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08 Feb 2017, 7:33 pm

Jacoby wrote:
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Earlier today Trump had a briefing. 15-20 minutes into it.. a new tweet by him gets posted. He was whining about his daughter's business and how Nordstrom is bad because they wont sell her clothing line anymore. :roll:

So the briefing was really short (doubtful) or Trump wasn't paying attention or someone else is using Trump's Twitter account.

The president needs to grow the hell up and have VALUES for all of America- not do this petty crap. His daughter's clothing (most, probably all of it isn't even made in USA!) shouldn't be a focus anymore.

The clothing was selling badly- so Nordstrom dropped it. It's that simple. Mr Trump needs to stop being a whiny little brat already. This conflict of interest crap needs to stop. Every company Trump whines about being "bad" is getting hurt by his lies and half-truths. It's sickening.

Congress needs to start the impeachment process now, before more damage is done.


Tweeting isn't an impeachable offense, repeating how unpresidential Trump isn't a narrative that works anymore since whatever he does now is presidential because he is the president! :D


Maybe not tweeting in itself, but how about dereliction of duty because he'd rather be tweeting?


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08 Feb 2017, 7:46 pm

I do not have a problem with him using twitter to make an end run around the mainstream media to communicate. 100 years from now it will be remembered as a historical innovation in political communication. In my area some local politicians are starting to use it. In 10 years or sooner politicians that do not use twitter for this purpose will be seen as quaint. My problem is that he often uses twitter for personal vendettas and obsessing about things that are relatively unimportant. He comes across as fragile as many SJW's. Not a good impression to send out to America's enemies and competitors.


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08 Feb 2017, 8:11 pm

My impression is that Trump usually dictates his tweets and someone else actually sends them out so I really doubt Trump is just scouring his timeline obsessively 24/7. I don't think Trump even uses email, he's always been known for the personal handwritten notes he sends people.



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08 Feb 2017, 11:01 pm

Jacoby wrote:
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Earlier today Trump had a briefing. 15-20 minutes into it.. a new tweet by him gets posted. He was whining about his daughter's business and how Nordstrom is bad because they wont sell her clothing line anymore. :roll:

So the briefing was really short (doubtful) or Trump wasn't paying attention or someone else is using Trump's Twitter account.

The president needs to grow the hell up and have VALUES for all of America- not do this petty crap. His daughter's clothing (most, probably all of it isn't even made in USA!) shouldn't be a focus anymore.

The clothing was selling badly- so Nordstrom dropped it. It's that simple. Mr Trump needs to stop being a whiny little brat already. This conflict of interest crap needs to stop. Every company Trump whines about being "bad" is getting hurt by his lies and half-truths. It's sickening.

Congress needs to start the impeachment process now, before more damage is done.


Tweeting isn't an impeachable offense, repeating how unpresidential Trump isn't a narrative that works anymore since whatever he does now is presidential because he is the president! :D


Way to avoid the bigger picture- CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

He shouldn't be worrying about his children's businesses anymore, period. He especially shouldn't be whining on Twitter when something bad happens to them. It's not professional at all.



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12 Feb 2017, 1:56 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
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They were both just puppets of the military industrial complex. Bush actually seemed to believe in what he was doing, where as Obama knew he was doing wrong, but was just too spineless to even try stopping it. Trump actually wants to do what he thinks is best for the country, hence why he's so hated. 9 out of the leading 10 arms companies endorsed Hillary Clinton.
And no, the ball had begun rolling under Clinton who had been bombing Iraq. Also, Obama started more than that. It's not about stopping dictators, hence why the US has always supported some of the worst and destroyed democratically elected leaders and installing puppet dictators.


What will you do when Trump ends up taking us into needless, endless wars?


I could just blame it on Obama, like you blamed everything on Bush?


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