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[THE KOD]

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The White House ― the storied, 55,000-square-foot mansion that?s housed America?s first families for centuries ― is apparently not up to snuff for President Donald Trump.

?That White House is a real dump,? Trump reportedly told members of his Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey, before teeing off recently. The remark was included in a lengthy Golf Magazine feature published Tuesday exploring Trump?s complicated relationship with the sport. The article also appears in the Aug. 7 issue of Sports Illustrated.

It?s no secret that Trump enjoys spending time away from the White House at his own resorts. He?s taken four trips to the Bedminster club since his inauguration, the feature noted. Another site tracking Trump?s leisure reports he has vacationed on 11 weekends out of the 28 in his presidency, costing taxpayers around $29 million.

Trump?s predecessor, Barack Obama, commented that the White House, which was rebuilt in 1817, does show its age. But that?s kind of the point, the former president wrote in his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope. Here?s how Obama described the first time he walked into the building as a freshman senator.

The inside of the White House doesn?t have the luminous quality that you might expect from TV or film; it seems well kept but worn, a big old house that one imagines might be a bit drafty on cold winter nights. Still, as I stood in the foyer and let my eyes wander down the corridors, it was impossible to forget the history that had been made there?John and Bobby Kennedy huddling over the Cuban missile crisis; FDR making last-minute changes to a radio address; Lincoln alone, pacing the halls and shouldering the weight of a nation.
In a May interview with Time magazine, Trump praised the White House for its ?beautiful kitchen,? ?amazing? phone system and ?incredible? historical furniture. He patted himself on the back for appreciating it more than others might.

?You have to be a certain type of person,? Trump said as he led a tour of the house. ?People have no idea the beauty of the White House. The real beauty of the White House.?

So what does Trump really think of his taxpayer-provided residence? He probably doesn?t filter himself when chatting with members of his New Jersey club, which ?morphed into a kind of permanent campaign rally site? during the election, the Golf Magazine feature?s author Alan Shipnuck wrote.

?Trump is often at his most unguarded among the people who pay for their proximity to him,? the writer observed.
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In the meantime Trump is writing Don Jrs. report verbatim like he would a high school boy

but he was not aware of any meeting

meeting what meeting


he has to get rid of Mueller ......... the ship is about to go under

America does not know the half of it.


Hannity and Rush.......... collusion what collusion... there is no evidence


we will see the evidence and that is what Trump is so worried about


how embarressing a President


pity really

 

[THE KOD]

 

[THE KOD]

President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that after his controversial speech at the Boy Scouts National Jamboree in West Virginia, the head of the Boy Scouts called him and told him it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them. But the organization told TIME they are unaware of any call from national leadership placed to the White House.

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When the President of the US lies about something as stupid as a speech


we are doomed

 

[THE KOD]

Mexico has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump?s claim that Mexican President Enrique Pe?a Nieto complimented Trump?s border policies, stating Wednesday that the purported phone call in which Trump said he was praised never took place.

Trump made the comments on Monday while speaking glowingly of the work that new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly had done in his former role as secretary of homeland security.

?Even the president of Mexico called me. They said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they?re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment,? Trump said Monday.

Mexico?s foreign affairs ministry issued a statement on Wednesday denying that such a call ever happened and declaring that the two leaders had no recent communications by phone.

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Trump lies about foreign leaders.

who can trust America at this point.

Then he will push it off as a joke.

or redirect that it happened another time.


its beyond funny

 

[Skulnik]

Mexico has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump?s claim that Mexican President Enrique Pe?a Nieto complimented Trump?s border policies, stating Wednesday that the purported phone call in which Trump said he was praised never took place.

Trump made the comments on Monday while speaking glowingly of the work that new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly had done in his former role as secretary of homeland security.

?Even the president of Mexico called me. They said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they?re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment,? Trump said Monday.

Mexico?s foreign affairs ministry issued a statement on Wednesday denying that such a call ever happened and declaring that the two leaders had no recent communications by phone.

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Trump lies about foreign leaders.

who can trust America at this point.

Then he will push it off as a joke.

or redirect that it happened another time.


its beyond funny

 

[THE KOD]

Today?s edition of GPB?s ?Political Rewind? opens on Donald Trump?s decision to sign a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia (and Iran and North Korea) ? despite the president?s description of the bill as seriously flawed.

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the only reason Trump signed off on this was he had no choice because Congress made it a stipulation he couldnt change it.

Trump is in the pocket of Russia with all the loans and shit that will come out. Russia cant blackmail Trump if he cant do anything about it.

this will not end in any kind of a good way for the American people. \

 

[THE KOD]

WASHINGTON ? President Donald Trump has become increasingly frustrated with his advisers tasked with crafting a new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and recently suggested firing the war's top military commander during a tense meeting at the White House, according to senior administration officials.

During the July 19 meeting, Trump repeatedly suggested that Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford replace Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, because he is not winning the war, the officials said. Trump has not met Nicholson, and the Pentagon has been considering extending his time in Afghanistan.

Over nearly two hours in the situation room, according to the officials, Trump complained about NATO allies, inquired about the United States getting a piece of Afghan?s mineral wealth and repeatedly said the top U.S. general there should be fired. He also startled the room with a story that seemed to compare their advice to that of a paid consultant who cost a tony New York restaurateur profits by offering bad advice.

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Trump is the third president to grapple with the war in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, two American troops were killed in Afghanistan when a convoy they were in came under attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Trump's national security team has been trying for months to come up with a new strategy he can approve. Those advisers are set to meet again to discuss the issue on Thursday at the White House. The president is not currently scheduled to attend the meeting, though one official said that could change.

Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush went through multiple strategies over the course of their presidencies to try to stabilize Afghanistan. What set Trump apart in the July meeting was his open questioning of the quality of the advice he was receiving.

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President Donald Trump is introduced by Defense Secretary James Mattis during the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at Naval Station Norfolk. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
During the meeting, Trump criticized his military advisers seated around the table in the White House Situation Room for what he said was a losing U.S. position in the war, according to the senior administration officials. At one point the president directed his frustration at Mattis, saying Trump had given the military authority months ago to make advances in Afghanistan and yet the U.S. was continuing to lose ground, the officials said.

"We aren't winning," Trump complained, according to these officials. "We are losing."

One official said Trump pointed to maps showing the Taliban gaining ground, and that Mattis responded to the president by saying the U.S. is losing because it doesn't have the strategy it needs.
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this war is not winnable.


the taliban will never give up.

If Don Jr were in afghanistan, I guarantee you a immediate pull out would be imminent

let it go like vietnam Trump

 

[THE KOD]

President Donald Trump is set to go on a 17-day golf vacation, despite having criticized his predecessor for taking time off and playing golf.:scared

According to reports from the Associated Press, the Republican will be taking a break from Washington, D.C., on Friday. He?ll be heading to his New Jersey golf course for a 17-day trip in what appears to be a contradiction of his previous statements about vacations.

During his presidential election campaign, Trump told voters: ?I would rarely leave the White House because there?s so much work to be done. I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.?:SIB

On another occasion, the president tweeted a quote from his book that suggested people who loved their jobs should not be taking vacations.

"Don't take vacations. What's the point? If you're not enjoying your work, you're in the wrong job." -- Think Like A Billionaire

His suggestion followed a number of tweets critical of President Barack Obama for taking holidays or playing golf, while lamenting the amount of taxpayer dollars it cost for Obama to take a vacation.

?When will Obama next go on vacation if he wins the election? The day after,? Trump tweeted back in 2012.


Trump also hit the Obamas for wasting taxpayer money with their vacations, tweeting in 2012: ?The Obama?s Spain vacation cost taxpayers over $476K. They love to spend money.?

However, Trump?s own vacations, coupled with weekend trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort, which he has dubbed the Winter White House, have seen him spend far more than Obama did on holidays.:00hour

Indeed, according to a report from CNN, Trump was estimated to have spent more than $20 million during his first 80 days as president on trips to his Florida resort. This puts Trump on track to have spent more on travel during his first years as president than Obama did during his eight years in the role.
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I got news for Trump .


Just like you dont announce when you are going to war.

you also dont announce when you are going on a 17 day vacation.


The countrys that hate us most will start up a shit storm and Donnie will have to cut his vacation in half.

what a complete idiot

 

[THE KOD]

A purported cyberhack of the daughter of political consultant Paul Manafort suggests that he was the victim of a blackmail attempt while he was serving as Donald Trump?s presidential campaign chairman last summer.

The undated communications, which are allegedly from the iPhone of Manafort?s daughter, include a text that appears to come from a Ukrainian parliamentarian named Serhiy Leshchenko, seeking to reach her father, in which he claims to have politically damaging information about both Manafort and Trump.


Attached to the text is a note to Paul Manafort referring to ?bulletproof? evidence related to Manafort?s financial arrangement with Ukraine?s former president, the pro-Russian strongman Viktor Yanukovych, as well as an alleged 2012 meeting between Trump and a close Yanukovych associate named Serhiy Tulub.

?Considering all the facts and evidence that are in my possession, and before possible decision whether to pass this to [the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine] or FBI I would like to get your opinion on this and maybe your way to work things out that will persuade me to do otherwise,? reads the note. It is signed ?Sergii? ? an alternative transliteration of Leshchenko?s given name ? and it urges Manafort to respond to an email address that reporters have used to reach Leshchenko.

In the typo-ridden text to Manafort?s daughter to which the note was attached, the sender writes from a different address, ?I need to get in touch with Paul i need to share some important information with him regarding ukraine investigation.? The sender adds ?as soon as he comes back to me i will pass you documents,? but also warns: ?if I don?t get any reply from you iam gonaa pass it on to the fbi and ukrainian authorities including media.?

Leshchenko disavowed the texts in question, telling POLITICO on Tuesday ?I've never written any emails or messages to ? Manafort or his family. I don't know their contact details.? He added he said ?I have nothing to do with? the email address from which the texts were sent.

And in a Facebook post, he wrote that the ?correspondence with Manafort's daughter is obviously fake.?

The White House did not respond to a question about whether Trump had met with Tulub, a hunting buddy of Yanukovych?s who had served in the government when Yanukovych was prime minister. But a White House official questioned the chronology supporting the claim, explaining that Trump had not worked with Manafort before the 2016 campaign.

In a Tuesday interview, Manafort denied brokering a 2012 meeting between Trump and Tulub and also pointied out that he wasn?t working for Trump at the time.

However, Manafort did confirm the authenticity of the texts hacked from his daughter?s phone. And he added that, before the texts were sent to his daughter, he had received similar texts to his own phone number from the same address appearing to be affiliated with Leshchenko.

He said he did not respond directly to any of the texts, and instead passed them along to his lawyer. He declined to provide the texts to POLITICO.


The hacked correspondence from his daughter?s phone, much of which is unrelated to Paul Manafort?s work, appears to have first surfaced a couple of weeks ago in an anonymous post on a so-called darknet website run by a hacktivist collective.

While the post hints in its introductory text that the hacker or hackers have additional information on Manafort, it includes only a handful of screenshots of texts from Manafort?s daughter?s cellphone, as well as some data files that appear to be related to the texts.

The images began circulating this week in political circles in Kiev and Washington.

The post comes at a time when there?s intense interest in the connections between Trump?s inner circle and pro-Russian interests. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional committees alike are looking into contacts between Trump?s associates ? including Manafort ? and Russian officials during the presidential campaign, and the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russian intelligence engineered cyberattacks on Democratic officials and groups with the intent of boosting Trump?s presidential campaign by damaging that of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

The screenshots of hacked texts sent to Manafort?s daughter do not include any information indicating the date on which they were sent.

But Manafort said that the first of the texts arrived shortly before The New York Times published an August expos? revealing that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine had obtained documents ? which have since come under scrutiny ? that appeared to show $12.7 million in cash payments earmarked for Manafort.
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Manafort turns over to stay out of federal prison


oh shit..............

 

[THE KOD]

WASHINGTON ? President Trump's strong-arm negotiating tactics may have worked against business opponents but they are backfiring with Republican senators, who resent being bullied to vote with the president on health care and other issues and have the political clout to resist him, experts say.


"No matter how strong or dominant a personality the president has, he is going to have trouble taking on an American political institution as powerful as the U.S. Senate," said Grant Reeher, a political science professor and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University. "Senators have a strong sense of independence and sense of self that says 'I don't get pushed around that way.' And they're pushing back."

In the last two weeks alone:



? Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, helped defeat Trump-supported bills to repeal Obamacare despite reported threats from the administration that her vote could jeopardize Alaska's economic future. The warnings were delivered by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who must go before Murkowski's panel for budget and staffing approval.

? Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, made it clear that his committee will not approve a new attorney general for Trump if he fires Jeff Sessions. Senators have rallied around the former Alabama senator amid blistering attacks against him by the president, who is angry that Sessions recused himself from the investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

? Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the Senate will not get rid of the legislative filibuster, despite continued tweets from Trump pressuring GOP senators to eliminate the rule in order to make it easier for the White House to push through its agenda.

"It's stunning to think the president believes that this kind of pressure campaign is going to bring senators to the table when it is actually repelling them," said Joshua Huder, a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. He said the threats against Murkowski were especially "dumbfounding."

Trump's tactics reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the separation of powers and the fact that the legislative branch is equal to the executive branch under the Constitution, said James Thurber, a political scientist at American University and author of the book Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.

Rather than inspiring loyalty from GOP senators, Trump's "ham-handed, amateurish and stupid" tactics may spur them to increasingly go their own way, Thurber said. Just last week, the Senate approved economic sanctions against Russia despite Trump's objections. Trump reluctantly signed the bill even though it restricts his power.

"I see the president being more and more marginalized, with the leadership in the House and Senate going forward with their own agenda, and trying to ignore him as best they can," Thurber said.

Trump's plunging popularity is emboldening senators to exercise their independence, Thurber said. A poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University showed that only 33% of Americans approve of how the president is doing his job.

"He's not in a position to inspire fear or respect," Thurber said.:142smilie

In contrast, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who consistently opposed Trump on Obamacare repeal bills that would have defunded Planned Parenthood or cut Medicaid for her constituents, was listed among the 10 most popular senators in America, according to the non-partisan Morning Consult's senator approval rankings for July.

In Trump's defense, he is not the first president to try to pressure senators to do his bidding, but he may be the most blatant, Reeher said.

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Trump told the Senators they will stay in Washington until health care is signed.

no vacation recess period.


Senators told Trump .............fuck off ........ see you after Labor Day beeeaaaccchhhh

:scared:scared:scared


pussychops :142smilie:142smilie

 

[THE KOD]

In recent weeks, Congress has moved on a number of fronts to curtail the president?s authority. Lawmakers passed legislation limiting his ability to lift sanctions on Russia and the Republican-controlled Senate will not formally adjourn this month to prevent Trump from making any recess appointments, a tactic usually employed when the president is from the opposite party. Amid increasing concerns about Trump?s attitude toward the federal investigation into Russia?s interference in the 2016 election, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation this week aimed at preventing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III from being fired.:SIB

Trump is also facing the reality that his words ? or tweets ? are often not having their desired impact. Three Republican senators defied him and congressional leadership in opposing efforts to move the Republican health-care bill forward. His entreaties to lawmakers to delay their summer break and stay in Washington to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act were summarily ignored.:142smilie

His unexpected announcement on Twitter that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military has been denounced by members of Congress in both parties and largely ignored by the military ? for now. And this week, Trump was publicly chided for apparently inventing congratulatory calls from the leader of the Boy Scouts of America and the president of Mexico that never occurred.

?What we?re seeing today is that that system of checks and balances is now in total response to the Trump presidency and it?s coming from a lot of different directions ? it?s coming from Congress, from people in the administration and others who are more openly rejecting what the president is doing,? said former defense secretary Leon Panetta, who was also White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. ?The concern about that is that it weakens the power of the commander in chief as president.?

and then Trump tells cops to up the police brutality as they are being too kind.

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wow what a week

huge dork losing power

 

[Skulnik]

http://i.imgur.com/49z4BQC.gif

 

[THE KOD]

?He has been very threatening, beyond a normal statement,? Trump said of the country?s leader, Kim Jong Un. ?And as I said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.?

Trump?s ultimatum, which mirrors North Korea?s rhetoric toward the United States, came as U.S. intelligence officials reportedly learned that North Korea has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that could be placed on a missile, a significant step in advancing its nuclear program.

A few hours after Trump?s news conference, North Korea?s official KCNA news agency carried a series of statements from military spokesmen responding to the president?s rhetoric. Using bombastic language typical to KCNA statements, a spokesman claimed that Pyonyang was ?carefully examining? plans to launch missiles at the U.S. island territory of Guam.

In a separate post, another North Korean military spokesman warned that ?war is by no means a game? and claimed that ?U.S. war-thirsty forces are engrossed in war hysteria without discretion.? KCNA also published a post titled ?U.S. Reckless War Frenzy Slammed,? in which the propaganda arm blamed Washington for making plans to carry out a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.

In recent weeks, the country has also claimed that it successfully tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles, which may be capable of reaching Alaska.

U.S. intelligence officials do not know whether North Korea has tested the miniaturized warhead yet, according to NBC News and The Washington Post.
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how did that work out for Trump

in a few hours they threatened Guam


WWIII soon



Japan and S Korea are toast

 

[THE KOD]

Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korea on Tuesday promising to unleash ?fire, fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before? if the country continues to escalate its threats against the U.S.

?North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,? Trump said Tuesday in a short statement to reporters before a meeting on the national opioid crisis. ?They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un] has been very threatening beyond a normal state.?

Trump?s remarks at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, only add tension to an already dangerous standoff with North Korea, several experts who spoke to HuffPost warned. Over the years, the U.S. has attempted to prevent the growth of North Korea?s nuclear ambitions and development of missile technology at various times using sanctions, diplomacy and the threat of military action. But nothing has fully obstructed the nation?s advancements.

?That is about the stupidest and most dangerous statement I have ever heard an American president make,? John Mecklin, editor-in-chief of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said to HuffPost. The Bulletin created the ?Doomsday Clock,? a symbolic representation of humanity?s proximity to apocalyptic destruction.

Trump?s remarks followed reports Tuesday from NBC News and The Washington Post that North Korea has developed a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside one of its long-range missiles.

The successful miniaturization of a nuclear weapon would mark a major advancement for North Korea?s nuclear program. While U.S. intelligence officials do not know whether North Korea has tested the miniaturized warhead yet, the reports come on the heels of two recent successful test-launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the U.S.

Trump?s remarks closely followed fierce rhetoric from Pyongyang in response to new international sanctions against the isolated communist nation. ?Should the U.S. pounce upon the DPRK with military force at last, the DPRK is ready to teach the U.S. a severe lesson with its strategic nuclear force,? Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said in a statement, using the acronym for the official name, Democratic People?s Republic of Korea.

While North Korea?s strong language came as no surprise ― Kim has put out countless declarations of war against the U.S. throughout the years ― Mecklin argues that Trump?s response of heightened rhetoric is ?exactly backwards.?

?It?s exactly wrong. It increases the likelihood of nuclear war. And those kind of threats are just not something an American president should make,? Mecklin said.

In January, Mecklin?s group moved the Doomsday Clock?s minute hand 30 seconds closer to midnight ― the hour symbolizing global catastrophe. The minute hand is now at 2? minutes to midnight, closer than it has been since 1953, when it hit 2 minutes following the testing of hydrogen bombs by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Trump?s comments on nuclear arms and climate issues were among the factors the group took into consideration in advancing the clock this year.

MIT linguistics professor emeritus and renowned foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky agreed with Mecklin?s assessment. ?Trump?s statement is extremely dangerous,? Chomsky said. According to the professor, the only reasonable approach the U.S. should take with North Korea is to ?pursue the negotiating option put forth by China and North Korea, based on North Korea?s freezing its nuclear and weapons programs and the U.S. ending threatening military maneuvers on North Korea?s borders,? and then seek to move forward from there.

Trump?s statement is extremely dangerous.
Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus at MIT
Trump and previous U.S. administrations have pushed China to pressure Pyongyang into compliance, as Beijing is seen as the only government with influence in the nation.

Bruce Blair, a nuclear safety expert at Princeton University, told HuffPost he?s worried about Trump?s leadership style, given the weapons at his disposal, and fears the risk of escalation to nuclear conflict ?is growing by the day.?

?Trump has unchecked authority to order the use of conventional or nuclear weapons against North Korea,? Blair said. ?I believe that both options are being prepared right now and that these preparations reflect the military?s acceptance of Trump?s authority to exercise either of them.?

Trump has the sole authority to launch nuclear weapons whenever he chooses with a single phone call, Blair explained to HuffPost, echoing his thoughts in a November op-ed about the many nuclear crises Trump would face as president. That?s because there are no checks and balances on his authority to do so, Blair said, no congressional veto or Supreme Court ruling.

With thousands of warheads at its disposal, the office of the United States presidency is now a ?nuclear monarchy,? Blair explained in a chilling op-ed last year. The commander in chief has ?virtually unlimited power to rain down nuclear weapons on any adversarial regime and country at any time,? which could extinguish ?hundreds of millions of lives? in just a few hours, he wrote.

Blair also questions whether Trump has the temperament to handle the proverbial 3 a.m. call giving notice that a nuclear strike is imminent. With just minutes to deal with a missile launch from one of various adversaries around the globe, the president must have the wits and steadiness to confront such a crisis.

Blair told HuffPost that while it?s impossible to predict the behavior of either Trump or Kim as they ratchet up the vitriol and tensions, ?they are both impulsive, stubborn bullies who seem prone to escalate rather than back down.?

They are both impulsive, stubborn bullies who seem prone to escalate rather than back down.:scared
Bruce Blair, Princeton nuclear safety expert
Trump has also shown a seemingly blas? attitude toward the idea of nuclear engagement. As a candidate, he refused to rule out using tactical nuclear weapons in the war against the self-described Islamic State, and he has appeared to be cavalier about the use of nuclear weaponry, going so far as to ask why the U.S. has nuclear weapons if it can?t use them.

?Trump?s statement is incredibly reckless and foolish,? Kingston Reif, director of disarmament and threat reduction policy for the Arms Control Association, said to HuffPost.

?The escalating war of words between the two sides is only increasing tensions and the risks of miscalculation and conflict,? Reif said. ?If a brake isn?t put on it, we could end up in a very dangerous place.?

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fool

 

[THE KOD]

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is working on plans for a missile strike near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, calling President Donald Trump's warning of "fire and fury" a "load of nonsense" and that only "absolute force can work on him."

Pyongyang's state-run KCNA news agency issued an update on its strike plans after Trump's incendiary comments on Tuesday that threats to the United States from Pyongyang would be met with "fire and fury."

Trump's unexpected remarks prompted North Korea to say it was considering plans to fire four intermediate-range missiles to land 30-40 kilometers (18-25 miles) from Guam, home to about 163,000 people and a U.S. military base that includes a submarine squadron, an air base and a Coast Guard group.

The army will complete its plans in mid-August, ready for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's order, KCNA said on Wednesday, citing General Kim Rak Gyom, commander of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army.

The news agency said Trump "let out a load of nonsense about 'fire and fury'," adding "sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him." :scared

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stark warning earlier on Wednesday, telling Pyongyang the United States and its allies would win any arms race or conflict.

"The DPRK should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people," Mattis said in a statement, using the acronym for North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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well they did it again


think of something else Trump


maybe another off the cuff remark or threat


that should work out well for the world

 

[THE KOD]

BEDMINSTER, N.J. ? President Trump said here Thursday that he is ?very thankful? to Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling hundreds of U.S. diplomats from Russia, because he said it helps him cut the U.S. government's payroll.

Addressing for the first time Putin's decision late last month that the U.S. Embassy and consulates in Russia would have to cut 775 diplomatic and technical staffers, Trump told reporters that he sees no reason for them to continue working in Russia.

?I want to thank him because we're trying to cut down our payroll, and as far as I'm concerned I'm very thankful that he let go a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll,? Trump said. ?There's no real reason for them to go back. I greatly appreciate the fact that we've been able to cut our payroll of the United States. We're going to save a lot of money.?

[Putin orders cut of 755 personnel at U.S. missions]

Trump's answer was a tad tongue-in-cheek, but he gave no clear indication that he was joking or trying to be facetious in offering his gratitude to Putin.


Putin's order to expel U.S. diplomats was a significant escalation in tensions after the United States increased sanctions against Russia over the Kremlin's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

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its just amazing how Trump cant take anything critisism . I mean none


them 777 people are our spies in Russia


it will make America much weakers


and TRump says thanks for saving him money for salary


what a complete fucking joke

 

[THE KOD]

(CNN)You can learn a lot about a man by how he plays golf. It's a sport that requires self-discipline, control and personal honesty. And it just happens to be one of President Donald Trump's favorite pastimes.

Trump has spent 50 days as president at a golf property that bears his name, according to CNN's count. Trump said during the 2016 campaign that he would have little time to golf and slammed former President Barack Obama for hitting the links as president, but according to CNN's count Trump has visited one of his golf properties around 25% of his days as president.
Trump is in the middle of a 17-day "working vacation" at his own Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister, New Jersey. He's spending part of the time out on the course -- and how he plays might explain a lot about his personality.
Those who have hit the links with Trump say that, like his presidency, he plays the game on his own terms.
Former ESPN columnist Rick Reilly recalled his experience watching Trump play many years ago. In a conversation with CNN's Brianna Keilar, Reilly said he'd never seen anything like it before.
Here are a few things we can learn from Trump from his golf style:
Trump moves fast, and details aren't important
"Most people give you a putt within the leather. That means the length of the leather grip on your putter. He takes putts within (the length of a) driver, like those long drivers." Reilly said. "He just rakes everything, everything's good and it's all happening quickly and you're like 'that can't have been good' but he's gone, and he's in his golf cart by himself."
He's in charge
"He drives across greens. He drives and parks on tees," Reilly said. "When you drive on a putting green, it's like parking on the steps of a church. It's like bringing your own ham to a great restaurant. It's just not done, it's the worst thing you can do. ...When you ask him why, he says, 'Hey, it's my course.' And that's the worst part. It's like he thinks he owns golf."
Trump doesn't care much for traditions
"This guy cheats from start to finish," Reilly said. "It was just one free mulligan after another."

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trump cant even be honest about a game.

cheat

 

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President Donald Trump called the governor of Guam on Friday to reassure him of the island?s safety as nuclear tensions grow between the United States and North Korea.

Guam Governor Eddie Calvo (R) posted a video of the call on YouTube, in which Trump can be heard telling Calvo that the U.S. is ?with you 1,000 percent.? In the candid call, Trump asserted that the U.S. Pacific island territory was safe and called Calvo ?a helluva guy.?

The U.S. president also contended that increased media attention around Guam ? a result of North Korea threatening to fire intermediate-range missiles that would land near Guam ? would bring a boom of tourism.:mj07::scared

?Eddie, I have to tell you, you?ve become extremely famous,? Trump can be heard saying in the video. ?All over the world, they?re talking about Guam, and they?re talking about you, and I think you?re going to get tourism. I can say this, your tourism, you?re going to go up like tenfold with the expenditure of no money, so I congratulate you.?:scared

His logic was that with images of the ?beautiful? Guam being all over the news, people would be more interested in going there.

For his part, Calvo seemed thrilled by the call and expressed faith in the president.

?I have never felt so safe or so confident than with you at the helm,? Calvo said, adding that ?we need a president like you.?

Not everyone is so confident.

Leaders around the world have called for calm and de-escalation, with the mayor of Nagasaki, Japan noting that ?anxiety is spreading across the globe? that nuclear weapons may be deployed.

And experts in nuclear conflict say Trump?s threatening tweets and references to unleashing ?fire and fury? on North Korea are only escalating tensions.

?That is about the stupidest and most dangerous statement I have ever heard an American president make,? John Mecklin, editor-in-chief of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, told HuffPost of the ?fire and fury? remark shortly after it happened.
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Trump is certifiably insane

 

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Trump hasn't hit 50% to date. He could be the first president in the history of polling to never earn the support of a majority of Americans.


Last week the Quinnipiac Poll put President Trump?s job approval rating at 33%. Gallup had it at 36% this week, as did a new CBS News poll. These are historically low numbers for the end of a president?s first six months in office.:facepalm:

Since the mid-1940s pollsters have tracked presidential approval with standard questions posed to significant samples of American adults. We have reliable numbers for more than 70 years and for 13 occupants of the Oval Office.

Approval numbers rise and fall, but a few patterns persist. For example, first terms are better than second terms. All the presidents after Franklin D. Roosevelt who served more than four years had a better average approval number in the period before election to a second term than in the period after. The drops were very small for Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, but significant for six others.

Every modern president before Trump had at least one approval number above 50%; and, with the exception of John F. Kennedy, all of them eventually earned an approval number below 50%. According to Gallup, Dwight D. Eisenhower?s low was 48%; the others dipped into the 30s or 20s.

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Over time, presidential job approval tends to decline, often from a high point earned at inauguration when the voters who preferred another candidate give the victor a new look.

Though decline is the norm, it is not universal. In terms of public approval, there are two categories of recent presidents: ?sliders? and ?risers.?

The sliders (by far the larger group) achieve their highest approval rating on arrival in the White House or sometime during their first year in office. Then they fall. That pattern describes Kennedy, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Four of our recent leaders ? Eisenhower, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton ? are risers who earned their highest approval number sometime after their first year in office.

Trump, thus far, is highly unusual because he has never had a Gallup job approval number above 50%. He began his administration with approval in the high 40s and has since slipped into the mid-30s. If he continues to be a slider, he will be the first president in the history of national polling to never earn the support of a majority of Americans ? a remarkable distinction. :lol:

And why do approval numbers slide? Low approval is often accompanied by one or more of the following conditions: weak economic performance, unpopular overseas conflicts, and/or solid evidence of high-level scandal.

Carter reached a low point after oil shocks and inflation created economic hardship and uncertainty. Truman, Johnson and W. Bush suffered for Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, respectively. Nixon got his lowest numbers at the height of Watergate revelations.

Low numbers are easy to explain.

The unusual thing about Trump is that he has earned low approval at a time when economic metrics are good, when our Middle East military commitments have diminished, and when no proof has yet emerged that there are actual witches in the ?witch hunt? over Russia. What will happen if bad news arrives in the Trump Oval Office?

Odds are that Trump?s low numbers will go lower, but we can?t count out the possibility that he will be a riser. What accounts for presidential approval going up? In many cases, the uplifting factors are the opposites of the causes of decline.
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Geezz I think Skul would get higher approval rating in here than 34%


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