Trump MAGAThread IV: Twixt Scylla & Some Bad Hombres

[Sane Outcasts]

So how goes the war on leaks?

I meant to post this before the press conference, but then it was like looking at a train-wreck...

Anyway, the New York Times is reporting that Trump will try to get an independent review of the intelligence agencies by an investment CEO, Stephen Feinberg.

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear could curtail their independence and reduce the flow of information that contradicts the president’s worldview.

The possible role for Stephen A. Feinberg, a co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, has met fierce resistance among intelligence officials already on edge because of the criticism the intelligence community has received from Mr. Trump during the campaign and since he became president. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump blamed leaks from the intelligence community for the departure of Michael T. Flynn, his national security adviser, whose resignation he requested.

There has been no announcement of Mr. Feinberg’s job, which would be based in the White House, but he recently told his company’s shareholders that he is in discussions to join the Trump administration. He is a member of Mr. Trump’s economic advisory council.

[Internationalist Bastard]

So how goes the war on leaks?

I meant to post this before the press conference, but then it was like looking at a train-wreck...

Anyway, the New York Times is reporting that Trump will try to get an independent review of the intelligence agencies by an investment CEO, Stephen Feinberg.

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear could curtail their independence and reduce the flow of information that contradicts the president’s worldview.

The possible role for Stephen A. Feinberg, a co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, has met fierce resistance among intelligence officials already on edge because of the criticism the intelligence community has received from Mr. Trump during the campaign and since he became president. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump blamed leaks from the intelligence community for the departure of Michael T. Flynn, his national security adviser, whose resignation he requested.

There has been no announcement of Mr. Feinberg’s job, which would be based in the White House, but he recently told his company’s shareholders that he is in discussions to join the Trump administration. He is a member of Mr. Trump’s economic advisory council.

Seems right

[Soldati Senza Confini]

So how goes the war on leaks?

I meant to post this before the press conference, but then it was like looking at a train-wreck...

Anyway, the New York Times is reporting that Trump will try to get an independent review of the intelligence agencies by an investment CEO, Stephen Feinberg.

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear could curtail their independence and reduce the flow of information that contradicts the president’s worldview.

The possible role for Stephen A. Feinberg, a co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, has met fierce resistance among intelligence officials already on edge because of the criticism the intelligence community has received from Mr. Trump during the campaign and since he became president. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump blamed leaks from the intelligence community for the departure of Michael T. Flynn, his national security adviser, whose resignation he requested.

There has been no announcement of Mr. Feinberg’s job, which would be based in the White House, but he recently told his company’s shareholders that he is in discussions to join the Trump administration. He is a member of Mr. Trump’s economic advisory council.

Is it just me or is Trump trying to humiliate the intelligence agencies for what they did to Flynn?

[Cymrea]

I meant to post this before the press conference, but then it was like looking at a train-wreck...

Anyway, the New York Times is reporting that Trump will try to get an independent review of the intelligence agencies by an investment CEO, Stephen Feinberg.

Seems right

Mmmmmm...plutocracy.

[The Pris0ner]

After that press conference, I am of the opinion "Hail to the Chief" should be replaced until Trump is no longer in office with this------> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

[Liriena]

Seems right

Mmmmmm...plutocracy.

I love me some privatization in the afternoon.

[Northern Davincia]

The media hurt his feelings. Trump needs a safe space.

Also, Trumps claim. "I inherited a mess" I wonder what he would have said if he had been elected after bush?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/p ... v=top-news

Remember when Republicans complainted that supposedly Obama always blamed Bush for everything?

Those were the good ole days.

[Neutraligon]

So how goes the war on leaks?

I meant to post this before the press conference, but then it was like looking at a train-wreck...

Anyway, the New York Times is reporting that Trump will try to get an independent review of the intelligence agencies by an investment CEO, Stephen Feinberg.

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear could curtail their independence and reduce the flow of information that contradicts the president’s worldview.

The possible role for Stephen A. Feinberg, a co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, has met fierce resistance among intelligence officials already on edge because of the criticism the intelligence community has received from Mr. Trump during the campaign and since he became president. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump blamed leaks from the intelligence community for the departure of Michael T. Flynn, his national security adviser, whose resignation he requested.

There has been no announcement of Mr. Feinberg’s job, which would be based in the White House, but he recently told his company’s shareholders that he is in discussions to join the Trump administration. He is a member of Mr. Trump’s economic advisory council.

...Umm, can they do that, I mean the intelligence agencies have a lot of classified stuff.

[Liriena]

I meant to post this before the press conference, but then it was like looking at a train-wreck...

Anyway, the New York Times is reporting that Trump will try to get an independent review of the intelligence agencies by an investment CEO, Stephen Feinberg.

...Umm, can they do that, I mean the intelligence agencies have a lot of classified stuff.

You'd think Trump was actively trying to get himself coup'ed.

[Kalama-Tee Islands]

...Umm, can they do that, I mean the intelligence agencies have a lot of classified stuff.

You'd think Trump was actively trying to get himself coup'ed.

Alex Jones can explain that to him.

[Cymrea]

You'd think Trump was actively trying to get himself coup'ed.

Alex Jones can explain that to him.

In that way where he deliberately makes his face all red.

[Neutraligon]

...Umm, can they do that, I mean the intelligence agencies have a lot of classified stuff.

You'd think Trump was actively trying to get himself coup'ed.

I'm just having a hard time figuring out how that would work. I mean to even see a lot of the stuff this person would need to pass a clearance check, and that is just for the low level stuff. And how do you review an that sort of agency without seeing that sort of classified stuff.

[Maineiacs]

President Trump just held a press conference on the Media and Press;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tru ... 02ad529bb7

In Trump's own words:

WAAAAAAAHHH! THE PRESS IS UNFAIR!!! THEY ARE FAKE!!! BOO-HOO!!!'

Holding a press conference because you think the Press is being unfair to you is the most worthless waste of fucking time and resources imaginable. Bush didn't hold a Press conference every time the Press made fun of him, and Obama didn't either whenever Fox News made a stupid as shit, and ultimately false, claim. Trump is the God-Damn President, and needs to fucking grow up and toughen up.

Sooner or later his supporters are going to realize they elected a 70-year-old manchild to the highest office in the land, and his constant crying about how the media is unfair to him is only damaging him more than anything. He's a fucking child who has had everybody just give him whatever he wanted for so long, and now that people are calling him out he can't handle it.

No, many of them will never realize that. They'll continue to egg him on.

[Salandriagado]

So let's recap.

• There is no evidence Trump campaign colluded with Russia

Except for all of the evidence that Flynn, who is a part of said campaign, did exactly that.

The Obama administration recorded Flynn's conversation without a warrant

Which they didn't need anyway thanks to Bush.

Obama holdovers illegally leaked this information to try and sabotage Trump

What makes you think it's illegal?

[Gravlen]

Do we need a new election 2020 megathread? You know, since Trump is holding his first campaign rally on saturday...

Less than a month into office, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the first rally since his inauguration.

The President tweeted an announcement for the rally set for Saturday in Melbourne, Florida.

"Join me in Florida this Saturday at 5pm for a rally at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport!" Trump tweeted.

An administration official said Trump would rally supporters at an airport hangar there, the same venue where he held a rally in September.

Trump is slated to arrive at the rally by landing at the airport on Air Force One and disembarking in front of the crowd, just as he did during the campaign, the official said.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Wednesday the event was a campaign rally and directed questions about it to "the campaign." He said Trump's campaign was paying for it but didn't offer further details.

Trump indicated in a form sent to the Federal Election Commission on Inauguration Day that he intended to run for President again, but noted it did not constitute the formal announcement of his 2020 candidacy.
Last week, the Office of Special Counsel issued guidance for federal bureaucrats with regard to the nascent re-election effort.

[Maineiacs]

Do we need a new election 2020 megathread? You know, since Trump is holding his first campaign rally on saturday...

Less than a month into office, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the first rally since his inauguration.

The President tweeted an announcement for the rally set for Saturday in Melbourne, Florida.

"Join me in Florida this Saturday at 5pm for a rally at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport!" Trump tweeted.

An administration official said Trump would rally supporters at an airport hangar there, the same venue where he held a rally in September.

Trump is slated to arrive at the rally by landing at the airport on Air Force One and disembarking in front of the crowd, just as he did during the campaign, the official said.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Wednesday the event was a campaign rally and directed questions about it to "the campaign." He said Trump's campaign was paying for it but didn't offer further details.

Trump indicated in a form sent to the Federal Election Commission on Inauguration Day that he intended to run for President again, but noted it did not constitute the formal announcement of his 2020 candidacy.
Last week, the Office of Special Counsel issued guidance for federal bureaucrats with regard to the nascent re-election effort.

Called it! A four-year-long victory lap.

[Ashmoria]

Trump publicly whining like the big ugly baby he is because the press is very mean to him and hurts his poor widdle feefees by subjecting him to any amount of scrutiny... What sort of entitled little bitch do you have to be to think that getting elected president means you can't be questioned?

Granted, I am an aspiring journalist, so of course watching that cowardly weakling try to undermine the free press to spare his fragile rich boy ego is going to make my blood boil.

how was he to know? sure hes done it himself for decades but GEEEE he didn't know that anyone would be mean to HIM

[Ashmoria]

This administration is really, really incompetent at an almost hysteircal degree.

i do find it a teeny tiny bit scary.

in '93 when bill Clinton was new to office Islamic radicals bombed the world trade center. in '01 when W was new to office they attacked the WTC again this time successfully. in '09 when Obama was new nothing bad happened but i expect that that was because of all the work that W did to take down those terrorist organizations and build up our intelligence.

now in '17 trump is new, doesn't believe in intelligence and has buildings all over the world with his name on them.

what could possibly go wrong?

[Ashmoria]

Do we need a new election 2020 megathread? You know, since Trump is holding his first campaign rally on saturday...

Less than a month into office, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the first rally since his inauguration.

The President tweeted an announcement for the rally set for Saturday in Melbourne, Florida.

"Join me in Florida this Saturday at 5pm for a rally at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport!" Trump tweeted.

An administration official said Trump would rally supporters at an airport hangar there, the same venue where he held a rally in September.

Trump is slated to arrive at the rally by landing at the airport on Air Force One and disembarking in front of the crowd, just as he did during the campaign, the official said.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Wednesday the event was a campaign rally and directed questions about it to "the campaign." He said Trump's campaign was paying for it but didn't offer further details.

Trump indicated in a form sent to the Federal Election Commission on Inauguration Day that he intended to run for President again, but noted it did not constitute the formal announcement of his 2020 candidacy.
Last week, the Office of Special Counsel issued guidance for federal bureaucrats with regard to the nascent re-election effort.

the details are on his campaign web site.

i wonder how many people will go and how huge the protest crowd outside will be.

[Ashmoria]

heres a transcript of his press conference.

enjoy

http://theslot.jezebel.com/a-full-trans ... 1792449195

[Gauthier]

Do we need a new election 2020 megathread? You know, since Trump is holding his first campaign rally on saturday...

Less than a month into office, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the first rally since his inauguration.

The President tweeted an announcement for the rally set for Saturday in Melbourne, Florida.

"Join me in Florida this Saturday at 5pm for a rally at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport!" Trump tweeted.

An administration official said Trump would rally supporters at an airport hangar there, the same venue where he held a rally in September.

Trump is slated to arrive at the rally by landing at the airport on Air Force One and disembarking in front of the crowd, just as he did during the campaign, the official said.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Wednesday the event was a campaign rally and directed questions about it to "the campaign." He said Trump's campaign was paying for it but didn't offer further details.

Trump indicated in a form sent to the Federal Election Commission on Inauguration Day that he intended to run for President again, but noted it did not constitute the formal announcement of his 2020 candidacy.
Last week, the Office of Special Counsel issued guidance for federal bureaucrats with regard to the nascent re-election effort.

Called it! A four-year-long victory lap.

Interspersed with sprinkles of "BAAAAW CROOKED HILLARY STOLE THE POPULAR VOTE WITH HER DIRTY MEXICANS!"

[St Salvador]

heres a transcript of his press conference.

enjoy

http://theslot.jezebel.com/a-full-trans ... 1792449195

That was painful to read.
Highlights:
-He uses the term failing New York Times even when hes not on twitter apparently.
-Blames Obama for everything.
-Productive conversations with Mexico,Fucking Lol.
-REALLY Wants to go to war with Iran.

[Gauthier]

heres a transcript of his press conference.

enjoy

http://theslot.jezebel.com/a-full-trans ... 1792449195

That was painful to read.
Highlights:
-He uses the term failing New York Times even when hes not on twitter apparently.
-Productive conversations with Mexico,Fucking Lol.

He's forever campaigning and he's addicted to praise and flattery even more than he's addicted to coke.

[Corrian]

What the fuck? Trump, you're President, stop campaigning. Jesus Christ.

[Valrifell]

What the fuck? Trump, you're President, stop campaigning. Jesus Christ.

It's as if he doesn't know what he's doing.