What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[viper37]

We're talking about a continuum of situations.  Ideally there are no Nazis.  If there are Nazis hopefully they can be contained by popular protest, police and governmental action.  If they can't be contained by the above then yes more direct confrontation is necessary.  That shouldn't be the first response, though, as it indicates a breakdown of other checks in the system.  Which, when we get down to it, is what the Nazis want.  They want violence and intimidation to be a regular part of society.  It doesn't mean that the anti-fascists are the same as the fascists, it means that we are competing on the playing field the fascists want to be on.

[CountDeMoney]

Goddamn Mike Pence is fuckin brilliant

A motherfuckin Frank Underwood holy shit

If the endgame for Mueller's investigation is the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia, he will be inevitably swept up in it, due to his time with the campaign and his role as transition team leader.  At some point in time, he was in the room.  He may have been doing the New York Times crossword, but he was there.

Remember your Mob 101:  the Front Man is not clean, he's just there to portray the illusion of cleanliness.

[katmai]

Presumably this one came straight out of Bannon's mouth and into Trump's ear, before engaging the potty-mouth auto twitch response?

Donald J. Trump 
@realDonaldTrump
   
Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!

11:45 AM - 17 Aug 2017

Early career, Pershing commanded the Buffalo soldiers (black cavalrymen).  Wonder what he would have done with a bunch of rioters carrying KKK insignia and Nazi flags?

[Hint:  not praise them for their "very fine" deportment]

My maternal grandfather served under him in Mexico, and then later France.

[viper37]

https://qz.com/1057599/trumps-arts-and-humanities-council-resigned-with-a-letter-that-spells-out-resist/?utm_source=qzfb

[viper37]

Presumably this one came straight out of Bannon's mouth and into Trump's ear, before engaging the potty-mouth auto twitch response?

Donald J. Trump 
@realDonaldTrump
   
Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!

11:45 AM - 17 Aug 2017

Early career, Pershing commanded the Buffalo soldiers (black cavalrymen).  Wonder what he would have done with a bunch of rioters carrying KKK insignia and Nazi flags?

[Hint:  not praise them for their "very fine" deportment]

My maternal grandfather served under him in Mexico, and then later France.

wasn't he a supporter of Woodrow Wilson's segregation policies?

[katmai]

My grandfather?

I have no idea.

[Savonarola]

Good God Y'All:

'#WAR': Breitbart set to take on Trump White House after Bannon ouster
by Oliver Darcy   @CNNMoney
August 18, 2017: 4:33 PM ET   


Breitbart had been almost unfailingly supportive of President Trump, first during his campaign and then during his presidency. But following the White House's ouster of Steve Bannon, the former head of the right-wing website, Breitbart appears to be getting ready for a fight with the Trump team.

Bannon, his allies and the site's staffers have not been subtle about what is likely to happen now.
Joel Pollak, a senior editor-at-large at Breitbart, tweeted "#WAR," a reference to the site's early days and the mission statement of its founder, Andrew Breitbart.

A person who recently spoke with Bannon told CNNMoney that the now-former White House chief strategist will not stay quiet on the sidelines.

"It will be Bannon the barbarian," the person said. "He's not going to go out peacefully."

Following news of Bannon's exit, Breitbart started to prepare stories critical of people in the Trump White House, a person at the website told CNN. It's most likely the site will not -- for now at least -- directly attack the President, but will focus its fire on people in Trump's circle who had clashed with Bannon, or who are viewed as Democrats or "globalists."

A senior administration official told CNNMoney that Bannon will indeed fight for nationalism and populism on the from outside the White House. "He can be helpful to POTUS on the outside. Others may need to duck," the person said.

One Breitbart headline drew a comparison between Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former California governor, who is not viewed positively among the conservative base.

"With Steve Bannon gone, Donald Trump risks becoming Arnold Schwarzenegger 2.0," the Breitbart headline declared.

Ben Shapiro, a former editor at Breitbart who has been critical of Bannon and the website since he left, wrote in a column, "Bannon is deeply vengeful, and supremely ambitious. He has already held the most powerful job he will ever have -- unless, of course, his new job is to destroy Trump from the outside."

In messages from the company's internal Slack channels obtained by CNNMoney, Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow instructed his staff to also "round up hysterical reactions and gloating" by the mainstream media and Hollywood. Matthew Boyle, the website's Washington editor, who has been close with Bannon, was told to "start putting together a narrative story."

There has been speculation that Bannon will return to Breitbart after parting ways with the White House. But Marlow told his staff he was in the dark on that particular matter.

"I'm not sure exactly when he's out officially or if he's coming back," Marlow wrote.

Marlow also tried to get a handle on the website's public relations. He gave Breitbart employees a "friendly reminder" that "tweeting tends to do more harm than good."

A spokesman for Breitbart declined to comment.

-- CNNMoney's Dylan Byers contributed reporting.

A l'exemple de Saturne, la révolution dévore ses enfants

[Jacob]

Can the POTUS even fire the Veep? What happens if he does?

My understanding is that the president cannot fire the VP.

[Habbaku]

The VP is elected by the Electoral College in the same fashion the President is. He cannot be "fired" by the President, but can be removed from office the same way the President would.

[viper37]

My grandfather?

I have no idea.

ah, ah
Pershing

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Time to ask the British to burn down DC again people.

[jimmy olsen]

Bannon with that weird interview of his was basically giving Trump an ultimatum.  Follow through on our campaign promises with regards to economic war with China or fire me.

Trump fired him and now Bannon is going to go scorched earth in response.

[jimmy olsen]

CdM's posse is on the scene.

[derspiess]

Goddamn Mike Pence is fuckin brilliant

A motherfuckin Frank Underwood holy shit

If the endgame for Mueller's investigation is the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia, he will be inevitably swept up in it, due to his time with the campaign and his role as transition team leader.  At some point in time, he was in the room.  He may have been doing the New York Times crossword, but he was there.

Remember your Mob 101:  the Front Man is not clean, he's just there to portray the illusion of cleanliness.

Wishful thinking.

[CountDeMoney]

Wishful thinking.

Any other campaign, maybe.  But the Trump campaign's management staff--even at its largest--you could count on both hands.