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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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cozietoesie · 31/12/2018 21:26

Thanks, lion. Grin

lionheart · 31/12/2018 21:35

apnews.com/cccb88fb7cde46ce96b95dfd6c28c012?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP_Politics&utm_source=Twitter

WASHINGTON (AP) — 'House Democrats are introducing a package of bills Monday that would re-open the federal government without approving funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico, establishing an early confrontation that will test the new power dynamic in Washington.'

Natsku · 31/12/2018 21:37

I've not been on the threads for ages because too depressing and too much brain needed for here but just want to wish you all a happy new year and keep on persisting.

cozietoesie · 31/12/2018 21:42

Hang around, Natsku. Smile

PerkingFaintly · 31/12/2018 21:56

Is it 2019 yet where you are, Natsku?

Have a Wine anyway.

lionheart · 31/12/2018 22:25

Happy New Year Natsku. Smile

Natsku · 31/12/2018 22:42

Yeah it's 2019 here now. Will try to hang around now I'm finally getting a bit better sleep so brain is working a bit better. Have missed the threads.

lionheart · 31/12/2018 23:59

Happy New Year to everyone. 2019 will be quite something ...

PerkingFaintly · 01/01/2019 00:16

Happy New Year in GMT!

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TheClaws · 01/01/2019 00:51

Happy New Year everyone 🎉 May our 2019 be a wonderful one!

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AcrossthePond55 · 01/01/2019 00:55

Hey, wait for me!!!! (It's not even 5 pm here yet!)

The only thing I'm looking forward to in 2019 is being able to say on 21 January that this nightmare is more than half over (even if only by a day)!

Roussette · 01/01/2019 01:52

Happy New Year everyone! Been out, drank too much fizz, talked nonsense but no politics .... lovely!

May everything you wish for come true, wishing all the best to everyone on these threads #Resist! Smile

Gumpendorf · 01/01/2019 08:44

Happy New Year everyone.

I hope 2019 brings us a light of goodness at the end of the Trump tunnel.

I'm looking forward to the Pelosi speakership. I've never understood why she's such a divisive figure (Twitter is just 😱) but now realise, like HRC, it's just sheer misogyny. Go Nancy!

Gumpendorf · 01/01/2019 08:48

Joint statement from Schumer and Pelosi

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Roussette · 01/01/2019 09:25

That's telling 'im!

And from the divine Miss M....

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It’s New Year’s Eve, and Donald is spending time with the people who mean the most to him: Fox News interviewers.

Lweji · 01/01/2019 11:14

I hope it's New Year virtually everywhere now, so a very Happy and Hopeful New Year.

Lweji · 01/01/2019 11:22

Because it's New Year.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 01/01/2019 13:00

Happy New Year, persisters!

Minimammoth · 01/01/2019 13:37

Happy New Year to you all, thank you for all the interesting articles and keeping my mind off brexit.

Gumpendorf · 01/01/2019 15:36

www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/trump-indictment-2019.html

2019- The Year of the Wolves

^Trump doesn’t recognize, understand or respect institutional authority. He only understands personal power. He sees every conflict as a personal conflict in which he destroys or gets destroyed.
When the indictments come down, Trump won’t play by the rules. He’ll seek to delegitimize those rules. He’ll seek to delegitimize our legal institutions. He’ll personalize every indictment, slander every prosecutor. He’ll seek to destroy the edifice of law in order to save himself.
We know the language he’ll use. It will be the anti-establishment, anti-institutional language that has been coursing through the left and right for the past few decades: The establishment is corrupt, the game is rigged, the elites are out to get you.
At that point congressional leaders will face the defining choice of their careers: Where does their ultimate loyalty lie, to the Constitution or to their party?^

Gumpendorf · 01/01/2019 17:02

there's a kickstarter appeal for further investigation into Trump's mental health,lion
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1156678616/unfit-malignant-narcissism-comes-to-wash-dc-very-b