The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[McParadigm]

I still think Lawrence O'Donnell looks like someone photoshopped Niles and Frasier Crane together.

[McParadigm]

How come three Christmas ghosts never visited Donald Trump, for Christ's sake?

[96583UP]

those 3 ghosts are too afraid of the other 140 ghosts that already gang bang his skull every evening

[Citizen Dick]

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As they ate, the president and Mr. Comey made small talk about the election and the crowd sizes at Mr. Trump’s rallies. The president then turned the conversation to whether Mr. Comey would pledge his loyalty to him.
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[Peeps]

i wont lie but i was shocked when he talked about them having dinner he made no mention of the most glorious steak and baked potato you ever laid eyes on

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

i wont lie but i was shocked when he talked about them having dinner he made no mention of the most glorious steak and baked potato you ever laid eyes on

[Simple Torture]

TGIF

[McParadigm]

You know, just in case he wasn't in deep shit legally before

[Green Habit]

Man...fuck Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. This was the one Cabinet appointment Dems really needed to focus their limited energy on in trying to shoot down.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-prosecutors-told-push-more-harsher-punishments-100153377--politics.html

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms.

The opioid and heroin epidemic is a contributor to the recent surge of violent crime in America. Drug trafficking is an inherently violent business. If you want to collect a drug debt, you can't, and don't, file a lawsuit in court. You collect it by the barrel of a gun.

[wease]

TGIF

Sounds like Trump would be worried about what those tapes may reveal.

[McParadigm]

I spoke with family last night, and basically all the Trump voting midwesterners didn't want to talk about him right now. I'm sure many are still on his side, as it were, but there's none of the chest pounding, flag waving, lock her upping of the past.

Amazingly, my mom and stepdad still have almost zero idea what's even going on. "I guess I heard something about his FBI director fired a guy or something. But I don't know if that's good or if that's bad."

Living inside one of the Great American Stories, and can't even be bothered to know.

[wease]

I spoke with family last night, and basically all the Trump voting midwesterners didn't want to talk about him right now. I'm sure many are still on his side, as it were, but there's none of the chest pounding, flag waving, lock her upping of the past.

Amazingly, my mom and stepdad still have almost zero idea what's even going on. "I guess I heard something about his FBI director fired a guy or something. But I don't know if that's good or if that's bad."

Living inside one of the Great American Stories, and can't even be bothered to know.

Morning Edition interviewed a bunch of Trump supporters across the country for this morning's show just to see if any of them a faltering in their devotion to him. EVERY SINGLE PERSON thought he was doing a good job, that the FBI and the country had lost faith in Comey and needed to be fired, thought that the Russian investigation was merely Democrat sour grapes and needed to be dropped. I'm starting to think there is absolutely nothing he can say or do that will change any of their opinions of him and that there can be unmistakable evidence of him in direct contact with Russia during the election and colluding with Putin to win and he would spin it in such a way his supporters would all think that it's ok.

[McParadigm]

I spoke with family last night, and basically all the Trump voting midwesterners didn't want to talk about him right now. I'm sure many are still on his side, as it were, but there's none of the chest pounding, flag waving, lock her upping of the past.

Amazingly, my mom and stepdad still have almost zero idea what's even going on. "I guess I heard something about his FBI director fired a guy or something. But I don't know if that's good or if that's bad."

Living inside one of the Great American Stories, and can't even be bothered to know.

Morning Edition interviewed a bunch of Trump supporters across the country for this morning's show just to see if any of them a faltering in their devotion to him. EVERY SINGLE PERSON thought he was doing a good job, that the FBI and the country had lost faith in Comey and needed to be fired, thought that the Russian investigation was merely Democrat sour grapes and needed to be dropped. I'm starting to think there is absolutely nothing he can say or do that will change any of their opinions of him and that there can be unmistakable evidence of him in direct contact with Russia during the election and colluding with Putin to win and he would spin it in such a way his supporters would all think that it's ok.

I don't think it's him.

Fox News has literally spent 48 hours on "look at these stupid liberals overreacting." At one point their banner read "Director Comey Resigns."

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

I spoke with family last night, and basically all the Trump voting midwesterners didn't want to talk about him right now. I'm sure many are still on his side, as it were, but there's none of the chest pounding, flag waving, lock her upping of the past.

Amazingly, my mom and stepdad still have almost zero idea what's even going on. "I guess I heard something about his FBI director fired a guy or something. But I don't know if that's good or if that's bad."

Living inside one of the Great American Stories, and can't even be bothered to know.

Morning Edition interviewed a bunch of Trump supporters across the country for this morning's show just to see if any of them a faltering in their devotion to him. EVERY SINGLE PERSON thought he was doing a good job, that the FBI and the country had lost faith in Comey and needed to be fired, thought that the Russian investigation was merely Democrat sour grapes and needed to be dropped. I'm starting to think there is absolutely nothing he can say or do that will change any of their opinions of him and that there can be unmistakable evidence of him in direct contact with Russia during the election and colluding with Putin to win and he would spin it in such a way his supporters would all think that it's ok.

Not so fast there weasey.

More bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows

President Trump is dealing with a budding scandal after firing FBI Director James B. Comey on Tuesday.

But even before that, he appears to have hit a new low with the American people.

A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows Trump's disapproval rating rising to 58 percent — a new high in Quinnipiac's regular polling and the highest in a high-quality, non-tracking poll since his inauguration. Just 36 percent approved of Trump's job performance.



The only other poll to show his disapproval that high since his inauguration was Gallup, which briefly showed his disapproval rating ticking up to 59 percent in March before it dropped to 52 percent a week later. Quinnipiac's polls have been among the worst for Trump, but it's also one of the most frequent, and the trends are looking bad for Trump.

The Quinnipiac poll also shows the president's favorable rating — more of a personal measure than a job measure — dropping to a new low of 35 percent. The percentage of Americans who strongly approve of him is tied for an all-time low at 25 percent. And the percentage who strongly disapprove has reached an all-time high of 51 percent.



Trump also has his worst numbers to date — across 10 Q polls since the 2016 election — on the following measures:

• Honesty: 33 percent say he is
  Good leadership skills: 56 percent say he doesn't have them
  Caring about average people: 59 percent say he doesn't
  Being levelheaded: Voters say 66-29 percent that he's not (unlike the other numbers here, this is tied for all-time worst, not setting a new one)
  Being intelligent: Voters say 56-41 percent that he is
  Sharing your values: Voters say 64-32 percent that he doesn't
  How he has treated the news media: Voters disapprove 65-31 percent
  Whether people trust him or the media more for the truth: 57 percent media, 31 percent Trump (even 17 percent of Republicans pick the media over their president)

Interestingly, the reason the numbers have ticked down appears to be the group that elected Trump in the first place: white, working-class voters. Whites without college degrees approved of Trump 57 percent to 38 percent in the mid-April Q poll and 51-39 percent in late March/early April; today they are split, with 47 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving.

Republicans still haven't deserted him, which means it might take some doing before his approval rating drops much lower. But there certainly seem to be some slight cracks in Trump's base. And you have to wonder whether the Comey decision — which even congressional Republicans are criticizing — might pry those cracks open just a bit wider.
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[malice]

white people are so stupid.

[E.H. Ruddock]

white people are so stupid.

[McParadigm]

Here’s how I want this to end:

1. It turns out the Republican Party has been accepting laundered Russian financial assistance for years.
2. They were forced to bring Donald Trump in because he won the primary. They decided that he was likely ‘safe’ because he has financial obligations to some of their backers.
3. Donald Trump is compulsively self-serving and mentally unwell, and wanted credit. “Russia, I hope you find the missing emails…”
4. In short, Donald Trump is both the least culpable and least capable figure in this story. The only one who couldn’t keep a secret.
5. He is therefore left with the knowledge that his story will carry on into history, outliving even the likes of Benedict Arnold: Donald Trump, the stupidest patsy there ever was.
6. As a result of his tenure, the Russian laundering scheme is exposed and the swamp is ironically drained.

[McParadigm]

I may have requested this outcome before.

[wease]

I may have requested this outcome before.

Never gonna happen.

[McParadigm]

I may have requested this outcome before.

Never gonna happen.

I've been a good boy all year