What a got damn shitshow. [warning politics]

[mjb1959]

AREA 10,
i hope when it's all over you libs will be ok, and be able to admit how out of line this stuff was.
i read and watch both sides, it's obvious most of you  don't.
a 20 hour survey of cnn showed  69 negative to the President, 2 positive...
if people watch that day after day, they are disconnected from reality...
coverage is skewed, mainstream media is 90% dem

If Trump would stop acting like a total berk for at least one day then they'd have nothing to write about, would they?

It is a 24-7 news media these days, and you gotta know how to play it if you want to succeed. But Trump has attacked the mainstream media - often unnecessarily, playing to the crowd - right from the offset. If you pick a fight with *any* group of people you can hardly be surprised if they fight back. Any idiot knows that. Except Trump, it seems.

Btw what do you mean when you say "when it's all over"? When *what* is all over? Trump's presidency?

just praying for you... 10

OK, so now you are using a religious act as a put-down? Classy.

not as classy i guess as this gem of yours...
"No, you elected a buffoon. The Russians wouldn't be so foolish as to recruit someone as plainly limited as Trump."
this recent reaction of yours was exactly what i expected...
again prayers for you, 10...
the truth is the election is over, democrats lost because they did not put forward their best, but let the political machine keep the best choice from running/winning...
i think i may have half a dozen posts in this thread, you may have a hundred? more? probably time to reevaluate some of your thoughts...

[Weasels wake]

Most of the remainers hate Trump, they blame him for what's happening to their country.
Their lax immigration and travel rules have nothing to do with it, and they much preferred to have their laws originate from Europe and not their own country.  But it's our country that has become the worst in the world. 

[Area 10]

Most of the remainers hate Trump, they blame him for what's happening to their country.
Their lax immigration and travel rules have nothing to do with it, and they much preferred to have their laws originate from Europe and not their own country.  But it's our country that has become the worst in the world. 

I don't know where to begin with this. Suffice it to say that this is completely inaccurate.

Trump has so far done OK on his trip abroad however. He's stuck to the measured and diplomatic script that has prepared for him, and managed to avoid saying anything unnecessarily inflammatory. He has even done a good impression of a liberal, joining in with local customs etc and praising Islam. It wasn't his fault that the US intelligence services leaked the details of the Manchester bombing when they'd been asked not to, but Trump will end up having to apologise to Teresa May for it anyway at the NATO summit. If he carries on like this you will find that the media becomes more favourable to him, as will the rest of the world, not just Russia.

[SUP Leave]

This week has been the best Trump has done in well over a month. I really like the rhetoric he used to condemn the concert attack, at first I thought it was typical Trump childishness, but as I thought more about it - using a term like "losers" is much better than a term that sounds scary or powerful.

This week has proven that he can do a decent job, if he could get out of his own way - but we know that is not going to happen. Next week he will probably tweet something idiotic about the media or another target. It feels like he gained back some ground on the world stage that Obama lost with his apology tours.

The budget came out and the typical doomsday whining started up "this budget literally kills people" - HRC (Only if it falls on someone, Hillary). A quick look at the budget shows it is a pretty mixed bag of liberal spending and some fiscal conservation. Even though the left is making a big deal out of the defense spending, it is pretty much right on par with what Obama was going to spend. Either way it won't pass, but it does show the direction that the White House would like to go.

[Area 10]

Yeah, Trump's been so different when out of the US that it makes you wonder if his more extreme views at home are just for show. Or maybe it's just that the stakes are higher in eg. the Middle East. Whatever, he's done a good impression of a liberal when away from home, and the world likes it (except probably Russia, who want to divide and conquer). And yes, his comments on the Manchester bombing passed without criticism in the U.K.

[SUP Leave]

The thing is I don't think its an impression. Trump is more liberal than conservative. Sure there is the rhetoric that gets him elected, but just look at what he is actually trying to do: $1T infrastructure bill (liberal), $15B Paid maternity leave (Bernie Sanders), No entitlement reform (liberal), AHCA - cemented a bunch of the parts of Obamacare (liberal).

The reason he got the conservatives so excited was illegal immigration and tax/regulation reform (jobs). He already failed to cut Obamacare and his base is getting pissed. If he fails on the wall and significant tax reform, I think actual conservatives will flee.  However, if the regulation and tax reforms are successful and the economy shows it - I think a large part of his voting base will stay with him despite his other failures.

[all~wet]

Is the bar now so low that when a man elected to L E A D doesn't do his usual routine i.e.; say anything compleeeetely ignorant, off base, juvenile, or alienate any close allies for an entire week, he is deserving of praise? 

[Area 10]

Well, Trump has just made a pretty good apology for the US press leak of the secret (at that time) Manchester bombing details.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40048565

This will be much appreciated in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Good for him.

I'm not sure how the newspaper would think that the sight of the bloodstained bomb parts couldn't be upsetting to those whose children and family members died in the explosion. They'd be wondering if the blood belonged to their loved one, and either way, they are looking at the murder weapon.

[Weasels wake]

This is all getting so confusing with all the investigations going on, so what is needed is some clarity, someone needs to put it all in terms that we can all understand, I think this will help.

[PonoBill]

Better with the sound off.  I like the spelling and official computer in front of him.

[mjb1959]

worth a listen..

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[Area 10]

No, not really. Is it supposed to be news or a parody?

Trump supporters seem to be really obsessed with Obama. Why are you still talking about him (and HC) rather than debating what your new guy is or isn't doing? Is it because Trump hasn't done any of the things you'd hope he'd do, so all that is left to you is to gloat about his election victory? When does that become old news?

[Bean]

There you go again...

[Area 10]

There you go again...

No doubt. But what is the answer to my question?

[Bean]

That's just it, I didn't really see any questions posed, just the same old tired rhetoric.