Another one bites the dust

[kallend 2,027]

China will not be labeled "currency manipulator":

www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-yellen-china-20170412-story.html

Is this a record for the number of campaign pledges broken in a 3 month timespan?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Phil1111 1,149]

18 days to go to 100.
You should change the title to read how many broken promises.

1. Lock her up.
2. NATO obsolete
a. Must pay up 2% arrears
3. Build wall, Mexico pay for it.
4. Ban Muslims
5. No foreign interventions. Now Syria regime change
6. Drain swamp, now filling a bigger swamp
7. Repeal & replace Obama care
8. Said White House would be an efficient business machine. Didn't say efficient for the trump family.
9. Said he'd release tax returns, nope
10. He said he’d divest himself from his financial empire, to avoid any conflicts of interest.
11. Said he would surround himself with the smartest and brightest Russian minds. Some had to quit when they failed to register as foreign agents.
12. He said he’d faithfully execute the law. The EO law
13 Called Obama “the vacationer-in-chief” Didn't say he wanted to replace Tiger Woods on the circuit.
14. He called CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times “fake news” Then used his own news sources to falsely accuse Obama and Rice of crimes that his own party determined to be lies.

We should be able to come up with one a day, need 67 more.

[ScottishJohn 25]

The Babbler In Chief seems to have more Flip Flops than a Chinese footwear factory.

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If you think my attitude stinks you should smell my fingers

[kallend 2,027]

ScottishJohn

The Babbler In Chief seems to have more Flip Flops than a Chinese footwear factory.

Ooooh, I shall steal that!

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[kallend 2,027]

Four in one day!

thehill.com/homenews/administration/328568-trump-flips-on-four-policies-in-one-day

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[brenthutch 444]

Phil1111

18 days to go to 100.
You should change the title to read how many broken promises.

1. Lock her up.
2. NATO obsolete
a. Must pay up 2% arrears
3. Build wall, Mexico pay for it.
4. Ban Muslims
5. No foreign interventions. Now Syria regime change
6. Drain swamp, now filling a bigger swamp
7. Repeal & replace Obama care
8. Said White House would be an efficient business machine. Didn't say efficient for the trump family.
9. Said he'd release tax returns, nope
10. He said he’d divest himself from his financial empire, to avoid any conflicts of interest.
11. Said he would surround himself with the smartest and brightest Russian minds. Some had to quit when they failed to register as foreign agents.
12. He said he’d faithfully execute the law. The EO law
13 Called Obama “the vacationer-in-chief” Didn't say he wanted to replace Tiger Woods on the circuit.
14. He called CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times “fake news” Then used his own news sources to falsely accuse Obama and Rice of crimes that his own party determined to be lies.

We should be able to come up with one a day, need 67 more.

What do you call a person who does all of those things?

[yoink 321]

Brian?

[kallend 2,027]

kallend

Four in one day!

thehill.com/homenews/administration/328568-trump-flips-on-four-policies-in-one-day

CORRECTION. EIGHT in one day.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[brenthutch 444]

yoink

Brian?

Mr. President

[normiss 801]

Liar.

[jakee 1,499]

brenthutch

***Brian?

Mr. President

So what do you call Trump? Because the whole point was there were a load of things in there he hasn't done.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[brenthutch 444]

jakee

******Brian?

Mr. President

So what do you call Trump? Because the whole point was there were a load of things in there he hasn't done.

Although I am not a fan of Trump, I do agree with is energy, regulatory and tax policies. As far as what he has done or not done, we will have to wait and see. Look how long it took Obama to close Gitmo.

[jakee 1,499]

brenthutch

Although I am not a fan of Trump, I do agree with is energy, regulatory and tax policies.

But do you agree with what they'll be tomorrow?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[brenthutch 444]

I don't know but so far so good.

[normiss 801]

Given that he has no policy on any of those, this might be interesting.

[Phil1111 1,149]

brenthutch

***18 days to go to 100.
You should change the title to read how many broken promises.

1. Lock her up.
2. NATO obsolete
a. Must pay up 2% arrears
3. Build wall, Mexico pay for it.
4. Ban Muslims
5. No foreign interventions. Now Syria regime change
6. Drain swamp, now filling a bigger swamp
7. Repeal & replace Obama care
8. Said White House would be an efficient business machine. Didn't say efficient for the trump family.
9. Said he'd release tax returns, nope
10. He said he’d divest himself from his financial empire, to avoid any conflicts of interest.
11. Said he would surround himself with the smartest and brightest Russian minds. Some had to quit when they failed to register as foreign agents.
12. He said he’d faithfully execute the law. The EO law
13 Called Obama “the vacationer-in-chief” Didn't say he wanted to replace Tiger Woods on the circuit.
14. He called CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times “fake news” Then used his own news sources to falsely accuse Obama and Rice of crimes that his own party determined to be lies.

We should be able to come up with one a day, need 67 more.

What do you call a person who does all of those things?

The Atlantic wrote a story just for you!

Trump’s Disillusioned Supporters
The president’s military action in Syria is a bitter disappointment for some of his biggest fans.

At the end of the story trump's biggest fan is asked for comment
Asked for comment for this piece, Coulter declined in an email.

“I’m too depressed,” she said.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/trumps-disillusioned-supporters/522336/

Ahhhh! the pretty racist little bigot is depressed. I almost feel bad for taking pleasure in her plight..

But NOT

[ryoder 1,590]

Phil1111

The Atlantic wrote a story just for you!

Trump’s Disillusioned Supporters
The president’s military action in Syria is a bitter disappointment for some of his biggest fans.

At the end of the story trump's biggest fan is asked for comment
Asked for comment for this piece, Coulter declined in an email.

“I’m too depressed,” she said.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/trumps-disillusioned-supporters/522336/

Ahhhh! the pretty racist little bigot is depressed. I almost feel bad for taking pleasure in her plight..

But NOT

It is astonishing how long it is taking for some people to realize:
1. Trump has no ideology. He is too shallow to think that deeply.
2. He is a carnival-barker / demagogue who says whatever he thinks his immediate audience wants to hear.

I think the recent flip-flopping is all about Kushner displacing Bannon as the main influence. I am becoming fascinated about exactly how Kushner has pulled this off. I had thought Trump was too much the narcissist to listen to anyone but the voices in his own head.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[brenthutch 444]

He is motivated by the polls, and the insatiable need for approval. He has no intellectual nor philosophical moorings. To call him a carnival barker is a disservice to carnival barkers.

[JerryBaumchen 1,365]

Hi Brent,

Quote

He is motivated by the polls

If you listen to all of his campaign speeches, I do not see how you can conclude that he listens to polls.

Who's on first? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 2,027]

Sean Spicer said that Trump hasn't changed his positions - it's the rest of use whose views have "evolved".

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[tkhayes 348]

narcissistic sociopaths do not need polls or approval, they are always right and always infallible by default.

[billvon 2,998]

>If you listen to all of his campaign speeches, I do not see how you can conclude that
>he listens to polls.

He listens to polls; he is just VERY careful to listen to polls that tell him what he wants to hear. If you look closely enough on Breitbart or FOX you are bound to find one that shows his popularity soaring, for example.

[Phil1111 1,149]

ryoder

***

The Atlantic wrote a story just for you!

Trump’s Disillusioned Supporters
The president’s military action in Syria is a bitter disappointment for some of his biggest fans.

At the end of the story trump's biggest fan is asked for comment
Asked for comment for this piece, Coulter declined in an email.

“I’m too depressed,” she said.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/trumps-disillusioned-supporters/522336/

Ahhhh! the pretty racist little bigot is depressed. I almost feel bad for taking pleasure in her plight..

But NOT

It is astonishing how long it is taking for some people to realize:
1. Trump has no ideology. He is too shallow to think that deeply.
2. He is a carnival-barker / demagogue who says whatever he thinks his immediate audience wants to hear.

I think the recent flip-flopping is all about Kushner displacing Bannon as the main influence. I am becoming fascinated about exactly how Kushner has pulled this off. I had thought Trump was too much the narcissist to listen to anyone but the voices in his own head.

largely agree, but there is another Steve
Trump’s got a new favorite Steve

But while Steve Bannon is on the ropes in Trump’s fractious White House, Stephen Miller has managed to endear himself to the man emerging as the president’s most indispensable adviser: son-in-law Jared Kushner.

As the relationship between Kushner and Bannon has deteriorated, Miller has made sure his colleagues know he’s not on Bannon’s team. In interviews, seven White House officials described the emerging dynamics. ...

The shifting and seemingly divergent fortunes of the president’s most ideologically committed advisers, both nationalist firebrands who forged their partnership working together to scuttle the 2013 “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, illustrates the changing imperatives for those closest to Trump as he learns how to govern.

In conversations with colleagues, Miller has taken pains to distance himself from Bannon, despite their ideological kinship and long collaboration issues like immigration...

More than anything, White House officials say, he has undeniable loyalty to the president. He will never contradict Trump, no matter what the president says. He will reinforce the president's beliefs with news articles that support them. And unlike Bannon, a wealthy man in his own right, the president doesn’t see Miller as a peer or someone trying to take the spotlight, unless he’s been allowed to take it.

“I am prepared to go on any show, anywhere, anytime and repeat it and say the president of the United States is correct 100 percent,” he said in February.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/stephen-miller-white-house-trump-237216

The new Steve favorite sounds like the ultimate trump man. The ultimate yes man.

[kallend 2,027]

I wish I'd thought of this one:

"If policies were gender identities, Trump wouldn’t know which bathroom to use."; Richard Cohen.

It also looks like the public is wising up to his lies and broken promises:

www.gallup.com/poll/208640/majority-no-longer-thinks-trump-keeps-promises.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

(When will rushmc chime in to tell us how black is white and up is down?)

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[JerryBaumchen 1,365]

Hi John,

Quote

the public is wising up

Things are moving in the right direction. However, there are still ~45% who have yet to get there.



Jerry Baumchen