Bannon is no genius either. He's a schemer and very dangerous, but he's got no interest in the intricacies of the rule of law and his authoritarian fantasies allow for storming about like a bull in a china shop, which is what he did with the immigration ban that has backfired on Trump tremendously and only incited more resistance. A clever operator, like Rove once was, would've ginned up public anger and then made it happen as the coup de grace. Bannon just thinks shock and awe will win the day in Washington. Ultimately he will be wrong. He's putting a huge target on himself.

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Meanwhile, in New York:

 

 

Back in the Yes, This Happened department, Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast:

 

“When I ran for president, I had to leave the show. That’s when I knew for sure I was doing it [running for president],” he said. “And they hired a big, big movie star ― Arnold Schwarzenegger ― to take my place, and we know how that turned out: The ratings went right down the tubes. It’s been a total disaster.”

 

“I want to just pray for Arnold if we can for those ratings,” Trump added.

 

The comments came as Trump discussed his relationship with “Celebrity Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett, who introduced Trump at the breakfast.

 

“Mark will never, ever bet against Trump again,” the president said.

Sweet Jesus. 

 

(No pun intended.)

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1 hour ago, Wales2004 said:

Trump is pathological and generally ignorant.  I have never understood why people give him so much credit for being such a great businessman when he was born into wealth and has used the system to bail him out of bad deals he's made. 

 

His ignorance is on full display everyday now.

 

The greatest compliment he seems to be getting are from reporters/analysts fishing for something positive to say by constantly repeating how he's doing what he said he was going to do and no politician has ever kept their promises.  But is he really doing what he said he was going to do?  Is is he building on quicksand since these rushed through actions might not stand up to legal challenges?

 

All of his boasting has taken away his option of being able to fall back on goodwill if anything major happens.  He's made it much easier for other nations to be encouraged to unite against the U.S. by his tyrannical nature. 

 

I believe he's the biggest test of the legislative to come along in some time.

 

He's threatening Berkley's funds because of the protest against his supporter Milo Yiannopoulis and California is not the state for him to go after. 

That's all he's going to do each day he's in office...go after anyone or any entity that doesn't like him or calls him out for what he truly is. 

Arnold replied in saying....

 

Donald why don't we switch positions and you take over the Apprentice and I become president and then American can sleep again.....LOL

I'd take Arnold right now.

Just now, Vee said:

I'd take Arnold right now.

 

Same here. 

In other news: US Treasury just amended Obama's sanctions order to "authorize certain transactions" with Russian FSB https://t.co/GYCNHGxvvL

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 2, 2017

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Are there people who still don't believe this administration has got China in it's cross-hairs?  Presidential puppetmaster Steve Bannon says so.

 

Steve Bannon: 'We're going to war in the South China Sea ... no doubt'

 

Picking fights with a country with at least a billion people. The height of hubris.

King Cheeto was definitely his usual at the Black History prayer breakfast....he talked about the MLK Statue report, and the fake news reporting that it had been removed - all he ever does is talk about whatever in the past, how much he won by, how no one predicted it, how no polls predicted it, etc. etc.  He's going to be talking about the campaign for the next 4 years. 

 

What was really scary is during that little rant he mentioned all of the "fake news" several times but then said how they side with the "Opposition".  "The Opposition Party".  Wait for that to become the latest marketing/talking point to bad mouth Democrats and give them the brand of the "bad" party the way they've done for years by basically claiming you can only be Patriotic or love America if you're Republican.  That was his whole strategy to appeal to the same old masses....America must never have been great because he wanted to "make America great again".  We must have always sucked before.

 

But this business of...at a PRAYER breakfast to call the other party "the Opposition".....guess what - whe he gives a shi* about uniting the country, then I will.  He does and says nothing to make me want to support him and I won't.  Right now, it's too far gone for me ever to listen to him.  And he doesn't do anything to temper it either....just doesn't care.  So I don't.

 

And I guess the Right thinks we lose our memory or something.  Because I was thinking back about when Obama signed a couple of Executive Orders (and he signed less than any 2 term President in like...a Century)....but the Republicans at the time...many of them parrotted after each other on the News every chance they got....that Obama was acting like a CZAR!  He's CZARIST!    Because it wasn't enough damage/good enough to say he was acting like a "KING".....they had to use the word CZAR!.  He's acting like a CZAR!  So that it would sound more evil/bad to compare him to a Russian.

 

Or I guess no one remembers the emails and crazy articles flying around after Obama was elected the first time about the 25 or 50 reasons or whatever it was - why Obama is actually the ANTICHRIST!  Sent by all the Christian zealots day after day for awhile....(of which party you know they were with)...  Well, which President acts more like it now?   Haven't seen any apocolyptic emails after this troll was elected....strange. 

 

Now I just sit and laugh at them because they won't even say Trump is acting like a King....by trying to force/ramrod whatever and whoever he wants in there.  And boy, in his  instance and given his affinity for Putin (let's not kid ourselves) - Czar would be far more appropriate a term right now for him than it ever was for other Presidents. 

U.S. officials reveal Trump-ordered military raid insufficiently thought out, leading to civilian deaths in Yemen https://t.co/QzVSqfHtAO pic.twitter.com/hV66BfWbuP

— Andrij Dobriansky (@tufkaa) February 2, 2017

^^^ And that is why we're hearing about the anti-LGBT EO being leaked again. Not because they want to distract the left but because they want to distract the right. Those people who thought Trump was going to keep us safe may turn a blind eye to green card holders being caught in a dragnet but they won't be so forgiving of him getting our troops killed out of his laziness. Best way to distract them is to get them focused back on hating the gays.

DeVos Update: NORTH CAROLINIANS! NC's Thom Tillis's office says he's undecided & wants 2 hear from people (919) 856-4630 (202) 224-6342 RT

— Yana Cortlund (@YCortlund) February 2, 2017

 

Comcast employees in Center City walk-out to oppose #MuslimBan. They're about to march. Protest was organized on Slack. pic.twitter.com/4knYXN6SdZ

— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) February 2, 2017

 

More on why Bannon is not a genius.

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I hope Tillis can be turned. There was some chatter here that Rob Portman might vote no but he decided to be his usual craven self.