The most unreported thread ever. Trump thread 9

[amispartacus]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2847535-Week-3-What-will-this-week-bring-Trump-thread

There are loads of other threads. But MN aren't highlighting them. Why not? I demand to know.

Something cheering/amusing then? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary social media team are basically trolling Trump with their subtweeting: www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/defining-merriam-webster?utm_term=.ebXk2B4wlW#.ebXk2B4wlW

Getting a sample of voters that reflect the views of 250 / 300 million Americans must be hard.

Because that is a LOT of people - so how do you know you are getting enough people to ensure you can have a reasonable degree of confidence.

However - I have this feeling that politicians (of all sides) and media ignore such thoughts.

I wouldn't say close is the same as meaningless

Yes, fair enough. :)

I meant in relation to who's trusted the most.
We simply don't know.

I've looked at their excel sheet, but they don't show a breakdown of their sampling by state, although they have 30% Republicans/ Democrats/independents. Is that accurate?

My main conclusion is this:

President says all polls are fake.
Poll says people approve of his policy.
President uses poll to justify his policy.

Yes, I think that is probably a more interesting point Ami than the actual conclusions of any of the pro or anti trump polls. All of them have their issues and it has been demonstrated over and over recently that even the big polling organisations are not getting reliable results. The fact that Trump dismissed as fake any poll. or news that goes against him while holding up as evidence of his amazingness any poll or news that seems to support him says a lot about his character.

The fact that Trump dismissed as fake any poll. or news that goes against him while holding up as evidence of his amazingness any poll or news that seems to support him says a lot about his character

Now that's a question they need to ask people...

Zebra, loved that article! Its really something when a bloody dictionary feels the need to get political...

And im that the most searched for word last year was 'fascism'!

Just looking at the Webster Twitter feed. Snollygoster is my new favourite word

Oh did I miss the nightly me-rail by Justanotherlurker?

You know, if every time someone turns up on a thread it turns into 3 pages of "I didn't say what you said I said" then either:
that person is really poor at communication,
or
communication isn't really what they're here for...

The fact that DT is such a loose cannon on Twitter must be a concern to his "people".

No advisor in their right mind would have told him it was a good idea to send that tweet about Nordstrom bring mean to Ivanka!

If he thinks he knows best in these little matters, what the hell is he going to be like in the Situation Room?!

Trump plans to abolish EPA and Education Dept.

www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/08/house-republicans-put-2-federal-departments-on-the-chopping-bloc/21709983/

I don't think he bothers to go to the situation room cave

Did anyone find out what 'Easy D' means?

Its Trump's 'street' name

pausingflatly was justanotherlurker posting in response to his/herself ?

That's is true Bigly, that's what Herr Bannon is for

Trump plans to abolish EPA and Education Dept.

Considering who got in, I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

I'm worried, though, that some states will damage their children's education.
Education will become a state lottery.

Love that they've added 'shade' to their dictionary!

www.teenvogue.com/story/shade-added-to-merriam-webster-dictionary?mbid=social_twitter

PausingFlatly

Or communication isn't really what they're here for...

Your not wrong.

Despite there extensive work credentials.

Has anyone heard of the Atlanta attack?
Not the one committed by home grown right wing terrorist

Atlanta? Muslim?

Really..

edition.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/spicer-alleged-atlanta-terror-attack-trnd/index.html?sr=twCNN020917spicer-alleged-atlanta-terror-attack

Still,keep repeating the words and people believe. Gaslighting 101

I agree that trump's tweeting just seems batshit, but if it actually was counterproductive wouldn't someone have stopped him?

Could it actually serve some purpose, perhaps it draws fire?
Perhaps the twitter response is analysed to measure public sentiment and gather info?

I wonder if you carried out a poll of Americans and asked them if they had heard of the terrorist attack in Atlanta inspired by radical Islam - what the response would be?

Perhaps the twitter response is analysed to measure public sentiment and gather info

In itself, twitter responses reflect its users.

Most people aren't on Twitter. If you follow Trump, then there are several reasons why - I follow him because it's history.

They should of course look on MN to get a feel for the feelings of the UK This thread in particular.

Easy D!

www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-easy-d-tweet-7570701

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad

1984...