Former President Trump Thread

Well... I just saw multiple people on my Facebook friends list go from actively defending trump to outrage. No one likes censorship.
The irony is I bet these same people (or others like them) were always going on about "censorship" by "SJWs" when a number of people ignored them, blocked them, or were banned from a forum.

Now they see what ACTUAL censorship looks like.
 
The irony is I bet these same people (or others like them) were always going on about "censorship" by "SJWs" when a number of people ignored them, blocked them, or were banned from a forum.

Now they see what ACTUAL censorship looks like.
Nah... it's only censorship when someone does it to you / ppl u agree with. When you do it / your side does it, it's just preventing fake news.
 
STOP TRYING TO SILENCE ME, YOU MONSTER!!!!!!

Also, how intentional was it that you brought it up when i was expressing the same idea as in the post that started that? And do you feel you agree with it more post-president-trump then before?
 
Also, how intentional was it that you brought it up when i was expressing the same idea as in the post that started that? And do you feel you agree with it more post-president-trump then before?
It was partly intentional. My meme-to-kneejerk algorithm is roughly "hit Disagree on any post by @Li3n containing the word 'censorship'" but the specific tenor of the post is what made me do a FTFY instead.

My level of disagreement with that idea has not changed due to The Ascendance, I remain deeply skeptical of it.
 
Well the celebrity president just used twitter to piss off Mexico.

Mexico used it's state department to indicate it will no longer visit Washington this month.

And all the long serving highest ranking officials in the US state department just resigned.

And now the celebrity president has fired them for resigning....
 
And all the long serving highest ranking officials in the US state department just resigned.

And now the celebrity president has fired them for resigning....
I was under the impression that what happened is that they sent in letters of resignation (which is normal when there's a new POTUS, as they serve at 'the pleasure of the president') and the White House/POTUS accepted them.
 
I was under the impression that what happened is that they sent in letters of resignation (which is normal when there's a new POTUS, as they serve at 'the pleasure of the president') and the White House/POTUS accepted them.
NO that can't be it, there's not enough hysterics and Godwining. Try again.
 
I was under the impression that what happened is that they sent in letters of resignation (which is normal when there's a new POTUS, as they serve at 'the pleasure of the president') and the White House/POTUS accepted them.
Correct but these beuracrats have served at the pleasure of the president for decades and multiple presidents. Most were expected to have key roles going forward.
 
I'm fairly sure that they'll be replaced with middle/upper management types. Civil service members always seem to think there's "nothing comparable" elsewhere (and they're often right, though not always). Trump seems to think the whole country and all its branches can be run top-down like a big family-owned company. Whether or not this will work is another matter - I doubt it - but I don't think they'll be begging or even asking Democrats or "establishment Republican" members to come back.
 

Dave

Staff member
Well, their jobs can be replaced from within but at some point there's going to be jobs where there's nobody to fill them thanks to the hiring freeze. Which, by the way, is already predicted to have devastating effects on our national parks and already overburdened VA system.
 
Because you can't spelling "Godwinning" without "winning"! :awesome:




Except for the fact that you both did, although it probably should have two "n's" otherwise it rhymes with "whining", which it probably closer to the truth, but rules of the made-up English language and blahblahblahadfsdjfnuonergaerjdfgfdgfd...
 
Well, their jobs can be replaced from within but at some point there's going to be jobs where there's nobody to fill them thanks to the hiring freeze. Which, by the way, is already predicted to have devastating effects on our national parks and already overburdened VA system.
Friend of mine who's in the forestry department, says Fire Season is gonna be 'no pun intended' Hell this year if this isn't lifted.
 
Apparently a 20% tax on all stuff imported from Mexico will pay for the wall.

I guess that means that all you people buying cars, food, gas will pay for the wall.

Do they understand that that means American consumers will pay for the wall and not Mexico? Yes, no? Who knows?
 

GasBandit

Staff member
Also fruits, vegetables, electrical machinery, medical instruments.

Oh yeah, and OIL. We get about 7.5% of our oil from Mexico, third largest importer after Canada and Saudi Arabia.
 
I will be surprised if that makes it through Congress, at least he can't really executive order new taxes.
 
Do they understand that that means American consumers will pay for the wall and not Mexico?
No, see, with the tax you make americans buy american made goods instead, and then you pay for the wall with all the money Mexico doesn't make any more.

It's foolproof.
 
Just heard that the Wharton School of Economics has changed it's name to the West Philly School if Thuganomics.

Doot doot doot doooooòt
 
Also fruits, vegetables, electrical machinery, medical instruments.

Oh yeah, and OIL. We get about 7.5% of our oil from Mexico, third largest importer after Canada and Saudi Arabia.
And yet somehow, US Crude Oil exports is our highest resource exports and are expecting to reach all time highs . . .
 
So, the big GM plant near me is losing one of the cars it makes. Production of the GMC Terrain, which is essentially the identical twin of the Chevy Equinox, is moving to Mexico. That's been the plan for a couple years, but GM had been telling its union that no jobs would be lost by this change (as the Equinox is still a big seller).

Today they announced they were laying off about 1/5 of their workers (~600 out of ~3,100). I wonder if this change of plans comes because of Trump, or if GM was just lying.
 
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