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monitoring Trump and relevant contemporary events

 
 
izzythepush
 
  2  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 04:09 am
Quote:
The US government has approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of its advanced Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) missile defence system.
The State Department said the $15bn (£11.5bn) deal furthered US national security and foreign policy interests.
It would boost Saudi and Gulf security against Iranian and other regional threats, the state department added.
The announcement comes a day after Saudi Arabia agreed to buy air defence systems from Russia.
The deal would not alter the military balance in the region, the Pentagon's Defense Security Co-operation Agency said.
Thaad systems are being deployed in South Korea to protect against a possible missile attack from North Korea.
But many South Koreans have objected, fearing it would become a target and endanger the lives of those who live near its launch sites.
China also voiced opposition to the system, saying it would affect the regional security balance.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41532889
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blatham
 
  3  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 04:47 am
@wmwcjr,
That's one hell of an account, wm. Thanks.
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blatham
 
  4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 04:55 am
The mendacity of these people is something else.
Quote:
President Donald Trump is “keeping the world from chaos,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday in a statement pushing back against Sen. Bob Corker's blunt assessment about the president's administration.

Corker (R-Tenn.), who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and is not seeking reelection in 2018, told reporters this week that it’s Trump’s advisers — specifically Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and chief of staff John Kelly — who “help separate our country from chaos.”
Politico
Walter Hinteler
 
  3  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 05:25 am
@blatham,
That's just the usual "calm before storm".
blatham
 
  3  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 06:11 am
@Walter Hinteler,
If Mueller comes down with an indictment against Trump, then the obvious question arises - how might this sociopath respond? Initiate a war hoping that this diversion will somehow insulate him and get him out of trouble?
reasoning logic
 
  1  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 06:20 am
@wmwcjr,
Quote:

You're being silly, but I don't mind.


I am happy to see you seen me joking. It may have been a little sick but I do at times have a sick sense of humor.
snood
 
  3  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 06:37 am
@blatham,
blatham wrote:

If Mueller comes down with an indictment against Trump, then the obvious question arises - how might this sociopath respond? Initiate a war hoping that this diversion will somehow insulate him and get him out of trouble?

I'm afraid the bottom line with this guy is that we simply cannot predict what he will do in that scenario.
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engineer
 
  4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 06:49 am
@blatham,
Mueller cannot indict Trump; he is the President and can only be impeached by Congress. Mueller can recommend impeachment to Congress but that's it. Trump can also respond by pardoning all Mueller's witnesses removing any incentive they have to testify on anything or against anyone.
blatham
 
  4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 07:31 am
@engineer,
Re indictment. My reading suggests this is not a settled matter thought it would certainly be contested and it may turn out that your supposition is correct.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=can+trump+be+indicted&rlz=1C1CHZL_enCA720CA720&oq=can+trump+be+indicted&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.5376j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Re pardons. Aside from the legal issues, I find it hard to imagine that such a move would be acceptable even to this modern GOP (particularly given that key power-constituencies would prefer him gone and Pence in his place). Then impeachment becomes possible, particularly if Mueller's case is both solid and involves crimes of significance.
snood
 
  3  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 08:15 am
@blatham,
I just saw Ken Starr asked that question. He tried to answer bluntly that no, the sitting president cannot be indicted. But by the end of his answer he admitted that it is not a matter of settled law but one of unwritten rule and tradition.
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thack45
 
  4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 08:15 am
@blatham,
I think it's safe to say that Sanders is not particularly informed on anything—not that she ever really could be. Her tell is to say something like, "I think that the president has been clear...". Her job is clear: project an image of a strong, competent and presidential Trump. Tough job, but her ignorance helps
snood
 
  5  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 08:20 am
@thack45,
thack45 wrote:

I think it's safe to say that Sanders is not particularly informed on anything—not that she ever really could be. Her tell is to say something like, "I think that the president has been clear...". Her job is clear: project an image of a strong, competent and presidential Trump. Tough job, but her ignorance helps


Is it certain that it's ignorance that keeps her lying in service to a liar? Isn't the alternative explanation that she (like Spicer before her) make a conscious choice every day to dissemble, cover, obfuscate and outright lie?
thack45
 
  4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 08:50 am
@snood,
Not certain, no, but it's the sense I get. I would like if the next time she states how the president has been clear, a reporter would point out that she says that a lot, and if she doesn't know, it's okay to just say she doesn't know.
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ehBeth
 
  2  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 09:19 am
@engineer,
engineer wrote:
Trump can also respond by pardoning all Mueller's witnesses removing any incentive they have to testify on anything or against anyone.


not at the state level
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BillW
 
  2  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 09:43 am
@thack45,
thack45 wrote:

I think it's safe to say that Sanders is not particularly informed on anything—not that she ever really could be. Her tell is to say something like, "I think that the president has been clear...". Her job is clear: project an image of a strong, competent and presidential Trump. Tough job, but her ignorance helps


She publicly shows the chaos and total attempt of this administration to lie to and deceive the public - no convincingly might I add.
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cameronleon
 
  -4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 09:44 am
You guys cause laughs.

Everything you post against president Trump are manipulated news.

You might wonder why Mr. Donald Trump had lots of spaces in the news and TV programs for "free" while Hillary Clinton paid millions of dollars for the same before the elections

Go back to those news in those days,

You are going to find that a black doctor, Ben Carson became "big news".

Even when Ben Carson appeared surrounded by no more than 20 people all the time, the media made of him a "dangerous opponent" for Donald Trump.

Actually, Ben Carson never had any chance, but the media made millions and millions of dollars by creating from Ben Carson's image such a fantasy and people fell in the trick.

Notice the entire race, and the media was choosing one by one the candidates that fit better for inventing big news. It was not the people, the voters, but the media finding the way to make profit by inventing strong candidates causing "polls" saying that the chosen candidate by the media was a possible winner.

The most funnier consequence of this common fraud of the media, is the free promoting of Mr. Donald Trump.

The media was expecting Hillary Clinton to win. But the media was in need of creating a strong opponent, otherwise the elections should be bored. People taking for granted the sure presidency of Hillary Clinton won't watch those news anymore. What for?

Mr. Donald Trump was indeed a strong candidate, and the media loved how much money this candidate created for them with his weird way of attacking the other candidates. People was hungry to watch the news and see Mr. Donald Trump insulting other candidates.

The media was so happy, and for this reason they gave free broadcasting hours to Donald Trump.

Candidate Donald Trump's victory surprised everybody.

The media pulled its hairs, it can't be true, it can't be possible, they were part, a great slide of cheese, which contributed the nomination of Mr. Donald Trump as the next president of the USA.

After the surprise, most of the media calculated how many millions of dollars they lost by giving free broadcasting to candidate Donald Trump.

The worst is that president Donald Trump has no intention at all of "rewarding" the media for such a favor.

What is the media reaction?

Attacking Donald Trump by all means.

Too late, Donald Trump is already a great president, a strong president, people follow him in Tweeter, watching him on TV even when the news are negative against him, president Donald Trump keeps going and nothing stops him.

If you think that Obamacare has survived because president Trump's failure to dismantling it, you are wrong, everything points the congress as the losers, not the president. It is not for the president to turn down Obamacare but it's a job for the congress. The president gives the initiative, the president does the call, but it's the congress duty to pass the legislation, the law.

So, keep watching "fake news", and remember that the media wants "revenge" because they were expecting more money from Hillary Clinton as president and now they have nothing from president Donald Trump. Ha ha ha ha

The only way for the media to make big money is by going to the opposition side and invent the "fake news" like broadcasting day and night a dead hypothesis of Russian collusion and sh*t like that. Lol.







BillW
 
  4  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 09:46 am
@cameronleon,
You are so full of ****, go back to your dungpile!
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Cycloptichorn
 
  5  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 09:47 am
@cameronleon,
Holy ****, what a bigoted post

You're a real piece of work, man

Cycloptichorn
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Cycloptichorn
 
  5  
Sat 7 Oct, 2017 09:49 am
@engineer,
engineer wrote:

Mueller cannot indict Trump; he is the President and can only be impeached by Congress. Mueller can recommend impeachment to Congress but that's it. Trump can also respond by pardoning all Mueller's witnesses removing any incentive they have to testify on anything or against anyone.


Trump can't pardon state level crimes. Most of these actions took place in NYC, and Eric Schneiderman, AG of NY, is working closely with Mueller to levy state charges simultaneously with Federal ones specifically to avoid that issue.

Cycloptichorn
 

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