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highplainsdem

(49,001 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 09:34 PM Feb 2017

WSJ's Bret Stephens on DT: "Never in history has a President slandered his country like this."




Trump puts US on moral par with Putin's Russia. Never in history has a President slandered his country like this.



Stephens is the foreign affairs columnist and deputy editorial page editor for the Wall Street Journal.
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WSJ's Bret Stephens on DT: "Never in history has a President slandered his country like this." (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2017 OP
makes me think of Al Jolson's famous line "You ain't seen nothing yet!" rurallib Feb 2017 #1
'Zactly! He's the one who said it first, eh? Cha Feb 2017 #25
pretty sure - well close to it anyway. rurallib Feb 2017 #41
thanks for that, rurallib! Cha Feb 2017 #42
Trump trashes his country every chance he gets. dalton99a Feb 2017 #2
Pee Tape! vrguy Feb 2017 #3
did he pay them to pee on the Constitution too or was that way he paid them. dem4decades Feb 2017 #4
Putin paid Trump to do that one. nt. herding cats Feb 2017 #6
Sounds like the same strategy used in a batter spouse situation Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 #5
Yep. "America is shit. Americans are shit. I am the ONLY one who can save them." dalton99a Feb 2017 #9
Egos Scarsdale Feb 2017 #39
A very good question Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #44
of course, if we and the country are, in fact, shit, one wonders why he would bother to save us. niyad Feb 2017 #57
Teflon Donald will have a hard time shaking this one off. nt oasis Feb 2017 #7
The apologists are sounding like Bill Ayers right now exboyfil Feb 2017 #34
Jesus H Christ...when the Wall Street Fucking Journal says this... First Speaker Feb 2017 #8
Canary in the mine grantcart Feb 2017 #12
But what is the canary testing for? Cracklin Charlie Feb 2017 #32
They still don't get it.. coco22 Feb 2017 #10
Geez Lou-eeze, just look at his financials! Ilsa Feb 2017 #18
They can't unless he or she is a Democrat... coco22 Feb 2017 #21
It's a good thing I didn't go with my hubby to Arizona to visit his right wing brother in law for kimbutgar Feb 2017 #11
Yeah. I visited some old friends in texas for the March. Alice11111 Feb 2017 #45
recommended n/t bagimin Feb 2017 #13
"America -- Love it or leave it", drumpfie. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #14
I'm with the WSJ Editorial leanforward Feb 2017 #15
Yeah we're pretty slandered because of this. nt retrowire Feb 2017 #16
Oh boy bdamomma Feb 2017 #17
Time for somebody to grab that big hook that they keep just offstage. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2017 #33
His Cult Followers Need a Talk With Batman Grassy Knoll Feb 2017 #19
yes, they sure do. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #24
Yeah, trump told/tells it like it is.. you're just too brainwashed to Cha Feb 2017 #26
Making a list, checking it twice HoosierDebbie Feb 2017 #37
Oh yeah.. this hangs in the Holocaust Museum.. it's like Cha Feb 2017 #38
Thanks! Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #27
Gee, ya think? calimary Feb 2017 #20
Uhh...excuse me Mr. Stephens? Never in history has a professional con-man, BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #22
Excellent, Blanche! Cha Feb 2017 #28
Ohhhh don't insult toads, though! They're too cute for that! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #35
Adorable.. Found a different word or more.. Cha Feb 2017 #36
BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #48
I need pet toads in my life again! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #51
Aww.. Baby toad.. Cha Feb 2017 #56
Can you imagine the Republican outrage if Obama said this? yellowcanine Feb 2017 #23
Oh but they did get all outraged SticksnStones Feb 2017 #47
Trump was put in power by Russia Botany Feb 2017 #29
WONDERING WHY O'BULLY ASKED THIS QUESTION... Frogg Feb 2017 #30
They want Pence. eom MoonRiver Feb 2017 #40
Well you know Drumpf has his reasons Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #31
!!!! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #54
Trump appears to me a one-way guy Percy Cholmondeley Feb 2017 #43
The Republican family values role model demonstrates how to PISS on America Achilleaze Feb 2017 #46
so is that piss, since he doesn't drink alcohol??? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #49
that's HUGE coming from the WSJ Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #50
Putin must have some pictures of Donald EricMaundry Feb 2017 #52
I thought I saw on DU bdamomma Feb 2017 #55
If Dipshit thinks so lowly of America IronLionZion Feb 2017 #53

Cha

(297,295 posts)
25. 'Zactly! He's the one who said it first, eh?
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:51 AM
Feb 2017
to Jolson.. I have used that a lot over the years.

Baitball Blogger

(46,733 posts)
5. Sounds like the same strategy used in a batter spouse situation
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 09:51 PM
Feb 2017

Continue to belittle and tear them down until they feel like they are in control of nothing.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
39. Egos
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 08:55 AM
Feb 2017

How did they find a room large enough to fit in the two biggest egotistical, woman abusing, self aggrandizing "men"? SAD.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
44. A very good question
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 10:13 AM
Feb 2017

that you have asked there. I suppose just like the news blackout of the Bowling Green Massacre, we will never truly know?

niyad

(113,336 posts)
57. of course, if we and the country are, in fact, shit, one wonders why he would bother to save us.
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 01:46 PM
Feb 2017

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
34. The apologists are sounding like Bill Ayers right now
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 02:51 AM
Feb 2017

CIA covert ops, toppled governments, Vietnam, etc.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
8. Jesus H Christ...when the Wall Street Fucking Journal says this...
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 10:03 PM
Feb 2017

...you know we have something very bizarre going on...they excuse *anything* the GOP does/says...

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
32. But what is the canary testing for?
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 02:48 AM
Feb 2017

Is he testing for support for President Assface and his and Putin's "policies"; or, is he testing public opinion for lack of support for Mr. Assface?

coco22

(1,258 posts)
10. They still don't get it..
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 10:06 PM
Feb 2017

He is INSANE and working against this country.INVESTIGATE!INVESTIGATE!INVESTIGATE!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
18. Geez Lou-eeze, just look at his financials!
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 12:17 AM
Feb 2017

Compell him to turn them over, find out what he owes the Russians.

coco22

(1,258 posts)
21. They can't unless he or she is a Democrat...
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 12:46 AM
Feb 2017

CONservatives only follow the rule of law against Democrats.

If the law doesn't fit they will write a new one and then run to the mike like a pack of wolves screeching"RULE OF LAW!RULE OF LAW!.

kimbutgar

(21,160 posts)
11. It's a good thing I didn't go with my hubby to Arizona to visit his right wing brother in law for
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 10:09 PM
Feb 2017

Super bowl. Because I would be throwing this in his face. I did not go this year because I didn't think I could be civil to his chump brother in law and his right wing nephews.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
45. Yeah. I visited some old friends in texas for the March.
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:16 PM
Feb 2017

I thought since we were marching together in texas, no political problems. Not DT'S, but some hillary haters!...said I was a leftist. There are some good people in Texas, but I'm done w the the politics. It even rubs off on the Democrats.

leanforward

(1,076 posts)
15. I'm with the WSJ Editorial
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 11:42 PM
Feb 2017

This guy has got to go. He is not only not an american anymore, but he is deranged.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
24. yes, they sure do.
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:46 AM
Feb 2017

Hhaaaa, great meme, by the way! Stealing!






Hey, what're you scowling about? Stealing? Ohhhh, don't worry....that's an American Value™, now.

Cha

(297,295 posts)
26. Yeah, trump told/tells it like it is.. you're just too brainwashed to
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:54 AM
Feb 2017

know he's killing the country on his way to wiping out the Planet.



Good little trumptoadies.

HoosierDebbie

(291 posts)
37. Making a list, checking it twice
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 06:03 AM
Feb 2017

He's quickly working on checking off each one in the first two weeks.

calimary

(81,308 posts)
20. Gee, ya think?
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 12:35 AM
Feb 2017

I'm now calling him "Captain Chaos", among other things.

I've also been calling him the so-called president for awhile, around the house anyway. My husband now refers to him as the alt-president.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
22. Uhh...excuse me Mr. Stephens? Never in history has a professional con-man,
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:41 AM
Feb 2017
Publius Billionairus , and global joke been our





[font size=5]MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT[/font]






*oh, me? Losing my mind, you say? No, no, not at all. My hair's just on fire.*




Cha

(297,295 posts)
36. Adorable.. Found a different word or more..
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 03:21 AM
Feb 2017

Good little trump-ass-kissers

Good little trump-bootlickers

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/toady

I know you like animals..

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
48. ❤
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 02:24 PM
Feb 2017

Awwww! ❤😊

I call them trumpanzees. But I don't like chimps! Weird, huh? They're about the only animal I don't like.

Cha

(297,295 posts)
56. Aww.. Baby toad..
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 09:24 PM
Feb 2017

I have pet geckos all over my place. They're wild but they're mine!

I catch them eating out of my compost container.. they obviously like the heat because they hang out around the stove area when I'm cooking



SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
47. Oh but they did get all outraged
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:56 PM
Feb 2017

Remember what they put Michele Obama through when she tried to frame her pride in her country in a way the right didn't like?


https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/michelle-obamas-proud-remarks-83559%3Famp%3D1

And she was bragging on her country, not defaming it

Frogg

(365 posts)
30. WONDERING WHY O'BULLY ASKED THIS QUESTION...
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 01:58 AM
Feb 2017

Why did he ask this question? He knew he could not answer it. Was it a set-up? Are there forces at work within the repugs? He also asked about his lying? That was a flubbed answer as well...WTF?

43. Trump appears to me a one-way guy
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 09:23 AM
Feb 2017

Only requires complete loyalty, but is loyal to no one and nothing. The majority saw that coming. It's no surprise.

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)
55. I thought I saw on DU
Sun Feb 5, 2017, 06:57 PM
Feb 2017

that Trump needs help with paying off 4 businesses that he owes money to and Putin is helping him and tRump is lifting those sanctions because of the oil. I don't know I could be wrong. There is so much info on DU.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028555281#post5

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