Kyyle23 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 06:07 AM) Syria, North Korea, etc are complex problems with really no perfect solution. We choose between the bad. It may be comforting to the masses hen a president makes it seem like he has the "one" solution, but it just does not reflect reality. Whatever Trump does will succeed and fail on certain levels. I hope if he is reelected he blames his previous administration for any problems. That would be so awesome. Provoking or initiating nuclear attack will have no success at any level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Impeach and replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 It'll be interesting/terrifying to see how the Trump administration handles the first crisis that they didn't create themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 ‘It went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump’s messy transition led to a chaotic presidency Read the whole thing etc., but this part really stood out to me: One effect was that the Trump team could not scale up quickly enough during the transition and, therefore, failed to maintain a full pipeline of appointees for the new administration. The Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with The Washington Post, has been tracking 553 key administration positions that require Senate confirmation. To date, just 21 nominees have been confirmed, with 20 more formally nominated and an additional 25 awaiting nomination. and this: The legislative timetable was hugely ambitious. One transition document, for example, called for Congress to complete work on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act by Feb. 24, or Day 36 of the administration. The GOP health-care bill wasn’t even introduced by that date and was pulled from a House vote last month after meeting fierce resistance, even from many Republicans. They expected to have healthcare done a little over a month into the administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 04:28 AM) I mean, how is that real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 4, 2017 -> 03:21 PM) also, Days before chemical attack in Syria, officials signaled the U.S. would no longer demand that Assad leave power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 08:24 AM) also, Days before chemical attack in Syria, officials signaled the U.S. would no longer demand that Assad leave power Yes. On the Sunday morning show on ABC, the UN Ambassador was dancing around the Assad shift. When are people going to realize Trump is a phony that will not only hurt democrats? Eventually, he will even hurt the filthy rich if he is kept enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Trump has been living the "just act like you know what you are doing and you can get away with anything" angle his entire life. That doesn't work in his current position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 08:34 AM) Yes. On the Sunday morning show on ABC, the UN Ambassador was dancing around the Assad shift. When are people going to realize Trump is a phony that will not only hurt democrats? Eventually, he will even hurt the filthy rich if he is kept enabled. There's going to be a floor he hits at some point (Bush's was 28% after two botched wars, Katrina, trying to privatize SS and then the start of a global economic collapse), but Trump's numbers are already not looking too hot and are worse than anything Obama ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 08:39 AM) Trump has been living the "just act like you know what you are doing and you can get away with anything" angle his entire life. That doesn't work in his current position. His entire campaign premise was "im going to hire the smartest people, the best negotiators" Then you look at who he hired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Syrian civil war is going to continue to be a brutal and complicated conflict. With the Raqqa offense on the way and so many moving parts in the area(Turkey, ISIS, Assad, Kurds, Iran and so on). I could not think of a more unprepared administration to be in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 There's not really any good answer on what the US should be doing there, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 https://correspondent.afp.com/first-thing-hits-you-smell This is so brutal to read, but I had to get through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 The videos of the people, mostly the kids, breathing/gasping for breath while their arms and legs are palsied and paralyzed while they are dying is just heartbreaking. Sarin gas is a savage creation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hurtin Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Meh, so they throw a little gas... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-elect...m-again-n604411 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 More shake-ups in the Trump admin, this time Steve Bannon is off the National Security Council https://twitter.com/sjcasey/status/849645861739143168 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 04:37 PM) For example, there's people who have no idea what the EPA does and assume when Trump cuts spending he's trying to murder endangered animals and pollute the air. It's just easy for the uninformed to be so virtuous and jump on the altruistic boat. Do you care about the environment? Then you must support the EPA or you hate animals and the earth. There's global interdependence there. The USA shouldn't have such stringent standards when China can ruin the world by itself when considering some of the science theory put forward in the mainstream. A country with a crippling debt shouldn't be pouring money into an agency that's productivity is unclear. The vast majority of the country has had no personal effect of Trump being elected. Other than getting freaked out of course. These EPA programs protect kids from lead paint. Trump’s budget would end them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) JUST IN Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council From CNN’s Jeremy Diamond: Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, has been removed from the National Security Council. An official says Bannon was only on board to oversee Flynn's work to "deoperationalize" the NSC from the broad purview it had under Susan Rice. The White House has sought to return a lot of control to the Department of Defense and other national security agencies. Louis CK might want to keep his head down.... On Tuesday’s The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K. took shots at Donald Trump. The comedian isn’t known for his biting political commentary; he usually takes shots at himself. In an interview with Colbert, C.K. said, “He’s just a gross, crook, dirty, rotten, lying sack of s***.” He explained the difference between people who occasionally tell lies and people who seem to enjoy telling lies. C.K. put Trump in the highest category of liar, adding, “I don’t think his name is Donald Trump.” He joked that if Trump walked into a room and said that he was walking before C.K.’s very eyes, he wouldn’t believe it. https://www.yahoo.com/tv/louis-c-k-calls-pr...-072803606.html Edited April 5, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 So the White House felt they needed to have another guy looking over the shoulder of the guy they appointed to head the NSC who turned out to be a literal foreign agent? I don't think they've thought their spin on this one through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) These EPA programs protect kids from lead paint. Trump’s budget would end them. That "crippling debt" is pretty inconvenient even for the House Freedom Caucus when Trump keeps on trying to give huge tax breaks to the top 1% and richest American multinational companies in the world who are keeping $2.5 trillion dollars in profits offshore. Numerous Fortune 500 companies don't pay any taxes, not unlike Trump in years past. But he's a job creator. Except when he declares multiple bankruptcies, reneges on his debts and dares workers to sue him in court. Where were the Republican to walk back GW Bush from crippling spending increases from 2001-2008? Medicare B unfunded $1 trillion spending mandate which helped him get re-elected? Why did the economy and stock markets overperform under Clinton and Obama? One of the main reasons Clinton balanced budgets was due to capital gains taxes, yet which party consistently is trying to lower or eliminate them? Edited April 5, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 09:58 AM) So the White House felt they needed to have another guy looking over the shoulder of the guy they appointed to head the NSC who turned out to be a literal foreign agent? I don't think they've thought their spin on this one through. No no no. Follow the talking points. Susan Rice, not Obama, was the boogeywoman trying to bring down the Republic singlehandedly due to the fact that she was so upset she got passed over for Secretary of State. Pin the tail on any donkey that's less popular than Obama. Tmrw, it will be Loretta Lynch's turn. Or Bill O'Reilly's accusers. Edited April 5, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Nikki Haley to the UN has been one of the few solid Trump appointments. csdickey ✔ @csdickey Whoa. "How man more children have to die before Russia cares?" Nikki Haley at the UN. 10:50 AM - 5 Apr 2017 on the other hand Tom Newton Dunn ✔ @tnewtondunn Breaking: United States may take unilateral action in Syria if UNSC fails to, US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley says. 10:53 AM - 5 Apr 2017 Edited April 5, 2017 by StrangeSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 11:26 AM) Nikki Haley to the UN has been one of the few solid Trump appointments. on the other hand I've been surprised with Haley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 11:26 AM) Nikki Haley to the UN has been one of the few solid Trump appointments. on the other hand Nah, shes been awful as well. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Doubled Down on Threats to Punish Criticism of Israel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 11:33 AM) Susan Rice was one of Obama's most trusted officials. No one is saying Rice was working on her own or had some personal motive. There's just further proof, after the Flynn leak, that Obama's administration was using the intelligence apparatus to sabotage Trump's presidency before he even took office. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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