The Donald Trump Score Card

Wrong! That was not PUSHING and that was not EXTORTING! That was a product of negotiating. American diplomats decided to REWARD them for backing off their nuke activities. Under international law they were able to do certain things. Saddam Hussain had to give up weapons because he had invaded Kuwait. North Korea had not invaded anyone and could not be prevented from anything by the international community. In contrast, the good ole USA won't sign several international protocols or conventions or treaties and violates any damn thing at any damn time, even the Geneva Convention. The USA don't give a flying frog about torture or treaties with Indians or environmental protection agreements. John Bolton just told the world-ON BEHALF OF TRUMP-that the International Criminal Court is dead to us. So now other world leaders can be turned over for international prosecution but not American leaders. Real Friggin Nice! America is no longer the world beacon for morality. America is now a haven for rich guys who commit international crimes.

 

Have you ever heard of Jimmy Carter?

 

On reflection about Lindsey Graham's performance on Friday, seems to me he might be interviewing for a job himself: Attorney General, maybe. How else to explain his histrionics and obvious sucking up to the Donald, now that his ol' buddy McCain is safely planted?

 

John McCain’s remarkable mother: At 106, Roberta McCain has outlived her son
By Rachel Siegel
September 1, 2018

John McCain’s remarkable mother: At 106, Roberta McCain has outlived her son

excerpt:

"Once, when traveling through France in her 90s, Roberta was told she was too old to rent a car. So instead, she bought one. At the end of her vacation, she had the car shipped back to the East Coast, where she picked it up and drove it to San Francisco, she told the Times."

 

Then don't bitch about Trump's lack of military service if it doesn't disqualify a president.

 

Absolutely. Apples and Oranges in regards to military service. I never said a Demo hasn't served in the military. Or that it was a requirement to be president. You're assaulting Trump for his lack of military service.

 

That's a big ten dash four! As we say it in the trucking business!

 

I am not assailing or assaulting. I am just delivering a factual statement pursuant to his Fire and Fury empty threats. Trump reminds me of a short fat guy named Bobby who used to claim he knew Karate. The other men in the bar used to laugh so hard that they had to make a mad dash to the toilet...to avoid wetting themselves.

 

Politicians care about 3 things. Re election Re election and Re election. He's cranking up his priorities

 

So the whole bone spurs part is for what?

 

When Trump won the election, he claimed he would be president to all Americans. Instead he's done his best to step on every minority group, including Mexicans and Muslims. He's treated Puerto Ricans like they were non-Americans. He's attacked people on public assistance like Medicaid. He's destroyed environmental protection. He's destroyed protections for endangered animals. He's ruined safe drinking water. He's energized Neo Nazi-white supremacist groups. He's ruined consumer financial protection in favor of rip-off corporations. He's attacked FCC regulations which protect American families. He insulted Native Americans. He insulted a black woman who serves as a Florida member of Congress. He's put Mexican children in cages and separated them from their parents. He insulted a woman who serves in the United States Senate. He supported a judge from Alabama who has been called out as a pedophile. He's nominated a pervert and alcoholic to the highest court in the nation. He's paid two women for sex. And he's told Billy Bush that he likes to grab women by the pussy. I just don't see how he could claim to be every American's president?

 

He is the one who said he avoided Viet Nam because he had bone spurs!

 

Ok and you have no problem with that then?

 

Wannabe alpha male behavior is a more concise term for Trump.


It's an alpha male thing: what dominant chimpanzees and Donald Trump have in common
Dan P McAdams
Thu 14 Sep 2017 06.00 EDT
Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018 16.18 EST

It's an alpha male thing: what dominant chimpanzees and Donald Trump have in common

excerpts:

"For human beings today, dominance and prestige compete with each other as the two primal expressions of leadership.

When it comes to US presidents, we expect to see a bit of both.

For Trump, however, it is dominance all the way through."


"One of the most bizarre (and psychologically telling) events in the Trump administration so far was the president’s first full cabinet meeting, on 12 June 2017.

With the cameras rolling, each cabinet official in turn proclaimed how honored or blessed he (or she) was to serve the primal leader. The vice-president, Mike Pence, began the submission fest with these words: “Thank you, Mr President, and this is the greatest privilege of my life, to serve as vice-president to a president who is keeping his word to the American people and assembling a team that is bringing real change, real prosperity, and real strength back to our nation.”

And on it went, around the room, one obsequious gesture after another. Similarly, chimps show a wide range of deference displays in the presence of the alpha, including grooming, stroking, bowing, and other variations on the theme of sucking up.

In the prestige paradigm of leadership, the president’s cabinet would be viewed as a body of experts charged with running government agencies and providing the president with critical advice. But under the aegis of dominance, specific expertise is irrelevant. What matters instead is fealty to the alpha. "

 

Make Authoritarianism Great Again

Trump, Putin, Kim Jong-un, Duterte, Erdogan, Xi Jinping, Viktor Orban, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Narendra Modi.



Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the lure of the strongman
All vow to lead a national revival through force of personality and willingness to ignore niceties
by Gideon Rachman
May 16, 2016

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excerpt:

"Mr Trump and Mr Putin seem to have formed something of a mutual admiration society. Strongman leaders often get on very well — at least initially. But because their relationships are based on a shared style and swagger, rather than underlying principle, they also often fall out spectacularly. Mr Erdogan used to have close relationships with Mr Putin and with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria but these have turned into bitter enmities. Further back in history, the 1939 pact between Hitler and Stalin gave way within two years to war between Germany and the Soviet Union.

The alarming truth is that the impact of strongman leaders is rarely confined within national borders. All too often, the undercurrent of violence that they introduce into domestic politics spills over on to the international stage."

 

I made an observation about his public statement. I never told you that I had a problem with it. Initially, I pointed out to you Trump's big talk about Fire and Fury. He's rich and a big city man and he never served in the military. In Colorado and Wyoming there are tough men who work in feed lots, packing houses, drive trucks, and frame houses. They are tough men. They never let their mouth write a check which their ass cannot cash.