“The opposite of talking isn’t listening, its waiting.”
= Fran Lebowitz
After reports of Trump spending his days flipping through fabric swatches and engrossed in the finer details of border wall designs , I was amused at the following part of his ABC interview :
“George, take a look at this,” Trump boasted to Stephanopoulos, flashing mock-ups of his vision for the next generation of the presidential aircraft. “Here’s your new Air Force One.”
Trump showed his plan to swap the iconic sky blue-and-white paint job for a patriotic red, white and blue.
“We had different choices, here,” Trump said, pointing to images he said he designed himself. “These are all slightly different.”
Maybe not by coincidence, John Oliver had a segment tonight on Hunter. Probably on YouTube by now. Oliver’s main topic was impeachment.
I was not referring to Duncan Hunter. I meant that noisemaker, who never actually ran for office. It was earlier this/last decade.
Everything Trump says he knows “more about than anybody”
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[li]Campaign finance: “I think nobody knows more about campaign finance than I do, because I’m the biggest contributor.” (1999.)[/li][li] TV ratings: “I know more about people who get ratings than anyone.” (October 2012.)[/li][li] ** ISIS:** “I know more about ISIS than the generals do.” (November 2015.)[/li][li] Social media: “I understand social media. I understand the power of Twitter. I understand the power of Facebook maybe better than almost anybody, based on my results, right?” (November 2015.)[/li][li] Courts: “I know more about courts than any human being on Earth.” (November 2015.)[/li][li] Lawsuits: “[W]ho knows more about lawsuits than I do? I’m the king.” (January 2016.)[/li][li] Politicians: “I understand politicians better than anybody.”[/li][li] The visa system: “[N]obody knows the system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. … Nobody else on this dais knows how to change it like I do, believe me.” (March 2016.)[/li][li] Trade: “Nobody knows more about trade than me.” (March 2016.)[/li][li] The U.S. government system: “[N]obody knows the system better than I do.” (April 2016.)[/li][li] Renewable energy: “I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth.” (April 2016.)[/li][li] Taxes: “I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world.” (May 2016.)[/li][li] Debt: “I’m the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me.” (June 2016.)[/li][li] Money: “I understand money better than anybody.” (June 2016.)[/li][li] Infrastructure: “[L]ook, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump.” (July 2016.)[/li][li] Sen. Cory Booker: “I know more about Cory than he knows about himself.” (July 2016.)[/li][li] Borders: Trump said in 2016 that Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he was endorsing him for president because “you know more about this stuff than anybody.”[/li][li] Democrats: “I think I know more about the other side than almost anybody.” (November 2016.)[/li][li] Construction: “[N]obody knows more about construction than I do.” (May 2018.)[/li][li] The economy : “I think I know about it better than [the Federal Reserve].” (October 2018.)[/li][li] Technology: “Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me.” (December 2018.)[/li][li] Drones: “I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have.” (January 2019.)[/li][li] Drone technology: “Having a drone fly overhead — and I think nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology certainly, than I do.” (January 2019.)[/li][/ul]
Bullet points and bold in the original.
Our country is very lucky to have such a fart smeller as our prez.
Nava
June 17, 2019, 7:21am
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Didn’t he also know a ton about nuclear because he had an uncle in MIT? On the other hand, he apparently doesn’t know much about digital, but he does know that not even Einstein would understand it.
Trump is digitally challenged in more than one way.
Little_Nemo:
No repercussions from his base. But I think many people are growing increasingly upset with Trump’s disregard for the law. And people like Hannity, Ingraham, McConnell, and Graham have no more loyalty than Trump has; they’ll all turn on him as soon as they see it’s in their interest to not be associated with him.
That’s what I’m hoping, but I ain’t gonna hold my breath waitin’ fer it ta happen…
Well, that’ll solve the problem!
President Trump’s campaign has decided to purge some of its pollsters after a leak of dismal internal polls for the president that he denied existed…
The polling showed Mr. Trump behind former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in several key battleground states, including by double digits in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The results were confirmed to The New York Times by advisers to Mr. Trump, but when they became public, he called them “fake polls.”…
bobot
June 17, 2019, 1:45pm
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The knowledge that he lacks about digital he makes up for with his knowledge of cyber.
Hey, now! Trump is actually leading Biden in a retrograde direction.
“Leading” is only what his base needs to hear.
Like the generals he wants to emulate, he’s leading from behind!
I had to share that. Someone I know (niece of the stepfather of a friend) who lives in Georgia replied. Here’s the exchange [names edited for privacy]:
:rolleyes:
Johnny_L.A:
I had to share that.
Share a video version , in case they can’t read good.
Reading is not the problem. Trump told her that he’s the smartest man on the planet, and she believes Him.
Under the law, it doesn’t matter if the request was made to satisfy some Congresscritter’s idle curiosity about whether or not the Dotard writes the numeral “7” with a little slash through the middle.
So we got the news over the weekend that Benjamin Netanyahu has named a town in the Golan Heights “Trump Heights”, complete with ceremony and sign. But, according to the daily Ha’aretz, it’s fake news. No money has been budgeted for the new town. Nor is there specific location. Indeed, there’s no commitment to build a town at all.https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/israeli-town-named-after-trump-appears-to-be-fake-news
But the guy he’s trying to stroke (it’s usually worthwhile to stroke the US President, even if it’s privately humiliating) thinks it’s real.
enipla
June 17, 2019, 9:07pm
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Rick_Kitchen:
So we got the news over the weekend that Benjamin Netanyahu has named a town in the Golan Heights “Trump Heights”, complete with ceremony and sign. But, according to the daily Ha’aretz, it’s fake news. No money has been budgeted for the new town. Nor is there specific location. Indeed, there’s no commitment to build a town at all. Israeli Town Named After Trump Appears to be Fake News - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Bolding mine. So a typical Trump FAKE Real estate development. He’ll love it. Perhaps he can be Mayor, or Town ‘Cryer’.
I’m sure they’ll make sure there’s a very picturesque community there soon. Why they may have already broken ground and planted the first date palms around the Potemkin Community Center site.