Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Trollminator wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

So I was thinking about getting Bob Woodward's new book, Fear. I looked on Amazon and read the Prologue.

Now I'm not sure I can bring myself to read any more of it. Even though I had already heard news reports about what the prologue said, I was stunned. And scared. To read Woodward's full account was a truly frightening experience.

Things are much, much worse than I thought.

Don’t worry I’ll tell you all about it and as sad as it will be you will not be surprised by any of it.

I read the Prologue and the first chapter too. I've heard news people talk about the book almost endlessly for the last week. Nothing I have read or heard surprises me one bit. Just confirmation of what Michael Wolff said in his book, what Omarsosa said in her book, what the writer of the op-ed piece said, what people close to the president have reportedly said to reporters off the record, what Senator Bob Corker has said and Jeff Flake and Mark Cuban and on and on and on. He is ill-prepared to be the President. He doesn't study issues. He doesn't read. He doesn't work like Presidents typically do...not as long, not as in depth.

There is a mountain of evidence that Trump doesn't ever read anything of substance. The staffers have to pepper documents with his name so he continues reading. He prefers pictures and graphs. He watches an inordinate amount of television and golfs and drinks Coke and eats McDonald's. He is not an ideologue and likely wouldn't know what one is. He frequently has tantrums and is not good to people in the White House. He reportedly doesn't know anything about anything.

On top of all that of course, he lies like a rug and he's a criminal.

So, he has about a 5th or 6th grade understanding of things in general, he doesn't want to learn anything, he is not nice to people who work in his Administration, and he is reckless and chaotic.

Color me surprised [sarcasm].

From our "in the news" department:

10 out of 10 top opioid use per capita states voted for Trump

8 out of 10 lowest opioid use states voted for Clinton

Conclusion: Pathetic losers are Trump's base.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chart-u-s-opioid-crisis-holding-back-certain-states-183503446.html

Meanwhile, the Russian connection of Papadopoulos (a key witness in the Russia investigation) is missing and is suspected to be dead. Whoda thunk it?

https://www.redstate.com/diary/ElizabethVaughn/2018/09/09/dnc-joseph-mifsud-professor-informed-papadopoulos-russian-dirt-clinton-missing-may-dead/

Gee, I wonder why Manafort is not so keen on flipping.

Good mourning! How are all you LRC stable geniuses doing this fine am?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/12/trump-speaks-after-nato-summit-stable-genius-newday-vpx.cnn

Now that the Muller probe is coming to an end, the Democrats are going to pay a price. Now, all the corrupt FBI/DOJ, Obama officials will be on the firing line.

I predict the Republicans will keep the house and the senate.

It should be fun to see people taking the sword for the "Messiah".

Fat hurts wrote:

So I was thinking about getting Bob Woodward's new book, Fear. I looked on Amazon and read the Prologue.

Now I'm not sure I can bring myself to read any more of it. Even though I had already heard news reports about what the prologue said, I was stunned. And scared. To read Woodward's full account was a truly frightening experience.

Things are much, much worse than I thought.

Bob Woodward is a liar...

Either that or Trump is a liar.

One of the two is correct.

I can't seem to determine which one is more likely to lie and who seems more trustworthy.

Don't worry humperdoo clones ... The short bus is coming.

_its_baddude wrote:

Now that the Muller probe is coming to an end, the Democrats are going to pay a price. Now, all the corrupt FBI/DOJ, Obama officials will be on the firing line.

I predict the Republicans will keep the house and the senate.

It should be fun to see people taking the sword for the "Messiah".

Fat hurts wrote:

So I was thinking about getting Bob Woodward's new book, Fear. I looked on Amazon and read the Prologue.

Now I'm not sure I can bring myself to read any more of it. Even though I had already heard news reports about what the prologue said, I was stunned. And scared. To read Woodward's full account was a truly frightening experience.

Things are much, much worse than I thought.

Not sure why you or anyone else thought things would be different. This is pretty much exactly what I suspected a Trump presidency would be like, even with this anonymous op-ed person.

If you wanna break the status quo then you have to have political savvy which Trump of course has zero.

Started reading the book. Opening is already hilarious. Cohn and Porter spending almost all of their time trying to keep Trump from saying and doing stupid things, like break up our trade agreement with South Korea and as a result dismantling our security set up in the region. According rob Cohn, Trump is incapable of doing the most basic cost benefit assessment. He was willing to throw away our military presence in Korea including our missile defense capabilities because of a tiny trade deficit.

They basically would run into the Oval Office whenever Trump wasn’t in and remove all sorts of drafted documents from his desk and lock them up somewhere so he couldn’t sign them. The best part is of course he would simply not even notice and days later start to ramble again about the issues. This is the genius that Gary voted for.

_its_baddude wrote:

Now that the Muller probe is coming to an end, the Democrats are going to pay a price. Now, all the corrupt FBI/DOJ, Obama officials will be on the firing line.

I predict the Republicans will keep the house and the senate.

It should be fun to see people taking the sword for the "Messiah".

Well, that's one bad prediction.

Democrats will take the House for sure.

Democrats are maxine waters lovers.

That’s hilarious!!!!!!

Nothing better than watching hillary lovers continue to have meltdowns!!!!

Mueller?

Mueller?

Mueller?

Mattis gets called in to help convince Trump that screwing with South Korea was simply a terrible idea. Trump says he doesn’t want to spend any money to protect South Korea, it’s a total waste he says. Mattis has to try to get him to understand the missile defense is for US not them. Trump didn’t seem to grasp the idea of us being there for our own defense. The reaction time of our missile defense system in South Korea was 7 seconds, vs 17minutes for the next closest one in Alaska. It would take about a half hour for a nuke to hit the US. Trump was unable to understand the defense value of keeping it in SK. The back and forths described in the book are priceless. It’s basically the cabinet walking on the edge of a cliff 24/7 trying to stop him from executing most of his impulsive decisions. Advisors, lawyers, family members can’t convey simple arguments to him. Trump cannot sea with multiple facts at once, the arguments are too much for him - they irritate him quickly and he reverts back to irrational ideas quickly. They are basically dealing with a reetard, there is no more accurate way to say it.

L L wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

So I was thinking about getting Bob Woodward's new book, Fear. I looked on Amazon and read the Prologue.

Now I'm not sure I can bring myself to read any more of it. Even though I had already heard news reports about what the prologue said, I was stunned. And scared. To read Woodward's full account was a truly frightening experience.

Things are much, much worse than I thought.

Bob Woodward is a liar...

Either that or Trump is a liar.

One of the two is correct.

I can't seem to determine which one is more likely to lie and who seems more trustworthy.

I am going to say something that may seem surprising.

I will preface it by saying that Bob Woodward was one of my journalism heroes as a young journalist. He, along with Carl Bernstein, is on the Mount Rushmore of print journalists. I also believe him much more than Trump or Trump's supporters any day, and I don't believe he fabricated any of that book.

However...I have seen him in a couple of interviews so far, and it doesn't appear to me that he tried hard enough to talk to some of the people, including Trump, to whom quotes were assigned by others for their side of the story. I suppose it isn't absolutely necessary for this kind of book, but his description of trying to talk to some of them, including the Trump phone conversation, made it seem like he wasn't as diligent as he could have been.

Also, I know the man is 75, but he doesn't come off in interviews quite as sharp as his partner Carl Bernstein. Reminds me of the time Joe Namath was drunk and wanted to kiss a female reporter.

I love Bob Woodward, but unfortunately perception becomes reality for many people. I wish he were a little better in interviews.

Fat hurts wrote:

not so sure about that wrote:

That amounts to being opposed to contraception.

‘Sinful’ is according to them. I know this is labouring the point and that most evangelicals are lovely people but it’s disingenuous to pretend that they don’t oppose contraception.

We have already established that they don't oppose contraception per se. They think it's hunky dory as long as you are married.

There is nothing disingenuous about it.

Then they can't claim to be FOR the availability of contraception if there are limiting conditions attached. What they are FOR is limiting its availability. Which is the whole problem. The contradictory viewpoint (if you want fewer abortions) that started this conversation.

Flagpole wrote:

However...I have seen him [Woodward] in a couple of interviews so far, and it doesn't appear to me that he tried hard enough to talk to some of the people, including Trump, to whom quotes were assigned by others for their side of the story. I suppose it isn't absolutely necessary for this kind of book, but his description of trying to talk to some of them, including the Trump phone conversation, made it seem like he wasn't as diligent as he could have been.

I guess you're just trolling for a response now.

He spoke to Kellyanne who speaks to Trump every day. She was in the room with Trump saying that she sent his request to someone else, but not Trump.

That proves Woodward's point. People are hiding things from Trump to keep him from doing stupid things.

What would Woodward get from talking to Trump?

A bunch of lies and denials in recorded conversations that would then go public.

It would be an unnoficial Mueller interrogation.

He got through to speak to Trump only because the book was done.

He didn't dial Trump directly. Someone finally patched him through.

Notice he hasn't done another Lester Holt type of interview since then because he admitted he fired Comey for personal reasons, not because of Rosenstein's advice.

His people are protecting him from lying on the record in response to questions he doesn't have in advance.

Woodward had no chance of getting a real interview with Trump.

In the Knews wrote:

Meanwhile, the Russian connection of Papadopoulos (a key witness in the Russia investigation) is missing and is suspected to be dead. Whoda thunk it?

www redstate com

Gee, I wonder why Manafort is not so keen on flipping.

Gee, Red State dot com. Must be one of those safe places for Trumpers.

Democrats are fairies wrote:

Democrats are maxine waters lovers.

That’s hilarious!!!!!!

Nothing better than watching hillary lovers continue to have meltdowns!!!!

Mueller?

Mueller?

Mueller?

Agree!

Where’s the Russian collusion? Why couldn’t regular law enforcement catch vicious criminals like manafort? The public is so much safer now.

Democrats are disgusting pieces of trash.

It's almost like he had an agenda.

I hardly think that reporting on what is for school lunch this week or the prom theme gives you the credibility to challenge Woodward.