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[Chance Hale]

How likely is this to be real?

 

[Tommy DJ]

How does any business person who has international dealings and investments not know this shit? This has to be "fake news". Dear lord. It has to be.

If it was anyone else, like Clive Palmer, I'd believe you and definitely write this shit off as a lie. But Trump has shown to be a pretty damn terrible businessman who is probably worse at investing millions of US dollars than your next door neighbour.

 

[BlastProcessing]

Did he call Flynn because he didn't want anyone involved with finance to know he was clueless?

Feels that way.

How likely is this to be real?

It's a story with multiple sources from a Senior White House Correspondent. So I think there is a pretty good amount of merit to the story.

 

[triplestation]

 

[ZOONAMI]

Yo Flynn, I can't sleep. What is the deal with the money man? How does it work?

Lol.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

You forgot the MAGA hat

 

[Chuck Norris]

I mean he could have Googled it

But we also know he hates reading

Maybe someone on TV should do a macroeconomics 101 for him

 

[Discotheque]

It's jumping the gun to call these signs of alzheimers. Trump has always had these weird idiosyncrasies. We just didn't pay much attention to it because he wasn't the most powerful man in the country

And he was often a fucking idiot too. His choice of who to call is worrying but we all know this administration doesn't trust anybody with the facts. He prolly despises economists who know what they're talking about

 

[Quadraphonic]

How likely is this to be real?

The crazy shit is many of these stories have MULTIPLE sources corroborating them. This isn't just one reputable source inside the White House, but many. Why? Because they had to rapidly hire a shitload of people. Hundreds. And that's just the bigger positions. He had no clue that he'd need to hire qualified staff. He was in no position to know what makes someone qualified, so he's letting the party leaders do his job for him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/trump-cabinet-picks-inauguration.html
He basically is staffing with a mix of poor choices, and holdovers from Obama. There's chaos internally. No loyalty or confidence.

 

[Mahonay]

Is this real life?

 

[Rest]

How the fuck does this get out? Is Flynn blabbing to colleagues about how incompetent Trump is and then someone conveys it to the press? Only Trump and Flynn should know this call happened.

I'm actually pretty glad I know this happened, now I know Trump probably won't be able to remember his own name in a few years and that he'll be a pupped for some other shit heel, even more so than he may be right now. As a citizen I have a right to know my elected officials are inept, it better allows me to work towards getting them replaced.

 

[Marquis]

This is what some voted for.

 

[Zen Aku]

Is this real life?

No, it's a frickin' nightmare.

 

[7DollarHagane]

This story only makes sense as the republican establishment undermining his credibility in the public eye.

The story says it's from sources familiar with flynn's account of the incident. Which implies he told other people about this after it happened.

Something like this is unofficial, off the record, and there is zero reason you would want to tell other people it took place unless you were concerned about what it meant or wanted Trump to look bad.

Either the huffpost is getting trolled and running bullshit or this is more signs of the republicans puhsing him out and undermining his leadership.

This doesn't simply happen and get leaked. It's all planned either as fake bad news by anti-trump forces, or leaked on purpose by anti Trump republicans.

Either way it's impossible to know if any of this stuff is real.

 

[JaseMath]

Why didn't he just reach across to the nightstand for his phone and do a Google search?

 

[ZOONAMI]

This story only makes sense as the republican establishment undermining his credibility in the public eye.

The story says it's from sources familiar with flynn's account of the incident. Which implies he told other people about this after it happened.

Something like this is unofficial, off the record, and there is zero reason you would want to tell other people it took place unless you were concerned about what it meant or wanted Trump to look bad.

Either the huffpost is getting trolled and running bullshit or this is more signs of the republicans puhsing him out and undermining his leadership.

This doesn't simply happen and get leaked. It's all planned either as fake bad news by anti-trump forces, or leaked on purpose by anti Trump republicans.

Either way it's impossible to know if any of this stuff is real.

I mean, how could you not tell people about this? It's fucking insane.

Another possibility is that IC is listening to phone calls and someone is leaking.

 

[TheUntamedLegend]

He could have just googled it too.

 

[Butane123]

He could have just googled it too.

But that would mean he'd have to tab off Twitter.

 

[numble]

This story only makes sense as the republican establishment undermining his credibility in the public eye.

The story says it's from sources familiar with flynn's account of the incident. Which implies he told other people about this after it happened.

Something like this is unofficial, off the record, and there is zero reason you would want to tell other people it took place unless you were concerned about what it meant or wanted Trump to look bad.

Either the huffpost is getting trolled and running bullshit or this is more signs of the republicans puhsing him out and undermining his leadership.

This doesn't simply happen and get leaked. It's all planned either as fake bad news by anti-trump forces, or leaked on purpose by anti Trump republicans.

Either way it's impossible to know if any of this stuff is real.

"The President called me at 3 AM last night" is not a story you keep secret, especially if it was not for an important reason.

 

[Cat Party]

It's not that I really believe all these leaks are true.

It's that they just keep happening.

The hatred for our president from inside his own damn house is staggering.

 

[Matrix XII]

He's probably too proud to talk to an economic specialist about a question like this, so that's why I think he phoned Flynn.

It's pretty crazy if true. Pretty scary too, but what isn't when it comes to Trump.

 

[TheOMan]

So 1:00 PM in Moscow.

This is a good point.

 

[BlastProcessing]

He's probably too proud to talk to an economic specialist about a question like this, so that's why I think he phoned Flynn.

It's pretty crazy if true. Pretty scary too, but what isn't when it comes to Trump.

Makes you wonder who he calls for military advice...

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I agree with you OP. Shit like this really makes me question his mental faculties. It's almost like he's starting to go senile.

 

[Iolo]

I am now genuinely concerned he's going to one day just look at the nuke button and press it because it's colorful and shiny. Completely incapable of remembering what it is and does

We already had this happen with Nixon. Remember, his Secretary of Defense told the Joint Chiefs of Staff to check with him before executing any nuclear strike ordered by Nixon, because the president was drinking heavily and of questionable mental stability during Watergate. Now we may have a similar problem and it's only day 19 instead of years in.

 

[Amalthea]

Forgot? He propably never knew.

 

[Incitemaybe]

It's alarming when I read someone is " just starting to question Trump's mental state".


What does it take?

 

[jellies_two]

It's alarming when I read someone is " just starting to question Trump's mental state".


What does it take?

Someone with mountains of fucking self interest (to kiss goodbye to)

 

[Sparkedglory]

Oh my god! LMAO 😂😂😂

 

[Firebrand]

Sounds like something Trump would do on Conan's "Trump calls Obama" segment.

 

[Fenderputty]

I thought the complicated part to the value of the dollar had to do with our bond market and our position as the global reserve currency. The ability to buy or sell more goods seems obvious comparatively. Maybe I'm not thinking about this correctly though?

 

[Bitch Pudding]

While I have full condifence that Trump's capable of making such a call, I'd take that news whit a shitload of salt. You see, a lot here are critizising Trump's administration and Nazi friends for spreading fake news, but sometimes I believe we fail to challenge the "good news" as well.

 

[Lonely1]

I thought the complicated part to the value of the dollar had to do with our bond market and our position as the global reserve currency. The ability to buy or sell more seems much more obvious. Maybe I'm not thinking about this correctly though?

Is not and easy question. Weak dollar may help USA's products and labour to stay competitive, but would be bad for savings and imports. There's no right answer, really.

 

[BlastProcessing]

While I have full condifence that Trump's capable of making such a call, I'd take that news whit a shitload of salt. You see, a lot here are critizising Trump's administration and Nazi friends for spreading fake news, but sometimes I believe we fail to challenge the "good news" as well.

Explain.

 

[hiro_x]

I have been watching a lot of Trump-Obama calls on Conan and now that these leaks are happening, I honestly think those calls are real.

 

[Already Torn]

Explain.

This story has basically no source by its very nature

 

[ICO_SotC]

We already had this happen with Nixon. Remember, his Secretary of Defense told the Joint Chiefs of Staff to check with him before executing any nuclear strike ordered by Nixon, because the president was drinking heavily and of questionable mental stability during Watergate. Now we may have a similar problem and it's only day 19 instead of years in.

This reminds me of that Alec Baldwin line on 30 Rock;

Jack: ”In my defense, every April 22nd I honor Richard Nixon's death by getting drunk and making some unpopular decisions."

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I keep posting this Homer J Trump video because I feel its always relevant.

 

[kaching]

For Americans who based their impression of Trump on the competent and decisive tycoon he portrayed on his “Apprentice” TV reality shows...

Oy, HuffPo, that's an awfully charitable characterization even for his fictional portrayal of himself.

 

[Fenderputty]

Is not and easy question. Weak dollar may help USA's products and labour to stay competitive, but would be bad for savings and imports. There's no right answer, really.

My point was that the difficulty extends beyond imports and exports. A higher dollar solidifies our position as the worlds reseve currency allowing us to borrow money easier and cheaper as treasury bonds stay in
high demand keeping interest rates low. Devaluing our currency may have greater effects than just making imports more expensive and exports cheaper

 

[Spoiled Milk]

It's a story with multiple sources from a Senior White House Correspondent. So I think there is a pretty good amount of merit to the story.

If this is real, why did a leak this juicy only make it to the Huffington Post and not Politico or WaPo?

 

[EatinOlives]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-leaks_us_589a45f1e4b04061313a1fbb



I am starting to have real questions about Trump's current mental faculties. A week ago he didn't see Giuliani sitting directly across from him. He has shown some repeated trouble with handshakes like here and here. He grabbed the British Prime Minister's hand because he wasn't comfortable with stairs.

The presidency tests the person's mental fortitude every single day. Not only is President Oompa deficient in that sense, he's a narcissist, is obsessive, and has the temperament of a 2nd grader. Literally anything bothers him. He can never be happy with victories big and small because he's too busy obsessing over the ways in which he did fail.

I genuinely don't know if he can make it four years without a complete mental breakdown. He has no notion of stress management or self-control. It's been two weeks and he's already showing signs of a mind that's frayed beyond that any 2-term president's.

EDIT:
Isn't there a way to remove a president from office if he's deemed to be mentally unsound? That actually sounds like the easiest way to kick him out if gets to a point where it's painfully obvious what's going on.

 

[Pkaz01]

3:00 AM? At least he didn't ask his twitter followers.

 

[jfoul]

Lol, this is like the skit on Conan, Trump calls Obama.

 

[Kevin]

Special Olympics President!

 

[BlastProcessing]

If this is real, why did a leak this juicy only make it to the Huffington Post and not Politico or WaPo?

Why does any story get covered by one outlet before the others get it? No one is going to run something like this without multiple, trustworthy, sources.

I bristle at calling something like this Fake News. This is just reporting, sometimes reporting gets things wrong, but I still wouldn't call that fake news .

Fake News is when people spin up entire fake websites that spew shit for Facebook impressions.

The presidency tests the person's mental fortitude every single day. Not only is President Oompa deficient in that sense, he's a narcissist, is obsessive, and has the temperament of a 2nd grader. Literally anything bothers him. He can never be happy with victories big and small because he's too busy obsessing over the ways in which he did fail.

I genuinely don't know if he can make it four years without a complete mental breakdown. He has no notion of stress management or self-control. It's been two weeks and he's already showing signs of a mind that's frayed beyond that any 2-term president's.

EDIT:
Isn't there a way to remove a president from office if he's deemed to be mentally unsound? That actually sounds like the easiest way to kick him out if gets to a point where it's painfully obvious what's going on.

There is a provision in the 25th Amendment. The Vice President has to initiate it. He then needs to get either the majority of the Cabinet or Congress to agree. Things would need to get way, way worse for Pence, or Congress to even consider it I think.

 

[Steiner84]

you cant come up with this shit.
reality beats satire!

 

[chaobreaker]

He also reportedly threatened to fire Ben Carson at 4AM after Ben couldn't tell him if McDonald's Quarter Pounder was the pre- or post-cooked weight.

True strory.

(Not true story. But it could be.)

Hold on... Which is it?

 

[Muppet of a Man]

So 1:00 PM in Moscow.

All makes sense now. Having a conference call to set the agenda with Emperor Putin before his day starts in Washington.

 

[BlastProcessing]

Hold on... Which is it?

It's Pre-cooked. That's how they get you.