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Donald Trump (through Judge Jeanine): "Paul Ryan needs to step down"
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Probably technically true. Someone else would have served as a conduit."I certainly have not spoken to the president about any of this."
The "ha ha I was just pretending to be retarded" meme in real life.
Is it possible for this to get so bad that Republicans impeach Trump to save America's prestige? Is there another President in US history that has managed to piss off damn near everyone this quickly?
Recap of people pissed off:
old people
AARP
Students that defaulted on their loans
College students due to fear of decreasing pell grants
Everyone that watches PBS
Muslims
People from Mexico trying to earn a living the US that cross the border every day
Women
Black people
The entire LGBTQIA community
People that don't want internet service providers selling their browsing history
Environmentalists
Moderates from both parties
People that use Obamacare
Recap of people pissed off:
old people
AARP
Students that defaulted on their loans
College students due to fear of decreasing pell grants
Everyone that watches PBS
Muslims
People from Mexico trying to earn a living the US that cross the border every day
Women
Black people
The entire LGBTQIA community
People that don't want internet service providers selling their browsing history
Environmentalists
Moderates from both parties
People that use Obamacare
Andrew Johnson, probably. Took over after Lincoln died, and immediately started to get rid of all the progress Lincoln did; like implementing black codes and promoting Confederate generals to public office. Pretty much a trojan horse.
Bolded includes the alt-right
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Aren't most of those who the Republican party usually try to piss off?
KoopaTheCasual
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Ok let's bring it down a bit. He's talking about his campaign "promises" and said he didn't vote for him or find him savory.
I think everyone in this thread is on the same "Trump is a destructive dumbass" tip. He's just providing context for the one two decent things he said during the campaign trail.
It's funny tho. If people were jazzed about that, they should have supported Sanders, to avoid the baggage of bigoted asshole.
SenorArdilla
Member
I would have thought their hatred of brown people was more important.
Tranqueris
Banned
Guy who is rumored to be losing his job claims that the Trump doesn't want another guy to lose his job. Hilarious.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Kellyanne Conway would like to think she is Number Six.
"Mr. Vice president the Russians are hacking us again!"
I would say that Bannon is Baltar, but that is giving Bannon too much credit.
Electric Eye
Banned
They're ok with brown people being snooped on because obviously those are the bad guys just don't snoop on the whites who have nothing to hide.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Who is Gaius Baltar?
The pompous buffoon who didn't know how to govern and actively worked with the enemy?
The guy who beat out a competent woman candidate via slander and scare tactics?
Do you REALLY need to ask that?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Sigh. You are right. But Gaius was at least intelligent and knew about farming.
ThLunarian
Member
CNN right now: "Trump promotes Fox show asking Ryan to resign"
Definitely getting traction.
Definitely getting traction.
Jumping into a snake pit and being surprised when he gets bitten.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Sir_Crocodile
Member
The giant doth feed upon itself to survive
Lolmao
This is extra delicious if it's true he was just stroking his ego and tweeted because he saw the "wiretapping" promo graphic on fox and friends.
wonderful103
Member
Sanders wasn't elected, trump was. Actions speak louder than words.
"You knew, damn well, I was, a snake, before, you let, me in!"
RPGCrazied
Member
Trump voters and Fox News viewers.
I think his team was aware of the dynamic of the Freedom Caucus. I just think they didn't calculate that these folks wouldn't fall in line, because their districts are some of the most pro-Trump districts around. But Trump is used to telling folks what to do and them doing it out of fear of getting fired, but these folks won't get fired. They are safe.
Just the same anti-intellectual movement that's been around for a while.
Trump's infrastructure plan is not an infrastructure plan. It's basically a tax break to private developers. It would not, in any meaningful way, be a public works program that repairs the nation's crumbling infrastructure. Instead, it would be an incentive to private developers to build new infrastructure in places that would be profitable to them.
Seriously, let's not do this thing where we pretend this fucking con man who is deplorable in every sense of the word has "some good ideas" that are in any way altruistic, as if that can be a distraction from the hundreds of ways he's going to attempt to screw us over. At best, he can be a useful idiot. At best. But he has ZERO good ideas. NONE. He has NO IDEAS. He just says things that he thinks people want to hear. And because he is a useful idiot, Bannon and Ryan and whomever else get to him and twist "insurance for everybody" into "access for everybody, but coverage for only folks who can afford it". The same thing will happen with infrastructure, or anything else he can think of.
sooperkool
Member
Now you're just being intentionally obtuse so I'm done with it.
B-B-Bomba!
Member
Congratulations, this made me howl
Since people already posted the Ken Watanabe quote.
There's people in this very forum saying the same thing, so I'm gunna go with.. Probably all of his base and republicans.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Boy, the implications here about state-run media kind of make my skin crawl.
BoboBrazil
Member
Sure Trump just randomly said watch Judge Jeanine on the day she said this.
Operations
Member
I don't get this line of thinking. Wouldn't the whole purpose of Trump posting it it on Twitter would be for his base to believe he wants Ryan out? How would his supporters simultaneously believe and not believe he did it on purpose?
wonderful103
Member
Define the worth of ideas.
Now define the worth of said ideas when there's the literal opposite being enacted by the same individual.
But sure, I'm the one being obtuse.
TheLaughingStock
Member
Paul Ryan is terrible at his job and clearly isn't very bright. Failing up the ladder isn't something to be proud of. He sucks and his ideas are bad news for America.
Hale-XF11
Member
His supporters will jump through hoops for him until their dying day.
Darryl M R
Member
I just got exposed to Scott Adam and his blog yesterday when a gaf member posted his recent article/blog. His followers make me lol, this is the top post on the piece
Shit blog source
Shit blog source
And don't forget, to reinforce the idea that he's completely and utterly free from responsibility in regard to the failure of the bill.
It is, the /g/ thread about that was a bunch of people trying to sniff out anyone who would dare suggest that Republicans don't like privacy and constantly deflecting with "the left is worse"
gutter_trash
Banned
Trump is a coward for using proxies and media talking heads to do his dirty work for him
sturgboski
Member
Since people already posted the Ken Watanabe quote.
Hey! Do not ruin Godzilla for me but making him the manifestation of Trump, Bannon, Republicans, etc.
A Serious Man
Member
Which is worse?
A: The President fed information to a cable TV pundit in an obvious attempt to shift blame for a massive political failure.
B: The President saw an advert for a show proclaiming to have information backing up his false wiretapping claim, promoted said show without confirming any details and thus accidentally sent a strong signal undermining the Speaker of the House.
A: The President fed information to a cable TV pundit in an obvious attempt to shift blame for a massive political failure.
B: The President saw an advert for a show proclaiming to have information backing up his false wiretapping claim, promoted said show without confirming any details and thus accidentally sent a strong signal undermining the Speaker of the House.
Swass
Member
MSNBC just announced this is what Spicer is going with..
Which is more likely, given who Trump is?
Operations
Member
The sad thing is both are very credible options these days
Well of course. It would have been funny though!
Not sure if it was mentioned earlier (sorry if it was), but I saw on CNN that Fox News had a counter down in the corner all day yesterday about "new details" in Trump's wiretap claim, and that it would be on Judge Jeanine's show. It was on the screen around the time Trump tweeted.
But then it was about Paul Ryan instead.
So to me, either Fox News used that to make people watch a show about getting Paul Ryan to resign and made Trump look like a fool, or Trump knew it would be about Paul Ryan all along.
Edit: Ah, see now that it was mentioned already.
But then it was about Paul Ryan instead.
So to me, either Fox News used that to make people watch a show about getting Paul Ryan to resign and made Trump look like a fool, or Trump knew it would be about Paul Ryan all along.
Edit: Ah, see now that it was mentioned already.
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