It's been just over a week, and what a week. Amazing. So good. The best.

[amispartacus]

Follow up from previous thread.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2837382-Donald-Trump-the-first-week-is-BAD-What-next-Come-all-ye-Beautifuls?

I think obama is going

"Ffs its only been a week!!"

The next White House Press briefing is going to be a disaster - so so so many questions.

And when Trump finally gives a press conference...

Not all Christians are hypocrites. Some of us do try to live by the teachings set out in the Gospel

Leaders who make a big thing of Christian values tend to only apply some of them and conveniently ignore other 'Christian values' . Don't the Cameron, May, Trump...

You are right pigwrestler. I imagine Hitler had a fair amount of supporters even at the end, and the longer it goes on the more people feel personally invested and are less likely to admit their mistake.

I wonder if part of the reason we are getting so little reaction from other high level politicians and such like is because it is moving so fast. They are used to having more time to consider their response and what the implications of taking a particular stance may be. At the moment, by the time they have decided whether saying something is a good idea Trump has done the next crazy thing. He is pushing stuff through so quickly everyone else is left spluttering in his wake.

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I am told that religious tests are indeed now being performed at our airports to determine Muslims from Christians from the 7 nations.

(writer from NY Daily News)

I am told that religious tests are indeed now being performed at our airports to determine Muslims from Christians from the 7 nations

They need a shibolleth. The West Wing on refugees.

China military official says war with US under Donald Trump 'becoming practical reality'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-donald-trump-war-us-military-official-practical-reality-president-latest-a7550601.html

Am utterly horrified. He is a Nazi. Nothing much else to add.

They should start back to back reruns of West Wing.

Isnt that what Daesh do?

Religious tests before they kill you

How do you prove you are a christian or muslim?

lweji

Was thinking of buying the box set of west wing

The Thick of it people should come back as well...send Malcolm Tucker over

Buzzfeed as an interesting article giving views from some current and ex-isis members on the Trump presidency. Needless to say Isis are pretty thrilled about it.

www.buzzfeed.com/mikegiglio/we-talked-to-people-who-fought-for-isis-this-is-how-they-pla?utm_term=.cgAqOAryje#.jwl4BwmRQb

Cognitive dissonance

It's wrong to stop translaters who work for UK forces from coming to the UK as their lives are in danger. Commentators and papers speak out.

It's fine to stop translaters who work for US forces from coming to the USA as their lives are in danger - because they are Muslim. Same commentators support this opinion.

It's a strange world where you can have 2 opposite opinions on the same situation.

It's so refreshing to see your post AcrossthePond. I know there is much dissent about his policies in the US, it is just good to see it! (sorry, clumsily put, but said with the best intentions)

Isnt that what Daesh do?
It's definitely what the Nazis did and the PFLA to Israelis at Entebbe.

All sorts of protests kicking off. San Francisco has one scheduled. JFK going on now. They keep popping up.

Rufus

I wondered that myself. Certainly I can quote the Bible and tell you the tenets of my beliefs, but I don't belong to a particular denomination or church. The church I was raised in didn't keep records of baptisms since it's not considered a 'rite' for membership like Catholic or CoE. TBH, many protestant churches don't keep records of baptisms as they're simply considered public professions of faith, so one would really have no way to 'prove' they were a Christian based on a paper trail.

So it does make you wonder. Are they going to ask them to quote the Bible? Explain the Trinity? I expect any 'terrorist' would be taught to memorize these things, just as many Jews were saved by being taught the Catechism in WWII.

And what about other 'non-terrorist' (those are 'finger quotes' btw) religions. What if you are a Hindu, a Jew, a Zoroastrian, or an atheist? Are they being stopped at the borders, too?

The views/attitude/lifestyle of Bible Belt American Christian's would be viewed as cults in this country. Especially the home schooling/forcing children to dress a certain way and have cheeriness until married where they have their first kiss a.k.a. The duggars

I just can't believe that's happening about the green card holders, especially around holocaust Memorial Day. Like a previous poster said, next step is deporting them and that's just a slippery slope.

Trust me, even in the US, the duggars are not considered normal. And I lived in part of the "bible belt" for awhile.

I accept that probably about half the time, someone will be elected whose policies/political leanings I find don't align with mine. That's what you expect in a two party system.

But this is different.

What I find terrifying about trump is his total lack of self control

No one, NO ONE who cannot control themselves should be in such a position of power. He is totally, utterly unsuited to it. It is terrifying to think that someone who cannot summon the self control to manage a dignified silence has the nuke codes.

My toddler has better self control than him.

I would live to be a fly on the wall in Downing Street. Do you think Theresa May has an alert for his tweets.

Or an adviser coming in and telling her the latest thing he's said?

I think we need to march on the American embassy asap.

across

I think my mind would go blank under stress

Official religion tester - who is jesus

Rufus - head waiter at that spanish hotel...in spain...nice man

Shit!!!

Or on downing street. Shame on May. She's an utter coward who has sacrificed her principles for business.