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jlf1961 -> RE: Trump may have handed dems a silver platter.... (9/26/2017 9:42:42 AM)
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ORIGINAL: BoscoX
Right
jlf is a wild-eyed howler
Blind as a bat, too
"OMFG!!! THE PRESIDENT ASKED A RHETORICAL QUESTION!!!" [sm=runaway.gif]
Once more, did you not read what the hell I wrote?
I actually have no problem with what President Trump said.
As far as 'official act,' the point is that his statement could easily be twisted to mean he is trying to use the status of his office to coerce some action on the part of professional sports owners to do just that.
Hell a couple of dems have already tried to start impeachment proceedings on a lot less.
The basic thing is, with his tendency to run off at the mouth, or in this case twitter and a speech, he does not seem to think it through. He has managed to get members of his own party pissed at him, and even a team owner that has been a long time supporter, to criticize his statement.
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However, that changed on Sunday when one of Trump's biggest supporters in the NFL -- Robert Kraft -- released a statement saying he was disappointed in the president's comments.
"I am deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments made by the President on Friday," Kraft said. "I am proud to be associated with so many players who make such tremendous contributions in positively impacting our communities. Their efforts, both on and off the field, help bring people together and make our community stronger."
Then add to that, he has tweeted more about the NFL players, as well as other professional athletes, the last three days than matters that should take a hell of a lot more of his time, like the situation in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
And, on the topic of Puerto Rico, he points out the territory has a very high debt, poor infrastructure, etc while seemingly oblivious of the fact that, when compared to actual states, US territories receive far less federal funds to deal with infrastructure issues, such as the power grid, and they have no say in Congress, meaning they cannot vote, introduce bills to increase federal spending in the territory etc.
In point of fact, the only areas of the two impacted territories that have a decent power grid are those frequented by tourists, and that was paid for by funding from resort chains to match locally raised funds.
So, while FEMA sent about 700 people to Puerto Rico, and zero people to help get the power and water restored, and little else for the taxes those American citizens pay.
And the one man that could go to congress and say we need to do something is stuck on professional athletes not standing for the national anthem.
Yeah, the players are being assholes, and for all their egos, self indulgent stunts, what the fuck do you expect them to be?
And some dick head in congress is going to use this as one more reason that he is failing to perform the duties as president, and this time they may have a law to base it on, even if it is a stretch.
The point is, that bosco and those like him have missed, is that President Trump already has enough crap going on, a special investigator looking at members of his family and his staff, and already has enough to push an indictment on one former associate, proof the Russians hacked a number of states voting systems, another failure at getting Obamacare repealed, vanishing GOP support because he does not care who the fuck he pisses off, and now this.
And the rise in his approval ratings are already starting to vanish thank to his tweeting.
And I did not have to go looking for that law, hell I didnt know it existed until it popped up on a news feed.
But hey, when in the course of two months two congressman tried to introduce articles of impeachment for far less, and got little support within their party, do you really think that someone else is not going to use this for the same thing?
to be effective in office, a sitting president has to cause as little controversy as possible.
Trump is doing the opposite, and when you look at it, what the hell has it got him?
His healthcare agenda tanked, and looks very likely to tank again.
The support he had in congress if fading, and while he did reach out to the dems, they are not whole heartedly supporting him.
His approval numbers are lower than any other previous president for the same period of their administrations.
His approval ratings with other world leaders is not as high as one would hope, and he keeps trying to one up in insults a leader that is at best, nuts, who happens to have a military that could create a hell of a problem if not trigger a full scale nuclear war.
Then of course, Newsweek released recordings of interviews he did with Howard Stern in which he stated if he did get elected president, he would probably end up shot by blacks. source
The only good thing is that the Washington Post admitted that Trump staffers using private email accounts is not even close to the problems of Hillary's private email server.
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