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Living with the Trump presidency

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MawBroon Fri 10-Feb-17 17:47:03

Apologies if there is a new Trump thread, but the only one I could find had hit the magic 1000 posts mark.
Just seen this on Facebook. Makes excellent sense.

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 18:21:09

It's only half full, as well. Did they draw straws to decide who should go?

whitewave Mon 20-Feb-17 18:23:36

Do you mean the debate about the petition?

Ana Mon 20-Feb-17 18:23:49

You're getting over-excited again, whitewave! grin

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 18:26:21

Yes.

whitewave Mon 20-Feb-17 18:28:11

Well I think there is a police and something or other debate in the House, so I guess they have to budge up in a committee room.

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 18:42:48

There are more MPs in the trump debate than the other one, which is about green space.

whitewave Mon 20-Feb-17 18:55:51

Oh! They must have finished the police one.

Jalima Mon 20-Feb-17 19:01:41

Well I won't, I am absolutely fascinated by how the whole thing will play out over the next weeks, months and years. This is history in the making, with a white supremacist, behind the throne
If it was just me I could be fascinated but it is my DC, my DGC that I am thinking about!
We have lived through relative peace here in our lifetimes.

I am going to google 'how to become a guardian angel'.

whitewave Mon 20-Feb-17 19:06:16

jalima I can absolutely understand what you are saying as I feel the same. Perhaps fascinated doesn't read right, but it is how I feel, as well as horror.

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 19:11:31

Watching 100 days now. Just been said that trump likes to have an enemy. Only one?

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 19:12:16

The Russian UN envoy has just died!

Jalima Mon 20-Feb-17 19:12:35

fascinated horror?
horrified fascination?

Hoping it is all a dream and Barack will walk out of the shower?

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 19:15:12

"In a statement on Monday night, the ministry said Churkin died in New York, where the UN headquarters are located, a day before his 65th birthday. His death at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital followed what was described as a cardiac condition in his office at 9am local time, it said.

“The outstanding Russian diplomat died while he was in his current working role. We offer our condolences to the relatives of Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin,” the statement added. "

2pm our time, I think.

whitewave Mon 20-Feb-17 19:16:49

It's Bannon and cohorts that really give me the willies!

Blimey perhaps he spoke out of turn and Putin did for him!!!

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 19:17:58

Gets even more scary.

JessM Mon 20-Feb-17 19:19:10

Steady Jalima That's an image to stir even the most celibate of Grans. smile

whitewave Mon 20-Feb-17 19:20:11

Cor!!

Jalima Mon 20-Feb-17 19:26:54

with a towel round him, of course blush

Lewlew Mon 20-Feb-17 19:29:29

rosesarered Thank you for the smile! grin

Yes, I agree with most everyone, it's like the old proverbial train wreck/car wreck. You know you should look away, but can't. Fascination of the morbid kind. shock

I am so convinced that the bloke who jumped on stage in Florida was vetted first. My SIL from my late brother lives just down the road from there. Haven't heard a peep from her who voted for him. Anyways, Trump did not look surprised, and no SS jumped up as they did at a campaign rally. The 'admirer' sounded like he was all pumped up on something! hmm

Are we on the Magic Page 13 ? Will this thread die off now (oh, please please please... then I can avoid the next one for at aleast a few days!)

confused smile

durhamjen Mon 20-Feb-17 20:10:26

www.indy100.com/article/sweden-donald-trump-fox-news-report-7590166

This is quite funny, Lewlew. A man offered any journalist a free trip to Malmo to show the problems of the crime ridden area.

Jalima Mon 20-Feb-17 22:01:24

If you ask for 100 posts per page then you will only be on page 4 smile

It's no different, same number of posts, but it just doesn't look so bad!
Only 321 (2) posts, so lots to go yet.

durhamjen Tue 21-Feb-17 11:02:14

Just read a good phrase to describe trump - confidently unhinged.

durhamjen Tue 21-Feb-17 13:48:17

The Russians disagree with trump. They know that they have had dealings with his friends.

www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/us/politics/donald-trump-russia.html?ref=politics

Judthepud2 Tue 21-Feb-17 19:08:54

And no doubt the Russians are peddling fake news too. Everybody is lying except Trump and his administration. wink The more they protest, the bigger the hole they are digging. How can they not realise this?

Iam64 Tue 21-Feb-17 19:26:59

Jud, I wonder if its because they've no experience of politics, of actually running a country. I'm not knocking entrepreneurs or business at all. I do wonder though about Mr T's business practices. From what I've read, he was fairly brutal in his "you're fired" approach to business practice.
Of course, it's possible I only read fake news.

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