What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Ed Anger]

Yes, it is late.

I'm reading the latest issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists right now in another tab.

STOP LOOKING AT MY THOUGHT BUBBLES

It is like reading a Ziggy Cartoon.

[CountDeMoney]

It's all rainbows and anal!

[Ed Anger]

 

[garbon]

Did I hear Cathy?

[Eddie Teach]

That woman needs to learn to shop at Lane Bryant or other big girl stores.

[CountDeMoney]

Cathy's done well since she's replaced Sean Spicer at the White House.

[Syt]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/05/us/politics/tracking-trumps-visits-to-his-branded-properties.html?smid=tw-share

Tracking the President's Visits to Trump Properties
By KAREN YOURISH and TROY GRIGGS UPDATED July 5, 2017

Ethics experts say Donald J. Trump's visits to properties owned, managed or branded by the Trump Organization amount to free publicity for the company and blur the line between his family business and presidential duties.

Tracker and breakdown in article.

[FunkMonk]

Apparently the Poles love Donald.

[The Larch]

Apparently the Poles love Donald.

They love American presidents pretty much by default.

[Syt]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/donald-trump-warn-future-west-in-doubt-warsaw-speech

I see Bannon got to ghostwrite ...

Donald Trump warns that future of west is in doubt in Warsaw speech

Donald Trump has used a landmark speech in Warsaw to warn that the future of the west is in doubt if nations do not show more resolve in facing challenges.

"As the Polish experience reminds us, the defence of the west ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail," the US president said. "The fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive."

Trump painted a picture of the west facing existential challenges to "defend our civilisation" from terrorism, bureaucracy and the erosion of traditions.

He pointed to Poland – which in the last century endured Nazi and Soviet occupation – as an example of resolve.

"The story of Poland is the story of a people who have never lost hope, who have never been broken, and who have never forgotten who they are," he said.

In a nod to the conservative values he shares with Poland's controversial ruling Law and Justice party, Trump also called on the west to defend its traditions.

"Americans, Poles, and the nations of Europe value individual freedom and sovereignty," he said

"We must work together to counter forces, whether they come from inside or out, from the south or the east, that threaten over time to undermine these values and to erase the bonds of culture, faith and tradition that make us who we are."

Trump also issued a Reaganesque call to tackle bureaucracy, which he framed as more than just an inconvenience or byproduct of a rules-based society.

"On both sides of the Atlantic, our citizens are confronted by yet another danger – one firmly within our control. This danger is invisible to some but familiar to the Poles. The steady creep of government bureaucracy that drains the vitality and wealth of the people.

"The west became great not because of paperwork and regulations but because people were allowed to chase their dreams and pursue their destinies," he said.

According to Polish press reports, Trump was enticed to Warsaw by promises of a rapturous reception. The Polish government, which paid for supporters to be bussed in from provincial areas, appeared to have delivered, as the president was greeted by a boisterous, highly partisan crowd in Krasinski Square – one of Warsaw's smaller public spaces.

The crowd expressed its sympathies ahead of Trump's address, chanting the name of a Law and Justice politician as he took his seat and chanting "thieves" and "traitors" at opposition politicians as they entered the event's VIP area.

The US president's address was regularly interrupted by chants of "Donald Trump!" and "USA", though he hit a rare bum note when he praised the contribution to Poland's freedom of Lech Walesa, the former dissident, president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has long been denounced by Law and Justice leaders as a traitor and Communist informant. Cheers turned to boos when Walesa's name was mentioned.

Earlier in the day, Trump and Polish president Andrzej Duda bonded over their disapproval of their respective countries' domestic media outlets, as Trump defended his criticisms of CNN and his tweet depicting him body-slamming a figure with its head replaced by a CNN logo.

"They have been fake news for a long time, and they have been covering me in a dishonest way", Trump told a joint presser, as Duda nodded enthusiastically. "We don't want fake news."

After Poland's ruling Law and Justice took assumed office in 2015, Duda signed a media law allowing the government to take political control of state media outlets. Liberal media outlets have been squeezed financially by the cancellation of subscriptions by state institutions, and the withdrawal of advertising revenues.

Trump praised Poland as being one of the "few nations" that met its financial obligations to Nato. He said since he had pressured other member nations to meet their financial obligations the "money had been pouring in".

Trump said the US was also working with Poland "in response to Russia's actions and destabilising behaviour".

And he said nations must unite to confront Isis and terror groups but also "the threat from North Korea".

"We will confront it very strongly. President Duma and I call on our nations to publicly demonstrate to North Korea and demonstrate there are consequences to their very bad behaviour."

On Syria, Trump said both nations recognised the war-torn country required "a political solution that does not advance Iran's destructive agenda and does not allow terrorist organisations to return".

Asked about North Korea's recent missile tests and Trump's planned response, the president replied: "I don't know. We'll see what happens. I don't like to talk about what I have planned.

"I have some pretty severe things we're thinking about. I don't draw red lines. President Obama drew red lines. I'm the one who makes it look a little bit better than it was.

Trump closed the press conference with a rambling response to a call from a reporter to "finally answer yes or no" whether he thought Russia interfered in the 2016 US election.

"I think it could very well have been Russia," he said. |I think it could well have been other countries. I won't be specific. But I think a lot of people interfere," Trump said. "Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure."

[garbon]

How odd. Have there been many terrorist attacks in the US that the media didn't cover?

[mongers]

So Trump is warning about a severe threat to Western civilisation? 

[derspiess]

How odd. Have there been many terrorist attacks in the US that the media didn't cover?

Forget it, he's rolling.

[Eddie Teach]

How odd. Have there been many terrorist attacks in the US that the media didn't cover?

Forget it, he's rolling.

[CountDeMoney]

Apparently the Poles love Donald.

Of course they do;  he loves autocrats and hates a free press as much as the Law and Order Party.

Going to be hilarious when the Russian tanks roll in, and Donald doesn't believe the fake news about it.  So Sad!  #1939PartII:RussianBoogalo #MartiFinallyGetsAnalNotTheWayHeWanted