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Fox News is either the 5th or 6th different thing trump's blamed with his wiretapping accusations already. Let's see obama, media reports, NYT article, UK, am I missing anyone?

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03-18-2017 , 09:18 AM

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El Rata

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hope they do a follow up once obamacare is repealed

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03-18-2017 , 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Lawnmower Man

However, one thing I learned was to stop trying to integrate them into my other social cliques, because they would just inevitably weird everyone else the **** out, damaging my cachet. I can't exactly put my finger on it, but they all give off a negative vibe to normies.

lol @ your "cachet" and "normies"

yeah, you are definitely a normal person brah

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03-18-2017 , 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Krayz

what a ****ing moron

they love pointing out that TRUMP extended his hand first earlier in the day so this wasn't needed.

...then you realize this was AFTER the q&a where the euro media ripped him, so this is him sitting there steaming pissed, thinking Merkel put them up to it on the flight over.

100%

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03-18-2017 , 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bluef0x

lol @ your "cachet" and "normies"

yeah, you are definitely a normal person brah

Of course I'm not normal, I'm a mathematician. But I still have enough awareness to iron my shirt, make eye contact, and not talk about abolishing the fed at dinner with strangers.

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03-18-2017 , 11:35 PM

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You just don't recognize 8th-dimensional neg-hitting. She'll come around.

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03-19-2017 , 12:51 AM

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blue fox projects a lot in this thread I've noticed

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03-19-2017 , 10:26 AM

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ClarkNasty

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Man Trump's body language and attitude with Merkel is some petulant-ass ****. does not bode well.

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03-19-2017 , 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lenC

lol at avoiding eyecontact. He really is just a troubled 7 year-old mentally.

All his advisors can't go a day without being in his physical presence, lest they completely lose all influence. Not sure he has object permanence

And he's placated with TV

Has no shame

Doesn't understand consequences of wild accusations

He's like 3, more than 7

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03-19-2017 , 02:26 PM

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Trump is the greatest living american, that is not even up for debate. He is doing great things for America and will continue to do so. He is extremely smart and people will look back on his presidency as one of the peak moments in the history of the world.

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03-20-2017 , 07:45 AM

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03-20-2017 , 09:10 AM

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Wasn't aware Trump's speech writer was a part of this forum...

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03-20-2017 , 09:53 AM

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Approval rating dipped below 40%

Is that good

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03-20-2017 , 09:54 AM

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It's higher than the Democrats

And his disapproval is lower than the Democrats

GOP is in between.

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03-20-2017 , 09:57 AM

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Don't think his approval dipping is a big deal at all. Yet.

A lot of people who voted for him probably just think things are moving too slow and he hasn't made much of an impact yet. Saying you disapprove of him doesn't mean you're ready to vote for Liz Warren tomorrow or anything. There is now a giant gulf between the parties (atleast in terms of perception) that you are probably more likely to disapprove of someone and still snap support them over the other sides candidate. Let's keep that in mind.

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03-20-2017 , 11:33 AM

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i think it's cool that republicans are finally speaking on civil liberties. (kinda)

this guy seems to be mostly upset that the spying was disclosed to the people tho. :*(

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03-20-2017 , 11:41 AM

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Lock the reporters up.

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03-20-2017 , 11:58 AM

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BUT WHO DID THE LEAKS

This is GOP congress' version of Sklanskyitis: the problem isn't the problem. It's the damn libs talking about it.

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03-20-2017 , 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TingsRgunagetGROSS

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03-20-2017 , 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SirOsis

Where's a good source of international opinion/polls about Trump? He's unbelievable. The look Merkel gave him after his "we have something in common" comment regarding the wiretapping was great. Throw in some unsubstantiated shots at GCHQ along the way, why not?

I haven't seen anything comprehensive that's international. I know Pew is tracking the numbers so they should pop up at some point.

Meanwhile have this Austrian opinion poll, note that the question is in the lines of "Are these leaders doing a good job for their country?", which makes it different from standard approval:

Donald Trump
Worse than Assad, better than Erdogan

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03-20-2017 , 02:16 PM

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The last international polls I saw were pre-election and basically every country had 5-15% support of Trump except Russia, which was near USA levels.

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03-20-2017 , 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ut2010

Approval rating dipped below 40%

Is that good

Well, for some context:

28% is probs the bottom, those are the die-hards who will never ever leave him. He's 9 points above that per Gallup, after 2 months on the job.

I'm sure it's fine.