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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#168176: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:30:07 PM

I'm wondering now, will we hit a point where Trump complains about "fake news" or "dishonest media" so much that if/when the media actually does try to fake something to discredit him it will be taken as Crying Wolf?

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#168177: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:30:18 PM

do you have a history with screwing the average worker figuratively and women outside your wedlock literally?
I mean, I'm a middle manager, isn't that enough screwing the average worker?
I assume you'll also need wealth, connections and a certain level of oratory.
You need to be rich and shameless too. Also the very embodiment of everything you're vilifying.
... 2 out of 5?
Obama pauses at one point to step behind Trump so that he doesn't bump into the one officer's saluting arm, and salutes them both quickly as he walks by, and he does it without breaking conversation with Trump.

Trump didn't acknowledge the two officers at all.

But don't forget that one time Obama saluted while holding a coffee cup.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168178: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:31:28 PM

"If you truly want to test a man's character, give him power."

Obama, Lincoln, FDR, among others they all passed this test with flying colors.

Trump is about to flunk with all 0s.

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#168179: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:33:23 PM

“I am so behind you,“ Trump said, adding, “You’re gonna get so much backing. Maybe you’re gonna say, please, don't give us so much backing, Mr. President, please, we don’t need that much backing.”
The only thing more offensive than Trump thinking anyone believes this crap, is the fact that people actually do.

Trump repeated another campaign line — about how the United States should have taken the oil when it invaded Iraq — and said, “maybe you’ll have another chance," without further explanation.
How reassuring.

edited 21st Jan '17 2:34:06 PM by Eschaton

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168180: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:35:22 PM

Oh, and btw Trump has two picture of the inauguration crowd in the press briefing room.

This guy is such an insecure child.

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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#168181: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:44:22 PM

Trump repeated another campaign line — about how the United States should have taken the oil when it invaded Iraq — and said, “maybe you’ll have another chance," without further explanation.

He tries to start a 3rd Iraq War, and he will be out so fast his head will spin.

Also, I've found a new word that best describes Trump's politicis: Caeserism. Trump fits the Caeserist criteria to a near T.

PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#168182: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:44:29 PM

...Meh. There's nothin anomalous about Trump's inauguration attendance compared to previous attendance rates. Obama's inauguration was a historic event and it's the most recent one in memory so of course people would cite it.

Trump's "paltry" attendance isn't really indicative of anythin'.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
StarOutlaw Since: Nov, 2010
#168183: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:45:50 PM

What a convenient angle that inauguration photo is for him. Makes it harder to tell there's so few people. All about perspective...

edited 21st Jan '17 2:46:34 PM by StarOutlaw

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168184: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:47:52 PM

[up][up] I don't know what previous inauguration figures were like, but it's noteworthy because it runs utterly counter to the narrative surrounding Trump. (And I also have seen plenty of people who live or work in DC saying that the enthusiasm and turnout for this inauguration was pathetic compared to previous ones.)

Best part is when he took over the POTUS account, and briefly used a picture from Obama's inaguration (which had lots of cheering crowds and waving flags) for his banner image.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#168185: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:48:16 PM

Why does he want to go back to torturing people? IT DOESN'T WORK.

Do not obey in advance.
PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#168186: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:50:49 PM

Accordin to the Times 300,000 attended Bush' first inauguration and 400,000 attended his second. The reported numbers only go down from there.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168187: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:51:09 PM

[up][up] Because he's ignorant enough to think it gets results, and cruel enough to love the idea.

edited 21st Jan '17 2:51:22 PM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#168188: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:51:14 PM

[up][up][up] It must be a power thing. It's the only reason I can think of.

There's no way Torture Rules are being loosened under his Term, though. That'd require Republicans to actively vote for Torture to come back, and it'd require the two people who are responsible for any War Prisoner Torturing (Sec. of Defense and Sec. of Homeland Security) to actively support it (which both are on record saying Torture doesn't work).

edited 21st Jan '17 2:51:32 PM by DingoWalley1

StarOutlaw Since: Nov, 2010
#168189: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:51:56 PM

Is it bad whenever he mentions torture, I feel like he needs to be waterboarded just to see for himself how effective it is? I feel like going through torture resistance training would be something that top officials need, right?

....I can't tell if being water boarded with urine is something Trump would hate or get off on.

edited 21st Jan '17 2:52:48 PM by StarOutlaw

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#168190: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:52:55 PM

But it makes us feel good. What kind of country are we if we can't butcher our enemies?

Some more from the CIA speech.

It seemed at every turn, Trump would pivot to himself. As he talked about his choice to lead the CIA Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Trump noted that he himself was smart.

"I met him and I said, he is so good. Number one in his class at West Point. I know a lot about West Point, and I'm a person that very strongly believes in academics. In fact, every time I say I had an uncle who was a great professor at M.I.T. for 35 years, who did a fantastic job in so many ways," Trump said. "He was an academic genius, and then they say, there's Donald Trump, an intellectual, trust me, I'm like a smart person."

Jesus Christ this guy is so fucking dumb.

"When I was young, we were always winning things in this country. Would win with trade. Would win with wars. And at a certain age, I remember hearing from one of my instructors the United States has never lost a war. And then after that, it's like, we haven't won anything."
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#168191: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:54:45 PM
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#168192: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:57:03 PM

I'm back. The march went on without incident and there was a general positive and uplifting atmosphere. My feet are killing me.

i'm tired, my friend
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#168193: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:57:11 PM

I was kind of angry when Trump thanked the world for his new position...I was all: Don't thank me, I didn't have a vote!

Is it correct that half a million women protested in Washington alone?

edited 21st Jan '17 2:57:40 PM by Swanpride

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#168194: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:57:54 PM

I can't believe that piece of shit left without actually answering any questions.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#168195: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:57:56 PM

This one guy on a Fox News show simulated water boarding. He stopped it almost immediately; he'd nearly drowned as a child. He came to the conclusion that water boarding is torture. He had the balls to say that.

edited 21st Jan '17 2:58:23 PM by BearyScary

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168196: Jan 21st 2017 at 3:00:11 PM

[up][up][up] You bet it is. With hundreds of thousands more protesting in cities all across the nation. And the world.

Seriously, there was a protest in Antarctica.

edited 21st Jan '17 3:00:21 PM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#168197: Jan 21st 2017 at 3:02:04 PM

If you torture someone, they'll say anything to get out of it. A sociopath might think that seems great for the propaganda, but in actuality, it creates way more problems, because if you've forced someone into confessing to something they didn't do and you treat that like a victory...the actual guilty party is still out there somewhere, and you just handed them a great propaganda opportunity.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168198: Jan 21st 2017 at 3:09:31 PM

Holy shit. Did you guys see that press briefing?

Trump's Press Secretary lied his ass off, talking about crowd sizes and the like. Even FOX was baffled.

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168199: Jan 21st 2017 at 3:11:03 PM

It sounds like it was pretty straight-up fascist material. We all knew it was coming.

Rewriting history, trampling facts, repeating falsehoods ad nauseum, threatening the media, vowing action against "dissent."

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#168200: Jan 21st 2017 at 3:15:28 PM

Trump himself already had a pretty big(ly) one when he said he didn't promise Carrier anything.

I expect more and more of those as time goes on.

"Well, when I said a wall, I didn't mean it like that you know, a literal one, between Mexico and the US! It's not my fault everyone took it that way!"


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