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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The anti-EPA EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, supports Trump's plan to slash his ow agency's budget. Except in regards to himself
, he wants a 10 man security team for his own personal use at government expense.
He wants deregulation and free market, let him pay for his own security.
Maybe we shouldn't be making these comments comparing Trump to people with mental development issues. It's disrespectful to the latter.
There's a difference between having mental development issues and just being stupid. The gaffe of mixing up Syria and Iraq is just telling about where his priorities lie.
Didn't Devos also want to spend millions on security for herself?
Man, this administration isn't just incompetent and heartless, it's cowardly.
edited 12th Apr '17 7:24:24 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedOn one hand, it might be offensive and dangerous to people with mental disabilities to claim that Trump has mental disabilities, associating mental disability with being evil.
On the other hand, Trump might as well be the picture in the dictionary for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Seriously, let's not claim that powerful and evil people cannot have a mental disability, just because they set a bad example for everyone else with a mental disability.
This is cool, Resistance School is happening write now, the second part of an online strategy seminar; organized by Harvard students.
https://www.resistanceschool.com/session-two-video-1
edited 12th Apr '17 7:52:53 PM by megaeliz
Well, there are no outward signs of foul play.
On the other hand, bodies don't just randomly appear in the Hudson...
Oh God! Natural light!It means we're probably going to war. Where? Take your pick. Trump apparently can't keep track of where the missiles are landing.
Don't count on it being domestically better either — Trump is hellbent on killing the ACA and replacing it with something worse.
edited 12th Apr '17 8:11:22 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedI'd say the reverse, domestically worse because you're not getting anything but cuts but internationally better because Trump isn't starting WW3 and is instead just invading one or two countries that neo-cons don't like.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran![]()
China and North Korea are more frienemies nowadays than allies. Only reason China keeps North Korea around at this point is to act as a buffer zone between them and the US's allies in the region and because they don't want North Korean refugees flooding into their country.
edited 12th Apr '17 8:35:01 PM by Bat178
Trump is literally trying to Kill the Poor and hope they blame the Democrats for it: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/trump-i-may-sabotage-obamacare-until-democrats-repeal-it.html
. Guess which demographic most of Trump's voters are comprised of...
edited 12th Apr '17 9:31:57 PM by Bat178

Cake is good, but I've never really been much of a sweets guy.
And no, Aspergers does not give you N-Word Privileges to throw around retard.
Although seriously, Trump might actually be developmentally stunted if he can't even remember which country he just bombed.