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Old 05.12.2016, 07:37
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Re: Will Trump be a Good President?

More like 20%.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38204189

And Trump seems to think other nations in the world must ask the US for permission for anything they want to do. Latest rant at China:

US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its monetary policy and its operations in the South China Sea.

"Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency" and "build a massive military complex?" he asked. "I don't think so!"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38167022

Sorry, sovereign nations don't need to ask your permission.

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So who wants to put money on Mr Trump still being alive on January 20th?
Given the fallback position is even worse, I hope so.
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Old 05.12.2016, 11:01
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This has noting to do with Trump. 47% of the population still voted for Hofer and on current projections his party will poll the most at the next parliamentary elections (which actually mean something). I'd hold the champagne.
This.

I remember the times when if a far right party polled 5% in a nondescript by-election, the world was awestruck and believed Hitler was going to rise from the dead.

Today a far right party can poll just short of 50% and the same people lean back and say, the far right is vanquished forever.
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Trump’s HUD pick follows his decision to name South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), the daughter of Indian immigrants, as ambassador to the United Nations and former labor secretary Elaine L. Chao as his choice for transportation secretary. Chao in 2001 became the first Asian American woman to be named to a Cabinet post and went on to head the Labor Department under President George W. Bush for eight years. These two appointments, along with Carson’s and Trump’s selection of Betsy DeVos as his choice for education secretary, confirm that the president-elect is seeking a measure of racial and gender diversity in his emerging administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.74aaab504cb8

The Washington Times, who along with other left-wing media, was previously labeling Trump racist and sexist, is now suddenly praising him for his "diverse gender and racial" cabinet choices. Huh.
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Old 05.12.2016, 21:48
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US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its monetary policy and its operations in the South China Sea.

"Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency" and "build a massive military complex?" he asked. "I don't think so!"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38167022

Sorry, sovereign nations don't need to ask your permission.
...but when Trump slaps big import taxes on Chinese-made goods that drags their economy down even more, you can be sure the Chinese President won't be Tweeting nice things in return. And when Trump supports Taiwan and other Asian US allies militarily, China won't be Tweeting happy things there either. All sovereign nation stuff, don't need China's permission.
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Old 05.12.2016, 22:01
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Re: Will Trump be a Good President?

The latest tweet from Trump:

If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to "tweet." Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!

I wonder how Trump defines accurately & honorably? I think he'd like the press and half the nation to stick their heads in the sand so he can reassemble the US government without opposition as any other dictator typically would do.
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Old 05.12.2016, 22:07
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Re: Will Trump be a Good President?

I can't stand this guy, he makes me foam at the mouth. I see either impeachment or assasination the way he is going.
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Old 05.12.2016, 22:10
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The latest tweet from Trump:

If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to "tweet." Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!

I wonder how Trump defines accurately & honorably? I think he'd like the press and half the nation to stick their heads in the sand so he can reassemble the US government without opposition as any other dictator typically would do.
Maybe he would like the hysterics of the left-wing media to calm down a bit so they stop making people foam at the mouth every time they hear his name?

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I can't stand this guy, he makes me foam at the mouth. I see either impeachment or assasination the way he is going.
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The Washington Times, who along with other left-wing media, was previously labeling Trump racist and sexist, is now suddenly praising him for his "diverse gender and racial" cabinet choices. Huh.
Yes, except you quote the Washington Post, which is definitely left wing media. Washington Times is definitely not left wing. You're absolutely correct, just have the wrong source.
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Maybe he would like the hysterics of the left-wing media to calm down a bit so they stop making people foam at the mouth every time they hear his name?
I think it's all a distraction.
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Re: Will Trump be a Good President?

I agree, his tweets are partially a distraction and partially because he's an arse.
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The latest tweet from Trump:

If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to "tweet." Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!

I wonder how Trump defines accurately & honorably? I think he'd like the press and half the nation to stick their heads in the sand so he can reassemble the US government without opposition as any other dictator typically would do.
As The Atlantic drily noted, "SNL parodied the president-elect’s impulsive tweeting last weekend, and he responded by tweeting about it".
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Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump

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Phos seems to be focusing on buzzwords instead of facts again. Misusing shrill again also. Shame, I think he almost admitted The Donald might have made a mistake.
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mad buzzwords yo
One should learn how a full stop works, before pulling up others.
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Re: Will Trump be a Good President?

Book of Revelations, 8:1-2 : "The world will end with trumpets"

God: "No! I said the world will end with Trump/Pence"
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One should learn how a full stop works, before pulling up others.
haha took you 4 days to think up that "comeback"?

but thanks for reminding everybody again that you can barely read and/or don't know the difference between shrill and shill.

you based your entire shitpost on that. so embarrassing. some people just don't know when to slink away into the shadows.
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He is not even in office and has already started to mess up relations with china.. well damn.
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Maybe he would like the hysterics of the left-wing media to calm down a bit so they stop making people foam at the mouth every time they hear his name?
The funny thing is, I've never watched SNL before the PE began tweeting about it. I've even stopped reading a lot of the media reports about him because his twitter feed says it all
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The Turkish government has hired an international law firm to investigate a large chain of [Harmony] charter schools in Texas and across the country, which it alleges is connected to a dissident Turkish cleric – and one-time political ally of Erdoğan – Fethullah Gülen.

Gülen has denied any link between him and the schools, but the Trump administration may bring fresh scrutiny. Michael Flynn, the newly-appointed national security advisor, wrote a febrile opinion piece published on election day in The Hill that criticised the charter schools, called for Gülen’s extradition and compared him with Ayatollah Khomeini and Osama Bin Laden.

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This is a statement by "the national security advisor"

Plus he seems to be doing to US - Iran relations the same good job Trump is managing with China!

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Re: Will Trump be a Good President?

Your new Education Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, he is a pediatric neurosurgeon
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