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TRUMP TO INFINITY AND BEYOND HQ - The Great and Positive Place (6 Viewers)
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GoBirds
Footballguy
Man, you are like the liberal Energizer bunny in here....keeps going and going.....
John Blutarsky
Footballguy
John Blutarsky
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HellToupee
Footballguy
John Blutarsky
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The General
Footballguy
The General
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The General
Footballguy
"Get off on it" is a bit much but have posted on these boards for about a decade which is pretty crazy.
If someone quotes me I typically respond to it if there is a question or statement made.
John Blutarsky
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tri-man 47
Footballguy
Well, the issue in November is determining which of the two - Trump or Biden - is more incompetent, unintelligent and clueless. During this current crisis, President Trump has been clicking those three boxes with regularity, which is very unfortunate for our country.
The General
Footballguy
I guess we have a difference of opinion on what is trolling.John Blutarsky said:
Why would my posting and responding in here be trolling?
John Blutarsky
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
FiveThirtyEight with several polls on how terrible Trump is faring with the American public:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-are-largely-unimpressed-with-trumps-handling-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
It’s no wonder he’s decided to stop the briefings. They’ve been a disaster.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-are-largely-unimpressed-with-trumps-handling-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
It’s no wonder he’s decided to stop the briefings. They’ve been a disaster.
timschochet
Footballguy
Republicans are panicking at Trump’s poll numbers:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/24/trump-poll-2020-205722
They fear he’s going to lose them the Senate as well. His sheer incompetence, clear for the public to see, is bringing the entire GOP down.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/24/trump-poll-2020-205722
They fear he’s going to lose them the Senate as well. His sheer incompetence, clear for the public to see, is bringing the entire GOP down.
zoonation
Footballguy
I’m amazed he is still polling in the 40’s on covid. He has absolutely no idea what he is doing, has embarrassed himself worse than he arguably did in Helsinki, and basically just got 86’ed from the briefings.
It is a total clown show.
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
Trump’s fine. Once his opponent has to emerge from his basement and address even more credible sexual assault charges, his Ukraine and China connections, and declining faculties Biden’s not getting any support
GoBirds
Footballguy
You can tell by the desperation of the whiners to troll through here they know they are in a bad spot. Biden is an awful choice.
Bucsfan5493
Footballguy
Trump has been accused of sexual assault 20+ times, he has very sketchy connections with Russia which has resulted in multiple people who he worked very closely with getting arrested over it and his mental health, which has been bad since he got elected, looks to be declining even more.
In a normal election with 2 competent candidates you would be correct. However, both candidates are incompetent so some of their weaknesses wash each other out. I know some are just trolling, but it honestly amazes me how many Trump supporters truly think Trump is a great candidate and light years ahead of Biden when the same stuff they criticize Biden for, Trump is just as guilty of.
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GoBirds
Footballguy
Does it bother you being a hypocrite who acts outraged over Trump yet you will vote for Biden who represents the same issues just older and more out of touch?
Bucsfan5493
Footballguy
Nope, because I don’t enthusiastically support Biden and pretend like he’s a great candidate. It’s clear as day that he’s not fit to be a good President anymore and he has many issues, most notably his mental decline. I totally get why people wouldn’t want or be excited to vote for Biden. What I don’t get is Trump supporters who have blindly defended the guy for over the past 3 years and think anyone who doesn’t like Trump is just a crazy liberal.
Unfortunately, the 2 party system is a massive failure and has left us with 2 bad options to choose from. So, the options are to either sit out the election like I did in 2016 or vote for the best of the worst which I’ll be doing in 2020.
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Widbil83
Footballguy
Still seeing President Trump as a favorite in the betting markets.
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
To accommodate Trump’s sudden decision to speak at West Point, cadets will be called back, tested off campus, then isolated for 14 days in rooms with masks. They’ll eat in segregated groups. No decision on whether family members may attend.
WASHINGTON — For President Trump, who adores the pomp and precision of military ceremonies, this was the year he would finally get one of the special perks of being president — delivering the commencement address at West Point, the only service academy where he has not spoken.
But the graduation was postponed because of the coronavirus, the cadets were sent home and officials at the school were not sure when it would be held or even whether it was a good idea to hold it.
The Naval Academy, for its part, decided it was too risky to recall its nearly 1,000 graduating midshipmen to Annapolis, Md., for a commencement. Those graduates will have a virtual event. But the Air Force Academy, in contrast to the other schools, sent home its underclassmen, locked down its seniors on campus, moved up graduation, mandated social distancing — and went ahead with plans for Vice President Mike Pence to be its speaker.
And so last Friday, the day before Mr. Pence was to speak at the Air Force ceremony in Colorado, Mr. Trump, never one to be upstaged, abruptly announced that he would, in fact, be speaking at West Point.
That was news to everyone, including officials at West Point, according to three people involved with or briefed on the event. The academy had been looking at the option of a delayed presidential commencement in June, but had yet to complete any plans. With Mr. Trump’s pre-emptive statement, they are now summoning 1,000 cadets scattered across the country to return to campus in New York, the state that is the center of the outbreak.
“He’s the commander in chief, that’s his call,” said Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate and former chairwoman of the academy’s Board of Visitors. “Cadets are certainly excited about the opportunity to have something like the classic graduation, standing together, flinging their hats in the air.
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“But everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony,” she added. “It’s definitely a risk.”
Mr. Trump, like some of his predecessors, has used the annual commencement addresses at the country’s military academies to promote his foreign policy successes and project strength, something he needs to do in the middle of a pandemic that has kept him in the White House in the middle of an election year.
There will never be a better setting for the president to talk up the size and abilities of the United States military, and point to the uniformed ranks in front of him as examples of the patriotic Americans he has enlisted to fight the coronavirus and carry out his campaign promise from 2016 of winning “so much you’re going to get tired of winning.”
Mr. Trump, who was so impressed by the Bastille Day parade he saw in Paris that he planned something similar in Washington until the Pentagon estimated its cost, basks in the glow of the spit-and-polish commencement ceremonies at the military academies.
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He spoke at Annapolis in 2018, and when he addressed the Air Force Academy graduation last year, the president stayed and shook hands with all 1,000 cadets. But it is West Point that holds special significance to Mr. Trump, aides said. A graduate of the New York Military Academy, he looks upon the West Point graduates serving in his administration with the same admiration he has for anyone with Ivy League credentials.
It had been a longstanding plan that the president would deliver the commencement speech there in late May, White House officials said, adding that after the event was postponed, they were still in talks with the academy about finding a new date.
White House officials said Mr. Trump left it up to the school to decide whether it was safe to hold a graduation ceremony in June, and pointed out that he could always reassess his decision closer to the date if the coronavirus crisis made it impossible for him to attend.
But his appearance at West Point, while not in any way unusual or unexpected, had yet to be announced.
Indeed, after all the West Point cadets were sent home for spring break in March, Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the West Point superintendent, ordered a working group there to draw up options — much like a battle campaign — for what to do about graduation, summer training and initiation day for incoming cadets.
One option included a delayed presidential commencement speech in mid-June, but nothing had been decided, academy officials said.
That is, nothing had been decided until last Friday, April 17, when, at a news conference, Mr. Trump was asked about Mr. Pence’s coming trip to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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Air Force Academy cadets sitting eight feet apart at their commencement ceremony last weekend in Colorado Springs.Credit...Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Mr. Trump told reporters that he would be speaking at the West Point graduation in the near future, noting that he did not like the look of a socially distanced graduation and that he hoped the “look” of the ceremony would be “nice and tight.” He did not announce a date for the event.
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West Point officials said this week that they were taken aback by the impromptu announcement. Of the many graduation options under review, Mr. Trump had pre-empted their planning.
A White House official said that the administration had been in discussions with West Point about a new date for the graduation, and that the academy had offered June 13 as a possibility.
On the morning of April 18, White House officials said, Mr. Trump had a discussion with the Defense Department, in which he confirmed that he would speak at West Point on June 13.
At a news conference later that day, Mr. Trump publicly announced the date for the first time. “I’m going to West Point. I think they’re changing the date to June 13th because of what’s going on in New York,” he said. “They’re moving into June 13th. West Point.”
In a statement, a White House official said that “the president had spoken with D.O.D. and his remarks on that Saturday were not a surprise to the academy.”
By Wednesday, the academy had caught up to the president’s announcement. “We are honored to host the commander in chief as we celebrate the many accomplishments of our graduating class,” General Williams said in a statement.
West Point officials say the size and scope of the ceremony will be determined “by safety considerations for cadets and the entire West Point community.” Academy officials say they have not yet decided whether parents or other visitors will be allowed to attend.
General Williams said in a telephone interview that returning seniors would be tested off-campus for the coronavirus. Those who test negative will then be sent to the school, where they will be monitored for 14 days before graduation. While the campus has enough dormitory rooms for the 1,000 seniors, General Williams said that he was still deciding whether seniors would share bedrooms on their return.
WASHINGTON — For President Trump, who adores the pomp and precision of military ceremonies, this was the year he would finally get one of the special perks of being president — delivering the commencement address at West Point, the only service academy where he has not spoken.
But the graduation was postponed because of the coronavirus, the cadets were sent home and officials at the school were not sure when it would be held or even whether it was a good idea to hold it.
The Naval Academy, for its part, decided it was too risky to recall its nearly 1,000 graduating midshipmen to Annapolis, Md., for a commencement. Those graduates will have a virtual event. But the Air Force Academy, in contrast to the other schools, sent home its underclassmen, locked down its seniors on campus, moved up graduation, mandated social distancing — and went ahead with plans for Vice President Mike Pence to be its speaker.
And so last Friday, the day before Mr. Pence was to speak at the Air Force ceremony in Colorado, Mr. Trump, never one to be upstaged, abruptly announced that he would, in fact, be speaking at West Point.
That was news to everyone, including officials at West Point, according to three people involved with or briefed on the event. The academy had been looking at the option of a delayed presidential commencement in June, but had yet to complete any plans. With Mr. Trump’s pre-emptive statement, they are now summoning 1,000 cadets scattered across the country to return to campus in New York, the state that is the center of the outbreak.
“He’s the commander in chief, that’s his call,” said Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate and former chairwoman of the academy’s Board of Visitors. “Cadets are certainly excited about the opportunity to have something like the classic graduation, standing together, flinging their hats in the air.
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“But everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony,” she added. “It’s definitely a risk.”
Mr. Trump, like some of his predecessors, has used the annual commencement addresses at the country’s military academies to promote his foreign policy successes and project strength, something he needs to do in the middle of a pandemic that has kept him in the White House in the middle of an election year.
There will never be a better setting for the president to talk up the size and abilities of the United States military, and point to the uniformed ranks in front of him as examples of the patriotic Americans he has enlisted to fight the coronavirus and carry out his campaign promise from 2016 of winning “so much you’re going to get tired of winning.”
Mr. Trump, who was so impressed by the Bastille Day parade he saw in Paris that he planned something similar in Washington until the Pentagon estimated its cost, basks in the glow of the spit-and-polish commencement ceremonies at the military academies.
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He spoke at Annapolis in 2018, and when he addressed the Air Force Academy graduation last year, the president stayed and shook hands with all 1,000 cadets. But it is West Point that holds special significance to Mr. Trump, aides said. A graduate of the New York Military Academy, he looks upon the West Point graduates serving in his administration with the same admiration he has for anyone with Ivy League credentials.
It had been a longstanding plan that the president would deliver the commencement speech there in late May, White House officials said, adding that after the event was postponed, they were still in talks with the academy about finding a new date.
White House officials said Mr. Trump left it up to the school to decide whether it was safe to hold a graduation ceremony in June, and pointed out that he could always reassess his decision closer to the date if the coronavirus crisis made it impossible for him to attend.
But his appearance at West Point, while not in any way unusual or unexpected, had yet to be announced.
Indeed, after all the West Point cadets were sent home for spring break in March, Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the West Point superintendent, ordered a working group there to draw up options — much like a battle campaign — for what to do about graduation, summer training and initiation day for incoming cadets.
One option included a delayed presidential commencement speech in mid-June, but nothing had been decided, academy officials said.
That is, nothing had been decided until last Friday, April 17, when, at a news conference, Mr. Trump was asked about Mr. Pence’s coming trip to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Image
Air Force Academy cadets sitting eight feet apart at their commencement ceremony last weekend in Colorado Springs.Credit...Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Mr. Trump told reporters that he would be speaking at the West Point graduation in the near future, noting that he did not like the look of a socially distanced graduation and that he hoped the “look” of the ceremony would be “nice and tight.” He did not announce a date for the event.
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West Point officials said this week that they were taken aback by the impromptu announcement. Of the many graduation options under review, Mr. Trump had pre-empted their planning.
A White House official said that the administration had been in discussions with West Point about a new date for the graduation, and that the academy had offered June 13 as a possibility.
On the morning of April 18, White House officials said, Mr. Trump had a discussion with the Defense Department, in which he confirmed that he would speak at West Point on June 13.
At a news conference later that day, Mr. Trump publicly announced the date for the first time. “I’m going to West Point. I think they’re changing the date to June 13th because of what’s going on in New York,” he said. “They’re moving into June 13th. West Point.”
In a statement, a White House official said that “the president had spoken with D.O.D. and his remarks on that Saturday were not a surprise to the academy.”
By Wednesday, the academy had caught up to the president’s announcement. “We are honored to host the commander in chief as we celebrate the many accomplishments of our graduating class,” General Williams said in a statement.
West Point officials say the size and scope of the ceremony will be determined “by safety considerations for cadets and the entire West Point community.” Academy officials say they have not yet decided whether parents or other visitors will be allowed to attend.
General Williams said in a telephone interview that returning seniors would be tested off-campus for the coronavirus. Those who test negative will then be sent to the school, where they will be monitored for 14 days before graduation. While the campus has enough dormitory rooms for the 1,000 seniors, General Williams said that he was still deciding whether seniors would share bedrooms on their return.
It's pretty clear you both know and have exactly the same definition of trolling. Most all of us do -Trolling is posts where it appears the primary intent is to get a reaction out of the "other" side. It's the smug slaps where the little
or 
at the "other" side.We would all be lots better off if there was WAY less of this. Please help. And please save the "But it's not ME...it's the OTHER guy" whining. That's even more lame.
Thanks.
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KiddLattimer
Footballguy
Total side note I know, but can you actually bet on the election legally somewhere?Still seeing President Trump as a favorite in the betting markets.
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
It’s funny how there are actually people that equate alleged transgressions by Trump to Biden.
Until 3 years ago, Trump was NEVER in public service. Until 3 years ago, Biden was ALWAYS in public service. While working for taxpayers and voters Biden, made himself and his family a fortune. Biden has also allegedly used his public position of influence to assault, objectify, and creep out women.
Until 3 years ago, Trump was NEVER in public service. Until 3 years ago, Biden was ALWAYS in public service. While working for taxpayers and voters Biden, made himself and his family a fortune. Biden has also allegedly used his public position of influence to assault, objectify, and creep out women.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Quite the brag here. This reminds me of the Breitbart piece about OBL plotting against America while Trump was doing reality tv promos on CNN. Indeed.
Widbil83
Footballguy
Depends on your state. I bet on Mayor Pete
in Iowa back in early January at 7:1 through a casino. I bought my 2016 Trump ticket at Bally’s in Vegas. Bovada and a few other sites offshore me and a lot of gambling guys used a lot as well (not legal though).
Widbil83
Footballguy
They need to keep Biden locked in his basement. CNN is now scrubbing their own Larry King interview from when Biden’s victims mother called in. The media won’t ask him a single question about it either. It’s a bad time to be a Biden supporter.
Thunderlips
Footballguy
I love it. Trump backing down from the podium is him admitting he's making BIdens case for him. Biden's best move right now it just to sit back and let Trump continue to spout off about internal UV light and disinfectant chasers.
I give Trump less than a week before he HAS to get in front of the cameras and continue to give Biden commercials material.
I give Trump less than a week before he HAS to get in front of the cameras and continue to give Biden commercials material.
KiddLattimer
Footballguy
I'm in New York so I wouldn't bet (pun point!) on it being legalDepends on your state. I bet on Mayor Pete
I'd love to put some money on these female VP candidates and play the odds Joe doesn't become the nominee.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
A lot of that is public perception based on incumbency. And it’s tightened considerably already. By the fall Biden should be the clear favorite.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
I don’t know how to translate the +|- odds but I get the sense Trump is getting the 3 point HFA bump right now and that’s it.
Frankly, I don't know much about the odds, but as long as Trump loses in November, then we can move forward as a nation.
John Blutarsky
Footballguy
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nancy-pelosi-owes-america-an-apology-for-coronavirus-relief-delays-mccarthy-says
Nancy Pelosi 'owes America an apology' for coronavirus relief delays, McCarthy says
Nancy Pelosi 'owes America an apology' for coronavirus relief delays, McCarthy says
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
$35 dollar donation today gets you a pretty sweet white KAGA hat.
Widbil83
Footballguy
Speaking of disasters, check out Pelosi on CNN today after all the railing against Trump’s China ban.
.@SpeakerPelosi says @realDonaldTrump should have shut the door on American citizens in China when he issued the travel ban
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1254402084150996999?s=21
timschochet
Footballguy
Republicans getting close to full on panic mode:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nervous-republicans-see-trump-sinking-160008532.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZnJlZXJlcHVibGljLmNvbS9mb2N1cy9mLW5ld3MvMzgzOTExMi9wb3N0cw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF7_mYNWwSjskryuLS-AfnJC2tmmZr1XHl4gy1BnyL2n-YFrN3rtNOa1keQrL_SJL_adISn4opjVyZehkg609QnftAUiGzjr2GGviJYAkKVk-GRVjdb3GP982O0Akmg8eVhlHMBpz54KAyKcNjebY1VjQvKKSZBOxPekni43gyYJ
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nervous-republicans-see-trump-sinking-160008532.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZnJlZXJlcHVibGljLmNvbS9mb2N1cy9mLW5ld3MvMzgzOTExMi9wb3N0cw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF7_mYNWwSjskryuLS-AfnJC2tmmZr1XHl4gy1BnyL2n-YFrN3rtNOa1keQrL_SJL_adISn4opjVyZehkg609QnftAUiGzjr2GGviJYAkKVk-GRVjdb3GP982O0Akmg8eVhlHMBpz54KAyKcNjebY1VjQvKKSZBOxPekni43gyYJ
John Blutarsky
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
I plan on it. I’d like you to vote for Joe Biden this November. It’s in your best interest to do so.
John Blutarsky
Footballguy
I’d like you to stop telling people how to think. It’s in your best interest to do so.
Widbil83
Footballguy
Zegras11
Footballguy
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/thesaurus-category/american/people-who-tell-people-what-to-do
People who tell people what to do - THESAURUS
SYNONYMS
autocrat
NOUN
someone who tells other people what to do without caring what they think
dictator
NOUN
someone who tells people what to do and refuses to listen to their opinions
Reminds me of our president also. hmmmmmmmmmm.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The General
Footballguy
Pretty curious to see how the daily press briefings take shape moving forward.
No questions taken by Donald on Friday, first time in 30 straight days I think.
No presser yesterday, none scheduled today.
No questions taken by Donald on Friday, first time in 30 straight days I think.
No presser yesterday, none scheduled today.
timschochet
Footballguy
I wasn’t telling you how to think. I was telling you how to vote.
In any case I’m not trying to force anything on you. I am trying to reason with you, make a compelling argument.
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