Trump blows off the White House Correspondents Dinner

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  1. GraspingforPeace

    GraspingforPeace Well-Known Member

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    The pipeline that is almost complete and need a few miles of line to finish it? Gee, what a job creator.

    The TPP was dead in the water in Congress already.

    What about it? Signing off on an executive order to build the wall doesn't magically poof it into existence. Nor does the EO make it cost-effective, nor effective in any way.

    LOL, that is a big accomplishment for you guys?

    Which has been struck down by the courts.

    You should learn that everything you listed on here is an extreme joke to anybody with half an understanding of current events, and the nuances of politics and economies.
     
  2. Dale Cooper

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    Damn...I must have gotten a bogus ballot. Not a single one of those (dumb) things were campaigned on or even mentioned.
     
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    The pipeline will operate to the dismay of Obama and his lunatic fans, the TPP is officially and completely dead and buried, walls are not built in one day, the first steps were made way ahead of schedule though, people from those 7 countries already can't secure a new visa and current visa holders will be dealt with in the next couple of days....

    Keep grasping at straws though, it's fun to watch.
     
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    Sure it does. Poor little snowflake doesn't want to hear anything that might actually threaten his world view. You know like he knows more thsn the generals, he has a secret plan to defeat ISIS, the media is his enemy, he won the most votes in the election. Russia wasn't trying to influence the election. Etc. Little snowflake needs to hide on his little cocoon where he can be safe from the real world and facts can't threaten his view of himself as second only to god. Or maybe not actually second.
     
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    True. He doesn't need a circle jerk. He is anough of a jerk all by himself.
     
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    He should arrive just as he is being introduced, walk up to the podium give them both his middle fingers and say "In spite of all your efforts I WON" give a big laugh and walk out the door.
     
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    He wouldn't be very funny in any case, as he's already done worse than anything you could think of to make fun of him for "You can't burlesque burlesque " as the saying goes.
     
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    I don't think there is much evidence that the media actually hates Trump. What they hate is his lies not the liar.

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    If the media was in bed with the establishment they would be in bed with Trump and the Republican party and you would have no reason to keep whining.
     
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    Clearly, Trump has not been wounded (other than his fragile ego) so he does not have Regan's excuse and there are no similarities whatsoever between Trump and Jimmy Carter, so it is safe to say that this avoidance of the dinner is more reminiscent of Nixon's reasons for not attending and we all know why that was.
     
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    Nonsense. The Republicans have been making the same claims for decades. Won't wash this time either.
     
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    But Trump suposedly going to fund his own campaign so he would be free of outside influences. Of course that was just another lie.
     
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    The pipeline will run, and create a handful of permanent jobs while having an indistinguishable effect on global oil trade. The TPP has been dead and buried. What first steps were made on the wall beyond him ordering it's construction and then parsing out the true cost of a 2,000 mile long, ten foot high concrete wall that runs through rivers and over hills? And how do you feel about the DHS coming out and saying that the travel ban does zip to help our national security?
     
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    That is exactly right...It is all about his fragility in the ego department...He is such a whiny little coward...He is a joke to most of the ex-pats down here...
     
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    Is Costa Rica as cool for ex-pats as the say? I was considering a visit to snoop around a bit.
     
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    The pipeline issue was never about jobs or trade, it was about shutting it down for good (Obama) or running it (Trump). It's running. Obama supported the TPP till the last moment in the office, so did Hillary and their special interests. Now it's dead and buried. Authorizing the resumption of wall construction and accepting the contractors' bids is the first step to building the wall, it's clearly getting built.

    Flooding the country with radicalized uneducated un-vetted heavily infiltrated by terrorists fundamentalist muslims from war-torn regions is a recipe for disaster, as the European experience has demonstrated....regardless of what the DHS says about it. I can understand their "if it did not happen before in this country, it won't happen in the future" PC/CYA thinking but it's backward and faulty.
     
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    Thank goodness we have a genius national security adviser on Political Forums. Glad that hubris is now so openly stated; in the future we can just point and laugh at you. Have fun with your 20+ billion dollar wall that will do absolutely nothing in regards to flow of immigrants, and starting a trade war with Mexico.
     
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    It is just fantastic here...If you do get the chance, come on down...Let me know...
     
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    You trust the authorities too much, despite their record of errors, screw ups, disasters, deliberate lies and cover ups.... You should some day start using your own judgment, preferably combined with common sense. Case in point, I see what's happening in Europe and I don't like it one bit, regardless what the authorities claim.


    Sure, thanks, in previous posts you claimed that Trump has not accomplished anything and now you are complaining that his accomplishments may have a high price tag and negative repercussions. You can't have it both ways, you know, when your consecutive posts contradict each other it does not look very good.
     
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    Someone that I have never met but has a great podcast I subscribe to and who I admire, trust and respect very much has recently purchased a place there and this is what has got me considering it. She has been singing the praises of Costa Rica lately and it sounds great. Thanks.
     
  20. Stuart Wolfe

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    Hilla or Margot2? Well, Hilla seems relevant as many posters keep repeating that she got more votes than Trump. If you're referring to Margot2, I'm afraid you'll just have to use the search function.
     
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    But thats all you got. That one is very played out. 1 single 30 yr old example of something he was never found guilty of, nor was there any proof he had anything to do with it. Got anything else? How about examples of him being homophobic? I'm sure you'll dig up articles of what people think. Too bad there's no legitimate proof.

    So try again.

    Hillary called black people super predators. Explain how that's NOT racist? Hillary rubbed shoulders with legitimately racist people her whole career. Obama was married by a proven racist. How can someone allow themselves to be married by such a hateful horrible person. Says a lot about the Obamas character. Out of them. And of course his magical son he never had could have been murderous thug.

    But you've got a 30 yr old case of supposed racism, something nearly every corporation had been accused of. Starbucks. McDonald's. Walmart. Tech companies. And that's what you hear about. Imagine how often they pay people off before the news gets a whiff. They all get ACCUSED because anyone can accuse you of racism by simply looking at them wrong.



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    At this point, I don't think it would have made such a difference.
     
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    Use it yourself; your post wasn't about Margot.

    And yes, HRC got more votes than Trump. And she is irrelevant as we speak. The two are not mutally exclusive.
     
  24. GraspingforPeace

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    Says the guy who is implicitly trusting Donald Trump, a reality TV star who exhibits the telltale signs of narcissism and is a pathological liar.

    "I see what's happening in Europe... through the lens of organizations like Breitbart, DailyMail, and Jihadwatch."

    Fixed that for you.

    He hasn't done anything yet. He has ordered something be done, which you are touting as it being done. He has also said that he will, in the future, create the conditions for a trade war with Mexico. I'm condemning the discrepancy between what he has done versus what he has ordered be done in the future, as well as the negative consequences of the policy IF it were done. It's incredible how simple nuances have to be explained outright to you because you are so pigeon-holed into your way of thinking.
     
  25. Stuart Wolfe

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    Well, I figured you asked a dumb question, so I gave you a dumb response in return. Come on, when Margot2 makes a rather lame post about Trumps senility - I don't like the guy, but I doubt he's senile - than the response she got was rather fitting. You - or rather her - were concerned about his health? Look at who she were supporting then.

    To the extent that Hilla is irrelevant, I suppose she is - save for the times when she isn't. And those left of center here who keep bringing her up for the reason I mentioned are keeping her relevant.
     

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