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The Trump Years- Every day something more shocking than the last! (6 Viewers)
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On "CBS This Morning" Monday, Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and a CBS News senior global affairs contributor, said that backstage at the NATO meeting there were elements that were even more eyebrow-raising than reports have suggested.
"One is that emergency session where they asked the Georgian and Ukrainian presidents to leave in the middle of their presentation. Apparently Trump said, 'OK, we're done with you now,'" Bremmer said.
"Trump was very frustrated; he wasn't getting commitments from other leaders to spend more. Many of them said, 'Well, we have to ask our parliaments. We have a process; we can't just tell you we're going to spend more, we have a legal process.' Trump turns around to the Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, and says, 'Except for Erdogan over here. He does things the right way,' and then actually fist-bumps the Turkish president."
It was a startling gesture of support for the increasingly authoritarian Turkish leader, who recently won another term and is widely expected to continue consolidating his power.
"One is that emergency session where they asked the Georgian and Ukrainian presidents to leave in the middle of their presentation. Apparently Trump said, 'OK, we're done with you now,'" Bremmer said.
"Trump was very frustrated; he wasn't getting commitments from other leaders to spend more. Many of them said, 'Well, we have to ask our parliaments. We have a process; we can't just tell you we're going to spend more, we have a legal process.' Trump turns around to the Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, and says, 'Except for Erdogan over here. He does things the right way,' and then actually fist-bumps the Turkish president."
It was a startling gesture of support for the increasingly authoritarian Turkish leader, who recently won another term and is widely expected to continue consolidating his power.
TobiasFunke
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I don't see why not. Clinton was by all accounts a flawed candidate and she got way more votes than he did, he just got them in the magic combination of places to win. And he's gotten less popular since he was inaugurated, and unless his performance improves will likely lose some votes to lack of enthusiasm for a game-changing candidate the second time around, a la Obama in 2012.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a lock that he'll lose by any stretch. The electoral college is a #####, and I could see it becoming even worse if Trump can flip the two lily-white states he came close to getting in 2016 (NH and MN) without losing the rust belt. But I have no idea where we got this idea that he's some sort of unstoppable force. A good candidate running a good campaign with good messaging will beat him easily. Give me two of those and I like the odds.
Snorkelson
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I’m not really well versed in the regulations put in place in this instance, and perhaps when I have time I’ll take a look or feel free to post a link to what you’re referring to- I know we’re all busy. I grew up in a rural community that with a lot of farmers in the area and also in the Great Lakes watershed, so this interests me. I also have some farmers in the family. It’s mostly family farmers, not the giant corporate farms. I’m sympathetic to famers. I’m also familiar with the issues fertilizers and manure are having on our water resources in regards to algae blooms, so I can understand that perhaps what we have historically done may be causing issues now that we didn’t consider. Any bureaucracy is sure to have some good and bad rules. I’m just pointing out that the rhetoric regarding an “overreaching epa” is misguided in the sense that you can’t put a price on clean air/water.
ConnSKINS26
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Snorkelson said:
Why do you think anti-intellectualism has been pushed so hard on the conservative right the last decade or more? They didn't just one day stop believing that facts matter and are to be trusted--first they were told over and over again that anyone more educated than them was an ivory tower elitest who basically couldn't be trusted. These people have no respect for science, studies, or any kind of experts in any field. They've been manipulated to feel this way for decades.
Dickies
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Trump is jealous that Erdogan and his goons savagely beat up peaceful American protesters on our own soil.
sho nuff
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I will be contacting every congressman and candidate for state and national office expressing my thoughts in Trumps actions today and so far...and asking their thoughts and if they support those things.
The only way the GOP will stop enabling this behavior is if their own numbers are in trouble. It’s up to the voters to show that displeasure and out that pressure on them.
The only way the GOP will stop enabling this behavior is if their own numbers are in trouble. It’s up to the voters to show that displeasure and out that pressure on them.
cosjobs
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To be fair, lobbyists have long been willing to stuff politicians' pockets with cash to circumvent regulations.
squistion
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins 5h5 hours ago
White House officials are openly admitting they don’t know how to respond to questions about President Trump’s press conference. Asked if anyone from the administration will resign over the president’s remarks, a senior White House official quipped, “Good question.”
White House officials are openly admitting they don’t know how to respond to questions about President Trump’s press conference. Asked if anyone from the administration will resign over the president’s remarks, a senior White House official quipped, “Good question.”
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That's not true. The idiotic re-commitment to coal and tariffs on solar energy components will harm the economy, and the policies continue to make us fall behind China in an extremely profitable renewable energy field. Energy prices will rise as we continue to flounder in this area.Snorkelson said:
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Bruce Dickinson
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Wouldn’t blame any NATO country hesitant to share Intel with a White House run by Pence. Hard to argue he isn’t complicit.
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gianmarco
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It's so disheartening that there's nothing to do to stop what's happening.
There's even a system in place to have a President removed if he's clearly unfit to lead our nation yet it's essentially useless.
Every single Republican in office that refuses to do what's right so they can stay in office and line their pockets are as shameful as Trump.
I'm so thoroughly heartbroken and disgusted. Never would I have imagined we'd ever get to where we are now.
There's even a system in place to have a President removed if he's clearly unfit to lead our nation yet it's essentially useless.
Every single Republican in office that refuses to do what's right so they can stay in office and line their pockets are as shameful as Trump.
I'm so thoroughly heartbroken and disgusted. Never would I have imagined we'd ever get to where we are now.
Zow
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Pffft this happened to multiple houses in my city the day after the election (except Hispanics were targeted). What took this person so long?
timschochet
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Trump says that nuclear warming is the biggest threat we face.
cosjobs
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New ICE Agent Establishes Dominance By Beating Up Biggest Child Prisoner On First Day https://trib.al/weFYfcj
MCALLEN, TX—In an effort to teach other juvenile detainees to keep their distance, newly hired ICE agent Kevin Michelson revealed this week that he had established dominance on his first day by beating up the biggest child prisoner he could find. “Just to make sure the pecking order in this place is crystal clear, I started out the day by going up to this huge 7-year-old in his holding cell and just knocking the #### out of him,” said Michelson, who expressed confidence that none of the other child prisoners would mess with him after witnessing the beat-down he dealt to the “absolutely massive” first-grader. “This kid was giant, too. Must have been 4 feet 2 inches, 85 pounds at least—so you know he commanded respect. Thank God he went down easy with a couple pops and a blow from a nightstick. Otherwise, who knows what kind of hassles those child prisoners would be giving me.” Michelson added that while he felt secure in his newly earned status, he would still not hesitate to mace a 6-month-old prisoner who had been giving him the stink eye.
MCALLEN, TX—In an effort to teach other juvenile detainees to keep their distance, newly hired ICE agent Kevin Michelson revealed this week that he had established dominance on his first day by beating up the biggest child prisoner he could find. “Just to make sure the pecking order in this place is crystal clear, I started out the day by going up to this huge 7-year-old in his holding cell and just knocking the #### out of him,” said Michelson, who expressed confidence that none of the other child prisoners would mess with him after witnessing the beat-down he dealt to the “absolutely massive” first-grader. “This kid was giant, too. Must have been 4 feet 2 inches, 85 pounds at least—so you know he commanded respect. Thank God he went down easy with a couple pops and a blow from a nightstick. Otherwise, who knows what kind of hassles those child prisoners would be giving me.” Michelson added that while he felt secure in his newly earned status, he would still not hesitate to mace a 6-month-old prisoner who had been giving him the stink eye.
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SaintsInDome2006
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Senator Bob Corker @SenBobCorker 17m17 minutes ago
The dam is finally breaking. Thankfully.
As the president taxes Americans with tariffs, he pushes away our allies and further strengthens Putin.
It is time for Congress to step up and take back our authorities.
We have legislation to do that. Let’s vote.
The dam is finally breaking. Thankfully.
As the president taxes Americans with tariffs, he pushes away our allies and further strengthens Putin.
It is time for Congress to step up and take back our authorities.
We have legislation to do that. Let’s vote.
timschochet
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Trump is about to speak.
adonis
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McConnell publicly rebukes Trump, so does Ryan. Trump is about to offer some remarks...
Ilov80s
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Fox News now discussing if Trump's intelligence team shouls step down in protest or needs to stay because the country needs them more than ever now. This is really ugly. He better have the next Gettysburg Address ready or he's going to sink today.
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Amused to Death
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How long into his remarks till we hear the first mention of the DNC server and missing emails?
Ilov80s
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If he comes out with that schtick, he is going down. It is going to be some BS read off a teleprompter that someone else wrote.
roadkill1292
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msommer
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So it'll be ZombieTrump? Dunno. He seems a wee bit hot and bothered this morning, not sure he can toe the line
Ilov80s
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I don't know, that was just my general term. They were talking about people who work for him general stepping down out of protest. Really just trashing him for everything they can.
Amused to Death
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Fox just read part of the statement Trump is expected to give. Part of it reads that he accepts Russia was involved by perhaps others as well. Hmmm...
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Joe Summer
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My bingo card has:
- server
- DNC
- bleached
- Pakistani
- Hillary
- FBI lovers
- no collusion
Grace Under Pressure
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He's really going with "what I meant to say was" and then using a triple negative in the passive tense?
Ramblin Wreck
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I laughed.
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Dan Mullen: “I’m the opposite of Trump. I’m here to fill The Swamp, not drain The Swamp.”
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Dan Mullen: “I’m the opposite of Trump. I’m here to fill The Swamp, not drain The Swamp.”
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