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Nitram

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56. So that's what happens when you surround yourself with YES-men

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Sun Feb 12, 2017, 02:15 PM

Feb 2017

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President blamed his staff for not telling him $1 TRILLION on infrastructure would drain the treasur [View all] kpete Feb 2017 OP

Because you live in a bubble underpants Feb 2017 #1

I'll go with manipulating him. Duppers Feb 2017 #64

But yet he is a business genius Generic Brad Feb 2017 #2

I have to tell you that Wile E Coyote is deeply offended. Stuart G Feb 2017 #6

Wile E's only fault simguy225 Feb 2017 #39

Acme is the Trump branded product line: nothing ANY good. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #43

+1, did he think he'd be able to grift a trillion from college students !? uponit7771 Feb 2017 #9

Well, it is a choice Scarsdale Feb 2017 #49

Case in point meow2u3 Feb 2017 #25

When did he start talking? Ligyron Feb 2017 #57

This was one against Bugs Bunny meow2u3 Feb 2017 #59

Noticed that. Ligyron Feb 2017 #60

Don't insult a beloved cartoon character by comparing it Blue_true Feb 2017 #67

Did someone say... lame54 Feb 2017 #3

And on the rare occasion that someone tries, he ignores them because he isn't interested tblue37 Feb 2017 #35

Perhaps one of the most important notes ever published about Drumpf.. Stuart G Feb 2017 #4

how can a guy who is famed as a " brilliant businessman" and has run and budgeted BREMPRO Feb 2017 #54

"Why did I have to wait to have this guy tell me?" Tanuki Feb 2017 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #14

Bravo!! appalachiablue Feb 2017 #44

Excellent! colorado_ufo Feb 2017 #50

Easy D. Well said! mountain grammy Feb 2017 #52

LOL Johnny2X2X Feb 2017 #7

In az they charge you to go anywhere in the forest and state parks. notdarkyet Feb 2017 #42

This kind of shell game goes on everywhere by conservative governments LiberalLovinLug Feb 2017 #51

OPM Scarsdale Feb 2017 #53

Incredibly ignorant of the workings of government and the cost of repairs and advancements. The Wielding Truth Feb 2017 #8

All good businessmen know that money grows on trees. dalton99a Feb 2017 #10

Scary get the red out Feb 2017 #11

He's more useless than W/Reagan/Terminator/Caribou Barbie who at least ran a state government dalton99a Feb 2017 #20

+1, at this point he's looking like a useless asshole... a person who no one wants to be around. His uponit7771 Feb 2017 #22

Yeah, maybe we could Turbineguy Feb 2017 #24

To which I hope someone in the room muttered, "Well exactly how stupid are you?" Squinch Feb 2017 #12

What a republican weasel he is... Achilleaze Feb 2017 #13

Dumbasses. Each and every one of them. MineralMan Feb 2017 #15

Oh, yes sir. But focus on the important things. smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #16

Exactly! We NEED infrastructure projects now tho. Duppers Feb 2017 #61

well, he has gotten away with not paying people who did work for him, logosoco Feb 2017 #17

Maybe because "You're Fired!".... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #18

it won't drain the treasury bluecollar2 Feb 2017 #19

Excellent retrieval of that past lie from a GOP admin. "The war will pay for itself." Hekate Feb 2017 #45

Good Ole Dick could always be counted on for a lie. dae Feb 2017 #48

Exactly! We spent that much $ in Iraq & Afghanistan!! Duppers Feb 2017 #62

And why would you care Turd Face? rock Feb 2017 #21

Nothing a good tax cut for the rich can't fix. progressoid Feb 2017 #23

How does he think we get much of our revenue? KewlKat Feb 2017 #26

Watch madokie Feb 2017 #27

Does Tropicana Jong Ill know any damn thing? JHan Feb 2017 #28

"How can I be overdrawn when I still have all these checks left ?" eppur_se_muova Feb 2017 #29

"Genious" probably thought he could just print more money to fund his pet projects. democratisphere Feb 2017 #30

So much for being a brilliant businessman. n/t Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #31

So much for that fancy Wharton Business school degree Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #32

He thought we had $1 trillion lying around? No wonder he wanted to be president. yardwork Feb 2017 #33

He just figured... HuskyOffset Feb 2017 #34

An end-run to funnel billions to corporations -- "would need private-industry partners". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #36

"Is this true?" he asked his staff. meadowlander Feb 2017 #37

Draining the treasury... dchill Feb 2017 #38

LOL! Should have been videoed and made into a Candid Camera moment! DippyDem Feb 2017 #40

Link to the full article, not behind a firewall: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #41

Yeah, but wait till he gets involved in the negotiations world wide wally Feb 2017 #46

Maybe the treasury would have more money if the Trumps paid their taxes. Vinca Feb 2017 #47

Hateful Idiot. nt zentrum Feb 2017 #55

So that's what happens when you surround yourself with YES-men Nitram Feb 2017 #56

He thought the Treasury was a gigantic piggy bank he could dive into like Scrooge McDuck... Hekate Feb 2017 #58

Goddam, he is stupid!! Isnt that common sense? HOW is he potus? AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #63

So his plan is to sell naming rights and/or put ads on infrastructure? krispos42 Feb 2017 #65

I thought great CEOs used some quick check dashboard indicators NCjack Feb 2017 #66

Retired Laborer Union Member NewRedDawn Feb 2017 #68