Trump 23: The Death Eaters Have Taken the Fucking Country

[47of74]

I see fuck face is whining about NFL players who aren't good little obedient players;

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President Donald Trump criticized some in the National Football League Friday night at a rally for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Luther Strange, saying team owners should fire players for taking a knee during the national anthem. 

Trump added that if fans would "leave the stadium" when players kneel in protest during the national anthem, "I guarantee, things will stop."

"I can't stand for the national anthem," Bennett said. "I can't stand right now. I'm not going to be standing until I see the equality and freedom."

Trump also took aim at NFL efforts to prevent concussions. "They're ruining the game, right?" he said. "They're ruining the game."

Go fuck yourself Donald.  Seriously.  If anyone's ruining the game, it's you telling team owners to be jack booted Nazis. 

[onekidanddone]

1 hour ago, AnywhereButHere said:

Just more proof that this guy's marbles are gathering steam as they roll on down the hill. The looks of incredulity on the faces of everyone around him are great. It's like they're wondering if he's nuts or if they're seeing a collective mirage. 

Okay, maybe he meant she wanted to be there so that's why she was there because she was there. People were saying.

His meandering yammering for Strange in Alabama was just as freaky. He jumped from subject to subject, often not even finishing a sentence.  As usual he made it all about himself, and at one point even threatened the  candidate he was there to support. When people started to walk out and empty seats were clearly seen he said that they were just going to the bathroom.

Which is worse that he is getting more crazy ,or that his base still clings to the notion he is perfectly sane.

[louisa05]

3 hours ago, 47of74 said:

I see fuck face is whining about NFL players who aren't good little obedient players;

Go fuck yourself Donald.  Seriously.  If anyone's ruining the game, it's you telling team owners to be jack booted Nazis. 

The sheer babble in that whole NFL rant... I don't even know what to say. People who think he is mentally stable are delusional at this point. For anyone who missed it, he went on about the referees wives watching them on television in the middle of it. 

And the apologists online, oh my. Every single one "he didn't actually say "black", so it wasn't racist". Okay, then. Because white players have been kneeling in protest, so obviously, that's who he was talking about. Sure. Keep telling yourself this stuff. Doesn't make it valid. 

[fraurosena]

Oh dear. After the NFL, he's now uninvited the NBA champions. His feefees were hurteded because they didn't want to come.

 

Here's how LeBron James reacted:

 

It seems to me though, that by attacking colored NFL and NBA atheletes, he's doing his damnedest to deflect from the news about the Russian hacking of 21 states. Strange isn't it, that he hasn't tweeted or ranted a single word about that, huh? >end sarcasm<

[Destiny]

He’s golfing and starting Twitter wars but the USVI and PR are still fucked. Governor Cuomo and Marco fucking Rubio seem to care more than he does.

 

[fraurosena]

Well I guess tweeting and rallying wasn't enough. So he's upped the ante and is back to provoking North Korea again.

The Latest: US flies mission in airspace east of North Korea

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The Latest on U.S.-North Korean tensions (all times local):

1:50 p.m.

The Pentagon says B-1B bombers from Guam and F-15 fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, have flown a mission in international airspace over the waters east of North Korea.

The U.S. says it’s the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula that any American fighter or bomber has flown this century.

Defense Department spokesman Dana White says in a statement that the mission shows how seriously the U.S. takes what he calls North Korea’s “reckless behavior.”

His statement says the flights are a “demonstration of U.S. resolve and a clear message” that President Donald Trump “has many military options to defeat any threat.”

White says “we are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the U.S. homeland and our allies.”

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12:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if the United States was forced to defend itself or its allies against a North Korean attack.

That led the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, to say Trump would “pay dearly” for making such a threat. And Kim’s foreign minister has said country’s response to Trump “could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific.”

As with much that has transpired lately in the U.S.-North Korea nuclear crisis, no one can be sure where this would lead or whether the North will even carry out its threat.

It does raise many questions, including how would the North undertake such a nuclear test, what risks might it pose to Japan and how would the U.S. respond?

As it happens, North Korea's foreign minister had this to say to the UN today:

I have to say, "president evil" trumps "rocketman".

However, I can't really laugh about this though. Things are getting way out of hand. Where is this idiotic dick-measuring contest going to end?

[GreyhoundFan]

More from Twitler: "Trump admonishes McCain over opposition to latest health-care push"

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President Trump criticized Sen. John McCain on Saturday morning after the Arizona Republican's announcement that he could not support the latest GOP push to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.

“John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves,” Trump said on Twitter, referring to Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican who supports the latest health-care bill. “He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Let Arizona down!”

... < tweet >

McCain announced in a statement Friday that he could not in “good conscience” vote for the Cassidy-Graham health-care proposal because it fails to address health care in a bipartisan fashion.

But Trump noted that Arizona had experienced premium increases last year and complained that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) had sold McCain a “bill of goods.” It is not clear what the president was referring to.

Trump added that McCain had disappointed his friend and co-sponsor of the legislation, Sen Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.).

“McCain let his best friend L.G. down!” Trump said, using Graham's initials.

Both McCain and Graham referenced their friendship publicly in statements about the health-care push.

McCain noted that he opposed the bill even though the authors are his “dear friends” and he thinks “the world of them.”

And Graham responded to McCain on Friday saying that their friendship “is not based on how he votes but respect for how he’s lived his life and the person he is.”

In a slew of tweets Saturday morning, Trump also pressured two other senators who have held back their support for the Cassidy-Graham measure.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been a vocal opponent of the proposal, but Trump tweeted that he believed “he may find a way to get there for the good of the Party!”

... < more tweets >

And Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has not said how she will vote, but with McCain opposed, her support will be critical for the bill's passage.

In a tweet, Trump noted high health-care costs in Alaska and indicated that he hopes Murkowski “comes through.”

... <, yet more tweets >

I am praying for the monstrosity that is Cassidy-Graham to fail (or better yet, not be brought to a vote), but if it does get to a vote and fails, I am picturing a complete twitter meltdown from the orange menace.

[fraurosena]

Here's the NFL's comeback to those ranting rally comments the presidunce made.

Don't you just love the not-so-subtle-dissing in that statement?

[GrumpyGran]

1 hour ago, GreyhoundFan said:

“McCain let his best friend L.G. down!” Trump said, using Graham's initials.

 Why does this bother him? If he had ever had a best,friend he would let him down three or four times a day. 

He really seems to be in a high spin cycle now. If(please Rufus, Spirit, Chaka Khan, Morgan Freeman and Carrie Fisher) this Death Bill fails, it will launch a twitter tirade to rival all others. Be prepared to take cover. I'm picturing Meghan McCain going after him. Literally.

[fraurosena]

1 minute ago, GrumpyGran said:

 Why does this bother him? If he had ever had a best,friend he would let him down three or four times a day. 

He really seems to be in a high spin cycle now. If(please Rufus, Spirit, Chaka Khan, Morgan Freeman and Carrie Fisher) this Death Bill fails, it will launch a twitter tirade to rival all others. Be prepared to take cover. I'm picturing Meghan McCain going after him. Literally.

To be honest, he's so desperate for a win that when he loses this bill I'm afraid he'll attack North Korea. 

[GrumpyGran]

34 minutes ago, fraurosena said:

To be honest, he's so desperate for a win that when he loses this bill I'm afraid he'll attack North Korea. 

I am hoping the more mature minds around him are anticipating this and have a plan for it. Maybe secretly arranging for a sinkhole to open up at Bedminster.

[fraurosena]

The differences are so stark it hurts.

 

[GreyhoundFan]

"The Stephen Curry snub is one of many times Trump has tried to preempt embarrassment"

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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry struck a hopeful note Friday when he explained why he wouldn’t be accepting an invitation to visit President Trump at the White House.

“Hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country,” Curry said, as others on his championship team considered whether to accept.

“I don’t think us not going to White House is going to miraculously make everything better,” he said. But, “this is my opportunity to voice that.”

Except, Curry didn’t even get the chance to not go to the White House. In a tweet the morning after his comments, Trump summarily uninvited the guard and his entire team.

... < tweet >

This puzzled some people — like LeBron James, who wrote to the president: “U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going! So therefore ain’t no invite.”

But if James has been paying attention, he might notice that Trump has developed a habit of preemptively scuttling projects that were already circling the drain.

The CEO council

Curry has never been a Trump fan. Months ago, when he learned that Under Armour chief executive Kevin Plank had called the new president a “real asset,” the basketball player quipped to CNBC:

“I agree with that description — if you remove the ‘et’ ”

But by mid-August, Plank had become one of several business advisers who resigned from the president’s American Manufacturing Council in the wake of Trump's  infamous comments comparing white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville to protesters who opposed them.

“Earlier today I called on all leaders to condemn the white supremacists and their ilk who marched and committed violence,” Intel CEO Brian Krzanich wrote. “I resigned because I want to make progress, while many in Washington seem more concerned with attacking anyone who disagrees with them.”

The council looked headed toward collapse as other executives followed suit. At first, Trump lashed out at defectors and vowed to replace them.

... < tweet >

Then, one day later, he pulled the plug himself.

“Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum. I am ending both,” Trump wrote.

The Kennedy Center

Trump also has a habit of removing himself from events he senses he won’t be welcome at.

As in the business world, his belated condemnation of white nationalist groups at the Charlottesville rally caused a backlash in the arts community in August.

Three of the Kennedy Center gala’s five honorees — TV producer Norman Lear, singer Lionel Richie and dancer Carmen de Lavallade — indicated that  they would or could boycott the White House reception in December, where the president traditionally offers kind words to each.

But Trump preempted any boycotts when the White House released a statement in August saying he and the first lady would not attend the Kennedy Center Honors “to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.”

The White House reception would also be canceled for the first time in the awards’ history, the Kennedy Center announced afterward.

Kennedy Center officials said in a statement that they were “grateful” for Trump’s gesture.

“In choosing not to participate in this year’s Honors activities, the Administration has graciously signaled its respect for the Kennedy Center and ensures the Honors gala remains a deservingly special moment for the Honorees,” the statement read.

The White House correspondents’ dinner

His early decision to forgo the Kennedy Center Honors was reminiscent of his abrupt Twitter announcement in February that he would not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April.

... < tweet >

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said then on ABCs “This Week” it would be “naive” for Trump to go to the dinner, as most presidents in recent history had done, after a campaign in which he had frequently clashed with the media.

“You know, one of the things we say in the South [is], ‘If a Girl Scout egged your house, would you buy cookies from her?’ I think that this is a pretty similar scenario,” Sanders added. “There’s no reason for him to go in and sit and pretend like this is going to be just another Saturday night.”

Nevertheless, the dinner took place as scheduled. Trump ended up holding a rally in Pennsylvania the same night, where he appealed to his base and emphasized the size of his crowd.

“I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from the Washington swamp spending my evening with all of you and with a much, much larger crowd, and much better people,” Trump said.

Health-care reform

These aren’t the only examples. As the GOP’s legislative effort to reform U.S. health care has thrashed between life and death this year, so has Trump’s embrace of the project.

The president spent the summer cajoling as Republicans struggled to pass a replacement for Obama-era health insurance laws.

“Go Republican Senators, Go!” Trump wrote before a crucial last-ditch vote in July, for example.

But after the bill failed by one vote, apparently dooming the effort, Trump acted as though this had been his plan all along:

... < tweet >

That was back in July. Lately, there’s been another attempt to revive health-care reform, and Trump’s tune has changed accordingly.

... < tweet >

"Well, if everybody doesn't adore me, I'm going to go pout. I didn't want to play with you anyway." We talk about flouncing fundies. He's a flouncing toddler.

[BecauseScience]

I'm scratching my head over this latest tweet storm.  Trump's base are the kinds of folks who love their sports, especially football.  If they get to a point where they have to choose between supporting Trump and supporting football, I see many choosing football. 

Mr. Science said that the NFL player's union should have the players strike on Sunday unless their free speech is supported. It would never happen, but boy what an impact that would have.

[Destiny]

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