What a truly bizarre time we live in... 
Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon
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Putin must have something good on Trump. I'm waiting for the 'I did not have sexual relations with that man' speach and then we will know what really happened...
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Big results will come!
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The evidence that Trump's primary business model (in common with much of the city of London) consists of money-laundering for Russian oligarchs and the mob, among others, is pretty clear.
This may have some bearing on his behaviour towards Putin, but I doubt it's anything as crude as him being coerced into following orders, if for no other reason than that he's not mature enough to hold a consistent train of thought or keep from running his mouth off long enough to stay compliant. It would be like trying to blackmail a yappy lap dog.
I suspect he finds Putin and others like him genuinely admirable and inspiring, and that he trusts his own instincts and ability to deal with them one on one.
And he no doubt understands that he's unlikely to face any immediate consequences. Liberal hysterics notwithstanding, little emerged at Helsinki which voters haven't already been exposed to, and Republicans will at most issue tepid, token "symbolic rebukes" because their voters still adore him.
Hello Mrs Conway, can I introduce you to your huband, George, who by this tweet and others explains exactly how ludicrous that explantion is.
1984
Going to be interesting if that offer was made at the National Prayer breakfast that she attended.
The whataboutism is at a whole new level for cult of Trump today.
Care to shar the highlights, or lowlights, of your Facebook feed?
This meme that was posted sums it up well...media bias + whataboutism with a healthy dose of missing the point
Although it doesn't include Comey and Brennan who also got shout outs on my feed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...ec1e74-8473-11e8-9e80-403a221946a7_story.html
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — When a Mexican company bought Mid Continent Nail Corp. in 2012, workers at the factory here feared it was the beginning of the end. Their jobs, they suspected, would be given to lower-paid workers in Mexico, more casualties of the hollowing out of U.S. manufacturing driven in part by an embrace of global trade.
Instead, Mid Continent’s factory has doubled in size since Deacero’s purchase. The company, facing fewer restrictions on steel exports after the North American Free Trade Agreement, shipped steel into Missouri, willing to pay skilled workers more to take advantage of cheaper energy costs in the United States and a location that allowed swift delivery to U.S. customers.
But President Trump has put 25 percent tariffs on steel imports, bumping production costs and prompting Deacero to reconsider this arrangement. With Mid Continent charging more for nails, orders are down 70 percent from this time a year ago despite a booming construction industry. Company officials say that without relief, the Missouri plant could be out of business by Labor Day — or that remaining production could move to Mexico or another country.
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Philip Bennett, 37, a machine repairman at Mid Continent, appeared close to tears as he talked about his 5-year-old daughter, Aubree, who has a congenital heart condition that has required multiple surgeries. He has health insurance through Mid Continent that covers her.
“There’s a lot of good things that he is doing. But he’s affecting me now, and I don’t appreciate it,” Bennett, a Trump supporter, said of the president. “I mean, I don’t expect him to come down here,” he added. “It’d be nice — and see what he’s affecting, and see the people he’s hurting.”
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — When a Mexican company bought Mid Continent Nail Corp. in 2012, workers at the factory here feared it was the beginning of the end. Their jobs, they suspected, would be given to lower-paid workers in Mexico, more casualties of the hollowing out of U.S. manufacturing driven in part by an embrace of global trade.
Instead, Mid Continent’s factory has doubled in size since Deacero’s purchase. The company, facing fewer restrictions on steel exports after the North American Free Trade Agreement, shipped steel into Missouri, willing to pay skilled workers more to take advantage of cheaper energy costs in the United States and a location that allowed swift delivery to U.S. customers.
But President Trump has put 25 percent tariffs on steel imports, bumping production costs and prompting Deacero to reconsider this arrangement. With Mid Continent charging more for nails, orders are down 70 percent from this time a year ago despite a booming construction industry. Company officials say that without relief, the Missouri plant could be out of business by Labor Day — or that remaining production could move to Mexico or another country.
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Philip Bennett, 37, a machine repairman at Mid Continent, appeared close to tears as he talked about his 5-year-old daughter, Aubree, who has a congenital heart condition that has required multiple surgeries. He has health insurance through Mid Continent that covers her.
“There’s a lot of good things that he is doing. But he’s affecting me now, and I don’t appreciate it,” Bennett, a Trump supporter, said of the president. “I mean, I don’t expect him to come down here,” he added. “It’d be nice — and see what he’s affecting, and see the people he’s hurting.”
Trump tweeted this
He doesn’t seem to realise in each of these clips he qualifies that others could/are involved watering down the accusation considerably. . He also doesn’t seem to realise none of it counts if he chickens out of saying it when face to face with Putin.
No such ambiguity or equivocation about the press though, they are apparently the real enemy of the people.
He doesn’t seem to realise in each of these clips he qualifies that others could/are involved watering down the accusation considerably. . He also doesn’t seem to realise none of it counts if he chickens out of saying it when face to face with Putin.
No such ambiguity or equivocation about the press though, they are apparently the real enemy of the people.
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