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What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

Started by FunkMonk, November 08, 2016, 11:02:57 PM

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Syt

My niece's husband unironically quoted the history class scene from the Starship Troopers movie, considering it a good idea for how to run a country.
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FunkMonk

Quote from: Syt on December 31, 2016, 10:46:41 AM
My niece's husband unironically quoted the history class scene from the Starship Troopers movie, considering it a good idea for how to run a country.

The number of knuckleheads who don't understand that movie is astounding.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
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FunkMonk

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Syt

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/31/politics/trump-russia-doubts/index.html

QuoteTrump casts hacking doubts again

West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his doubts Saturday that Russia was behind cyber-meddling in the US election, saying such a crime would be difficult to prove.

Speaking to reporters ahead of an 800-person New Years Eve bash at his Mar-a-Lago estate, a tuxedoed Trump referenced failed intelligence in the lead-up to the Iraq war as a reason for skepticism.

"I just want them to be sure, because it's a pretty serious charge, and I want them to be sure," Trump said. "And if you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster, and they were wrong. And so I want them to be sure. I think it's unfair if they don't know. And I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove."

Trump has repeatedly cast aside a US intelligence assessment announced in early October that Moscow was behind the hacking. After President Barack Obama announced new sanctions on Russia this week, Trump said he would consult with intelligence agencies in the coming days to be updated on the situation.

Trump has already received classified intelligence briefings on the matter, however, and has voiced mistrust at the intelligence community's finding that Russia was responsible for the attack. He's also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him smart this week for withholding reciprocal sanctions on the US.

Trump's stance has put him at odds with most congressional Republicans, who have argued for a tougher stance on Russia. Sen. John McCain, the Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee, will convene a hearing on cyber threats Thursday.

At Mar-a-Lago Saturday, Trump maintained that another culprit aside from Russia could have been behind the election intrusion.

"It could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don't know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation," he said.

Asked to describe what undisclosed information he knew, Trump said, "You'll find out on Tuesday or Wednesday."

Trump's intelligence briefing will likely take place midweek.

Trump, who is scheduled to return to New York Sunday after two weeks at his Palm Beach mansion, expressed deep misgivings about technology during his brief exchange with reporters positioned outside his Grand Ballroom.

"If you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old fashioned way because I'll tell you what, no computer is safe," he said. "I don't care what they say, no computer is safe."

I bet that Wednesday will come and go and he won't even remember that he said this. :P
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Duque de Bragança

Quote from: Syt on December 31, 2016, 10:46:41 AM
My niece's husband unironically quoted the history class scene from the Starship Troopers movie, considering it a good idea for how to run a country.

At least he has good taste in movies. :)

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Syt on January 01, 2017, 08:08:33 AM
I bet that Wednesday will come and go and he won't even remember that he said this. :P

No...what he'll do, just like every other time someone challenges him on what he's said previously, is double-down so he doesn't look wrong.  Because that's what we do in 5th grade.

mongers

Less than three weeks of relative sanity left.  :(




And that's just me, good knows about America.  :D
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: mongers on January 01, 2017, 09:04:06 AM
Less than three weeks of relative sanity left.  :(

QuoteAnd that's just me, good knows about America.  :D

We're all going to die.


11B4V

Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 01, 2017, 07:40:03 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 01, 2017, 09:04:06 AM
Less than three weeks of relative sanity left.  :(

QuoteAnd that's just me, good knows about America.  :D

We're all going to die.

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