Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[TheBlueGibbon]

Trump is doing enormous damage to the soft power of the US. For instance:

 

[longers]

Lauding over Trump's latest gaff with the typical 'liberal tears' response. Like a 'kin infant.

He's a cretin of monstrous proportions.

You just have to look at the demographic who worship him... teenage/early 20's alt reich cringe merchants who spend their days on 4chan and reddit and think meme's are the most important thing in the world.

I've never punched anyone or got in a fight in my entire life, I smoke weed every single day, passive as anything.... yet one look at that snotty nose and I'm ready to go postal lol

 

[rascal]

The biggest challenge our world faces and Trump has bottled it.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[dandydan]

He's a cretin of monstrous proportions.

You just have to look at the demographic who worship him... teenage/early 20's alt reich cringe merchants who spend their days on 4chan and reddit and think meme's are the most important thing in the world.

I've never punched anyone or got in a fight in my entire life, I smoke weed every single day, passive as anything.... yet one look at that snotty nose and I'm ready to go postal lol

The 4chan crowd have pulled off some impressive stunts.

 

[Blue 1]

He is an utter cretin. He is more dangerous than a 3 year old playing with a live grenade.

 

[abelard]

It's possible that this will in some ways help the fight against climate change.

Paris was not really binding and has no real enforcement mechanism - largely in order to accommodate wealthy environmental laggards like Canada, Australia, or the US. Paris, and therefore Trump's announcement, were always more about symbolism than real substance.

Of course, there is real substantive action being taken to reduce emissions and transition to renewable energy, in places like China, India, or Germany, but many of the leading emitters (per capita) like Canada or Australia are self-righteously congratulating themselves for having signed the agreement while actively taking steps to increase emissions. Canada, for example, is desperate to take advantage of the Trump Presidency to complete as many oil pipelines as possible, despite the collapsing price per barrel - and that's under a Liberal Prime Minister who ran an ostensibly "green" campaign.

Eliminating the need to cooperate with the United States, a rogue state on this and so many other global issues, could pave the way for the world's more mature and responsible countries to draft a more comprehensive and binding agreement, ideally with even some sort of sanctions regime for non-compliers (America, and depending on the political winds, Canada).

And the association of climate change denial with a figure as universally loathed as Trump (save small pockets of comfortable North American men who've discovered the orgasmic potency of victimhood) will raise the political cost for invertebrates like Trudeau of not being seen to take this more seriously.

Well, that's the optimistic take, anyhow...

 

[SerenityNigh]

Stop, he's dead already!!!



*not sure that captured what Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto was quoting, here you go:

 

[RAFUH]

Goldman Sachs CEO. His first ever tweet

 

[tsubaki]

Goldman Sachs CEO. His first ever tweet

Goldmans is against something? That is usually a good indication that whatever it is that they are opposing is alright.

 

[canuckblue]

It's possible that this will in some ways help the fight against climate change.

Paris was not really binding and has no real enforcement mechanism - largely in order to accommodate wealthy environmental laggards like Canada, Australia, or the US. Paris, and therefore Trump's announcement, were always more about symbolism than real substance.

Of course, there is real substantive action being taken to reduce emissions and transition to renewable energy, in places like China, India, or Germany, but many of the leading emitters (per capita) like Canada or Australia are self-righteously congratulating themselves for having signed the agreement while actively taking steps to increase emissions. Canada, for example, is desperate to take advantage of the Trump Presidency to complete as many oil pipelines as possible, despite the collapsing price per barrel - and that's under a Liberal Prime Minister who ran an ostensibly "green" campaign.

Eliminating the need to cooperate with the United States, a rogue state on this and so many other global issues, could pave the way for the world's more mature and responsible countries to draft a more comprehensive and binding agreement, ideally with even some sort of sanctions regime for non-compliers (America, and depending on the political winds, Canada).

And the association of climate change denial with a figure as universally loathed as Trump (save small pockets of comfortable North American men who've discovered the orgasmic potency of victimhood) will raise the political cost for invertebrates like Trudeau of not being seen to take this more seriously.

Well, that's the optimistic take, anyhow...

Still taking potshots at us, I see. Nice to know some things never change. I'll just remind you, 1.6%. That's all Canada contributes to world total emissions. Basically four-fifths of five-eighths of bugger-all.

 

[longers]

I like this Macron chap

 

[DanEFC92]

Goldmans is against something? That is usually a good indication that whatever it is that they are opposing is alright.

Trump does have a load of Goldman Sachs bankers in his cabinet, like.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

I'll just remind you, 1.6%. That's all Canada contributes to world total emissions. Basically four-fifths of five-eighths of bugger-all.

And what's that per capita, as he indicated?

 

[LinekersLegs]

I like this Macron chap

I think it will suit both Trump and Macron to intensify their war of words unfortunately, I'd expect a Trump tweet dissing the French or Europeans in general by the weekend.

“The White House and a Russian state-owned bank have very different explanations for why the bank’s chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in December,” the Washington Post reports.

“The bank maintained this week that the session was held as part of a new business strategy and was conducted with Kushner in his role as the head of his family’s real estate business. The White House says the meeting was unrelated to business and was one of many diplomatic encounters the soon-to-be presidential adviser was holding ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.”

“The contradiction is deepening confusion over Kushner’s interactions with the Russians as the president’s son-in-law emerges as a key figure in the FBI’s investigation into potential coordination between Moscow and the Trump team.”