Donald Trump Presidency discussion Thread VIII (threadbanned users listed in OP)

Itssoeasy

Honestly since the Second World War the Russians in its various forms have wanted to undermine the United States and in trump, putin got better value on his return than Manchester United got when they signed Peter Schmeichel from bronby. Donald Trump has seemingly gone out of his way to excuse Russia’s malign activities for reasons currently unknown for certain. The Helsinki press conference mess was the first time that it was apparent to me that Russia had something on Trump.

aloyisious

A dated story from circa 03 Nov last which may have no basis in fact and be pure wishful dreaming/speculation has shown up online claiming that Deutsche Bank may seize Trump assets equal to the sum he owes the bank in loans to the tune of US$340 Million if he loses the race. An earlier Reuters link from 2 months back mentioned the bank looking at its options. I hadn't seen or read this before now and am asking if anyone here saw it floating around last month, pre election day?

Itssoeasy

aloyisious wrote: »

A dated story from circa 03 Nov last which may have no basis in fact and be pure wishful dreaming/speculation has shown up online claiming that Deutsche Bank may seize Trump assets equal to the sum he owes the bank in loans to the tune of US$340 Million if he loses the race. An earlier Reuters link from 2 months back mentioned the bank looking at its options. I hadn't seen or read this before now and am asking if anyone here saw it floating around last month, pre election day?

I remember the considering their options story.


And I see that the wunderkind himself Jared is supposed to have set up a shell company which paid Mike Pompeos nephew of all people from campaign funds which might be why the trump campaign seemed very low on money at points during the campaign.

aloyisious

aloyisious wrote: »

Agree with this as he's a loose cannon at the best of times. I can't see Putin wanting him around in his backyard with that habit, it'd be disastrous for Putin with the Russian opposition using Trump as a cudgel against him, and Trump's enemies in and out of politics would have a field day.

He wouldn't be allowed do 99% of what he does online now if he was in Russia, he'd be told to sit in the corner and stfu or face the consequences.
Also it's looking like his personal Twitter account may actually be banned/sanctioned once his term is up, as he'll lose the protection of their world leaders policy and it's not like his tweets don't break the terms of service. That would leave him with Facebook who might well follow Twitter and redneck Facebook as platforms, apart from the other cesspits some of his fans prefer like bitchute, but the latter is a bit to much work for him.

Igotadose

DubInMeath wrote: »

He wouldn't be allowed do 99% of what he does online now if he was in Russia, he'd be told to sit in the corner and stfu or face the consequences.
Also it's looking like his personal Twitter account may actually be banned/sanctioned once his term is up, as he'll lose the protection of their world leaders policy. That would leave him with Facebook who might well follow Twitter and redneck Facebook as platforms, apart from the other cesspits some of his fans prefer like bitchute, but the latter is a bit to much work for him.

He's not going anywhere unless he ends up physically in jail. He'll be worth too much to someone to trot him out there. Heck, he'll probably have a ghostwritten (cough) column if he *did* end up in jail. We have him forever. That's how it'll work, unfortunately, it's the USA and money talks.

My guess is he'll end up in Mar-a-Lago eventually, he'll get his backers to buy off whoever is complaining.

Igotadose

In related news, apparently there was a stormy meeting at the WH where Trump proposed crazy Sidney Powell as special counsel to the WH to investigate election fraud. For once, Trump sycophants like Rudy, Meadows, Cipollone and others pushed back hard on it.
Ex-con Michael Flynn was present, he already called for the army to rerun the election. But, it seems like less insane heads prevailed, So, it might not happen. But, amazing that 60+ million Americans are o.k. with this:

link

It's behind a paywall, here's a few extracts:

"Translate
In a meeting at the White House on Friday, President Trump weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to investigate voter fraud.

President Trump on Friday discussed naming Sidney Powell, who as a lawyer for his campaign team unleashed conspiracy theories about a Venezuelan plot to rig voting machines in the United States, to be a special counsel overseeing an investigation of voter fraud, according to two people briefed on the discussion."

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Ms. Powell's client, retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser whom the president recently pardoned, was also there, two of the people briefed on the meeting said. Some senior administration officials drifted in and out of the meeting.

During an appearance on the conservative Newsmax channel this week, Mr. Flynn pushed for Mr. Trump to impose martial law and deploy the military to "rerun" the election. At one point in the meeting on Friday, Mr. Trump asked about that idea.

Ms. Powell's ideas were shot down by every other Trump adviser present, all of whom repeatedly pointed out that she had yet to back up her claims with proof. At one point, one person briefed on the meeting said, she produced several affidavits, but upon inspection they were all signed by a man she has previously used as an expert witness, whose credentials have been called into question.

The White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, and the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, repeatedly and aggressively pushed back on the ideas being proposed, which went beyond the special counsel idea, those briefed on the meeting said."

....

(CT nonsense from Powell isn't going away):
"Dominion officials have demanded that Ms. Powell retract her claims. The Trump campaign on Saturday sent a memo to campaign officials telling them to preserve documents related to Ms. Powell and Dominion in case of legal action by the company against Ms. Powell, according to a report by CNN that a campaign official confirmed."

Gunmonkey

Igotadose wrote: »

(CT nonsense from Powell isn't going away):
"Dominion officials have demanded that Ms. Powell retract her claims. The Trump campaign on Saturday sent a memo to campaign officials telling them to preserve documents related to Ms. Powell and Dominion in case of legal action by the company against Ms. Powell, according to a report by CNN that a campaign official confirmed."

I dunno, but that sounds suspiciously like Powells about to be shoved under the bus if Dominion presses charges. Notice it says "related to Ms. Powell and Dominion", not the "elite strike force"/Trump team and Dominion.

So it seems Trump is slowly running out of bodies to throw in the way of incoming fire.

Igotadose

Gunmonkey wrote: »

I dunno, but that sounds suspiciously like Powells about to be shoved under the bus if Dominion presses charges. Notice it says "related to Ms. Powell and Dominion", not the "elite strike force"/Trump team and Dominion.

So it seems Trump is slowly running out of bodies to throw in the way of incoming fire.

About a month to go till the s**tshow is over. Plenty of opportunity for mischief. Seems that they're executing the first woman in 70+ years (since Ethel Rosenberg): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/lisa-montgomery-execution.html

What a great administration. All about killing people.

bad2dabone

Igotadose wrote: »

About a month to go till the s**tshow is over. Plenty of opportunity for mischief. Seems that they're executing the first woman in 70+ years (since Ethel Rosenberg): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/lisa-montgomery-execution.html

What a great administration. All about killing people.

And the death penalty was pushed hard for Ethel Rosenberg by Trump's mentor and massive piece of **** human Roy Cohn

Capt'n Midnight

Gunmonkey wrote: »

If Putin was smart (and he is not a dumb man, watch some of his interviews, he is sharp as hell) he would be better poised to distance himself 100% from Trump,

Maybe Putin will leak the evidence that it was the Chinese pushing the buttons all the time

Capt'n Midnight

Water John wrote: »

Countdown for this thread. It will be redundant, one month from tomorrow.

It will be relevant as long new allegations and evidence keep surfacing.

Right now Trump and the GOP are keeping the lid on as many things as possible.

If Trump doesn't hand out enough pardons it's likely that some will turn state's evidence in any future inquiry.

And then there's the civil cases.

And the legacy of Trump's policies.

salmocab

Igotadose wrote: »

About a month to go till the s**tshow is over. Plenty of opportunity for mischief. Seems that they're executing the first woman in 70+ years (since Ethel Rosenberg): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/lisa-montgomery-execution.html

What a great administration. All about killing people.

What’s with the executions all of a sudden? Is it purely to push the law and order narrative or is there something else.

Igotadose

salmocab wrote: »

What’s with the executions all of a sudden? Is it purely to push the law and order narrative or is there something else.

Gotta keep the faithful riled up. Probably a campaign promise

Headshot

Trump blaming China for the hack where as everyone in the Intelligence community blames Russia

Russia really must have something big on Trump

aloyisious

Igotadose wrote: »

In related news, apparently there was a stormy meeting at the WH where Trump proposed crazy Sidney Powell as special counsel to the WH to investigate election fraud. For once, Trump sycophants like Rudy, Meadows, Cipollone and others pushed back hard on it.
Ex-con Michael Flynn was present, he already called for the army to rerun the election. But, it seems like less insane heads prevailed, So, it might not happen. But, amazing that 60+ million Americans are o.k. with this:

link

Ms. Powell's client, retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser whom the president recently pardoned, was also there, two of the people briefed on the meeting said. Some senior administration officials drifted in and out of the meeting.

The White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, and the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, repeatedly and aggressively pushed back on the ideas being proposed, which went beyond the special counsel idea, those briefed on the meeting said."

(CT nonsense from Powell isn't going away):
"Dominion officials have demanded that Ms. Powell retract her claims. The Trump campaign on Saturday sent a memo to campaign officials telling them to preserve documents related to Ms. Powell and Dominion in case of legal action by the company against Ms. Powell, according to a report by CNN that a campaign official confirmed."

If it wasn't for the contrary-to-U.S-national-interests actions of Trump and the public suggestion from Flynn a week ago that martial-law be declared so a re-run of the election could take place, it would have seemed possible that a crazy story mind-f***ery distraction campaign was being run by the White House. The Powell-for-Special-Counsel storyline beggars belief. I didn't know Flynn was her client. How those two people are allowed any role as players in the Trump White House team is beyond me.

aloyisious

Bloomberg News is reporting that Bill Barr has said he has no plans to appoint a special counsel to take over the federal investigation into Hunter Biden tax affairs and he believes Russia is behind the latest hack into the US Govt. It seems he is taking a different position on both issues to that of Trump. I had forgotten that he doesn't hand over the job as A.G until after Christmas. I'd like to think that Barr is setting out structured guidelines for his successor to follow on how to sideline Trump's instructions until the 20th Jan.

serfboard

aloyisious wrote: »

I'd like to think that Barr is setting out structured guidelines for his successor to follow on how to sideline Trump's instructions until the 20th Jan.

Now that he is on the way out, Barr is trying to pretend that he is nothing like the partisan hack that we all know he is.

Itssoeasy

aloyisious wrote: »

Bloomberg News is reporting that Bill Barr has said he has no plans to appoint a special counsel to take over the federal investigation into Hunter Biden tax affairs and he believes Russia is behind the latest hack into the US Govt. It seems he is taking a different position on both issues to that of Trump. I had forgotten that he doesn't hand over the job as A.G until after Christmas. I'd like to think that Barr is setting out structured guidelines for his successor to follow on how to sideline Trump's instructions until the 20th Jan.

Would it matter if he did ? Guidelines and norms mean the square root of **** all to the trump administration. Although bill Barr is doing some reputation saving which is cynical but if it stops trump setting up a special counsel(which he can’t do himself btw) then good.


I do also think it’s funny(is that the word ?) that member of the GOP are rushing to get the Covid vaccine like lads after a night out getting a chips and curry yet for months they’ve downplayed this virus.

aloyisious

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Would it matter if he did ? Guidelines and norms mean the square root of **** all to the trump administration. Although bill Barr is doing some reputation saving which is cynical but if it stops trump setting up a special counsel(which he can’t do himself btw) then good.


I do also think it’s funny(is that the word ?) that member of the GOP are rushing to get the Covid vaccine like lads after a night out getting a chips and curry yet for months they’ve downplayed this virus.

It's obvious that Barr is trying to build a wall between him and Trump but due to his unwavering loyalty to him since he was appointed, it's like building a sandcastle on the beach as the tide is coming in.

Those now seeking the jab seem to have waited for Pence to go first before getting inoculated themselves, not willing to be the first to step past Trump for the cure. I'll wait and see if Trump will be on TV next getting the jab, probably not as he's already had treatment which he might think has the same effect, due to his knowledge of medication.

About two weeks ago, the heart surgeon Trump has on his Admin team [a non-medical appointment] gave a media statement about the treatment he took after he was infected by Covid-19. He told the media that he had taken the treatment recommended by Trump's pillow-empire pal, one NOT recommended by Admin medics, and was happy with the outcome. He ended by saying he had also got the treatment given to Trump at Walter Reed when he fell ill some months ago now.

aloyisious

It would appear that Trump and the lawyer removed from the Trump Campaign legal team for holding reportedly extreme views have met again in the White House for more discussions on the idea of overturning the election result through "legal" means. It's best for the U.S that Trump will hold true to his nature and reveal publicly via twitter what they actually said to each other on the options they see as open to them so that responsible persons can take action through constitutional ways to have him stood aside and his V/P inserted into the presidency for the short remainder of their term of office.

There's no point in unidentified people leaking from within the Admin on snippets of the alleged conversations between him and her as they are unverified. Once verified voluntarily by Trump, the former general and Trump's personal legal agent, along with the other legal person involved in the options discussions should be taken in for interview by the FBI, preferably by directive of the A.G. If that was done, the interim president would probably decline, for his own sake, to issue any pardons to the four persons, incl Trump, for any crimes or high misdemeanours they may have committed under federal law/s.

Overheal

We have to fight the Covid where the Covid lives: In the moisture. Set sail, US Navy! Your Covid Bill stimulus cheque is coming!



Everytime I hear about things like this it's like, buying tanks we will never use because we're too stupid or chicken**** to adapt to the reality we need more flexible up/down manufacturing when we're already armed to the gills. How could the military possibly need more money unless the answer is Aliens.

sliabh 1956

I see that even Newsmax have now retracted their bogus elections claims no doubt due to litigation fears from Dominion and Smartmatic this follows on from Fox doing the same. And yet most Republicans still maintain the election was stolen there is no talking to these people alas

VinLieger

I have to say i am loving the reactions on places like r/conservative to the paltry $600 being doled out in the stimulus package, they all of a sudden are shocked the people they voted for that publicly talk about their hate for government welfare aren't helping them with government welfare.....

serfboard

Overheal wrote: »

How could the military possibly need more money unless the answer is Aliens corporate welfare for the arms industry.

FYP.

serfboard

VinLieger wrote: »

they all of a sudden are shocked the people they voted for that publicly talk about their hate for government welfare aren't helping them with government welfare.....

Non-rich Republican voters have no idea how much their politicians despise them.

But then, poor-hating isn't confined to America. There'd be plenty of Irish people who would also subscribe to that point of view

duploelabs

serfboard wrote: »

Non-rich Republican voters have no idea how much their politicians despise them.

But then, poor-hating isn't confined to America. There'd be plenty of Irish people who would also subscribe to that point of view

I think a comparison could be made between the tories and the DUP

VinLieger

serfboard wrote: »

Non-rich Republican voters have no idea how much their politicians despise them.

But then, poor-hating isn't confined to America. There'd be plenty of Irish people who would also subscribe to that point of view

Its more than that they espouse a hate for socialism etc but then beg for it from their own party when it suits them and cannot understand when they dont get it. The mix ignorance, selfishness and cognitive dissonance republican voters are capable of will never cease to amaze me.

serfboard

VinLieger wrote: »

Its more than that they espouse a hate for socialism etc but then beg for it from their own party when it suits them and cannot understand when they dont get it. The mix ignorance, selfishness and cognitive dissonance republican voters are capable of will never cease to amaze me.

Paul Krugman is of the opinion that they see welfare as something that balck people get and that's a lot of what they hate about it.

But "Government support programmes"? Sure that's not welfare at all, at all.

Thargor

The final autopsy on 4 Seasons Total Landscaping... You just could not script this stuff, political satire is dead after Trump:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/four-seasons-total-landscaping-the-full-est-possible-story.html

aloyisious

Monday 21 Dec 2020. When Pat Robertson says it’s time to say to Trump “you’ve had your day and it’s time to move on.” you get to sense the wheels have come off the wagon. On Monday, Robertson said, “With all his talent and the ability to raise money and grow large crowds, the president still lives in an alternate reality. He really does. People say, ‘Well, he lies about this, that, and the other.’ No, he isn’t lying. To him, that’s the truth.”

Robertson added Trump shouldn’t run in 2024, saying such a move would be a “mistake” and a “sideshow.” Robertson commended Trump on the economy, but made a point of highlighting false claims Trump made over the years and said, “He is very erratic and he’s fired people and he’s fought people and he’s insulted people… It’s a mixed bag.”

Compare that with, In October, Robertson saying that God told him that Trump was going to win.

In November, he prayed to God that He would stop Satan from making people believe that Biden had won the election.

Then earlier this month, he prayed for a so-called miracle which would swing the election to Trump.

And finally, when Texas took that ridiculous lawsuit to the Supreme Court, Robertson claimed that it was a miracle of God's doing.