Just shoot me in the face

 

 

Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017

And then there's Trump's attempt to engineer last night as a reality show.

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So...which catastrophe is he attempting to distract us from this time?

He isn't. He isn't some master manipulator, he isn't fuckin' Sun Tzu. People need to stop assuming this is some grand plan. Trump is not smart. He is just that stupid, that impulsive and mercurial. Sometimes his showman's instinct works for him, but when it comes to actual negotiation, he is a one-trick nag. Trump has gotten by for decades bullying and cajoling people in business with bluster and brag and insisting on getting his own way, and then getting slapped down before coming back again. He is simply trying to handle nations the same way.

From Reuters:

 

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U.S. military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup preparations. 

 

As a result, three officials said, the attacking SEAL team found itself dropping onto a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger than expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists.

 

More from the Times.

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I believe that he will resign or be removed from office before the end of this year. This cannot go on.

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

People need to stop assuming this is some grand plan. He is just that stupid, that impulsive and mercurial.

 

You'll have to forgive me, Vee, if I don't take your word for it.  If anything, I think he's capable of playing the "useful idiot" for others in order to make them stumble on their own presumed intellectual superiority.  I just don't trust this man at all.

Illegal immigrants from Australia? Is this because of the phone call? What illegal immigrants from Australia? Am I missing something or is this guy just looney tunes.

6 minutes ago, Vee said:

He isn't. He isn't some master manipulator, he isn't fuckin' Sun Tzu. People need to stop assuming this is some grand plan. Trump is not smart. He is just that stupid, that impulsive and mercurial. Sometimes his showman's instinct works for him, but when it comes to actual negotiation, he is a one-trick nag. Trump has gotten by for decades bullying and cajoling people in business with bluster and brag and insisting on getting his own way, and then getting slapped down before coming back again. He is simply trying to handle nations the same way.

 

I don't know if you read the article I posted a few hours ago but it says the same thing.

 

(it reminds me of when everything Rove did was praised as genius...although Trump makes him look like Sun Tzu).

Just now, Khan said:

 

You'll have to forgive me, Vee, if I don't take your word for it.  If anything, I think he's capable of playing the "useful idiot" for others in order to make them stumble on their own presumed intellectual superiority.  I just don't trust this man at all.

 

You're wrong. Read literally any article about his long history. He is an uncurious, raging, wrathful idiot. He has a little bit of charisma and he talks a good game, but when put into actual business he has gone bankrupt, lied, cheated and bullied til he fails every single time.

 

Meanwhile:

 

 

"It was at the end of a long day & he was tired & fatigue was setting in."
CNN on White House's response to Trump's hanging up on Aussie PM.

— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) February 2, 2017

1 minute ago, ReddFoxx said:

I believe that he will resign or be removed from office before the end of this year. This cannot go on.

 

And I still think we need to be ready for when he wins that second term, because people think he should be given the opportunity to finish what he started (just as they had said once upon a time about Dubya).

Just now, DRW50 said:

 

I don't know if you read the article I posted a few hours ago but it says the same thing.

 

I did, it was good.

Just now, Khan said:

 

And I still think we need to be ready for when he wins that second term, because people think he should be given the opportunity to finish what he started (just as they had said once upon a time about Dubya).

 

I don't think W would have gotten a second term without 9/11. And I don't think the public will have the same reaction to Trump if that happens (which I hope it doesn't). 

 

I didn't think he'd be removed from office but these last two weeks have been so insane I'm starting to have my doubts. I think that may be why Bannon is trying to amass control as quickly as he can. Most of Congress is full of appeasers, but McConnell isn't that type (as much as the man disgusts me) when it gets to where we are heading - to the point where [!@#$%^&*] Australia is seen as an enemy of the state. 

You have David Brooks - king of the 'reasonable' Republicans, soothsayer of the Beltway - talking about removing him. That speaks to a certain audience and he wouldn't be saying that if he wasn't getting it from somewhere.

 

Trump will not leave without demanding a payout from the country. To him this will be just another failed business venture where he walks away with the cash.

 

Sigh:

 

 

Iran is rapidly taking over more and more of Iraq even after the U.S. has squandered three trillion dollars there. Obvious long ago!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017

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4 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

Illegal immigrants from Australia? Is this because of the phone call? What illegal immigrants from Australia? Am I missing something or is this guy just looney tunes.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2017/feb/02/donald-trump-dumb-deal-australia-refugee-resettlement-live

Spot the leak (possibly all three, to be honest):

 

 

Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn and Sean Spicer were in room for Turnbull-Trump telephone call #auspol

— Paul Osborne AAP (@osbornep) February 2, 2017

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

You have David Brooks - king of the 'reasonable' Republicans, soothsayer of the Beltway - talking about removing him. That speaks to a certain audience and he wouldn't be saying that if he wasn't getting it from somewhere.

 

Given that Trump seems to be racing to war with Iran (McCain must be getting a tingle up his leg...), I hope Brooks is right.