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I Spy with My Little Eye Something Beginning with T. - Traitorous Treasonweasels in Trumptown (Trump cont'd.)

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ohmymimi · 24/05/2018 11:18

All out effort to shore up the 'Spygate' false narrative today. I see the F and F interview is pre-recorded I wonder whyWink
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PerkingFaintly · 28/05/2018 20:25

Remember this? Obama voters knew this about him before they voted.

And... Trump voters knew this about him before they voted.

Obama To Letterman: "I Was Black Before The Election"

ohmymimi · 28/05/2018 20:29

Hee, hee. Maybe Conrad identifies with his subject just a little; he does like colouring outside the lines.

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ohmymimi · 28/05/2018 20:32

That was in response to cozie.

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ohmymimi · 28/05/2018 20:50

From that Atlantic piece:

'What happens then if the country should find itself in a moment when national leadership is required? A mass-casualty terrorist attack, a natural disaster that takes many lives, a crisis that might lead to war, a war itself? Trump’s decisions are leading the country toward possible conflict in the Korean Peninsula and against Iran.'

Well, we have seen how he reacts to natural disasters. As it suits him, he virtually ignores (Calif./Hawaii); throws paper towels about, lies, then ignores (P.R.); makes a showy quick stopover which he makes all about him (Texas, Florida). School mass shootings: talks boastful rubbish; makes empty promises to the traumatised and bereaved; grandstands and panders to the NRA; does absolute minimum in prevention (bump stocks).

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cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 21:16

I imagine that he's quite exercised by Hurricane season, mimi. Wink

cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 21:17

How much did he have to repay for 'Trump University'. $25 million, was it?

cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 22:48

He's becoming edgier and edgier......

TheNorthWestPawsage · 28/05/2018 22:50

Nooooooooooooo!! Angry Sad

Donald Trump Jr: revered by the right, and building his own political base.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/28/donald-trump-jr-high-demand-conservative-groups-wary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Donald Trump Jr is a man under pressure, but also in fierce demand.

To sworn enemies of Trump World he is at the centre of everything objectionable – from alleged election campaign collusion with Russia and the Trump Organization’s pursuit of global wealth to aggressive trolling of liberals on social media.

But, in a parallel political universe, there are the millions of Americans who love him. And, away from the firestorm that is the ongoing Robert Mueller Russia investigation, the president’s eldest son is building a considerable conservative fanbase. This constituency sees him as an authentic figure with a political future – assuming he can get out from under the Mueller investigation.

He is also becoming an effective political fundraiser with the support of wealthy loyalist friends like fellow son of a billionaire Tommy Hicks Jr. And America’s millions of hunters and shooters adore him on social media and regularly exhort him to run in 2024.
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There are 11.5 million hunters in the United States and Trump Jr treats them as his constituency, along with the National Rifle Association supporters of the second amendment right to bear arms.
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Trump Jr has laughed off earlier suggestions he might run to become governor of New York. But for some observers, he has given the impression ever since he gave an antagonistic speech at the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland, that he thought he might be the next in line in a great political dynasty.

Black hair slicked back, cries of “Trump, Trump, Trump” ringing in his ears, he seemed like a more controlled version of his father – just as pugnacious, but more packaged.

annandale · 28/05/2018 22:54

Yeah.

Given that Trump has no attention span and parrots whatever the last person he spoke to says to him, he is often ridiculous as well as terrifying.

I always wondered what would come after him, though. A Trump dynasty makes a horrible kind of sense, given that all political systems seem to be vulnerable to dynastic politics over time.

cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 22:55

"But it is not all plain sailing. Many conservative groups are wary of getting too close not because of the question marks over Trump Jr, Matheson said. “Some of them are waiting for the next shoe to drop. Has he done something that’s beyond unethical or moral, has he broken laws, done things that are gonna be big issues?”

cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 22:58

And I think it .......possible.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 28/05/2018 23:01
Hmm

Melania surfaces in New York:
Secret Service has confirmed that Melania Trump has moved back to New York for the "foreseeable future" . Agents are assigned to her New York detail.
Costing us more $$$....
twitter.com/mssusanmo/status/1000940461614395392?s=21

Melania Trump Twitter Changes To ‘New York’ Location, Vanished FLOTUS Has Moved Back To City, New Rumor Claims
www.inquisitr.com/4917734/melania-trump-twitter-new-york-moves-back/

cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 23:27

That's something they'll have to quash quickly.

cozietoesie · 28/05/2018 23:31

After all, Avenatti is still circling.

AcrossthePond55 · 28/05/2018 23:36

Well, my my my! Guess Melania has woken up and smelt the stench coffee. I'm sure it'll be explained away as returning to NY for Barron to attend school there. But God, wouldn't you love it if she were to turn spiteful truthfull and give a tell all interview?

lionheart · 29/05/2018 01:19

A bigly book.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 29/05/2018 08:00

Melania news isn't being widely reported so the stories I linked to may be (gasp!) f-f-fake!
Or it's been quashed as cozie said?

cozietoesie · 29/05/2018 08:07

For interest. Ms Maddow. (Sorry about the ads.)

Roussette · 29/05/2018 08:09

But surely Barron has only just starting school in DC...
Rumours on Twitter abound, one of which is plastic surgery, another is 45 attacked her, and very many more saying she's left him. Rumour just rumour but the costs of her being in NY are astronomical

I watched a bit of Trump at Arlington. What an embarrassment. He treated it like one of his ghastly rallies to begin with. Thumbs up, pointing out people, drumming up applause for himself, even when he's just reading a speech he sounds so insincere.

cozietoesie · 29/05/2018 08:11

It's not actually being reported on the mainstream at all, NorthWest. This is one to draw your own conclusions, I think.

ohmymimi · 29/05/2018 08:23

That article about support for authoritarianism reminded me of when Jon Stewart vividly illustrated how easily Fox News anchors were prepared to tear to shreds the Constitution, tossing aside every Amendment except the Second (of course):

www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-fox-news-constitution-gun-control-boston-bomb-2013-4

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ohmymimi · 29/05/2018 08:34

I read somewhere Barron isn't at school at the moment, school hols. The New York/plastic surgery stuff has been mentioned on twitter a lot over the past few days. To be honest, that she was also being 'refreshed' was my first thought when M's extended hospital stay was mentioned, because she is so invested her appearance, and there is no lie too far for this White House.

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