MAGAThread XIII: The Summit of Putin

[Painisia]

Well I hope Trump isn't so immature that he makes serious cracks in the international stage. Unfortunately, serious politics has turned into a Salvador Dali-styled comedy sketch

[Jerzylvania]

Well I hope Trump isn't so immature that he makes serious cracks in the international stage. Unfortunately, serious politics has turned into a Salvador Dali-styled comedy sketch

When the clocks are melting it's a bit too late to check with the DEWS (Distant Early Warning System).

[Painisia]

Well I hope Trump isn't so immature that he makes serious cracks in the international stage. Unfortunately, serious politics has turned into a Salvador Dali-styled comedy sketch

When the clocks are melting it's a bit too late to check with the DEWS (Distant Early Warning System).

Donald Trump`s theme song:

https://youtu.be/g_nsZ8yt1KA

[Yagon]

Iran, and it’s economy, is going very bad, and fast! I will meet, or not meet, it doesn’t matter - it is up to them!

Trump clearly wants to meet with Rouhani, but also doesn't want anyone to think that he's asking for a meeting. It's like something out of an episode of Friends, but far, far worse.

Especially when they find out Joey thought an Ayatollah was a kind of skewered meat dish, hilarity ensued.

[Petrasylvania]

When the clocks are melting it's a bit too late to check with the DEWS (Distant Early Warning System).

Donald Trump`s theme song:

https://youtu.be/g_nsZ8yt1KA

"Heeeeeere's DONNIE!"

[Jerzylvania]

When the clocks are melting it's a bit too late to check with the DEWS (Distant Early Warning System).

Donald Trump`s theme song:

https://youtu.be/g_nsZ8yt1KA

I'd bet a Russian composed it.

[Tobleste]

He seems to really like summits. I think he views is as a platform for himself. Unfortunately most people running nations seem better qualified than him to be at one.

Tbh, at this point he's probably one of the few people in his cabinet who isn't qualified to hold, or be part of, a summit. Most of his cabinet (even those not part of it that run things for him a la his children and wife) would do better than him.

Most of the politicians are probably better than him though I still wonder if Kushner and Ivanka are more idiotic than they seem.

[Petrasylvania]

Tbh, at this point he's probably one of the few people in his cabinet who isn't qualified to hold, or be part of, a summit. Most of his cabinet (even those not part of it that run things for him a la his children and wife) would do better than him.

Most of the politicians are probably better than him though I still wonder if Kushner and Ivanka are more idiotic than they seem.

Donnie on down is proving that spoiled brats should never be in charge of government.

[Vassenor]

Sometimes the discourse comes from unexpected places.

You know, if you ever run into someone who says that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is a "witch hunt" and should be shut down because the President "has more important things to worry about," tell them this....

...when Bill Clinton was president, the Republican Congress appointed Ken Starr as Special Counsel to investigate the phantom scandal known as "Whitewater," to find out if Bill and Hillary Clinton had engaged in any shady real estate deals back in the '70s and '80s.

Ken Starr investigated the Clintons for two years. Bill Clinton never called it a witch hunt or angrily ranted that he had the power to shut the investigation down.

After two years, Ken Starr could find no evidence against the Clintons that would hold up in court. However, he DID find that Bill Clinton was cheating on his wife with Monica Lewinsky -- which is dishonorable, but not a crime.

That was all they had. A blowjob.

To make it a crime, they pressured Clinton to give testimony before a grand jury. Clinton lied, famously saying "I... did not have sex with that woman." Clinton did not know that there was evidence of his tryst, i.e. some of his jizz left on a blue dress.

Bill Clinton was IMPEACHED for lying to Congress and obstruction of justice. But the votes to convict him in the Senate did not materialize.

All the while -- this was 1998, 1999 -- Clinton was warning that America was under threat from an Islamic terrorist group called "Al-Queda," who had struck American assets overseas. On two separate occasions, Clinton launched missiles at factories being used by a terrorist named "Osama bin Laden."

Each time, Republicans claimed that he was "wagging the dog," i.e. trying to distract from THE BLOWJOB with all of this nonsense about Islamic terrorists. Monica Lewinsky became a pariah and there was laughter and derision for two years.

When George W. Bush became president, he ignored all warnings about Osama bin Laden and Al-Queda -- probably because the Bush family had close business ties to the bin Laden family.

...and the rest is history.

The Republicans ground the nation to a halt over a sexual affair.

[Sick Jumps]

The "fake news, enemy of the people!" and "corrupt witch hunt!" stuff has been really reaching a fever pitch lately. I wonder why he's ratcheting up his rhetoric?

[Internationalist Bastard]

Yeah, I hope Iran can fix itself. It's just hilarious trying to watch Trump communicate sometimes.

With any luck the Islamic Republic will die and be replaced by something new.

Ehhh track record isn’t good there

[Internationalist Bastard]

The "fake news, enemy of the people!" and "corrupt witch hunt!" stuff has really reaching a fever pitch lately. I wonder why he's ratcheting up his rhetoric?

Either they’re close to something or he fucked up and he’s distracting us

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

He's not wrong about that first part, our local Iranian poster has been quite vocal about how shitty the situation has become in the country.

Yeah, I hope Iran can fix itself. It's just hilarious trying to watch Trump communicate sometimes.

Not sometimes but all the time.

Also hey Iran, maybe have secularism in your state again? Maybe some more democracy?

[Tobleste]

Sometimes the discourse comes from unexpected places.

You know, if you ever run into someone who says that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is a "witch hunt" and should be shut down because the President "has more important things to worry about," tell them this....

...when Bill Clinton was president, the Republican Congress appointed Ken Starr as Special Counsel to investigate the phantom scandal known as "Whitewater," to find out if Bill and Hillary Clinton had engaged in any shady real estate deals back in the '70s and '80s.

Ken Starr investigated the Clintons for two years. Bill Clinton never called it a witch hunt or angrily ranted that he had the power to shut the investigation down.

After two years, Ken Starr could find no evidence against the Clintons that would hold up in court. However, he DID find that Bill Clinton was cheating on his wife with Monica Lewinsky -- which is dishonorable, but not a crime.

That was all they had. A blowjob.

To make it a crime, they pressured Clinton to give testimony before a grand jury. Clinton lied, famously saying "I... did not have sex with that woman." Clinton did not know that there was evidence of his tryst, i.e. some of his jizz left on a blue dress.

Bill Clinton was IMPEACHED for lying to Congress and obstruction of justice. But the votes to convict him in the Senate did not materialize.

All the while -- this was 1998, 1999 -- Clinton was warning that America was under threat from an Islamic terrorist group called "Al-Queda," who had struck American assets overseas. On two separate occasions, Clinton launched missiles at factories being used by a terrorist named "Osama bin Laden."

Each time, Republicans claimed that he was "wagging the dog," i.e. trying to distract from THE BLOWJOB with all of this nonsense about Islamic terrorists. Monica Lewinsky became a pariah and there was laughter and derision for two years.

When George W. Bush became president, he ignored all warnings about Osama bin Laden and Al-Queda -- probably because the Bush family had close business ties to the bin Laden family.

...and the rest is history.

The Republicans ground the nation to a halt over a sexual affair.

Which makes it all the more amusing that republicans claim that Trump is copying Clinton's tactics.

Anyway, how did they force him to testify? If dems can do that to trump, he'll lie about his name.

[Petrasylvania]

Sometimes the discourse comes from unexpected places.

Which makes it all the more amusing that republicans claim that Trump is copying Clinton's tactics.

Anyway, how did they force him to testify? If dems can do that to trump, he'll lie about his name.

"Tell us your name."
"John Barron David Dennison Miller."

[San Lumen]

So with his Tweet today saying the Trump tower meeting was a attempt to get dirt on a opponent was a admission of treason and collusion. Colluding with enemy to get dirt on a opponent is illegal. The fact that Republicans are not canceling his Supreme Court pick's hearing and introducing articles of impeachment speaks utter volumes. That if you are a Republican anything is ok.

They probubly believe Kavanaugh will declare the President is above the law and thats why they wont impeach.

[Sick Jumps]

So with his Tweet today saying the Trump tower meeting was a attempt to get dirt on a opponent was a admission of treason and collusion. Colluding with enemy to get dirt on a opponent is illegal. The fact that Republicans are not canceling his Supreme Court pick's hearing and introducing articles of impeachment speaks utter volumes. That if you are a Republican anything is ok.

They probubly believe Kavanaugh will declare the President is above the law and thats why they wont impeach.

"No collusion!"

If Democrats win the House in the midterms, he's going to go full bore on the "Russia is really helping the Democrats!" line of attack. I'm not looking forward to seeing that shit on Twitter ad nauseum.

[San Lumen]

So with his Tweet today saying the Trump tower meeting was a attempt to get dirt on a opponent was a admission of treason and collusion. Colluding with enemy to get dirt on a opponent is illegal. The fact that Republicans are not canceling his Supreme Court pick's hearing and introducing articles of impeachment speaks utter volumes. That if you are a Republican anything is ok.

They probubly believe Kavanaugh will declare the President is above the law and thats why they wont impeach.

"No collusion!"

If Democrats win the House in the midterms, he's going to go full bore on the "Russia is really helping the Democrats!" line of attack. I'm not looking forward to seeing that shit on Twitter ad nauseum.

I wouldn't be shocked it he flat out refused to work with Congress and threatened to nominate people without Congressional approval.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

"No collusion!"

If Democrats win the House in the midterms, he's going to go full bore on the "Russia is really helping the Democrats!" line of attack. I'm not looking forward to seeing that shit on Twitter ad nauseum.

I wouldn't be shocked it he flat out refused to work with Congress and threatened to nominate people without Congressional approval.

Oh, come on. There is absolutely no reason or precedent to believe that kind of thing would happen.

[San Lumen]

I wouldn't be shocked it he flat out refused to work with Congress and threatened to nominate people without Congressional approval.

Oh, come on. There is absolutely no reason or precedent to believe that kind of thing would happen.

I was referring to all nominations ans simply just recess everyone or have them start without a hearing or vote.

[NeoOasis]

Well I hope Trump isn't so immature that he makes serious cracks in the international stage. Unfortunately, serious politics has turned into a Salvador Dali-styled comedy sketch

He has. His comments on NATO, and open bromance with Putin has very much cracked and weakened the US on the world stage. That tends to happen when you blindly attack allies and openly extol the virtues of strongmen and dictators. Only thing worse would be Pence at this point.

[Internationalist Bastard]

You know, with all the politics, you forget things. It’s easy to slip into hating everything the man stands for
I forgot that before his bid for the presidency, I thought he was a huge asshole

[Corrian]

So did Trump really say the questionable meeting was to get dirt on an opponent? That seems like a poor idea.

[Internationalist Bastard]

So did Trump really say the questionable meeting was to get dirt on an opponent? That seems like a poor idea.

No clue
Because it’s him literally admitting to a crime I assume it’s true because he’s that dumb to say it

[Valrifell]

You know, with all the politics, you forget things. It’s easy to slip into hating everything the man stands for
I forgot that before his bid for the presidency, I thought he was a huge asshole

I barely knew who he was outside of the Apprentice. And even then the last time I watched that show was probably a decade or so ago.