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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#166151: Jan 11th 2017 at 7:44:40 AM

Good God, this is insane.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166152: Jan 11th 2017 at 7:58:23 AM

Only 11 days into 2017 and we already have this. It can only get worse.

edited 11th Jan '17 8:04:43 AM by iflewaway

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#166153: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:03:51 AM

This press conference is gonna be a real Gong Show. I wonder if he'll blame Rosie for his troubles.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#166154: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:09:03 AM

The question here isn't even if Putin has something to bring Trump down, the question is if Trump believes that he can be taken down. Someone whose ego is that much out of control might think himself to be untouchable.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#166155: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:11:32 AM

[up]this is the case, as far he is concern, he won and people should obey, he dosent understand anything diferent.

I this point we can apply saturday cartoon logic to Trump and be enterely correct.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#166156: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:12:38 AM

I'm seriously beginning to wonder whether all of this is real, or if he's sacrificing the good, sensible image he could have in order to intentionally be the fucking bogeyman that unites the rest of us.

I mean, we really do need just this sort of Presidency to get the rest of us off our asses and sorting out our differences, and if I were going to peg the sort of president we needed at just this moment, it would be a Brother Charlie president who forced the rest of us to get over ourselves and gang up on him. Seriously, we've gotten way too polarized to count as one nation anymore, borders be fucking damned.

Brother Charlie is a common story. Two brothers live together. They are always fighting, on the verge of never speaking to one another again. So their older brother Charlie comes to visit. He sees how badly things are going. He fakes an accident, stays for an extended time, and makes his brothers take care of him the whole time. He's intentionally demanding, and pushy, and forces the other brothers to get along by being such a fucking thorn in their side that they put aside their differences and make him leave. By the end, they really don't remember why they were fighting in the first place. Until we can have a truly good leader, we need to go to the negotiating table and find common ground again.

I'm sure I'm wrong. Trump probably really is a lunatic. He's the natural conclusion of the Neo-con slide the Reps have been going through since the Clinton days lead to Bush. But I can hope he's faking it, because if he is then he'll know where to draw the line before actually killing the country.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#166157: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:18:53 AM

If this is a plan by Trump, it's one he's had since he was born. He's been like this his whole life.

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#166158: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:20:52 AM

There was a saying that a Fool and His Money are soon parted

I see now that was a comforting lie to placate the masses.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#166159: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:22:54 AM

[up][up]Yes-no. You need to be born with most of the building blocks, but early and late childhood experiences are truly what erect the whole personality disorder you wind up with. In short: somebody get Barron out of that family, please: there's not much time, but the window is still open to intervene and help the lad before he picks up all the bad habits they have to offer.

Dysfunctional family is dysfunctional. This is what we as a society get for treating such things as entertainment rather than warning signs that people need help. Roll up, roll up! Watch the Osborne and Trump families get hilariously freaky! Not dangerous at all!

edited 11th Jan '17 8:36:02 AM by Euodiachloris

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#166160: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:31:18 AM

In every photograph, Barron looks like he really wants to die. Poor kid.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166161: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:34:08 AM

“If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that’s called an asset, not a liability.”

Dear god.

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blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#166163: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:38:07 AM

What's that? A rich dude, who inherited his wealth from his rich daddy and rich granddaddy naming his kid after a noble title?

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166164: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:38:18 AM

Now he's insulting the press and claiming nobody cares about his tax returns.

edited 11th Jan '17 8:39:06 AM by iflewaway

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blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#166165: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:40:02 AM

Yes that damned Lugenpresse. Besmirching mein Fuhrer's beloved name.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#166166: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:40:23 AM

[up][up][up]The extra R gives it just the right amount of white trash.

edited 11th Jan '17 8:40:39 AM by CrimsonZephyr

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#166167: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:42:01 AM

Oh that poor child...

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#166168: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:42:52 AM

[up][up]It's not trashy (nor indicative of a narcissistic urge to make sure you know that people mean your kid-and-extension-of-you is definitely being meant because spelling it differently makes it special) It's an anti-autocorrection measure! tongue

edited 11th Jan '17 8:51:40 AM by Euodiachloris

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#166169: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:48:51 AM

So Trump just simply.... walked off the stage as the questions were getting too good.

Thin skinned!

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166171: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:53:55 AM

He's back! And more inarticulate than ever!

edited 11th Jan '17 8:55:21 AM by iflewaway

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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#166172: Jan 11th 2017 at 8:59:02 AM

Obama's first press conference was about job stimulus packages and not stepping on the out-going President's toes during the transition.

Trump's first press conference is bitching about the unfair media and trying to convince people that he's not a walking conflict of interest, while trying to defend his interests.

iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166173: Jan 11th 2017 at 9:08:22 AM

This is going off the rails

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#166174: Jan 11th 2017 at 9:09:14 AM

go ahead go ahead, not you not you your organization is horrible, not you not you go ahead, not you your organization is fake news

Now you complain about fake news.

Inter arma enim silent leges
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#166175: Jan 11th 2017 at 9:09:18 AM

President Obama gave an interview to Trevor Noah some time ago. The Youtube comments said it best. "America went from this man to Trump?" And every single press conference will remind us of the difference.

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives

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