The Trump Presidency – 2016

[albionmoonlight]

Every day I go to the 538 Trump approval tracker.

And every day, he holds in that 43-45% zone.

Nothing changes.

Nothing matters.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Every day I go to the 538 Trump approval tracker.

And every day, he holds in that 43-45% zone.

Nothing changes.

Nothing matters.

He's not dipping below 41-42% while he's president. I think if he's voted out in November his approval ratings will drop as people get some time away from the cult.

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Every day I go to the 538 Trump approval tracker.

And every day, he holds in that 43-45% zone.

Nothing changes.

Nothing matters.

I do this dance too. I don't know what I expect.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

So were you using "the lights out and nobody's home" more literally or more metaphorically?

SI

Metaphor for the utter darkness that characterizes this administration.

[RainMaker]

Some more looting.

New watchdog report finds the IRS isn't auditing a large portion of wealthy individuals who haven't filed tax returns, missing out on billions of dollars in potential revenue. https://t.co/d1EaIdomSq

— Ally Versprille (@allyversprille) June 1, 2020

[Qwikshot]

President Dickhead just declared martial law

[thesloppy]

Fauci says he hasn't spoken with Trump in two weeks.

[RainMaker]

The protesters were moved with tear gas and flash bangs by riot gear-wearing cops to clear a path for Trump to leave the visit the historic church that caught fire briefly last night.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2020

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Qwikshot

President Dickhead just declared martial law

They used tear gas on peaceful protesters so Trump could have a photo op.

[cartman]

But her emails

[Qwikshot]

We only have one big beautiful law now, the law of Trump. Congrats conservatives.

[Atocep]

Lets not allow him to distract us from where the real tyranny is.

Masks

[Qwikshot]

I also liked how it was a litany of people he was protecting us from including Antifa and then in a more hushed tone “others”, you know white suprematists.

[JPhillips]

He looks so comfortable and experienced holding a Bible.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Qwikshot

We only have one big beautiful law now, the law of Trump. Congrats conservatives.

Congrats liberals for giving Trump exactly what he wants.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Congrats liberals for giving Trump exactly what he wants.

Yes, lets go back to the backwards thinking that blames people that didn't vote for Trump for Trump being president.

[cuervo72]

OH, we're doing this in this thread. Makes sense I guess.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Congrats liberals for giving Trump exactly what he wants.

lol

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

lol

Not sure what's funny about the situation

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

He looks so comfortable and experienced holding a Bible.

Looking at it again, I'm convinced he was looking for the word BIBLE so he could feature it in the product placement.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Not sure what's funny about the situation

63 million people voted for Trump but it's some liberals fault for some really dumb reason I am guessing.

[RainMaker]

Ok this part is funny

great photo op. nailed it pic.twitter.com/X7uedAcxHb

— Brendan Karet �� (@bad_takes) June 1, 2020

[whomario]

Originally Posted by Qwikshot

I also liked how it was a litany of people he was protecting us from including Antifa and then in a more hushed tone “others”, you know white suprematists.

Could he even talk for 30 seconds about what Antifa even is ? Considering he thinks it is a group (as in One Group) i am sceptical.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by whomario

Could he even talk for 30 seconds about what Antifa even is ? Considering he thinks it is a group (as in One Group) i am sceptical.

It's not an organization, which is why it's the perfect boogeyman for the right. They can define it however they like and label anyone they want part of it because it's impossible to prove otherwise. Their makeup is probably most similar to Anonymous.

[RainMaker]

I have never heard of a murder or anything attributed to them. I know white supremacists and neo-nazis have committed a number of deadly terrorist attacks in this country but were instead labeled fine people.

It sort of just seems like a catch-all for people protesting against things the right doesn't like.

[kingfc22]

De-escalation is not in his psychology so unsurprisingly he believes his only play is to push forward with escalating the rhetoric and somebody else will bend.

Will this be the first time that backfires on him? Hard to say, but in the short term it's going to look REAL bad if he and his GOP lackies start authorizing military action on US citizens.

[whomario]

Originally Posted by Atocep

It's not an organization, which is why it's the perfect boogeyman for the right. They can define it however they like and label anyone they want part of it because it's impossible to prove otherwise. Their makeup is probably most similar to Anonymous.

I know Just wanted to point one should expect the President to know that too. So either he does and thus won't say it (can't have people thinking this is complicated) or he truly has not bothered to even check.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

I am impressed by the level of empathy these protesters are getting in this case. I am disturbed by the way law enforcement personnel don’t seem to be following standard procedures for aggressive acting protesters. I was always told the standard procedures were a bit different when other widely discussed protests are brought. Maybe they are not aggressive at all and it is just my bias.

UPDATE: Law enforcement and the government are once again using the standard procedures I am familiar with. That empathy seems to have disappeared though.

[Qwikshot]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I have never heard of a murder or anything attributed to them. I know white supremacists and neo-nazis have committed a number of deadly terrorist attacks in this country but were instead labeled fine people.

It sort of just seems like a catch-all for people protesting against things the right doesn't like.

Hey I’m still waiting for those evangelical pastors who have their gulf streams and pleaded for their flocks stimulus checks to swoop in and descalate things with their prayer and stuff...

Is Donnie’s sacred place back in the bunker? What do you think his favorite bible verse is? Can he make it through one verse?

[Qwikshot]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

De-escalation is not in his psychology so unsurprisingly he believes his only play is to push forward with escalating the rhetoric and somebody else will bend.

Will this be the first time that backfires on him? Hard to say, but in the short term it's going to look REAL bad if he and his GOP lackies start authorizing military action on US citizens.

I guess that Putin phone call he got inspired him.

I figure Trump keeps martial law in effect until he wants to hand the reigns over to Little Donny.

[spleen1015]

He needed to show he's not a wimp. He didn't like the press coverage of him being bunkered the other night so he had to show us how tough he is.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

De-escalation is not in his psychology so unsurprisingly he believes his only play is to push forward with escalating the rhetoric and somebody else will bend.

Will this be the first time that backfires on him? Hard to say, but in the short term it's going to look REAL bad if he and his GOP lackies start authorizing military action on US citizens.

But will it, tho?

My wife and I were talking about this maybe a half hour ago. Like my coworkers, your typical Texas conservatives, will bend over backwards to justify what he's doing. "It's just the bad people." "They earned it." "They brought a kid to a riot -" wait, that was the other thread. It's all over the Twitter thread where the riot police beat on the cameraman: From the "I'm a never Trumper but they shouldn't have been there" to "When police tell you to do something, you do what you're told to" to, of course, "they had it coming". Until it's on their street, shooting at them or their family, it's easy to ignore or rationalize it.

SI

[albionmoonlight]

Yup.

Also, this one time a white guy told a joke, and, yeah, the N-word was in the punchline. But everyone acted all offended even though it was obvious that he was just joking.

So, you know, people are being oppressed all the time, and if you want to blame people for supporting Trump when he threatens to use the military against U.S. citizens, you should really be mad at the people who get way too offended over jokes, because that is why white people feel they have to support Trump.

[JPhillips]

Things are going so well for Trump.

Bishop Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington tells CNN on air: "I am outraged. The president did not pray when he came to St. John's nor did he acknowledge the agony of our country right now."

"We distance ourselves from the incendiary language of this president."

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 2, 2020

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

But will it, tho?

My wife and I were talking about this maybe a half hour ago. Like my coworkers, your typical Texas conservatives, will bend over backwards to justify what he's doing. "It's just the bad people." "They earned it." "They brought a kid to a riot -" wait, that was the other thread. It's all over the Twitter thread where the riot police beat on the cameraman: From the "I'm a never Trumper but they shouldn't have been there" to "When police tell you to do something, you do what you're told to" to, of course, "they had it coming". Until it's on their street, shooting at them or their family, it's easy to ignore or rationalize it.

SI

Maybe the people who voted for a guy who talked like a fascist just support a fascist doing fascist things.

All the evangelical and dont tread on me garbage is just a cover for what they are.

[thesloppy]

Remember like a week ago when Trump was going to court black voters?

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

Remember like a week ago when Trump was going to court black voters?

A week? 2 days ago Laura Ingraham was saying Trump could relate to the injustice blacks have faced because he faced similar injustice with the Russia investigation.

[JPhillips]

I try not to be alarmist but watching the Chair of the Joint Chiefs wander through D.C. to monitor the security situation and then seeing videos of armed white mobs patrolling streets in Philly starts to concern me.

edit: And Blackhawks flying low over protestors in D.C.

[tarcone]

Well, So much for Trump He is agitating now.

This is getting out of control.

Why cant the Dems put up a legitimate candidate?

[tarcone]

Trump is threatening to usw the military to stop the protests/riots.

This is agianst the law. This isnt an isurrection or an attempt to overthrow the government.

Can anyone say dictator?

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Trump is threatening to use the military to stop the protests/riots.

This is against the law. This isnt an insurrection or an attempt to overthrow the government.

Can anyone say dictator?

Yes, you can, and you should say it everywhere.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Trump is threatening to usw the military to stop the protests/riots.

This is agianst the law. This isnt an isurrection or an attempt to overthrow the government.

Can anyone say dictator?

Don't worry, this is why we have the Second Amendment

[SackAttack]

George Will going nuclear on Republicans.

[RendeR]

If you want anyone to read that that isn't willing to subscribe to read a news article you'll have to copy/paste it.

[SirFozzie]

Basically says "Not only do I want Trump to lose... but I want every single enabling Republican senator to get routed"

[tarcone]

4 police officers in St Louis were shot last night.

Gee, Mr. Trump, what else do you have to say?

[HomerSimpson98]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Basically says "Not only do I want Trump to lose... but I want every single enabling Republican senator to get routed"

Co-signed.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

He needed to show he's not a wimp. He didn't like the press coverage of him being bunkered the other night so he had to show us how tough he is.

And with "the base," this will work, let's not forget. He's not doing this for you, for us, it's for them.

[miked]

Of course in 5 months all these GOP senators that are “concerned” and “troubled” will be licking his butthole on the campaign trail.

[JPhillips]

Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis says that the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, who oversees St. John's Episcopal Church, "is unfortunately a pawn of the leftist media that thrives on destruction of all that is moral and just." pic.twitter.com/PuSliXQyLC

— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) June 2, 2020

Trump's campaign doesn't seem to understand that need need to persuade people that either didn't vote in 2016 or voted for Clinton to now vote for him. Ever greater base mobilization won't work.