President Donald Trump

[cardboardbox]

I agree with Chuck Schumer:

"Making sure that Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do. It is now incumbent on the Trump administration to come up with a coherent strategy and consult with Congress."

[revo]

I agree with Chuck Schumer:

"Making sure that Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do. It is now incumbent on the Trump administration to come up with a coherent strategy and consult with Congress."

After all, that's what armchair QB Donald Trump implored Obama to do.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What will we get for bombing Syria besides more debt and a possible long term conflict? Obama needs Congressional approval.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/373146637184401408">August 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Bernie Brewer]

After all, that's what armchair QB Donald Trump implored Obama to do.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What will we get for bombing Syria besides more debt and a possible long term conflict? Obama needs Congressional approval.</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/373146637184401408">August 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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So you're saying he's a hypocrite. That's news?

All kidding aside, being a private citizen with a bully pulpit is a lot different than being Preident. The day he got the detailed security briefing was probably the day he changed his mind on a lot of his campaign rhetoric. Or at least I'd hope so. Reality has a way of smacking you right in the balls.

[Bernie Brewer]

I agree with Chuck Schumer:

"Making sure that Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do. It is now incumbent on the Trump administration to come up with a coherent strategy and consult with Congress."

While I think Schumer is the devil reincarnate, I actually agree with him on this. I want to know the "what's next" part, too!

[revo]

So you're saying he's a hypocrite. That's news?

Why continue to give him a pass over that? It's like saying Bill Clinton liked the ladies, so why was the Monica Lewinsky episode news?


As Donnie hits the links today for the 16th time so far:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/gretawire">@gretawire</a>: PresObama is not busy talking to Congress about Syria..he is playing golf ...go figure&quot;</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/376556729603223552">September 8, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Bernie Brewer]

Why continue to give him a pass over that? It's like saying Bill Clinton liked the ladies, so why was the Monica Lewinsky episode news?


As Donnie hits the links today for the 16th time so far:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/gretawire">@gretawire</a>: PresObama is not busy talking to Congress about Syria..he is playing golf ...go figure&quot;</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/376556729603223552">September 8, 2013</a></blockquote>
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I don't think anyone is giving him a pass. But I think there are many people including the media that are acting as if they are surprised. And, Bill like the ladies? Who knew?!

[Hornsby]

I don't think anyone is giving him a pass. But I think there are many people including the media that are acting as if they are surprised. And, Bill like the ladies? Who knew?!

I don't think that they're surprised that he's doing any of it, I think that they're simply surprised at the brazen manner in which he does it. He seems to think that nobody will notice, and if they do notice, they shouldn't care, because he's the President!

I think that the one thing that this will surely accomplish, is for all politician, and aspiring politicians, to make their Twitter feeds as bland as possible.

[revo]

I think that the one thing that this will surely accomplish, is for all politician, and aspiring politicians, to make their Twitter feeds as bland as possible.

LOL. His old Twitter feed is a compost bin of hypocrisy.

[The Feral Slasher]

I think that the one thing that this will surely accomplish, is for all politician, and aspiring politicians, to make their Twitter feeds as bland as possible.

I'm not sure I agree. Didn't this help get Trump elected ? Not sure it really hurts him at all. It is amazing that it doesn't, but he got elected after saying a lot of stupid crap and telling a lot of lies. Don't know what anyone can take away from that. My opinion is that people were willing to ignore it because the other options were seen as more of the same, and people weren't happy with that. The only people I see offended or upset are people who would never vote for him anyway. It's always been conventional wisdom not to say controversial stuff, but Trump seemed to make it work. I think there are better lessons to be learned from the Trump presidency, I hope we learn them.

[Hornsby]

I'm not sure I agree. Didn't this help get Trump elected ? Not sure it really hurts him at all. It is amazing that it doesn't, but he got elected after saying a lot of stupid crap and telling a lot of lies. Don't know what anyone can take away from that. My opinion is that people were willing to ignore it because the other options were seen as more of the same, and people weren't happy with that. The only people I see offended or upset are people who would never vote for him anyway. It's always been conventional wisdom not to say controversial stuff, but Trump seemed to make it work. I think there are better lessons to be learned from the Trump presidency, I hope we learn them.

One of the things about Twitter is that it's a pretty small universe, until people dig into the past and come up with contradictory quotes and they're released again by the MSM. I think that's just one of the reason that his approval ratings are continue to plummet, people realize the incredible hypocrisy that characterize the man and his actions. So I think that Twitterverse is going to become a very bland ground for politicians in the future. There are not likely to be more Trumps out there, IMO. Nobody that had his platform, nobody that public recognition, nobody that had the sheer chutzpah to do what he's done. Bottom line is that he's about reached his baseline in approval where he can't go lower, but I don't see him climbing out of the depths too soon either.

But you're certainly right about the lessons that are needed to be learned from both his candidacy, and his Presidency.

[Redbirds Fan]

Holy smokes, every time a member of Team Trump starts to take on a little water, nobody remembers him any more. Mike Flynn became just a "campaign volunteer". Manafort didn't play a significant role for a significant amount of time. Bannon is someone Trump knows, but he didn't have much to do with the campaign, because it was already basically over when he got there. Now Carter Page is somebody nobody has ever met, and Trump just threw his name out in an interview as a foreign policy advisor because he was under pressure.

I know how that can happen. The other night I was having a beer with some guys, and one of them asked me if I had ever dated anyone famous. It put me under a lot of pressure, because I have not dated anyone famous, but I didn't want to admit it, so I just blurted out "Keith Olbermann". I'm pretty sure that will come back to haunt me.

[Hornsby]

Holy smokes, every time a member of Team Trump starts to take on a little water, nobody remembers him any more. Mike Flynn became just a "campaign volunteer". Manafort didn't play a significant role for a significant amount of time. Bannon is someone Trump knows, but he didn't have much to do with the campaign, because it was already basically over when he got there. Now Carter Page is somebody nobody has ever met, and Trump just threw his name out in an interview as a foreign policy advisor because he was under pressure.

I know how that can happen. The other night I was having a beer with some guys, and one of them asked me if I had ever dated anyone famous. It put me under a lot of pressure, because I have not dated anyone famous, but I didn't want to admit it, so I just blurted out "Keith Olbermann". I'm pretty sure that will come back to haunt me.

I'm sure he was a stimulating conversationalist...

Yeah, the Carter Page thing is pretty damning. The FBI got a FISA warrant so that they could specifically monitor his contacts with Russia, and they've apparently gotten it renewed several times. So they need to have some pretty hard information to get a court to order one of those, let alone to renew it. So that's another tie to the Kremlin, since the order was specifically targeting Page, supposedly for acting as an agent of a foreign power...in this case Russia.

But yeah, he was never in the Trump inner circle...LOL.

[GwynnInTheHall]

I don't know what's a more accurate description of this administration..Train Wreck or Dumpster Fire.

The Stupid is deafening.

[Redbirds Fan]

Okay, here is my observation this morning on our President. It seems that when he finally starts to figure out that something is not as simple or easy as he had apparently imagined, he concludes that it must have been a mystery to everyone else as well. "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated." The history of China and Korea is "not as simple as people would think." Is he really this far behind the curve?

I wonder about the commitment of the administration to history altogether. Sean Spicer has his Hitler meltdown, and then Trump says US/Soviet relations are now at an all-time low. I was pretty young during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Does anyone remember anything about that?

[GwynnInTheHall]

Things not going good in the polls?

Drop the largest non nuclear bomb in history in Afghanistan.

Yes I know they were targeting Isis in the mountains, but there is NO way to assure there weren't civilians in the area, especially with that weapons blast radius.

In other news, the US accidentally kills 18 syrian allies (fighting on our side for those who lump all syrians together)


US Military policy, Bringin the BOOM!