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Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:43 am
by Moggy
Hexx wrote:If he gets impeached does he still keep the "President" title for life?
Taking that off him would hurt more than anything.


The only two to be impeached (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) were acquitted by the Senate so I am not sure if anybody knows that.

I'd imagine it would be a situation where the entire world stops calling him President, but he will refer to himself as President forever.

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:51 am
by Memento Mori
Moggy wrote:
Hexx wrote:If he gets impeached does he still keep the "President" title for life?
Taking that off him would hurt more than anything.


The only two to be impeached (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) were acquitted by the Senate so I am not sure if anybody knows that.

I'd imagine it would be a situation where the entire world stops calling him President, but he will refer to himself as President forever.

I think he'd probably resign if it got to that stage. He'd definitely get to keep his title in that case.

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:54 am
by Moggy
Memento Mori wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Hexx wrote:If he gets impeached does he still keep the "President" title for life?
Taking that off him would hurt more than anything.


The only two to be impeached (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) were acquitted by the Senate so I am not sure if anybody knows that.

I'd imagine it would be a situation where the entire world stops calling him President, but he will refer to himself as President forever.

I think he'd probably resign if it got to that stage. He'd definitely get to keep his title in that case.


I was wondering about that the other day. Nixon resigned to avoid being thrown out of office, but would Trump’s ego allow him to? In his head he would be thinking “I am smarter than them all, the smartest, they would never rule against me. I am making America great again, it’s SAD that anybody thinks they can throw me out. I can beat them. I will show them. Hilary’s emails! Sad! I am tremendous! I will win!”

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:34 pm
by Garth

twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/865164340030316544


Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:42 pm
by Garth
Moggy wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Hexx wrote:If he gets impeached does he still keep the "President" title for life?
Taking that off him would hurt more than anything.


The only two to be impeached (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) were acquitted by the Senate so I am not sure if anybody knows that.

I'd imagine it would be a situation where the entire world stops calling him President, but he will refer to himself as President forever.

I think he'd probably resign if it got to that stage. He'd definitely get to keep his title in that case.


I was wondering about that the other day. Nixon resigned to avoid being thrown out of office, but would Trump’s ego allow him to? In his head he would be thinking “I am smarter than them all, the smartest, they would never rule against me. I am making America great again, it’s SAD that anybody thinks they can throw me out. I can beat them. I will show them. Hilary’s emails! Sad! I am tremendous! I will win!”


Saw this on CNN last night, pretty interesting look into the mind of Trump:


Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:50 pm
by Garth
He's tweeting again:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/865169927644340224


Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:52 pm
by Moggy
The one thing I don't understand is why they haven't taken his phone off of him. :lol:

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:55 pm
by Garth
He's surrounded by yes men, and people are afraid to tell him what to do. According to White House sources, it seems they try to divert his attention to other (generally more Trump-positive) things instead.

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:56 pm
by Hexx
Garth wrote:He's surrounded by yes men, and people are afraid to tell him what to do. According to White House sources, it seems they try to divert his attention to other (generally more Trump-positive) things instead.


Rllmuk says he's got a press conference today as well

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:59 pm
by Garth

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/865173176854204416


Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:59 pm
by Alvin Flummux
Garth wrote:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/865173176854204416



Said the Birther. :lol:

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:00 pm
by Garth

twitter.com/davidmackau/status/865171777114296321



Typical :fp:

Fox News has a scary amount of influence over him.

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:03 pm
by Alvin Flummux
Republican congressman (and probable loser in next year's midterms) Darrell Issa ordered the IRS to watch conservative and liberal groups more closely, an action entirely within their remit anyway.

Not sure about F&F though, but that seems like small potatoes compared to Comrade Trumpski's Gotten To Adventureland.

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:05 pm
by Drumstick
Garth wrote:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/865173176854204416


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:06 pm
by Moggy
Alvin Flummux wrote:
Garth wrote:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/865173176854204416



Said the Birther. :lol:


The other day he said no politician had ever been treated as badly as he had been. Which resulted in a hell of a lot of people pointing out the assassinated Presidents.

Now he is claiming it is the greatest witch hunt, despite (as you said) he himself being one of the main proponents of the ridiculous birther witch hunts.

:lol:

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:27 pm
by Photek
Oh s*** Trump is pished as FOOK over the special counsel....excellent stuff. :D

MSNBC is also beating Fox News in ratings at the moment which is unheard of, essentially because Fox are ignoring the sh*t storm that's happening at the moment.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/17/media/fox-news-msnbc-cnn-trump-ratings/index.html?sr=twCNN051817fox-news-msnbc-cnn-trump-ratings1210AMVODtopPhoto&linkId=37708913

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:38 pm
by Hexx
I liked this sum up of events from a person on rllmuk

"well beyond his capacity to understand and outside of his capability to control"

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:46 pm
by Irene Demova
Roger Ailes has died

Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:46 pm
by Garth

twitter.com/FoxNews/status/865185973503709184


Re: The American Politics Thread - Special Counsel Appointed for Independent Russia Investigation

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:48 pm
by Kanbei
Roger Ailes has died!!!

What the hell will happen next?!?!