US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[agrajag]

Chuck, I will own the shut down.

The Democrats now own the shutdown!

 

[Brehvolution]

$250M and 10,000+ border agents and it still isn't enough? Where is all that money going beside private contractors holding migrants in cages?

Is the 5 billions dollars to make a wall out of $1 bills?

[Tripon]

https://apnews.com/ec2ed217357048ff998225a31534df12

Erdogan, though, quickly put Trump on the defensive, reminding him that he had repeatedly said the only reason for U.S. troops to be in Syria was to defeat the Islamic State and that the group had been 99 percent defeated. “Why are you still there?” the second official said Erdogan asked Trump, telling him that the Turks could deal with the remaining IS militants.

With Erdogan on the line, Trump asked national security adviser John Bolton, who was listening in, why American troops remained in Syria if what the Turkish president was saying was true, according to the officials. Erdogan’s point, Bolton was forced to admit, had been backed up by Mattis, Pompeo, U.S. special envoy for Syria Jim Jeffrey andspecial envoy for the anti-ISIS coalition Brett McGurk, who have said that IS retains only 1 percent of its territory, the officials said.

Bolton stressed, however, that the entire national security team agreed that victory over IS had to be enduring, which means more than taking away its territory.

Trump was not dissuaded, according to the officials, who said the president quickly capitulated by pledging to withdraw, shocking both Bolton and Erdogan.

Caught off guard, Erdogan cautioned Trump against a hasty withdrawal, according to one official. While Turkey has made incursions into Syria in the past, it does not have the necessary forces mobilized on the border to move in and hold the large swaths of northeastern Syria where U.S. troops are positioned, the official said.

The call ended with Trump repeating to Erdogan that the U.S. would pull out, but offering no specifics on how it would be done, the officials said.

When even the guy who says to pull out quickly tries to back peddle and convince you wait, I was only joking. Oh man.

[kingv]

Haha. It’s always even worse than you thought.

His going nuclear is also incredibly stupid, especially from his own perspective.

If Senate moves to a 50 vote threshold, the House will send over tons of democratic priorities that they feel like they can peel away 5 vulnerable republicans on and the Senate Democrats will spend all their time figuring out how to force those votes.

DACA Fix, net neutrality, protecting Mueller, banning family separation and probably half a dozen other things trump has done suddenly become politically possible.

[VomKriege]

Caught off guard, Erdogan cautioned Trump against a hasty withdrawal, according to one official.

[james]

Erdogan: Why are you still there? We can deal with the rest, go home.



Trump: Great point, we're leaving



Erdogan:

[Joe Molotov]

DACA Fix, net neutrality, protecting Mueller, banning family separation and probably half a dozen other things trump has done suddenly become politically possible.

You think Trump cares or remembers about any of those things?

[VomKriege]

Trump Presidency : Be careful what you wish for.

[agrajag]

Erdogan: when keeping it real goes wrong.

[james]

Who could have known that relying exclusively on Fox and Friends to guide your policy decisions would be so hard

[TakingBackSunday]

there's no fucking way they use the nuclear option right? 

[Joe Molotov]

there's no fucking way they use the nuclear option right? 

We need wall.

[kingv]

For the life of me, I can’t figure out why they keep treating wall as plural.

It might even be technically not grammatically wrong, but it makes you sound fucking dumb because nobody says that.

[CatsCatsCats]

So when it is pointed out after it is “finished — mission accomplished” that there’s actually several disconnected walls, they can say “duh we know that”

[Nintex]

Woah, he actually got the house votes.
Now the senate needs to act. The GOP probably figured $5.7 billion for a wall was a cheap way to 'pay off' Trump. 

"Thank god he'll be busy with the wall and not withdraw from any more wars" they whispered.

The US building the wall because Trump holds the government hostage is just 

[james]

Woah, he actually got the house votes.

They were on the way to the airport.

They would have voted to nuke Israel if it meant they could get out before rush hour traffic started

[Nintex]

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ev3984/trumps-border-wall-meltdown-is-freaking-out-republicans-its-a-mess?utm_source=vicetwitterus

“He essentially threw everybody under the bus,”

After landing an ocean away and getting 17 minutes in with his wife and kids, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) had to hop another flight back to Washington.

“I’ll just plan on telling the wife to plan on taking the kids back by herself,” Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) told reporters just off the House floor Thursday afternoon, showing some frustration. “I think people really don’t understand what’s happening.”

“We’re trying to figure out where the president is,” Walden told VICE News. “We’re literally trying to figure that out.”

“There is a way to structure a shutdown that ruins the vacations of members of Congress and still does not impair the functioning of our government in 2019,” Gaetz argued.

[brawndolicious]

RBG had cancerous tumors removed from her lungs. It's gonna be a long 2 years.

[james]

I mean, ruining the vacation for all these political asswipes is actually pretty cool.

Trump is 3 for 3 this week.

[Nintex]

RBG had cancerous tumors removed from her lungs. It's gonna be a long 2 years.

Another job for Mulvaney

[Great Rumbler]

 

[shosta]

More like ASS 2018

[Nintex]

SUPER AWFUL SHILLS 2018

EVERYONE'S HERE!

I guess you unlock Sheriff Clarke, Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon and all after a couple hours of play.

[james]

Well that Dinesh guy has taken the prize for most punachable face of 2018, and holy shit was that a contested category.

[Nintex]

Wow, Trump's about to change up his entire cabinet and the new names have leaked.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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[Joe Molotov]

Someone emoticon John Phillip Dinesh Sousa and I'll add it as

[agrajag]

this thread has been looking like that panel lately tbh

[Mandark]

there's no fucking way they use the nuclear option right? 

Nope. McConnell is holding the vote so that he won't be blamed personally by Trump. Trump could have bullshitted about "winning" and signed a continuing resolution but Fox News, Limbaugh, Coulter called him out. So he felt like he had to stick to his guns at a time when he has less leverage than ever.

So either a clean CR gets passed over his veto after the new Congress is sworn in, Trump signs something but tweets about how he hates it, or they find something symbolic he can claim as a victory (and hope Fox & Friends don't blow up his spot).

[james]

Someone emoticon John Phillip Dinesh Sousa and I'll add it as

If Dinesh gets turned into an emoticon before surprised Pikachu you will rue the day you first visited the bore dot com.

[Joe Molotov]

[Mandark]

james: I demand new emotes on The Bore!


moderation: adds a bunch of conservative backpfeifengesichts rather than a beloved childhood cartoon character.


james: baffledtucker.jpg

[Great Rumbler]

[Nintex]

2020 exclusive preview teaser

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1076174149444423681

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[brawndolicious]

RBG had cancerous tumors removed from her lungs. It's gonna be a long 2 years.

1 year. Biden Rule kicks in January 2020.

That was at best a gentleman's agreement. 30 years later, they'll throw a perverted drunk onto the court rather than play fair.

No, she has to last 2 years.

[CatsCatsCats]

Y’all lyin by not likin JDubs post

[Mandark]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/robert-mercer-scales-back-gop-support-after-scrutiny-for-backing-trump.html

Robert Mercer typically avoids public scrutiny, but his involvement with Trump thrust him into the political arena – an unwelcome development for him.

ahahaha

[james]

Dow dives 400 points, heads for worst week in 10 years


Stocks plunged again on Friday, bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average's losses for the week to 6.7 percent, putting it on track for its worst week since the financial crisis in 2008. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell into a bear market. The Federal Reserve's rate hike on Wednesday drove the losses this week and fears of an extended government shutdown only added to the pain on Friday.




Thanks Obama

[james]

No one knew that not crashing the economy would be this complicate

[ToxicAdam]

Kasich vetoed the stupid Heartbeat Bill again. Gets a nice little jab in at the end.

>As governor I have worked hard to strengthen Ohio’s protections for the sanctity of human life, and I have a deep respect for my fellow members of the pro-life community and their ongoing efforts in defense of unborn life. However, the central provision of Sub. H.B. 258, that an abortion cannot be performed if a heartbeat has been detected in the unborn child, is contrary to the Supreme Court of the United States’ current rulings on abortion. Because the lower federal courts are bound to follow the U.S. Supreme Court’s precedents on abortion, Sub. H.B. 258 will likely be struck down as unconstitutional. The State of Ohio will be the losing party in that lawsuit and, as the losing party, the State of Ohio will be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to cover the legal fees for the pro-choice activists’ lawyers. Therefore, this veto is in the public interest.

[shosta]

Ooh. Ooh. What if we get downgraded again?

[Mandark]

Ooh. Ooh. What if we get downgraded again?

Ah, the days when it was "Zimbabwe!" instead of "Venezuela!"

[benjipwns]

this thread has been looking like that panel lately tbh

who who

[agrajag]

this thread has been looking like that panel lately tbh

who who

Since you asked

you, benji, would be Mark Levin or Greg Gutfield.

shosta is Charlie Kirk

Nintex is Jr

james is Dave Rubin

[shosta]

I don't want to be any of them

[agrajag]

hey I gave you one of the smarter ones, you ungrateful little rat

[Mandark]

hey I gave you one of the smarter ones

brutal roast of both shosta and all the non-Kirk people on that grid

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1076230102730579968

[Joe Molotov]

We're getting our first look at Wall.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076239448461987841

[Tripon]

Isn't that a fence.

[shosta]

[Nintex]

The best way for Democrats to end the shutdown is to send Trump a picture of an ugly wall and claim that's what the border wall will look like.

He seems to completey fixated on how 'artistic' it looks 

Trump: "Someone design me this wall"

Staffer: "Ok, let me start Microsoft Paint"

Trump:

[kingv]

Why doesn’t it have anything connecting the slats? 😂

Are they all just driven like 40 feet underground?

[VomKriege]

Why doesn’t it have anything connecting the slats? 😂

Are they all just driven like 40 feet underground?

Remember that you need to be able to see through.

[Nintex]

Trump has cancelled his trip to Florida to sign some bills.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076256868190834689

[Mandark]

https://i.imgur.com/vvKFgSc.jpg

At this event, they put an image watermarked with "rapeable_com" who is (shockingly!) an alt-right white supremacist.

Actually not a bad moment for a surprised pikachu.

[stufte]

Those bars look too far apart, a malnourished Mexican could definitely slip right between those.

[Mandark]

Meanwhile:

* Trump signs a compromise criminal justice reform.
* Trump admin bans bump stocks. People generally expect this to be overruled in court (for same reasons Obama admin decided they couldn't do it).
* Supreme Court doesn't give the administration a stay in a case where a lower court had ruled against them on asylum policy. Everyone I'm reading says it's pretty cut-and-dry that it was an illegal move, but it was a 5-4 decision with Roberts as a good guy.
* They will be rolling out a different barrier to asylum, requiring asylum seekers who come through Mexico to stay in Mexico during the process.
* Also a new rule slashing eligibility for food stamps.

[Nintex]

- RT is trolling Trump's wall
- The Shutdown is happeniing
- Someone climbed into the national Christmas tree

 

[Tripon]

Trump has cancelled his trip to Florida to sign some bills.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076256868190834689

But the page is blank.

[Nintex]

If the GOP was smart they'd just sneak the spending bill sans the wall into the pile Trump was going to sign. It's not like he reads any of those bills