Official Donny, Drumpf, Trump Thread

[Vandal]

Tweeted:

Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!

[Bob78164]

Tweeted:

Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!

Sometime in the not-too-distant future:

Really bad news! Mar-a-Lago has been washed away by climate change. Too bad! --Bob

[jarnon]

A$AP Rocky released from prison and on his way home to the United States from Sweden. It was a Rocky Week, get home ASAP A$AP!

[T_Bone0806]

Tweeted:

Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!

His capacity for compassion is truly inspirational.

[silverscreenselect]

7/25/19 - North Korea test launches two ballistic missiles.

7/31/19 - North Korea test launches two more ballistic missiles.

8/2/19 - North Korea test launches another ballistic missile.

Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust, there is far too much for North Korea to gain - the potential as a Country, under Kim Jong Un’s leadership, is unlimited. Also, there is far too much to lose. I may be wrong, but I believe that Chariman Kim has a great and beautiful vision for his country, and only the United States, with me as President, can make that vision come true. He will do the right thing because he is far too smart not to, and he does not want to disappoint his friend, President Trump!

[jarnon]

Reporter: “Mr. President, Robert Mueller said last week that Russia is interfering in U.S. elections right now. Did you raise that with Vladimir Putin yesterday?”

Trump: “Oh you don't really believe this. Do you believe this?”

I asked a senior national security official about POTUS’s comments to a journalist, when she asked if he spoke with Putin about Russian election interference, “Oh you don't really believe this. Do you believe this? Ok, fine. We didn't talk about it.”

The senior national security official on those comments: “Everyone at this point ignores what the president says and just does their job. The American people should take some measure of confidence in that.”

Tapper didn’t name the official, but it may be DNI Dan Coats, who recently resigned effective August 15. Trump tweeted that he would nominate Congressman John Ratcliffe (who questioned Mueller harshly last week). I doubt Ratcliffe would be as willing as Coats to give Trump intelligence he doesn’t want to hear. However, the press criticized Ratcliffe for lack of experience and embellishing his credentials, and he decided to stay in Congress. Trump said Ratcliffe was qualified and was treated unfairly, but he also thanked the press for helping him vet nominees in general.

[BackInTex]

November next year is going to be such fun.

[silverscreenselect]

Trump's reaction to the weekend shootings and where the blame lies.

The Media has a big responsibility to life and safety in our Country. Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. News coverage has got to start being fair, balanced and unbiased, or these terrible problems will only get worse!

It's funny. I didn't see anything that originated from the "fake news" in the El Paso shooter's manifesto. I did see a number of comments about the "Hispanic invasion of Texas." I wonder where he got that language?

[Beebs52]

Trump's reaction to the weekend shootings and where the blame lies.

The Media has a big responsibility to life and safety in our Country. Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. News coverage has got to start being fair, balanced and unbiased, or these terrible problems will only get worse!

It's funny. I didn't see anything that originated from the "fake news" in the El Paso shooter's manifesto. I did see a number of comments about the "Hispanic invasion of Texas." I wonder where he got that language?

According to what he wrote that predates Trump.

[Bob78164]

Trump's reaction to the weekend shootings and where the blame lies.

The Media has a big responsibility to life and safety in our Country. Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. News coverage has got to start being fair, balanced and unbiased, or these terrible problems will only get worse!

It's funny. I didn't see anything that originated from the "fake news" in the El Paso shooter's manifesto. I did see a number of comments about the "Hispanic invasion of Texas." I wonder where he got that language?

According to what he wrote that predates Trump.

Okay, so his manifesto does have some fake news. --Bob

[jarnon]

Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events.

Only a racist, driven by fear, could witness what took place this weekend—and instead of standing up to hatred, side with a mass murderer's call to make our country more white. We are so much better than this president.

A comparatively mild reaction after O'Rourke pulled the gloves off responding to reporters' questions about a mass murder in his hometown.

[flockofseagulls104]

https://www.prageru.com/video/the-charlottesville-lie/

[silverscreenselect]

https://www.prageru.com/video/the-charlottesville-lie/

It's not surprising you're looking at Dennis Prager as an inspiration. I guess Glenn Beck and Alex Jones were too busy today.

[BackInTex]

https://www.prageru.com/video/the-charlottesville-lie/

It's not surprising you're looking at Dennis Prager as an inspiration. I guess Glenn Beck and Alex Jones were too busy today.

Not surprising you don't/won't/can't challenge what is said, just who says it. That's not really a very good argument. What law school did you say you attended?

[BackInTex]

A comparatively mild reaction after O'Rourke pulled the gloves off responding to reporters' questions about a mass murder in his hometown.

Beto is irrelevant. He knows it. But he's desperate. Most politicians had the good sense to not try and politicize the shootings, at least on the day of.

[silverscreenselect]

https://www.prageru.com/video/the-charlottesville-lie/

It's not surprising you're looking at Dennis Prager as an inspiration. I guess Glenn Beck and Alex Jones were too busy today.

Not surprising you don't/won't/can't challenge what is said, just who says it. That's not really a very good argument. What law school did you say you attended?

I can't challenge what's said because I'm at work and can't watch the video. I can do a quick look-up of Flock's source, and the results were not surprising.

[silverscreenselect]

A comparatively mild reaction after O'Rourke pulled the gloves off responding to reporters' questions about a mass murder in his hometown.

Beto is irrelevant. He knows it. But he's desperate. Most politicians had the good sense to not try and politicize the shootings, at least on the day of.

Beto is also the only candidate who's from Texas, so it's understandable that he might be a bit more upset that others.

[BackInTex]

A comparatively mild reaction after O'Rourke pulled the gloves off responding to reporters' questions about a mass murder in his hometown.

Beto is irrelevant. He knows it. But he's desperate. Most politicians had the good sense to not try and politicize the shootings, at least on the day of.

Beto is also the only candidate who's from Texas, so it's understandable that he might be a bit more upset that others.

But he's not the only politician from Texas.

[silverscreenselect]

Beto is irrelevant. He knows it. But he's desperate. Most politicians had the good sense to not try and politicize the shootings, at least on the day of.

Beto is also the only candidate who's from Texas, so it's understandable that he might be a bit more upset that others.

But he's not the only politician from Texas.

You're right. Here's someone who's even closer to the tragedy:

El Paso congresswoman says Trump 'not welcome' in the city after mass shooting

Words have consequences. The president has made my community and my people the enemy. He has told the country that we are people to be feared, people to be hated. I hope that [Trump] has the self-awareness to understand that we are in pain, and we are mourning, and we are doing the very best in our typical, graceful, El Paso way to be resilient. And so I would ask his staff and his team to consider the fact that his words and his actions have played a role in this.

[Beebs52]

Beto is also the only candidate who's from Texas, so it's understandable that he might be a bit more upset that others.

But he's not the only politician from Texas.

You're right. Here's someone who's even closer to the tragedy:

El Paso congresswoman says Trump 'not welcome' in the city after mass shooting

Words have consequences. The president has made my community and my people the enemy. He has told the country that we are people to be feared, people to be hated. I hope that [Trump] has the self-awareness to understand that we are in pain, and we are mourning, and we are doing the very best in our typical, graceful, El Paso way to be resilient. And so I would ask his staff and his team to consider the fact that his words and his actions have played a role in this.

You're somethin' else, dude.

[Bob78164]

A comparatively mild reaction after O'Rourke pulled the gloves off responding to reporters' questions about a mass murder in his hometown.

Beto is irrelevant. He knows it. But he's desperate. Most politicians had the good sense to not try and politicize the shootings, at least on the day of.

Beto is also the only candidate who's from Texas, so it's understandable that he might be a bit more upset that others.

Not just from Texas. From El Paso. --Bob

[Bob78164]

Beto is also the only candidate who's from Texas, so it's understandable that he might be a bit more upset that others.

But he's not the only politician from Texas.

You're right. Here's someone who's even closer to the tragedy:

El Paso congresswoman says Trump 'not welcome' in the city after mass shooting

Words have consequences. The president has made my community and my people the enemy. He has told the country that we are people to be feared, people to be hated. I hope that [Trump] has the self-awareness to understand that we are in pain, and we are mourning, and we are doing the very best in our typical, graceful, El Paso way to be resilient. And so I would ask his staff and his team to consider the fact that his words and his actions have played a role in this.

I'd say just as close. Rep. Escobar won the seat that Rep. O'Rourke gave up to run for the Senate. --Bob

[flockofseagulls104]

Not surprising. No response to the Charlottesville Lie.

Added for emphasis:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-let-g ... 1565132175

[silverscreenselect]

Not surprising. No response to the Charlottesville Lie.

Added for emphasis:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-let-g ... 1565132175

The problem with Trump's eventual version of his statement, which pretty much ignores what he actually said and the ease with which he switched from talking about one group of people to another is that these "fine people" don't seem to exist. I've seen hundreds of pictures of the Charlottesville protest, and I can't seem to find a whole lot of "fine people" in them. Now you would think that out of all these people with all their cellphones and only a handful of neo-Nazi thugs making trouble that there would be oodles of images they would have posted on social media by know of grandma, grandpa and the grandchildren holding up pictures of Robert E. Lee. It's no surprise that Prager comes up with this nonsense now, after most people's memories of the actual images have faded somewhat.

Here's an article that nails all this "fine people" nonsense, both on the facts and on the words Trump used.

https://thebulwark.com/the-charlottesville-hoax-hoax/

[T_Bone0806]

This part says it all for me..

"At this point, the only argument in Trump’s defense is one that I would regard as fairly plausible: Trump was, once again, blustering about a subject he didn’t understand, while insisting that he knew it better than anyone else".

Yup. This is a president who prefers the Cliffs Notes version of any report that crosses his desk. Can't be bothered with details. And who quite obviously gave a rather wooden reading off a teleprompter of words he didn't write and as such, came off extremely insincere, like a middle grade student being forced to give an oral report in front of the whole class. Yes, all presidents have speechwriters, but most are adept at making the viewer believe that the words are coming from the heart. Probably because they've taken the time to really go over the speech numerous times. If Trump looked this address over more than once I'd be astounded. I did not get even a hint of a notion that these words were coming from the heart. Honestly, at this point, I'm not totally convinced that he has one.

I just can't for the life of me understand how anyone cannot admit that his rhetoric has at least stoked the fires of these individuals. Yes, they were predisposed to commit these atrocities. Yes, a pretty good chance that they would eventually carry them out. But Trump's loose cannon words, spoken without any thought given as to the effect they might have on these unstable slimebags, were like giving them the Presidential Seal of Approval.


But hey, at least he made it to Dayton instead of Toledo.