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McParadigm wrote:Really looking forward to watching Trump voters have their Obi Wan Kenobi "You were the chosen one" moment with him.

Birds in Hell wrote:WSJ: Trump Tries to Build a ‘Different Party’

The Democrats have no playbook for dealing with a Republican who’s a populist.

The significance and velocity of the orders unnerved and upset Mr. Trump’s critics and took aback some of his friends. But those orders—even though their use makes the presidency more imperial, even though it’s no way to govern, even though Mr. Obama did it, too—will likely not be unpopular in the country. It actually looked as if someone was doing something.

More important than the orders were the White House meetings. One was a breakfast with a dozen major CEOs. They looked happy as frolicking puppies in the photo-op, and afterward talked about jobs. Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin said she was “encouraged by the president’s commitment to reduce barriers to job creation.” In a statement after the meeting, the glassmaker Corning, whose CEO attended, announced plans to expand its U.S. manufacturing base significantly over the next few years. Because I live in New York and work at the Journal, I see and talk to American CEOs. I’ve never heard them bang on about a need to boost American jobs and manufacturing, ever. They usually talk about targeted microloans in India, and robots.

More important still—the most important moment of the first week—was the meeting with union leaders. Mr. Trump gave them almost an hour and a half. “The president treated us with respect, not only our organization but our members,” said Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, by telephone. Liuna had not endorsed Trump in the campaign, but Mr. O’Sullivan saw the meeting’s timing as an expression of respect: “He’s inaugurated on Friday and we’re invited in Monday to have a substantial conversation.” The entire Trump top staff was there, including the vice president: “His whole team—we were very impressed.” They talked infrastructure, trade and energy. “The whole meeting was about middle class jobs, how do we create more?” Mr. O’Sullivan believes the Keystone pipeline will eventually generate more than 40,000 jobs. Mr. O’Sullivan said he hopes fixing “our crumbling transportation infrastructure” will be “the largest jobs program in the country.”

The new president gave them a tour of the Oval Office. Presidents tend to develop a line of patter about the rug, the color of the drapes. Did Mr. Trump direct things in that way? No. “He gave us free rein, to tell you the truth.”

The lengthy, public and early meeting with the union leaders was, among other things, first-class, primo political pocket-picking. The Trump White House was showing the Democratic Party that one of its traditional constituent groups is up for grabs and happy to do business with a new friend. It was also telling those Republicans too stupid to twig onto it yet that the GOP is going to be something it’s actually been within living memory: the party of working men and women, a friend of those who feel besieged.

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McParadigm wrote:

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Orpheus wrote:I'd just like to thank this thread for transforming my view of spenno from " that milquetoast Australian guy" to "apologist for white nationalism."

BurtReynolds wrote:

Orpheus wrote:I'd just like to thank this thread for transforming my view of spenno from " that milquetoast Australian guy" to "apologist for white nationalism."

He just wants his Queen back.

Strat wrote:"disgraced newsman Rather thumps Conway for "alternative facts"


From fox news.

Please tell me how the lamestream media is the biased and crazy ones.

Personally, i have not seen that sort of headline from other news networks. "Disgraced...." For Dan fucking Rather.

I now im biased, i know it, but holy fuck.

Dan Rather - disgraced??? The guy has been giving his life to reporting the news for like 800 fucking years. DISGRACED?!

BurtReynolds wrote:

Strat wrote:"disgraced newsman Rather thumps Conway for "alternative facts"


From fox news.

Please tell me how the lamestream media is the biased and crazy ones.

Personally, i have not seen that sort of headline from other news networks. "Disgraced...." For Dan fucking Rather.

I now im biased, i know it, but holy fuck.

Dan Rather - disgraced??? The guy has been giving his life to reporting the news for like 800 fucking years. DISGRACED?!

He got fired for an Anti-Bush story back in the day.

Rangi Guy wrote:What's the frequency Kenneth?

Rangi Guy wrote:What's the frequency Kenneth?