35th Weak of the Trumpanzy!

[BoyNextDoor]

Now playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTf9RVUJzB8

Be sure to give him high ratings. He likes that.

What an asshole. I can't believe the shit that comes out of this mouth.

 

[phrodeau]

Did you hear the saber rattle?

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I heard him say he was going to completely destroy North Korea and I just closed the window.

Someone should tell him that while he is on TV this is not a set. It is the real world.

 

[JackLuis]

I listened to it and thought, he was calling for great sacrifices for the good of all nations, yet his deeds do not support his words. IOW's he was bullshitting the world.

It was apparent to all assembled that his words and deeds do not match.

Resist, Impeach and Indite!​

 

[JackLuis]

‘Creating their own Pravda’: GOP group busted running ‘propaganda’ site – and even fellow Republicans are worried

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The Republican Governors Association this week was caught creating its own news website that critics are comparing to Pravda, the infamous Soviet propaganda newspaper.

The Associated Press reports that the RGA’s new Free Telegraph website consists of stories that paint Republican governors in a positive light, while simultaneously slamming Democrats. What makes the website particularly shady, notes the AP, is that it initially contained “no acknowledgement that it was a product of an official party committee whose sole purpose is to get more Republicans elected.”

The website has drawn criticism even from some fellow Republicans, who worry about blurring the lines between actual news sources and purely partisan operations dedicated to keeping a select group of politicians in office.

“It’s propaganda for sure, even if they have objective standards and all the reporting is 100 percent accurate,” Republican communications veteran Rick Tyler told the Associated Press.

 

[JackLuis]

Photo shows John Kelly face-palming during Trump’s warmongering UN speech

A photo of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly listening to his boss, President Donald Trump, speak to the United Nations went viral on Tuesday.

Kelly, who has the tough job of reigning in Trump, can be seen with his face in his hands in the photo credited to Mary Altaffer of the Associated Press.

The photo was quickly circulated on social media.

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[Trumpire]

Saw quoting didn't work for me last time, so I'll just do it "old-school"...

"Kelly, who has the tough job of reigning in Trump,..."

That means he has no job, or at least one he prefers not to do.

Saw above that, though (while Cut-&-Paste-ing) that he is "Chief of Staff"... Also means no job, since most hosts only refer to Trump, not his staff members, & Donny fires most of them (that don't resign) anyway.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/bor...lls-trump-honky-cat?google_editors_picks=true

PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)—In what some security experts fear could be a high-stakes war of Elton John lyrics, minutes after Donald Trump called Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man,” the North Korean dictator responded by calling Trump “Honky Cat.”

As he issued the Elton John-based attack, Kim warned that he had an extensive collection of the singer-songwriter’s albums and was prepared to weaponize every lyric in them.

The White House immediately struck back, warning Kim that “any further provocation involving an Elton John lyric, especially ‘Tiny Dancer,’ will be seen as an act of war.”

But any hope that Kim would be silenced was short-lived.

Responding to the White House, Kim stated, “I see the bitch is back,” before signing off, “Goodbye, Yellow-Wigged Toad.”

 

[Hypoxia]

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/bor...lls-trump-honky-cat?google_editors_picks=true

ROTFLMFAOTIP!!!

Meanwhile, China announced last week that if Kim shoots first, they won't oppose a USA response. If Tromp shoots first, assume the position: bend over spread your legs, and kiss your ass bye-bye. Tromp is threatening TEOTW and he's not joking. Or is he? He mostly spews crap. How to tell if this is real, other than by surviving it?

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Did Crazy Pants Trump just tell the world that the guy in N. Korea is an asshole, but I'm an even bigger asshole so like you better solve this problem or we're all fucked?

 

[Trumpire]

I stopped at BK today, & CNN was showing a clip wherein Trump said he would always put the US first, same as the leaders he was speaking to would always put their countries first.

I whispered to myself.... "The second part of that was true, but the first part, he meant, 'I will always put all of your countries first...'."

 

[Hypoxia]

Did Crazy Pants Trump just tell the world that the guy in N. Korea is an asshole, but I'm an even bigger asshole so like you better solve this problem or we're all fucked?

Exactly.

Nixon had an anti-Soviet strategy: Act completely insane. Keep them guessing about what could happen next. Tromp has taken that to a new level, ay yi yi. I haven't checked the BAS Doomsday Clock lately. How close are we to midnight? [/me looks] Two and a half fucking minutes away from total global annihilation. Fuck me.
_____

Now, the telephone rang, an' it jumped off the wall,
That was the preacher, a-makin' his call.
He said, "Kind friend, this may the end;
An' you got your last chance of salvation of sin!"

The churches was jammed, and the churches was packed,
An' that dusty old dust storm blowed so black.
Preacher could not read a word of his text,
An' he folded his specs, an' he took up collection, said:

So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh.
This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home,
And I got to be driftin' along.

So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh

 

[JackLuis]

Price’s private-jet travel breaks precedent

In a sharp departure from his predecessors, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price last week took private jets on five separate flights for official business, at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars more than commercial travel.

The secretary’s five flights, which were scheduled between Sept. 13 and Sept. 15, took him to a resort in Maine where he participated in a Q&A discussion with a health care industry CEO, and to community health centers in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, according to internal HHS documents.

The travel by corporate-style jet comes at a time when other members of the Trump administration are under fire for travel expenditures, and breaks with the practices of Obama-era secretaries Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Kathleen Sebelius, who flew commercially while in the continental United States.

Price, a frequent critic of federal spending who has been developing a plan for departmentwide cost savings, declined to comment.

HHS spokespeople declined to confirm details of the flights or respond to questions about who paid for them, with a spokesperson saying only that Price sometimes charters planes when commercial flights aren’t feasible. All three organizations that hosted Price last week — the Massachusetts-based health IT firm athenahealth, Goodwin Community Health Center in New Hampshire and the Mirmont Treatment Center in Pennsylvania — told POLITICO they did not pay for his flights or other travel costs.

His price is too high.

“Tough choices had to be made to identify and reduce spending within the department,” Price said in a statement to Congress about his budget request. “Our goal is to … [try] to decrease the areas where there are either duplications, redundancies or waste … and get a larger return for the investment of the American taxpayer.”

Price’s travel itinerary last week included five charter flights that charter operators estimated would cost at least $60,000. The itinerary, according to airport records and sources with knowledge of Price’s travels, began on Wednesday, Sept. 13

 

[phrodeau]

Price’s private-jet travel breaks precedent



His price is too high.

He can't trust commercial airlines with his luggage.

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[JackLuis]

Trump tells African leaders his friends are ‘going to your countries trying to get rich’ — and makes up country of Nambia

During a luncheon at the United Nations on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reportedly told African leaders that he has “so many friends going to your countries trying to get rich.”

“Africa has tremendous business potential,” the president said.

He later referred to the non-existent country of “Nambia” when discussing health crises on the continent. It is unclear if Trump was referring to Namibia or Zambia. There is no country called Nambia.

"Give him a chance," they said, "He'll grow into the job."

 

[JackLuis]

Trump’s costs to taxpayers continue to mount

As the country’s first CEO president, Donald Trump entered the White House on the back of a pledge to save taxpayers millions of dollars by eliminating whatever he deemed government “waste.” Yet, from regular trips to his golf clubs, Secret Service protection for his family and his administration’s lavish travel budget, the expenses covered by America’s taxpayers are already racking up.

To that bill, an extra sum of almost half a million dollars can now be added: That’s how much it cost taxpayers in Phoenix when Trump held a campaign rally in the Arizona city last month, according to a report Tuesday from The Arizona Republic.

While Trump’s campaign paid for the use of the Phoenix Convention Center and the indoor security, the remainder of the costs were left to the city to cover. By far the largest of those was the $336,887 it reportedly cost the Phoenix Police Department in employee overtime expenses. Trump’s appearance in the city drew the largest police response for any political event in several years, and saw hundreds of officers on duty in the downtown area to control both attendees and protesters.

Arizona has plenty of money.

 

[sr71plt]

Arizona and Phoenix aren't the same places. And although the Republicans hold the offices on the state level, the Phoenix mayor is Democratic and asked Trump not to come (probably should have shut down the airport). Think he should send all his bills to the state house.

 

[JackLuis]

Trump properties would lose federal cash under Dem bill

Federal employees would no longer be able to spend taxpayer money at any Trump-owned properties under a bill being pushed by Senate Democrats after one government worker racked up a $1,092 bill for a two-night stay at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort while traveling on official business.

The Hotel Act — an acronym for Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating and Lodging — would prevent such expenditures like the $546-per-night trip expensed by someone connected to the National Security Council, as The Washington Post reported.

The State Department also reportedly spent $15,000 on 19 rooms at Trump International Hotel in Vancouver as members of the Trump family hosted its grand opening in February.

Democrats apparently feel such expenses are egregious and represent a conflict of interest.

Good Luck passing that bill.

 

[phrodeau]

Trump tells African leaders his friends are ‘going to your countries trying to get rich’ — and makes up country of Nambia



"Give him a chance," they said, "He'll grow into the job."

Maybe he'll grant "amity" to immigrants from Nambia.

 

[JackLuis]

Why Trump’s tirades are losing their potency

President Trump on Sept. 19 gave his inaugural speech to the United Nations General Assembly, where he characterized North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as a “rocket man on a suicide mission.” He also threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if necessary to defend America or its allies. He even hedged a little, noting “hopefully this will not be necessary” because “that’s what the United Nations is all about.”

While some observers expressed shock and dismay about the deterioration of presidential norms, others (including other world leaders in attendance) seemed to barely react to “Trump being Trump.”

The subdued response may have been a stoic display of diplomatic calm, the core competency of those responsible for unraveling international crises. Or, more dangerously, is it a sign we’re growing complacent about the president of the United States thumbing his nose at legal, international, and ethical norms?

When you come for the circus, you expect elephant turds.

 

[JackLuis]

Donald Trump Penetrates Deeper And Deeper, Into The Heart … Of Dickness

Following his breakout success playing Gen. Buck Turgidson in a dinner theater production of “UN General Assembly” Tuesday, Donald Trump followed up yesterday with a smash performance as “Generic Clueless Colonialist” during a meeting with African leaders. He did at least manage to stick to his prepared text long enough to say

" In this room I see partners for promoting prosperity and peace on a range of economic, humanitarian, and security issues. We hope to extend our economic partnerships with countries who are committed to self-reliance and to fostering opportunities for job creation in both Africa and the United States."

Then it was time for one of those famous Trump ad-libs!

"Africa has tremendous business potential. I have so many friends going to your countries trying to get rich. I congratulate you. They’re spending a lot of money."

Today at the United Nations, Mr. Trump is expected to meet representatives from Germany and from the Czech and Slovak Republics, and to announce he supports the annexation of the Sudetenland.

 

[Hypoxia]

Why Trump’s tirades are losing their potency

When you come for the circus, you expect elephant turds.

Were I not so lazy, I might look for a clip of Nikita Khrushchev at the UN pounding his shoe and shouting WE WILL BURY YOU! Play that next to Tromp's doomsday threat. See who's the better showman.

 

[sr71plt]

Were I not so lazy, I might look for a clip of Nikita Khrushchev at the UN pounding his shoe and shouting WE WILL BURY YOU! Play that next to Tromp's doomsday threat. See who's the better showman.

Pull up some Fidel Castro speeches too.

 

[JackLuis]

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe stands up to ‘Giant Gold Goliath’ Trump at UN

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe did not mince words at the United Nations Thursday about Donald Trump, mocking the US president as the "Giant Gold Goliath."

Addressing the UN General Assembly, where reproaches of other leaders are generally less personal in tone, the 93-year-old veteran leader took Trump to task both on policy and appearance.

"Some of us were," Mugabe said, pausing for emphasis, "embarrassed, if not frightened, by what appeared to be the return of the biblical Giant Gold Goliath."

"Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?" he asked, triggering applause in the hall as two junior US diplomats listened expressionless.

"And may I say to the United States president, Mr. Trump, please blow your trumpet -- blow your trumpet in a musical way towards the values of unity, peace, cooperation, togetherness, dialogue, which we have always stood for and which are well-writ in our very sacred document, the Charter of the United Nations."

 

[JackLuis]

Trump’s legal defense is being paid for by a handful of shadowy, super-wealthy GOP donors

President Donald Trump’s legal defense fund is being paid by a handful of wealthy donors including a billionaire investor, a property developing in need of U.S. visas and a Ukrainian-born billionaire with connections to Russian oligarchs, said The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

These donors, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) pay into an account held by the Republican National Committee (RNC). In the last month, the account paid out $300,000 to attorneys for Mr. Trump’s private legal fees and an additional $200,000 for his son, Donald, Jr.’s lawyers.

A spokesperson for the RNC told the Journal that the expenses will be detailed in its September report. In August, the RNC legal fund raised $280,000 and $700,000 in July.

The arrangement is legal, but sets off a number of alarm bells, said Common Cause chairman Paul Ryan — no relation to Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) — especially regarding what some of these big-money donors may want in return.

“Big-dollar special interest fundraising to pay the president’s legal bills most certainly raises the threat of corruption,” said Ryan. “Lots of donors to the RNC are looking for access and influence. A big check for the president’s legal bills is one more way to do it.”

Very magnanimous of them.