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03-17-2017 , 02:26 PM

#19151

master3004

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He just called the United States a company.

Orange ****ing buffoon.

Lol, he also called himself a trader but since he can't speak it sounded like traitor

03-17-2017 , 02:27 PM

#19152

goofyballer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Namath12

In positive Steve King news, his 2018 challenger has raised $100k toward her bid to defeat him in just 4 days.

She lost 61-38 last year, might be optimistic to think she can turn the tables just because her opponent is a glaring racist (which anyone paying attention already knew anyway). Will depend how much the midterms become a referendum on Trump and whether or not he's popular.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobman0330

Why is it optimistic to think that a shakeup in NK is likely? It's a much worse version of Syria with nuclear weapons. A shakeup is not going to end well.

Does an internal shakeup mean the nukes get fired, though? I'm admittedly not well-read on NK and would welcome any suggestions for reading to better educate myself on what endgame scenarios might look like for it.

03-17-2017 , 02:27 PM

#19153

einbert

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

TRUMP JUST ADMITTED IT! he said: "i am a traitor"

He did, I heard him say it. Lock him up!

03-17-2017 , 02:28 PM

#19154

dinopoker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by einbert

Trump is handling the NK situation LOL

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...24011234791424

Quote:

Originally Posted by simplicitus

NK may be a good situation for Trump, because it's all bad options, so it's hard to do something demonstrably worse than what else is available.

Still, probably the best thing is to do some uber diplomacy with China and SK and get a full buyin for NK 2.0. That's no small lift for even a theoretically competent administration, and it seems like the Donald's people are more into saber rattling even if it alienates China and isn't coordinated with SK. Least bad option may be more waiting. More info and tech is getting into NK and China cut off coal shipments last month, which is a potential killer. Don't know if they've started up again.

No, because the North Korea thing happened before with Obama, Bush, and Clinton. It's a shakedown pure and simple. They rattle their sabers, then they get some form of payoff from the US, South Korea, Japan, or some combination of them, then they go quiet again.

The difference is now this time it's with Trump, so one has to seriously consider how far he's willing to go before he capitulates to whatever it is they want. My guess is that he'll go just far enough to look tougher than Obama, then let it go. Hopefully anyways.

03-17-2017 , 02:30 PM

#19155

PocketChads

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"We don't want victory"

03-17-2017 , 02:31 PM

#19156

einbert

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"The negotiators for Germany have done much better than the negotiators for the United States"

Yeah maybe that's because they fund their state department, numbnuts.

03-17-2017 , 02:31 PM

#19157

master3004

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STOP

CAMPAIGNING!

03-17-2017 , 02:31 PM

#19158

AllTheCheese

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Is there a story about Trump getting those "yes" from GOP Congressmen? Who is he talking about?

03-17-2017 , 02:33 PM

#19159

th14

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https://www.propublica.org/article/p...-stock-trading

Quote:

Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price

Trump’s head of the Department of Health and Human Services traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms. A source says Bharara was overseeing an investigation. The White House didn’t immediately comment.

03-17-2017 , 02:34 PM

#19160

AllTheCheese

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Trump is confused. He thinks this is a campaign debate and that Merkel is Hillary Clinton.

03-17-2017 , 02:35 PM

#19161

AllTheCheese

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Love this German guy.

03-17-2017 , 02:35 PM

#19162

PocketChads

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You shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to FOX

03-17-2017 , 02:35 PM

#19163

einbert

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Trump reiterates his wire-tapping lies. Referring to Merkel: "At least we have something in common."

Now he's using what I call the "hateful preacher" defense. "Those aren't my words, I was just quoting someone on Fox News." (When hateful preachers do it, they're quoting the Bible).

03-17-2017 , 02:37 PM

#19164

General Tsao

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holy cow, at the wiretapping joke....whewwww buddy.

03-17-2017 , 02:37 PM

#19165

dinopoker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

I think I read that Trump is a germanophobe.

Solid!

03-17-2017 , 02:37 PM

#19166

einbert

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Ugh he just touched Merkel without her permission. ****ing disgusting. I cringed visibly and I'm pretty sure she did too.

03-17-2017 , 02:37 PM

#19167

Max Cut

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What is the "something in common" statement referring to?

03-17-2017 , 02:37 PM

#19168

Chippa58

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Trump is a true embarrassment.

03-17-2017 , 02:39 PM

#19169

einbert

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Max Cut

What is the "something in common" statement referring to?

Story is from 2013:

Barack Obama 'approved tapping Angela Merkel's phone 3 years ago'
President Barack Obama was told about monitoring of German Chancellor in 2010 and allowed it to continue, says German newspaper
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...years-ago.html

03-17-2017 , 02:39 PM

#19170

MicroPimpin

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Trump just delivers at such a high level of craziness consistently. It's amazing.

03-17-2017 , 02:41 PM

#19171

thethethe

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With the stolen plans, make a big deal about it, and open yourself up to big questions on why they had them, or try to sweep it under the carpet, raising suspicions from both sides.