Is Trump unraveling?

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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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moksha wrote:You are right, we should pay attention to both his pathological lying and enriching himself.

This is probably a good point. Trump's doubling down on this point may be a deliberate ploy to make the media and the public obsess over it to the point of distracting everyone from much more serious malfeasance he and his administration are trying to get away with.
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subgenius wrote:awkward, but NOAA has confirmed that Trump was correct at the time...but you guys run with whatever is more "entertaining".
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/D ... bs_34_F120

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... ue#image=1


I think you are aware of what this means and why it is scandalous. "It's all in the game" you probably tell yourself. I wonder if it ever even occurs to anymore what the game is supposed to be about.

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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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moksha wrote: While we are paying attention to Trump's compulsive lying, we are not watching how Trump is picking the pockets of the American people through paying for American servicemen to stay at Trump's resorts when they were supposed to be staying at military bases.


If you are not watching it, how are you aware of it?
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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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EAllusion wrote:
moksha wrote: While we are paying attention to Trump's compulsive lying, we are not watching how Trump is picking the pockets of the American people through paying for American servicemen to stay at Trump's resorts when they were supposed to be staying at military bases.


If you ware not watching it, how are you aware of it?


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Congress investigating Trump over US military trips to Scotland.

Conflict of interest concerns over military spending at Prestwick airport and discount offers at president’s resort


Fox viewers, not so much.
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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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subgenius wrote:awkward, but NOAA has confirmed that Trump was correct at the time...but you guys run with whatever is more "entertaining".

No. Learn to weather correctly.

Any path that may have gone through that part of the nation - and there were very few - only indicates a possible path of the system, which can be severely degraded at that point and be nothing more than a tropical disturbance. As well, that was days before Trump did his hair-fire “Hurr-cane is comin’ to git you!!1!” claim.

Awkward, indeed, that neither you nor the President know how forecasting or weather systems function. More awkward is watching the President waste a week and call a press conference in an attempt to salve his bruised ego, and then to watch you defend that snowflake behavior.
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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:You always confuse comedy gold with 'hair fire'. There's no need to project your comprehension difficulties on to the functional portion of the population.

On a related note, maybe this is a common enough characteristic amongst conservatives and Trumpkins to explain why there are so few successful conservative-oriented comedians.

The only funny is how in times like this you guys still haven't learned to pay attention to the other hand.

The other hand is covered in other threads. What’s truly funny is your insistence in projecting your inability to notice more than one item at a time on to other functional folks who are not saddled with your disability.

Well, that and watching the President throw a tantrum for a week over it. : D
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canpakes wrote:The other hand is covered in other threads. ...

Yes, Trump has kept this Dorian story alive by pure magic. But please, do tell...what is the other hand doing? That thread(s) appears to be absent...
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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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Trump bullied the NOAA into lying for him:

NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/noaa-staff-warned-in-sept-1-directive-against-contradicting-trump/ar-AAGXulF?ocid=spartanntp

Making scientists back up the stupid and unnecessary lies told by Trump is totally wrong. It was bad enough that Trump has subverted the DoJ and other govt agencies. Must he contaminate everything?
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Trump does something horrible.

Subgenius: Brilliant. This distracts from all the other horrible things he's doing. Now you won't know about how horrible he is being.

Normal people: We're aware of those things too.

Subgenius. *covers ears* Brilliant.
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Re: Is Trump unraveling?

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EAllusion wrote:Trump does something horrible.

Subgenius: Brilliant. This distracts from all the other horrible things he's doing. Now you won't know about how horrible he is being.

Normal people: We're aware of those things too.

Subgenius. *covers ears* Brilliant.

Lol. Perfectly described.

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