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.

AFP news agency ‏*@AFP* 29s29 seconds ago
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#BREAKING NATO has shortfall of troops in Afghanistan: US general

I get that the "First Family" require a security detail, but the fact that the taxpayer has to pay the hotel bills for the Agents (all staying in Trump owned hotels, natch) wherever they go is galling.

The Trump empire will make millions out of this scam over the next 4 years

Mehdi Hasan ‏*@mehdirhasan*

Presenter on Al Jazeera; a Brit lost in DC. Biographer of Ed Miliband. Former HuffPost and New Statesman bod.
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Mehdi Hasan Retweeted Donald J. Trump
FYI, Trump dodged the Vietnam draft five times, once because of a foot condition that conveniently "healed up" after
thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/290105-trump-got-five-draft-deferments-during-vietnam …

ITV News ‏*@itvnews* 30s30 seconds ago
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RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian bombers near UK airspace www.itv.com/news/2017-02-09/raf-jets-scrambled-to-intercept-russian-aircraft-heading-for-uk-airspace/ …

It's almost becoming redundant, posting for each of Trump's recommendations that have murky pasts - as they ALL do.

Doctors for America ‏*@Drsforamerica* 29m29 minutes ago
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Former government ethics lawyers say that Tom Price’s stock deals warrant investigation. #PriceIsWrong

www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/08/new-stock-questions-plague-hhs-nominee-tom-price/97555796/

"You look into Trump’s eyes and you see the fear and confusion of a man who has just been told he’s got stage-four cervical cancer. He is a super-villain in a world without heroes, a man so obnoxious and unhappy that karma may see him reincarnated as himself."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/08/donald-trump-obnoxious-karma-reincarnated-as-himself-frankie-boyle

Just keep up with it though, Ginger - if you can. People should be allowed to have as full a picture as possible.

I'm watching Trump addressing the aviation industry. The people on either side of him look incredulous as he veers on and off the subject. A lot of his points are true about the aged infrastructure, but he's sounding like Father Christmas with the things he's promising.

Win! Win, win, fucking win! I swear it's the most used word in his vocabulary. That is at the root of everything he does. Win the court case about the injunction. Win the approval of his nominees. Win the botched raid. Win the popular vote. "Am I winning?" and "How do I win?" are the only things he knows. This is at the root of Trumpenstein's whole failure to be qualified for any public office (including dog catcher). Governance is not about 'winning'. It's about diplomacy, negotiation, and compromise in order to live at peace and equality domestically and with as many nations as we can. Only when every attempt to do so have failed, when every peaceable method of maintaining a level of human rights for everyone on this planet have failed, only then should we think about the forceable ways to 'win' our objectives.

I think that the expression that his predecessor used was to 'serve', Across. That rather defines the difference in attitude I reckon?

placemarking

I think that the expression that his predecessor used was to 'serve'

This.

@RoguePOTUSStaff's tweets are now protected.

"Only confirmed followers have access to @RoguePOTUSStaff's Tweets and complete profile. Click the "Follow" button to send a follow request."

That's interesting. It means I can't read them any more (not a Twitterer), and to read them I would have to declare my interest to Twitter.

I wonder if it was actually RoguePOTUSStaff who asked for that account to be protected? Why?

Yes. I saw that.

(Still with the caveat that we don't know if the whole thing was genuine or not.)

Governance is not about 'winning'. It's about diplomacy, negotiation, and compromise in order to live at peace and equality domestically and with as many nations as we can.

spot on acrossthepond

Yes, I know it is childish and won't actually achieve anything, but it still made me giggle

#PostcardstoBannon: the campaign to send missives to the 'real' US President
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/09/postcardstobannon-the-campaign-to-send-missives-to-the-real-us-president

Lots of people retweet @RoguePOTUSStaff's tweets, so does that mean they are really still protected?? Not sure how that works. I will happily follow them if you'd like me to update you on those. No big deal to me.

The Last Word ‏*@TheLastWord* 1m1 minute ago
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Trump breaks promise not to interfere in family businesses on.msnbc.com/2k5d8Hb

To be fair, I was already following them, but wasn't showing any recent tweets, so I've requested follow again, it's pending. We shall see.

Someone has started a petition to stop Trump using social media!

petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/confiscate-all-social-media-accounts-president-donald-trump-and-prohibit-further-use

Nah - I say let him use it. Give him enough rope, you know.....

Huffington Post ‏*@HuffingtonPost* 1m1 minute ago
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Alec Baldwin claims his upcoming "SNL" gig is going to be a "big deal" huff.to/2luU6a6

Oh thanks, GingerIvy, I'd appreciate that.

I have a soft spot for the account because of the sheer ludicrousness of some of the stories to discredit them. But obviously like so much of social media, caveat lector.