As Trump talked, his aides on the sidelines of the lobby stood in silence. Chief of staff John Kelly crossed his arms and stared down at his shoes, barely glancing at the president. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders looked around the room trying to make eye contact with other senior aides. One young staffer stood with her mouth agape.
Exactly. He thinks heās got real potential to get elected in 2020. Heāll be a placeholder for a country thatās quickly tearing itself apart and reconfiguring something different in itās place. His calls for āunityā will be laughable and absurd.
I wonder what the military thinks about a āpresidentā who calls people who are Antifa(scist) leftist terrorists. Pretty much condemns the US involvement in the ETO during WW II.
When Trump calls the media"fake news", how I wish theyād respond by calling him Mr. Fake President. Because thatās actually true. Heās lacks the moral stature, the empathy or humanity to be called President.
You pretty much read my mind as to what I was going to add onto my last comment.
I have NO DOUBT that Kelly, McMaster and Mattis are discussing āmattersā with Yertle and Ryan right nowā¦ Because there wonāt be a military coup in America but Iām sure the generals know that things are spiraling out of control.
Ryan finally released a statement and condemned bigotry - and what took him so long?
God I really want to believe that this is what is going on. I really do. From your keyboard to the screens of the dogs.
Are we really shocked by this?
Trump just equated George Washington with traitorous āgeneralsā who took up arms and lead a rebellion to defend chattel slavery and blamed the victims of Naziās running over American citizens.
It has become a sick shadow play.
Trump needs to be removed from office.
Damn. How did you manage to rate a response?
I would not say in "hindsight: at all. Yes, for most of us this meltdown was entirely foreseeable. The only question was when, and frankly I think we are going to see this train wreck getting worse.
There are a number of stories about when Nixon started drinking heavily during the Watergate hearings and John Schlesinger, his Secretary of Defense set up to isolate Nixon from the nuclear āfootball,ā the launch codes. True, this is a kind of treason, but I think General Kelly needs to consider it. . . . At least until some positive steps are taken to remove this maniac from the White House.
Trump may agree to condemn āevilā neo-Nazis and white supremacists via scripted speech read on a teleprompter, but he strongly identifies with their beliefs and objectives, and therefore he feels compelled to defend their actions in his impromptu, heartfelt public remarks.
No heās not helping his cause, and Iād love to see him invited to do Op Eds in praise of Trump and Trumpās support of white ānationalismā for major newspapers across the land.
@caltg Maybe thatās why Kelly took the job.
@dannysgrandma Good news about the AFL-CIO. Thanks.
I especially liked the part where he was almost in tears when Trump was knuckling under and then singing his praises as he reaffirmed his racist bona fides. A cross-burning on the White House lawn would cement their bromance.
Trump: I am so happy that I want to cry. The FĆ¼hrer will be so so proud. And Dad too. I am indeed The Specialist person ever born.
Itāll be two or three days, but this might just depress Trumpās approval poll numbers by another point or so. Drip. Drip. Drip. #MAGA
That should put the last nail in Trumpās coffin with the Independents. If anyone dares to put a Trump sign on their front yard now, it will be considered a swastika by the neighbors.
You donāt disrespect the Greatest Generationās sacrifices during WW II. Not in this country, Con Man. Get thee to Siberia before we put you in Gitmo.
While a overly mean African American or Caribbean nurse tends to his dying needs.
That was the surprising thing. He was in the news at the time (this is like 17 years ago) and one of his minions was mentioned in a news story which linked to a blog with his email on it. So I called the guy a few choice things and he actually replied and copied Duke.