Play Nice 45th President of the United States - Donald Trump (continued in Part 2)

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Maybe he thinks that the bold gives him an out but we all know that it happens, what did you really expect him to say?

I have no doubt that it is happening in Australia right now.

Is it right? Not sure that our opinion matters sadly.

However, keep in mind that Trump has worked to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the courts, the CIA, the FBI, Congress, the electoral system, all regulatory agencies, and, not least, the media that might inform the public about his concerted and continual efforts to undermine all authority--with the exception of his own.

What would we think if we saw the leader of another western nation (UK, Canada, NZ, etc) deploying this strategy?
Given they are trawling in vast amounts of information, most of which will never be looked at, wouldn't surprise me that they have pulled in lot of inadvertant info.
 

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Every article I've clicked on from google so far has been sure to project that Trump is making this wire-tapping claim **without supporting evidence**!!!! - title or first paragraph.

OK, true - but where has this been for the past 6 months? Lots of "unnamed sources" .... at best I've seen a few disclaimers at the very end of the article when the subject is Trump.
Where has this been the last six months?
Probably in a brown envelope with a big red stamp that says "classified - POTUS".
Yer reckon? LOL
 

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There has been zero anything but vague innuendo regarding Russia

But you War mongering zombies couldn't care less. The Democrats could be caught on tape murdering children and this threat would by concess decide it was doctored. If confessed - it would decide the confessor was paid off to lie.
Vague innuendo? LOL Is that what alternative facts are now? If the administration was not in full cover up mode, and supplied documents as demanded, and was open to inquiry, this would not exist.
 

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I have been having the same thoughts for a while.

Lets be honest if they took Twitter off of him then half , well 90% of his problems would minimize. He would be seen as a President struggling to get people nominated who has made some EOs , but I don't think there would be half this outrage and derision for him
Taking twitter away from Trump would be political suicide. Trump is creating a massive us against them divide and Twitter is his main tool.

He enrages the progressives, they in turn rile back, and he enrages them more. He is attacking their institutions, their media, he is tearing down everything they have ever built.

The rust belt will never hate Trump more than they will hate the people in the big cities who they think ruined their lives.

The huge irony is it was people exactly like Trump who ruined their lives. But they don't care anymore. They just want everyone else to feel the pain of having everything around you torn down and Trump at least gives them that.

The man is a train wreck and a genius at the same time.
 

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Said it before and i'll probably say it again, what a massive difference a tiny tiny margin, in the grand scheme of the election, (in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania) has created.

Preference of candidate aside, i don't think anyone would argue that a Clinton presidency would have been very very different to Trumps.
 

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I don't think he's a genius, he's just a chancer, he throws shit and see what sticks, there's no real strategy behind it.
His strategy is obvious, watch/read right wing news on tv/internet, see an embellished, inaccurate story, get in a rage, and then tweet about it, without any fact checking.
 

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I don't think he's a genius, he's just a chancer, he throws shit and see what sticks, there's no real strategy behind it.
I disagree. The GOP will get some crazy shit through while everyone is distracted by his antics. Even repealing the stream protection rule is scandalous in itself. But because all of this other crap is simply so outrageous the stream protection rule has not got a minutes coverage.

God knows what else they will tear down while everyone else is melting at the irrelevant spot fires he is lighting left and right.

The fact the Mexico wall is still happening without any serious debate is completely unbelievable.

But everyone is too busy defending Obama against something that will not and cannot be proved or disproved to have time to confront Trump on any real issues.

Everything Trump does is a distraction to stop people looking at the really scandalous stuff.

Everyone, and mostly the media are being played off a break.
 

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I disagree. The GOP will get some crazy shit through while everyone is distracted by his antics. Even repealing the stream protection rule is scandalous in itself. But because all of this other crap is simply so outrageous the stream protection rule has not got a minutes coverage.

God knows what else they will tear down while everyone else is melting at the irrelevant spot fires he is lighting left and right.

The fact the Mexico wall is still happening without any serious debate is completely unbelievable.

But everyone is too busy defending Obama against something that will not and cannot be proved or disproved to have time to confront Trump on any real issues.

Everything Trump does is a distraction to stop people looking at the really scandalous stuff.

Everyone, and mostly the media are being played off a break.
The distraction is unintended most times, the GOP is just using him as a decoy while they do their evil shit, they work independently, there's nothing deliberately planned between the two. The only one who are playing it beautifully are the GOP

Trump is genuinely unwell, the guys just goes off every time in public and people think he's a genius because there are enough stupid people in America that empowers his lunacy. Just like him being lucky enough to be born in a rich family with unlimited funds, he is lucking out here
 

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Everything Trump does is a distraction to stop people looking at the really scandalous stuff.

Everyone, and mostly the media are being played off a break.
Sounds like an episode of Scooby-Doo with Trump the evil villainous "genius". Giving him far too much credit. He doesn't have a Scooby-Doo what he's doing.
All of the DC media are just hanging on his twitter rants and responding to his latest rant? That's a job for the junior reporters at a paper.

There will be numerous investigative journalists completely ignoring, or laughing like most people, at Golfing Donny's rants while they are investigating and compiling information on what's really going on.

Looking forward to the day Trump gets hand-cuffed and bemoans, "and I would have got away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!"
 
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The distraction is unintended most times, the GOP is just using him as a decoy while they do their evil shit, they work independently, there's nothing deliberately planned between the two. The only one who are playing it beautifully are the GOP

Trump is genuinely unwell, the guys just goes off every time in public and people think he's a genius because there are enough stupid people in America that empowers his lunacy. Just like him being lucky enough to be born in a rich family with unlimited funds, he is lucking out here
He did get elected. And managed to do it with both Hillary and the GOP (until he was their candidate) working against him.
 

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He did get elected. And managed to do it with both Hillary and the GOP (until he was their candidate) working against him.
More Bradbury than by design, any other GOP candidate would've caned Hillary Clinton by more, he didn't win it as much as Hillary Clinton lost it, she's an absolutely horrid candidate
 
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