Trump tweet on Intelligence Agencies

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  1. APACHERAT

    APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I've asked myself the same question over the past decade.

    I think the majority have died of old age and went to Heaven.

    It was Reagan Democrats who put Reagan into the White House.
     
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    ibobbrob Well-Known Member

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    Trump dealt with foreigners who had money that he needed.
     
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    Ok, I will tell on you.
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Don't Christians also think they will continue in paradise? Hopefully at the right hand of the father?
     
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    Trump very much lives from his gut. And what he beliefs has nothing to do with reality.
    Trump makes up his own truths, according to how he sees it.

    I say again; reality only is a bit-part player in Trump's mind and world.
    If one Monday he feels the need to tweet that pigs* will fly, then that is what he will do.
    Arguing with Trump that there are, in fact, no flying pigs is useless.
    Trump will simply tell you that such a fact doesn't serve his reality.

    In Trump's world truths are beside the point.

    Hence his rejection of any intelligence report that might conflict with his inner delusions.

    (*Feel free to read wall for flying pigs...)

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    yes thank you... a straight answer quite rare these days
     
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    Is that a bad thing?
     
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    Yeah but thankfully they dont really believe anymore.
     
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    Trump isn't questioning the intelligence agencies. There's nothing thoughtful going on with that guy.
    Rings hollow.
     
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    He misspoke. Get a clue.

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    We should be questioning our intelligence agencies .. its not a pretty picture. That said - Trump is off his rocker and full of BS with respect to Iran. I doubt that the intelligence community is doing what Trump is saying in any case ... the leaders follow the Establishment narrative = "Iran is the #1 State sponsor of Terror"

    While this is pure propaganda and not even close to being true - that is the line they tow.
     
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    Some do and some don't?

    Some say the numbers of Christians in the US are declining. All religion is mostly superstition and fear-based. To each his own.
     
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    Of course they should be questioned and challenged. All 'powers' should be questioned - it makes that 'power' more accountable and, ultimately, stronger and better.

    Should they have been questioned, via twitter, by the President of the US? I certainly don't think so. He wasn't questioning them - he was belittling them.
     
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    It's always good to question. Intelligence agencies supported the lies of the GW administration saying Iraq was developing atomic weapons. But, most people involved professionally in the intelligence field, are totally committed to finding & reporting the truth to their superiors, and deserve our trust and live up to that trust the vast majority of time. Most intelligence personnel specialize in one or more regions on Earth, and become highly informed in the area of specialty. They dedicate their lives to accuracy & truth in that specialty, and care deeply on a personal level, whether they provide a beneficial service to the leaders of our nation--especially the President. They are human and can make mistakes, but they're right far more often than they are wrong. Trump has been dismissive of their work, and has started an internal war against them because their info disagrees with what he personally believes or wants. It's another example by Trump of putting the best interest of the nation below the best interests of Trump.
     
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    I find it rather disturbing that Trump chooses to believe only his versions of reality.
     
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    If they ain't number one they are number two or three at worst. What is not pointed out that their terrorism is overwhelmingly directed to sunni muslims.
     
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    Now trump is on rambling and mumbling about the intelligence group on yesterday being "misquoted"....except that they weren't quoted at all. They were giving live, open testimony from their own mouths. What a f'ing derp. Total moron.
     
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    This is unbelievable. Nice photo op in an attempt to demonstrate he's totally in charge and aligned with his intell people claiming THEY told him it was fake news and that they were misquoted!

    And you know what? His faithful will defend him on it. It seems he's getting more and more deranged and then has to spend his people's time trying to fix his blundering bullshit.

    tragic situation america finds itself in, even if it is self created.
     
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    No he appears to believe Putin's view of reality.
     
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    What gibberish is this now. What terrorism is Iran conducting against Sunni (not that I would even mind this that much - especially if they were Sunni Islamist's)

    Saudi Arabia is by far a larger state sponsor of Terrorism than Iran and is the Cradle of radical Islamist Salafi ideology.

    Taliban, Al Qaeda/ Al Nusra, ISIS, Islamic Front and numerous other of that ilk in Syria - Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, the nutters in India and Pakistan.

    Tell me - how many are Shia -- following some Iranian Ideology. ZERO - thats how many. All follow the Saudi inspired Salafi extremist Islamist ideology. El Saud has been promoting this ideology all over the world for decades and supporting these groups including arming many of them.

    Iran is a human rights paradise compared to Saudi Arabia.

    The number two spot is hard to decide - I would like to give El Saud the number one spot but its hard to decide who is worse Saudi Arabia or the USA. Iran is not even close to either of these terrorist loving nations.

    How about #3 ? This is a toss up .. Iran or Israel. I would give Iran the third spot and Israel a close #4. Tough call though.
     
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    Trump dealt with foreigners for one purpose and that was to get financing for his projects. He is grossly inexperienced.
     
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    Also to get permits and maybe even exemptions from regulations.
    Real estate developers have to know and deal with the buracecies of governments and contractors, unions and even bad hombres. Name one developer in NYC who didn't have to deal with the mob ?
     
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    No question about that. Goes with the territory.
     
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    Obama was too stupid to think for himself

    He needed brennen, clapper and the muslim mole Jarrett to form his thoughts

    But trump is not stupid and he does push back against the Deep State
     
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    Man if your judgement is that Obama was stupid and Trump is smart then I guess you have been able to ignore Trump's endless lies, misstatements, and endless distortions of fact and truth. I mean the man is in love with Kim a brutal dictator and killer of his own people.

    And thinking that anyone with actual knowledge is deep state is just crazy. ISIS is not defeated. North Korea isn't going to give up its nukes although Trump has alrady said that we don't have to worry anymore. And despite Trump Iran is living up to the treaty. In every case the " deep state" was correct and Trump was stupid and wrong.
     

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