Mourning in America - Trump Year One: November '16 to

It's an obvious Commie trick, Mr. President. We are wasting valuable time! Look at the big board, they're getting ready to clobber us!

Newt backtracks on "draining the swamp," on video!

https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/811986402099527680

lap it up, lapdog

Trump HIMSELF has already pointedly said, on video, at one of his own rallies, within the past week or so, that 'drain the swamp' was foisted upon him and that he thought it was stupid and that he never believed it. The fuck is even going on.

But I'm sure if asked, he would deny ever saying the thing he was filmed saying.

I'm like 90% sure he's exhibiting signs of dementia

I can think of no other reason for the shot that is going on with him.

Shit*

That seems like one of Trump's weird tics, to go on those ex tempo asides during his speeches about whether some campaign phrase worked, whether he liked it, etc. I always find it jarring to hear.

It's very, idk, solipsistic? Does it actually excite his base?

The campaign was the greatest event of his life. He's savoring it. From Janurary 20th on out it will all be downhill and he knows it.

remembering that trump cares only about himself explains that pretty well xp

Trump being Trump is what got Trump elected.

regarding electoral college -- thing is, I always figured it existed to keep guys like Trump from winning every time. Can't always work, but without it, surely we end up with many more demagogues, no?

one is plenty

the electoral college may have originated as a way to protect from demagogues or foreign influence, but now it's merely a formality and giant gerrymander, and nothing more

p much

The campaign was the greatest event of his life. He's savoring it. From Janurary 20th on out it will all be downhill and he knows it.

― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, December 22, 2016 12:48 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah. i think that if there were a way for him to resign gracefull and in a way that doesnt admit fault/frailty/weakness he would do it

On Tuesday, TechCrunch obtained Cook’s response on Apple’s internal network to a question from an employee about the Trump meeting.

Cook first described how it was critical for Apple to “engage” with governments on what he called “our key areas of focus.” According to Cook, these include “privacy and security, education,” “advocating for human rights for everyone,” “the environment and really combating climate change” and “creating jobs” — i.e., nothing as mundane as money.

But in the third paragraph, Cook acknowledged, “We have other things that are more business-centric — like tax reform.”

Here’s what Cook’s vague description meant: Apple wants a huge tax cut, and Trump has promised to deliver one that would save the company about $40 billion to $50 billion....

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/22/apple-ceo-tim-cook-met-with-trump-to-engage-on-gigantic-corporate-tax-cut/

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/19/tim-cook-explains-to-apple-employees-why-he-met-with-president-elect-trump/?ncid=rss

good ol' disruption

the electoral college may have originated as a way to protect from demagogues or foreign influence, but now it's merely a formality and giant gerrymander, and nothing more

― k3vin k., Thursday, December 22, 2016 1:58 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It most certainly did not originate as a way to protect from demagogues or foreign influence.

well yeah it actually was to increase the political power of slave states, which it still does, but that was the high-minded rationale at least iirc

President-elect Donald Trump named the senior staff of the communications department for his administration on Thursday, including Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer as press secretary.

Trump's transition team announced that in addition to Spicer, Hope Hicks will serve as director of strategic communications; Jason Miller will serve as director of communications; and Dan Scavino will serve as social media director.

Hope Hicks seems like one of the very first Trump hires who seemed out of her element on day 1.

http://dailyentertainmentnews.com/wpgo/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Hope-Hicks-bio.jpg

she's like some innocent child they stole from a mall and brainwashed

im sure she was in no way hired for her looks either

ok hold up

Read that as John Miller at first
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folks if i announce i'm taking a break from this thread do you promise to make fun of me if i post here again in the next ~week? because good god do i need a break from this thread.

everyone needs a break. it'll probably slow down soon anyway due to christmas and NYE and whatnot

Has there been a single day in the past six+ months when Trump did not say or do something stupid or alarming?

It was definitely stupid and alarming the day he won the presidency

he was pretty good at it during the last 10 days of the campaign, when his handlers took his phone away from him (lol)

If no phone is around to write a tweet, does it make a sound?

As much as I am enjoying these anonymously sourced stories in a single publication (more or less) about Trump's inability to book any act of consequence for his inauguration, I've been disappointed by the way so few of these imminent humiliations have panned out. Which will make it extra wonderful should this imminent humiliation pan out.

i don't see why kid rock wouldn't do it. he is already selling shirts calling red states 'the united states of america' and blue states 'dumbfuckistan'. maybe he's not an act of consequence these days

Would be even better if a desperate Trump still bumps Kid Rock because you know... it's Kid Rock.

I'm sure Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are on board, the question is whether the stuffy GOP people want them for their fancy balls. Maybe Trump will open up the White House to the public a la Andrew Jackson, because the only ones who would be excited about Rock and the Nuge would be riffraff walking in off the streets.

that kind of elitism is a dead end, JiC

btw "dumbfuckistan" started as a snobby liberal thing to say during the W years

If you can't be elitist about Nugent and his fans, the war is already lost.

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/12/22/npr-trump-team-asks-state-dept-to-name-those-working-on-gender-equality

If you can't be elitist about Nugent and his fans, the war is already lost.

To paraphrase Emma Goldman, if I can't air guitar to "Stranglehold," I don't want to be part of your revolution.

I make an exception for "Stranglehold." I was just talking to a friend yesterday how I would be cool with that played at the inauguration for, like, 30 hours. From there to his other "hits" it's a pretty steep drop.

OK, so "Dumbfuckistan" is the country that was attacked on 9/11??

I think you're confusing it with Redneckistan.

Not to be confused with Cucksembourg

Sorry if this has been posted already, thread moves too quickly for me. Anyway, this piece is great and very useful, esp in relation to recent conversation itt.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/12/bad-ways-to-criticize-trump

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The so-called "A" list celebrities are all wanting tixs to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE

Poor guy, no one wants to be his friend :(

Get your Andrew Jackson on and open up the White House for the party