US politics general thread

[RanzB]

Good to see that you're already preparing your tear ducts.

As long as Trump is preparing his anus:

McConnell says he backs Mueller probe after classified briefing

 

[Unhappy438]

"when" :crylaugh: the mindset of a Trumpite He wasn't able to bring rocket boy to the table and now he's gonna cure cancer :crylaugh:

Nevermind Mac, he probably thinks Trumps Mcdonald's diet is the cure for cancer.

 

[Garson007]

As long as Trump is preparing his anus:

McConnell says he backs Mueller probe after classified briefing

Trump is not getting arrested or impeached. Give it a rest already.

 

[RanzB]

How can they arrest him when he's gonna cure cancer??

 

[buka001]

I'm starting to suspect that NK's destruction of their Punggye-ri nuclear test site was just another false flag.

The last nuclear test effectively destroyed the facility.

Destruction of the tunnels was a symbolic gesture. NK no longer needed them anyway.

 

[cerebus]

There will still be negative people on here when Trump cures cancer.

If Trump had brought NK to the table and brokered a peace talk, I would have been legitimately impressed. What's Trump done to impress anyone?

 

[RanzB]

If Trump had brought NK to the table and brokered a peace talk, I would have been legitimately impressed. What's Trump done to impress anyone?

He's ****ed a lot of pornstars?

 

[Unhappy438]

He's ****ed a lot of pornstars?

Dont forget he spoke bigly about a wall too.

 

[daveza]

If Trump had brought NK to the table and brokered a peace talk, I would have been legitimately impressed. What's Trump done to impress anyone?

I once saw him use a knife and a fork at the same time.

 

[Garson007]

What's Trump done to impress anyone?

Won the most important election in the world?

 

[cerebus]

Won the most important election in the world?

You must be a huge fan of Obama because he won it twice, with the popular vote to boot.

 

[Garson007]

You must be a huge fan of Obama because he won it twice, with the popular vote to boot.

It certainly was impressive.

 

[buka001]

Well done Trump

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Well done Trump

Also screwed over South Korea. Didn't let them know he was accepting the summit invitation, or the pull out.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

'Trump's son should be concerned': FBI obtained wiretaps of Putin ally who met with Trump Jr.

The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association, that led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville, Ky., in May 2016, a top Spanish prosecutor said Friday.

José Grinda, who has spearheaded investigations into Spanish organized crime, said that bureau officials in recent months requested and were provided transcripts of wiretapped conversations between Torshin and Alexander Romanov, a convicted Russian money launderer. On the wiretaps, Romanov refers to Torshin as “El Padrino,” the godfather.

“Just a few months ago, the wiretaps of these telephone conversations were given to the FBI,” Grinda said in response to a question from Yahoo News during a talk he gave at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington. Asked if he was concerned about Torshin’s meetings with Donald Trump Jr. and other American political figures, Grinda replied: “Mr. Trump’s son should be concerned.”

 

[Techne]

From the CIA-sponsored WaPo:
How the Trump echo chamber pushes bit players like Stefan Halper to center stage

In the bizarre double helix that is the Russia investigation, one of the recurring themes is the role of would-be influencers. They start off as connectors and facilitators, but gradually (and implausibly) they move to the center of the story.

That’s true with Stefan Halper, the retired American professor at Britain’s Cambridge University who has become the object of President Trump’s counter-witch-hunt to expose a supposed FBI mole who infiltrated his campaign. The FBI is guarding Halper’s identity, as it should any trusted informant, but he was named a week ago by conservative news sites and then by other publications.

It’s outrageous that Trump has encouraged “outing” this putative intelligence source. And this latest attempt to deflect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation only adds to suspicion that Trump has something very big to hide.

 

[cerebus]

From the CIA-sponsored WaPo

 

[cerebus]

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[cerebus]

Just more bald faced lies from the liar in Chief

Donald J. Trump
[MENTION=365188]Reald[/MENTION]onaldTrump
The Failing @nytimes quotes “a senior White House official,” who doesn’t exist, as saying “even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.” WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.
5:21 PM - May 26, 2018

Donald J. Trump
[MENTION=365188]Reald[/MENTION]onaldTrump
Put pressure on the Democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from there parents once they cross the Border into the U.S. Catch and Release, Lottery and Chain must also go with it and we MUST continue building the WALL! DEMOCRATS ARE PROTECTING MS-13 THUGS.
3:59 PM - May 26, 2018

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[RanzB]

China Approves 5 New Trademarks For Ivanka Trump Business As President Forges ZTE Deal

Ivanka Trump’s business has won approval from the Chinese government for at least five new trademarks. The approval came just days before President Donald Trump announced he was working on a controversial deal to drop U.S. prohibitions against China cellphone manufacturer ZTE.

Another trademark was given trial approval. The trademarks grant Ivanka Trump operations exclusive rights to market a variety of products in China that could potentially amount to millions of dollars in profits. Ivanka Trump Marks LLC received approval last year for several other trademarks after she began working in the White House. Three of them were granted the same day she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.

The applications for the trademarks were submitted over a year ago, and the trademark registrations were accepted May 7. Just five days later Trump announced he was working on a deal to lift U.S. business barriers against ZTE in order to save Chinese jobs.

Meanwhile, some 72 hours before his tweet about ZTE, China quietly agreed to loan $500 million to an Indonesian theme park project in which the president is a partner. Chinese banks agreed to loan an additional $500 million to the project.