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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    And anybody else who might hurt his feelings, which I found to be a wonderful source of amusement when somebody showed me the site.
     
  2. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    It's when Bannon hits the switch.
     
  3. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    Add this to the Gee prediction file: war with Great Britain.
     
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  4. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    There's no crying in politics!
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    If you're gonna scold, you're going to have to come loaded with something fresher than "Obama did it too," QWERTY.
     
  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Spicer: "I think the president's tweet speaks very clearly for itself."

    Damn it, now we're back to taking Trump's tweets literally and seriously!?!
     
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  7. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    The n****er did it too, the n****er did it too!
     
  8. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Many outlets reported over the weekend that two NSC members were effectively demoted from the big boys' table. I think I heard Spicer say those reports were false and that he displayed side-by-side papers to prove his point. I only heard on radio while driving. Is this what transpired today?

    Presidential Memorandum Organization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council

    If Spicer is right, is this simple laziness by the media who reported a difference? Is there, in fact, a difference in documents?
     
  9. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    And why is SecDef doing this, other than he's the only sane adult the rest will listen to or prefer not to fight?
     
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  10. Max Garcia

    Max Garcia Member


    Everything in center should shift further left (except Guardian & Wall Street Journal) and a Communist section should be added at far left. Liberal should be relabeled Socialist because that is the liberal end game.
     
  11. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

  12. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    The difference is here:

    "The PC shall have as its regular attendees the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, the Assistant to the President and Chief Strategist, the National Security Advisor, and the Homeland Security Advisor. The Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall attend where issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed. The Counsel to the President, the Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may attend all PC meetings."

    DNI and Chair of JCS were previously regular attendees for everything. They have pushed out about 85 years of experience and institutional memory, plus all the resources at the command of these two, unless they decide they want to allow them to enter the clubhouse.

    Also, Bannon has been put into it. Counsel to the President has never been a member and has seldom attended. David Axelrod did for a while, but he attended as a visitor.

    I would add that Spicer said yesterday that Bannon was added because his experience as a naval officer made him a valuable analyst. I'm not sure how that counterbalances the removal of the DNI, who has thousands of professional intelligence analysts working for him full time.
     
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