The Trump Presidency

[Runnin]

Compared to Trump's golf trips at over a half a million a round, not counting Florida Coast Guard Costs, at least they got a table.

But I agree, "I left it with my wife" was not very honorable.

[goldfly]

You asked "what's wrong with Che"

I just provided you the tip of the iceberg.

Ready to call him garbage?

I suspect not

na, it would be more fun not to just to see you still whine about it

but che has 100% nothing to do with Trump Jr's garbage bitch ass.

thank you for showing me what you finally thought was wrong with che

[goldfly]

You literally said paying the price for voting in the "dumb**** orange one"

Did you misspeak? Are you backing off that now?

they and we are paying the price by having such a person in charge to combat against this

what do you think i am backing off from? lol

[goldfly]

trying to keep up with sturg crying about Che and us paying for electing people that don't believe climate change is real

it might have made me miss where we talked about Cambridge Analytica in here and the video just posted about how they blackmail people or are we just keeping that in the collusion thread?

[bravesnumberone]

Still imagining how many Fox News personalities would have coronaries and how many conservative Christian churches would spontaneously explode if Obama covered up an affair with a porn actress.

[The Chosen One]

Still imagining how many Fox News personalities would have coronaries and how many conservative Christian churches would spontaneously explode if Obama covered up an affair with a porn actress.

As I've mentioned previously, having 5 children from 3 different baby mommas would have disqualified him from even sniffing the primaries.

[Hawk]

Here's a mantra y'all might find enlightening: if you can't beat em', join em'

[Hawk]

it might have made me miss where we talked about Cambridge Analytica in here and the video just posted about how they blackmail people or are we just keeping that in the collusion thread?

This should not be your takeaway from the discussion on CA.

[Runnin]

Still imagining how many Fox News personalities would have coronaries and how many conservative Christian churches would spontaneously explode if Obama covered up an affair with a porn actress.

A common knowledge awareness of this blatant hypocrisy is seeping into the population. And the lies of the Orange One are going to be on page one of the news for years to come.

Meanwhile,
$130,000 to Stormy
$150,000 to Karen McDougal

[Runnin]

This should not be your takeaway from the discussion on CA.

Yes, the undercover journalists who set up that sting has had that video for a long time. I wonder why they sat on it so long.

Are you implying that their motivation was simply blackmail?

[Hawk]

Yes, the undercover journalist set up that sting has had that video for a long time. I wonder why they sat on it so long.

No, not that either.

Hint: Wylie

[Hawk]

A common knowledge awareness of this blatant hypocrisy is seeping into the population. And the lies of the Orange One are going to be on page one of the news for years to come.

Meanwhile,
$130,000 to Stormy
$150,000 to Karen McDougal

I guess McDougal got the piss treatment.

[Runnin]

No, not that either.

Hint: Wylie

That implies some journalistic integrity.

[Runnin]

I guess McDougal got the piss treatment.

Or he did.

[Jaw]

This media crusade over Carson's $31k office makeover is laughable when one considers that the cost of jet fuel for even one unnecessary flight would exceed it.

Having said that, what a stupid and gutless response for him to make. He could have come out of this smelling like a rose by agreeing that it was extravagant and reimbursing the cost out of his own pocket. He decided to look like a spineless jerk instead. What a disappointment.

[57Brave]

laughable ?

I am old enough to remember when a non profit charitable organization was pilloried for corruption.
Based on innuendo and speculation fueled by ... Cambridge Analytica campaign tactics ?

Something about the "appearance of possible wrongdoing" ...

We have cabinet secretaries writng off Eupropean vacations, airplane rides, luxurious doors, emoluments and a dining room set.

Funny thing is, Carson is going to be their foil
Funny how that works, if you know what I mean

[Jaw]

An interesting take on the Trump foreign policy, from one of the analysts at Center for a New American Security (this was Obama's go to think tank for Defense and foreign affairs)

Donald Trump has disturbed the world. His policy of strategic ambiguity has destabilized friends and foes alike. It has forced enemies such as North Korea to the bargaining table and made allies question the United States’ commitment to their security. For these reasons, ambiguity has been downplayed as a tool of U.S. diplomacy. It makes people uneasy, a feeling not embraced when dealing with global superpowers.

It is also true that anti-Trump sentiment among Western intelligentsia is so strong that few serious foreign-policy or national-security analysts are willing to openly examine the concerns his election highlighted or the success he is having in their sphere. Their belief in President Trump as a manifestation of ignorance or evil is so overwhelming that they are unable to perceive the heightened concerns and respect for the America’s position in the world that have emerged in centers of power in the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and African regions where China’s rise had, up until a year ago, appeared inevitable. So consumed are American and European practitioners of foreign policy with their Never/Anti-Trumpism that they have never stopped to consider that his approach is working.
...
Adherence to rules is an important civilizational norm that has characterized the West for centuries, but when one nation finds itself to be the only entity obeying the rules, those rules are not “norms.” President Trump understands this, and future historians will look back and almost certainly recognize him as a realist who first sought to clearly identify U.S. national interests and then pursued them while also seeking balance with external commitments. His use of strategic ambiguity is not unlike Eisenhower’s. His rhetoric is not unlike Reagan’s, and his independence and personal confidence are not unlike those of his fellow New Yorker, Franklin D. Roosevelt. These men each came to the presidency with perspectives that were unconstrained by national politics, based as they were on their own unique, private professional backgrounds.

By his own methods, President Trump has created space for diplomatic, economic, and military maneuver. His method of employing strategic ambiguity gives him room to practice his “art” of high-end negotiations in the service of the American people. Thus far, he has successfully taken significant actions in key areas of deregulation, court appointments, tax reform, the expansion of the military, and diplomatic negotiations. That others might not view his initiatives as successes at present says more about their perceptions than about his actions.

[57Brave]

" Obama's go to think tank "

?

Obama famously, and often to his political detriment, listened to everyone before making a decision.
.......

[thethe]

Trumps presidency has been successful this far in spite of unprecedented resistance. The left and establishment right hate it but have no idea how to solve the worlds problems.

[57Brave]

he congratulated Putin on his election .

Kinda sums up Trump solving the worlds problems.