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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

I think he may be quoting Fox, but I'm not sure. At any rate, it's one of his favorite words, along with "tremendous."
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CountDeMoney

Jesus H. Romanov Christ, ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING RUSSIANS ALREADY

QuoteBlackwater founder met secretly in Seychelles to establish Trump-Putin back channel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.8ab126e8a79a

The United Arab Emirates arranged the secret meeting — nine days before Donald Trump's inauguration — between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi­mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and the president-elect, according to U.S., European and Arab officials. The White House said it was not aware of any meetings and Prince had no role in the transition.

QuoteThe White House is a smoke machine when it comes to Russia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/03/the-white-house-is-a-smoke-machine-when-it-comes-to-russia/

The first is that Prince isn't just some businessman. He was a high-profile Trump supporter who is close to Stephen K. Bannon and just happens to be the brother of Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos. He was also seen at Trump Tower during the transition period and was advising Trump on intelligence and defense issues, according to the Intercept. And he definitely toed the Trump line on Russia and hacking. He's not just some guy.

HVC

But derspiess loves hearing about his puppet in chief.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Razgovory

This whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney


HisMajestyBOB

At this point the list of Trump advisors who aren't in cahoots with Russia is the shorter one.
Three lovely Prada points for HoI2 help

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2017, 07:16:27 PM
This whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.

It's amazing how--after 8 years of a black man and then the prospect of a woman in the White House--Republicans would actually piss away the sovereignty and national security of the country for silliness like racism, xenophobia and sexism.  Who knew. 

CountDeMoney

Christ, people.  Not even one night? We can't get ONE FUCKING NIGHT OFF WITHOUT RUSSIANS

QuoteTrump campaign advisor Carter Page targeted by Russian spies

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-campaign-advisor-carter-page-targeted-russian-spies/story?id=46557506

Two years before joining the Trump campaign as a foreign policy adviser, New York business consultant Carter Page was targeted for recruitment as an intelligence source by Russian spies promising favors for business opportunities in Russia, according to a sealed FBI complaint.

Page confirmed to ABC News that he is the individual identified as "Male-1" in a 2015 court document submitted in a case involving the Russian spies.

Page told ABC News he cooperated in the case, and felt the Feds "unmasked" him by describing him in January 2015 in a manner that would be known to energy insiders.

"I didn't want to be a spy," he said in an interview early Monday afternoon. "I'm not a spy."

Razgovory

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 03, 2017, 07:25:52 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2017, 07:16:27 PM
This whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.

It's amazing how--after 8 years of a black man and then the prospect of a woman in the White House--Republicans would actually piss away the sovereignty and national security of the country for silliness like racism, xenophobia and sexism.  Who knew.

Good thing Stalin didn't know this.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2017, 09:31:39 PM
Good thing Stalin didn't know this.

Stalin?  Hell, I'm just glad John Wayne's not alive to see this.

The Minsky Moment

Carter Page is a Russian asset no question.  Just look at his bio. Try to figure out what he has been doing or how he has been making $$ since leaving Merrill Lynch.  It's glaring.  One interesting question in this whole affair is how Page found himself named as a leading advisor to the campaign.  Was it pure serendipity or was he planted?
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Razgovory

What happened to all those patriotic Americans with their AR-15s wanting to "take America back"?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

DGuller

Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2017, 10:34:02 PM
What happened to all those patriotic Americans with their AR-15s wanting to "take America back"?
They deserve a little rest after eight tough years.

Tamas

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 03, 2017, 10:04:16 PM
Carter Page is a Russian asset no question.  Just look at his bio. Try to figure out what he has been doing or how he has been making $$ since leaving Merrill Lynch.  It's glaring.  One interesting question in this whole affair is how Page found himself named as a leading advisor to the campaign.  Was it pure serendipity or was he planted?

Reminded me of the Hungarian far-right (Jobbik) EU MP, who is still being investigated if he is a Russian spy but... He went to Russia like 20 years ago, disappeared off the map as far as public records are concerned, then resurfaced in Hungary with lotsa' money, a Russian wife who has FSB ties, and his first order of business was to become the financier of a fresh upstart far-right party called Jobbik...
I wonder if he is a Russian agent indeed.  :hmm:

Tamas

Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2017, 10:34:02 PM
What happened to all those patriotic Americans with their AR-15s wanting to "take America back"?

As CdM said, in their opinion, it's not a darkie and not a woman so how bad could it be?