What can we do? He got elected and I don't think that the 1/3 of the public that voted for him will ever change their minds. He will not be re elected unless the Dems really drop the ball which is a possibility unfortunately.
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What can we do? He got elected and I don't think that the 1/3 of the public that voted for him will ever change their minds. He will not be re elected unless the Dems really drop the ball which is a possibility unfortunately.
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You still pondering Canada BP?
Good to see you back. You were gone when I left.
No bro I'm a convicted fellon now.i can't even vote.
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Thxs man good to see you too BP. Hey we are Canada we take anyone these days lol
President Trump entered the White House on a platform of populist rage. He channeled ire against the perceived perfidy and corruption of a shadowy world of cosmopolitan elites. He labeled https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/28/how-globalism-became-the-boogeyman-of-2016/?utm_term=.e312b63cdf81 (his opponent Hillary Clinton a “globalist”) — an establishment apparatchik supposedly motivated more by her ties to wealthy concerns elsewhere than by true patriotic sentiment.
“We will no longer surrender this country, or its people, to the false song of globalism,” Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/28/donald-trumps-real-foreign-policy-a-clash-of-civilizations/ (declared in a campaign speech in 2016), setting the stage for his “America First” agenda. The message was effective, winning over voters who felt they had lost out in an age defined by globalization, free trade and powerful multinational corporations.
Fast-forward a year, though, and it's worth asking whether Trump — a scion of metropolitan privilege and a jet-setting tycoon who has long basked in his private world of gilded excess — ever seriously believed any of his own populist screeds. Little he has done since coming to power suggests a meaningful interest in uplifting the working class or addressing widening social inequities. Indeed, much of the legislation that he and his Republican allies are seeking to push through https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2017/11/07/iran-deal/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.d0ac26dd0f5c (suggests the exact opposite).
Now there's even more evidence underscoring his administration's flimsy commitment to the rhetoric that brought it to power. This week, we've been confronted by a steady drip of revelations contained in https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/11/06/paradise-papers-reveal-how-the-wealthy-and-even-the-politicians-are-still-hiding-their-wealth-from-the-taxman/?utm_term=.7b365515f865 (the leaked trove of documents known as the “Paradise Papers).” These are abouthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2017/11/06/the-energy-202-what-you-need-to-know-about-wilbur-ross-and-the-paradise-papers/59ffcbb430fb0468e76540fb/?utm_term=.757773e30649 (13.4 million files obtained in part from a Bermuda-based law firm) that helped corporations and wealthy individuals set up offshore companies and accounts. In many cases, the moves allowed the firm's clients to avoid paying taxes at home. A similarly mammoth leak last year, dubbed the “Panama Papers,” prompted, among other things, the resignations of leaders in Pakistan and Iceland.
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After numerous CIA officials expressed concern about Director Mike Pompeo's close ties to President Donald Trump to The https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/at-cia-a-watchful-eye-on-mike-pompeo-the-presidents-ardent-ally/2017/08/24/18c1d716-7ed0-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.6de7eab79f52 (Washington Post,) the CIA dismissed the story as "ridiculous."
Confirmed not long after Trump's inauguration, Pompeo has been overseeing the Counterintelligence Mission Center, a role that puts him close to the FBI's ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
The center has followed the investigation closely, and it tipped off the FBI about potential collusion between Russian agents and Trump's campaign, according to The Post.
But now, CIA officials who spoke to the Post have started to worry that Pompeo — who once said Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election was "no news" and part of a pattern — could be tested by his ties to Trump. The center, which is pursuing information about the election interference, reports directly to Pompeo.
"People have to watch him," an unnamed CIA official told The Post. "It's almost as if he can't resist the impulse to be political."
After numerous CIA officials expressed concern about Director Mike Pompeo's close ties to President Donald Trump to The https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/at-cia-a-watchful-eye-on-mike-pompeo-the-presidents-ardent-ally/2017/08/24/18c1d716-7ed0-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.6de7eab79f52 (Washington Post,) the CIA dismissed the story as "ridiculous."
Confirmed not long after Trump's inauguration, Pompeo has been overseeing the Counterintelligence Mission Center, a role that puts him close to the FBI's ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
The center has followed the investigation closely, and it tipped off the FBI about potential collusion between Russian agents and Trump's campaign, according to The Post.
But now, CIA officials who spoke to the Post have started to worry that Pompeo — who once said Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election was "no news" and part of a pattern — could be tested by his ties to Trump. The center, which is pursuing information about the election interference, reports directly to Pompeo.
"People have to watch him," an unnamed CIA official told The Post. "It's almost as if he can't resist the impulse to be political."
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Ed Gillespie made a bet.
By embracing the political priorities of President Trump, he figured, he could help bolster enthusiasm from Trump-supporting voters who had nearly blocked his nomination to be the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia. Those voters had apparently preferred Corey A. Stewart, a candidate who had internalized Trump’s politics in a way that Gillespie hadn’t. So, as Election Day approached, Gillespie ran ads highlighting immigration, “sanctuary cities” and gang violence, despite the fact that http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/06/virginias-economy-is-doing-well-despite-trumps-gotv-pitch/ (crime is much lower) in Virginia than in most of the rest of the country.
It was a gamble, but polling suggested it might be working. His opponent, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, saw his lead over Gillespie erode over the past few weeks. Trump weighed in for Gillespie in a series of tweets and with automated Election Day phone calls encouraging turnout.
On Tuesday night, the bottom fell out. Largely on the strength of an unexpected surge in turnout, Northam won easily. Expected to prevail by a bit over three points, he’ll end up with a victory of at least twice that size. After a close loss in a Senate race in 2014, Gillespie lost again, this time by much more.
Trump wasted no time in distancing himself from Gillespie, enjoying the spaciousness of his now-280-character tweets.
This was not a wise tweet.
Ed Gillespie made a bet.
By embracing the political priorities of President Trump, he figured, he could help bolster enthusiasm from Trump-supporting voters who had nearly blocked his nomination to be the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia. Those voters had apparently preferred Corey A. Stewart, a candidate who had internalized Trump’s politics in a way that Gillespie hadn’t. So, as Election Day approached, Gillespie ran ads highlighting immigration, “sanctuary cities” and gang violence, despite the fact that http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/06/virginias-economy-is-doing-well-despite-trumps-gotv-pitch/ (crime is much lower) in Virginia than in most of the rest of the country.
It was a gamble, but polling suggested it might be working. His opponent, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, saw his lead over Gillespie erode over the past few weeks. Trump weighed in for Gillespie in a series of tweets and with automated Election Day phone calls encouraging turnout.
On Tuesday night, the bottom fell out. Largely on the strength of an unexpected surge in turnout, Northam won easily. Expected to prevail by a bit over three points, he’ll end up with a victory of at least twice that size. After a close loss in a Senate race in 2014, Gillespie lost again, this time by much more.
Trump wasted no time in distancing himself from Gillespie, enjoying the spaciousness of his now-280-character tweets.
This was not a wise tweet.
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President Donald Trump finally offered North Korea an alternative to “fire and fury” — and it left Kim Jong Un with little room to maneuver.
Addressing lawmakers in South Korea, Trump called on Kim to choose “a path to a much better future.” The price? Cease aggression, halt ballistic missile programs and accept a “complete, verifiable and total denuclearization.”
Trump also warned Kim of military action, calling him a “deranged tyrant” who oversees a “hell that no person deserves.” Trump detailed the regime’s alleged human rights abuses and urged the world — especially China — to abandon Kim.
The overture to Kim is likely to fail — much as the U.S. leader’s aborted attempt today to visit the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in heavy fog. North Korea says it will only give up its nuclear weapons if the U.S. drops its hostile policies.
Trump’s tough language contrasted with his softer tone just a day earlier, when he called on North Korea to make a deal. Now the ball is in Kim’s court. He could respond through state-run media, or — perhaps more likely now — another missile or nuclear test.
