President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Well, let's get cran a Nobel Prize too.

 

The most exciting word in that headline, by a wide margin, is "chart." That's what made me click through.

 

Holy shit, war with Iran is a goal for people. Morons who probably cross themselves when they pass a recruiting office and would shit themselves if a mosque opened within a mile of there domicile.

 

Back to the wine, Neville.

 

Touch 'em all ...

 

Yes, I read the Politico story. There's very little there. You've got a a few unnamed federal prosecutors who are disgruntled because there cases against a handful of low-level operatives never came to fruition. Tough shit.

 

Oy vey.

 

Hey, smarties, tell me why Trump gets it, and this guy doesn't ...



Ex-President Obama on Monday decried the influence of money in politics and the polarization he blamed on social media and the explosive growth of cable TV.

“It’s harder and harder to find common ground because of money in politics, special interests dominate the debates in Washington in ways which don’t match up with the road a majority of Americans feel,” Obama said during a discussion with high school and college students at the University of Chicago, his first public speech since leaving office.

The president had vowed to steer clear of current political debates and not get into a spitting match with President Trump.

Instead, Obama spoke in general about the state of the country as he sees it.

“One thing I’m absolutely convinced of is that, yes, we can confront a whole range of challenges from economic inequality and lack of opportunity to a criminal justice system that too often is skewed in ways which are unproductive, climate change to issues related to violence,” he said.

“All those problems are serious, they’re daunting, but they’re not insoluble.”

He said social media and the growth of cable TV and talk radio had led to a coarsening of political debate because, in many cases, people only seek out information that reinforces their own beliefs.

“Because of changes in the media, we now have a situation in which everybody’s listening to people who already agree with them and are further and further reinforcing their own realities to the neglect of a common reality that allows us to have a healthy debate and then try to find common ground and actually move solutions forward,” he said.

http://nypost.com/2017/04/24/obama-...ebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook

 

I hope master negotiator Trump can get Russia to quit supplying the Taliban with weapons.

 

Journalism style question: Is Obama an "ex-President"? I would have thought it proper to refer to him as "former President."

 

Hey, @yankeefan, can you find the turd in this photo spread?

 

It should be "former President." But it's the Post. "Ex" gives a negative connotation.