U.S. Politics: He's an Idiot, Plain and Simple

[Yukle]

2 hours ago, Mexal said:

Shit is weird.

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Maybe she'll spend the time with his tax returns?

[Altherion]

28 minutes ago, Zorral said:

Only people who don't live in NY, maybe, would think that.

NYers, no matter where they fall in the social ranking, know damned well he's not.  What counts, as recounted above, is what boards one sits on, philanthropies one creates and nurtures. He has never even been invited to attend an annual Metropolitan Museum of Art  Gala -- which is the primo of primo of NY events, for everybody who is anybody in any field from finance to entertainment.

As I said, he never got along with that crowd and if you consider those people and only them to be the New York elite, then he is not part of it. However, I guarantee you that not all New Yorkers think so and I would posit that if somebody owns a skyscraper in the middle of the city and has the current Governor of the state, at least one current Senator, at least one former Mayor and at least one former President of the whole country as guests at his wedding, then by any sane measure, he's a member of the elite.

[Shryke]

47 minutes ago, LongRider said:

Hey now, let's forget how he kept it classy hangin' out with Howard Stern while drooling over his oldest daughter.  What an elitist! 

 

His time on Stern's show is just like quinessential Trump. Stern just brings him on to milk him for entertaining stories. And Trump goes because he doesn't understand that this is what Stern is doing and he just desperately wants publicity and adulation. Stern flatters him and makes him feel like he's important and Trump dances like a trained animal.

[Shryke]

2 hours ago, Mexal said:

Shit is weird.

Eh. I imagine she just wants nothing to do with Trump or the shitshow he's involved in or being the first lady. She has no ambitions here and no feeling of obligation and one of the biggest news story in the US is how while she was taking care of a newborn Trump was banging a porn star. She can't divorce him for various reasons, so she's just basically having nothing to do with him.

[Shryke]

5 minutes ago, Altherion said:

As I said, he never got along with that crowd and if you consider those people and only them to be the New York elite, then he is not part of it. However, I guarantee you that not all New Yorkers think so and I would posit that if somebody owns a skyscraper in the middle of the city and has the current Governor of the state, at least one current Senator, at least one former Mayor and at least one former President of the whole country as guests at his wedding, then by any sane measure, he's a member of the elite.

No, not really. It's the difference between wealth and class.

[Gertrude]

I saw someone speculate that perhaps Melania is recovering from plastic surgery. It sounds plausible. Not that I think she's super excited to be involved with The Donald and all that her position entails, but it's the not being seen that is the weird part, and plastic surgery would be the least troublesome answer to the mystery.

[Darth Richard II]

Fuck Nazis.

[mormont]

10 hours ago, Yukle said:

Is anyone else getting a bit worried that Melania Trump has disappeared? Given Drumpf's past wives' comments of his violence... I hope she's not hiding away a bruise or something.

I understand one perspective that says it's not our business because she's not in elected office, but on the other hand, she does have a publicly provided staff, so she's answerable to the public. And... if she's missing (which I don't think she is), or currently working against the President in some way (to whatever ends) that means someone has leverage over Trump. Other than Putin, I mean.

I was fully of the opinion that it was nobody else's business until the tweet from her account that was plainly written by Donald. That raised some flags. 

[Spockydog]

5 minutes ago, mormont said:

I was fully of the opinion that it was nobody else's business until the tweet from her account that was plainly written by Donald. That raised some flags. 

She ded.

[Jace, Extat]

People should probably stop projecting onto Mrs. Trump. Mrs. Trump is an adult woman who allegedly is intelligent or something and she chooses to be Mrs. Trump because being Mrs. Trump is her ideal lifestyle.

She's not sympathetic. She's not a victim. She's not secretly against her husband. 

Mrs. Trump sold herself to Donald. The most consideration she warrants is a passive hope the bargain was worth it.

[A Horse Named Stranger]

31 minutes ago, Pony Empress Jace said:

People should probably stop projecting onto Mrs. Trump. Mrs. Trump is an adult woman who allegedly is intelligent or something and she chooses to be Mrs. Trump because being Mrs. Trump is her ideal lifestyle.

She's not sympathetic. She's not a victim. She's not secretly against her husband. 

Mrs. Trump sold herself to Donald. The most consideration she warrants is a passive hope the bargain was worth it.

That's not a very feminist position to reduce the First Lady to trophy wife status. But I think I said something like that back when he was elected.  But as you said, it's a choice she made.

[Martell Spy]

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/sen-jeff-merkley-turned-away-from-border-facility-for-children.html

U.S. Senator Turned Away from Detention Center for Migrant Children

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A U.S. Senator from Oregon was turned away from a detention center for migrant children, including those separated from their parents at the U.S. border under a new immigration policy.

In a Facebook Live video on Sunday, Sen. Jeff Merkley walks up to a former WalMart in Brownsville, Texas, that has become a center to hold children detained at the border. In the video, he explains that his staff had sought permission to enter the facility, but that permission was declined by Homeland Security.

At the entrance to the facility, where the windows and doors are blacked out, he runs into a woman entering the facility who asks him to leave. He then requests to speak to a supervisor and waits outside for roughly 10 minutes. At that point, the police arrive, and soon after, the supervisor steps out of the facility, only to tell Merkley that he doesn’t have permission to talk about the center. Eventually, Merkley is asked to leave.

 

 

[Martell Spy]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/president-trump-says-he-has-the-right-to-pardon-himself.html

Trump Says He Has the Right to Pardon Himself

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President Trump tweeted Monday morning that he has the right to pardon himself, but that he has no reason to do so, because he’s completely innocent.

Donald J. Trump
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 As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!

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His bold, frightening assertion comes after a weekend in which the Trump administration’s legal argument — that the president can basically do whatever he wants with no repercussions — came into sharper focus.

 

 

[Mexal]

5 hours ago, mormont said:

I was fully of the opinion that it was nobody else's business until the tweet from her account that was plainly written by Donald. That raised some flags. 

She's a public figure with a taxpayer paid for staff, who's health would normally affect a President's decision making. I think the people have a write to know why she disappeared for a month.

[Shryke]

5 hours ago, Pony Empress Jace said:

People should probably stop projecting onto Mrs. Trump. Mrs. Trump is an adult woman who allegedly is intelligent or something and she chooses to be Mrs. Trump because being Mrs. Trump is her ideal lifestyle.

She's not sympathetic. She's not a victim. She's not secretly against her husband. 

Mrs. Trump sold herself to Donald. The most consideration she warrants is a passive hope the bargain was worth it.

All of this is true except the third point in your second line. It's absolutely possible and frankly, almost certain at this point given her demeanour in public, that she's pissed and/or outright despises her husband at this point. She's still not gonna do anything about it though for the reason you mention though: she's a trophy wife and she knows it and she's probably got people bombarding her with demands not to rock the boat.

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

On 6/1/2018 at 5:23 PM, Pony Empress Jace said:

Typical boy. Thinking bitches be having one climax.

And fyi, that's sick. I peaked hardest when Johnny Drama busted that dude's head open.

You can only have one climax, Juicy Jace. That doesn’t mean you can’t have multiple orgasms.

Also, this boy isn’t getting the ketchup out of the bottle for you anymore!

[A Horse Named Stranger]

Just now, Tywin et al. said:

You can only have one climax, Juicy Jace. That doesn’t mean you can’t have multiple orgasms.

Also, this boy isn’t getting the ketchup out of the bottle for you anymore!

Are you trying to write a country song here?

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

2 minutes ago, Notone said:

Are you trying to write a country song here?

Nah, just an inside joke. The Jace will know where I’ve stuck my finger.

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

14 hours ago, Shryke said:

Eh. I imagine she just wants nothing to do with Trump or the shitshow he's involved in or being the first lady. She has no ambitions here and no feeling of obligation and one of the biggest news story in the US is how while she was taking care of a newborn Trump was banging a porn star. She can't divorce him for various reasons, so she's just basically having nothing to do with him.

Stars plural, but you’re right, she likely wanted nothing to do with being First Lady. I absolutely believe the part from Wolff’s book that she cried when it was announced that Trump won. I don’t know a ton about her, but I recall reading a profile about her that said outside of spending time with her son, the only things she regularly did were working out and going to the movies, alone. Despite being a famous model, at heart she’s very introverted.

[A Horse Named Stranger]

40 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said:

Stars plural, but you’re right, she likely wanted nothing to do with being First Lady. I absolutely believe the part from Wolff’s book that she cried when it was announced that Trump won. I don’t know a ton about her, but I recall reading a profile about her that said outside of spending time with her son, the only things she regularly did were working out and going to the movies, alone. Despite being a famous model, at heart she’s very introverted. 

While this might very likely be true. I somewhat question the famous model bit. I am by no means an expert in the world of models, but I think famous is stretching it a bit. I don't mean to talk her down or anything, but when you say famous models other names come to mind, MacPherson, Crawford, Lima, Bündchen, Campbell or Banks (fill list with models whose name I forgot/never heard but should be mentioned), so can you name Melania's maiden name? Again, if there are posters with a model/fashion fetish here, they can correct me and say, wrong she was/is a famous model in her own right. Yes, Melania was a model, but not really a-list if I am not mistaken.