President Trump: Making America Great Again...

[Eddie]

Good news in the Dutch elections today. The party that likes free markets, free trade, small government, deregulation and open democracy trounced the party led by Geert Wilders, who basically espouses more or less the same ideology of Steve Bannon and Donald Trump in regard to Islam, foreigners, and really anything that doesn't come from Holland. Very "nationalistic" or isolationist. He wants out of free trade agreements, the EU, NATO, etc. It was thought this party was making inroads and had a chance of winning, but this appears to be a pretty embarrassing loss, as they finished tied for fifth in the number of seats to parliament. This is who Trump wanted to win. We'll see what happens in Germany and France, but I've read those parties in those countries are likely going to go down as well in upcoming elections. Maybe Trump winning here is actually hurting these similar candidates in Europe.

I think this is interesting.

Because, quite honestly, I think that the reason Trump won was more for the items highlighted (free markets, free trade, small government, deregulation...) are what carried Trump into the White House.

I won't deny that some racist SOB's voted for him too. But if it were just the racists he never would've made it out of the GOP primary.

I think, in general, the center of society is seeing government as being at least as likely to mess things up as it is to help. Maybe it's just me, but I think people are tiring of the nanny state mentality of the government taking care of everything and making the important decisions for everyone.

[Uncle Ted]

Shocker, one of Trumps henchman has connections to a Hungarian fascist party:

http://forward.com/news/national/366...orka-as-sworn/

Is this the same Drumpf henchman that the KGB/CIA/DNC is trying to knock off?

Trump Advisor Claims Hit & Run “Could Be” Russian Hacking Scandal Retaliation

Roger Stone, the longtime advisor to President Donald Trump, said he was the victim of a hit-and-run driver Wednesday morning in Pompano Beach.


“They just came at us full force,” Stone told CBS4 News. “The driver then threw it in reverse and took off.”


Stone, who has previously admitted to having “back-channel” communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and who more recently acknowledged trading messages with the famed Russian hacker Guccifer 2.0, remains a central figure in the Congressional investigation into Russia’s attempts to influence the presidential election.


Stone was on his way to Orlando to promote his latest book on Trump when the accident occurred.


“Out of nowhere we were T-boned essentially by a late model 4-door what I’m now told was a Pontiac,” he said.
[...]

Asked if he thought the accident was tied to the Russian hacking scandal, Stone said, “It certainly could be.”


“You could make the case that the Russians want to off me because they do not want me to testify because it would show their hand. That would be obvious,” he said.


But Stone isn’t excluding the possibility it could be another group.


“It is more likely to some like it to look like the Russians tried to bump me off,” he said.


He added, “It happens on a day when the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee calls for me” to appear before the panel. (Earlier in the day, Congressman Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, mentioned Stone by name.)


“I have to guess that somebody doesn’t want me to testify at those hearings,” he explained. “If I testify, it is going to prove that this whole narrative on which I believe surveillance of the president was based, i.e. that the Trump campaign was infiltrated by the Russians, is false.”

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/03/15/trump-advisor-claims-hit-run-could-be-russian-hacking-scandal-retaliation/

This stuff might make a good movie someday.

[Maximus]

I think this is interesting.

Because, quite honestly, I think that the reason Trump won was more for the items highlighted (free markets, free trade, small government, deregulation...) are what carried Trump into the White House.

I won't deny that some racist SOB's voted for him too. But if it were just the racists he never would've made it out of the GOP primary.

I think, in general, the center of society is seeing government as being at least as likely to mess things up as it is to help. Maybe it's just me, but I think people are tiring of the nanny state mentality of the government taking care of everything and making the important decisions for everyone.

uh trump ran against free trade.

[Eddie]

uh trump ran against free trade.

Yeah - I know he made a big deal of trade deficits and bad trade deals. I'm probably thinking more of the other stuff - deregulation, smaller government, etc.

[Uncle Ted]

Yeah - I know he made a big deal of trade deficits and bad trade deals. I'm probably thinking more of the other stuff - deregulation, smaller government*, etc.

*With the exception of DoD spending.

FIFY.

I think Drumpf isn't for "free" trade but "fair" trade, whatever that means.

[Uncle Ted]

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Love that clip.

[Uncle Ted]

Rand Paul: "Senator McCain actually makes a really strong argument for term limits..."

[Commando]

Rand Paul: "Senator McCain actually makes a really strong argument for term limits..."

lol. Why- because he can openly criticize Trump without fear of repercussions unlike all the other suck-ups in the legislature?

[Uncle Ted]

lol. Why- because he can openly criticize Trump without fear of repercussions unlike all the other suck-ups in the legislature?

We don't have to live with the fear of McCain actively trying to start a war with Russia and the rest of the world.

[Commando]

We don't have to live with the fear of McCain actively trying to start a war with Russia and the rest of the world.

No we don't. We just have to worry about our f*king moronic clown for a president. How's that wiretapping shit coming?

[Uncle Ted]

No we don't. We just have to worry about our f*king moronic clown for a president. How's that wiretapping shit coming?

You are starting to sound like Snoop Dawg, man.

As for the wiretap sh*t... Drumpf "will be submitting things" to the House committee "very soon":

Trump says he will submit evidence of wiretapping to House committee 'very soon'

President Trump discussed his tweeted accusation that President Obama ordered "wires" at Trump Tower tapped during last year's presidential campaign in an exclusive interview with Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Wednesday.


Trump told host Tucker Carlson that the administration "will be submitting things" to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence "very soon." The president added that he "will be, perhaps speaking about this next week" and predicted that "you’re going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next 2 weeks."
[...]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/15/trump-calls-tax-return-leak-illegal-thinks-msnbc-report-is-disgrace.html

Stay tuned batman fans... "Things" are coming "very soon"!

[Uncle Ted]

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hmm...

McDonald’s Appoints Robert Gibbs as Global Chief Communications Officer; Silvia Lagnado as Global Chief Marketing Officer
[...]
Gibbs joins McDonald’s from The Incite Agency, a strategic communications advisory firm he co-founded in 2013. Prior to that he held several senior advisory roles in the White House, serving as President Barack Obama’s press secretary during his first term, then as senior campaign advisor during his re-election campaign.

http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/news-stories/2013/McDonald’s-Appoints-Robert-Gibbs-as-Global-Chief-C

[creekster]

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hmm...


http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/...Global-Chief-C

So you're saying it was a case of drunk-tweeting?

[CardiacCoug]

Rand Paul: "Senator McCain actually makes a really strong argument for term limits..."

Rand Paul is right about everything he says in that interview. Love that guy.