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Reach for the stars, sun, moon or Mars. Trump thread 94

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lionheart · 07/06/2019 22:27

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-07/trump-s-tariffs-have-wiped-out-most-families-tax-cut-gains

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Lweji · 17/06/2019 20:29

Who'd have guessed that trickle down economics doesn't quite work?

www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/15/job-losses-trump-tax-cut-at-t-general-motors-wells-fargo

TheClaws · 18/06/2019 00:56

Homan’s answer is a bit off. Serve “him”? Uh-uh. Not unless he was some type of emperor or king or - dictator.

Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs
#AmericaFirst– Tom Homan: “This past week I said I haven’t accepted the job yet because it needs to be structured a certain way to be successful. I have never said no to
@RealDonaldTrump
. I came back from retirement to serve him.” #MAGA #Dobbs

TheClaws · 18/06/2019 01:14

MY STATE CHANNEL IS RIGGED!

... seriously though, if he is beginning to not accept even these stats publicly, this is the road to his not accepting an election result.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
21m21 minutes ago
More
.@FoxNews Polls are always bad for me. They were against Crooked Hillary also. Something weird going on at Fox. Our polls show us leading in all 17 Swing States. For the record, I didn’t spend 30 hours with @abcnews, but rather a tiny fraction of that. More Fake News @BretBaier

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 18/06/2019 13:29

I have looked at (the ones the press have bothered to print of) these "new images" which have been declassified, and to me they show that there was a boat, on some water, possibly with Iranians on it, and there there was a boat, on some water, near a large grey ship after dark. Oh, and that at some point a large grey ship had a hole in it as well as some patches on its hull. And that there was what is said to be a mine on a ship's hull. Each of these was a discrete image, with none of the other images in shot, and there is no evidence that they were taken within a thousand miles of each other, or within ten years of each other, apart from a timeline provided by American intelligence with no supporting evidence.

There is absolutely nothing which shows that these things are linked in any way. It's like "and here to prove it is the very cat it happened to" as the clincher to a tall story.

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 18/06/2019 18:41

If all sides in Yemen “conscripted or enlisted children into armed forces or groups and used them to participate actively in hostilities”, that really ought to mean the US (as one of the sides in Yemen) cannot receive US aid, training and weapons unless the president issues full or partial waivers of those sanctions based on “national interest”....

Ooops.

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PerkingFaintly · 18/06/2019 20:53

Interesting article about the Mercers, lionheart.

Although it does seem to hang rather a lot on the idea the Mercers' feelings are hurt, and they don't like public criticism.

Seriously?

Father and daughter are billionaires who like to reach down and play with the little people from their Mount Olympus... but now they're pulling back because their feelings got hurt?

Mm.

lionheart · 18/06/2019 21:53

I'm wondering where they are 'reinvesting' their feelings.

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cozietoesie · 18/06/2019 21:54

I'm not sure about it either, Perking. Wink

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cozietoesie · 18/06/2019 22:02

I doubt they will, lion. 😀

PerkingFaintly · 18/06/2019 22:38

I'm wondering where they are 'reinvesting' their feelings.

Well exactly...

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cozietoesie · 19/06/2019 00:13

Have any GOP reps come up with a 'plan' yet? (To beat off the Klobuchar plan.)

lionheart · 19/06/2019 06:43

That's a very good question but I don't think so. Not sure they think they need one, do they? Or, more precisely, they can't have one unless it comes from on high and is something that can be defended in five words or less. 'A big plan, the best ...'

Judging by the latest rally, it's still the same show: "Lock her up!"

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lionheart · 19/06/2019 06:45

Or:

John Catsimatidis Jr

@johncatsjr
5h5 hours ago

'Why I’m voting for Donald Trump in 2020:

  • 4 million+ new jobs
  • 400 miles of Wall Built
  • 450,000 new manufactuing jobs
  • Biggest tax cuts in history
  • Median household income highest ever
  • 3.9 million Americans off food stamps'
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lionheart · 19/06/2019 06:50

time.com/5609279/pompeo-lawsuit-trump-putin-notes/

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lionheart · 19/06/2019 07:18

www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/18/1865610/-Orlando-wants-money-upfront-after-Trump-stiffs-cities-on-campaign-rally-bills

www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-abc-interview-foreign-interference-849062/

'Please Stop Thinking This Will Be a Fair Election

President Trump declared his willingness to betray the country, and Republicans are ready to help.'

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TheClaws · 19/06/2019 07:26

That rally was so ... boring. He simply repeats everything he’s already said at previous rallies. There wasn’t any policy in that speech; nothing unique, nor groundbreaking. His supporters must be mush-minded zombies to keep turning up and continue clapping and think, this is amazing! I’ll vote for this! Nothing wrong here!

One of the things he said related to supposed Democrat sourness after their 2016 election loss (leading, he believes, to his “witch-hunt). These words may haunt him.

Ryan Saavedra @RealSaavedra
President Donald Trump on the 2020 election: “This election is a verdict on whether we want to live in a country where the people will lose an election refuse to concede and spend the next two years trying to shred our Constitution and rip your country apart.”

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 19/06/2019 12:17

I think I may be being stupid, but I cannot find anywhere with any evidence of any kind that Trump's administration has built 400 miles of border wall. The highest number of miles built that I can find is 38, and there seems to be dispute about how many of those are just rebuilding of existing fence or wall.

Where is this information?