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Fox says MN is a no go zone. Trump agrees. So it must be true.Trump thread continued.

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amispartacus · 20/02/2017 18:17

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cozietoesie · 21/02/2017 18:12

It will be interesting to see any after-effects of that vaccine letter, Ginger. Especially if it's 'noticed'.

AcrossthePond55 · 21/02/2017 18:17

Ivana has kept an invisible profile since the campaign started, cozie. I can't decide if it's because she's still financially tied/dependent on him, if her kids have applied undue pressure on her, or if it's just that she feels much more 'European' than 'American' and so doesn't care enough to be directly involved.

Personally, I think it's her kids. They're all enjoying and benefiting from this and I have a feeling they're all ruthless enough to have said "If you say one thing, we will cut you out of your grandchildren's lives like a cancer".

I've always rather liked Ivana. Spoilt socialite, to be sure, but she's always seemed to be as much of her own person as she could be.

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:18

europe.newsweek.com/trump-immigration-guidance-homeland-security-implementation-plan-illegal-559271?rm=eu

The memos also instructs ICE to detain migrants who are awaiting a court decision on whether they will be deported or granted relief, such as asylum.

DHS officials said they are reviewing what jurisdictions may have laws in place that prevent the amount of time immigrants can be held. The agency also plans to send non-Mexican migrants crossing the southern U.S. border back into Mexico as they await a decision on their case. The DHS officials said this plan would be dependent on partnerships with the Mexican government and would not be implemented overnight.

cozietoesie · 21/02/2017 18:18

Ah. Smile

Thanks, Across.

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:19

So they're saying the Mexico border wall is expected to be completed by 2020. We all know that's not going to happen. What if they get partway through it and the next POTUS decides to scrap it? Waste. Of. Money.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/a-border-wall-by-2020-doubt-it/517341/

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:21

I expect he doesn't figure the wall will ever even get started... it's all PR. He can then say "I tried, but red tape and Congress stood in the way."

cozietoesie · 21/02/2017 18:22

Ginger, Ginger.

There will be a Fox photo of 45 standing next to a completed section and anything else will be said to be........

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:23

Across I understand she was a hard worker in their business, and that's something he didn't like after a while as it meant she had more or less equal footing to him in a lot of things. I read that somewhere in the last month. After that, he insisted his wives didn't work.

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:25

The Hill ‏*@thehill* 3m3 minutes ago
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GOP lawmaker warns Trump: Russian activity in Arctic should be "tremendous concern" hill.cm/pZmY1Zy

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:27

cozie Trump has been vocal a number of times about vaccines leading to autism. Any way his uneducated opinion can be fought is good IMO.

Yeah, I know what he'll SAY, but in reality... that wall never was meant to be built... my money is that it was strictly PR that will never actually get off the ground and then he can blame others for it not going through

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:32

Palmer Report ‏*@PalmerReport* 11h11 hours ago
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Two Russian officials have admitted to colluding with Donald Trump campaign www.palmerreport.com/politics/two-russian-officials-admitted-colluding-donald-trump-campaign/1621/ … #TrumpRussia #Russiagate

AcrossthePond55 · 21/02/2017 18:32

I found this article very interesting. Not sure it's been linked before:

www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/21/trump-wasnt-a-real-ceo-no-wonder-his-white-house-is-disorganized/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-posteverything%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.8c15f4f56124

Ginger I think she played a bigger role with 'PR' than he would be willing to admit. Certainly I expect that she was a 'soother over' and 'behaviour explainer' with business contacts after they'd dealt with him! She always had a better social persona than he did, for sure!

Wouldn't surprise me about the 'no work' clause, although I think that Marla Maples was looking for a meal ticket when she married him as she'd never really established herself in a successful career, unlike Melania. I think Melania (who had a successful modeling career) was looking more for security as she knew her earnings potential as a model would wane with the years as opposed to just a 'meal ticket'. She knows that Trump has the ability to financially 'back her' in establishing her 'brand'.

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:34

Palmer Report ‏*@PalmerReport* 5h5 hours ago
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Donald Trump’s Russian handler Felix Sater was an FBI informant

www.palmerreport.com/opinion/donald-trumps-russian-handler-felix-sater-fbi-informant/1614/

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:34

The Hill ‏*@thehill* 13s13 seconds ago
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Trump to kill Obama protections for transgender students: report hill.cm/b3lZKb0

AcrossthePond55 · 21/02/2017 18:34

Hit enter too soon.

I have a feeling that Melania is NOT HAPPY about Trump's election. I'm sure she planned a 'quieter' life with a child to love and a 'brand' to work for. One in which The Donald would be something she'd have to 'put up with' when he wasn't away doing his own business.

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:35

New York Times World ‏*@nytimesworld* 1m1 minute ago
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Riots break out in Stockholm suburb, drawing attention to Trump’s remarks nyti.ms/2m4NDGA

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:37

New York Times World ‏*@nytimesworld* 37s38 seconds ago
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It is unclear how flickers of change in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will ripple to Gaza nyti.ms/2kIiW9F

AcrossthePond55 · 21/02/2017 18:41

^Palmer Report ‏*@PalmerReport* 5h5 hours ago
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Donald Trump’s Russian handler Felix Sater was an FBI informant^

Oh my. Could this provide the 'smoking gun'?

SafariSoGood · 21/02/2017 18:42

What if they get partway through it and the next POTUS decides to scrap it? Waste. Of. Money.

I've always thought the wall is a great way for DT & friends to make $$$$$$ out of his presidency. He'll choose who supplies everything from planning to labour. It'll be started (they will all get their money) and the wall will remain unfinished.

If it isn't started finished during his 4 years - who else would take it on??

It's all for his own financial gain fucker

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:43

Across that is an interesting article. Thanks.

Bradd Jaffy ‏*@BraddJaffy* 10s10 seconds ago
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Hakeem Jeffries: Congressional Black Caucus will not meet with Bannon — “we're not going to legitimize his presence”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/rep-jeffries-you-have-to-draw-the-line-in-the-sand-somewhere-881652291581

cozietoesie · 21/02/2017 18:43

He's dealing with a Republican Congress, Ginger, but it's not overwhelmingly Republican. If a few members can get the bit between their teeth on a fairly small thing.........Who knows? 2018 isn't that long away and some members will already be checking how safe are the pegs that hold their jackets. Smile

SafariSoGood · 21/02/2017 18:44

Does anyone know how many people have been deported so far and where to?

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:44

Daniel Dale ‏*@ddale8* 3h3 hours ago
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Daniel Dale Retweeted Steve Kopack
The president has now bragged about his victory at the CIA memorial wall, when asked about antisemitism, and at the African-American museum.

GingerIvy · 21/02/2017 18:45

Steve Kopack ‏*@SteveKopack* 4h4 hours ago
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Trump, speaking at African-American Museum, thanks Sen. Tim Scott.

"I like the state of SC...where I won by double, double, double digits"

originalbiglymavis · 21/02/2017 18:45

Excuse my ignorance, but 2018 are the midterms? What happens then?