Orraloon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 8 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: Only Thplinth's (ps that was a goad to entice him back ) Was that not him in that video you posted earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Was that not him in that video you posted earlier? I've heard he is better looking than Sean Spicer/Melissa McCarthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 There's never a dull moment... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/06/president-trump-is-now-speculating-that-the-media-is-covering-up-terrorist-attacks/?utm_term=.eabfec4843f5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It's only a matter of time before someone somewhere starts a policy of closing mosques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm not sure what to think anymore, although I don't think there's any doubt Trump will be another awful president and the media have a clear agenda. Hopefully from the protesting a non party anti war movement can emerge, I suspect it will be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) Trump is a man who gets bored easily. His attention span extends to the thrill of the executive order being signed. Beyond this he doen't want to know. I think he will meet increased opposition even from republican judges as the one thing they don't like is their independence being questioned. This coupled with an inability to take any form of dissent or rejection of his orders leads to him going on twitter and barking at the moon. I look forward most mornings to his tweets. Fair cheer me up. Edited February 7, 2017 by EddardStark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 12 hours ago, Toepoke said: There's never a dull moment... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/06/president-trump-is-now-speculating-that-the-media-is-covering-up-terrorist-attacks/?utm_term=.eabfec4843f5 I think he is right on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 13 minutes ago, Orraloon said: I think he is right on this one. You'll need to provide evidence https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-centcom-media-terror-cover-up/515823/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: You'll need to provide evidence https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-centcom-media-terror-cover-up/515823/ They covered up the Indonesia genocide in East Timor from the 70's to the mid 90's as the US was selling arms to Indonesia. The Vietnam war was massively distorted. Is any mainstream media reporting now truthfully what's happening in Yemen and Syria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 17 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said: They covered up the Indonesia genocide in East Timor from the 70's to the mid 90's as the US was selling arms to Indonesia. The Vietnam war was massively distorted. Is any mainstream media reporting now truthfully what's happening in Yemen and Syria? Trump was specifically referring to Europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: You'll need to provide evidence https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-centcom-media-terror-cover-up/515823/ I think you'll find I don't "need" to provide anything. I am guessing the same could be said of Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: Trump was specifically referring to Europe Well I wouldn't believe a word the guardian etc say on any terrorist attacks in Europe such as Paris and Brussels. Trumps no clown, he'll have a fair idea the CIA are involved in training and arming terrorists who've directly or indirectly caused attacks in Europe. Not that this insight makes Trump at all trustworthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/07/full-list-of-trump-under-reported-terror-attacks-and-how-they-were-reported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 The faults of the media do not mitigate, excuse or in any way effect Trump fitness to be president. The man cannot string a coherent sentence together. I think this is symptomatic of an inability to focus, to think things through in depth, rationally to weigh up pros and cons. He is vocally inarticulate because he is cognitively inarticulate. Months ago it was argued on here by some that the problem with Trump wasn't so much Trump, more the people around him. He doesn't have the focus to be an ideologue. Like a child he is focused on himself, hence his apparent inability to take setbacks calmly, without lashing out. Also like a child he is easily led, and he has plenty of highly focused ideologues surrounding him now. Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem? Trump couldn't give a stuff about that and has no conception of the symbolism and its ramifications, but those around him know fine well what it means. The Eddie Mair interview that G-man linked to on the previous page brings this out, but it was discernible from his performances in the debates, and his use of Twitter makes it plainer still. He's a liability - and it's going to be a long four years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 What's it going to be like when it's close to his term being over ? I think thats going to be more dangerous than the next 4 years (if thats possible) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 28 minutes ago, DonnyTJS said: The faults of the media do not mitigate, excuse or in any way effect Trump fitness to be president. The man cannot string a coherent sentence together. I think this is symptomatic of an inability to focus, to think things through in depth, rationally to weigh up pros and cons. He is vocally inarticulate because he is cognitively inarticulate. Months ago it was argued on here by some that the problem with Trump wasn't so much Trump, more the people around him. He doesn't have the focus to be an ideologue. Like a child he is focused on himself, hence his apparent inability to take setbacks calmly, without lashing out. Also like a child he is easily led, and he has plenty of highly focused ideologues surrounding him now. Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem? Trump couldn't give a stuff about that and has no conception of the symbolism and its ramifications, but those around him know fine well what it means. The Eddie Mair interview that G-man linked to on the previous page brings this out, but it was discernible from his performances in the debates, and his use of Twitter makes it plainer still. He's a liability - and it's going to be a long four years... Really? Now, I don't know the guy very well, but I would have thought that talking was one of his strong points. And, it's hard for me to believe that anybody can get a golf handicap of 4 without the ability to focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Guess I'm banking on this being a one-term presidency. The democrats must have learnt some electoral lessons from the previous farce (focus on swing states, look beyond the liberals and Latinos, don't perpetuate dynastic presidencies with more baggage than a Heathrow carousel). Trouble is, it's not that hard to engineer an economic upturn - the difficulty is sustaining it, making it self-perpetuating - but he might manage to make one last long enough. Who knows? Orraloon: listen to what he says - or look at a transcript (when he's not parroting from a teleprompter) - it's garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Somewhere between the primaries and now he's gotten on board with the playbook. He's saying all the right things in terms of Israel, Iran and Isis / radical Islam. The media (pretends) hates him but it's doesn't matter now, and they can show in 4 years how objective and unbiased they were all along, most of supporters will still love him, liberals hate him, the divide between voters has probably never been greater and that's brilliant for the politicians and the oligarchs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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giblet Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 about to spend a couple of weeks over in the US with my American work collegues, going to be difficult not to wind them up about Trump. Can see a few wee stooshies ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 5 hours ago, giblet said: about to spend a couple of weeks over in the US with my American work collegues, going to be difficult not to wind them up about Trump. Can see a few wee stooshies ahead. As much as I've felt like doing the same I always remember that us, as Scots, were such pussies we chose to let someone else run our country. That stops me winding anybody up about theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Strong Bernie Sanders Verified account @SenSanders We are in a pivotal moment in American history. We have a president who is delusional. He is a pathological liar. Bernie Sanders Verified account @SenSanders I disagreed with President Bush all the time. I never called him a pathological liar. He was just conservative. But Trump lies all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 19 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: Strong Bernie Sanders Verified account @SenSanders We are in a pivotal moment in American history. We have a president who is delusional. He is a pathological liar. Bernie Sanders Verified account @SenSanders I disagreed with President Bush all the time. I never called him a pathological liar. He was just conservative. But Trump lies all the time. No credibility after he backed Clinton. And Bush was a liar. Most of them are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/16/blood-traces-bernies-iraq-war-hypocrisy/ Sanders foreign policy record in terms of how he voted isn't good either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 21 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said: http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/16/blood-traces-bernies-iraq-war-hypocrisy/ Sanders foreign policy record in terms of how he voted isn't good either. In what way does this make Bernie Sanders a liar ? Was wanting regime change in Iraq wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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