He’s not insane, he’s just trying to gaslight y’all. Plus he knows it doesn’t matter one iota what he says. Nobody cares enough to do anything about his routine, blatant, open lying/trolling. He’s insulting your collective intelligence, and you guys keep taking it. [Roy Wood Jr.]Like a bitch.[/RWJr]
I think you might like the José Luis Martín version, but I don’t think it’s available in French 
As Kobal says, it’s called gaslighting. This is far from the first time that we’ve had clear, indisputable evidence of him saying something only to have him deny ever saying it. Trump creates his own reality. He had a lot of experience doing this as an entertainer and also by being a real estate scam artist.
And there is no way conservatives are going to remove him because he’s doing everything that they want him to do, namely destroying democracy and the federal government’s role in providing infrastructure and services to the general public.
From his business experience, one doesn’t call out one’s employer when he lies.
I was mostly talking about the last two days. Yes Trump, and others, have caused a great deal of harm to the United States but everything in the past had at least a fig leaf of respectability. Yes they want to punish women for having sex, and as far as the splitting up children, that was only targeting non-citizens. The thing that I see that came closest was probably the revocation of the state income tax deduction, but that had at least the window dressing of closing a tax loophole. This is the first example I’ve seen where a president came out and stated that the purpose of his proposal was to cause damage to a city in the United States. Its just like the Christie highway shut down, but at least Christie had enough of a sense of shame to try to hide it.
That’s why he hires only the best to do them. You know – the kind of accountant who when asked, “How much is two plus two,” leans forward and says quietly, “How much do you want it to be?”
I’m probably a little oversensitive about this considering the fact that this change is screwing over people like me, but eliminating this deduction was in no way “closing a tax loophole.” Eliminating or reducing the deduction means that taxpayers are being taxed on the same income twice.
Until 2018, the SALT deduction has been around as long as there has been a federal income tax (i.e. since 1913).
In fact, there was a time when federal tax rates were so high (a top rate as high as 94% in WWII, and still as high as 70% up through the 1970s), that you could easily have had a situation were the combined tax rate of federal, state, and local taxes could exceed 100%, which makes absolutely no sense. In this situation, it would actually penalize you to make over a certain income.
Which is why is makes sense to be able to deduct the money paid for state and local taxes. You never see the money, and there is nothing you can do to eliminate it (unlike, for example, the deduction for mortgage interest). Why does it make sense to include this in your federal income (or conversely, why shouldn’t you be able to deduct this from your income for federal taxes, like you’ve been able to do for the last 100+ years)?
He has stated, on camera, that he doesn’t stand behind anything he says. Said it to a reporter in the goddamned Oval Office. With a goddamned smirk on his face.
I preferred the other normal to the one we have,
What do I know about branding, maybe nothing (but I did become President!), but if I were Boeing, I would FIX the Boeing 737 MAX, add some additional great features, & REBRAND the plane with a new name. No product has suffered like this one. But again, what the hell do I know?
He should probably not be putting that question out there for us.
Pure genius! Why wouldn’t “slap a coat of paint on it and change the name” work as well for commercial aircraft as it does for rattrap apartments?
And give the planes a name that already has some weight in the marketplace. Like “McDonald’s” or “Coca-Cola.” Yeah, that’s the ticket.
I love that tweet althemore because, aside from the actual commonsense stuff (i.e. “fix what’s wrong with the plane”), the rest of the advice boils down to “and just try to deceive your customers”. Which is what rebranding boils down to. And that’s OK ! It’s capitalism, folks, and it works ! And it’s the best system there is, because… something something profit margin ? Possibly ?
Federal judge overturns Individual 1’s decree to deport Haitian immigrants. Kuntz said the plaintiffs offered persuasive evidence that the policy change was motivated by ‘‘a discriminatory purpose of removing non-white immigrants to the country.’’
Well, it worked* for him before:
*Meaning: It lasted 3 years until Trump defaulted on the loans. But he did buy a bunch of old airplanes, slapped some paint on them, and called them his own.
I looked it up, but yeah, there doesn’t seem to be a translation out there. And I’ll be honest, while I still list Spanish as a “spoken” language on my CV because high school, if a joke doesn’t hinge on some hilarious variation of “¿Donde esta la zapateria?” or “Yo soy el teniente coronel de la Guardia Civil. ¿Tú, quién eres?”, it’s going to be lost on me :o.
You’re a little confused…The only known example of income ever being taxed twice is the “death tax” (never mind that much of the income is unrealized capital gains that have never been taxed before the person dies). 
My favorite part was “No product has suffered like this one.” More than 350 people dead, and this mook’s biggest worry is product reputation. Ah well, to quote a line I heard in a movie once, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into.
Exactly. We’ve been listening for years to Republicans bleating that the estate tax (aka the “death tax”) constitutes double taxation as if it were the worst thing imaginable (which it really doesn’t, as you state), and the first thing they do when they get unified control of the government is to institute an actual double taxation scheme (that just happens to also preferentially impact blue states to a large extent).
…And which also increases the deficit and the national debt (because of the massive tax breaks for corporations and wealthy individuals), despite the fact that supposedly fiscally responsible people like Paul Ryan spent most of their careers “proselytizing about the danger of budget deficits and the national debt.” The hypocrisy is truly stunning.
It could be worse. My clients are getting taxed on my income. Imagine a non personal injury case I have on contigency fee. I work really hard and earn my 33% fee. My client is happy we prevailed and is happy with my fee.
However, due to tax laws I don’t understand, she has to pay taxes on the entire $100,000. I have to pay taxes on $33,000. She can’t deduct the amount she pays me as an expense.
I thought it was going to be a parody tweet, making fun of Trump’s whole, “No President has ever suffered more than me!” schtick.
I assume that he wrote it himself as a parody of himself.
Ah, Trump, if only you had other talents than hamming it up…