Odds that Russia has something on Trump?
 

Even before yesterday's stunning announcement, Trump has spent his entire presidency sticking up for Putin, heaping praise on Putin, refusing to say anything negative about Putin, having 2 hour closed door meeting with Putin and not briefing his top intelligence people, not making a transcript of the meeting, and pushing back against additional sanctions against Russia for their aggressive actions and human rights violations in places like Georgia and Crimea, not to mention back in Russia, where journalists or ex-government officials who speak out against Putin are routinely killed during "robberies" or poisoned to death.

Now he's inviting the former KGB agent, and most likely a huge entourage of other KGB agents, to Washington just prior to the mid-term elections.

Ever since he was elected rumors have swirled that Russia has video and/or tapes of Trump in extremely compromising positions, that if made public, would at the very least hurt him with his evangelical and female bases.

So, what do you think the odds are that Putin does indeed have "something" on Trump, and that would explain his actions (or lack of actions) against the US's largest global enemy?

Read The Art of the Deal.

Trump thinks that Putin is a schmuck. The thief thinks that everybody steals.

Also a 25% chance of shady international business deals.

Obsessed.

Odds of Chula making at least one more thread with Trump or Putin in the title?

I think there's definitely something. Trump doesn't heap praise on many people other than himself. The ones he does either has something he wants or has something he doesn't want people to know about.

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Can we have this as the Trump thread now then? If guys overstep the mark just ban them.

Then we can get back to posting actual news in the news thread instead of discussing Trump all the time.

Nah, not part of the OP or title.

Trump is in the thread title and OP, hope this helps.

Oh, that changes everything. Still no.

#releasethepeetape

OK Chula will continue to use the news thread as his Trump thread.

Would it help if we made a thread called the Donald T. Rump thread?

What about The Ivanka Trump Thread where we post sexy pics and news stories about her and her family?

Yes.

Current Events
Trump is the current President
Trump's last week (current) has been a PR nightmare.

What should we be posting about here? "Iowa farmer grows the largest watermelon on record"?

When’s the last time you guys think big D and Melania had sex? Gotta be years right? I mean he is just plain vile to even look at

Melania is a Russian spy.

I imagine he hasn't looked at her since Ivanka turned 15.

Did you see her press conference earlier today where tried to clarify that she misspoke during her wedding vows?

"When I said "I do" what I really meant to say was "I don't".

:p::p::p:

Trying to turn Melania into a political figure is a seriously concerning move for the Trump administration. It reeks of quasi-monarchy which could easily lead to fasc...oh wait I forgot that we always gave the first lady an unreasonable amount of attention.

"Queen Melania" isn't bad tbh.

^ I quite like the special role that American First Ladies play, and the old-fashioned courtesy with which they are usually treated by the media. Is Melania being treated so differently from previous incumbants?
IMO, with Trump the worry quasi-monarchy bit has been the handing out positions of power to King Trump's children, irrespective of their experience or aptitude. That's a significant shift from meritocracy to nepotism, which is def a characteristic of dictatorships.

Ivanka Trump, official title: Advisor to President:-



Jared Trump, official title: Senior Advisor:-

I was being ironic. She's being treated similar to past first ladies. I do genuinely think its a silly tradition though.

At least I registered the irony of your "leads to fasc..." comment, though quite often your irony sails straight over my head, I'm afraid.

Yes, all that stuff about "What will the first lady wear?" is pretty silly of course but sometimes it provides a bit of light relief, or a heartwarming story to sweeten the pill that the end of civilization is nigh.

An ironical observation about the beginnings of fascism:-

Surely the first tell-tale sign is when a political party design a mock-military uniform for themselves - the Brownshirts, the Blackshirts, etc. We'll know that fascism has infiltrated MB when the mods all post avatars of themselves as Blueshirts. ;)

And burn down the Lounge, and blame it on Chula.

*it's

*similarly

*Smallerly

This Trump vs. Cohen thing is heating up very quickly. Imagine you have a long time lawyer and "fixer" who ends up on the hot seat and decides he's not going to take a fall for his ex-client. The **** Cohen must know and can testify to....

Trump's already trying to spin that Cohen taping him was illegal.

Not according to the America Bar Association:

Checked and it's completely legal in New York, where I assume the taping took place.

If this doesn't pan out I imagine another drinking binge is imminent.

that brain eno album you said to listen to last night... put me right to sleep :o: lol

That's a perfectly fine reaction. Good job. lol Brain Eno.

Nah, just the fact that Trump is squirming like an overstuffed yet nervous egomaniac, and probably screaming daily at folks like Conway, Sanders, Pence, Hannity, Guliani, and others to "make it all go away", will carry me through.

You guys should read up on FDR's daughter sometime. Her rise to political power during her dad's 12 years make Ivanka look like nothin', though there's certainly a precedent there.

vladimir, can u hear me now>>?http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/a...pstczgsjes.png



this president ish boring http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswv85ao6t.png

Ivanka is nothing but a silver spoon fed rich girl who's capitalized on our current media saturation obsession, and glamour over substance adulation.

Read today that Kylie Jenner is about to become the youngest self made Billionaire.

https://cdn.cliqueinc.com/posts/2627...938.640x0c.jpg

Sorry to deflect from politics for a bit, but figured it was relevant since Kylie and Ivanka are both cut from basically the same cloth.

Self made billionaire my bellend.

Did you read anything after that?

"Welcome to the era of extreme fame leverage"

Also, curious what isn't self made about her.