiet-analysis
It’s not that hard to believe that the Russians do have stuff on his business deals over there. I’m sure if they did it would have been communicated to him after the election.
His body language and speaking around putin where he was shit scared says something
Pretty sure Putin would have let him know exactly what dirt he has on him in their private meeting a few weeks back.
Milton Glaser has provided the uniform patch for the US Space Force:
Pretty sure Putin would have let him know exactly what dirt he has on him in their private meeting a few weeks back.
Yeah, after Donny got up off his knees, Putin told him the cameras were actually filming them...
“Christ, what a knob, I knew I should have hoofed him in the slats and thrown him in the Tower when I had the chance!”
So, what's this stuff about a $3Bn bung for Trump from Saudia Arabia to re-impose sanctions on Iran?
I would not be a surprise if the “bung” is a potential contract for arms or oilfield equipment...
still a signed contract from a government is not a Purchase Order...
So do you think they thought very carefully before selecting the coppers to accompany the white supremacists march?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/12/us/politics/charlottesville-va-protest-unite-the-right.html
<p class="css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0">WASHINGTON — A year after the race-fueled violence in Charlottesville, Va., a small group of white nationalists marched through downtown Washington on Sunday on their way to a rally in front of the White House.</p>
<p class="css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0">It was over almost as soon as it began.</p>
<p class="css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0">The white supremacists were met along their march route and at the rally site by thousands of counterdemonstrators denouncing racism and white supremacy. The white nationalists, who numbered about two dozen, stayed in Lafayette Square, a park just north of the White House, for a short time and left before 6 p.m.</p>
<p class="css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0">They had been scheduled to hold a two-hour rally in the square beginning at 5:30. A spokesman for the National Park Service confirmed that the white nationalists had ended their event by that time.</p>
So do you think they thought very carefully before selecting the coppers to accompany the white supremacists march?
I think it sends the right message.
So eh can I take my flag pole down there?
As I understand it, ex-security chiefs in the USA retain access to restricted material so that they can be called upon to advise, from their experience and deep knowledge base, whoever is currently in any of those positions...
I guess if you wanted to deliberately start crippling your own country’s security arrangements (perhaps on behalf of a foreign power) by barring these “elders” from access, that would be as good a place to start as any.
Turns out that many American kids cereals have 100s x more than the WHO safe level of potentially carcinogenic pesticides, but the EPA are so understaffed (deliberate Trump policy) that they cant really do anything about it.
MAGA!
Its a very strange expression of patriotism isn't it - one that tramples the land, the environment and the health and well-being of the population underfoot in order to.... erm.... tax cuts.
And isn't it weird that he keeps having rallies.
Yes. It's the only part he enjoys, all that adulation feeds his ego.
And isn’t it weird that he keeps having rallies.
Fascists love a good rally
And isn’t it weird that he keeps having [s]rallies.[/s]
I think the phrase you intended to use is 'hand shandy'.
There’s nothing weird about that is there?
And isn’t it weird that he keeps having rallies.
There are continuous elections and revenue raising events in the USA. Very little time for government...
what is more interesting is the funding for the rallies. If they are federally funded then they cannot restrict entry. I believe that they are currently funded by the Republican Party so they can vet all entrants and employ actors to bulk the crowds...
And isn’t it weird that he keeps having rallies
Nope he launched is campaign so he can fund raise and funnel that how he likes. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
Is it really worth destroying the planet just so ninfan and pals can laugh at "lefties"?
So, essentially, 'You can only do science if it tells us what we want to hear'.
Stupid experts...
So, essentially, ‘You can only do science if it tells us what we want to hear’.
That’s the essence of the Trump/GOP echo chamber in a nutshell.
Came across these retro-style political posters from wokegiant.com the other day, I rather like them:
Even more Orwellian 1984 double speak from Rudy Giuliani.
https://twitter.com/NBCNewsPR/status/1031177136441356289
Loving that Giuliano interview
'Truth isn't Truth'. Kinda sums up the entirety of Trump.
Meanwhile Cohen looks to be charged with Fraud & campaign finance law breaches for paying off Trump's porn stars,
while Manafort is looking at a maximum of 305 years....
Awaits today's Twitter rantathon from the orange one 😁
Lock him up
Lock him up
Lock him up
