a proposal from the White House to cut funding for airport security programs and hike passenger security fees tacked onto airline tickets.
And a TSA grant program that provides money for state and local law enforcement to patrol airports would be completely eliminated
Those Trump voters hot and bothered about "protecting our borders" lose.
More recessionary policies.
Grasping at straws wrote:
You are grasping at straws. Just because Trump voters do not agree with everything he is doing does not in any way mean they would have voted for Hillary or will vote against him in the next election.
Pretty much no Trump voters will vote against him in the next election...or, at least they won't in the general election. Very hard to beat an incumbent in the primary, so if he's still around then, he will likely win the primary (unless impeachment and conviction is imminent at that point), BUT many may just stay home. Lots of voters who voted for Trump hadn't voted in years, and they won't all be motivated to vote for him again unless there's a big turn around, because he just can't deliver on his promises. Couple that with a more energized Democrat base, and he will have a hard time winning a second term. I don't know why, but Democrats weren't aware of how bad a guy Trump is before, but his brief presidency so far has been a wake up call for many of them.
Jeb Bush and John Kasich had it right...and they have both said "I told you so". Good for them. Kasich is one good guy (even though he's wrong about a few things).
Flagpole wrote:
Grasping at straws wrote:You are grasping at straws. Just because Trump voters do not agree with everything he is doing does not in any way mean they would have voted for Hillary or will vote against him in the next election.
Pretty much no Trump voters will vote against him in the next election...or, at least they won't in the general election. Very hard to beat an incumbent in the primary, so if he's still around then, he will likely win the primary (unless impeachment and conviction is imminent at that point), BUT many may just stay home. Lots of voters who voted for Trump hadn't voted in years, and they won't all be motivated to vote for him again unless there's a big turn around, because he just can't deliver on his promises. Couple that with a more energized Democrat base, and he will have a hard time winning a second term. I don't know why, but Democrats weren't aware of how bad a guy Trump is before, but his brief presidency so far has been a wake up call for many of them.
Jeb Bush and John Kasich had it right...and they have both said "I told you so". Good for them. Kasich is one good guy (even though he's wrong about a few things).
Man I have to give it to you. You have some cajones for making predictions again
Phife wrote:
Flagpole wrote:Pretty much no Trump voters will vote against him in the next election...or, at least they won't in the general election. Very hard to beat an incumbent in the primary, so if he's still around then, he will likely win the primary (unless impeachment and conviction is imminent at that point), BUT many may just stay home. Lots of voters who voted for Trump hadn't voted in years, and they won't all be motivated to vote for him again unless there's a big turn around, because he just can't deliver on his promises. Couple that with a more energized Democrat base, and he will have a hard time winning a second term. I don't know why, but Democrats weren't aware of how bad a guy Trump is before, but his brief presidency so far has been a wake up call for many of them.
Jeb Bush and John Kasich had it right...and they have both said "I told you so". Good for them. Kasich is one good guy (even though he's wrong about a few things).
Man I have to give it to you. You have some cajones for making predictions again
Did all those people like Karl Rove who predicted Romney would defeat Obama stop making predictions?
eric a blair wrote:
https://twitter.com/BennSteil/status/867839218181165056
Gianforte is a nutbar. He's one of those young Earth people who believes that the Earth is 6000-6400 years old.
Here's a bit from his Wikipedia page - "He donated $1.5 million to the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum in Glendive, Montana, a creationist museum which teaches visitors that evolution is false, the Earth is about 6,000-6,400 years old, that dinosaurs were on the Ark and that they likely died out 4,300 years ago during the flood described in the Book of Genesis."
He attends Grace Bible Church (of course he does) and apparently they teach him there that he can put both his hands around the neck of a reporter and slam him to the ground. Sounds like one h3ll of a guy!
Flagpole wrote:
eric a blair wrote:Hey Flagpole
ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE:
-- Carrier, the company Trump pledged to keep on American soil, just informed the state of Indiana that it will soon begin cutting 632 workers from its Indianapolis factory. “The manufacturing jobs will move to Monterrey, Mexico, where the minimum wage is $3.90,†Daniel Paquette reports.
Trump told Indiana residents at a rally last year that, if he got elected, there was a “100 percent chance†he would save these jobs at the heating and air-conditioning manufacturer. "It’s not like we have an 80 percent chance of keeping them or a 95 percent chance,†he said. “100 percent!!â€
Methinks Trump needs a lesson on probability.
I love it when you say stuff like that.
eric a blair wrote:
https://twitter.com/BennSteil/status/867839218181165056
He'll still win the Montana race--this probably helped him. He'll win by an even larger margin now I would guess. People who are of the Trump "type" will be MORE inclined to vote for him after the body slamming thing.
Sources are saying that Flynn is talking to the Feds, trying to make a deal. Probably wants to save his son from a long prison term.
After today's sh*tshow at NATO don't be surprised if we start seeing more leaks. Our allies don't trust Trump and they have A LOT of information that can be shared publicly. A tape here, a transcript there.
Not good for Trumpers.
Freedomlibertypatriot wrote:
eric a blair wrote:https://twitter.com/BennSteil/status/867839218181165056He'll still win the Montana race--this probably helped him. He'll win by an even larger margin now I would guess. People who are of the Trump "type" will be MORE inclined to vote for him after the body slamming thing.
I suspect that you could be right, but I hope not.
I hope that the people of Montana show themselves to be decent and peace-loving.
Gianforte is a disgrace to anyone who calls themselves a Christian.
Freedomlibertypatriot wrote:
eric a blair wrote:https://twitter.com/BennSteil/status/867839218181165056He'll still win the Montana race--this probably helped him. He'll win by an even larger margin now I would guess. People who are of the Trump "type" will be MORE inclined to vote for him after the body slamming thing.
This will a good measure of these people. Can they really be that low?
Fat hurts wrote:
Freedomlibertypatriot wrote:He'll still win the Montana race--this probably helped him. He'll win by an even larger margin now I would guess. People who are of the Trump "type" will be MORE inclined to vote for him after the body slamming thing.
I suspect that you could be right, but I hope not.
I hope that the people of Montana show themselves to be decent and peace-loving.
Gianforte is a disgrace to anyone who calls themselves a Christian.
the problem is of course early voting - over half of the ballots were submitted before election day. So the repub will win.
would have been interesting had there been no early voting.
Might be official. Trump destroys all who work with him. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/jared-kushner-now-under-fbi-scrutiny-in-russia-probe-say-officials-nbc.html
Eric a Blair wrote:
Might be official. Trump destroys all who work with him.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/jared-kushner-now-under-fbi-scrutiny-in-russia-probe-say-officials-nbc.html
Fake news!
Eric a Blair wrote:
Might be official. Trump destroys all who work with him.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/jared-kushner-now-under-fbi-scrutiny-in-russia-probe-say-officials-nbc.html
Would be fascinating to see how this plays out IF (big if) Kushner gets into serious trouble. I don't think Ivanka would be too happy about that. And she seems to be the only one whose affection the Dumpster simply couldn't live without.
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Eric a Blair wrote:
Might be official. Trump destroys all who work with him.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/jared-kushner-now-under-fbi-scrutiny-in-russia-probe-say-officials-nbc.html
Money Laundering is the game Trump plays. Kushner is a willing accomplice.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/deutsche-bank-that-lent-300m-to-trump-linked-to-russian-money-laundering-scamTrumpettes are NOT Americans!
And the Russian laundering goes way back:
Trump's casino was a money laundering concern shortly after it opened
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/trump-taj-mahal/index.html
Money Laundry wrote:
Eric a Blair wrote:Might be official. Trump destroys all who work with him.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/jared-kushner-now-under-fbi-scrutiny-in-russia-probe-say-officials-nbc.htmlMoney Laundering is the game Trump plays. Kushner is a willing accomplice.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/deutsche-bank-that-lent-300m-to-trump-linked-to-russian-money-laundering-scam
agreed - this is not really about collusion - if they find something it's going to be a financial crime. Could be related to the campaign, might not be.
If there is one thing I'd say is 100% likely it is that Trump or the Trump Org has broken financial laws. That's why Trump was so anxious to stop the FBI.