Happy Face 29 Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Nice current affairs pun there. 20 years ago that now EDIT: I gave you undeserved pun credit, thought you'd said "something of the right" which would have been funnier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12769 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I thought the consensus was that he wasn't successful after all? That if he's put his money in the bank at the start of his life he'd be richer than he is now. I mean...he is President of the United States of America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 ...looking back, it appears that I made that comment in reference to his financial success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2786 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a contributor to Breitbart, tweeted photos with Pence, Cruz, and Bannon. His selfie with Bannon included his whiteboard in the background. “Cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities” “Suspend immigration from terror-prone regions” “Triple the number of ICE agents” “Build the border wall and eventually make Mexico...” (rest of text unclear) “ Sunset our visa laws so that Congress is forced to revise and revisit them” “Eliminate the estate tax” “Repeal and replace Obamacare” and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26506 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Just as well he has them written down. It must be tough to remember your main fucking policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Is it not his list of things that have been blocked from making any progress whatsoever? Yay checks and balances! He should have a referendumb if he wants to push some lunatic policies through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 https://news.vice.com/story/trump-advisers-fair-immigration-jeff-sessions-kellyanne-conway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3660 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Is shmuley a name or a sneeze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 https://news.vice.com/story/trump-advisers-fair-immigration-jeff-sessions-kellyanne-conway What's that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2786 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 House voted in favor of Trump's healthcare repeal by a 217-213 vote. Congress voted in favor of exempting themselves from the repeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26506 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 The Senate will be much tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-director-james-comey-fired/story?id=47309009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14642 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Nixon did something similar apparently, sacked the lead of an investigation into him. This is on another scale though. Think Trump will be lucky to see a Christmas at the Whitehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Is this really that big a deal? I understood that Comey was likely to be sacked if Clinton won power as well. Trump can likely point to that. And presumably the investigation will continue anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26506 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 So he's supposedly being fired for factual inaccuracies? If that's the standard then there wouldn't be a single person in the WH keeping their job. Given that it's only the second time in history that it has happened and the situation surrounding it I'd say it's a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 If you say so. What was the fall out last time it happened? And how often are Presidents investigated by the head of the FBI at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26506 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'm not sure what happened that Nixon fella. I think his presidency was entirely uneventful after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Ok, I've skim read the Watergate scandal. So Nixon eventually resigned rather than be impeached. I understand why we're thinking this could be a big deal now. ...I suspect we're all going to be disappointed from the fallout from this one though. There were grounds to sack Comey based on what he did within the election framework - in effect he was already discredited and can be, presumably, justifiably removed. It does suggest that there is something in the background that Trump wants to hide (and I'm sure it'll come out eventually), but I suspect that Congress isn't going to be able to say much about Comey's sacking given the fact that many people have been calling for it since the email fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26506 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I don't think there's any suggestion that what Trump has done is illegal. Just very dodgy. His worry now has to be if Congress calls Comey to testify on his investigation thus far and he buries Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26506 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Also, you say they can use what happened during the election to fire him but Trump already praised his actions during the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3986 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 36 minutes ago, Rayvin said: Is this really that big a deal? I understood that Comey was likely to be sacked if Clinton won power as well. Trump can likely point to that. And presumably the investigation will continue anyway. Incoming Trump appointee can cancel the investigation - he deserved to be sacked for the letter thing but that's just an excuse. This is interference - if no Republican challenges it, it's a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 35 minutes ago, ewerk said: Also, you say they can use what happened during the election to fire him but Trump already praised his actions during the campaign. I don't think that's a material problem though. A narrative can easily be spun around the notion that the full details of what was afoot weren't revealed until Trump had the ability to look into it himself etc etc. Moreover the US seems quite content for its candidates to spew any manner of nonsense on the campaign trail and then effectively pretend that nothing even happened once it's all over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 21 minutes ago, NJS said: Incoming Trump appointee can cancel the investigation - he deserved to be sacked for the letter thing but that's just an excuse. This is interference - if no Republican challenges it, it's a disgrace. Not arguing that it's a disgrace, I completely agree on that. I just don't think this will be the thing that brings Trump down. I suspect it'll be out of the news in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 It's about time he put some fear into the FBI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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