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Trump will soon be giving a speech from Camp David where he is sheltered away in a meeting with everybody under the sun...except Jeff Sessios who wasn't invited.

We'll see if this is about Jeff Sessions.

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@blatham,

Do you think they will have a session about Sessions?

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Jane Mayer
‏@JaneMayerNYer
Fmr. Koch employee heads Trump infrastructure plan: watch closely https://usat.ly/2CFGhB1 via @usatoday

Add in the noise re Pruitt and the JD, add in the tax bill, add in the offshore drilling news, add in deregulation of extraction industries and you end up with a governing regime that looks pretty much identical to the John Birch vision of governance. To put this another way, What would lead us to conclude that the Koch organization has not taken control of the GOP?

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@glitterbag,

You just couldn't resist.

But why was Sessions excluded? Punishment? Perhaps Trump feels he has to hang on to Sessions until The Genius manages to find some alliterative adjective (Sloppy Steve) .

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Well I read the book, word for word. I have to admit, I fell asleep a couple of times, but I just took up where I left off.

Anyways, aside from if it is a true account, it seems to affirm what is pretty obvious. If it is true about the president repeating things with exactly the same expression ten minutes after saying the first time, then it is indeed worrisome.

I found myself feeling sorry for him in an odd way being manipulated on all sides.

But then he would turn around and take control and do what he wants against everyone thereby leaving everyone aghast.

I think the biggest story of the book was the account in Air Force One "in front room" or something like that; where they conspired the response of the Tower Meeting.

The rest was a story was about the total lack of professionalism in the whole crowd at the current WH and how each 'group' stabbed the other groups in the back and became the leakers of the WH.

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@blatham,

If the book is to believed, he will pull something out of his hat and like puppets on a string, we liberals with get hot and bothered and the subject will be changed.

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@hightor,

Trump has a high opinion of his own abilities. So do a whole lot of people. To project a (at least feigned) facade of modesty, most such people will not openly reveal their (often inflated) true opinion of themselves. It's phony, because it's more "socially acceptable."

Trump don't give a ****. He will talk about himself in the same way he talks about anything else--he tells you what he thinks without trying to water it down for the sake of "courtesy" or "custom."

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@layman,

The whole "false modesty" syndrome is a product of the stern reaction of mediocre, commie-ass cheese-eaters who demand that everybody must be "equal." To recognize superiority in some relegates them to an inferior status, which they find intolerable, regardless of merit.

They will respond with outraged indignation if is ever suggested that anybody is more talented, more successful, or more anything that THEY are. They make it a "moral" issue, indicative of good or bad character. For them weakness is a "good" trait and strength (which makes them fell threatened) is a "bad" trait. They "playing field" must be absolutely "level" to insure no one is on a higher plane than they are.

Winston Churchill wrote:

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

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@blatham,

blatham wrote:

Trump will soon be giving a speech from Camp David where he is sheltered away in a meeting with everybody under the sun...except Jeff Sessios who wasn't invited.

He's not the only one. My brackets and ellipses.

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The agenda (for the above meeting) was not made public, but the key issues were expected to be:
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The opioid crisis: These drugs killed more than 33,000 people in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mr Trump has promised to address the situation, but his "opioid czar" Kellyanne Conway did not appear to be at Camp David.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42589860

So much for priorities, it just gets more shambolic.

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@layman,

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--he tells you what he thinks without trying to water it down for the sake of "courtesy" or "custom."

You're right. It's just unusual that someone so lacking in the social graces would be elected to such a high office. Straight talk is one thing, being so absolutely convinced of your own superiority smacks more of hubris than candor.

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@layman,

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For them weakness is a "good" trait and strength (which makes them fell threatened) is a "bad" trait.

That sentiment predates socialism by nearly two thousand years — it is directly derived from Christianity.

Christopher Hitchens wrote:

It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with.

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@hightor,

hightor wrote:

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--he tells you what he thinks without trying to water it down for the sake of "courtesy" or "custom."

You're right. It's just unusual that someone so lacking in the social graces would be elected to such a high office. Straight talk is one thing, being so absolutely convinced of your own superiority smacks more of hubris than candor.

You're putting great value on "appearances," Hi. Very few, if any, have ever been elected to President without feeling a certain sense of grandiosity. They would never run without a high degree of self-confidence and the conviction that they were superior.

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@layman,

Absolutely. But there's no need to advertise it.

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@hightor,

Muhammad Ali comes to mind. He was, by God, the GREATEST in his own mind (and that of many others) and he would freely tell you so.

If you didn't like it, or thought otherwise, then come step into the ring with him.

It aint braggin if you can back it up.

No champion, at anything, ever existed who didn't think he was, or at least could be, the BEST.

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

izzythepush wrote:
If you need to tell people you're 'really smart,' you're actually really stupid.

If you are really smart, people will notice your polished shoes, neat haircut, manicured nails, carefully chosen tie, Savile Row suit, etc, won't they?

Nope, that's money and money can't buy smarts or mental stability - as proof in this example!

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@blatham,

blatham wrote:

Trump will soon be giving a speech from Camp David where he is sheltered away in a meeting with everybody under the sun...except Jeff Sessios who wasn't invited.

We'll see if this is about Jeff Sessions.

It's a loyalty oath conference!

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@blatham,

Right Wing SCOTUS wins, <sigh>¡

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@revelette1,

Virtually every reporter I've heard say the things Wolff writes bout what WH employees tell him regarding tRump agree with what they are hearing for their links. All of them don't have the same sources; therefore, I would say this pretty well assures the veracity of the majority of what he writes. Symbolically speaking, they are flying the flag upside down throughout the Capital!

IMHO, the most distressing and disturbing yet predictable position tRump projects is that he wants his Roy Cohn to come forward as his shining knight. Roy Cohn, my God, proof he considers his Administration a criminal organization. RICO is his true crimes!

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TRUMP EXPLAINS HIS BRAGGING

Video here:

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/06/trump-camp-david-press-conference-fake-news-says-author-michael-wolff-fraud

Crazier that a shithouse rat, I tellzya!

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@izzythepush,

Now I know why.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/190/520/f19.jpg

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