The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns. - Page 4615 - Politics and Economics

Low youth unemployment is a good thing. Unemployment is a percentage of people looking for work. Young people having to work is reflected in the percentage of them looking for work, rather than the percentage who find it.

08-19-2018 , 09:29 AM

#115352

Money2Burn

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Originally Posted by realDonaldTrump

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It was Maggie Haberman.

08-19-2018 , 09:29 AM

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All-In Flynn

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

Trump is a narcissist and therefore guaranteed to overreact to being investigated in any case, but this daily deluge of nonsense seems pretty obviously intentionally trying to confuse the issue.

Sure, I'm just commenting on his personality.

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This is where people who are like "Trump has no strategy" sort of miss the point I think. It might be true that he has no strategy, but he has tactics. At the moment his tactics include "repeat over and over and over again WITCH HUNT, NO COLLUSION, RIGGED", and "capitalize Random Letters to make things look Important to Morons". These are not complicated things but they are still, in my view, premeditated things he does for a purpose.

Yeah there's a degree of hyperbole in saying he's just mashing buttons etc. Like when toddlers tell really dumb, obvious lies because they lack a sufficient theory of mind to know you'll know they're lying. They have tactics, too, but it's silly to think of it as a coherent, reasoned approach to their desired goal.

08-19-2018 , 09:44 AM

#115354

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Originally Posted by All-In Flynn

ok sorry about that, i mis-read your post- pls disregard my AM haze for i was battling whales late into the night in a deep plo game

i agree he would be insufferably obnoxious (bigly worse than me) regardless of circumstances/guilt/innocence

08-19-2018 , 09:45 AM

#115355

Matty Lice

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It's funny how he keeps saying collusion isn't a crime except for when the Dems do it.

08-19-2018 , 10:54 AM

#115356

Max Cut

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https://twitter.com/smotus/status/1031138427830448135

08-19-2018 , 10:57 AM

#115357

uDevil

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Originally Posted by DeuceKicker

Has Jr ever posted one of his pictures wearing anything but never-been-worn-before hunting clothes?

When I was a kid I read a lot of outdoor adventure stuff like by Jim Kjelgaard and Jack London. Unworn gear was a douchebag dead giveaway.

08-19-2018 , 11:31 AM

#115358

ecriture d'adulte

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

And youth in BLS reports goes all the way up to 24. So even increased youth labor force participation rates is hardly bad. I’d agree increasing percentage of 16 year olds in the labor force is potentially a sign of economic sickness.

08-19-2018 , 11:37 AM

#115359

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Originally Posted by ih8ustfu

its pretty scary that politically theres is no diversity in here. granted i havent read the 100k+ replies but i read a few pages and the lack of individuality is astounding. is everyone here millenial?

There’s a ton of diversity of opinion in this forum. Prior to Trump there was a ton of debate. Many of the posters in this thread strongly dislike many of the other posters. However one commonality amongst the posters in this thread is that we are generally educated and not ****ing idiots. And only someone who is not well educated or a ****ing idiot doesn’t realize what a dumpster fire abomination Trump’s Presidency is. Granted, learning that this applies to something like 30 percent of the population of America has been enlightening. Congratulations on being part of that 30 percent!

08-19-2018 , 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by microbet

You deleted this post?

"28.000"? Is that how they write "28,000" in Russia?

Lol, nice catch. No Red-Blooded God-Fearing American writes 28,000 as 28.000. This guy is not American.

08-19-2018 , 11:47 AM

#115361

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by uDevil

When I was a kid I read a lot of outdoor adventure stuff like by Jim Kjelgaard and Jack London. Unworn gear was a douchebag dead giveaway.

When you get a new pair of boots after wearing the last pair until they were falling apart you know some people are going to look at them and think, "poser". Then you just have to take it and say ' thanks' when someone says 'nice boots'.

08-19-2018 , 11:50 AM

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I am glad Giuliani is going to protect Trump from a “perjury trap” because “the truth is not the truth.”

So funny that trump was not a big fan of McGahn because he did not go to an elite law school yet Trump has utilized crap lawyers for decades.

08-19-2018 , 11:51 AM

#115363

TheDuker

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Rudy on MTP:

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She didn't represent the Russian government! She's a private citizen. I don't even know if they knew she was Russian at the time. All they had was her name...All they knew is that a woman with a Russian name wanted to meet with them. They didn't know she was a representative of the Russian government, and indeed she's NOT a representative of the Russian Government!

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Originally Posted by Goldstone Email

The Crown prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.

This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump - helped along by Aras and Emin.

IF IT'S WHAT YOU SAY I LOVE IT

08-19-2018 , 11:57 AM

#115364

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JFC, he literally said "truth isn't truth".

https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/sta...93677773893632

08-19-2018 , 12:02 PM

#115365

Max Cut

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alternative facts
what you see and hear is not the truth
truth is not truth

08-19-2018 , 12:47 PM

#115366

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDuker

Rudy on MTP:

Reminder:

IF IT'S WHAT YOU SAY I LOVE IT

It's entirely possible Rudy's not lying here, he's that ****ing stupid.

08-19-2018 , 12:54 PM

#115367

Johnny Truant

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Originally Posted by otatop

It's entirely possible Rudy's not lying here, he's that ****ing stupid.

Between him and Trump it sometimes seems like there is a parallel screwball comedy the writers are testing. Like a Lemmon and Matthau vehicle where two elderly villains come out of retirement to show the new generation how it’s done.

08-19-2018 , 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jman220

30-40% of this country vs like 90% of the western world. It should be a huge tell that most people in first world countries think Trump is a dumpster fire as well, and this was before the trade wars or any policy that really affected them.

08-19-2018 , 01:19 PM

#115369

Jiggymike

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Many people are saying that Trump is the most pro-food truck President ever!

08-19-2018 , 01:25 PM

#115370

Vecernicek

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Man, I held off watching that Giuliani clip because I assumed it would be something dumb but relatively defensible, somehow. But man, he literally goes with:

"If person A says X happened, and person B says X didn't happen, what's the truth? It's impossible to know!"

08-19-2018 , 01:31 PM

#115371

otatop

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Originally Posted by StimAbuser

In the Trumpverse, he's made other countries respect the US again after Obama made them all look down on us.

08-19-2018 , 01:58 PM

#115372

ScreaminAsian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by realDonaldTrump

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08-19-2018 , 02:11 PM

#115373

ScreaminAsian

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https://twitter.com/wwm_shakespeare/...30337416916998

08-19-2018 , 02:28 PM

#115374

markksman

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Originally Posted by Vecernicek

Since he got snubbed from a real cabinet position and was stuck with Cyber he has returned and literally says whatever Trump wants him to say word for word. You can hear Trumo angrily telling Rudy this is how he needs to handle these Fake News.

I don’t know what kind of oath you lawyers take but seems like by literally just repeating everything his client wants word for word it might not be in their best interest.