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applegrove

(118,492 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 05:45 PM Sep 2019

Nicolle Wallace Exposes Trump's Fake Presidency In Less Than A Minute

BY JASON EASLEY at Politicususa

Nicolle Wallace Exposes Trump’s Fake Presidency In Less Than A Minute

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/09/11/nicolle-wallace-trump-fake.html

"SNIP......


Wallace said ib her MSNBC show Deadline: White House, “What’s so amazing is that Axios had the schedules, and, Annie, you and your colleagues have done extensive reporting and do on a nearly daily basis that there is no governing on his schedule ever. There is an occasional photo-op to lend the appearance to governing but there’s no actual governing that happens. For better or for worse, his critics may be relieved to hear that.”

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Nicolle Wallace Exposes Trump's Fake Presidency In Less Than A Minute (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2019 OP
Duh! spanone Sep 2019 #1
"The appearance of Governing"....BINGO!!!! ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2019 #2
I'll bet FDR would be surprised to hear that Trump has done more in two and a half years than... maddiemom Sep 2019 #19
When she switches sides, she's not kidding! lindysalsagal Sep 2019 #3
I want to be on the same page as you, I REALLY REALLY want that my hand to god... Volaris Sep 2019 #12
Fair enough. lindysalsagal Sep 2019 #13
I read her first novel - to a point. CrispyQ Sep 2019 #14
Perfect! czarjak Sep 2019 #17
Thank you! Leith Sep 2019 #18
Ari Fleischer, Dana Perino ...I remember maddiemom Sep 2019 #20
She never will Rebl2 Sep 2019 #21
Trump is going on and on about the meetings he had today. I guess that stung.n/t applegrove Sep 2019 #4
Look out, the tweets will start dropping just any old minute now yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #5
Truly, his meetings are just that. A meet and greet, no agenda, no decision, just photo ops. machoneman Sep 2019 #6
It's never been about governing. Always been about ruling. Enoki33 Sep 2019 #7
Repugs have NEVER wanted to GOVERN--they want to RULE lastlib Sep 2019 #11
I have said it many times, he is a DECOY Perseus Sep 2019 #8
I wish that was all he did but his daily assaults on immigrants and the environment mahina Sep 2019 #15
Between watching cable news and his executive time, he has no time for anything else. Lonestarblue Sep 2019 #9
"relieved" us, combined with tied-in-KNOTS all day every day!1 UTUSN Sep 2019 #10
If he really was with McConnell and McCarthy daily he would find a way to fire them mahina Sep 2019 #16
The repubs realized with Reagan that all they needed was someone electable. unitedwethrive Sep 2019 #22
Yes. That is why they like the Dyslexics they can control. Trump is applegrove Sep 2019 #23

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,728 posts)
2. "The appearance of Governing"....BINGO!!!!
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 06:13 PM
Sep 2019

Whether it be in the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, or the Rose Garden, I have yet to see any evidence of governing or leadership by Trump.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
19. I'll bet FDR would be surprised to hear that Trump has done more in two and a half years than...
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 04:24 PM
Sep 2019

ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY! Then again, this man "Don't know much about history..."

lindysalsagal

(20,582 posts)
3. When she switches sides, she's not kidding!
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 06:39 PM
Sep 2019

I wonder if MSNBC knew she'd be for real, or thought she'd ride the middle line?

Volaris

(10,266 posts)
12. I want to be on the same page as you, I REALLY REALLY want that my hand to god...
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 02:19 AM
Sep 2019

Until she goes on the air and offers an apology for the bullshit propaganda and lies she proffered from her podium as Jr's press secretary, I'm not gonna believe she's had a real change of heart.
I completely believe she personally supported Obama over McCain because Palin...but she was part and parcel to the illegal, AND UNNECESSARY, war criminal invasion and destruction of Iraq.

And I would like her to apologize for that.

CrispyQ

(36,422 posts)
14. I read her first novel - to a point.
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 12:24 PM
Sep 2019

She had a Palinesque character but made her a dem. I couldn't read any further.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
18. Thank you!
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 03:45 PM
Sep 2019

While the never-tRumper rethugs are good for a giggle when they talk about how bad agent orange is, they are still repubs. They are not allies. They are not friends. They are not good guys - until they realize that they have been wrong about governing and how it is supposed to work (for us, not the mega-billionaires) and take back all the shit they have pulled since Hoover.

Same goes for Steve Schmidt, Michael Steele, Rick Wilson, and all the others making the rounds on political talk shows.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
20. Ari Fleischer, Dana Perino ...I remember
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 04:36 PM
Sep 2019

I don't remember Wallace at the podium as press secretary for Dubya. She WAS communications director so does bear some responsibility for them.

Rebl2

(13,465 posts)
21. She never will
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 05:34 PM
Sep 2019

apologize for that. If she was against the war in Iraq, she would have quit that administration.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
4. Trump is going on and on about the meetings he had today. I guess that stung.n/t
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 06:47 PM
Sep 2019

Last edited Thu Sep 12, 2019, 07:38 PM - Edit history (1)

yellowdogintexas

(22,231 posts)
5. Look out, the tweets will start dropping just any old minute now
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 07:42 PM
Sep 2019

assuming of course he sees this since he is AllFoxAllTheTime

machoneman

(3,997 posts)
6. Truly, his meetings are just that. A meet and greet, no agenda, no decision, just photo ops.
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 07:52 PM
Sep 2019

I'm amazed the press hasn't beat on this more. The meetings hardly ever result in any laws, agreements, treaties, etc. They are only for the optics which for us is a good thing indeed.

Interesting however that the word governing or governance is hardly ever mentioned by the WH as well. Not many have noted either that by his executive orders, all can be easily reversed by our next President. Simply, this means that Trump never, or hardly ever, considers that his EO's aren't laws, meaning again his total failure to engage even his Republiscum Senate will allow us to reverse most of his egregious moves.

Can't happen soon enough for me!!!!

lastlib

(23,152 posts)
11. Repugs have NEVER wanted to GOVERN--they want to RULE
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 11:11 PM
Sep 2019

It's that authoritarian streak in their DNA.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
8. I have said it many times, he is a DECOY
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 07:54 PM
Sep 2019

The problem is that he has upped the anxiety level of the country and the World to levels never seen, but behind the scenes you have people like Stephen Miller, McConnell, Graham, Barr, and the rest passing horrible bills to screw everyone in the USA and the World while doing Putin's dirty work.

The fact that the creature doesn't do anything but creates noise doesn't take away the fact that those behind him, including Kushner and Ivanka, are doing horrible things while the creature has us all paying attention to his bullshit.

mahina

(17,616 posts)
15. I wish that was all he did but his daily assaults on immigrants and the environment
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 02:01 PM
Sep 2019

Though which are outsourced to some hidden hands, are trying to kill the idea of this country. And people.

Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
9. Between watching cable news and his executive time, he has no time for anything else.
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 08:45 PM
Sep 2019

For which we should be happy. I’ve long thought that his hours of executive time each day are actually time he spends running the Trump Organization because he believes that Dumbo Don Jr. and Embarrassing Eric are too stupid to keep the business going. So he’s most likely running a business from the White House and then watching TV and tweeting to make people think he's really doing something. Perhaps the only real meetings he has are with staff who give him suggestions for how to steal money from taxpayers as he’s been doing with military flights to Scotland.

mahina

(17,616 posts)
16. If he really was with McConnell and McCarthy daily he would find a way to fire them
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 02:04 PM
Sep 2019

So in that sense, I wish he did spend time with them.

They treat him like a loose nuke,which he is.

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
22. The repubs realized with Reagan that all they needed was someone electable.
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 05:47 PM
Sep 2019

W was the same...lots of photo ops and teleprompter speeches but very little display of any actual knowledge or comprehension. The real decisions are made by those in the background.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
23. Yes. That is why they like the Dyslexics they can control. Trump is
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 05:49 PM
Sep 2019

a dyslexic they can't completely control.

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