He does seem to be observing to learn how to act among humans.
JohnT
January 10, 2019, 4:11pm
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He’s the Patrick Hostetter of VP’s.
(Semi-obscure Stephen King reference…)
bobot
January 10, 2019, 4:19pm
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Trump’s next tweet: “Twitter- I’ve never used that shit!”
“He never looks at me that way.”-Jesus Christ
“When during the campaign, I would say Mexico is going to pay for it, obviously I never said this and I never meant they’re going to write out a check,” Trump said. “I said they were going to pay for it, they are, they’re paying for it with the incredible deal we made called the United States-Mexico-Canada, USMCA deal.”
"I mean, you’d have to be some kind of natural born fool to think I meant that literally !!
Euphonious_Polemic:
Pence = Wormtongue
I’d be OK with Pence stabbing his master in the back (and then follows him).
Every time I catch him giving Trump The Look, I automatically insert a thought bubble over his head: “Must… not… lick… eyeballs.”
wguy123
January 10, 2019, 5:19pm
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Glad I’m not the only one that feels there is a lot off with Pence. He doesn’t seem human.
He’s been a phony for so long, he doesn’t realize his efforts to look sincere look creepy.
Tangent
January 10, 2019, 6:25pm
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Euphonious_Polemic:
Pence = Wormtongue
Wait, I thought Stephen Miller was Wormtongue. Actually, I think Trump is surrounded by several Wormtongues. (or is it “Wormstongue”?)
I’m pretty sure I saw his skin suit slip a little.
Ahh, “technically legal”, the very best kind of legal.
Thanks for the replies and info folks.
Chris Cillizza’s recap and annotations of Trump’s remarks:
29 outrageous lines from Donald Trump’s wild, impromptu, news conference on the White House lawn
Some samples:
“I’m a professional at technology.”
“When during the campaign I would say, ‘Mexico’s going to pay for it,’ obviously I never said this and I never meant they’re going to write out a check.”
“And they don’t come in at the checkpoints, which they do also.”
“There’s acid that can go through concrete.”
“I don’t have temper tantrums. I really don’t.”
“The buck stops with everybody.”
Can you imagine someone you work with rambling on like this while giving a presentation in a company meeting?
People would be looking at each other asking “Who hired this idiot?”
Yet, I give you The President of the United States of America.
“The buck stops with everybody.”
I think the problem with this is that the President left off a key word – “else.” The buck stops with everybody else. As in, the President takes no responsibility for mistakes or hard choices, so he passes every buck to anyone else, and he expects them to do what he can’t.
Grrr
January 10, 2019, 7:56pm
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Ravenman:
“The buck stops with everybody.”
I think the problem with this is that the President left off a key word – “else.” The buck stops with everybody else. As in, the President takes no responsibility for mistakes or hard choices, so he passes every buck to anyone else, and he expects them to do what he can’t.
“This is everybody’s fault but mine.”
Homer Simpson.
enipla
January 10, 2019, 8:02pm
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ThelmaLou:
I think thump is (relatively) cash poor. THAT’S why he won’t release his financials.
Or were you being ironic?
I wasn’t. I think, as billionaires go, he’s broke.
Of course he is cash poor. Only Russia will lone him money. Hmmm… Gosh, I wonder what could possibly be going on?
I’m not a conspiracy theorist. It’s all out there. Sort of liked getting kicked in the head.
Sage_Rat:
I continue to believe that the Democratic party and nearly everyone in the world is being impressively obtuse in thinking that Trump cares about the wall or to think that there’s no further reason for him to choose this moment to go all in for it.
The shutdown is going to significantly impede the ability of the House to investigate the President. Trump doesn’t care about the effects of the shutdown on society and he doesn’t care about the wall. He’ll sit it out, happily saving himself from public shame, all the while blaming the Democrats for endangering the country, and he won’t care a fig that all government services are shutting down and making life difficult for everyone. Eventually, the Democrats will knuckle under and offer him $5b for the wall, and Trump will tell them, “You should have done that back when you were in my good graces. Now it’s $50b and I want to be able to start executing people who come into the country illegally.” Or whatever it is that he knows that they won’t accept.
He’s playing for time. To the extent that there are any other angles, it’s to use it as an advertising opportunity, to fundraise or - should the wall ever actually get funded - to skim money off from the construction into sham businesses that he owns or is friends with.
Dealing with the wall negotiations as though the issue was immigration is only going to be a loser. Trump wins in all cases. The only way to come out ahead is to go into it knowing that it’s a sham, and throwing that back on him. They have to show that the emperor has no clothes, and ignore the immigration debate; tell the people that Trump will embezzle the money, point out how he’s not doing anything about prosecuting companies who hire illegals, and rejecting all solutions that have been offered that would actually be productive in stopping illegals. Shame the man, and either he’ll give in or the Republicans will vote to circumvent him and reopen the government.
You have to attack his motives, not debate immigration.
Took a while, but it looks like at Pelosi is starting to cotton on:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424754-pelosi-trump-wants-a-distraction-not-a-wall
The general public.
I really hope that the RNC revises their primarying rules after Trump leaves office. It’s infeasible to change the rules for the general election. The filtering process needs to happen before then. The general public isn’t a good investigator of skill and trustworthiness.
