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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:06 PM May 2019

Trump uses farmer event to make each of his aides say how 'calm' he is

By Oliver Willis -
May 23, 2019

Trump is upset the world is mocking his meltdown, so he begged aides to say he was 'calm.'

Trump spoke at a Thursday White House event that was supposed to be about helping farmers — and managed to turn it into a bizarre public therapy session to soothe his hurt feelings about negative news coverage.

Trump has been widely criticized and mocked for petulantly shutting down negotiations over infrastructure with Democrats on Wednesday.

As farmers and other officials stood behind him, Trump called upon several of his White House underlings to reassure him that, in fact, he had been very "calm" during his meltdown the day before.

"I walked out, I was so calm, you all saw me minutes later, I was at a news conference, I was extremely calm," Trump said. He wasn't.

https://shareblue.com/trump-uses-farmer-event-to-make-each-of-his-aides-say-how-calm-he-is/

I really would like to know if the two "dudes" in the kooooooooboy hats are corporate farmers, and the "guy" in the red hat, how much money is / are they taking from the taxpayers to subsidize this bullshit of standing in that room looking like they would enable treason, which is happening......................from an asshole that should have had his ass spanked when he was younger....................for misbehaving.....................absolutely amazing.......................

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Chin music

(23,002 posts)
1. Say no to endless farm bail-outs.
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:09 PM
May 2019

Buy insurance for your business. Like every other business in the US. Farmers aren't entitled to risk free businesses. When does the American Taxpayer EVER get bailed out? Tired of the repub farmers who crap out folks on 'entitlements" then help themselves to "subsidies". Just a a matter of semantics there.
repubs pay for their votes w treasury dollars. SEE CHURCHES TOO. Pays to vote repub...if you are one of these or a corporate owner or on wallstreet. American infrastructure first. FIRST.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
3. It's republican welfare for BigAgriBiz GMO-Chemical Crud, Pittance-for-Peons, Inc.
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:22 PM
May 2019

Make no mistake. The repubes pissed all over America's farm economy. Now they are raiding our hard-earned tax money to bail out the AGcorps. What a pathetic excuse for a "farm program."

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
4. And trying to play on emotions, or (gasp) Patriotism, to allow them to pay off their base.
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:24 PM
May 2019

FU red don.

EleanorR

(2,391 posts)
2. I think they mean the vote buying event n/t
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:16 PM
May 2019

And he really, really hates people thinking he isn't in control and in charge at all times. LOL

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Full Needy Amin mode
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:26 PM
May 2019

Remember when he went around the table at a cabinet meeting and made everyone say laudatory things about him? I can just see Trump, after the cameras and reporters had left the room, looking around the table, and saying, "Never forget how I made you say that today."

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. Does anyone in the White House actually work?
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:44 PM
May 2019

They all seem like Conway... always ready to lick up his spittle in public.

a kennedy

(29,655 posts)
7. Yup, got that right.....Kellyanne, Sarah Huck, his financial big mouth, and some woman named Mercede
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:50 PM
May 2019

had to all say that tRump wasn’t yelling and screaming at that “meeting” yesterday......and they all said he was so calm and purposeful in his demeanor. All responded like all the doting dogs they are. I WANT THEM ALL TO FRY.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
12. Does anyone have a video clip of the actual meeting w/ Pelosi?
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:08 PM
May 2019

I want to see this for myself. I know that he and his lackeys are all lying, but I just want to see how "calm" he was.

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