The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: Harm to Ongoing Matter - Page 293 - Politics and Economics

Ice Cold Take: None of the recently-emboldened deplorables who are so giddy in the VA thread, will have anything to say about this guy saying he'd kill his kids for being gay.

02-11-2019 , 08:15 PM

#7303

Huehuecoyotl

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The U.S. Defense Department is planning to ask Congress for a massive increase to a controversial war account often criticized as a “slush fund” in order to circumvent mandatory spending limits, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the discussions.

The increase would amount to a reversal for President Donald Trump’s White House budget director, former Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, who for years campaigned against what he saw as former President Barack Obama’s abuse of the account, calling it a “slush fund.” After he was tapped for the job, Mulvaney told Senate lawmakers that he would seek to*eliminate*the fund altogether.

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The Defense Department’s base budget for fiscal year 2020 is*capped*by law at $576 billion. The Trump administration is seeking roughly an additional $150 billion (possibly as much as $174 billion) for the war fund

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/11...d-war-account/

I wonder if it's related to this

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In what one Defense Department official described as a surreal scramble, Pentagon officials met on Friday and over the weekend to identify which Army Corps of Engineers construction projects would be tapped for money to help build Mr. Trump’s wall if the president declared a national emergency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/u...rder-wall.html

02-11-2019 , 08:31 PM

#7304

fatkid

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I want to see BETO announcement that he’s running for king of the world so he can steal the Oranges thunder. Also so amy klobuchar can cry herself to sleep.

02-11-2019 , 08:35 PM

#7305

OmgGlutten!

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He's blind so he definitely doesn't see race.

02-11-2019 , 08:46 PM

#7306

Money2Burn

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Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

plus they scrub it clean. it's literally clean coal.

With bleach, I hear. “Cleaner that Crooked Hillary’s email server.”

02-11-2019 , 08:57 PM

#7307

Melkerson

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Originally Posted by fatkid

Trumps America?

When I saw the "disturbing", I was expecting something else entirely. She asked for clarification a couple of times and it was clear he wouldn't answer. Could she have done her job better? Sure. But I'm not sure her moving on reaches the level of "disturbing". She definitely wasn't trying to sweep it under the rug Fox News style.

02-11-2019 , 09:02 PM

#7308

Melkerson

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Originally Posted by LFS

Ehhhh the guy is blind, maybe leave his appearance alone and focus on him being a completely abhorrent human being.

I didn't know he was blind either or I wouldn't have commented on the photo the way I did.

I also learned that the dude is only 44. That was quite surprising.

02-11-2019 , 09:38 PM

#7309

ScreaminAsian

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https://twitter.com/markknoller/stat...29846466920448

Spoiler:

02-11-2019 , 09:44 PM

#7310

Huehuecoyotl

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Good to see the discourse happening in good faith.

02-11-2019 , 09:47 PM

#7311

Riverman

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#civility

02-11-2019 , 09:52 PM

#7312

ChrisV

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Those genocide jokes killing it with Don Jr

02-11-2019 , 09:54 PM

#7313

prana

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Trump Jr. should speak more.

Spoiler:

02-11-2019 , 09:55 PM

#7314

suzzer99

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Is that definitely Jr.?

02-11-2019 , 09:58 PM

#7315

prana

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Is that definitely Jr.?

chat:

"Trump Jr. 2024!"

post-term abortion!

02-11-2019 , 09:59 PM

#7316

ChrisV

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Is that definitely Jr.?

Yep. There's a CNN story about it, for example. But let's not lose track of the real story, which is that Ilhan Omar tweeted something about AIPAC with the word "Benjamins" in it.

02-11-2019 , 09:59 PM

#7317

prana

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He's ****ed up several words and these idiots don't even bat an eye.

02-11-2019 , 10:00 PM

#7318

uDevil

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CNN: Trump has to be nice to Dems now a shutdown deal is nigh.

CNN: Trump has a rally in El Paso tonight.

02-11-2019 , 10:00 PM

#7319

ChrisV

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Also, via Jonah Goldberg of all people:

You are a great disappointment to Daddy.

02-11-2019 , 10:00 PM

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Riverman

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02-11-2019 , 10:06 PM

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DHS funding/budget/etc. deal agreed "in principle" - no details yet. Shrewd to announce this while Trump is 2000 miles away. Senate Rs really really don't want another shutdown. In any event, I can't wait until Jim Jordan/Sean Hannity/Ann Coulter convinces Trump to turn this one down too.

02-11-2019 , 10:09 PM

#7322

tomrh3

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Originally Posted by Klingbard

Prospective deal contains $1.375b for a wall per WaPo.

GJGE dems

02-11-2019 , 10:12 PM

#7323

dlk9s

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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

https://twitter.com/markknoller/stat...29846466920448

Fine people on both sides.

02-11-2019 , 10:19 PM

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AllTheCheese

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Originally Posted by Trumped by John O'Donnell

Instantly, Donald was enthused. “Yeah, I never liked the guy. I don’t think he knows what the f––– he’s doing. My accountants up in New York are always complaining about him. He’s not responsive. And isn’t it funny, I’ve got black accountants at the Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. Those are the kind of people I want counting my money. No one else.”

I couldn’t believe I was hearing this. But Donald went on, “Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not something they can control. … Don’t you agree?”

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Originally Posted by WaPo Contextualizing the Above Quote

So this is clearly a secondhand quote, made in a private conversation and written some years after the fact. Trump called O’Donnell a disgruntled employee, but he initially did not dispute the remarks. “The stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true,” he told Playboy in an interview published in May 1997.