World leaders would have to be completely stupid to discuss anything of a secret or classified nature with Trump.
I’ll tell you how Trump has pissed me off today: I’ve begun feverishly praying for Mike Pence to be our new president. Just take over, hand him the fucking keys. I. Want. Mike. Pence. To. Be. The. President. Of. The. United. States.
Please, God, let Mike Pence become president.
Seven words I never thought I’d utter, and we have Trump to thank. That’s ultimately how the Circus Peanut has pissed me off today.
Remember that the GOP caucuses in our legislative bodies today a) generally put party over country; b) include a lot of very stupid elected representatives; & c) include a vocal minority of nasty, evil people better suited to being cartoon super-villains.
They’d have to grow up enough to even understand they have to impeach him. And the “leadership” may be both really stupid and really evil. They’re distracted. you know; those 12-year-olds won’t rape themselves, as ol’ Denny Hastert might say.
I called my Congressman twice this week. I haven’t been as forceful on the phone as I originally planned. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try getting nastier. 
I just don’t know. Hitler got Germany’s proud Wehrmacht smashed & defeated fighting Russia. But Hitler didn’t have a giant nuclear arsenal & the world balanced on the head of a pin. If we have a doomed* Drang nach Osten* in the same way, what is it? We definitely have an entire gang of idiots jumping up and down on the edge of the world balanced on the head of a pin.
I keep thinking we’ve solved Fermi’s Paradox all right. Most technological civilizations use that power to blow themselves up. At least seeing the superstructures around Boyajian’s Star gives us a sense that the universe will have life and go on right before we are snuffed out.
Break out the old R.E.M.
World Leader Pretend?
Believe me, I’d LOVE for it to stop being a true answer to the question.
Did… did he just threaten to invade Mexico?
He’s gotta get in there before that wall goes up. That thing is going to be infuckingpenetrable.
Be MORE glad Tony Cockface Abbott isn’t still PM. He’d run around in his speedos telling everyone how he’ll shirt front arse Trumpet over that call.
Putin would be so upset. HE used to be his shirtless shirt front guy.
A friend said to me “But that’s just hot air…the Orange Moron won’t actually invade Mexico.” Surely…but that just shows how little Trump understands about how the real world works. Even the recent Avengers movie was about a debate on how much fictional superheroes should work within the existing international diplomatic/sovereign-states structure. Trump is in a fantasy world even more unreal than the friggin’ Avengers movies! He doesn’t even realize that such a structure exists!
That is exactly my answer, but I figured posting it would become a trifle redundant.
“Look, the other side invades their allies all the time. You can’t just tie our hands, Senator!”
-Doonesbury, 1/13/85
Let’s see - just since late yesterday afternoon, Trump’s hung up on the PM of our close ally Australia, threatened to invade Mexico, been more or less accused by the military of rushing them into that failed operation in Yemen, and been totally silent as Russian bombs rain down on Ukraine.
He’s been President for less than two weeks, and his Presidency is already a total fiasco. Thank you, Republican Party, for inflicting this nutcase on us.
I’m ready for a 25th Amendment remedy anytime the GOP wants to go there.
And that’s not even including his patronizing, self-stroking, incomprehensible Black History Month address.
There are two possible remedies:
The 25th Amendment Solution. The Cabinet has to declare that Trump is unable to perform his duties; Congress signs off on it, and he’s sidelined until he gets better. Have you seen Trump’s cabinet? Can you imagine Rick Perry, Steve Mnuchin, Ben Carson taking a bold and controversial move that puts the good of the nation first?
Impeachment. This require that the House of Representatives (majority Republican) decide that he’s committed high crimes and misdemeanors. What this would mean in the real world is that some independent investigation (probably the press, because nobody in Congress is going to appoint a special prosecutor) untangles his business conflicts and/or his Russian connections; makes it public; popular support for Trump and Congress drops into single digits; the House realizes that it’s Him or Us.
Problem is, it’ll never dip into single digits (for Trump anyway). I imagine there are, in fact, members of the Republican Party in Congress thinking about impeachment. They’re not looking at this shit with Mexico, Iran, Australia, Muslims, or the fact that large corporations are coming out against Trump’s actions, and thinking this will end well for anyone on earth.
But I imagine they’re also thinking about how rabidly & insanely loyal Trump’s supporters are-- “Second Amendment solutions” loyal, berserker shit-- and they’re probably figuring out how bad the uprising would be if any whiff of impeachment hit the streets, let alone the prolonged process of the impeachment trial. And not the type of Tea Party “uprising” we saw a few years ago with funny hats and signs with bad spelling. No, the type of Tea Party uprising with actual muskets and revolution and destruction of property. The time may come for impeachment, but for the sake of our republic, it’s not as simple as it sounds, I fear.
This is a precarious situation we’ve gotten ourselves into.
From the Orange Buffoon:
Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!
Isn’t it best to study something before you decide if it is dumb? Nope, not this shithead. This is our president. :smack:
I just sent this letter to my Representative and Senators:
[QUOTE=Me]
Dear <Congress-critter>,
I am a regular voter. I vote in every election from municipal to federal. I have voted for Democrats and Republicans. I preface this, so you will understand I am not some partisan hack whose knee-jerk reaction is to oppose anything a republican president says.
In the last forty-eight hours we have seen relationship deteriorate dramatically with Iran, The Ukraine, Mexico, and Australia, solely due to President Trump’s bombastic rhetoric.
I understand you may have a legislative agenda you want passed, and President Trump will enable its passage. Vice-President Pence would also enable its passage. I urge you to consider with your colleagues Section 4 of the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
<Maus Magill>
Nolensville, TN
[/QUOTE]
Being nasty isn’t going to help a damned thing except make some poor intern’s day worse. All they do is tally up the calls on one side of an issue or another. Emotion doesn’t play into it whatsoever. Just call, be professional, and have your opinion tallied.
Trump uses the National Prayer Breakfast to take a gratuitous shot at Arnold Schwarzenegger: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast/index.html
Stay classy, Mr. President.
Not to mention there are two blatant lies in that tweet. 1) About 1200 refugees does not equal “thousands” and 2) Refugees are literally the opposite of “illegal immigrants”.
Trump surely knows these two things so to say otherwise here are clearly lies. Any Trump supporters dispute that?