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tigger123 · 26-01-2017 11:42PM

ricero wrote: »

Theresa May seems a fantastic diplomat. Lets hope her and the donald build a strong relationship as does Enda when he goes over for paddys day

She's unable to achieve anything in her negotiations with the EU, so I fail to see how she's a fantastic diplomat. She wanted a soft Brexit but England are being told to lump it.

I really dont get the impression they know themselves where the UK is going. Wholle thing's a mess.

fryup · 26-01-2017 11:42PM

josip wrote: »

Can somebody please confirm that there's not a sniff of Irish ancestry in Donald Trump and that we'll be spared a visit?

no thank god,

cause i hate it when the irish brown nose american presidents

26-01-2017 11:45PM

With a bit of luck Theresa may actually calm Trump down a bit.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38747979
Theresa May has told US Republicans the UK and America must "stand up for our interests" but cannot return to "failed" interventionist policies.
She said the days of intervening in countries to "remake the world in our own image" were over but warned against standing by "when the threat is real".
She also said the UK and US must "renew the special relationship for this new age" and "lead together, again".
Mrs May's speech comes ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump.

Woodville56 · 26-01-2017 11:53PM

Deleted User wrote: »

With a bit of luck Theresa may actually calm Trump down a bit.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38747979
Theresa May has told US Republicans the UK and America must "stand up for our interests" but cannot return to "failed" interventionist policies.
She said the days of intervening in countries to "remake the world in our own image" were over but warned against standing by "when the threat is real".
She also said the UK and US must "renew the special relationship for this new age" and "lead together, again".
Mrs May's speech comes ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump.

Translated - you lick my ass and I'll lick yours !

fryup · 26-01-2017 11:57PM

why is he insisting on mexico paying for the wall??

i mean its his idea...so what his reasoning behind it??

Akrasia · 26-01-2017 11:58PM

fryup wrote: »

why is he insisting on mexico paying for the wall??

i mean its his idea...so what his reasoning behind it??

He said it once, people cheered, so he said it again.... Now it's official US policy

Lackey · 27-01-2017 12:05AM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Amidst all the noise today I think the most worrisome was Trump's pick for ambassador to the EU predicting the end of the Euro within 18 months and further disintegration of the Union. While there is nothing new in this kind of chatter, the fact that it's coming from a senior official in the US is troubling.

While Europe is worried about Russian interference in elections, we should also be concerned about US undermining European democracy and its institutions. It's not like the US doesn't have form in this area.

The politicians of Europe don't need any help from Russia, USA, or anyone else,to destroy Europe.
They are doing a bang up job of that all by themselves.

Akrasia · 27-01-2017 12:10AM

Lackey wrote: »

The politicians of Europe don't need any help from Russia, USA, or anyone else,to destroy Europe.
They are doing a bang up job of that all by themselves.

What is the purpose of this comment?

That Europe is screwed anyway, so a little bit of espionage from the new US Russian coalition doesn't matter?

alchemist33 · 27-01-2017 12:19AM

Akrasia wrote: »

He said it once, people cheered, so he said it again.... Now it's official US policy

Yeah, but why does he think Mexico should pay for it? And them refusing to cage their own citizens shows a lack of respect to the US?

Skylinehead · 27-01-2017 12:30AM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Yeah, but why does he think Mexico should pay for it? And them refusing to cage their own citizens shows a lack of respect to the US?

That's the reason. It's a soundbite. It stuck. I actually don't think there's anything of substance beyond that.

bodice ripper · 27-01-2017 12:39AM

Woodville56 wrote: »

If he does come, I expect the numbers protesting will well exceed the lickspittles waving American flags.

I think there will probably be not inconsiderable protests if Trump visits anywhere in Europe...

_Whimsical_ · 27-01-2017 12:51AM

I watched all of Teresa May's speech and thought she did great. It was very much the language of diplomacy, it didn't confront Trump or all of his policies directly but it certainly did so indirectly.

I think she was aiming to remind of what had made America great in the past, their pivotal role in international conflicts, and leave them something greater to aspire to than the present isolationist outlook. She stressed how it was the birthplace of liberal thought and that it's doctrine of equality and freedom for all were internationally admired. I definitely felt she was underlining them as they are under siege right now.

She directly warned of caution with the Russian relationship, said she hoped for support for small countries feeling threatened by the prospect of Russian invasion (Trump is on record saying "I don't care about Ukraine"), praised NATO, even praised the EU.

She got a lot in there and it was very well received by her audience. I doubt any of it was what Trump wanted to hear. I think she raised the tone, hopefully her presence will give Trump a taste of politics on a world stage and what might be expected of him, I don't think he's a man who'll be comfortable coming up short in the face of someone more capable.

He's going to attend a press conference tomorrow after their meeting where he'll have his first taste of the UK press. I imagine it'll be a shock to his fragile ego, they'll certainly be less reverential that the US press core tend to be. It'll be interesting to see how he handles it, so far I haven't seen him confronted on his own level by anyone he couldn't quieten with abuse.

BabyCheeses · 27-01-2017 12:53AM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Can someone tell that to A Little Pony when he regurgitates the same old platitudes for his Dear-ito Leader?

I doubt there is anything in the script for it. He will return to a default state

"He won, get over it"
"I'm just happy to beat liberals"
"This is why Trump won"
"Ошибка ответа не найдено"

dudara · 27-01-2017 01:21AM

Skylinehead wrote: »

That's the reason. It's a soundbite. It stuck. I actually don't think there's anything of substance beyond that.

I think Trump's internal monologue goes something like this

Trump internal: Say something random the crowd will like

Trump external: Make America Great again

Trump internal: Ooh, they liked that, keep going

I genuinely think he does not have a strong coherent policy. He's good at reading crowds and saying what he thinks they want to hear. He doesn't actuallyy mean most things and genuinely doesn't remember

BabyCheeses · 27-01-2017 01:22AM

dudara wrote: »

I think Trump's internal monologue goes something like this

Trump internal: Say something random the crowd will like

Trump external: Make America Great again

Trump internal: Ooh, they liked that, keep going

I genuinely think he does not have a strong coherent policy. He's good at reading crowds and saying what he thinks they want to hear. He doesn't actuallyy mean most things and genuinely doesn't remember

I think he said something like that about drain the swamp. He says something and when people like it he repeats it.

ChikiChiki · 27-01-2017 01:24AM

Theresa May

I'll think you'll find....

This is a welcome fcuking change in policy.

BabyCheeses · 27-01-2017 01:26AM

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html?_r=0

Trumps in house neo nazi and white house media isn't happy with the media. I'm assuming he thinks they are completely different. Some might say they are the oldest media website in the country.

_Whimsical_ · 27-01-2017 01:30AM

dudara wrote: »

I think Trump's internal monologue goes something like this

Trump internal: Say something random the crowd will like

Trump external: Make America Great again

Trump internal: Ooh, they liked that, keep going

I genuinely think he does not have a strong coherent policy. He's good at reading crowds and saying what he thinks they want to hear. He doesn't actuallyy mean most things and genuinely doesn't remember

I thought that too, that those words were all for the campaign trail and they would be quickly moderated once he was in office but this week would suggest he meant every bit of what he said.

dudara · 27-01-2017 01:33AM

I think the Republicans are using Trump to push through a lot of items on their agenda that would be pushed through regardless of the president (once it was a Rep president). The Trump/Bannon layer on top though is possibly something they didn't expect

laugh · 27-01-2017 02:00AM

May:

Everybody else needs to contribute more to cleaning up the mess we made in the Middle East.

Outlaw Pete · 27-01-2017 02:01AM

Shia LeBeouf arrested "protesting" Trump's presidency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tYVrFDxcDY

ricero · 27-01-2017 02:05AM

Shia is a liberal idiot and a total narcacist

RobertKK · 27-01-2017 02:07AM

https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/824734113412345856

On a tariff on Mexican imports.
Who wants to go to the US and have to pay more for their margaritas?

Hank Scorpio · 27-01-2017 02:15AM

Mark Dice's videos are good stuff. Teacher shooting at Trump with a water gun screaming die during his inauguration. She posted it on her own Instagram, not smart.

tonycascarino · 27-01-2017 02:21AM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Shia LeBeouf arrested "protesting" Trump's presidency.

...Madonna, Alec Baldwin, Ashley Judd etc..the list of these celeb liberal fruitcakes is endless really

Arghus · 27-01-2017 02:26AM

Shia has a screw loose, but I'd still trust him with the nuclear codes more than I do Donald!

The Backwards Man · 27-01-2017 02:27AM

This thread is really starting to make me wonder about the origin of the term 'white noise'. .. .

Billy86 · 27-01-2017 02:44AM

Huh, the trump fans are again eager to talk about anything but what Trump has been up to today, or his state department senior staff all resigning, or Mexico's president calling his bluff and cancelling their meeting.

My, what a shocker. None of us saw that one coming.

BabyCheeses · 27-01-2017 03:06AM

Billy86 wrote: »

Huh, the trump fans are again eager to talk about anything but what Trump has been up to today, or his state department senior staff all resigning, or Mexico's president calling his bluff and cancelling their meeting.

My, what a shocker. None of us saw that one coming.

A bunch of nobodies that no one cares about. Somehow they are very important though. No mention of the guy who tried to burn down a church though. Whatever celebrities are doing is ironically far more important.

Supposedly someone said Hitler did nothing wrong to Shia. May have had something to do with it. Of course I should point out to some that generally, people view that Hitler did something wrong.

Hank Scorpio · 27-01-2017 03:16AM

Billy86 wrote: »

Huh, the trump fans are again eager to talk about anything but what Trump has been up to today, or his state department senior staff all resigning, or Mexico's president calling his bluff and cancelling their meeting.

My, what a shocker. None of us saw that one coming.

Ah sure if you can't have a bit of a laugh along the way what's the point in anything?

In the state department is it not uncommon when a new administration takes over for there to be overhauls - From what I've read it's required they submit letter of resignations? I read here reports of resigning but no reports of Trump's team telling people they were no longer required.

"Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to "clean house" at Foggy Bottom."

Greg Starr, director of diplomatic security, also followed through on his planned resignation. He had come back from retirement after the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and promised to stay through the end of the Obama administration.
"This had been on course for over a year," another official said. "He came out of retirement and promised to stay out (of) the administration. If Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders were elected, he would still be retiring."

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html?sr=twpol012617top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration0652PMVODtopLink&linkId=33814657

Here's a link to what the State press department said about people leaving.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3HXu_nWYAUfGM_.jpg

Out with the old, in with the new?

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