The Former Trump Presidency Thread

[Rip]

I think that was an excerpt from his next book, titled "How to Make Enemies and Alienate People"

Has RIP weighed in on Trump lately? I don't remember reading a recent post... I'll have to go looking. Maybe he still thinks this is all according to plan.

*Edit: He hasn't posted anything with more than 6 words in over a month, and nothing at all in two weeks. I think the Midterms broke him.

Nope, living it up streaming my butt off on twitch. They have a streamer over there that does some really good politics streams you guys should check out. His twitch name is imreallyimportant.

Things are going great in my book. A little bumpy with losing the house, but at least the senate advantage was increased. Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

All is well!

[Skinypupy]

Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

[Rip]

Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

[Freyland]

How about, "It's fiscally irresponsible to spend 5 billion dollars on toddler toys?"

[Remus West]

I think that was an excerpt from his next book, titled "How to Make Enemies and Alienate People"

Has RIP weighed in on Trump lately? I don't remember reading a recent post... I'll have to go looking. Maybe he still thinks this is all according to plan.

*Edit: He hasn't posted anything with more than 6 words in over a month, and nothing at all in two weeks. I think the Midterms broke him.

Nope, living it up streaming my butt off on twitch. They have a streamer over there that does some really good politics streams you guys should check out. His twitch name is imreallyimportant.

Things are going great in my book. A little bumpy with losing the house, but at least the senate advantage was increased. Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

All is well!

Since I do not believe you to be a fully on idiot I finally have to give in and admit you have simply become a full time troll. Sad.

[hepcat]

Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

Trump is actually the one calling for a shutdown. Any blow back on that could potentially hit Republicans...hard.

Also, what are you streaming?

[Pyperkub]

Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

Yes, let's shut down the government to pay for a wall nobody wants to pay for... even Mexico.

[Rip]

Now we get to see the left flip the logic on government shutdowns.

Um...wat?

Certainly at some point they will try do a shutdown. Something that were roundly criticized for doing/considering. Just going to be fun to hear the logic for why it is a good thing this time to force one.

Trump is actually the one calling for a shutdown. Any blow back on that could potentially hit Republicans...hard.

Also, what are you streaming?

Some gaming, some shooting of the shit. Special effect, green screen fun, soundboard goofing. I even have my security cameras on stream, I eat, I drink. Been doing about 10 hours a day.

https://www.twitch.tv/rip4ever

[hepcat]

I opened that link, saw a warning about mature content, envisioned what that meant in a Rip-centric feed, quietly closed my laptop's lid, then took it down to the maintenance room and had them burn it.

[Smoove_B]

Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

[Rip]

I opened that link, saw a warning about mature content, envisioned what that meant in a Rip-centric feed, quietly closed my laptop's lid, then took it down to the maintenance room and had them burn it.

[El Guapo]

Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

Imagine being Trump, surveying the political situation, and concluding that the issue must be that Mike Pence is weighing you down.

[Biyobi]

Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

[LordMortis]

That doesn't sound nervous to me. Trump's rotating administration is his way of staying the course.

[GreenGoo]

Imagine being Trump, surveying the political situation, and concluding that the issue must be that Mike Pence is weighing you down.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

I'm hoping that Pence has been fully documenting his experiences in the administration. Maybe he'll give us, or perhaps the courts, some insight when all is said and done.

[El Guapo]

Imagine being Trump, surveying the political situation, and concluding that the issue must be that Mike Pence is weighing you down.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

I'm hoping that Pence has been fully documenting his experiences in the administration. Maybe he'll give us, or perhaps the courts, some insight when all is said and done.

My impression of Pence is that he is a pretty ambitious and self-serving guy, so I would be surprised if he wasn't planning around this sort of thing.

[Holman]

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

The highest-profile, least-absurd, most potentially beneficial option would be Nikki Haley, who has played a deft game of staying in Trump's good graces without being implicated in his scandals.

It's true that she left the administration when she announced her resignation as UN ambassador, but even then Trump's response was unusual. He didn't attack her, and IIRC he even hinted that she might rejoin the administration later in a different role.

[hepcat]

My impression of Pence is that he is a pretty ambitious and self-serving guy, so I would be surprised if he wasn't planning around this sort of thing.

My impression of Pence is the same one I do of a lawn chair.

[Smoove_B]

That doesn't sound nervous to me. Trump's rotating administration is his way of staying the course.

Let's remember that Flynn hand-picked Pence and that Pence was part of the transition team and their contact with Russia that was just named as part of Mueller's released paperwork. Remember when Pence denied Russian contact during the transition back in January of 2017? Turns out, not so much.

[GreenGoo]

That doesn't sound nervous to me. Trump's rotating administration is his way of staying the course.

Let's remember that Flynn hand-picked Pence and that Pence was part of the transition team and their contact with Russia that was just named as part of Mueller's released paperwork. Remember when Pence denied Russian contact during the transition back in January of 2017? Turns out, not so much.

I will accept letting him off free if he helps burn a certain PotUS to the ground.

[El Guapo]

My impression of Pence is that he is a pretty ambitious and self-serving guy, so I would be surprised if he wasn't planning around this sort of thing.

My impression of Pence is the same one I do of a lawn chair.

How often do you do impressions of lawn chairs?

[hepcat]

Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

[stessier]

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

The highest-profile, least-absurd, most potentially beneficial option would be Nikki Haley, who has played a deft game of staying in Trump's good graces without being implicated in his scandals.

It's true that she left the administration when she announced her resignation as UN ambassador, but even then Trump's response was unusual. He didn't attack her, and IIRC he even hinted that she might rejoin the administration later in a different role.

She left ahead of a potential scandal. Not sure if it was ever investigated, so there might be nothing there - but running would certainly bring it back up.

[Holman]

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

The highest-profile, least-absurd, most potentially beneficial option would be Nikki Haley, who has played a deft game of staying in Trump's good graces without being implicated in his scandals.

It's true that she left the administration when she announced her resignation as UN ambassador, but even then Trump's response was unusual. He didn't attack her, and IIRC he even hinted that she might rejoin the administration later in a different role.

She left ahead of a potential scandal. Not sure if it was ever investigated, so there might be nothing there - but running would certainly bring it back up.

Yeah, but her scandal was almost routine, the kind of thing that requires an apology and sincere regret but that doesn't destroy a career.

Her scandal was basically Scott Pruitt on any given Tuesday. Before lunch.

[El Guapo]

Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

Do you ever do an impression of a lawn chair separate from your impression of Mike Pence?

[Kraken]

Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

Does the guy who wouldn't recite the Apostles Creed lose evangelicals without Pence, or are they really that all-in? I thought that they were his only asset.

[$iljanus]

Mother will not be happy:

But the ominous signs of Mueller’s progress have not completely overwhelmed other subplots. On Monday, Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said.

It's almost like...someone is getting nervous.

I'm curious how this plays out. We've talked about the fact that A/B-list politicians want nothing to do with Trump at this point, especially after the mid-term shellacking. Anyone associated with Trump automatically gets loaded with his baggage. Who on the C/D-list is going to bring anyone new to the voting booth that Trump doesn't already have?

Does the guy who wouldn't recite the Apostles Creed lose evangelicals without Pence, or are they really that all-in? I thought that they were his only asset.

Trump: "Hey Mike, you're supposed to be my God guy. Why the hell didn't you tell me about the Apollo Creed thing!?!"

[GreenGoo]

Trump: "Hey Mike, you're supposed to be my God guy. Why the hell didn't you tell me about the Apollo Creed thing!?!"

Also, who is this hey-zeus fellow and do I need to be worried about him?

[hentzau]

Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

Do you ever do an impression of a lawn chair separate from your impression of Mike Pence?

He does. He's pretty comfy.

[Zaxxon]

Only the best people. (US Ambassador to Canada believes 'both sides' of climate science have solid data, she donated hundreds of thousands of bucks to Trump, and her husband just happens to be a coal magnate.)

[hepcat]

Whenever I'm asked to do an impression of Mike Pence.

Do you ever do an impression of a lawn chair separate from your impression of Mike Pence?

They’re not the same thing?

Seriously though, the guy makes Karl Rove look like a party animal.

[Skinypupy]

Barely a half hour after this tweet, CNN HQ was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Someone called in claiming there were 5 bombs in the building.

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[hepcat]

I'm becoming increasingly more comfortable with the Hitler comparison, I'm sad to say.

[LawBeefaroni]

I'm becoming increasingly more comfortable with the Hitler comparison, I'm sad to say.

I'm sad to say that I believe there is a non-zero percent chance that Trump called the bomb threat in himself. I mean less than 1% but still, I cannot rule it out 100%. I wouldn't put anything out of the realm of possibility with this guy.

[Holman]

The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well for Paris. Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting “We Want Trump!” Love France.

What kind of president basically endorses civil unrest in an allied country?

And... he "loves France" because... they want Trump more than they want the environment, or something?

(But the premises are BS. Memes of Paris crowds chanting "We Want Trump" have been circulating on social media, but the video is actually from a hard-right rally in the UK. And the Paris protests are against the taxes landing primarily on the working class, not against the Paris Agreement or environmental protection.)

[Max Peck]

In other news today, Cadet-in-Chief "Ol' Bonespurs" Trump provides yet another textbook demonstration of psychological projection.

Watched Da Nang Dick Blumenthal on television spewing facts almost as accurate as his bravery in Vietnam (which he never saw). As the bullets whizzed by Da Nang Dicks head, as he was saving soldiers....
....left and right, he then woke up from his dream screaming that HE LIED. Next time I go to Vietnam I will ask “the Dick” to travel with me!

[gilraen]

I'm becoming increasingly more comfortable with the Hitler comparison, I'm sad to say.

I'm sad to say that I believe there is a non-zero percent chance that Trump called the bomb threat in himself. I mean less than 1% but still, I cannot rule it out 100%. I wouldn't put anything out of the realm of possibility with this guy.

The only reason I'd rule it out is because this type of call actually requires more subtlety than he's capable of. I mean, he probably would have introduced himself on the phone as John Barron or something...he wouldn't have been able to help himself.

[Holman]

link

[Jaymann]

Can you imagine if "tan suit" Obama had sent anything like this. Even once.

[Roman]

Have read a few news reports that Trump Jr. is up here in Canada for an extended hunting trip - and is trying to avoid indictment. Lots of musings about him possibly being indicted this coming week....