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Mattis resigned, all the good and responsible keys posts personnel abandon Trump.
Houston, Houston, mayday, mayday, we have a problem.
Houston, Houston, mayday, mayday, we have a problem.
In a series of early-morning tweets on Friday, Trump urged McConnell to take up the amended bill from the House. Trump, who last week said he would be "proud" to preside over a shutdown, sought to blame Senate Democrats, whose support is needed to reach the 60 votes needed for passage.
"If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time," he wrote on Twitter.
fortune11 said:It?s pretty simple guys
Saudi dictator MBS has trump by the balls
He is willing to sell out our allies like the kurds to turkey so Erdogan doesn?t continue to make a big stink about the khasoggi murder
This is why everyone in the mitilary and security apparatus including the pentagon , was taken by surprise - they had no idea this was coming
Irvinecommuter said:Trump is going to launch a war somewhere...his inadequacies, ego, and stupidity demand it.
fortune11 said:It?s pretty simple guys
Saudi dictator MBS has trump by the balls
Happiness said:Don't worry guys, Turkey will take over US role in Syria:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkey-d...n-syria-erdogan-says-welcoming-135402886.html
Don't pay any attention to complaints by our "allies" France and Germany, those freeloaders are always complaining about something.
It's more important for our president to try to win over our adversaries than to coddle our allies.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-call-turkish-leader-led-us-pullout-syria-143903344--politics.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) ? President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Syria was made hastily, without consulting his national security team or allies, and over strong objections from virtually everyone involved in the fight against the Islamic State group, according to U.S. and Turkish officials.
Trump stunned his Cabinet, lawmakers and much of the world with the move by rejecting the advice of his top aides and agreeing to a withdrawal in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, two U.S. officials and a Turkish official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.
The Dec. 14 call, described by officials who were not authorized to discuss the decision-making process publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, provides insight into a consequential Trump decision that prompted the resignation of widely respected Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. It also set off a frantic, four-day scramble to convince the president either to reverse or delay the decision.
Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at Christmastime
Though he called military personnel on Tuesday, Trump did not visit a hospital or a military base.
On Christmas Day, President Donald Trump took part in a long-running practice of presidents who called troops stationed around the country and the world.
But he broke from a recent tradition of actually visiting troops and wounded warriors. He did so in 2017, when he visited wounded troops at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Dec. 21 (and invited Coast Guard service members to play golf at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida).
By staying home on Tuesday, Trump became the first president since 2002 who didn't visit military personnel around Christmastime.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-becomes-first-president-2002-not-visit-troops-christmastime-n951846
Donald and Melania Trump make surprise visit to US troops in Iraq
President Trump, who has been criticized for not visiting US troops during the holidays, slipped off to an air base in Iraq on Wednesday.
Trump, wearing a dark suit and red tie, and first lady Melania Trump met with military personnel on Wednesday at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq ? his first visit with military members in in a war zone since he entered the White House almost two years ago.
https://nypost.com/2018/12/26/donald-and-melania-trump-make-surprise-visit-to-us-troops-in-iraq/amp/
New York Times tracks down anti-Trump children of deceased doctor to run uncorroborated Vietnam allegations
The New York Times tracked down the daughters of a doctor ? who has been dead for over a decade ? to report their claims that their dad helped now-President Trump avoid military service during the Vietnam War, despite the paper admitting it couldn?t corroborate the story.
?No paper evidence has been found to help corroborate the version of events described by the Braunstein family,? the Times wrote nine paragraphs into the piece. Buried 30 paragraphs into the feature, the Times casually mentioned that ?the daughters, both Democrats, say they are not fans of Mr. Trump.?
?It's the perfect liberal story. Trump can deny it but because these are private records, the only way to refute it is to let the Times dig through his medical records. It's articles like this that make me doubt that the Times has any ethics left at all,? Gainor said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-times-tracks-down-anti-trump-children-of-long-deceased-doctor
Cares said:I see all mainstream media, CNN, NY Times, etc. reporting on Trump's surprise visit to Iraq. Unlike Fox News that will literally not air or talk about 1 single negative thing about Trump.
fortune11 said:Cares said:I see all mainstream media, CNN, NY Times, etc. reporting on Trump's surprise visit to Iraq. Unlike Fox News that will literally not air or talk about 1 single negative thing about Trump.
Yeah . Nice quote I read somewhere that Trumpism is a thing people get into when they've run out of interesting things to get into
Irvinecommuter said:fortune11 said:Cares said:I see all mainstream media, CNN, NY Times, etc. reporting on Trump's surprise visit to Iraq. Unlike Fox News that will literally not air or talk about 1 single negative thing about Trump.
Yeah . Nice quote I read somewhere that Trumpism is a thing people get into when they've run out of interesting things to get into
Bar is so low that Trump visiting the troops is actually something that is worth of cheering for.
Irvinecommuter said:And of course...Trump too busy to visit the troops or Arlington but not too busy to golf.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-cut-fema-funding-california-wildfires-164044109.htmlPresident Trump threatened to cut federal emergency funding for California?s firefighters in the middle of a partial government shutdown.
On Wednesday morning, Trump complained that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sends billions of dollars to California to fight fires that are the result of poor forest management.
?Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest [sic] fires that, with proper Forrest [sic] Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!? Trump tweeted.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-says-troop-talks-deadlocked-u-demands-093646459.htmlSEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea are struggling to narrow differences over the share of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops after a U.S. demand for a 50 percent increase in the South's contribution, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Despite 10 rounds of talks since March, the allies have failed to strike an accord to replace a 2014 deal that expired last year, which requires South Korea to pay about 960 billion won ($848 million) a year for keeping some 28,500 U.S. troops there.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that South Korea, where the United States has stationed soldiers since the 1950-53 Korean War, should bear more of the cost.
The U.S. military has warned Korean workers on its bases they might be put on leave from mid-April if no deal is reached.
At their last meeting, in December, the United States made a "sudden, unacceptable" demand that South Korea pay more than 1.4 trillion won per year, about 1.5 times its current contribution, according to Hong Young-pyo, a senior ruling party legislator.
Irvinecommuter said:Nice job Trump...another super short-sighted and eye rolling decision
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-says-troop-talks-deadlocked-u-demands-093646459.htmlSEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea are struggling to narrow differences over the share of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops after a U.S. demand for a 50 percent increase in the South's contribution, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Despite 10 rounds of talks since March, the allies have failed to strike an accord to replace a 2014 deal that expired last year, which requires South Korea to pay about 960 billion won ($848 million) a year for keeping some 28,500 U.S. troops there.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that South Korea, where the United States has stationed soldiers since the 1950-53 Korean War, should bear more of the cost.
The U.S. military has warned Korean workers on its bases they might be put on leave from mid-April if no deal is reached.
At their last meeting, in December, the United States made a "sudden, unacceptable" demand that South Korea pay more than 1.4 trillion won per year, about 1.5 times its current contribution, according to Hong Young-pyo, a senior ruling party legislator.