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thejeff wrote:


And practically speaking in any situation that he comes into office, the GOP will be crippled by having forced Trump out.

or they're mourning the sudden loss of the oldest man ever elected appointed president, either from natural causes or secret service agent operation Jamie lanister.

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On the other hand Pence might actually read the stuff put in front of him to sign and would probably be concerned with a legacy and what his name is attached to. That might not be as useful to the republicans as Trump for the time being. The horrible policies he's implementing probably won't be felt for a few years, so it's entirely possible he'll survive his first term.


thejeff wrote:


It'll be hard to get the Republican base to turn on him and some of them never will, but that doesn't mean he's in good shape. His popularity is low, despite a small war bounce. The various special elections since November show a consistent incredible Democratic bounce - small signs, but indicators that have to be worrying Republican pols.

He's not really cementing control - he's not staffing agencies, his own staff seems to be mostly warring with each other for the king's ear. The GOP is proving incapable of working even with each other to accomplish anything.

There is Resistance and it seems to be doing the job.

They're going to do a lot of damage, but this crew doesn't seem competent enough to actually pull off the coup. That very incompetence will do a lot of the damage, but also keep them from doing worse.

And now the court intrigue has actually started to spill over into the Trump supporters. The Nationalist/Bannon/Mercer wing are not happy at all about Syria, and some of Trumps changes in policy of the last couple of weeks. This unhappiness is becoming evident also in the wing of voters that support there takes. Also Bannon's star is on the decline in the White House. If on the perhaps remote chance that Bannon is forced out or feels forced out, Bannon is almost certainly going to turn his wing of the base against Trump.


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Guy Humual wrote:
On the other hand Pence might actually read the stuff put in front of him to sign and would probably be concerned with a legacy and what his name is attached to. That might not be as useful to the republicans as Trump for the time being. The horrible policies he's implementing probably won't be felt for a few years, so it's entirely possible he'll survive his first term.

Pence was willing to defend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for months. I still think he supports it. If anything, Pence is probably more likely to sign off on some ridiculous things, because he's not as worried about his public appearance as Trump.

Pence was both the dumbest VP pick and smartest VP Pick Trump could ever have. Pence brought nothing new to the campaign, and was really there to try and get Indiana (which is odd, seeing as Pence was disliked by the majority), and the hardcore religious vote. And yet, despite how much Trump's policies scare me, Pence actually worries me more. Because he would actually work with the Freedom Caucus and moderate Republicans to get all of the stuff that they want through, instead of fighting it and dividing.


BigNorseWolf wrote:
thejeff wrote:


And practically speaking in any situation that he comes into office, the GOP will be crippled by having forced Trump out.

or they're mourning the sudden loss of the oldest man ever elected appointed president, either from natural causes or secret service agent operation Jamie lanister.

True. An assassination or even a natural death would be a different story. "Pence carrying on the sainted martyr's work."

About the only thing likely to salvage Trump's popularity.


FantheFlames wrote:
Guy Humual wrote:
On the other hand Pence might actually read the stuff put in front of him to sign and would probably be concerned with a legacy and what his name is attached to. That might not be as useful to the republicans as Trump for the time being. The horrible policies he's implementing probably won't be felt for a few years, so it's entirely possible he'll survive his first term.

Pence was willing to defend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for months. I still think he supports it. If anything, Pence is probably more likely to sign off on some ridiculous things, because he's not as worried about his public appearance as Trump.

Pence was both the dumbest VP pick and smartest VP Pick Trump could ever have. Pence brought nothing new to the campaign, and was really there to try and get Indiana (which is odd, seeing as Pence was disliked by the majority), and the hardcore religious vote. And yet, despite how much Trump's policies scare me, Pence actually worries me more. Because he would actually work with the Freedom Caucus and moderate Republicans to get all of the stuff that they want through, instead of fighting it and dividing.

Even Pence can't work with the Freedom Caucus and the moderate Republicans. Ryan can't. Boehner couldn't. On far too many things, there's no agreement there to be worked with. That herd of cats can't be managed. That's been obvious for years.

Sure, Pence would gladly sign all sorts of ridiculous stuff. So would Trump. Both likely would do a ton of damage, in slightly different directions. Pence is less likely to nuke NK on a whim. He's likely to listen to advisers and actually have some vague clue, rather than Trump who's so completely adverse to learning anything anywhere other than cable news that he seems in a constant state of surprise that this governing thing is hard.

And as I said, if Trump gets taken down politically, the GOP and especially the extreme wing that's most closely tied to him is crippled. If it gets bad enough that a Republican Congress impeaches Trump, Pence is going to be hobbled and the "Freedom Caucus" isn't going to be running the show. Mind you, it's still going to have to get much worse before it's even a real possibility. Supporting Trump will have to look toxic, even to Republicans. OTOH, a 20 point swing in voting looks like a good start. :)

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FantheFlames wrote:
Guy Humual wrote:
On the other hand Pence might actually read the stuff put in front of him to sign and would probably be concerned with a legacy and what his name is attached to. That might not be as useful to the republicans as Trump for the time being. The horrible policies he's implementing probably won't be felt for a few years, so it's entirely possible he'll survive his first term.

Pence was willing to defend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for months. I still think he supports it. If anything, Pence is probably more likely to sign off on some ridiculous things, because he's not as worried about his public appearance as Trump.

Pence was both the dumbest VP pick and smartest VP Pick Trump could ever have. Pence brought nothing new to the campaign, and was really there to try and get Indiana (which is odd, seeing as Pence was disliked by the majority), and the hardcore religious vote. And yet, despite how much Trump's policies scare me, Pence actually worries me more. Because he would actually work with the Freedom Caucus and moderate Republicans to get all of the stuff that they want through, instead of fighting it and dividing.

It's not that Trump is unwilling to work with the "Freedom" Caucus, it's more likely that he doesn't understand the dynamic within his own party.

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thejeff wrote:
OTOH, a 20 point swing in voting looks like a good start. :)

Especially in Kansas. You have to wonder how monumentally bad things have to get in that state before they stop voting republican.


Trump is incompetent and unhinged. Pence is competent, but also unhinged. It's probably futile to predict which would end up being worse in practice; there are just too many variables.

There are not, to my knowledge, recordings of Pence bragging about committing sexual assault. So there's that...


Guy Humual wrote:
thejeff wrote:
OTOH, a 20 point swing in voting looks like a good start. :)
Especially in Kansas. You have to wonder how monumentally bad things have to get in that state before they stop voting republican.

I think blaming it on the Democrats still has a good amount of mileage left.


China is suddenly leaning on North Korea - and it might be thanks to Trump.


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NPC Dave wrote:
China is suddenly leaning on North Korea - and it might be thanks to Trump.

China: We have an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac who may have access to nuclear weapons that can reach your shores. We may rein him in, for a price...

America: Hold my beer...


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NPC Dave wrote:
China is suddenly leaning on North Korea - and it might be thanks to Trump.

China: We have an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac who may have access to nuclear weapons that can reach your shores. We may rein him in, for a price...

America: Hold my beer...

Hey, if it works in our favor... ;-)

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With the US and North Korea you have to remember that we are talking about a country with nuclear weapons which is run by a self aggrandizing idiot who thinks showing off his country's military might makes him powerful.

...and then there's North Korea.


If the U.S. completes this calendar year without a new war or three, it'll be a minor miracle.


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Help me parse this.

Ronald Reagan is held up as this treasured icon to the neocons and the red-meat Republicans.

Yet...

...while we had forces involved in foreign operations, we weren't really 'at war' (No, I don't count Grenada, sorry).

In fact, there was scarce little 'war-war' going on with the Gipper in charge.

So how is it that ever since, it's gone from 'trust but verify' to 'bomb the bejesus outta 'em'... and 'wait, that did what? Well, Hit. It. Again.'?


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Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


Help me parse this.

Ronald Reagan is held up as this treasured icon to the neocons and the red-meat Republicans.

Yet...

...while we had forces involved in foreign operations, we weren't really 'at war' (No, I don't count Grenada, sorry).

In fact, there was scarce little 'war-war' going on with the Gipper in charge.

So how is it that ever since, it's gone from 'trust but verify' to 'bomb the bejesus outta 'em'... and 'wait, that did what? Well, Hit. It. Again.'?

If Reagan was still alive and active modern Republicans would despise him as a RINO. Since he's the sainted dead, they can safely revere him.


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Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


Help me parse this.

Ronald Reagan is held up as this treasured icon to the neocons and the red-meat Republicans.

Yet...

...while we had forces involved in foreign operations, we weren't really 'at war' (No, I don't count Grenada, sorry).

In fact, there was scarce little 'war-war' going on with the Gipper in charge.

So how is it that ever since, it's gone from 'trust but verify' to 'bomb the bejesus outta 'em'... and 'wait, that did what? Well, Hit. It. Again.'?

I do.

He will always be a war monger to me between that and Iran contra.


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BigNorseWolf wrote:
NPC Dave wrote:
China is suddenly leaning on North Korea - and it might be thanks to Trump.

China: We have an unstable narcissistic megalomaniac who may have access to nuclear weapons that can reach your shores. We may rein him in, for a price...

America: Hold my beer...

That beer has been passed around so much these days.


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I feel like Trump's take home message from the Syria situation is that, if he wants popularity, the best thing to do is just flex his military muscles somewhere. Somehow I don't think this will end well for our country...


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MMCJawa wrote:
I feel like Trump's take home message from the Syria situation is that, if he wants popularity, the best thing to do is just flex his military muscles somewhere. Somehow I don't think this will end well for our country...

I'm a little more worried about the people on the other end of that popularity raising scheme..


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MMCJawa wrote:
I feel like Trump's take home message from the Syria situation is that, if he wants popularity, the best thing to do is just flex his military muscles somewhere. Somehow I don't think this will end well for our country...

Country? Try planet.


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Freehold DM wrote:
Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


Help me parse this.

Ronald Reagan is held up as this treasured icon to the neocons and the red-meat Republicans.

Yet...

...while we had forces involved in foreign operations, we weren't really 'at war' (No, I don't count Grenada, sorry).

In fact, there was scarce little 'war-war' going on with the Gipper in charge.

So how is it that ever since, it's gone from 'trust but verify' to 'bomb the bejesus outta 'em'... and 'wait, that did what? Well, Hit. It. Again.'?

I do.

He will always be a war monger to me between that and Iran contra.

He, Nancy, and all their Moral Majority buddies were happy to let tens of thousands of LGBT and hetero folk die of AIDS on their watch. I will never forgive or forget that.


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Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


Help me parse this.

Ronald Reagan is held up as this treasured icon to the neocons and the red-meat Republicans.

Yet...

...while we had forces involved in foreign operations, we weren't really 'at war' (No, I don't count Grenada, sorry).

In fact, there was scarce little 'war-war' going on with the Gipper in charge.

So how is it that ever since, it's gone from 'trust but verify' to 'bomb the bejesus outta 'em'... and 'wait, that did what? Well, Hit. It. Again.'?

I do.

He will always be a war monger to me between that and Iran contra.

He, Nancy, and all their Moral Majority buddies were happy to let tens of thousands of LGBT and hetero folk die of AIDS on their watch. I will never forgive or forget that.

You may get to see it again with the current administration.


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bugleyman wrote:

Trump is incompetent and unhinged. Pence is competent, but also unhinged. It's probably futile to predict which would end up being worse in practice; there are just too many variables.

There are not, to my knowledge, recordings of Pence bragging about committing sexual assault. So there's that...

He's just on the exact opposite end of the "women aren't people, they are just for men's uses" camp. He just avoids women because he may be seen as improper if he had even a professional relationship. He is incapable of picturing a woman as his chief of staff, for example. So he isn't any better than Trump in the war on women, he is just different.


Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


Ronald Reagan is held up as this treasured icon to the neocons and the red-meat Republicans.

Yet...

...while we had forces involved in foreign operations, we weren't really 'at war' (No, I don't count Grenada, sorry).

In fact, there was scarce little 'war-war' going on with the Gipper in charge.

So how is it that ever since, it's gone from 'trust but verify' to 'bomb the bejesus outta 'em'... and 'wait, that did what? Well, Hit. It. Again.'?

Reagan was president during the Cold War, at that time the USA was more limited, or at least it perceived itself as more limited, because of the presence of the Soviet Union.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, US elites perceived it as the end of history, where they could now assert their dominance and US authority unchallenged.


The Trump drew a line in the sand for Kimmy boy to step over.

...words fail me.

*headdesk*


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Fergie wrote:
Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Or more likely, Trump expects a bigger payoff/favors down the road?

Nah. The military industrial complex is a small part of the economy, and has no connections to politics or the media.

[/obvious sarcasm]

EDIT:
Just a quick note about WWI and nuclear war. The most obvious comparison to the use of nuclear weapons is the use of chemical weapons. The US became THE holder of chemical weapons after WWI. To my knowledge, the US never used them significantly in any conflict. (Depleted uranium, agent orange, and white phosphorus not included.)

We do know that the Brits had plans to use chemical weapons in the event the Nazi's pulled off a successful amphibious landing on the British mainland. So in effect the standard for using banned weapons is:
The threat of annihilation by an enemy force, and that the banned weapons would have a major effect on the outcome of the battle/war. I'm not sure what the Nazis would have retaliated with in the case of the Brits using gas, but I assume they had limited supplies of chemical weapons.

I think the best argument against the US using nukes is that we are very vulnerable to an attack from a 'dirty bomb' or 'backpack nuke' domestically. I think our best defense against asymmetrical warfare in general is sympathy from the global community. Everything that erodes that sympathy puts us in greater danger.

The Nazis had a lot of chemical weapons (all states in World War 2 had the stuff) The most cited reason the Nazis did not use theirs is that Hitler had an aversion against it because he was the victim of chlorgas during World War 1. Most historians say the real reason was simply if they used it during a bombing of britsh cities for example the Royal Air Force would have answered with using it on Germany.


So someone noticed that the US aircraft carrier that was supposedly heading for Korea had been photographed en route to Australia. It's now being reported that the administration was mistaken (had the timeline wrong) when it said she had been sent to Korea/the Sea of Japan.

times headline wrote:

TOP NEWS

Carrier Wasn’t Sailing to Deter North Korea, as U.S. Threatened

The White House declared that ordering an American aircraft carrier into the Sea of Japan would send a powerful deterrent signal to North Korea.
Except that the carrier, and four other warships, were sailing in the opposite direction.

Quote:
The saga of the wayward carrier might never have come to light had the Navy not posted a photo online Monday of the Carl Vinson sailing south through the Sunda Strait, which separates the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It was taken on Saturday, four days after the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, described its mission in the Sea of Japan.

Reportedly it became difficult for the Pentagon to correct the story once Trump and Spicer climbed on board.

So... mixed feelings. On the one hand, it's probably a plus to be one step further away from possible war in Korea.

On the other hand, who are these clowns?


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Official Theme Song of for the start of WW3


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I'm beginning to get a 'Sun Tzu Liao' vibe from the Trumpion.

...except in the BattleTech universe/setting, Sun Tzu was MUCH more terrifying...


Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


I'm beginning to get a 'Sun Tzu Liao' vibe from the Trumpion.

...except in the BattleTech universe/setting, Sun Tzu was MUCH more terrifying...

Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!

Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!
Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!

More seriously, Trump is nuts. I'm a Republic man myself...


Even Fox has its limits on how much they'll stick up for their kitteh grabber revenue generating pukes.


Freehold DM wrote:
Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


I'm beginning to get a 'Sun Tzu Liao' vibe from the Trumpion.

...except in the BattleTech universe/setting, Sun Tzu was MUCH more terrifying...

Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!

Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!
Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!Yong Yuan Lao Sun Tzu!

More seriously, Trump is nuts. I'm a Republic man myself...

Interesting. I never knew that. I see points that I agree with on both sides and points that I disagree with on both sides. IMHO both parties have become to one degree or another corrupt and don't care about the common people.


Ummmm... what's going on? Trump sent an "armada" to Korea, which should scare NK because they might be nuked. Except not really, because the real intended target was AUSTRALIA!!! Bwahahahaaa! Didn't Australia implement the spying laws Trump wanted? Did they say anything wrong about Trump's hands? Or is it really a genius plot to destroy Denmark... or something???


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Ummmm... what's going on? Trump sent an "armada" to Korea, which should scare NK because they might be nuked. Except not really, because the real intended target was AUSTRALIA!!! Bwahahahaaa! Didn't Australia implement the spying laws Trump wanted? Did they say anything wrong about Trump's hands? Or is it really a genius plot to destroy Denmark... or something???

Denmark? I thought it was Sweden or Norway?


We still live over here in Sweden, so... not sure, though.

Honestly... if the strike group was sent there because the US wanted options, that is fine and expected. Having a president then going idiot jingoistic over sending it there and threatening NK... That is stupid to an inspired degree.


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It's possible that the Carl Vinson was recently participating in the annual Foal Eagle exercises. It's an annual training exercise between US and SK military forces. I personally have participated in this event while stationed on the USS Carl Vinson.

A quick search seems to confirm the carrier's participation.

So, I see how it's possible to have made the mistake that the WH made. Of course, the problem is that they shouldn't be doing Google searches to see what is going on around the world, they should just ask the DoD for pertinent information (or other relevant government agencies).


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Again, while Trump has access to the FBI, NSA, CIA, DoD, etc., his preferred and trusted source of info is screaming idiots in tinfoil hats.

In part because he IS one of the screaming idiots in a tinfoil hat.


I get it.

It doesn't make any sense to me... logically... but I grok the idea that that is how he is.

It was the number 1 reason why I couldn't take the wire tapping claims seriously. He was publicly calling for an investigation... into a group of agencies that all report to him. If he really wanted answers, he wouldn't go on twitter, he'd call Comey, Sessions, or Pompeo and tell them to give him a full report by the end of the day/week. It goes to show how little he understands his job.


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In part because he IS one of the screaming idiots in a tinfoil hat.

would explain the hair...


but IS that really hair, or a parasitic brain draining woodchuck...they look so terribly similar.

Now where did I put my tinfoil tricorn...

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I saw part of an interview with Donald Trump today where he was talking about North Korea and he said:

"But they've been talking with this Gentleman for a long time. You read Clinton's book, and he says "Oh we made such a great peace deal" and it was a joke, you look at different things over the years, with, ah, President Obama, how he's been out played. They've all been out played by this gentleman, and we'll see what happens, but I just don't telegraph my moves."

Now Donald Trump talking out of his ass is nothing new, it's clear that he hasn't done 10 minutes of preparation despite possibly triggering a nuclear war, but from that short clip it's clear that he:

a) Doesn't know the name of Kim Jong-un
b) Doesn't realize that he's the 3rd ruler of North Korea
c) That Bill Clinton was president when Kim Il-Sung was alive and was president when Kim Jong-il took over
d) That Obama was President when Kim Jong-il passed away and Kim Jong-un took over.

This is crazy. If you're going to potentially start a nuclear war, you should be required to do some freaking home work. I suppose he is partially honoring a campaign promise though, he did say "I'll be so good at the military your head will spin." Well I think our heads are spinning. Not because he's good, but as I said, he's partially honoring that promise.

I saw the clip HERE

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Irontruth wrote:

I get it.

It doesn't make any sense to me... logically... but I grok the idea that that is how he is.

It was the number 1 reason why I couldn't take the wire tapping claims seriously. He was publicly calling for an investigation... into a group of agencies that all report to him. If he really wanted answers, he wouldn't go on twitter, he'd call Comey, Sessions, or Pompeo and tell them to give him a full report by the end of the day/week. It goes to show how little he understands his job.

Its not for him its for his hooplehead supporters. Gotta keep em whooped up.


Pan wrote:
Irontruth wrote:

I get it.

It doesn't make any sense to me... logically... but I grok the idea that that is how he is.

It was the number 1 reason why I couldn't take the wire tapping claims seriously. He was publicly calling for an investigation... into a group of agencies that all report to him. If he really wanted answers, he wouldn't go on twitter, he'd call Comey, Sessions, or Pompeo and tell them to give him a full report by the end of the day/week. It goes to show how little he understands his job.

Its not for him its for his hooplehead supporters. Gotta keep em whooped up.

It's not even that. He is one of those hoopleheads. There was a story on one of the cable "news" shows the night he first tweeted that. He saw it, believed it and started repeating it. He's not interested in answers form the formal agencies, he learned what he learned from his sources and that's that.


This is actually not quite as bad (yet) as I thought his opening days as President would/could be, but to lower the bar, what should any sane person really expect from a spoiled, narcissistic, man-baby with vast global power handed to him?


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thejeff wrote:
Pan wrote:
Its not for him its for his hooplehead supporters. Gotta keep em whooped up.
It's not even that. He is one of those hoopleheads. There was a story on one of the cable "news" shows the night he first tweeted that. He saw it, believed it and started repeating it. He's not interested in answers form the formal agencies, he learned what he learned from his sources and that's that.

Now I want Ian McShane to unleash a stream of Swearengen's invectives at Trump before invoking his powers as Wednesday to hurl down lightning.


thejeff wrote:
Pan wrote:
Irontruth wrote:

I get it.

It doesn't make any sense to me... logically... but I grok the idea that that is how he is.

It was the number 1 reason why I couldn't take the wire tapping claims seriously. He was publicly calling for an investigation... into a group of agencies that all report to him. If he really wanted answers, he wouldn't go on twitter, he'd call Comey, Sessions, or Pompeo and tell them to give him a full report by the end of the day/week. It goes to show how little he understands his job.

Its not for him its for his hooplehead supporters. Gotta keep em whooped up.
It's not even that. He is one of those hoopleheads. There was a story on one of the cable "news" shows the night he first tweeted that. He saw it, believed it and started repeating it. He's not interested in answers form the formal agencies, he learned what he learned from his sources and that's that.

Also, none of those agencies are going to send him(or Sessions) a report admitting they spied on him or passed on intel they got from someone else spying on him. That would be like sending him a memo to please cut their budget and fire people.


NPC Dave wrote:
thejeff wrote:
Pan wrote:
Irontruth wrote:

I get it.

It doesn't make any sense to me... logically... but I grok the idea that that is how he is.

It was the number 1 reason why I couldn't take the wire tapping claims seriously. He was publicly calling for an investigation... into a group of agencies that all report to him. If he really wanted answers, he wouldn't go on twitter, he'd call Comey, Sessions, or Pompeo and tell them to give him a full report by the end of the day/week. It goes to show how little he understands his job.

Its not for him its for his hooplehead supporters. Gotta keep em whooped up.
It's not even that. He is one of those hoopleheads. There was a story on one of the cable "news" shows the night he first tweeted that. He saw it, believed it and started repeating it. He's not interested in answers form the formal agencies, he learned what he learned from his sources and that's that.
Also, none of those agencies are going to send him(or Sessions) a report admitting they spied on him or passed on intel they got from someone else spying on him. That would be like sending him a memo to please cut their budget and fire people.

Even the ones now run by his appointees? They're all keeping deep secrets about what they did (illegally and with no paper trail?) for the previous president? Maybe they're secretly still working for Obama?

Even Comey, who helped destroy Clinton's campaign and propped up Trump's by keeping the Russian investigation quiet while blabbing about the Clinton one.


Pan wrote:
Irontruth wrote:

I get it.

It doesn't make any sense to me... logically... but I grok the idea that that is how he is.

It was the number 1 reason why I couldn't take the wire tapping claims seriously. He was publicly calling for an investigation... into a group of agencies that all report to him. If he really wanted answers, he wouldn't go on twitter, he'd call Comey, Sessions, or Pompeo and tell them to give him a full report by the end of the day/week. It goes to show how little he understands his job.

Its not for him its for his hooplehead supporters. Gotta keep em whooped up.

I think that is part of it. I think he also just doesn't understand how his job works. He just doesn't understand that the executive branch works for him.

While Occam's Razor isn't perfect, the idea that he (and all his 'favorites') are just incompetent is an explanation that explains the largest number of his actions. He's not a mastermind at manipulating the media, he just doesn't have the attention span to stay on message or adhere to one topic for very long.

I think he does understand the media moderately well, but he's just also highly incompetent.

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