The August 2019 US Politics Thread is dumb (stupid}

one sign of strong leadership in a dangerous situation is to ignore the "people" factor and concentrate entirely on how much it will cost (doing so disingenuously, of course). it's good to let people know that you're thinking of them more as a line item on a balance sheet, so they won't get hurt as badly and won't need as much help

i didn't make it clear, sorry. this is his dumb tweet:

Wow! Yet another big storm heading to Puerto Rico. Will it ever end? Congress approved 92 Billion Dollars for Puerto Rico last year, an all time record of its kind for “anywhere.”

nuking the hurricane doesn't seem so dumb now, does it

really starting to get the impression that the president does not like having to spend government money on brown people

I'm sure if he shouts at it enough the storm will change its mind and just go away. And if not there are always lots of nucular bombs to throw at it. Whatever it takes to not have to acknowledge that a bunch of brown people on an island...I dunno, somewhere are actually his constituents.

ha, xxpost

Yet another big storm heading to Puerto Rico. Will it ever end? Is there anything, say in the area of climate change, that the US could do to possibly mitigate... whoops, hold on, another oil company check incoming.... Where were we?

*sounds of deafening helicopter blades overwhelm the discussion*

What if we built giant coal-powered fans (not to be used for wind power!) to blow the hurricanes out of the Caribbean and over to Europe?

not so fast - that could kill birds, and as you know, the conservative movement has very strong views about any wind-based machinery that could be threatening to birds while providing electricity

oh wait, i'm sorry. "not to be used for wind power" *checks manual*, yes that is fine, and any birds killed would be collateral damage, nbd

I'm coming around to the idea of building a wall except that it goes all the way around the perimeter of the country and it's heavily-padded and it's there to protect the rest of the world from the lunatics inhabiting our landmass.

I think there should be a giant wall built around Trump and his people that gradually gets smaller until they all are essentially sharing a girdle.

Peppered with complaints at a Minnesota event from farmers fed up with Trump's trade war, Agriculture Sec'y Sonny Perdue made a joke.

"What do you call two farmers in a basement?" Perdue asked. "A whine cellar." Boos ricocheted around the room, NYT says. https://t.co/KXjiQ5T2DX

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2019

Classic Sonny!

wowwwww

Cool, cool, that arrogant overstep of decency and common sense is precisely what I'd like to see more of from Trump and his officials, particularly whenever speaking before increasingly-angry crowds.

It is hard to believe the Doral infomercial was a real public statement by a sitting president. It’s not only unconstitutional and bad form, it’s a fucking two-bit infomercial.

Surely there’s a low grade skit in which world leaders propose policies on a variety of issues and each trump presentation is a terrible donfomercial for shit steaks, ties, wine, hotels, and golf resorts.

a streaming service I would subscribe to immediately would be real-time footage of Dan Quayle's face reading trump tweets

Didn't he make the same or similar joke a couple of weeks ago?

Oh, maybe the Times is incorporating that story from a few weeks ago into this one.

I am seeing red over that PR tweet.

There's callous and there's "have a heart attack and die, now!"

We all have to take a deep breath and think about how this will affect the federal budget. That’s what is important right now

is putting "anywhere" in quotes supposed to be some kind of mockery of the fact that PR is a part of the United States? I mean, there's something going on there, I just can't always precisely diagnose his sociopathy.

I'd say that there's at least like a 40% that he still hasn't been told (or, more likely, still hasn't listened and processed the fact) that PR is part of the US. And I'm pretty sure I'm not even joking because I'm openly weeping as I type.

He doesn't consider it part of the country until he wins their electoral votes and/or puts a hotel there.

farmers can boo all they want, they're still voting Trump in 2020

Trump 2020: Make Repeatedly Punching Yourself in the Face Great Again!

Surprised he hasn't announced a deal with Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland.

I'm seeing a lot of "is Trump really blaming PR for the hurricanes" sorta takes right now and the answer is no, he's not saying it's their fault, he's saying they aren't worth the money, which is far worse

Yeah, that's a misreading, for sure. He isn't blaming PR, he's blaming the storm. I think that he thinks it's alive, possibly also that it's magical? Kinda just reading between the lines. He definitely thinks it possesses some kind of sentience and that its decision to wreak havoc is ridiculous.

This low-energy storm blowing into Puerto Rico is a total loser. We already cleaned up your brother's mess! Why do we need weather anyway? I hereby order all clouds to go back to Mexico! #buildtheskywall

just in time for hurricane season

NBC News: Trump admin pulling millions from FEMA disaster relief to send to southern border https://t.co/mNl4URn3h6

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) August 27, 2019

Did they try that last year too or just talk about it? THink I remember it being talked about before.
Really stupid move. & this is the beginning of the bad part of hurricane season after last year had several multi-hundred year storms.
Would think that would be a move taht would sink a normal incumbency.
So what's new?

god i wish something was new

Like I default to saying 'wild dogs' as my preference just because that kinda naturally follows from 'I want to see him ripped apart by' but heck, something smaller could do just as much damage and extend the glorious spectacle. It's something to consider, when the time comes.

weasels in heat descend upon him trying to fuck his combover, proceed to ripping him apart in fury when the entire candyfloss edifice evaporates after three firm, weaselly thrusts?

That's what I'm saying, just have fun with it. We'll only have the one shot, guys.

three firm, weaselly thrusts

Dying...

Surprised Trump hasn't proposed the long term solution of just nuking PR.

What weather gods do you need to get down with to get a storm directed straight at mar a lago?

lol If a storm hit his house he'd immediately executive order himself 92 billion in aid.

It is amazing that I can be at 51% with Zogby when the Fake & Corrupt News is almost 100% against me. Great job Mr. President!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2019

congrats on your 51% Zogby rating Mr. President!!

How's he doing with Zagat?

hey Nancy why can't we impeach this guy again

New WaPo: "He also has told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly” https://t.co/33vUHXEMOK

— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) August 28, 2019

Reagan's cumming in his grave

Asked for comment, a White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the president is joking when he makes such statements about pardons.

Lol. Good one.

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Pardon?

Pardon who?

PARDON YOU!!

the worst episode of matlock ever