Laan Yaa Mo wrote: ↑

February 26, 2018, 7:23 pm

ytrewq wrote: ↑

February 21, 2018, 7:20 pm

North Korea came out waaaay on top. Pence/Trump were politically outmaneuvered. It wasn't even close. It was like Jar-Jar Binks vs Obi-Wan. They got nada + further erosion of US hegemony.

What was that you were saying about a great North Korean victory?

http://nationalpost.com/news/world/as-w ... g-to-seoul

Do you still stick by your statement in light of the fact that the great North Korean leader wants to meet with the great Satan? 555

Lone Star wrote: ↑

March 9, 2018, 8:36 pm

North Korea and US agree to talks.

jimjay wrote: ↑

March 9, 2018, 9:16 pm

Lone Star wrote: ↑

March 9, 2018, 8:36 pm

North Korea and US agree to talks.

Ha!

That has about as much chance happening as turd turning to gold.

Lone Star wrote: ↑

March 10, 2018, 9:11 am

Justice Kennedy announces retirement from the Supreme Court.

Trump will get to appoint another justice who loves America and the Constitution. Trump might get 1 or two more opportunities before he leaves office. Hoping.


WINNING.

tinpeeba wrote: ↑

March 13, 2018, 4:03 am

Trump hair.jpg

fatbob wrote: ↑

March 13, 2018, 6:27 pm

Trump never instigated the talks with North Korea, South Korea did. Probably because they realise how dangerous Trump could be in the region where they along with North Korea would be the losers, Radiation dosent just stop at a border...DH.

Lone Star wrote: ↑

March 13, 2018, 10:28 pm

National Federation of Business reports that optimism among American small businesses has reached a 35 year high. The results are the second highest-level since the survey began in 1973.

“Small business owners are telling us loud and clear that they’re optimistic, ready to hire, and prepared to raise wages,” said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkleberg. Business owners report that they are spending more capital and raising worker compensation. Almost all of the 10 index components, including sales expectations and inventory plans, rose or held steady in February.

The top concern for small business owners is finding skilled labor, particularly in construction and manufacturing sectors.

WINNING.

On its website, the National Federation of Independent Business states that it is a "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943" and "represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals."[2] Its PAC is called Save America's Free Enterprise Trust (SAFE).[3][4]

In 2010, 25 of its members, all Republican, were elected to the 112th Congress.[5] A number of them, such as Rand Paul, Jeff Duncan, Paul Gosar and Kristi Noem, Zoul Bealzibub, are affiliated with or endorsed by the Tea Party movement.

Also in 2010, the NFIB became the lead plaintiff opposing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health care reform legislation. The organization joined 26 states in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the act. The case was picked up by the Supreme Court, which issued its ruling on National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius on June 28, 2012, upholding most provisions of the act. Karl Rove's conservative Crossroads GPS PAC gave NFIB $3.7 million to help fund the court fight.[6] Meanwhile, many other small business advocates supported PPACA.[7]

(CNN)President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to succeed him, replacing his top diplomat ahead of a potential high-stakes sitdown between the US President and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Tillerson's departure follows months of tension between him and Trump. Gina Haspel, the current CIA deputy director, stands to take over the agency, Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

President Trump’s personal assistant was fired — escorted from the White House without being allowed to get his coat — and promptly placed on Trump’s campaign team, according to reports.

John McEntee was dismissed after being denied a security clearance due to financial problems including issues with online gambling and tax problems the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/poli ... index.html

Washington (CNN)Hours after his boss, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, was ousted Steve Goldstein, the under secretary of public affairs at the State Department has been fired by the White House. Goldstein publicly contradicted the White House account of how Tillerson was fired on Tuesday morning. Goldstein said Tillerson was officially notified he'd been fired from a tweet from President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning, and in a statement, said Tillerson had "every intention of remaining."

There's any number of options, given that Trump has actively feuded with lots of his Cabinet since hand-picking them just over a year ago. Below, I've ranked a variety of embattled Trump Cabinet members based on their likelihood to be given the Rex treatment -- aka fired via Twitter.

1. Jeff Sessions: Trump has publicly attack the attorney general repeatedly -- calling him, among other things, "beleaguered" and "DISGRACEFUL." He has told not one but two news organizations that he would not have appointed Sessions as AG if he knew Sessions would recuse himself in the Russia investigation. He refers to Sessions as "Mr. Magoo" in private settings, according to the Washington Post. I mean....

2. Jeff Sessions: See #1.

3. David Shulkin: Not only did VA Secertary Shulkin misuse taxpayer money on a trip to Europe last year, he is also weathering a scathing report from the inspector general regarding a veterans center in DC that has been plagued by poor management. Even worse? He got the dreaded vote of confidence from the White House earlier this week; White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Shulkin was doing a "great job."

4. H.R. McMaster: Rumors of tension between the National Security Adviser and Trump have been rampant for months. There's even been chatter about how to move McMaster back into the military in order to get him out of the White House. With Trump jettisoning Tillerson, might he move on another member of the more globally-minded wing of his foreign policy team?

5. Ryan Zinke: The Interior secretary was on the receiving end of a slew of negative press last week when word leaked out that the department had paid $139,000 to replace doors in his office space. Zinke pled ignorance and said he knew nothing of the expenditure, with his spokesperson pointing to a decision by career employees. Zinke is also facing a series of questions about whether his travel expenditures push the limits of legality. He was one of four Trump Cabinet officials -- Shulkin, HUD Secretary Ben Carson and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt were the others -- called to the White House in February for frank conversations about ethics.

6. Scott Pruitt: The EPA administrator made news -- and not the good kind -- earlier this year when it was revealed he regularly flew first class and stayed in high end hotels, racking up expenses in excess of past people to hold his job. Pruitt said he flew 1st class because of the threats made against him. He has also faced scrutiny of late for allowing an EPA employee to pursue outside work as a media consultant. Not for nothing: Pruitt called Trump an "empty vessel" in 2016.

7. Ben Carson: The Housing and Urban Development secretary purchased -- and then canceled -- a $31,000 dining set for his work office. Why isn't he higher on this list? Because Trump likes him -- and the two went through the political wars together in 2016. I think that counts for something -- maybe a lot -- in Trump's book.

8. John Kelly: Reports are rampant that Kelly and Trump have fallen out, and that, as importantly, the White House chief of staff is in semi-open warfare with Javanka. Kelly's ham-handed handling of the Rob Porter debacle and the resultant news coverage clearly knocked him down several pegs in Trump's eyes. And, Kelly was reportedly part of a "suicide pact" with Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis -- that if one left or was fired, they would all leave. Working against the idea of Kelly being fired: Trump loves "his" generals.

9. Betsy DeVos: The Education secretary has had a very rocky road. This weekend was the bumpiest bit yet as DeVos seemed totally out of her depth in an interview with "60 Minutes" Lesley Stahl. Trump hates negative headlines that he doesn't cause. But, it seems like he has more urgent firing priorities than DeVos.

10. Jim Mattis: The "Mad Dog" is only on this list because of the aforementioned "suicide pact" with Tillerson and Kelly. That aside, he appears to be the Cabinet secretary who has clashed the least -- or the least publicly -- with Trump.

papafarang wrote: ↑

March 15, 2018, 1:47 pm

maybe no issues with the team ? maybe fire the team manager for putting a crap team together

glalt wrote: ↑

March 15, 2018, 12:13 pm

If you want to be part of a team, Trump's team, you have to be a team player. I don't know why it took him so long to get rid of non team players.