What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[The Minsky Moment]

I guess we can take comfort in the fact that no Saudi has ever attacked the United States.

[Monoriu]

I know the Iranians aren't saints, but it seems very strange to drag them into this. 

[Malthus]

I know the Iranians aren't saints, but it seems very strange to drag them into this.

I think the message is that they can't turn against the Saudis, no matter how evil their leaders act, because the Saudis act to block the Iranians from their ambitions, and the Iranians are dangerous to American interests.

[celedhring]

The "they are cunts, but they are our cunts" train of thought has never come back to bite anybody, ever. Particularly with Saudis involved.

[Malthus]

The "they are cunts, but they are our cunts" train of thought has never come back to bite anybody, ever. Particularly with Saudis involved.

Cold War support for Islamic militants in Afghanistan also springs to mind. 

[Eddie Teach]

The "they are cunts, but they are our cunts" train of thought has never come back to bite anybody, ever. Particularly with Saudis involved.

Cold War support for Islamic militants in Afghanistan also springs to mind. 

You need to secure victory in today's battle before fighting tomorrow's.

[Razgovory]

The "they are cunts, but they are our cunts" train of thought has never come back to bite anybody, ever. Particularly with Saudis involved.

The smart thing would have been to ignore the entire issue.  The Saudis have done much worse in the past and we looked past it.  Trump is statements make it look like the USA is beholden to the Saudis.

[derspiess]

The "they are cunts, but they are our cunts" train of thought has never come back to bite anybody, ever. Particularly with Saudis involved.

The smart thing would have been to ignore the entire issue.  The Saudis have done much worse in the past and we looked past it.  Trump is statements make it look like the USA is beholden to the Saudis.

Agree.

[celedhring]

I don't think it would have been that easy to avoid the controversy, given the international uproar. It even spawned a mini crisis over here since we sell arms to the Saudis.

[Admiral Yi]

The diplomatic equivalent of ignoring is to express grave concerns and then hope the story dies.

[Syt]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Oil prices getting lower. Great! Like a big Tax Cut for America and the World. Enjoy! $54, was just $82. Thank you to Saudi Arabia, but let's go lower!

His patronizing "Enjoy!" that he injects in some of his tweets is something that really irks me.

[Syt]

Also:

https://secondnexus.com/news/john-roberts-donald-trump-judges/

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts railed against President Donald Trump after Trump chided a federal judge who ruled against the president's ban on asylum-seekers.

On Tuesday, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California temporarily blocked the federal government from denying entry to migrants seeking political asylum between legal points of entry at the southern border.

"Whatever the scope of the president's authority," Tigar said in his opinion, "he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden."

Trump, in response, called the ruling a "disgrace" and denounced Tigar as an "Obama judge," echoing his administration's growing frustration with the judiciary. Trump then issued a threat against the Ninth Circuit, which has routinely bucked Trump's policies.

"We're gonna have to look at that," Trump blustered. "This was an Obama judge. And I'll tell you what, it's not going to happen anymore."

In a rare statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Roberts denounced Trump's ire with the courts and pressed the importance of having an independent judiciary.

"We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Roberts charged. "What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them."

Roberts added: "That independent judiciary is something we should be thankful for."

[The Minsky Moment]

That's nice Donald, but still higher then it was when the election happened and also when you took office.

BTW haven't heard much talk about the stock market lately.  Cat got your tongue?

[The Minsky Moment]

Re Tigar statement: Once a Roy Cohn disciple, always a Roy Cohn disciple.

[Eddie Teach]

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron.