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Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:21 pm
by Hexx
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:21 pm
by Saint of Killers
Hexx wrote:Hexx wrote:Supposedly the new "best way" to piss Trump off is to refer to President Bannon
Something's triggered him...
twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/828575949268606977
Not smart! Bad!
The sooner Bannon is jettisoned the better. He's like a cuntier, more malevolent version of Cheney.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:27 pm
by Moggy
Saint of Killers wrote:
The sooner Bannon is jettisoned the better. He's like a cuntier, more malevolent version of Cheney.
If people mentioning "President Bannon" annoys Trump, I wonder how Pence reacts when people compare Bannon to Cheney?
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:43 pm
by Alvin Flummux
Moggy wrote:Such a snowflake.
That's President Snowflake to you, peasant.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:55 pm
by Garth
twitter.com/tomphillipsin/status/828474442372100096
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:57 pm
by Moggy
I am reassured by the reports that Trump is angry with Bannon. I was beginning to think that they were actually evil geniuses that were deliberately producing executive orders that they knew would be struck down by judges, so that they could then point the finger at the judiciary and whip up a storm of hatred against them as soon as a terrorist attack happens. Then they could use the public support to move more power towards themselves and away from the courts.
As it turns out, Bannon might be an evil genius (that remains to be seen) but Trump is actually just the petulant manchild that we always thought he was.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:59 pm
by Hexx
That's an amzig caricature
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:17 pm
by Hexx
John Bercow, the Speaker, has just said being invited to give a speech in Westminster Hall for a foreign leader is an “earned honour”. And it is not an invitation that automatically comes with a state visit, he says.
He says is is one of three people that would have to approve an invitation to someone to speak in Westminster Hall. He would have been opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall even before the migrant ban. Since that ban, he is even more opposed to it, he says.
He says he has less influence over whether Trump gets invited to speak in the Royal Gallery (which is in the Lords). But he would oppose that too, he says.
He says this is because of the House’s opposition to “racism and sexism”.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:26 pm
by Moggy
Alvin Flummux wrote:He's going to be rage-Tweeting against the independence of the judiciary for
years, he doesn't have time for us.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:44 pm
by KK
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:45 pm
by Garth
Yeah that was great
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:07 pm
by KK
The "so called speaker" should really remain neutral, but as a piece of theatre I liked it. He has a habit of interjecting on a lot of things though, which I'm sure will rile up the likes of the Daily Mail, Spectator, Telegraph etc. in the coming hours and days.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:16 pm
by captain red dog
Fair play Bercow! I imagine we will see a response along the lines of the US not needing to acknowledge that house!
I do feel addressing parliament is a high honour that should only really be reserved for foreign dignitaries who have made some kind of outstanding achievement. For example someone kind of like Mandela. Trump definitely shouldn't get one before the end of the first year of a very divisive term.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:52 pm
by Memento Mori
Moggy wrote:Saint of Killers wrote:
The sooner Bannon is jettisoned the better. He's like a cuntier, more malevolent version of Cheney.
If people mentioning "President Bannon" annoys Trump, I wonder how Pence reacts when people compare Bannon to Cheney?
He must have
hated Saturday Night Live this week.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:07 pm
by Saint of Killers
This one is on the nose...
twitter.com/mrbiffo/status/827598777099882496
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:11 pm
by Cuttooth
twitter.com/davidmackau/status/828679879763820544
Jesus Christ.
EDIT - The White House, as far as I know, still hasn't commented on the Quebec mosque killings carried out by a right wing terrorist.EDIT - Ah, no they did however they used it as justification for the Muslim ban.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:17 pm
by captain red dog
This one is on the nose...
twitter.com/mrbiffo/status/827598777099882496
That is strawberry floating magnificent!
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:19 pm
by Garth
Cuttooth wrote:
twitter.com/davidmackau/status/828679879763820544
Jesus Christ.
EDIT - The White House, as far as I know, still hasn't commented on the Quebec mosque killings carried out by a right wing terrorist.
EDIT - Ah, no they did however they used it as justification for the Muslim ban.
twitter.com/nancyayoussef/status/828680361429311494
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:22 pm
by KK
How are you supposed to argue that the press aren't reporting on terrorist attacks though; that's how Trump and his supporters always get away with these outlandish conspiracy theories.
Re: The American Politics Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:25 pm
by Garth
Yeah it's bollocks of the highest order, terrorist attacks are obviously heavily reported on.
