Week Four of The Trumpanzy

[Carnal_Flower]

I would hope if I ever got that crazy a friend would just slap me. In fact it's happened.

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Trump just gave a weapons-grade crazy press conference — here are the 7 most insane moments



‘It was Festivus’: CNN’s Jake Tapper tears into Trump’s ‘wild’ and ‘unhinged’ press conference

 

[JackLuis]

Internet roasts Trump after national security pick declines offer

The well-oiled Trump White House has seen its fair share of scandal this week. On Monday, Feb. 13, the national security adviser to the president, Gen. Michael Flynn stepped down, revealing the Trump team allegedly had ties to Russia during the campaign.

On Thursday, after a 77-minute meltdown of a press conference, Trump’s national security pick to replace Flynn, retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward, turned down the offer, reportedly calling it a “sh*t sandwich,” according to CNN’s Jake Tapper.

"Well oiled," if my bike was as "well oiled" as the Trump Admin, I'd never get it off the kick stand!

 

[JackLuis]

Armed Services Committee Dem: Gen. Mattis might resign because Trump ‘is so crazy’

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, told MSNBC’s Greta Van Susteren that he’s worried President Donald Trump’s Sec. of Defense James Mattis will eventually resign because “his boss is so crazy.”

“It seems like Democrats and Republicans like Mattis,” Van Susteren noted.

Mattis has worked under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

“We’re lucky to have Mattis there,” Moulton said. “He’s one of the only sane people in the administration. My only concern with Gen. Mattis is that he’s going to resign because his boss is so crazy.”

Trump is not crazy, he's fucking Nutz!

 

[BotanyBoy]

We are saying he's trying and on his way.

Read it, and get back to the class, and we'll revisit the question of Trump's autocracy.

That's a rather explicit pesumption.

Also, he can't, and no he's not.

 

[JackLuis]

‘Demonstrably, unquestionably, 100 percent false!’: Shep Smith eviscerates Trump’s lie-filled presser

Fox News host Shep Smith on Thursday tore into Donald Trump’s constant barrage of lies and attacks on the press, at one point calling the president’s entire performance, day in and day out, “crazy.”

“It’s sort of our job to let you know when things are said that aren’t true,” Smith began. “This president keeps telling untrue things and he does it every single time he’s in front of a microphone … some of them aren’t really big, but they’re coming from the president.”

Smith noted the biggest question right now is the nature of Trump campaign aides’ “constant contact” with the Russian government during the 2016 election, adding “we don’t get a straight answer on this question.”

“He says Russia is a ruse, it’s fake news. The leaks are real, but the news is fake. So, that’s impossible,” Smith said later adding, “it’s very confusing.”

Not confusing Shep, Trump thinks he's "King of America" but is only the "Baron of Bullshit." He boasted of filling his Administration with the "Best People" but is blaming his staff for giving him false information that shouldn't fool a fifth grader. He complains of leaks but doesn't realize that the leaks are symptomatic of the low regard that the people who know him feel for his leadershit.

He believes his own propaganda and thinks that the press should follow him off the cliff of catastrophe.

Resist, Oppose and Impeach Today!​

 

[JackLuis]

White House in turmoil shows why Trump’s no CEO

Instead of a “fine-tuned machine,” however, the opening weeks of the Trump administration have revealed a White House that’s chaotic, disorganized and anything but efficient. Examples include rushed and poorly constructed executive orders, a dysfunctional national security team and unclear and even contradictory messages emanating from multiple administrative spokespeople, which frequently clash with the tweets of the president himself.

Senator John McCain succinctly summed up the growing sentiment even some Republicans are feeling: “Nobody knows who’s in charge.”

So why the seeming contradiction between his businessman credentials and chaotic governing style?

 

[Carnal_Flower]

He can't try? Why not?

Yes, he is.

Even Shep Smith said so, on Trump approved Fox News last night.

Trump said Fox News is not Fake News.

Ergo, it must be true.

That's a rather explicit pesumption.

Also, he can't, and no he's not.

 

[JackLuis]

Congress explores options for removing an unfit president as Trump’s ‘disturbing’ behavior worries GOP

As one might expect Demo's are 'worried about America's future" and Republicans are laughing it off as "partisan politics in public," but whimpering in private that Trump is a Russian mole.

Several Democratic lawmakers, and a number of pundits, have openly questioned President Donald Trump’s mental health — but Republicans are literally laughing at the suggestion.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) called for a congressional review this week of the constitutional process for removing a president who is mentally or emotionally unfit for office, and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) told CNN that some of his GOP colleagues were worried about the president’s stability, reported The Hill.

“It’s not normal behavior,” Blumenauer said. “I don’t know anybody in a position of responsibility that doesn’t know if they’re being rained on, and nobody I work with serially offers up verifiably false statements on an ongoing basis.”

Another Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), plans to introduce a bill that would require a psychiatrist or psychologist to work at the White House.

No GOP lawmakers have publicly questioned Trump’s mental health, but former Republican congressman and current MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said they’re privately terrified by the president’s behavior — especially his bizarre and combative Thursday news conference.

“Anyone who can launch 4,000 nuclear weapons in minutes absolutely should be questioned on any matter related to their physical and mental health,” Lieu added.

 

[JerichoEd]

So the major news networks are upset Trump didn't give them first dibs on questions. And now they're whining as usual when they don't get their way. Where is it written they are above everyone and first in line on everything that's news?

 

[JackLuis]

Is Fox News turning on Trump? Shep Smith called him out on his bizzaro 'News' conference. now this.

Chris Wallace slams conservative media hypocrisy: ‘You shouldn’t fall into line’ when Trump attacks

Fox’s Chris Wallace spoke with host Harris Faulkner on Friday about President Donald Trump’s Thursday press conference, during which he attacked the “very dishonest media.”

Faulkner pointed to the discussion surrounding Trump’s take on the unfair media, asking, “Can you think of any examples of where the president might actually have had some strong points about false reporting? Because that was really what he was going after.”

Wallace noted that there has been negative reporting about Trump, particularly in the mainstream liberal media. He did note, however, that a lot of the coverage is “accurate reporting of things the president doesn’t like.”

He commented on the various leaks coming from the White House this past week, explaining that he can understand why the president wouldn’t like the media reports, but he said, “That doesn’t mean that the reporting of those facts, those leaks is fake in any way, shape, or form.”

“If you don’t like the idea that President Obama is telling the press what to do, you can’t like it when it’s President Trump, somebody a lot of viewers here may admire, telling reporters what to do,” Wallace argued.

WHAT! Fox News making sense?

 

[JackLuis]

Trump reportedly shouted at CIA director after hearing intel reports are being withheld: CBS

CBS News is reporting President Donald Trump shouted at CIA Director Mike Pompeo after hearing news stories that the intelligence community is withholding information from him.

According to previous reports, intelligence operatives were said to be holding back the information because they believe any information given to Trump will find its way to Russia.

“Our Intelligence Community is so worried by the unprecedented problems of the Trump administration — not only do senior officials possess troubling ties to the Kremlin, there are nagging questions about basic competence regarding Team Trump — that it is beginning to withhold intelligence from a White House which our spies do not trust,” wrote former analyst for the National Security Agency Jack R. Schindler.

The Director of National Intelligence flatly denied this was happening and Pompeo released a strongly worded statement saying the same.

“It is CIA’s mission to provide the President with the best intelligence possible and to explain the basis for that intelligence,” the statement read. “The CIA does not, has not, and will never hide intelligence from the President, period.”

CBS News reported that insiders feel a “chill” in the flow of information because the agencies are intent on protecting information. There are concerns the oval office has been compromised.

 

[JackLuis]

‘He wants us to see Adonis and we see Shrek’: Terrorism analyst shreds Trump’s ‘narcissistic’ behavior

Political analyst Phil Mudd was then asked for his take, and whether he believes the president is “doing better” when he’s out of town. “I think this is pretty straightforward. Making this pretty complicated. This is a guy who looks in the mirror and he wants us to see Adonis and we see Shrek,” said Mudd.

“I mean it’s not that complicated.” Mudd went on to explain that the media gave Trump millions of dollars worth of free coverage during his campaign. He added, “What we have now is very simple. The man can’t take a punch and as soon as the punch gets turned on him, he turns on the people who make him look like Shrek.”

“We have a narcissistic president that can’t take a punch. It ain’t hard,” Mudd said.

Trump= (weak+sad+deranged)/greed

 

[JackLuis]

The worldwide struggle to translate Trump

Translators worldwide are struggling to render Donald Trump’s unique speaking style and Japanese interpreters are finding it a “nightmarish” experience, according to the Japan Times.

“He is so overconfident and yet so logically unconvincing that my interpreter friends and I often joke that if we translated his words as they are, we would end up making ourselves sound stupid,” said Chikako Tsuruta, a professor at Tokyo University who covers Trump-related news as an interpreter for CNN, ABC and CBS.

“He rarely speaks logically, and he only emphasizes one side of things as if it were the absolute truth,” she added. “There are lots of moments when I suspected his assertions were factually dubious.”

In short, in any language Trump sounds Nutz!

 

[Rightguide]

Trump reportedly shouted at CIA director after hearing intel reports are being withheld: CBS

What the fake news media did here was report the fact that the intel agencies don't give raw intel data to the President, or any President for that matter, because when it's raw it isn't refined or vetted and might be false.

They then took that fact to create the narrative that the Intel agencies didn't trust the President. That of course, is a "Deep State" fabrication designed to harm the President and fool the unsophisticated low info types, such as the one who just posted this nonsense.

 

[phrodeau]

What the fake news media did here was report the fact that the intel agencies don't give raw intel data to the President, or any President for that matter, because when it's raw it isn't refined or vetted and might be false.

They then took that fact to create the narrative that the Intel agencies didn't trust the President. That of course, is a "Deep State" fabrication designed to harm the President and fool the unsophisticated low info types, such as the one who just posted this nonsense.

No, that isn't what is there. They reported a quote from Jack R. Schindler who wrote that spies don't trust the Trump admin. They reported that Mike Pompeo denied this, and they reported that Donald Trump was angry at Pompeo for letting the Schindler quotes get better press.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Dispatches from the braindead, courtesy the fake Guardian UK:

Trump supporters think the president is off to a fine start, with understandable hiccups given the extent to which he and his people are honest-to-God government outsiders. They echo White House strategist Steve Bannon’s labeling of the media as “the opposition party” and blame the press for trying to tear Trump down. They see the protesters as petulant malcontents and repeat Trump’s accusation that some of them are surely getting paid to demonstrate.

As news was breaking in San Francisco that Trump’s travel ban had been blocked by an appeals court, in his south Bethlehem barber shop, Joe D’Ambrosio rated Trump’s performance in office so far as “fantastic”.

“He’s just making good choice after good choice,” D’Ambrosio said, repeating a Trump claim about saving jobs that has been challenged as misleading. “Look how many jobs he’s brought back already, or that he’s in line to bring back. Look at the people in his cabinet. Look at the secretary of state, and all these people that know what the hell they’re doing.

At her drywall business, Snover rated Trump’s first three weeks in office as pretty near perfect. “I haven’t seen anyone back away from Trump,” she said. “I haven’t seen anyone doubt. I haven’t seen any retreat.

“Trump is medicine for the American people,” she said. “They don’t want it. I look at the protesters and that’s how I visualize it. It’s like when your parents said you have to take the medicine and you said: ‘Oh my God, don’t give it to me.’ He’s giving them the medicine they don’t want to take. And in two years they’re going to feel so much better. It’s medicine right now. That’s why it tastes so terrible.”

 

[phrodeau]

John McCain lays out the danger of the Trump admin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeLmjuMtIU

 

[sr71plt]

John McCain lays out the danger of the Trump admin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeLmjuMtIU

Yep, an excellent rebuttal to Trump and his deplorables.

 

[JackLuis]

Yep, an excellent rebuttal to Trump and his deplorables.

I'm all for jamming Trump and his deplorables in the buttal!