As you pointed out in one of these threads, he's already (wisely) changing his stance on Obamacare. So I see potential for him to be reasonable on other issues as well. However Congress is another kettle of stinky fish.

Sniff. I'm gutted.

Seems that in the US "Campaign Talk" is anyway not actually any sort of commitment.

Lol, I don't think this is a sign of being reasonable for Phos!

Obamacare is some socialist crap, of course.

as anyone who isn't naive should have already known

Well, it changes. It is a nomadic thing, accents travel and migrate as much as the themes, registers and associations of the speaker, I am sure there is some stuff that resurfaces. As it is now, though, not sure how many coffees, bamboos, pandas and pastas I could logically fit in normal conversation. One thing is sure, when angry I bounce back to Lancashire, never to NYC, Cali, Cork or Cockney.

Back to Trump. What is his obssession with Slavic wives?

Is Congress gonna impeach him?

a) They're very intelligent

b) Thery're hot

Or do you disagree?

Tom

Ok ok. I still think marrying Trump is not smart but whatever.

They're also brought up with the old school Eastern European ideas "Let the man be the man" kind of thing, very appealing to Alfa males....

So Trump is acting on his own, folks. Do never, ever doubt this! Time to move along, nothing to see....

Hmn. You mean singing "I could be happy with you, if you could be happy with me." doesn't work?

... I knew I was doing something wrong!

I wonder what Ivana thinks of all this.. did anyone ask her?

It does. It must be something else that you did wrong......

It probably required a diamond ring...?

I don't have that. I was sick when they taught it in commie school, home economics 7th grade. I think I was actually stealing cherries off the janitor's garden at that moment.

Btw - it is more "let the man think he is the man" which is entirely different. I did not learn that either. Doomed.

Knowing Czech moms, she is worried about Ivanka, tbh. Absurdities to deal with, etc.

You're right, but I was afraid to hurt our Anglo-Saxon audience.

Let's let them know how very awesome the are!

Depends. If he signs all the bills they send across his desk he will be fine.

I should have kept a link to an article I read earlier that posed an interesting scenario. It basically said Pence is the new Cheney and Trump will be a puppet. Pence, a former Congressman, will work closely with Congress to craft bills. Trump doesn't have a clue how laws are made or have time to read every word in a bill, so Pence will introduce/explain to Trump before he signs. Oversimplified but you get the idea.

If Congress feels like Trump isn't playing the puppet properly I guess they could consider impeachment. The question is, at that point would the Ds block such a move in order to avoid a change to much-further right Pence?

That's not a trap, it's an outright conspiracy!

You are so smart!

yeah. someone married to a billionaire who will be the next president. doesn't sound dumb to me.