President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[Inky_Wretch]

Why do we need a missile defense shield if we are allied with Russia?

 

[Neutral Corner]

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Why do we need a missile defense shield if we are allied with Russia?

The Yellow Peril.

 

[Twirling Time]

Why do we need a missile defense shield if we are allied with Russia?

Chyna

 

[garrow]

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

Why do we need a missile defense shield if we are allied with Russia?

Because Oceania is at war with East Asia. Oceania has always been at war with East Asia.

 

[WriteThinking]

I'd gladly pony up the money for The Atlantic, but I wouldn't have enough time to dig in and enjoy it day to day. Or week to week, for that matter. But I subscribe to its daily One Story newsletter, and it usually gives me a quick look of the thrust of one good Atlantic story a day, and someday I'll have time for the real thing.

Anyway, this is today's newsletter. One fast take, and better than memes, or Twitter threads I can't page through. And this one is gold, a putdown anecdote about Hitler, but the broader message is clear: It's really about Trump, too. I'm guessing that's where the compete story navigates. And how our society is falling for the same bullshirt we were smart enough to recognize and destroy somewhere else 80 years ago.

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Here's the full story link, if anyone wants to read it. Like most everything else The Atlantic has done over the past couple of years, it is excellent -- informative, interesting, and devastating.

What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler

Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.

www.theatlantic.com

And this paragraph about halfway down the lengthy article? You can hardly tell if it is talking about Hitler, or Trump. Seriously.

According to Prinzhorn, Hitler's calculated and mesmerizing combination of volume, rhythm, modulation, and repetition induced the suspension of logic and reason in rally attendees, generating an emotional response in his followers that rendered him nearly impervious to rational attack by political opponents and probing reporters. "They keep thinking they've hit on a crucial point when they say that Hitler's speeches are meaningless and empty," Prinzhorn observed of reporters. "But intellectual judgments of the Hitler experience miss the point entirely." Ambassador Sackett called Hitler "one of the biggest showmen since P. T. Barnum," an "indefatigable spellbinder" with an uncanny capacity for "twisting events" to suit his "fancies and purposes."

 

[Tarheel316]

He's a forking moron.

 

[Tarheel316]

Because Oceania is at war with East Asia. Oceania has always been at war with East Asia.

George Orwell would be proud.

 

[micropolitan guy]

He's a forking moron.

Eating is overrated. So is living under a roof when you can just live outside!

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

He's a forking moron.

Who? Trump, or the Commerce Secretary? Cause that can apply to both.

 

[hondo]

Maybe this belongs on the golf thread but the irony is too delicious. Kai Trump played in the Sage Valley Invitational, one of the top junior events in the country. She probably didn't deserve the spot and then proceeded to to prove that by finishing DFL, 52-over par with 89s in the first and fourth rounds (and 20 shots behind the girl who was next-to-last.
The winner was Aphrodite Deng — from Canada.
Next executive order: deporting all Canadian junior golfers.
PS: See what happens when a Trump has to count them all and putt it out.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Latinos for Trump:

U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport

A total of 532,000 migrants from from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela entered the U.S. under the CHNV policy.

www.cbsnews.com