Don't put the phone down on this thread. Treat it with respect. It's the official Trump thread 8

[amispartacus]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2843068-The-official-Trump-thread-Its-true-It-is-No-its-not-The-President-said-it-is

Just to remind you that Trump put the phone down on had a heated conversation with the Australian PM

Has put Iran on notice

Threatened UC Berkeley with withdrawal of funds if they 'promote violence'

Said something about troops and Mexico

Sean Spicer currently lying talking to the press corps

For all the talk of Trump being afraid of stairs, he went up and down a pretty good amount of stairs to the plane today - on film - without a wobble.

What if they just ignore it?

Fascist thing struck me as likely to be a joke, like, an in-joke for seniors in their yearbooks, which AFAIK is what they're saying it was? Rather than a complete fabrication? But to me that makes it not a lot better - most people, even teenagers, wouldn't make a joke like that in their yearbooks. Maybe among close friends but not in a yearbook.

On the Trump threads started by claig, it was kind of amusing to see the tactics the Trump fans used. Typical misdirection, starting fights for no reason, digressions, repetition, name calling, claims of "only a joke", sudden turns from being serious to just having a laugh, calling bullying when people were asking pertinent questions.
It's not just what they say. It's how they say it.
Kellyanne is a good case study for the how.

ginger

Trump is afraid of slopes

Dont blame him myself...deceptive little fuckers slopes

Agree with lweji

Jumping to conclusions about an incident and tweeting about it is not very Presidential.

A version of Trump's call to Australian PM.

www.crikey.com.au/2017/02/03/the-turnbull-trump-phone-call-transcript/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=030217-free&utm_medium=social

Oh, this could be bad news for Trump.

A Belgian hacker redirected the links in Trump’s old tweets

Or bad news for Belgium.

On countries that start with b, btw, there's also Belize, Burundi, Bahamas, Brazil, etc.
Brazil not looking so good recently. The conservatives effectively got to power via a coup impeachment.
Belize or the Bahamas sound just about right as a refuge.

This guy is not wrong, replying to Trump's tweet:

Hank Green ‏**@hankgreen** 5 h
@realDonaldTrump A frightened nation is easier to control, though it doesn't make better decisions. Is that why you're trying to scare us?

Hank Green ‏**@hankgreen** 5 h
@realDonaldTrump You seem very ready to freak us out about an attack in Paris where no one died, but the attack in Quebec...silence. 🤔

Dont blame him myself...deceptive little fuckers slopes

Yes, slippery slopes you might say

Rufus Sorry, some reports said stairs.

....Saddam Obamacare....

saffron love it

Ben Pobjie's great - does he still do the Masterchef recaps in the Age/SMH?

Not a problem ginger i thought it was stairs originally

dee

Lweji

The responses to Trump's twitter really give me hope that the people will win back democracy

What do you reckon to the Aftermath, though, FlyMe?

Good grief. I get well enough to make it out of the house & almost regret it...

I watched the whole of the "Germany Second" segment & thus discovered that the various TV shows have set up a website to collate them & they're hoping to get other countries to join in: www.itsgreat.eu

The host actually specifically invited the UK to submit. And made time to call Boris Johnson & Nigel Farage wankers & to ask us not to listen to them. He also reckoned on getting a video from Australia (well, if they can be in Eurovision); asked Italy to join in (sorry for the thing with the map...); asked the Polish (though if they can be funny that will shake the world); and said to comedians in the U.S. that European comedians will be joining them in mocking Trump until people can't laugh any more (I think it was that - I've now watched all the other videos in swift succession & my brother was vacuuming: you know what it's like when you're half-watching something, you'd struggle to say EXACTLY what someone said verbatim, no?)

Oh! And they have a Twitter account! They're @ itsgreateu - probably not much of a surprise handle...

cozie, I can't bear to think about it, all I can think about right now is that the people will resist and the Republicans will find the courage to impeach him.

I can't bear to think about the damage he will have done in the meantime, I hope the protests we go to mean that his impeachment will happen sooner rather than later, its what I'm holding onto

Oh, AZ. Appalling.

azdailysun.com/news/local/gop-lawmakers-look-to-penalize-refugee-resettlement-charities/article_93f7c555-493b-506d-83f3-0f68bd3ec3c9.html

Humour and satire can be a very good way to get to Trump and to make key points. Spitting Image would be having a field day right now.

Will Scotland do one?

ZigZag yes and other reality progs as well.

More on the Dodds Frank repeal www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-trump-fiduciary-20170203-story.html

Abba are Belgian! (Alternatively speaking of course. )