Good news and bad news: Hope Hicks will testify; Hope Hicks works for Faux News.
Let’s hope it’s a screen or thin wooden door so they’ll be able to hear each other.
*Cups and strings not included.
Of course what Trump is thinking of is farmers logged into Twitter as they work the fields, clicking ‘like’ and ‘retweet’ on all Trump’s stuff.
That’s what the Internet is for, after all.
[My bold]
Trump: If Offered Dirt By Foreign Government On 2020 Rival, ‘I Think I’d Take It’
And then promptly contradicts himself.
And then to make sure all options are covered
He is becoming more incoherent every day.
I’d say he’s trolling us, but he’s not that clever.
No collusion! Long live collusion!
That covers it.
L’collusion, c’est moi!
I am a little dismayed with how the media is jumping all over this as if it is breaking news. Yes, Trump said some dumb, possibly criminal shit for the sixteen thousandth time! You would think they would have figured out by now that what he says will never, ever bring him down. Just off the top of my head for dumb Trump statements we have:
Praising neo-Nazis
Praising dictators
Saying that Kim Jong-Un is off-limits to the CIA
Dismissing the findings of the intelligence community on unambiguous matters
Insulting live war heroes
Insulting dead war heroes
Insulting the US’ longtime allies
Calling Mexicans rapists
Calling African nations “shitholes”
Incestuous thoughts about his daughter
Admitting to sexual assault
Lying about anything and everything under the sun including trivial shit
And there’s probably about a hundred more I missed. And every goddamn time the media comes running and laps it up. Look what the dummy said now! Surely this is the end of his shenanigans for these statements are certain to inspire the kind of outrage that dethrones kings!
Trump will never be brought down by what he says and we already have ample proof of this. Any of these statements are enough to ruin the careers of anyone else but Trump just doubles down, sells it as entertainment and the media keeps buying.
<pedantic note, or why you can’t be allowed any fun>The elision happens with “L’Etat”, because “Le Etat” would be two e’s in a row which sounds weird. Similarly, “la Argentine” would get elided to “l’Argentine” because, again, doubling up on vowels is Not Done. In this case however, “collusion” starts with a hard consonant so no elision allowed.</pn,owycbaaf>
I’ve mentioned before that I always kill the volume (or fast forward) if Trump’s on TV; now I do that with most Republicans, who’ve all bought into his horseshit.
Bad enough that the news has an obligation to present whatever this particular president of the United States says, but there’s definitely no obligation to have to listen to the fucker, so, to put the question out there - am I seriously the only here who does that? Other than morbid curiosity/cheap laughs/incredulity, I can’t see how anyone could possibly bother. You can put up with being blatantly - and fucking constantly - lied to, then?
With a grandfather who lied any time it wasn’t more profitable or nastier to tell the truth and a mother who lies even by how she sits up… yeah. And whether it’s American politics or Spanish ones, you can always turn it into a drinking game.
Yeah, but it’s funnier BECAUSE it parallels the original quotation, even though it’s technically incorrect. Personally, I’m way into pedantry and correcting others’ language mistakes, but in this case, don’t mess with the funny.
Because it’s important for everyone to pay attention to what this idiot says and , supposedly, believes.
It will afftect the ballot box at some point - one hopes.
I know, I know. I was just edumacatin’ is all :). Occupational hazard.
In actual fact, it’s doubly funny for a French speaker, because the unnecessary elision kind of makes it sound like French as spoken by someone from eul’Nord.
Y’see, France has its own Oop Norf where they talk funny, and one of the trademarks of northern-speak is eliding E’s that shouldn’t be (typically in definite articles), but adding them back in front of the elision. Hence, “eul’Nord” instead of “le Nord”.
Also, eul’Nord and its people have historically been saddled with a reputation for alcoholism, chronic depression on account of the British-like weather, inbreeding, boorishness and generally low IQ. They’re our stereotypical coal country blue collar hicks, essentially (at least in popular imagery). Think Liverpool, but less fun.
So the thought of Trump speaking like them while trying to misquote a king doth tickle :p.
I’m sorry but we’re completely out of hope. The demand has overwhelmed all supply and production has slowed to a crawl. May we interest you in despondency, rage and vitriol? We’re currently offering all three at buy 1 get 2 free.
62,984,828 people voted for a man who anyone with two brain cells to rub together would realize he’s been a lying grifter all his adult* life. I’m guessing they hoped he would change – I know I did between election and inauguration day. Anyone who votes for him again in 2020… well see the first sentence.
*I can fully imagine he lied as a kid, too.“Donnie, eat your peas.”
“I did, mum.”
“What are those, then?”
“Those aren’t peas, those are a round fungus! I eat more peas than anybody else in the world ever has! I know more about eating peas than anybody, ever! No PEAS! Lock her up!!1!”
“Wait, what?”
“It’ll make sense later.”
It won’t make sense later, but it will have context.