The pretext of taking its oil.
The arrogance of that casual suggestion, after he lambasted Clinton all campaign merely for voting with 76 other Senators to authorize the invasion as urgently demanded by the previous Republican President, is simply breathtaking.
It’s very clear from that speech that the only reason Trump doesn’t think the Iraq invasion was a good idea is because we didn’t “win”. Never mind the dishonest arguments, faked evidence, disaster for Iraqi people, loss of Iraqi lives, etc. If we had “won”, by some kind of recognizable metric, Trump would probably be saying now that he supported the war all along.
And he’d be perfectly willing to do the same thing again if he thought we had a better chance of “winning”. As a statesman, the guy is absolutely amoral.
That statement from Trump shows that I was correct when I noticed months ago in a few threads that Trump is looking at the time America was great alright. But he was really referring to the days of America’s Great Big Stick days. When The USA intimidated or invaded many nations to steal their resources in the name of United Fruit or Big Oil.
And then years later many Americans did wonder why those nations were looking at other ideologies to follow rather than the American way.
There’s another one telling him to divest or put in a blind trust all of his assets. This one doesn’t have enough signatures yet.
Anyone else concerned about retribution signing these things?
That is a reasonable concern. Not necessarily a reason not to do it. But a reasonable concern.
I recommend a throwaway email address and some alternative-fact contact information.
Fuck that. I want to be on Twitler’s enemy list. It would be a badge of honor.
:eek::D:p
Well, that and that Emperor Palpatine now rules Iraq and has a Death Star. He’s already blown up America’s closest ally and biggest trading partner, the planet of Alderaan.
Hey, it’s alternative facts, man.
:smack: Dammit, I suspected that when I read the transcript and watched some of the video, and was reminded of the claque of enthusiastic audience members at his press conference. But I didn’t say anything because I thought “He couldn’t be that shameless. Not in front of CIA people. He couldn’t get away with that. Not at CIA headquarters.”
Well, more fool me, because he could and he did, and if I’d predicted it I woulda looked smart! 
I resolve here and now that henceforth I will never assume that there’s any contemptible trick that Trump isn’t shameless enough to pull or unscrupulous enough to get away with.
The catchphrase that keeps coming to mind whenever I contemplate the sheer sloppiness and arrogance of Trump’s PR fakery is “True Enough for Television”.
When he tweets a photo of himself allegedly working on his inaugural speech at a receptionist’s desk at Mar-a-Lago? When he points to stacks of brand-new folders and paper as “legal paperwork” for his businesses? When his PR team uses a photo from Obama’s inauguration on the POTUS account banner? When he says that he had a million inauguration attendees or that it stopped raining during his speech?
In his eyes, it’s all perfectly acceptable to use in constructing a narrative for viewers who don’t care about reality but just want to be entertained and impressed by him. It’s all True Enough for Television.
Guess that means the Veteran’s Hotline he promised is not happening.
I predict that Trump **will **build a wall-- a great big 12-foot high, 4-foot thick wall… around the White House.
Are they going to stop giving tours? Cancel the Easter egg roll?
It’s OK. Sean Spicer denied this:
Of course, he has no proof. He’s just offering alternative facts. So that should close this controversy.
Charge admission.
Kellyane got into a fight at one of the inaugural balls.
Allegedly she stepped in to defend Scott Baio.
Trump has designated his inauguration as a National Day of Patriotic Devotion. All hail the Great Leader.
I think you’re reading that wrong. The linked cite from Gasparino’s Facebook post says that some people he calls “anarchist thugs” approached him and Baio outside the ball and started screaming at them, but except for a bit of shoving (on Gasparino’s part) and threats (both sides) nothing happened.
Then Gasparino claims that inside the ball venue there was a fistfight between two guys in tuxes—nothing to do with Scott Baio, AFAICT—and Conway joined in, just as your first link claimed. (In fact, it appears that both cites base their report on the same Facebook post by Gasparino, which seems to be the only source for this story so far.)