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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
They're still working on it. Trump actually wants to pump 1 Trillion Dollars into Infrastructure, but his plan involves a mix of Public Financing and using For-Profit Businesses which is a terrible way to go about with Infrastructure. And there's no way in Hell the current Congress, especially the House, would pump 1 Trillion into anything willingly.
Some more GOP infighting, this time the Tuesday Group against the Freedom Caucus: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/326502-centrist-group-in-house-will-never-meet-with-freedom-caucus?platform=hootsuite
edited 30th Mar '17 11:05:58 PM by Bat178
Yeesh, at this rate, it'll take forever to get the budget ready:
Trump: We've finally got the budget ready for 2017! And it's the best budget. All those haters said I'd fail but they were wrong. SAD!
Pence: ...Um, it's already December. 31st. Of 2018.
Trump: No it's not. It's still March 31st of 2017. FAKE CALENDARS.
Disgusted, but not surprisedSo I just found out from last night's Daily WTF feed that the US Energy Department is going into full-blown self-censorship mode, by banning any mention of the phrases "climate change", "emissions reduction", and "Paris agreement". And Pruitt rejected the EPA's scientific arguments against the use of chlorpyrifos as an insecticide in US farms.
Seriously, WTF???
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Reddit's /r/EnoughTrumpSpam recap of WTF happened yesterday
. Fucking crazy.
In other news. (also form the daily WTF feed) Putin spoke on the Russia/Trump connections
and called them lies and provocations because of course he world.
Related, but it seems a Right Hand Versus Left Hand scenario has affected the investigations
With the House Intelligence Committee being marred by Nunes' circular information.
edited 31st Mar '17 4:19:44 AM by MorningStar1337
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I wouldn't be surprised, Trump has clearly demonstrated he doesn't actually want to do the job of being a president, and it was said many times he was running as a publicity stunt, so I could believe he's bored or unwilling to handle the pressure of being a president.
On a lark, I took the personality types test and answered based on what I think is most applicable to Donald Trump's personality (not what he himself would answer, because there's no way he doesn't lie to himself all the time), and I got ENTP - T: Debater. Really, it makes a lot of sense. Trump's a lazy asshole who enjoys arguing and creating chaos for the fun of it, entertains wild and unrealistic ideas that no-one likes or wants just to be contrary, and absolutely hates putting any actual effort into working.

God that's just about as bad as it could be. That's one of the most important roads on the east coast.
Oh really when?