That’s because Republicans say they have “values” and they say they have “beliefs”. And as old as this comparison gets with the current unfit clown holding the office, can you just imagine if Obama had done it?
The Golden Throne…
“Hey, dumb ass Iran! Look in the upper right corner, your proton stabilizing module is set to 43%! Set it to 61% would add 105 kilometers to effective range and 253 kilos to the payload! SAD!”
Treason is OK if a Republican does it.
Looks like Trump deliberately manipulated the stock market by falsely claiming he spoke with Chinese officials about a possible end to the trade war.
I’m going to put myself out there and call for a recession starting in late Q3. It’ll probably be a major company that misses earnings targets, a municipal bankruptcy at home, or perhaps a financial failure abroad that triggers a contagion. Industrial output is already slowing worldwide, and that will start to be reflected in the numbers. Furthermore, it will push energy prices down, which is going to limit any kind of real recovery in that sector. We may not see a true contraction until Q4, but the beginnings of the downward spiral will probably start this fall. I’d say we’re well north of 50% in terms of its probability.
The bigger question will be how Trump responds, and this is where we could go from recession to financial catastrophe. Save your money, folks. Storm clouds are gathering on the horizon.
For what it’s worth, he’s probably correct. (I won’t say what he did was right.) The President does have the authority to override security classifications and release secret information.
That said, it’s like a pardon or a veto; just because the President has a tool doesn’t mean he uses it wisely. The problem with these presidential powers isn’t that they exist. It’s that Donald Trump is the one wielding them.
If the Trump administration hasn’t yet laid bare the fact that the entire platform of the Republican party is bullshit, and has been for quite some time, then it never will. Everything they have claimed that they were about since I was a kid was nonsense. Free trade. Family values. Safety. Meritocracy. Personal responsibility. Lower deficits. Being the adult in the room. All of it was bullshit.
Short-fingered vulgarian cancelled his trip to Poland — to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, and weirdly enough the Poles were LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS VISIT — in order to keep close tabs on the progress of Hurricane Dorian towards the United States.
So today, he went to one of his properties to play golf.
Well, that’s because — thanks to his incredible monitoring skills — Dorian’s now on track to hit the Carolinas.
He only went golfing because he doesn’t play the fiddle.
But, Trump does get played like a fiddle–by Putin, Kim, MBS…
Obvious fake. Like Two-Scoops would EVER use the metric system.
Not on black velvet? That’s disappointing.
Of course, after that I had to look around. There are several with trump as a clown, but The Velveteria has one that’s apparently a sincere tribute. (Sixth picture.}
There really is not one particle of doubt, anymore. Anyone who supports Trump has earned the right to be laughed into silence at their every claim of virtue and their every criticism of Obama (and other Democrats).
Imagine that: at every campaign event; at every interview, Republicans uttering claims and criticisms being drowned out by laughter. No Republican being able to get out more than a few words before gales of laughter force them to skulk back to their lairs.
I have a dream, this afternoon. That all Americans might rise up in healthy, vigorous, irrepressible laughter. That Republicans might be forced back into the shadows, unable to be heard above the rising tide of raucous glee. That justice might be done.
Well done, I heard that in MLK’s voice!
I’m on board with this idea. It’s non-violent, and hard to fight against. And what a great tool against tyrants!
I can see our grandkids’ history books now… “There was Ghandi’s hunger strike, the Selma sit-ins, and the Great Laugh-In of 2019!”
It could work! Though if we call it the Great Laugh-In, we might have to pay NBC for the rights. (Or, per wikipedia, George Schlatter Productions.) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In - Wikipedia
It worked well in Portland a couple of weeks ago.
ETA: I was particularly charmed by the Banana Brigade. 
Kindly warn us innocents next time! The Trump, I was already expecting, but OMG that horse in the next pic… my eyes!