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#1502385 --- 07/25/17 03:28 PM
Re: The Trump effect continues! MORE WINNING!
[Re: ThomasDecker]
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/trump-sessions-bullying/index.htmlDonald Trump's public bullying of Jeff Sessions is embarrassing CNN
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large At 6:12 a.m. ET, the President of the United States tweeted this: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!" That came less than 24 hours after Trump had described Sessions as "beleagured" in another tweet and one day after he seemed to roll his eyes when asked about the attorney general in a photo-op with White House interns on Monday. It came six days after Trump told The New York Times that he would have never hired Sessions at all if he knew that the AG would recuse himself in the ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. *********************************************** https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bully Definition of bully 1 a : a blustering, browbeating person; especially : one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable
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#1502386 --- 07/25/17 03:31 PM
Re: The Trump effect continues! MORE WINNING!
[Re: kyle585]
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/trump-sessions-bullying/index.htmlwhat Trump is doing to Sessions is the worst sort of bullying. He's attacking a subordinate -- publicly and repeatedly -- knowing that the subordinate has no real recourse other than to resign his post.That appears to be, of course, exactly the outcome Trump wants. For all of his bluster, he's not terribly fond of actually firing people -- he prefers to isolate and embarrass them into quitting. That, plus Trump's potential fears of what it might look like if he fired the AG so soon after firing the FBI director -- and with the Russia investigation still ongoing -- seems to be at the root of Trump's strategy here. But, what Trump is doing to Sessions is more embarrassing for the former than the latter. Picking on someone who works for you is rarely a good look. And doing it via Twitter -- while not being willing to speak to Sessions in person -- is not the sort of stuff we have come to expect from a president. If Trump thinks Sessions is doing such a bad job -- as he clearly does -- then he should fire him. That's well within his powers as president. What he's doing right now is well beneath the office of president. And, from a purely political perspective, it's misguided. Sessions is beloved by Trump's base as one of the original voices willing to speak out on the problems of undocumented workers in the United States. The likes of Rush Limbaugh and Tucker Carlson have urged Trump to leave off the public bullying of Sessions.Remember too that Sessions is a former member of the US Senate -- a place where Trump badly needs some goodwill from Republicans on his health care bill among other things. Attacking one of their own is not the way to win the Senate's heart. Donald Trump has promised to be "modern day presidential." It sure looks a lot like plain old bullying from here.
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#1502415 --- 07/25/17 11:00 PM
Re: The Trump effect continues! MORE WINNING!
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According to reporting from Politico, Breitbart’s shocking rebuke of Trump is in line with Bannon’s current thoughts on the controversy. Citing an unnamed “senior White House aide,” Politico reported Bannon “has emphasized that firing Sessions is a risky move that would cast the White House in a negative light and potentially unleash a political disaster.” Bannon, of course, is such a fan of his “mentor” Jeff Sessions that he first encouraged the former Alabama senator to run for president before joining the Trump campaign.
Breitbart’s harsh words for Trump echoed those offered by right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh on Monday.
“It’s also a little bit discomforting, unseemly, for Trump to go after such a loyal supporter this way,” Limbaugh said on his radio show Monday, calling Sessions a “by-the-book” attorney general. President Trump, was hired to do a job for the people, and if his cabinet appointees aren't willing do the job, it's time for them to go.
If I were President Trump, there'd be a lot of bureaucrats looking for new employment somewhere!
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#1502542 --- 07/28/17 02:23 PM
Re: The Trump effect continues! MORE WINNING!
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Remember today July 28, 2017 when Trumps presidency is declared effectively over. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/344281...ffectively-over 'I think this presidency legislatively is effectively over,' says Rick Tyler. #morningjoe pic.twitter.com/PDhARlx1RL — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 28, 2017 Sen. Ted Cruz's former communications director Rick Tyler declared the presidency of Donald Trump "is effectively over" on MSNBC on Friday. "I think this presidency is effectively over," Tyler told "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski."And if you look back to different presidencies, you look at Bill Clinton. He had a rough first two years, very difficult two years. But after Oklahoma City he was able to regain his footing and become presidential until he slipped on a blue dress," Tyler continued. "But this President cannot change. Nothing about his behavior tells me, since the beginning of this process, that he was going to change. And if you cannot change and you cannot become presidential, and you cannot convince the majority of the American people to enact some legislative agenda that he wants passed, his presidency legislatively is effectively over," he concluded.
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#1502545 --- 07/28/17 02:33 PM
Re: The Trump effect continues! MORE WINNING!
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http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/graydon-carter-trump-presidency-is-already-a-jokeThe Trump Presidency Is Already a JokeBut it’s no laughing matter. by Graydon Carter March 22, 2017 5:00 pm It can reasonably be said that our dear leader is now the most ridiculed man on the planet. In fact, he may well be the most ridiculed man in history. For a preening narcissist who takes himself terribly seriously, being the butt of the joke heard round the world has got to hurt. The handpicked assortment of craven nitwits and supplicants that he has surrounded himself with have valiantly tried to insulate him from the derision. But they’re only human. Your heart has to go out to the ones doing the heavy lifting: banty Sean Spicer, the M. C. Escher of the English language, and Kellyanne Conway, the president’s temperament fluffer. (Look away from CNN, Mr. President. There’s something shiny and bright over there!) Engaging as it is to watch these overworked mouthpieces, I fear their days must be numbered. Comments about microwaves that turn into spy cameras and what should be understood when the president puts words in quotation marks are having minimal effect in reducing the scorn heaped upon their boss. Hats off to them for their tenacity, but no amount of spin is going to change the fact that the Trump White House, like the company its inhabitant has run for the past four decades, continues to be a shambolic mess.
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