posted by QuakerOats
All real Americans care about are the policies and the results ……..all of which have been highly favorable to real Americans over the last 3 years. The vitriol is for the left to go bonkers over.
Getting a flashback to Tiernan's "USA AMERICAN" now with this bit of verbal fellatio.
If being a "Real American" means blindly idolizing this orange jackass, you can call me fake.
BUT BUT THE MEDIA!
Policies and results lol
LOL, Trump is on pace to run out of music for his rallies. He has more cease & desist orders than Napster.
Has Real American by Rick Derringer been used yet?
posted by AutomatikHas Real American by Rick Derringer been used yet?
Lol wasn’t this Hulk Hogan’s intro at one point?
posted by RotinajLol wasn’t this Hulk Hogan’s intro at one point?
If my memories of my youth aren't lying to me, I think for a good chunk of the time back when he was a huge star and the WWF was exploding with Wrestlemania starting up and Saturday Night's Main Event was a thing.
posted by gutLOL, Trump is on pace to run out of music for his rallies. He has more cease & desist orders than Napster.
All you need is one cheap license from BMI or ASCAP
posted by SportsAndLadyPolicies and results lol
Policies and results
posted by HereticIf my memories of my youth aren't lying to me, I think for a good chunk of the time back when he was a huge star and the WWF was exploding with Wrestlemania starting up and Saturday Night's Main Event was a thing.
Yes. One of the greatest USA songs of all time.
Russia/Putin put bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan. Trump has known for months and hasn’t done anything. Let’s see how CC and QO soon this one.
posted by SportsAndLadyRussia/Putin put bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan. Trump has known for months and hasn’t done anything. Let’s see how CC and QO soon this one.
Link? That sounds like Alex Jones-level fake news.
posted by gutLink? That sounds like Alex Jones-level fake news.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html
Feel like it isn’t news in 2020 if the news doesn’t seem so crazy that it has to be made up. Lol
posted by SportsAndLadyFeel like it isn’t news in 2020 if the news doesn’t seem so crazy that it has to be made up. Lol
That's pretty bad if it's true (and seems to be a lot of compelling detail in the story, which is very different from the usual fake news piece). It certainly would be good grounds to deny them re-entry into the G8.
Although I don't know if it is that surprising that our enemies are doing stuff like this. I'd be interested to know if it was actually a bounty, or much more generic overall financial support - the latter wouldn't be that shocking given that we've done that all over the world, including the Soviet-Afghan war. Which might also explain why there wasn't a public accusation or retaliation.
But LOL at the blatantly transparent attempt from NYT to revive the Russia collusion narrative and manufacture a scandal.
Also, nothing like a pandemic to really put wasteful, useless wars into perspective.
And if countries do pull back from China, we'll see an interesting case study. A lot of this posturing and foreign diplomacy might be rendered meaningless by the power of good 'ol capitalism. Tariffs and trade are about the only thing I've seen make China blink - 30+ years of talking tough certainly didn't accomplish anything.
Putin is still pissed we sent a couple hundred Russians home from Syria in body bags.
posted by SportsAndLadyRussia/Putin put bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan. Trump has known for months and hasn’t done anything. Let’s see how CC and QO soon this one.
Lies
The Russia/ Afghan story does sound like it has merit to it. The NYT has a pretty good track record throughout its history with breaking stories like this. It is also classic Washington. A member of part of the bureaucracy leaks a story that they felt the administration should have acted on. We see this in every White House going back years. This has enough sources tied to it that I highly doubt it is fake.
It seems like members of the intelligence community or people inside the White House/ NSC felt we should have done something, so they leaked the story. I do kinda buy that Pence or Trump were not briefed on it, as it may have only been discussed at the National Security Advisor or multi-agency level at the White House. That lower level brief may have happened in March. Maybe the intelligent agencies needed more time to verify exactly if American service members were killed because of the bounty before they briefed the President.
But, if the report was part of the Presidential Daily Intel Brief..that is pretty damning and Trump should have known that then.
posted by ptown_trojans_1But, if the report was part of the Presidential Daily Intel Brief..that is pretty damning and Trump should have known that then.
Since when did Trump start taking his briefings?
I'm sure the story is legit, but it's not hard to see the NYT pushing this story with Obama as "financial support" that becomes a "bounty" with Trump. The former just doesn't rise to the level of bombshell.
But what should the response be? I assume a bounty would be a war crime? Or just slap more useless sanctions on them?
CNN analyst the other day was saying "Putin has been emboldened by Trump". Ummmm, were you asleep from 2008-2016?
