It’s more of a septic tank, actually.
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Either you are being diplomatic or your are severely underestimating their goals.
Former Kentucky district judge Tim Nolan has been arrested for trafficking with a minor. He’s a big deal in local Republican politics, though apparently some local Republicans repudiate his alleged racism. Nolan is a former local Trump campaign head.
Trump’s Earth Day message managed to make it all about plundering the earth’s resources in the pursuit of jobs, or some such bullshit.
I like how he bald-faced states that economic growth and environmental protection are “twin goals” of his administration. One of those twins got eaten in the womb by the other.
But… but… what if the Democrats aren’t Mexican?
Shut it down!
Finally, a government shutdown I can support! Not. One. Penny. For. Your. Freaking. Wall.
Wait a minute, I thought the line from Republicans lately was that the wall was just, heh-heh, metaphorical.
I saw somewhere that part of the reason for that threat is that he is unable to get enough Rs onboard.
They meant “synonymous”, like “fence” or “hedgerow”. One of those velvet rope thingys.
I only hope Ms. Pelosi & Mr. Schumer laughed as hard as I just did. They deserve a good chuckle.
Republicans really don’t know what “compromise” or “negotiate” mean, do they?
Now that would be awesome, I could get behind an idea like that. I mean, as long as it was all brass and red velvet (or leather), not those ugly modular retractable-strap things like they use at the airport.
According to this article:
Angela Merkel had to explain eleven times that the US couldn’t do trade deals with Germany alone – that it would have to be with the EU as a whole.
Eleven times.
This is Spinal Trump.
And that picture of Trump trying to follow what Merkel is saying is priceless.
It’s much easier to understand in the original Russian.
Classic “I don’ wanna!” look there.
Sure they do. It is the thing you refuse to do whenever Obama or a Democratic leader in Congress suggests it. It doesn’t matter what the actual matter at hand is; if a “compromise” is the request, the answer is no.
I’m pretty certain he still didn’t really get it. But at least he grasped one salient point according to the article: “The conversation led Trump’s administration to realize that it was more vital to US interests to nail down a trade deal with the EU than one with the UK post-Brexit, a source close to the White House told the Times.”
Yes, we need trade with Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, and other nations of the European Union far more than we need the jellied eels and Paddington Bear dolls or whatever other imports we get from the United Kingdom. So, this is progress…until he forgets or changes his mind twenty seconds after Merkel leaves the room. “Who was that nice German boy, and why didn’t he smile at Ivanka?”
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Okay, I’m confused. What happened to “Mexico is going to pay for the wall”?
Musta had one of my blackouts. Hate it when that happens.