Donald Trump Presidency-Day One

[Nikka]

[buttslinger]

Something is really eating me, and I can't quite rationalize it. Sarah Huckabee Sanders looks like a breed of dog, but I can't quite figure out which one.

Oh yeah, and even weirder than the fact that 36% of the country that will stick by Trump NO MATTER WHAT, is the fact that without their adoration, he couldn't care less for them. The truth is stranger than fiction.

[buttslinger]

Same old story, the Billionaire Boy's Club bought another Presidency and now are reaping the dividends.
Donald "Auric Goldfinger" Trump is going to destroy the American economy, while his donor buds and Putin come out of it richer and stronger.
Big Losers: Ignorant Pro-Lifers who would rather "look away, look away" and elect a pedophile and a Born Liar to office than admit that they're ignorant.

Pussy Galore and Odd Job

[Stavros]

I actually want to give President Trump some credit for securing the release of three UCLA college basketball players who were accused of shoplifting while in China. Regardless of why he did it, I think those guys should be grateful considering they were looking at the possibility of 10 years in prison.

Looks like your credit has been rejected by the bank of resentment and revenge:

President Donald Trump has suggested that he should have left three American basketball players imprisoned in China because he did not like the comments made by one of their parents.

"Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal," Mr Trump tweeted. "I should have left them in jail!"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8064146.html

[Ben in LA]

I tweeted this in response to all of the drama.

“Pretty sure LaVar appreciates whatever trump “did” to get the guys back over here...but to expect LaVar to kiss his ass? Nah, son. One good deed (that is expected from a world leader) doesn’t erase the other shitty things done by him in the past.”

Seriously though, I’ve NEVER seen a president act this way.

https://twitter.com/bilarichfield/st...86584267169792

[buttslinger]

I would have said Mueller must have enough evidence to hang Trump five times, but I also guaranteed a Hillary Victory.

[Stavros]

I tweeted this in response to all of the drama.
“Pretty sure LaVar appreciates whatever trump “did” to get the guys back over here...but to expect LaVar to kiss his ass? Nah, son. One good deed (that is expected from a world leader) doesn’t erase the other shitty things done by him in the past.”

Seriously though, I’ve NEVER seen a president act this way.

The reason is that even Presidents famous for their foul language, for example LBJ and Nixon, maintained the decorum of high office, practicing the etiquette that separates private thoughts from public expression. Your President among other things, will be recalled as the most vulgar and uneducated man to have sat in the Oval Office. His inability to control his thoughts is juvenile, his tone of voice coarse, and his intentions vindictive. And while he does appear to have a special resentment for Black Americans, he has also insulted and abused members of Congress who dared to challenge or contradict him.

The danger is not just that it undermines the authority of the Presidency, but that while the focus of attention is on the latest outburst from a man who craves constant attention, things are happening in US government that are also of long term importance.

The gradual refusal to accept Democrat party nominees as circuit court justices over the last 8 years has created a backlog of vacancies that are now being filled by people who may not have the experience one would expect, but are appointed because chosen by Republicans. This may not just impact social legislation down the road but also lead to poor judgements in court and thus in turn undermine faith in the justice system.

Meanwhile at the State Department, Rex Tillerson is shredding jobs and not replacing vacancies to such an extent that by the end of this 'cost-cutting' exercise the US may have the least capable corps of diplomats and foreign policy experts of any member of the UN Security Council and many smaller states. The US is yet to fill the vacancy of Ambassador to South Korea, but as the critique in the (admittedly hostile) New York Time points out, this situation is creating an imbalance in government where there is now a lack of diplomatic expertise while the size and influence of the military grows.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/o...ion-editorials

As for the President, he has now racked up 73 visits to the Golf Course, at a cost -to Americans who pay tax- of at least $79,578,479. A proportion of which has gone straight into the bank accounts his business.
http://trumpgolfcount.com/

[Jericho]

Still, it's good for business, eh!

https://www.trumpstore.com/

[sukumvit boy]

"Secrecy World"
New book coming out has been getting a lot of reviews in the media ,regarding findings since the release of "The Panama Papers" includes a good review of Trump's many shady dealings.
https://www.amazon.com/Secrecy-World-Investigation-Illicit-Networks/dp/1250126681/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511209996&sr=1-1&keywords=secrecy+world+panama+papers

[blackchubby38]

I tweeted this in response to all of the drama.

“Pretty sure LaVar appreciates whatever trump “did” to get the guys back over here...but to expect LaVar to kiss his ass? Nah, son. One good deed (that is expected from a world leader) doesn’t erase the other shitty things done by him in the past.”

Seriously though, I’ve NEVER seen a president act this way.

https://twitter.com/bilarichfield/st...86584267169792

Nobody saying he has to kiss his ass. How about just a simple "I want to thank President Trump and the United States in helping my son get back home". Now if excuse me, I'm to go back to eating doughnuts, playing dominos, and making a complete ass out of myself while my other son struggles in the NBA".