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The one where Trump just can't stop being Trump

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TheClaws · 01/07/2017 05:34

Time for a new 'un.

Old thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2958743-Its-too-hot-for-high-drama-but-nonetheless-we-persist-Trump-cont

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ParanoidBeryl · 06/07/2017 16:54

The Roger Roger drone

The one where Trump just can't stop being Trump
AcrossthePond55 · 06/07/2017 17:17

ir.net/news/politics/125814/trump-stunned-polish-first-lady-rejects-handshake/

The look on Scrotus' face when the Polish FL passes by him to shake Melania's hand is priceless!!!

To tell the rest of the story, she apparently did shake his hand at some point afterward. So whether this was a 'pointed gesture' or just that she thought it 'protocol' for the two FL's to shake first, who knows.

But Oh, that face!!!! Hee hee hee hee!

PerkingFaintly · 06/07/2017 17:24

BossyBitch that sounds a very educational experience in Gaza.

I'm a bit brain-foggy and struggling to get your full meaning from the neoliberal reference onwards (not least because liberal gets used different ways, and also I feel neoliberalism runs counter to some supposed "Western values").

I'd be really interested if you could expand on your post for the thicko at the back.Blush

lionheart · 06/07/2017 17:40

Handshake motif. Smile

<a class="break-all" href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/media/jeffrey-zucker-cnn-trump.html?smid=tw-share&referer=t.co/yG1TBdPN3u?amp=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/media/jeffrey-zucker-cnn-trump.html?smid=tw-share&referer=t.co/yG1TBdPN3u?amp=1

AcrossthePond55 · 06/07/2017 17:42

Yes, cozie, 25 million smackeroos!

But we shouldn't be so gleeful. Once again the shit floats to the top of the 'swamp' and the 1% gets all the breaks;

www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2017/04/03/trump-university-settlement-nets-25m-write-off-for-trump-taxes-for-students/#5f2621647298

lionheart · 06/07/2017 17:44

If Gin does not help, this may give you a surprising lift.

The one where Trump just can't stop being Trump
cozietoesie · 06/07/2017 17:46

That really cheered me. Grin

PerkingFaintly · 06/07/2017 17:55

Tony Blair 'not straight' with UK over Iraq, says Chilcot
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40510540
"Tony Blair was not 'straight with the nation' about his decisions in the run up to the Iraq War, the chairman of the inquiry into the war has told the BBC... He said the evidence Mr Blair gave the inquiry was 'emotionally truthful' but he relied on beliefs rather than facts."

Trailblazer Tony, eh.

Roussette · 06/07/2017 18:34

You could not make this up.

theslot.jezebel.com/the-house-has-a-new-no-sleeveless-dress-code-for-women-1796680020?utm_campaign=socialfow_jezebel_twitter&utm_source=jezebel_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

This must come from Pence surely. Next it'll be bonnets a la Handmaids Tale. How can men tell women what to wear, if it's smart, they can fuck off

lionheart · 06/07/2017 18:50

A bare arm can do a lot of damage and destroy a man's soul.

Here is something else emanating from White House that does not look good:

ethics

Orlantina · 06/07/2017 18:56

From that article

It really is truly something that the House wants to deny essential health benefits to women, including prenatal care, while simultaneously worrying themselves over the appropriateness of shoulders and toes. Truly, our elected leaders are complex

I wonder how many of them watched the Handmaid's tale and couldn't see any issues?

Roussette · 06/07/2017 18:59

I think Fox News got this a bit wrong didn't they? Or did they?!

I presume they mean Patriots!

That's a worry with the Ethics guy leaving...

The one where Trump just can't stop being Trump
cozietoesie · 06/07/2017 18:59

I hope you noted also that open-toed shoes are forbidden, lion. We wouldn't want any inappropriateness at all, would we?

Not good news about Shaub, Orlantina.

ElenaGreco123 · 06/07/2017 19:02

I could not find an article in English that I would link to, but thousands of Polish rightwingers were also bussed into Budapest on 15th March 2012 to support the similarly right wing Orban government in Hungary. It must be a thing.

Roussette · 06/07/2017 19:02

Ivanka's go-to style is a sleevless dress but she'll probably be allowed, bein' family an' all

Roussette · 06/07/2017 19:03

I read about the bussing this time somewhere Elena. Each sort of 'Mayor' (not sure of the Polish term) was allowed to bring 50 people in from the country.

Someone tweeted that it was a day out, a chance to go shopping in Warsaw and all paid for

Orlantina · 06/07/2017 19:07

I bet he wouldn't make such a speech in the UK

BossyBitch · 06/07/2017 19:29

PerkingFaintly, this wasn't actually particularly deep or insightful on my part. I was basically referring to the fact that 'Western' values have generally been branded as liberal (as in tolerant/permissive) terms while the major players have also, de facto, been pushing a (somewhat less popular; I don't disagree with your assessment personally) neoliberal economic agenda.

Today's speech, OTOH, struck me as unusual in that it appealed to a shared Western identity/set of values on the one hand, while appealing to autocratic and isolationist sentiments on the other. Having read the full write-up since my last post, though, I'll say that he absolutely pays lip-service to traditional liberal values - just in a context that doesn't sit easily with them.

lionheart · 06/07/2017 19:32

I think there is a proud tradition of toe-sucking s[c]andals in this country, cozie but I am loathe to think back on it too closely.

The White House certainly seems to create new job opportunities for some even as others fall by the wayside or jump ship:

www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/trump-west-wing-staff-kushner-240244

SenecaFalls · 06/07/2017 19:40

No can of Pence but to be fair, the House dress code has nothing to do with him. That would be the Speaker's domain.

cozietoesie · 06/07/2017 19:41

What on earth is, officially, a 'body man'? (Re Steve Bannon.)

SenecaFalls · 06/07/2017 19:41

No fan that would be.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 06/07/2017 20:04

I was intrigued so googled:

body man
noun NORTH AMERICAN informal
a political leader's personal aide or assistant.

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