In Trump ....We Trust

[jeanvaljean]

The next one will find out that the RUssians are calling from INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. D: D: D:

Or maybe the guy just told Trump to give up his unprotected Android phone and his private email server.

[Tami]

Brands all over the world are praying that Trump attacks them

Remember when Companies were afraid of Trump?

CNN)Donald Trump may have only been in office for three weeks, but he's already started to work his entrepreneurial magic.
Taking to Twitter to lambaste Nordstrom for withdrawing his daughter Ivanka's clothing line, he unleashed an outpouring of consumer love. The store's stock finished the day up 4%.

Meryl Streep's performance in "Florence Foster Jenkins" is not her best work, but a high-profile spat with the US President has likely helped secure her a record 20th Oscar nomination.

But perhaps the greatest beneficiary of Trump's bile has been his most-hated foe: the mainstream media. Despite being labeled as "fake news," the "unfair" and "failing" New York Times has seen a tenfold increase in subscriptions since the election.

So beneficial is Trump's Midas grope that it's likely we'll see more brands clamoring to get in on the protest points.

[Carabas]

people just have this crazy idea that Trump won the presidency because everyone responded to his horrible actions and words by lashing out at him and the gernal populace just saw the world attacking a man unfairly without giving him a chance so they sided with him

they saw him as The Anti-SJW who would clean up the world of the screaming triggered babies that are offended about everything and just saw trump as a man who was being attacked by those same people who cry over A Female Video Game Character Looking too sexy

so they thought "Why vote against him and support the SJW's when i can vote for him and crush them?"

You're right, that is a crazy idea and it does not resemble reality in the slightest.

And the only screaming triggered babies I have seen recently are extreme rightwing nutters who are offended that people take issue with their various forms of bigotry.

[Chrysalis_Changling]

You're right, that is a crazy idea and it does not resemble reality in the slightest.

And the only screaming triggered babies I have seen recently are extreme rightwing nutters who are offended that people take issue with their various forms of bigotry.

just saying that's the excuse i always get when i argue with people politically online

they just claim that people lashing out negatively against trump in major ways has only given him the upper hand and makes him look like he's in the right because instead of trying to reason with him or ignore him or being nice to his supporters they say that Anti-Trumpsters go for the loudest most obnoxious way of fighting back and that just gives trump more fuel

[Shining Trapezohedron]

Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he’s growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy.

In interviews, nearly two dozen people who’ve spent time with Trump in the three weeks since his inauguration said that his mood has careened between surprise and anger as he’s faced the predictable realities of governing, from congressional delays over his cabinet nominations and legal fights holding up his aggressive initiatives to staff in-fighting and leaks.

The administration’s rocky opening days have been a setback for a president who, as a billionaire businessman, sold himself to voters as being uniquely qualified to fix what ailed the nation. Yet it has become apparent, say those close to the president, most of whom requested anonymity to describe the inner workings of the White House, that the transition from overseeing a family business to running the country has been tough on him.

Trump often asks simple questions about policies, proposals and personnel. And, when discussions get bogged down in details, the president has been known to quickly change the subject — to "seem in control at all times," one senior government official said — or direct questions about details to his chief strategist Steve Bannon, his son-in-law Jared Kushner or House Speaker Paul Ryan. Trump has privately expressed disbelief over the ability of judges, bureaucrats or lawmakers to delay — or even stop — him from filling positions and implementing policies.

After Trump grew infuriated by disclosures of his confrontational phone calls with foreign leaders, an investigation was launched into the source of the leaks, according to one White House aide. National Security Council staffers have been instructed to cooperate with inquiries, including requests to inspect their electronic communications, said two sources familiar with the situation. It’s not clear whether the investigation is a formal proceeding, how far along it is or who is conducting it.

The administration is considering limiting the universe of aides with access to the calls or their transcripts, said one administration official, adding that the leaks — and Trump’s anger over them — had created a climate where people are “very careful who they talk to.”

The president and his allies believe career NSC staff assigned from other agencies are out to get them. In turn, some NSC staff believe Trump does not possess the capacity for detail and nuance required to handle the sensitive issues discussed on the calls, and that he has politicized their agency by appointing chief strategist Bannon to the council.

Last week, Trump told an associate he had become weary of in-fighting among — and leaks from — his White House staff “because it reflects on me,” and that he intended to sit down staffers to tell them “to cut this shit out.”

The interviews paint a picture of a powder-keg of a workplace where job duties are unclear, morale among some is low, factionalism is rampant and exhaustion is running high. Two visitors to the White House last week said they were struck by how tired the staff looks.

In Washington circles, talk has turned to whether a staff shake-up is in the works.

One person close to Trump said: "I think he'd like to do it now, but he knows it's too soon."

Spicer, a 45-year-old party operative who rose through the ranks of the Republican National Committee, has told several people that he finds the non-stop demands of the position difficult.

For now, the president is standing by his press secretary. After CNN reported Tuesday that Trump regretted hiring Spicer and was disappointed in him, the president spoke with his press secretary and told him that he was in fine shape. Trump, who has been reluctant to admit any missteps, also has acknowledged to Spicer that it was a mistake to send him to the White House briefing room on the administration’s first full day to berate reporters for coverage of his inauguration crowd size.

For all of Trump’s frustrations about staff drama however, it isn’t clear they’re going away any time soon. Tensions remain between the staffs of chief of staff Reince Priebus and Bannon. Priebus’s advisers blamed Bannon’s team for the botched rollout of the travel ban executive order, saying that they hadn’t done the needed legwork ahead of time.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...sidency-234879

[ImprobableQuestion]

Brands all over the world are praying that Trump attacks them

Remember when Companies were afraid of Trump?

"The Midas Grope."

I love it!

[aja_christopher]

they just claim that people lashing out negatively against trump in major ways has only given him the upper hand and makes him look like he's in the right because instead of trying to reason with him or ignore him or being nice to his supporters they say that Anti-Trumpsters go for the loudest most obnoxious way of fighting back and that just gives trump more fuel

Like Chris Evans said -- we can't let hate be the loudest voice.

[Iron Maiden]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...sidency-234879

Again Trump's being such a novice to governing is getting him antsy. He was used to barking orders and having people jump to implement whatever whim came into his bird's nest head. Even with the GOP being in power he's finding out how you can't just snap your fingers or govern by executive order. Bannon's staff screwed the pooch when drafting the order for the immigration ban because they simply didn't have the knowledge on composing such a document.

[JCAll]

Trump didn't realize that being President doesn't make him King.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...sidency-234879

In other words, Trump's first month as POTUS has been a first class Chinese fire drill, and it sounds like things aren't getting any better. Cheeto Jesus topped off a swamp that's already drowning him while his administration looks like a train wreck as he governs (if you can call it that) by the seat of his pants. I'm sure this must have Trump lemmings feeling awfully damn proud of themselves for having elected that horse's ass.

[Gray Lensman]

Trump didn't realize that being President doesn't make him King.

Exactly - Trump thinks he became the ruler of America only to discover that he is merely the leader (and a bad one at that).

[Joker]

It's almost like he had no experience working in government prior to becoming the president elect. Weird.

[Shining Trapezohedron]

[Shining Trapezohedron]

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/829892081241972736

ooooooooooooooohhhh snap!

[master of read]

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/829892081241972736

ooooooooooooooohhhh snap!