Screeching, flailing, and arbitrarily reneging on deals may have worked for Trump, Inc. but it's hardly a coherent national policy. It's like he's me trying to play Sim City for the first time.
Aluminum? Uh....20%!!! Soybeans!!! /steps on own dick/ Shit, I guess give the farmers 10 billion dollars! I need another loan. Uh,....what's next?
I'm sure there's a practical reason for this, e.g., she frequently uses the yacht to visit all of the rest of her money stuffed into offshore tax havens.
I kind of have a feeling like Trump's base will never stop "supporting" him, but that's about it. They might wave a flag at a MAGA rally but they won't phone bank, march in the streets, knock on doors, or do anything to convert that support into additional votes or sway mainstream opinion. They would rather eat their own skin than admit they were wrong, but can always privately just sit out election day and save face.
A Trump-Endorses-Crimea-Annexation Summit? The fact we are considering this is beyond bananas.
Compared to Trump, Obama is General Patton, Harry Truman, Marine Todd, and a fully formed voltron robot all into one.
I'm totally fine with Russia sending agents/"spies" like this to push whatever bullshit they want, so long as it's out in the open and reciprocal, i.e., we get to do it too.
If Obama and Hillary hadn't been so fucking effective at isolating Russia and ruining its economy with sanctions and huge domestic oil production, we probably wouldn't be in this mess. We had our boot on Putin's throat, and all through diplomacy and economic disincentives.
Remember gang, sanctions are the big target. All this "cooperation" bullshit is just a carrot so Trump can tell Congress Russia is giving us something when he asks Congress to repeal Magnitsky and lift all sanctions.
My buddy found an extension cab with a 12" Celestion Creamback for $95 on Craigslist. I'm thinking either get the cabinet re-covered in something cool or build a new one entirely. It's just particleboard or cheap plywood. $95 was an ok deal for just the speaker tho.
If Putin didn't outright blackmail Trump yesterday, he definitely repeatedly hit the raw nerve he has about having a legitimate and convincing electoral win. He probably was like, "Donald, you won the election without anyone's help. We did nothing. If America thinks that we influenced the election, it takes away from your victory. Don't let them do that!" He would have manipulated Trump's pathological need to have an untainted, unassisted win. Putin would reinforced Trump's belief that - Admitting Russian influence = Admitting that I am an illegitimate president.
That's why Trump immediately interpretted every question about himself and his legitimacy. Listen to NYT "The Daily" podcast from today. It's interesting.