least. He doesn't like the press because they fact check his statements and he's not accustomed to that. Every time Comrade Drump talks, he either lies or is given false information (alt facts). After watching him rant and rave, IMO he should start seeing a therapist or maybe a team of therapists and fire who ever is givings him all the screwball alt facts he quotes. Not sure Comrade Drump will make it for 4 years.
Comrade Drump is also burning his bridges behind him and insulting the very people he will need to pass any meaningful legislation. He keeps blaming HRC and the Democrats for leaks from his WH. He also blames the Democrats for slowing down approval of his cabinet nomination when in fact it's the Republicans that are voting against them. These billionaires didn't submit all the necessary paperwork and it's their fault, not the Democrats.
I got a large charge out it! It's about time someone has the guts to stand up to the jerks.
Give Obama credit for signing EOs.
They deserved a good ass chewing and they got it. They are supposed to report the news, not spew Commie / Socialist propaganda
he does his share- whine away
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He doesn't have Hillary any more - though he remains obsessed with the election, which is beyond weird for someone who won - so he attacks the media.
The raw, unrelenting condescension for these people is amazing. You saw solid professionalism out there today.
Here are a couple of my favorite lines from what was easily the craziest presidential press conference in American history:
"I won. I won. And the other thing, chaos because zero chaos. We are running - this is a fine-tuned machine and Reince happens to be doing a good job but half of his job is putting out lies by the press."
"We had Hillary Clinton give Russia 20 percent of the uranium in our country. You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things. Nobody talks about that."
"And I can tell you one thing about a briefing that we’re allowed to say because anybody that ever read the most basic book can say it, nuclear holocaust would be like no other."
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...and that the serious policy-making is not his charge. He DOES, make the ultimate decision, but the leg-work is done by others.
Tillerson will handle Russia
Pompeo will handle the IC leaks to the press, along with Coats, once he is approved.
The Donald is a man that delegates.
He has Pence to deal with the fringe elements of his cabinet. (e.g. Bannon)
Mnunchin will deal with the economy.
The one area that he WILL manage, hands on, is the media. He revels in that.
Hope and Change Part Deux.
More so even then Flynn.
And there is also junior Goebbels, Miller.
All reports pit the ideologues (Bannon, Miller, Flynn [ha!]) against the arch conservative policy wonks (Priebus and Pence) against the family (sons and son-in-law).
Lots of administrations are like this, especially at first.
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Link: Good synopsis
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it's roll out was a complete clusterfuck.
The Flynn thing was also a clusterfuck.
Everything else is TBA.
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I guess you picked out the two worst things:
The immigration EO: I guess it could have been better implemented, but his goal was admirable. It probably would have gone better if he could get his cabinet approved. People were actively trying to sabotage his efforts, from lower employees to the acting attorney general. I have to think that the lines of communications from the top to the people enforcing it were not that good. Also, it is hard to fight a legal battle when your attorney general won't recognize you as the legitimately elected president, and your lead attorneys are recusing themselves at the last minute.
Flynn: Him talking to the Russians was not a problem to me. It wasn't illegal, and that kind of stuff happens with every administration, especially if the relationships already existed. The hiding it from Pence was bad. But, Flynn is gone now. Problem solved.
Granted, there may be worse things under the hood. You assume they are there, and you can say, "I told you so!" if they do turn out to be there. I'm not saying those things aren't there. I'm just saying I can't get excited about things that may or may not be there. I know it infuriates you when I say this, but I will just wait and see.
Trump and Flynn were private citizens. According to the constitution, private citizens cannot make deals with foreign countries which is what Flynn tried to do. He should be prosecuted but Sessions won't do it.
The rest is window dressing right now.
I liked these things:
- The EO instructing agencies that whenever they introduce a regulation, they must first abolish two others. -- I won't hold my breath, but I like the concept.
- The immigration EO had an admirable goal. A new one comes out next week.
- The stripping of federal grant money from sanctuary cities, hiring agents and reinstating border enforcement partnerships...all good.
- Revival of the pipeline...good (with an addendum for them to use US steel...brilliant, if legal)
- Expediting the environmental permit and manufacturing permit processes...perfect. Need more of this.
- Reinstating Reagan's ban on funding of abortions in foreign countries. Perfect.
- Government worker hiring freeze. Good.
- Appointments/Staff: Gorsuch, obviously. I liked Devos and Tellerson and the EPA guy and a few other appointments. Not a huge fan of Sessions, but he may be fine. I never really liked Flynn when he was a commentator on Fox. The only thing I really know about Bannon is that Shapiro hates him, and I kind of like Shapiro.
- The lobby ban is probably a good thing.
- All the companies looking to stay in the US is good (Intel, Chrysler, GM, and many others...even foreign companies).
- The 30 day military readiness review is good...probably a precursor to some moves for efficiencies. If he starts a boondoggle buildup, I will not be happy.
- Sanctions on Iran are good. First time that has happened for the UN resolutions.
Questionable:
- TPP withdrawal. I don't know enough about that.
- Easing the regulatory burdens of Obamacare. I don't know if they should ease anything until they decide to repeal it. But, if they can give exemptions to conservative organizations, that would be good, because Obama did that for liberal organizations.
- Enforcing the drug laws again...probably a good thing.
And the two outs were big whiffs.
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Overall, I'd say the good outweighs the negative so far. Granted, if it turns out that he's the Manchurian Candidate (or whatever, I never saw the movie), then we may have problems. I'm hoping to get 2 Supreme Court justices out of him. Anything else is gravy.
I don't see how you can think his initiatives to reduce regulations isn't a major item. No other president of either party would do that. Only he would. I've often said we should reset the regulations back to the W.J.Clinton days. He won't take us back to that, but anything he does in that direction is a total positive.
Other than she saved us from Trump, I doubt I would be offering much praise of HRC if she had gotten in.
That's what good CEO's do. They pick good people. They let those good people do good work, and they decide issues after those good people brief the CEO on the pros and cons of each issue. That's what I hoped he will be.
He's not an idealogue, he is an executive. He can't sit and talk intelligently for an hour about the GOP position on specific issues like Pence can. Pence has been living those principles all his life, but Trump had to learn many of those principles for the very first time during the election. Trump just wants to make smart decisions, and run the country like a business. So far, so good, I think--no evidence of any illegalities yet. They may take him down yet, though. He is a not a career politician. And if they find him breaking the law, it could get ugly.
And if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....
The guy is a moron. A very confident moron.
God help us if we have a big crisis.
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liked.
This guy is just insane.
But it's not a job requirement.
You can be a delegator but sane and stable, like Ike and Reagan
Or you can be unstable, chaotic, and sound like a moron ala Donnie.
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