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Shutdowns, military pullouts, and resignations: it’s Christmas and Trump thread 89

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TheClaws · 23/12/2018 07:09

It’s chaos in Trump’s world, more so than usual, with #TrumpResign trending in Twitter after a number of key debacles: the pull-out of US troops from Syria, the resignation of General Jim Mattis, and the shutdown of the government over Christmas due to bipartisan disagreement over wall funding. (Those are just 3 issues.) The next few weeks will be rocky.

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3442038-But-When-the-president-does-it-that-means-it-is-not-illegal-Trump-thread-LXXXVIII

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MerdedeBrexit · 23/12/2018 07:25

Thank you for the new thread, TheClaws. Glad there has not been a shutdown here.
Being slow, I have only just noticed Brett McGurk's resignation as US special presidential envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat IS, which happened on Thursday as a result of Trump's decision to bring US troops out of Syria. I feel Trump has hit the nail on the head, as usual:

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
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TheClaws · 23/12/2018 08:14

Sorry, I meant to put my previous post on this thread, so I’ll just paste it over ... (and thank you, Merdede)

And BTW - I’d like to wish everyone, contributors, lurkers or occasional readers - a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. May your futures be blessed and bright Xmas Smile

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Roussette · 23/12/2018 08:20

Thank you Claws for new thread.

Here is Stephen Colbert's Christmas cartoon 'A Very Special Counsel Christmas'. Hilarious!

www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/12/21/colberts-christmas-cartoon-mueller-appears-after-trump-fires-santa-late-night-parody/?utm_term=.11c95b48cad0

Happy Christmas to you all. Smile

OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/12/2018 08:36

Happy Christmas Claws and everyone else :)

TheNorthWestPawsage · 23/12/2018 08:50

Merry Christmas lovely people!
Thanks Claws for the new thread - will it make it through to 2019?? (Shouldn't you be Claus this week? Wink)

And to go with Merde's beautiful Christmas canine at the end of the last thread here are a few seasonal cats...
www.boredpanda.com/cats-crashing-nativity-scenes/

Shutdowns, military pullouts, and resignations: it’s Christmas and Trump thread 89
borntobequiet · 23/12/2018 08:54

Many thanks to all originators of and contributors to these wonderful threads and have a lovely Christmas break, if you are indeed having a break. Either way, Happy Holidays!

cozietoesie · 23/12/2018 09:04

Thanks, Claws.

PerkingFaintly · 23/12/2018 09:29

Merry Christmas, lovely people. Here's wishing us all and the American people a Happy New Year.Grin

And thank you for our Xmas present of a shiny new thread, TheClaws.

Lweji · 23/12/2018 09:43

Brett McGurk, who I do not know
Declaration of incompetence.

Merry Christmas!!!
And no shut downs on MN.

Lweji · 23/12/2018 09:53

Not so friendly now...

'Fox & Friends' host blasts Trump for pulling troops out of Syria: 'He said, 'President Obama is the founder of ISIS.' He just refounded ISIS.'

www.businessinsider.com/fox-and-friends-host-blasts-trump-over-syria-pullout-he-just-refounded-isis-2018-12

Never thought they'd agree with me. Shock

lionheart · 23/12/2018 10:31

Thanks Claws for an excellent festive 89.

Yes, I find the shut-down a peculiar mechanism generally ....

Happy Christmas to everyone. Smile

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Minimammoth · 23/12/2018 10:39

Thank you The Claws, and Happy Christmas to all threadies.
Or Happy Holiday as Trump businesses prefer( apparently) - Guardian article. Will try and do link thingy- not good at it. Obviously he doesn’t want to offend his Saudi customers.

Gumpendorf · 23/12/2018 11:11

Thanks Claws.

A very Happy Christmas to everyone 🎄⭐️🎄Xmas SmileXmas Grin⭐️.

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cozietoesie · 23/12/2018 11:19
Grin
lionheart · 23/12/2018 13:20

Gosh. This is quite the warm up to that piece:

'Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker have a new piece in The New York Times today that portrays our pr*sident as a puddle of fondue getting ready to evaporate into God’s blessed ether.

It will unsettle you to your bones (if you’re not already way past that point) and clearly shows that Trump is essentially one giant urine collection away from being Howard Hughes.

He rants at his advisers, calling them “fucking idiots.” He’s obsessed with the media’s criticism of him, wondering, “Why is it like this?” (Uh, because you’re president, and a horrible one at that.)

Oh, but he still loves parts of the job — namely the parts that allow him to inconvenience other Americans who are trying to get to work: “’The roads closed for me!’ he declared to friends earlier this year after a motorcade ride.”

Yeah, that’s what the president’s 6-year-old child is supposed to say — not the president himself.

Overall, you get the impression that if he were the guy changing the oil in the cruller fryer at Dunkin’ Donuts rather than the president of the United States, he would have been quietly removed months ago.'

lionheart · 23/12/2018 13:23

Do the Trump-Kushners think they can save themselves by staging a withdrawal?

lionheart · 23/12/2018 13:42

Donald J. Trump

Verified account

@realDonaldTrump
14h hours ago

'I will not be going to Florida because of the Shutdown - Staying in the White House!'

12 hours ago

'Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!'

12 hours ago

'If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in America. With me, hit hard instead by the Fake News Media. Crazy!'

11 hours ago

'When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should. Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.'

AcrossthePond55 · 23/12/2018 13:57

He's really losing it, isn't he? Perhaps we're getting closer to an Article 25? Pence would probably do it in a heartbeat, but I doubt that the Cabinet Scrotus' butt buddies will back him. If you look at the people Scrotus' has appointed, each and every one of them is gobbling at the trough. They aren't going to want to give that up.

cozietoesie · 23/12/2018 13:59

He is, I fear.

worridmum · 23/12/2018 14:00

Why can the USA government be held to ransom like this all the public / federal workers basically either having to go on unpaid leave or work for free is bloody stupid that shit would not stand anywhere in Europe or other "western" nations.

cozietoesie · 23/12/2018 14:03

It's the way they do things........

AcrossthePond55 · 23/12/2018 14:21

worrid, it's because our Founding Fathers could never conceive of someone like Scrotus being POTUS. They believed that anyone elected to the highest office in the land would be a reasonable and honourable person who had the best interests of the country at heart.

It's not that furloughs haven't happened before, they have. But TPTB would work like mad to come to a compromise and get the Govt up and running. It's that now we're faced with a POTUS who is not at all interested in compromise AND who couldn't give two shits if we all starved. He's alright, Jack, he's got his.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 23/12/2018 14:27

The fact that you say you don’t know @brett_mcgurk speaks volumes about your commitment to fighting ISIS @realDonaldTrump. Why don’t you know the man who has done more than any civilian to degrade ISIS? I can assure you @BarackObama knows him well.
twitter.com/ambassadorrice/status/1076682890782691328?s=21

It also indicates how many ISIS briefings @potus actually received or paid attn to bc Brett should have been the one giving them. Either POTUS never got them, doesn't remember them or is just ok messaging that he doesn't know his own envoy because he's upset Brett is leaving.
twitter.com/sam_vinograd/status/1076837378772340736?s=21

💥BOOM💥 Erdogan Called on Trump to Fire Special Envoy Brett McGurk in May 2017... I guess Trump knew who he was after all...
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-18/turkey-calls-on-trump-to-fire-obama-appointed-anti-is-envoy
twitter.com/kelly2277/status/1076679877598814208?s=21