US Politics February 2019: This is one of the great losers of all time.

kushner always looks like he's zoned out on a new drug that no one else has tried

this is the MOU thing from the other day:

https://youtu.be/yaWa61AyT3g

it's whatever, everyone knows he's a dumbass. but it's pathetic how trump doesn't even realize that his trade negotiator is basically saying "i have to do what the dumb man says, please ignore him" - he doesn't even notice

in other news, check out trump's recent national emergency press conference:

Before we begin, I would like to say that we have a large team of very talented people in China. We have had a negotiation going on for about two days. It’s going extremely well—who knows what that means because it only matters if we get it done, but we are very much working very closely with China and President Xi who I respect a lot, very good relationship that we have. And we are a lot closer than we ever were in this country with having a real trade deal.

When can we expect to see the Trans-Pacific Partnership—the TPP, if indeed it ever happens—be signed into law? We will see. There is a negotiation—a working agreement between the parties that we expect to get signed. China is in the process of developing many other free, open and transparent trade agreements, they will have to deal with these before we come to signing any deal, like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which was finalized last week.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is actually an economic partnership between all stakeholders, all businesses. The purpose of this trade agreement is to create the best trade relationship for China. They have a great economic relationship. I think the one of the things they have done—I know you guys have been saying for about eight months that they had nothing to do with it, because it is already signed. And they are on the verge of coming up with another trade agreement. At this moment you know the Obama administration has decided if that will ever happen—there is concern that China—if they do become a WTO member they will be given a trade deal that is unfair to our economy, it will not be a fair deal for the American people, it will not be a safe deal. And the President of China, we do think they will be given a deal that makes things worse but we do look forward to coming to the negotiating table. That is what I would like to see..

just kidding. the first paragraph is trump, the other two is the result of a text generation system, not even the best version of it, just the limited version: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/twenty-minutes-into-the-future-with-openais-deep-fake-text-ai

That article is fascinating and hilarious. "GOAT DICK-IN-THE-BOY BOY" would be a great thread title for ... something.

Maybe "They want to take away your hamburgers" for March title. Nothing really good is coming to mind.

"You just keep killing it"

Good morning!

We still here?

I am glad Biden canceled himself so I don't have to do it.

his is the MOU thing from the other day:

https://youtu.be/yaWa61AyT3g

it's whatever, everyone knows he's a dumbass. but it's pathetic how trump doesn't even realize that his trade negotiator is basically saying "i have to do what the dumb man says, please ignore him" - he doesn't even notice

― Karl Malone, Friday, March 1, 2019 1:57 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was thinking about this after I watched it, that dunking on Trump for this particular flavor of idiocy is probably suboptimal because how many Americans know what an MOU is? Ideally, we would have a president who is smarter than the average bear, but I feel like a lot of the time when Trump's idiocy gets "exposed" it more just shows he's roughly as aware of the world around him as most of the people he represents, which again is hardly ideal, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people see him get owned for not knowing bureaucratic mechanisms or the history of various foreign actors and feel attacked by proxy because they don't know either.

This is a long way of saying that I think people, and particularly people who are running against him, should focus on mocking Trump for dumb shit he says that proves he's a rich, out-of-touch weirdo rather than a garden variety moron. Like that whole thing where he thought you needed to show ID to buy a loaf of bread, now that was the good stuff.

I was thinking about this after I watched it, that dunking on Trump for this particular flavor of idiocy is probably suboptimal because how many Americans know what an MOU is? it's not so bad that he didn't know it's that the guy explained it to him simply and he still didnt fucking get it . I do tend to agree with the strategy you are proposing here though

another good example is this gem:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/20/trump-thinks-young-people-pay-12-for-health-insurance.html

new thred my dudes

US Politics March 2019: when established crooks return under a new username

lol

I'm not gonna be the one to start the new thread, I can't handle the pressure of picking the right title.

Done. Thanks for the suggestions!

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US Politics March 2019: “I can’t say I’m happy. I can’t say I’m thrilled”