Again, why are you directing this at me? I never said Trump was elected illegitimately, in fact I told you this already, it shows you're not giving me the respect of listening to what I say and respond with your views so we can debate the issues properly. We can disagree on everything, but if you're not going listen to what I say and instead assume what my views are, there is no point continuing this debate.Ironman
I couldn't tell if you were talking about Trump or Obama. Benghazi was more about Clinton's role and Obama's oversight. The embassy begged the State Department for more security because Libya was more dangerous with the Arab Spring and Qaddafi and all that. From people who were still there, they said that the requests were shelved or denied. It wasn't a YouTube video; it was a planned attack.I also find it sickening that people's deaths are being used as false political attack against a legitimately-elected President.
It's been a very ugly few weeks for anyone who voted for Trump - it's very easy to get up in arms, no pun intended.
I have a bit of a different understanding of him because I find he and my dad had the same personality and grew up in the same timeframe - they were less than three months apart in age. They grew up in a time when we had the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and Cuban embargo with President Kennedy. They were also just finishing high school when he was assassinated. I know that he comes across as egotistical and brash, but he did go to military school. He is going to have an ambition to him that many are put off with.
I need to clean the Chee-toh dust off my fingers.
trumps twitter page gets me up in the morning i just have to read his latest tweets <333
Not sure if this is meant to be facetious or not.
I keep hitting the wrong button!
They are supposed to be straight from the President himself.
Never a dull tweet.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-trump-cabinet
A Republican mega-donor Betsy DeVos was confirmed as secretary of education, she was picked for the job only because she gave a lot of money to Trump and the Republicans, it is clear she has no clue about how schools work or even have a basic level of understanding of education policy, and has no interest in learning anything.
I thought Trump's election promise was to drain the swamp, not fill it with his friends...?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehop...cial-advisors/
Trump got rid of a rule that requires financial advisors act in their client's best interest and avoid conflicts of interest when ever possible, so now financial advisors can continue to lie and push their clients into crappy investments that has higher commissions and bonuses for themselves. Yeah, Trump is great for working people
This was very disappointing.
President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one?
So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident.
Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead.
Trump was not thrilled with that response ― but that may have been a function of the time of day. Trump had placed the call at 3 a.m., according to one of Flynn’s retellings ― although neither the White House nor Flynn’s office responded to requests for confirmation about that detail.
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There is the matter of Trump’s briefing materials, for example. The commander in chief doesn’t like to read long memos, a White House aide who asked to remain unnamed told The Huffington Post. So preferably they must be no more than a single page. They must have bullet points but not more than nine per page.
Small things can provide him great joy or generate intense irritation. Trump told The New York Times that he’s fascinated with the phone system inside the White House. At the same time, he’s registered a complaint about the hand towels aboard Air Force One, the White House aide said, because they are not soft enough.
He’s been particularly obsessed with the performance of his aides on cable television. Past presidents typically didn’t make time to watch their press secretary’s daily briefings with reporters, but Trump appears to have made it part of his routine. “Saturday Night Live’s” weekly skewering of his administration is similarly on his must-watch list ― with his reaction ranging from unamused to seething.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/ent...b04061313a1fbb
It is just two weeks in and it is already chaos, I doubt Trump will last until the next election, I give it 1-2 years tops. It is time to get the popcorn out and watch the USA burn to the ground though
This isn't your country. Why the focus?http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehop...cial-advisors/
Trump got rid of a rule that requires financial advisors act in their client's best interest and avoid conflicts of interest when ever possible, so now financial advisors can continue to lie and push their clients into crappy investments that has higher commissions and bonuses for themselves. Yeah, Trump is great for working people
It's pointless.
You need to read the content of the rest of the links on that page - all of them - and then tell me what the Huffington Post is trying to do. It's not even owned by Arianna Huffington anymore.President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one?
So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident.
Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead.
Trump was not thrilled with that response ― but that may have been a function of the time of day. Trump had placed the call at 3 a.m., according to one of Flynn’s retellings ― although neither the White House nor Flynn’s office responded to requests for confirmation about that detail.
...
There is the matter of Trump’s briefing materials, for example. The commander in chief doesn’t like to read long memos, a White House aide who asked to remain unnamed told The Huffington Post. So preferably they must be no more than a single page. They must have bullet points but not more than nine per page.
Small things can provide him great joy or generate intense irritation. Trump told The New York Times that he’s fascinated with the phone system inside the White House. At the same time, he’s registered a complaint about the hand towels aboard Air Force One, the White House aide said, because they are not soft enough.
He’s been particularly obsessed with the performance of his aides on cable television. Past presidents typically didn’t make time to watch their press secretary’s daily briefings with reporters, but Trump appears to have made it part of his routine. “Saturday Night Live’s” weekly skewering of his administration is similarly on his must-watch list ― with his reaction ranging from unamused to seething.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/ent...b04061313a1fbb
It is just two weeks in and it is already chaos, I doubt Trump will last until the next election, I give it 1-2 years tops. It is time to get the popcorn out and watch the USA burn to the ground though
Air Force One towels not soft enough? Calling Flynn about the dollar? Come on! This is just ridiculous.
It isn't pointless to me. I enjoy talking about and debating politics, the law, etc. And as long as I don't go against the Community Guidelines, I'm more than allowed to make my views known, just like everyone else who posted in this thread or who are lurking. You might disagree, but that doesn't stop me from taking an interest in US politics.
Most of the accounts were confirmed by The New York Times and other media. It isn't the media's fault that Trump's staff are leaking against him and showing what Trump is like behind closed doors. The staff don't want the blame for the disaster that is about to happen and they want to get in good with the media so they will get good book deals.
I hate to break this to you, but the people around Trump, i.e. White House staff, billionaires, corporations, donors, Wall Street and the Republicans, have no loyalty and are more than willing to throw Trump under the bus to save their own asses.
The only disaster that is about to happen is the left causing a Civil War.
Why worry about terrorist attacks when you're hellbent on destroying your domestic, anti One World Government opponents first?
There have been a lot of "news stories" about leaks, but I don't think bathroom towel softness would be anything major. I seriously doubt he would approach a military expert about the dollar. Trump is not your regularly-scheduled politician. People who haven't seen that when he is coming into office are just not with it.
That's funnyAll the left is doing is resisting and protesting, actions they are entitled to do under the first amendment to the US Constitution and something that Republicans did when Obama took office. Since the right-wing didn't give Obama a chance, why should the left-wing give Trump a chance?
These leaks doesn't surprise me one bit as they all fit his character, I did research on the guy during the election. He inherited the wealth from his daddy who he could never get his approval, causing him to have daddy issues and to obsess about appearing successful when that isn't the case at all. The reason he doesn't release his tax returns is because it will clearly show he doesn't have anything near $10 billion dollars as he claims to have, instead it is more like $200 million. He isn't a business man, he never ran a successful business.
The guy knows he isn't successful, it is why he is so insecure, thin-skin and can't stand criticism, even something has minor as his tiny, tiny hands. One writer mention his tiny hands in an article ten or so years ago, and he got letters from Trump, one contained the outline of his hand in gold sharpie with the note, "See, not so short!". Despite selling a book, one that he didn't write and one that clearly he didn't read, and I think that is because the guy has trouble reading, it is why he doesn't like reading his briefings and instead damn it be only one page and made up of no more than nine bullet points.
The guy is not even able to mange his wealth correctly and is drowning in debt along with his current businesses, none of which make any profit and most he doesn't even own as he licenses his name to actually real and successful developers. He is good at only two things and that is marketing and grabbing attention, especially from the media. He doesn't hate the media, he loves the attention they give him. That is why he watches them endlessly to see what the media says about him and why he calls into shows a lot. You like him, because you are only seeing his marketing.
But can't run a government and without a functioning government crashes and recessions is all but guaranteed. As a real business person and someone who studied economics and law at university. I say, economic disaster is ahead.
I could be wrong, but I did correctly predicted that he would win against Hillary early last year.
