US Politics Mega-thread - Page 7155

On March 21 2017 03:35 LegalLord wrote:
Good reporters are in short supply. And stories based on bullshit certainly have gone viral in the current cycle.

Late into the third hour of Monday's House Intelligence Committee hearing, during which the FBI's director confirmed the agency was investigating whether there was any "cooperation" between the Trump campaign and Russia, one Republican congressman attempted to discredit the media's reporting on the topic.

"Is it possible that the New York Times was misled by individuals claiming to be current or former American officials?" Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) asked.

When Comey said he could not answer that question, Wenstrup continued down the same path.

"Is it possible that a so-called 'source' to a media outlet may actually be a Russian advocate?" he asked. "Nothing to do with this story, but is it possible that a Russian surrogate could actually be the source that a newspaper is relying on?"

Comey again refused to confirm or deny the source of a specific article, saying only: "In general, sure. Somebody could always be pretending to be something they're not."

The New York Times article in question disclosed to the public that several members of Trump's presidential campaign and inner circle had phone conversations and other communications with Russian officials that were intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies.

The New York Times did not immediately respond to TPM's request for comment.

On March 21 2017 04:48 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
......?

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/843910949681664001

On March 21 2017 04:43 On_Slaught wrote:
Pride cometh before the fall. His inability to just admit his mistakes and his need to always be right will get him. If not on this issue, then another.

On the point of pride; a fun thought experiment. Are there any of the 7 deadly sins that Trump does NOT personify? Clearly he personifies pride, greed, lust, wrath, and envy. Anyone got an argument for gluttony and sloth?

On March 21 2017 04:58 zlefin wrote:

i'd say he doesn't fit gluttony particularly, and definitely not sloth. at least from what I've heard of him.

On March 21 2017 05:25 KwarK wrote:

He's one of the lazier Presidents in my lifetime. Refuses to work weekends and caused a diplomatic incident with Australia because it'd been a long day and he'd not had a midday nap.

On March 21 2017 05:56 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Lazy is one negative quality Trump can't be attributed with. I sure as hell wish it was accurate, but he's clearly a hard worker.. Somewhat selective, sure, lacking attention span for some of the more boring and tedious aspects of being a politician (or student of anything), absolutely, but he still works hard.

On March 21 2017 06:03 KwarK wrote:

He doesn't go to his briefings, clearly doesn't read briefings about any of the important subjects he ought to know, watches tv half the day and tweets about it the other half. I mean come on, really? This is a man who goes into every meeting completely unprepared and forces foreign leaders, from Theresa May to Shinzo Abe to Angela Merkel to Malcolm Turnbull to educate him about the fundamentals of the discussion at hand.

The job is a vanity project for Trump, nothing more. This is a man who didn't really have any kind of idea for a healthcare plan, waited too long without working on one and then defended himself by saying that nobody knew it was a complicated subject. If you were doing a group project and Trump was in your group would you really say that he's a hard worker? Because I feel like he'd never show up to the meetings, never do the research or reading and then insist upon doing the presentation on the day, only to fuck it up.

He took the job for the title, when forced to do actual work he throws all the responsibility away from his person and then deflects. When he's unable to deflect he shows himself to be woefully ignorant and incompetent.