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

Foxtrol wrote: »

Trump seems really scared of the 60 minutes interview from his continued tweets about it. It must have gone off the charts terribly for him, even compared to the other disastrous recent interviews. I wouldn't be surprised if they release their own cut of it in advance of Sunday, which will in turn just draw more eyes and discussion to the actual interview for what he leaves out.

Just a few minutes ago he just released pictures of a giant prop book that is supposed to show his actions on healthcare and if you look closely it looks like there is no text in the book, just blank pages.

https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1318981063595708417?s=20

There is some sort of symbolism to a big book of achievements being empty, and his presidency over all.

Ah look. What the hell is going on??

looksee wrote: »

And then there's this
https://twitter.com/kristenisbored/status/1318994915397898247
Mitch Mcconnell looking a bit shaken up. Most opinions seem to be that its a result of blood thinners, I think there is more to it than just blood thinners.

He must be having trouble finding young wans to feed on so

AbusesToilets wrote: »

He must be having trouble finding young wans to feed on so

I did chuckle at this


Looks like an old man.on blood thinners for some condition and has taken some knocks which results in heavy bruising in thin skin especially at that age.

Rather than doing evil people like him should have retired years ago and done something with their retirement like enjoy the time they have left.

So Rudy giulliani is claiming that the borat video was a democratic plot against him related to Hunter Biden. He does know this is part of a movie that is out this Friday and was filmed well before this latest apparent Hunter Biden “there there” ?

Itssoeasy wrote: »

So Rudy giulliani is claiming that the borat video was a democratic plot against him related to Hunter Biden. He does know this is part of a movie that is out this Friday and was filmed well before this latest apparent Hunter Biden “there there” ?

"I knew it, it wasnt Ukraine, it was Kazakhstan all along!"

looksee wrote: »

While Rudy Giulliani is detestable and obnoxious, Borat fails at every level to be funny as far as I am concerned, I could just wish this nasty little episode (the set up moreso than the content) had not happened. Life in politics is coarse enough without this kind of aberrant 'entertainment'.

Borat is brilliant. The first movie was genius and I can't wait to see the new one on Friday.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1319040222517207040?s=19

A real President speaks. So refreshing to hear coherent sentences that aren't laced with bile, ignorance or self promotion.

I'm starting to think Bannon was an absolute genius. The guy must just ooze competence, creativity and control to get Trump over the line four years ago.

Foxtrol wrote: »

Between this and all the other stuff going on Trump may have a full meltdown during the debate tomorrow night even bigger than the last one.

Yeah it's all falling apart. Obama's speech will be really getting to him. Rudy revelation and walking out of a 60 minutes interview. This one will be worth watching. The mute button will get to him as well. All lining up for a live meltdown.

FBI press conference say Ian and Russia have obtained voter registration data and are using it to send messages and videos designed to interfere in the election and reduce confidence in the result.

https://twitter.com/TVNewsHQ/status/1319062332560080897?s=09

Can this get any weirder!

20Cent wrote: »

FBI press conference say Ian and Russia have obtained voter registration data and are using it to send messages and videos designed to interfere in the election and reduce confidence in the result.

Classic Ian, up to his old tricks again!

In other news, an attempt to bring jobs to the US, to Wisconsin via Foxconn, that the #IMPOTUS directly was involved in, is.... you guessed it... a failure. In fact, it's borderline surreal. I've posted The Verge's lengthy expose that includes things like Foxconn claiming self-driving cars that turned out to be low-end garishly colored golf carts that the few employees actually hired drove around in one of the 2 empty buildings built until the batteries wore out.

https://www.theverge.com/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-wisconsin-jobs-loophole-trump

Well, some more recent followup, doesn't make things look any better.

"Apparently Foxconn's Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake"
https://gizmodo.com/apparently-foxconns-wisconsin-lcd-factory-is-fake-1845445416

Pythonesque; promised 13,000 jobs, hired 113. Empty buildings, what few employees there were, sat around playing games on their phones and netflixing.


What I don't get, is what Foxconn really got out of this. It's seems illogical that this was their 'plan.' Somehow their backs were being scratched somewhere. I detect the long arm of the WH Admin but no data yet.

Quin_Dub wrote: »

Didn't they get a huge tax break or something?

Not sure of the terms , but I definitely remember something about Zero or close to zero taxes for a period of time following the factory opening - Like 5 or 10 years duration.

Sounds like the "factory" was just a brass-plate job to meet the absolute bare minimum requirements for the tax breaks.

But... tax break only works if you're reporting income. That's what I'm missing - they never sold anything or much of anything in this factory. Now, maybe they got some sweeteners at the Federal Level, but right now, it looks like they just threw money down a hole. I don't believe it.

Unless Wisconsin, or the USG, or some combination, actually funded the work. The reporters really should be following the money at this point, they've got everyone convinced the factory is a sham, even the Wisconsin state government.

And, it's a Taiwanese company; did Ivanka get some more trademarks/patents there as a result of Foxconn's influence? Heh.