Great post. 100% agree but could never articulate it as well as you did

My biggest problem with Trump's continued military actions is he is an absolute knee-jerk reactionary. That is a horrible trait for a president in charge of such things. Even if one views actions as necessary or support them, it's impossible to support how the president got himself there.

Anyone else watching MTP? Lindsey Graham is out of his ****ing mind.

That this Syria stuff erases the realities of real influence and collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign and Administration is the worst take. You would have to not understand anything about the Russian accusations nor anything about Syria to reach such a conclusion.

But I thought trump was the best negotiator and he promised to create one sided trade deals to only the benefit of the us by telling the rest of the world to eff off. I'm shocked this has not worked. What trade deals has trump even started to lay out with anyone with any hint of success so far?

This was a huge part of his campaign and post election rhetoric.

Not shocking that a trump supporter has a simplistic view of a complex issue.

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I asked Awval (sp) if it would be bad if Trump didn't do much on trade since he is from the Midwest, but he didn't see the post and I haven't talked with him since.

I think Awval is more objective than the avg Trump supporter as well, and probably now knows he is going to do nothing.

Dude the dog caught the car but it's not a normal car it looks more like this.

Well so far he's getting praised out the ass for it so my guess is more military action coming, even if it's just the $60 million equivalent of Fourth of July fireworks. The fact the I live in a country where people are fine spending that money on weapons of war but not actual humanitarian aid makes me sick.

That's arguable. By the time Obama sought approval for strikes in Syria, he had five years on the job and thus had a track record of how he handled foreign matters. Also, there are still articles to this day that explain how he would never take military action without knowing the post-strike plan, and how we get out. I believe he talked about not getting involved in the Middle East without an exit plan during his campaign. So it's my opinion, sure, but it's based on plenty of facts.

Exactly. Now I'm not saying it proves a conspiracy, but if you were Putin and Trump, and you both wanted the US sanctions on Russia lifted, what would be the easiest way to do it? Create a conflict, negotiate a peace deal of some kind out of it, and lift the sanctions in the process. At this point, that's one of a few possibilities.

That's the headline of a Politico article. I wonder if Graham is trying his own 3d chess to get Trump to wage more war.

Oh good, another ouster at the white house. KT McMaster is gone.

Who said the left supported Obama's AUMF?

Getting rid of all of Flynn's people

You mean KT McFarland, right? Not HR McMaster?

Seeing as McMaster is somewhat sane and she was tight with Flynn, if I remember correctly, this is pretty good news.

Err, right. Lol me.

KT McFarland said a few years ago Putin deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for what he's doing in Syria

don't let the door hit you on your way out

I guess it's even more irony that Obama was the "isolationist" President the alt right thought Trump was going to be. It's kind of obvious Obama was tapping down on even the Democrats' desire to foreign entanglements

Agreed. Speaking strictly from a personnel standpoint, I have been impressed with what McMaster has been able to accomplish in the WH since becoming NSA.

The orange buffoon administration will crush all records for turnover. Don't get too attached to anyone he's not related to.

At this point if you support trump you are simply too stupid to live. Period. No discussion required.

lol

I think Bannon is gone soon too and a few other people. My conspiritard guess is that there are some real Russia connections to some of these guys and Kushner is telling Trump he needs to get rid of them and bomb Syria to make it look like he is not personally involved.

No matter the reason, this much is clear: Trump made terrible decisions in hiring people to help run the country. That should be the talking point that Dems flog. It is 100% obviously true.

Nah, I'd divide his supporters into 3 categories: the ignorant, the *******s and the self-serving.

The ignorant are all those white people (many but not all are blue collar working types) and many old people who have been passed by in the modern economy and society and love the idea of a strongman who will "make america great again." They find him comforting and familiar. They're not racist, but they do support the system of white privilege which they do not perceive as racist, but again as comforting and familiar. After all, they've lived their whole life with white privilege. When someone tries to take it away then that's wrong, according to them.

Then there are the ******* alt-right people and white supremecists who champion Trump who is sympathetic to their views. David Duke, Milo Yannapolis, the alt-right movement.

Finally are the self-serving Republican politicians, business leaders and others who know he is crazy, unfit to serve but they can use him to make money (coal executives, rich people who want tax cuts, etc.), pass legislation (Paul Ryan) or do other things that would further their causes.

None are dumb and are all attempting to further their perceived interests via Trump.

McMaster must have provided a detailed take it or leave set of conditions for taking the job. Remember he was the second replacement choice after the guy who I can't remember wanted to pick his own staff was denied.