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Sir Rudeness nails it (Original Post) SHRED Oct 2017 OP
the republican dotard* is Achilleaze Oct 2017 #1
dRumpf heard about this and said "Yeah, I'm daughtered alright, snort Oct 2017 #10
Just more of the govern by threat and bullying. Kleveland Oct 2017 #2
Trump views putting people in the media out of work as a bonus muriel_volestrangler Oct 2017 #3
Bravo! smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #4
Of course, he can't. Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #6
He really is malaise Oct 2017 #5
His ignorance knows no bounds. nt raccoon Oct 2017 #7
Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. ffr Oct 2017 #8
I wish people would stop calling him a moron. I offer calling him mnhtnbb Oct 2017 #9
Trump is now a racketeer. Plain and simple Johonny Oct 2017 #11
He is definitely a conman, grifter and cheat. He pressures and threatens and is already in breach of The Wielding Truth Oct 2017 #14
That might drop his approval ratings into the murielm99 Oct 2017 #12
he's just throwing meat to his base.. JHan Oct 2017 #13
As sTrumpet replies but.but. but......... raven mad Oct 2017 #15

snort

(2,334 posts)
10. dRumpf heard about this and said "Yeah, I'm daughtered alright,
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 11:52 AM
Oct 2017

and she's smokin' hot".

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
2. Just more of the govern by threat and bullying.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 10:53 AM
Oct 2017

The trademark of someone who has no diplomacy on any level.

A perfect example of the ridiculous notion of trying to run a government like a business.

And the way that this moron has run his own businesses in the past... well it does not bode well for the country.

He is not the great businessman he claims to be.

He is not great at anything other than being a total asshole, who has surrounded himself with a whole animal farm of utter assholes!

FWIIW:

I had no idea what a dotard was, so I searched on it, ha, ha!


In the latest war of words between the United States and North Korea, Kim Jong Un did not pull any punches.

But he may have pulled out an old dictionary.

“I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire,” Kim declared in an unusually direct and angry statement published Thursday by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency.

The North Korean leader’s warning about “fire,” which echoed President Trump’s August statement threatening “fire and fury,” was par for the course in the increasingly tense relationship. On Thursday, Trump announced new financial sanctions to further isolate the country as its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities rapidly escalate.

But Kim’s use of “dotard” was what raised eyebrows, prompting people around the world to Google the old-time insult.

Merriam-Webster defines the noun as “a person in his or her dotage,” which is “a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness.”

Oxford’s definition: “An old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.”

It’s pronounced dō-tərd (as in DOE-turd), and searches for the term spiked following Kim’s statement, Merriam-Webster noted.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,212 posts)
3. Trump views putting people in the media out of work as a bonus
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 10:56 AM
Oct 2017

unless he is profiting from them - monetarily or by propaganda. Remember, he's spent at least 2 years persuading his base the media are his and their enemy, unless they are in thrall to him like Fox.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Bravo!
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 10:58 AM
Oct 2017


Also, I don't think Trump can single-handedly revoke any network's license simply because he doesn't like what they say. He would need the cooperation of the Senate (to approve FCC board nominations) and the FCC board. He could try, but it is highly unlikely that it would happen.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
6. Of course, he can't.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 11:15 AM
Oct 2017

Not that he wouldn't try, nor that this demonic cabal wouldn't just sit back and let him.

This is just another one of his fascist fantasies.

mnhtnbb

(33,349 posts)
9. I wish people would stop calling him a moron. I offer calling him
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 11:42 AM
Oct 2017

an ignorant sack of orange shit as an alternative.

Johonny

(26,183 posts)
11. Trump is now a racketeer. Plain and simple
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 11:58 AM
Oct 2017

from the NFL to television, he creates fake rules and then threatens fake punishments if they don't follow his fake rules. That's basically how the mob works. That's racketeering.

The Wielding Truth

(11,433 posts)
14. He is definitely a conman, grifter and cheat. He pressures and threatens and is already in breach of
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 04:32 PM
Oct 2017

the emoluments clause in the Constitution which protects against foreign bribery.

We can go into these parts of the RICO ACT and find many that apply to Trump and his administration.

section 1503 (relating to obstruction of justice), section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal investigations), section 1511 (relating to the obstruction of State or local law enforcement), section 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant), section 1513 (relating to retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant), ... sections 1831 and 1832 (relating to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets), section 1951 (relating to interference with commerce, robbery, or extortion), section 1952 (relating to racketeering), ...section 1957 (relating to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity), ..., section 1960 (relating to illegal money transmitters), (relating to importation of alien for immoral purpose) if the act indictable under such section of such Act was committed for the purpose of financial gain, or (G) any act that is indictable under any provision listed...

murielm99

(32,988 posts)
12. That might drop his approval ratings into the
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 01:17 PM
Oct 2017

20% bracket at long last.

Can you imagine all the pissed off people who would not be able to watch "This Is Us?"

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
15. As sTrumpet replies but.but. but.........
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 05:41 AM
Oct 2017

I have MONEY................

Adore the Rude Pundit.

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