Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Thanks for the responses. It seemed a bit odd for government employees/appointees to me and I guess it is. Other than to protect proprietary information even using them in the private sector seems to point to some behavior that is “odd” being kept under wraps. But there are people who want to maintain privacy for the sake of privacy.

Former CEO wrote:

NDA Curious wrote:

Based on recent statements it appears that the trump administration is the first to use NDAs with staff. I’m curious why trump feels that is necessary. Have there been issues with past administrations that trump wants to avoid? Supposedly security clearances cover what you can and cannot divulge. Sounds like there are agreements signed specific to classified information in some cases? Even with the stuff former staff have said it doesn’t seem a NDAs were needed?

Not a trump supporter.

It’s pretty common in the corporate world to have NDAs for Sr VP and C-levels. Perhaps this is what Trump was used to and wanted to bring it to WH.

Wrong, it is common for all employees to sign NDAs in the corporate world. It is completely uncommon in government though as it relates to any upper level individual because of the conflicting interests at play. We are taking about one public servant holding other public servants to a contractual (enforceable) oath of loyalty. Obviously the conflict here is that all public servants have a duty to their country first then organization, not to any single individual. That Trump was used to NDAs in his private life hasn’t nothing to do with the set up in a government setting. Shall we just give Trump a pass on anything he’s supposedly ignorant or uninformed of???

It is not common to have managers create their own NDAs with terms that protect them. Employees sign company NDAs that are entirely divorced from who the management is. A manager cannot create their own NDA to protect them from abusive behavior, not only during their time working at a company, but forever afterwards as Trump tries to get away with.

Yep and as we have seen with the hush payments those NDAs have not even been effectively drafted by Trump’s people, so it amounts to a scare tactic. Trumpers are so far ok with such intimidation tactics and obvious conflict with officials’ duties to serve the public first. There are so many elements that should automatically disqualify Putin’s apprentice from serving in any public office capacity but it doesn’t seem the powers that crafted the controls thought citizens would end up voting someone so unethical into the WH.

Uh oh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZUdPG5FEQ

Hey everyone, I found one of Gary's cohorts.

https://i.redd.it/d4vb1lz8v8g11.jpg

Wow. So much victimhood in one photo. She's at the top claiming to be a target of oppression.

Ha.

Funny how Flagpole is dodging Strzok being fired. He knows Republicans won that battle.

Trey Gowdy and Alan Dershowitz are people like Flagpole’s worse nightmare. Unfortunately Gowdy is leaving which sucks.

By the way, Manafort trial will probably end in a mistrial.

Thisthreadisridiculous wrote:

Funny how Flagpole is dodging Strzok being fired. He knows Republicans won that battle.

Trey Gowdy and Alan Dershowitz are people like Flagpole’s worse nightmare. Unfortunately Gowdy is leaving which sucks.

By the way, Manafort trial will probably end in a mistrial.

1) I'm not dodging anything. So Peter Strzok was fired. Not really that interesting compared to the current Manafort trial and Trump's criminality.

2) Trey Gowdy is my worst nightmare? You mean the guy who said there were no spies spying on the Trump campaign? You mean the guy who led the Benghazi investigation into Hillary Clinton and came up with a big goose egg after spending much more time than Mueller has so far? You mean the guy who sees so much Republican losing that he's leaving? That guy? Um...no.

3) Dershowitz is another of my nightmares? You mean the Democrat who has sided with Trump based on one issue (Israel)? You mean the guy who has been taken to school by several legal scholars and lawyers of late? That Guy? Um...no.

4) If Manafort's trial ends in a mistrial, he will have another trial, though that may be put off while he has to go through another trial soon. He will eventually pay for being a criminal, and you should not cheer for him to get away with defrauding banks. He is also going to eventually be indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States of America.

Manafort not guilty on all charges!!!!

Manafort acquittal wrote:

Manafort not guilty on all charges!!!!

Um...no.

Flagpole wrote:

Manafort acquittal wrote:

Manafort not guilty on all charges!!!!

Um...no.

As of today, Manafort IS not guilty of any charge.

Well Well Wells wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Um...no.

As of today, Manafort IS not guilty of any charge.

Lichen are both plant and animal. Same importance as what you just wrote.

Flagpole wrote:

Well Well Wells wrote:

As of today, Manafort IS not guilty of any charge.

Lichen are both plant and animal. Same importance as what you just wrote.

I wanted - I really wanted - to agree with your post.

But you had to go and say something that is simply not true. Now why did you have to go and do that?

Lichen are most certainly NOT both plant and animal. Now, if you had the sense to say that lichen were composed of algae (or cyanobacteria) and fungi then I could have given you credit. As it is, I am simply forced to call you out as being . . .

INCORRECT!

They just finished closing arguments (~4pm EDT). I don't know whether the case will actually go to the jury today; based on my experience as attorney and juror in NYC, I would doubt it.

I'd expect the judge to give the jury's instructions tomorrow morning, actually. Don't think that the jury's been sequestered so far, but wouldn't be surprised if they were tonight.

Well Well Wells wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Lichen are both plant and animal. Same importance as what you just wrote.

I wanted - I really wanted - to agree with your post.

But you had to go and say something that is simply not true. Now why did you have to go and do that?

Lichen are most certainly NOT both plant and animal. Now, if you had the sense to say that lichen were composed of algae (or cyanobacteria) and fungi then I could have given you credit. As it is, I am simply forced to call you out as being . . .

INCORRECT!

Well...I will give you that some people will say lichen contains no animals, but lichen composed of fungi and algae (as opposed to fungi and cyanobacteria) CAN be considered both plant and animal as some algae ARE considered both plant and animal.

So, not ALL lichen would be plant and animal, but some lichen could be and would be.

Flagpole wrote:

Well Well Wells wrote:

I wanted - I really wanted - to agree with your post.

But you had to go and say something that is simply not true. Now why did you have to go and do that?

Lichen are most certainly NOT both plant and animal. Now, if you had the sense to say that lichen were composed of algae (or cyanobacteria) and fungi then I could have given you credit. As it is, I am simply forced to call you out as being . . .

INCORRECT!

Well...I will give you that some people will say lichen contains no animals, but lichen composed of fungi and algae (as opposed to fungi and cyanobacteria) CAN be considered both plant and animal as some algae ARE considered both plant and animal.

So, not ALL lichen would be plant and animal, but some lichen could be and would be.

In that case, I will grant you your point. This comes especially easily for me since it was also my point.

Well Well Wells wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Um...no.

As of today, Manafort IS not guilty of any charge.

As of today. Manafort IS not cleared of the charges against him.

+/- 4.1% margin of error. Basically at tie.

Flagpole wrote:

Uh oh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZUdPG5FEQ

XY wrote:

How comically trollish does Giuliani seem these days? He might as well be living under a bridge in NYC only coming out to serve his master. This guy is so desperate for attention he has abandoned his law and order persona just to be a role player.

Chris Matthews had an awesome comparison tonight on Hardball. He said Giuliani is like one of those clowns who stands under the basket and waves things at NBA games prior to a free throw.

Meaningless distraction