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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone else notice that as soon as the scandal with the Con's property
in Scotland and the Armed Forces hit the media, he suddenly had an imaginary meeting (that no one else can corroborate) to end the war in Afghanistan.
This raving lunatic really thinks he's running a Reality TV show. Distract, distract, distract.
Justice is coming MoFo
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)Who knows how to judge the "twittersphere," but surely a lot of posts that echo us on DU.
malaise
(267,838 posts)a corrupt mofo who is pilfering government
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)malaise
(267,838 posts)the kleptocracy. No one believes him. Will be nice to read what Pompeo says on all those talk shows today. I won't be watching.
lark
(23,005 posts)Also funny that the notice came from dumb donnie and not them.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)I believe he lost the windmill fight.
This time they have no use for Pence at all. The fueling thing might have some leg to it, though.
The Afghanistan thing is just pathetic. Much worse then scribbling on a map.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)is no matter how outlandish something is, it could very well be true. Or not.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)That's my mantra from now on.
We need to lay all this on REPUBLICAN TRAITORS
REPUBLICAN TRAITORS
REPUBLICAN TRAITORS
REPUBLICAN TRAITORS
REPUBLICAN TRAITORS
It is THEY who are responsible for this take down of the USA..
PS- How does Jamaica have a bobsled team., anyway?
That bobsled team is a fascinating story linked to a white Jamaican with tourist interests in St Ann- turned out to be a tourism promotional stroke of genius
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Heart-warming, sweet story.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)I always root for them in the winter olympics...
Hestia
(3,818 posts)Jimmy Buffett sponsored the guy. Kinda sorta a song for Alaska - "Turn Up the Heat & Chill the 'Rose'"
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)They're ripping our government to shreds while shovelling the treasury into their campaign donors' pockets. How can the trumpers not see themselves being robbed?
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Even the dumbest republican should have caught on to his crap by now.
malaise
(267,838 posts)This has to be stopped
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)blm
(112,920 posts)A whole bunch of them are pretty damn dumb. They couldnt catch on to his crap if he was squatting on their front lawns with his pants down.
Hed hold out his hand and say they owe him 100.00 for the Trump Fertilizer.
Theyd hand over their wallets.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Although they would certainly deserve it if he did.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)A trumper.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)kentuck
(110,950 posts)It's bigger than a "-gate".
brewens
(13,400 posts)I suppose they will claim he cancelled before the Taliban leaders flight left, but it would appear that they should have been on the way at the time of the announcement.
I'm pretty sure Taliban leaders don't have offices right in Kabul. For them to be coming here, you'd think they would have been escorted by our military and been travelling to probably Kabul to fly out. There would have to be proof any of that was going on. Messages sent about the cancellation and orders issued to turn around and take them back. If it was real, it can be proven if Trump wants, and he's going to want to. But he can't so it will be interesting what excuses they give.
malaise
(267,838 posts)All made up
yardwork
(61,418 posts)No way.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)The ridiculous part is the claim they were about to imminently come to Camp David. That's a lie
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)yardwork
(61,418 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)Unfortunately the deal he's willing to strike is (of course) the absolute worst since he's fine just walking away without any concessions.
I fully expect at least 100 public executions of empowered female lawmakers, doctors, journalists etc by the Taliban as soon as we skip out.
Khalilzad has been walking a tightrope, doing what he can but my guess is this latest stunt is probs a bridge too far even for him.
Fyi, #Traitor believes he can simply magick up a deal if he personally meets with the Afghan and Taliban leaders, fucking moron
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)Because they object to having the Afghan president (!) in the meetings. Ashraf Ghani is actually being left out of negotiations by the US to try to appease the Taliban, that's how desperate #Traitor is for a deal
It's madness(true delusional madness perhaps?). The notion that #Traitor fabricated a meeting at Camp David is fucking delusional
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Trump blusters and makes big promises, then caves in. He's done this all his life. It's why he's failed as a business man over and over again. It's why the mafia and Putin own him. Now he's failing the U.S. the same way.
Our media are complicit because they report the lies as news. And our people are complicit because most of us can't be bothered to read or find out what's really going on.
So far, Trump has elevated the legitimacy of North Korea's dictator without getting anything in return, given away elections and God knows what else to Russia with nothing in return for us, handed China a global economic victory over us, and now he's going to hand Afghanistan over to the Taliban.
I hate him so much.
malaise
(267,838 posts)assisting him with the illegal invasion and occupation?
The Con is no Jimmy Carter
Zambero
(8,954 posts)A couple weeks ago. Fake news personified, in order to obscure actual news. And now for an encore, no doubt one of many.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)with his sharpie, but maybe Pompeoass can help him
marble falls
(56,371 posts)spanone
(135,637 posts)Lyin' Scum
Susan Calvin
(1,644 posts)reported it like it was real news.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)visitors to Camp David since he does not own it. He HAS to make money from everything humanely possible. I want to know what Ivanka is doing with that $100 million she got to promote women's business worldwide? The tRumps treat the Treasury like it is petty cash.
Disaffected
(4,508 posts)CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp).
PatSeg
(46,805 posts)wasn't as ridiculous as this presidency. Trump summed it up three years ago with his shooting someone on Fifth Avenue remark. At the time, even he was incredulous, now he just takes it for granted.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)An invitation for the taliban to visit on 9/11?
Real. Bad.
JHB
(37,133 posts)malaise
(267,838 posts)SayItLoud
(1,696 posts)And I do hope (actually pray) that till the ends of time (his) he and his crime family will be hounded and held accountable. Not with white collar fines but with PRISON time.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)First lie:
"Major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday."
First spin:
"Our military people were making the arrangement for the visit but encountered difficulties over travel".
Modification:
"Talks were held about a possible meeting with Taliban and Afghani officials".
Second lie:
"U.S. media misinterpreted the words "were going to" to mean it really was happening."
Statement by State Dept. person on Sunday talk show a year from now:
"We chatted up a few street people in Kabul and found out unfortunately, the Taliban were on annual summer break and President Ghani's wife had a bad cold".
Truth:
tRump talked about the idea sent to him by Steve King with one of his minders while on the toilet.
KY..........
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)You nailed that!
Mc Mike
(9,107 posts)Never has. The worst lazy assed entitled wasp ever.
bucolic_frolic
(42,679 posts)He got somebody playin' this see-saw!
Captain Zero
(6,715 posts)where he wouldn't be making any money off of it. How convenient. Now it is making sense why he was visiting Camp David himself before the hurricane. They probably thought the Irish and Scottish resort graft stories were going to hit sooner than they actually did, and he would be out in front of it by being at Camp David and not out on one of his golf courses. But they probably couldn't keep him there due to his adhd for getting to one of his places.
PufPuf23
(8,689 posts)The part about justice and breaking the hold of Trump and the malignant GOP is most worrisome.
MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)if President Obama invited Taliban leaders to fucking Camp David anywhere near September 11th? Heads would explode! That said, all of this bullshit is completely made up. Nobody at the WH has Afghanistan and the Taliban in their Rolodex. These people cant order lunch let alone organize peace talks.
2naSalit
(86,071 posts)That's how he thinks, it's all a distraction. There would not ever be Taliban coming to DC or CD without anyone else knowing about it. It's just him trying to redirect attention away from the scandals of the moment. We need to stay focused on the process and desired result and learn to observe, assess as BS and get back to getting all evidence gathered and run them out of government.
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QED
(2,730 posts)Someone to lie for him. He's installed so many lackies it shouldn't be too hard.
progressoid
(49,827 posts)"Both sides (U.S., Taliban) were busy with preparation for the announcement and signing the peace deal, but now the U.S president called off the peace dialogue... this will lead to more losses to the U.S.," said Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said in a statement. "Its (U.S.) credibility will be effected, its anti-peace stance will be exposed to the world, losses to lives and assets will increase," he said.
"We will stay committed if the path of negotiation is chosen instead of fighting...we won't be satisfied until there is an end to the foreign occupation of our country," he said.
stevesinpa
(143 posts)is any mention of any Taliban leaders coming to Camp David. no where is any mention of the subhuman talking with them face to face. yes there have been talks, but not how the subhuman puts it.
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Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And the US corporate media is happy to focus on every distraction Trump offers.
Oppaloopa
(862 posts)drain on his family etc.
llmart
(15,502 posts)He's got his grifting family members filling the coffers also. We have no idea of his financial situation because it's all lies and he blocks every move to see anything substantial. He may have next to no assets as far as we know. We do know that he had trouble getting loans though.
He didn't really want this gig but once he saw he could pull his con jobs on the entire American public he decided to use the tactics he's used his entire life and learned form his father and take us for all we're worth.
He's probably offshoring the proceeds on a daily basis.
lame54
(35,141 posts)MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)The media will feed us the distractions as long as we're hungry for them, and honestly, the evidence shows that even the politically astute here on DU are just as distractable as everyone else.
We're truly a pathetic society.
Blue Owl
(49,937 posts)n/t
malaise
(267,838 posts)Encyclopedia - it would take several volumes to cover all his lies
Blue Owl
(49,937 posts)malaise
(267,838 posts)Encyclopedia Twitannica!
Marthe48
(16,693 posts)and he chooses wrong. Every single time.
malaise
(267,838 posts)Nothing new here
Marthe48
(16,693 posts)I think one of the definitions of sanity is knowing right from wrong
Yes, his whole misbegotten life.
dawnie51
(959 posts)This is how he has always operated; distractions all over the place. But instead of just dealing with a couple of contractors or a few pissed off tenants, he's trying to pull this shit off on the world stage, with EVERYONE watching. So it's not working. But he doesn't care, because Barr and McConnell and a few other toadies will protect him, in order to protect themselves.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)real Cannabis calm
(1,124 posts)calguy
(5,224 posts)the taliban and Afghanistan leaders didn't even know they were supposed to be there.
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)rotten he has done is about to become known. He just picks the one most apropos to the moment.
pwb
(11,205 posts).