haresfur wrote: 
  When it comes to Trump, that question works for ANY subject. 


"Miss me yet?"

Putin Agrees to Receive Intelligence Briefings in Trump's Place

~ Andy Borowitz 

 Steely_D wrote: 
...or Gerald Ford.

 islander wrote: 
Kinda like Bush 1

 haresfur wrote: 

There were several times during the primaries and a couple of time during the general election that I thought that Trump was trying to lose.
This has crossed my mind again with recent things done by him.
But I guess I'm wrong, this is how he will "govern", we'll just have to hope that the checks and balances kick in in time
 

Donald Trump says he would rather be Man of The Year because Person of The Year is 'politically correct'

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
I know a lot of people disagree with me, but Pence is obvious and traditional. There are checks in place that will work with him, even with a single party in control.  I can't see Pence getting a second term, and I can't see him getting a lot of his crazy in place as a sub in. 

 islander wrote: 
Then what? We get Mike Pence. yay.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
At some point, one of these corporate victims of twitter terrorism is going to tire of being distraction fodder. 

If it weren't so terrifying, it would be fun to watch this man make a complete fool of himself on a daily basis.

Trump revokes Post press credentials, calling the paper ‘dishonest’ and ‘phony’

...and l'enfant terrible's reign hasn't even begun. He has the emotional depth and maturity of a two year-old.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Part of the fabric of America's first (known) coup d' etat.

 haresfur wrote: 
And he keeps referring to the Russian influence as irrelevant because he was elected in a "massive landslide victory."


 

Trump’s margin of victory ranked 46th out of 58 U.S. presidential elections. 

Contradicting settled science, Donald Trump says "nobody really knows" on climate change

It's just Chinese mythology, you know. 

 Steely_D wrote: 
Why would he need briefings if he makes up his mind on things like Russian interference in the election without hearing the evidence?

 Steely_D wrote: 
This is scary as hell. GW Bush and his senior advisors (including his National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice) were warned repeatedly in the spring and summer of 2001 that Al Qaeda was about to attack the US.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/opinion/the-bush-white-house-was-deaf-to-9-11-warnings.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/13/george_w_bush_s_white_house_ignored_these_extremely_dramatic_pre_9_11_warnings.html

http://www.politico.eu/article/attacks-will-be-spectacular-cia-war-on-terror-bush-bin-laden/

And in case you've forgotten, Trump said in October 2015 that Dubya deserved blame for Al Qaeda's successful attack on the World Trade Center towers. Republicans were shocked and outraged by Trump's comment—but he was right. Bush and his team dismissed or downplayed the threat of Al Qaeda and ignored warnings that AQ and other terrorist groups were planning an attack on American soil. Intelligence groups within the US government were greatly concerned that Bush didn't appear to be absorbing or responding to their warnings. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/did-george-w-bush-do-all-he-could-to-prevent-911/411175/

But Trump? He doesn't need those presidential daily briefings. He's, like, a smart person. Even though he repeatedly exposed his own foreign policy ignorance during the campaign. Don't you feel so safe?

I imagine that Trump-named properties will be at the top of target lists for AQ and ISIS.