President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

As ever, the "best people."

 

It's actually pretty easy. When they claim something is "fake news," it's typically true. When they claim they are patriots, they are anything but. The populace simply needs to use its George Costanza translator and assume that the opposite of what they say is actually the truth.

 

‘Warning Lights Are Blinking Red,’ Top Intelligence Officer Says of Russian Attacks

The nation’s top intelligence officer said on Friday that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

That note of alarm sounded by Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, came on the same day that 12 Russian agents were indicted on charges of hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Mr. Coats said those indictments illustrated Moscow’s continuing strategy to undermine the United States’ democracy and erode its institutions.

“The warning lights are blinking red again,” Mr. Coats said as he cautioned of cyberthreats. “Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.”

 

How are we gonna fix that trade imbalance if Ivanka can't sell her swag there?

 

My American friends are asking me about President Trump’s observation that the British "like him."

I regret this is quite unfounded.

The explanation for this canard is that Trump is pronoid.

Pronoid is the opposite of paranoid. A paranoid person thinks, without any basis in reality, that everybody is out to get them. A pronoid person is someone who thinks, without any basis in reality, that everybody likes them.

The fact is that the British loathe Donald Trump.

This is because he is the polar opposite of a "Gentleman," who has qualities the British admire. A fine example is Gareth Southgate.

To the British, a "Gentleman" is a man who is modest, well-mannered, self deprecating, quietly intelligent, considerate of other people’s feeling, and well-informed.

He is not vulgar, inflated, vain, boastful, noisily ignorant, sleazy and common as muck.

I hope this clears up any confusion.

– JOHN CLEESE

 

Russian Hackers Kept DNC Backdoor Longer Than Anyone Knew

 

I laughed when I saw a headline that protocol dictates the President does not kiss the queen. As if that was the worst thing that might happen.

 

Yeah, but that is only if the queen has a date with another person that night.

 

Ha. I always enjoy when you and your cronies start calling others dopes or dummies. And speaking of tired schtick. "Abortion, amazing father, abortion, my kid did something, abortion, I'm such a wonderful father, abortion, abortion, abortion."

 

Subtle /crossthread. Bravo.

 

Just go with Martyr Dad. It encompasses all of that.