The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns. - Page 5336 - Politics and Economics

Trump's general instinct is correct that Americans don't want to be fighting some iffy wars, we'd rather have the odds be 100% that we win or let someone else do it, but it's going to be fun watching him get conned all the way.

*Except Iran, I think he gets that the conservative base psychotically hates Iran.

12-24-2018 , 02:04 AM

#133378

SuperUberBob

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Koss

The only reason he is still riding this train is because Fox News told him to.

I don't think this is pointed out enough.

The ****er is literally run by a TV station. Those talking head ****s get on there and address him directly because he's made his TV viewing habits so goddamn obvious.

Those guys he picks for cabinet positions have way less impact on his actions than Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.

12-24-2018 , 02:06 AM

#133379

Huehuecoyotl

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Meh, Rand sucks up to Trump while making fun of Cruz and Graham, the two self defacing clowns of the GOP.

12-24-2018 , 03:25 AM

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hobbes9324

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Quote:

Originally Posted by m_reed05

No it sounds more like Mnuchin is worried about **** getting very very ugly in the markets, and wanted the banks to assure him it won't turn into another 07-08.

Why the hell they would put out that release, I have no idea. It seems like that release alone will spook the living hell out of the markets.

OTOH, at 11:30p Pacific time, premarkets are up markedly. Not that they can't drop like a stone in the morning.

At some point you would think all of the bad news is priced in - most of the economic indicators still look reasonably good. But Trump and his administration is such a ****ing tire fire.....

MM MD

12-24-2018 , 03:36 AM

#133381

ScreaminAsian

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12-24-2018 , 06:12 AM

#133382

epcfast

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

Doesn't matter because the main purpose of the wall is to be the anti Statue of Liberty.

12-24-2018 , 06:16 AM

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All-In Flynn

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Doesn't Rand Paul do something like that every year, though? He's known to be very into the Airing of Grievances stuff, I remember.

12-24-2018 , 07:45 AM

#133384

Morphismus

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I liked the part best about Kushner being Damien from The Omen.

12-24-2018 , 08:04 AM

#133385

+rep_lol

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i quit reading halfway through it because it was ****ing stupid

come at me

12-24-2018 , 08:40 AM

#133386

m_hood115

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I thought it was a solid airing of grievances in the festivus tradition.

Rand is still a jackass.

His real grievance should have been about his neighbor whipping his ass.

12-24-2018 , 08:45 AM

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ChrisV

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

This could easily have been a Black Mirror plot. TV-obsessed public elect TV-obsessed TV celebrity, who proceeds to watch TV 10 hours a day and take all his direction from it. TV cable news hosts become the de facto rulers of the nation. Episode ends with the implication that the news hosts will engineer an actual coup.

12-24-2018 , 09:01 AM

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bigt2k4

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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish

I'm guessing the US has the most diverse sea of beautiful women, no?

nope. Toronto and Montreal destroy any American city. France is pretty stacked as well.

12-24-2018 , 09:28 AM

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fatkid

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Dude POTUS is looking weird here. Needs to hit the gym.

12-24-2018 , 09:31 AM

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epcfast

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Voluminous trousers.

12-24-2018 , 09:49 AM

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Kirbynator

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Rand Paul going for that 2020

12-24-2018 , 10:01 AM

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master3004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rococo

How do libertarians explain away the fact that every libertarian politician is ****ing joke?

Feature not bug

12-24-2018 , 10:04 AM

#133393

dth123451

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Melanie trump is a very stupid very bad person

12-24-2018 , 10:08 AM

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LostOstrich

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Donny got his big boy pants on today

12-24-2018 , 10:09 AM

#133395

NhlNut

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I'm a bad person.
RPaul twitter thread entertained. Solid digs at Graham, Bolton.
I kinda feel bad for Melania: When gold-digging goes wrong should be a comedy sketch.

12-24-2018 , 10:11 AM

#133396

MrWookie

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Originally Posted by WichitaDM

No David, it isn't.

He's not entirely wrong. He might even be mostly right.

12-24-2018 , 10:15 AM

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Clovis8

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This is the rare case where David is right. The wall is meant to be a huge monument to racism. It would be the biggest confederate statue ever built. Designed mostly to remind minorities that they are 3/5th of white Americans.