shoot sorry. cnn goes down in flames. trump makes full term and re-election

To make it more realistic they should only allow material form conservative film makers and actors/actress.

My only shread of doubt is Trump's concern for his hair.

Congress Reaches Deal on Russia Sanctions, Creating Tough Choice for Trump

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on sweeping sanctions legislation to punish Russia for its election meddling and aggression toward its neighbors, they said Saturday, defying the White House’s argument that President Trump needs flexibility to adjust the sanctions to fit his diplomatic initiatives with Moscow.

The new legislation sharply limits the president’s ability to suspend or terminate the sanctions — a remarkable handcuffing by a Republican-led Congress six months into Mr. Trump’s tenure. It is also the latest Russia-tinged turn for a presidency consumed by investigations into the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian officials last year.

Mr. Trump could soon face a decision: veto the bill — a move that would fuel accusations that he is doing the bidding of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — or sign legislation imposing sanctions his administration abhors.

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Congress has complicated his choice because the legislation also encompasses new sanctions against Iran and North Korea, two countries the administration has been eager to punish for its activities.

Prediction: veto

Nope. Passage will be veto proof, so veto only works if he lift sanctions immediately after the veto, which would look extremely bad. And, in any event, a new bill would be introduced undoing whatever he does.

Sometimes when you're in an iron cage and kids are poking you with sticks, your only viable option, like it or not, is to be poked with sticks.

that sounds like a really reasonable, responsible, mature way of assessing this situation and reacting to it. i think trump is repulsed by that type of thinking

A Nation of Laws or a Nation of Men?

After reading this article:

https://newrepublic.com/article/1435...rime-syndicate

it's a virtual certainty Trump will find a way to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. If (when) Mueller is fired, that will certainly trigger a constitutional crisis.

Trump is not worried about facing impeachment. He probably thinks he can beat that rap since it will require 67 votes in the Senate to convict and remove him from office. What really worries Trump is the possibility he could face criminal prosecution (and conviction) and wind up going to jail after he leaves office. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a sitting President cannot be [criminally] prosecuted while in office, but Trump is certainly vulnerable to prosecution once he's out of office. The statute of limitations on obstruction of justice is five years, so he could face prosecution on that criminal charge once he leaves office. There are probably other criminal charges, (i.e. tax fraud and tax evasion to name two), for which he [potentially] could be vulnerable once he leaves office.

This is not a far fetched theory or out-of-this-world "liberal" fantasy. Up until the moment former President Gerald Ford issued Richard Nixon an unconditional pardon, Watergate prosecutors were proceeding down the road of prosecuting Nixon after he had resigned the Presidency in August of 1974. (Nixon was pardoned by Ford in September of 1974.) So there is precedent for a former President to be prosecuted. (As evidenced by conversations Nixon had with former aides such as Henry Kissinger and Egil "Bud" Krogh after his resignation and before the pardon was granted, Nixon [very much] feared that he was on his way to prison. He even remarked to one of his aides that Mahatma Ghandi had done some of his best writing while he was in prison.)

Trump knows all this, so the one thing he must do is stop Mueller's investigation in its tracks. When the mander hits the fan, (i.e. Trump fires Mueller), that's when we're going to find out if we're still a nation of laws - or a nation of men.

I really, really doubt that.

I mean I think it's possible he fires Mueller, but it's very basic "He's ****ing with me, **** him" stuff, not some elaborate reasoning process informed by detailed knowledge of Nixonian precedent.

We crossed the Rubicon months ago: Trump has been violating the emoluments clause since day one, he rather openly admitted to obstructing justice, Sessions flat-out perjured himself, I can't even remember all the various meetings and assets that Kushner and Fredo failed to disclose. If there was a magical "Nation of Laws" safeguard, it would have kicked in months ago.

Basically this just reminds me of that Onion article "Now Trump is really finished, says area man for the eighth time."

I've posted this a few times, same principle:



You can imagine our 2032 selves saying now with this latest Trump Russia revelation, we will discover finally if we are a nation of laws.

Variation on the same theme:

Any modern past president would of been gone long ago.

Never attribute to basic ****-him stuff, that which can be adequately explained by Nixonian precedent.

Republicans Need to Prepare for the Worst

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/a...obert-mueller/

Not sure about this, but Commentary magazine is generally regarded as a media outlet with a more conservative bias. (I don't believe Commentary is a "liberal" rag like Vox, Salon, Daily Kos and/or Mother Jones.)

It's interesting that Republicans are saying one thing in public while muttering something entirely different [to reporters] in private. This being the reality - and Trump being Trump - virtually guarantees a constitutional crisis.

prediction:

trump's plan to "drain the swamp" is to appoint all the worst republicans in congress into his cabinet, torture them individually for months until they resign, and repeat until time runs out

prediction:

during the 2020 election cycle kim jong un will agree to direct talks with potus

Imagine believing Trump lacked beliefs, in spite of telling them over and over and over again for like 2 years. Imagine being surprised that maybe, just maybe he believes them now. No, you didn't think it'd get to this point, save about 5 of you, and still fail to recognize what is happening. Just shut the **** up and listen.

And this is when I didn't know Trump was a full blown registered Nazi.

prediction: he's going to quadruple down this week, outside shot we get a n-bomb

jesus, thread winner right here

I wouldn't call it too early, there's still time for:

LOL

awice is the perfect example of the guy who runs super****ing hot through a shoe at blackjack and thinks he's an expert card counter

He probably put all his winnings into bitcoins and now has won like seven figures off this shizz. Kind of hilarious, really.

About the only thing in his post that was correct was that Bitcoin would reach an all time high. I'm prepared to believe that his investments in Bitcoin were good judgement rather than luck, but he definitely ran hot at politics.