POTUS Trump Thread

[Amblin]

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Amblin please edit this into the first post[/quote]

[VHGisdead]

thx Amblin

[manvstrees]

i think these four years are when i start delving into ceremonial magick

[vivian darko]

Thanks Amb

Oh and this is terrifying:

Attorney general

People close to Trump say former New York City Mayor Giuliani, one of Trump’s leading public defenders, is the leading candidate for attorney general. New Jersey Gov. Christie, another vocal Trump supporter and the head of the president-elect’s transition team, is also a contender for the job — though any role in the cabinet for Christie could be threatened by the Bridgegate scandal.

Another possibility: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, though the controversy over Trump’s donation to Bondi could undercut her nomination.

(Christie may be under indictment soon)
(Giuliani has said repeatedly he doesn't want it and won't be AG)

[Frank]

So this will be the new normal huh.

Ivanka Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Appearance Used To Hawk $10K Bracelets

[big zorb]

keep in mind you should NOT post about the 2018 midterms itt

that goes in the 2018 midterms thread

[farmer]

Amblin, do you want to make the op a running list of contenders for cabinet positions and other high level appointments?

[surly]

[Frank]

can we sticky this?

[pablito]

i predict its gonna be a good one

[nakedlunch]

dude is going to get so rich as pres

[pablito]

why didnt john oliver try to get people to call him tump instead of drumpf

[pablito]

or daesh

[surly]

gimme a fuckin break pablito

[identikit]

Amblin, do you want to make the op a running list of contenders for cabinet positions and other high level appointments?

that would be actually really helpful.
trying to keep up with the news coverage on this, and failing, especially since I have to look up half the names while they come in.
please?
I now take Amblin threads as trusted info source, thank you!

[Amblin]

keep in mind you should NOT post about the 2018 midterms itt

that goes in the 2018 midterms thread

yeah larry is right

the time will come when I make that thread and we can post it in it

followed by the 2020 Democratic Primary thread

[someguy]

I realized that after reading all this Bannon stuff the thought never crossed my mind that Trump might end up not hiring him on as a result of the bad press.

They won't give a shit

[tgk]

puke

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

who croaks first - trump, rudy or bannon?

[nakedlunch]

been thinking about making some bumper stickers for pick up trucks up here in Maine congressional district 2 and so far this is what I have:

Turnip Rutabaga Upland cress Mushroom Potato, (America!)

[pablito]

who croaks first - trump, rudy or bannon?

they probably have a tontine tbh

[tgk]

I realized that after reading all this Bannon stuff the thought never crossed my mind that Trump might end up not hiring him on as a result of the bad press.

They won't give a shit

Well, it could be more than just "bad press" if people keep calling their representatives expressing their outrage

[hyperbole man]

keep in mind you should NOT post about the 2018 midterms itt

that goes in the 2018 midterms thread

yeah larry is right

the time will come when I make that thread and we can post it in it

followed by the 2020 Democratic Primary thread

that might wind up being a bipartisan primary thread!

[vivian darko]

This story is very scary to me: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_582a2bede4b02d21bbca3e80?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Trump Reportedly Considering Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist For Deputy National Security Adviser

...

Lopez regularly promotes the conspiracy that the Muslim Brotherhood has taken root within the United States government. “The infiltration is obviously very deep and very broad within the bureaucracy, not just the top level, but throughout the federal system, including the intelligence community,” Lopez said in a 2012 speech.

...

Lopez gained notoriety among right-of-center conspiracy blogs after authoring a report suggesting Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s longtime aide, is part of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Lopez called Abedin a “Muslim Brotherhood operative” and has intimated that Abedin, along with Obama, has assisted the Islamic organization.

“I think in the White House, in the president’s office, Barack Obama was motivated by a desire to elevate the Muslim Brotherhood to government across North Africa,” Lopez said in an interview with The United West organization, a hard-line conservative group. “I think that was ideological; it goes to the deep penetration by the Muslim Brotherhood of the Obama administration in many different positions of appointees and advisers, including Huma Abedin.”

...

Trump has also cited research from the Center for Security Policy dozens of times in press releases and speeches during his presidential campaign. When Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, he justified it by citing a discredited CSP study that claimed to show that 25 percent of Muslims in the U.S. believe violence against America is justified “as part of the global jihad.”

Earlier this year, Lopez suggested that the United States must return to the era of communist-hunting Joe McCarthy to prevent an Islamist infiltration. McCarthy was “spot on” about communists infiltrating America in the 1950s, she said, and America should engage in a similar plan to get rid of Muslim extremists in “the top levels of national security in our government.”

[chowder julius]

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[Buzz Fledderjohn]

tbh it's going to feel very nice and breezy having the trump presidency, 2018 midterms and 2016 dissection all in different threads

[Big Oil]

It is going to be very easy to become numb to just how vile all these picks are going to be, because there are going to be so many.

[big zorb]

keep in mind you should NOT post about the 2018 midterms itt

that goes in the 2018 midterms thread

yeah larry is right

the time will come when I make that thread and we can post it in it

followed by the 2020 Democratic Primary thread

that might wind up being a bipartisan primary thread!

amblin and i will have to put our heads together if that turns out to be the case

[Frank]

Kevin Drum has a pretty good list of metrics on which to judge Trump

1.Miles of wall built on the southern border. (Current number: 0)
2. Number of manufacturing jobs. (Current number: about 12 million)
3.Population of illegal immigrants in the United States. (Current number: about 11 million in 2014)
4. Total federal spending on infrastructure (First term of Obama administration: about $400 billion)
5. Trade deficit. (Current number: $500 billion in 2015)
6. U6 unemployment rate. (Current number: 9.7 percent)
7. Change in net imports from Mexico due to renegotiating NAFTA. (Current number: $60 billion in 2015)
8. Change in net imports from China due to punitive tariffs etc. (Current number: $367 billion in 2015)
9. Tax reductions for working class. (Baseline: 7.9 percent of income for all federal taxes for the second income quintile)
10. Tax reductions for the wealthy. (Baseline: 25.8 percent of income for all federal taxes for the top quintile)

[surly]

tbh it's going to feel very nice and breezy having the trump presidency, 2018 midterms and 2016 dissection all in different threads

guaranteed i fuck this up and post a tweet in the wrong thread within the first week of having all three up and running