May 19, 2017

Donald Trump just staked his presidency on 4 words

Donald Trump just staked his presidency on 4 words

Washington (CNN) At a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manual Santos Thursday, President Donald Trump was asked a very simple question: Had he urged then-FBI Director James Comey to slow or stop an FBI investigation into deposed national security adviser Michael Flynn?

"No. No. Next question," Trump responded.

It was over in a flash. But in those four words, Trump staked the viability of his presidency. Why? Because he directly contradicted the reporting around a memo that Comey had written in the wake of a February 14 meeting in which Trump told him to see if he could find a way to end the Flynn investigation, The New York Times first reported and CNN confirmed.

Both of those things can't be true.

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But wait, maybe he meant "No. No. I don't want to answer that. Next question."

May 14, 2017

A Spooky Resemblance! "Trump has been stewing all week... and has been quick to blame his staff..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-systems-failed-with-comey-firing-but-trump-pushed-the-buttons/2017/05/13/e9db104e-375c-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html

Reminds me of a familiar scene from Der Untergang.

May 13, 2017

Trump needed to hear the applause and adulation that he craves, so he went to Liberty University.

The president’s mood had been low due to “going a full week without hearing the applause and adulation that he craves",

so he delivered a commencement speech to the graduating students of Liberty University.

You may have heard of Liberty University; it's the school that teaches creationism as a biology course. It can now boast of endorsement by the President of the United States, who today arrogantly violated the very first provision of the First Amendment by establishing fundamentalist Christian beliefs as fact. He told them "But you aren't going to let other people tell you what you believe, especially when you know that you're right."

May 13, 2017

Google News shows so many anti-Trump articles that I thought they were selecting them just for me...

... so I logged off of Google, deleted all of my cookies, used my VPN, and checked again.

Wow, no difference! It really is that bad.

May 12, 2017

A movie quote from James Earl Jones says it all:

Comey was taken aback by Trump request for loyalty pledge

From Clear and Present Danger:

(On whether Jack should investigate the growing scandal)

Admiral Greer: You took an oath, if you recall, when you first came to work for me. And I don't mean to the National Security Advisor of the United States, I mean to his boss... and I don't mean the President. You gave your word to his boss: you gave your word to the people of the United States. Your word is who you are.

May 12, 2017

Discussion: I have a question that doesn't necessarily apply to current events.

When I read this I began to wonder:

"And Vice President Mike Pence, talking to reporters, echoed his boss."

In general, is the President really the Vice President's "boss"? Can the President fire the Vice President even though he/she was elected by the people? What could happen if the Vice President publicly dissociated himself/herself from the President?

May 12, 2017

I've noticed that the news in general is steadily looking more and more like DU.

The headlines of traditionally honorable, unbiased, authoritative, and trustworthy news sources are becoming virtually indistinguishable from the headlines here on Democratic Underground. Reality is crowding this site out of room (and need) for liberal bias.

May 11, 2017

Trump invents catchy new saying, "prime the pump"!

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/donald-trump-priming-the-pump/

TRUMP: We have to prime the pump.
ECONOMIST: It's very Keynesian.
TRUMP: We're the highest-taxed nation in the world. Have you heard that expression before, for this particular type of an event?
ECONOMIST: Priming the pump?
TRUMP: Yeah, have you heard it?
ECONOMIST: Yes.
TRUMP: Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven't heard it. I mean, I just...I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. It's what you have to do.

Yeah, right.

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/kingston+trio/desert+pete_20495672.html