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FMOTUS: F***ing Moron of the United States (Trump) thread continued

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TheClaws · 16/10/2017 03:03

As aptly dubbed by his own Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.

Old thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3047195-Hello-Don-got-a-new-tax-cut-Trump-continued

And as I love giving you images to haunt your dreams, here’s another one, blasphemously titled ‘Our Lord and Saviour’.

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 20/10/2017 07:00

Ari Berman
Ari Berman
@AriBerman
Wisconsin’s voter ID law blocked tens of thousands from polls & tipped state to Trump. My cover story @motherjones

Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump
And possibly handed him the whole election.

www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/voter-suppression-wisconsin-election-2016/

OuaisMaisBon · 20/10/2017 07:26

Pain - that tweet from Richard Haas about N Korea is something that has been bugging me most of this week. Why are people not more worried about this possibility? I don't want to panic-monger, but..
Sorry, just dropping in and out as and when my BP can take it. As usual, I have no words for Trump, and now General Kelly, on the Sgt Johnson's widow behaviour. Except I am swearing so much I should be on the swearies thread rather than here.

Fekko · 20/10/2017 08:09

Well pain, if you look at Melania then her hubby, who do you think would find it easier to follow that edict?

TheClaws · 20/10/2017 09:02

Bleh. Cares only about ratings; gives asinine names to bully others; won’t simply honour soldiers and their families; has to hold onto a grudge like a bulldog.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 5h5 hours ago
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Big ratings getter @seanhannity and Apprentice Champion John Rich are right now going on stage in Las Vegas for #VegasStrong. Great Show!

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 5h5 hours ago
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The Fake News is going crazy with wacky Congresswoman Wilson(D), who was SECRETLY on a very personal call, and gave a total lie on content!

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lettuceWrap · 20/10/2017 09:11

Pain, that Beast piece looks like an article on how Gilead got started.
Last week I watched all of The Handmaiden's Tale. It made for very uncomfortable viewing.
Many years ago as a teen, it seemed like something like that could never actually happen, so it didn't inspire absolute horror in me... now, it's like America is sliding towards something very similar.

OuaisMaisBon · 20/10/2017 09:13

I just remarked to my Greek husband, currently in Athens (Greece), that I was surprised to see Trump dealing so diplomatically with the question on Tsipras's 2016 remarks about hoping not to have to face the evil of a Trump presidency. Of course, given that they had just been negotiating an arms deal which Greece can't afford but that will bring $billions into US coffers, I suppose it was worth it to Trump, this time, despite Tsipras being slightly further left of centre than the Democratic party.

lettuceWrap · 20/10/2017 09:13

*many years ago when I read the book

BiglyBadgers · 20/10/2017 11:38

Team trump's view of women and sex is very simple. If they are not married they should not be having sex and if they are married they should be having babies (fine Aryan Christian babies). Of course boys will be boys, so it is expected that they will have sex before marriage, which is fine, but of course only the wrong sort of women would be involved in this.

NorthCoast · 20/10/2017 13:20

'Donald Trump links UK crime rise to "radical Islamic terror", despite complete absence of evidence to support claim.'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-uk-crime-rise-radical-islamic-terror-twitter-police-us-president-no-evidence-a8010851.html

TheNorthWestPawsage · 20/10/2017 14:13

Blood level - Boiling Angry

TheNorthWestPawsage · 20/10/2017 14:17

A white American citizen shoots 600 people in Las Vegas - remind me, just what has he done about that? But he's tweeting about the crime rate in the UK.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 20/10/2017 14:23

ouias I've not been following the North Korean situation (and obv I mean through media) as closely as I used to because it seems futile in a way. I can't change it so apart from clogging up the arteries at a faster rate, I'm sticking my head in the sand. It's too exhausting playing "rhetoric or real threat" without any means to do anything about it. This isn't the grown up approach though.

thehill.com/policy/defense/356166-north-korea-warns-us-of-unimaginable-nuclear-strike

fekko bleurgh. bleurgh bleurgh bleurgh.

lettuce I know, it's pretty frightening how quickly the rights of anyone who isn't rich, white and male are being eroded.

northcoast when even the daily fail is critical of you anti-muslim sentiment, it's pretty bad

Outrage as Donald Trump blames 'Radical Islamic terror' for 13% jump in crime in England and Wales
Donald Trump tweeted: 'Not good, we must keep America safe!' in response
More than 5million crimes were reported to police in England and Wales last year
The number of sex offences reported rose by nearly 20% to 129,700 in 12 months
British MPs said Trump is talking 'nonsense' and should get his facts straight

[DM link, obv:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5000494/Outrage-Donald-blames-Radical-Islamic-terror.html ]

AcrossthePond55 · 20/10/2017 14:38

Hey all, has anyone seen anything in the 'fake' (i.e. truthful) media regarding the Senate passing the 'nuclear option' for future issues? That's where they only need 51 votes instead of the current 60.

DH swears he heard this morning that they had, but I'm unable to find anything online or on TV. I'd think it'd be big news if they had.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 20/10/2017 14:43

Only thing I could find across

NBC News‏Verified account
@NBCNews
JUST IN: Senate passes GOP budget 51-49, paving the way for tax reform.

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 20/10/2017 14:49

Im incensed that he keeps poking his nose into our crime stats and terrorist prevention

Especially as others have said as he is unable to do anything about crime in his own country

BerylStrEeek · 20/10/2017 14:57

Oh hello! I'd lost you all for about a month! I've got lots of reading to do. Can I ask your thoughts on something? Would it be an idea to ask MN for a Trump topic in Talk?

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 20/10/2017 15:06

beryl

Good lord can you imagine how happy that would make him

I dont think i want to make him happy Grin

cozietoesie · 20/10/2017 15:15

Here you go, Pain. A WaPo piece.

Budget passed

Roussette · 20/10/2017 15:52

Trump talks bullshit again. Totally wrong with his latest tweet

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cozietoesie · 20/10/2017 15:53

A Beast piece.

Go with Wilson

AcrossthePond55 · 20/10/2017 16:11

I think that's it Pain.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/senate-passes-4-trillion-budget-bill-paving-way-tax-reform-n812471

"The Senate on Thursday passed a Republican budget resolution that would pave the way to use a special procedural rule to consider tax reform later this year."

"Reconciliation is a way for the Senate to pass certain budget-related bills with only 50 votes; typical Senate procedure requires 60 votes to bypass a filibuster. The efforts to pass health care reform by reconciliation failed."

One more step along the very slippery slope to totalitarianism and plutocracy.

PerkingFaintly · 20/10/2017 16:19

Would a Trump topic be more than just this thread-chain, Beryl?

People often complain about MN having too many topics, usually sparsely populated, so it seems like unnecessary fragmentation to create yet another topic.

We've been putting "Trump" in the titles, so you should be able to find the threads OK using Advanced Search.

PerkingFaintly · 20/10/2017 16:20

Love the Halloween namechange, BTW.Grin

PerkingFaintly · 20/10/2017 16:25

Reviving Brew all round for everyone who has made it onto the thread.

PerkingFaintly · 20/10/2017 16:29

What it's like being a neo-Nazi. And then an ex-neo-Nazi. When you're gay and have a Jewish mother.

Ex-National Front organiser renounces far right and reveals he is gay: Kevin Wilshaw says he joined movement for its sense of comradeship but received abuse over his sexuality
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/18/ex-national-front-organiser-renounces-far-right-and-reveals-he-is-gay