How will the 2nd 100 days go?

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It's Trump's handlers that are the bitter men. That being said the US is really setting itself up for a world of hurt with there latest round of bullshit. The good news is they won't even see it coming.
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201706271055023744-syria-us-chemical-weapons/
While the White House claims that Damascus is preparing for a "new chemical attack," referring to the Idlib incident of April 4, American investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh insists that the US military on the ground in Syria were aware that the alleged gas strike never took place.

A lot of controversy is surrounding the White House's recent statement regarding the "possibility" of Damascus launching "yet another" chemical attack against its civilians.
"The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime… The activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack," White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
Dropping no hint where such an idea could have come from, Spicer added that "if… Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price."
Meanwhile, BuzzFeed News drew attention to a peculiar detail related to the statement: "many officials across the Pentagon did not know what the White House was referring to until Tuesday morning."
"Usually such statements are coordinated across the national security agencies and departments before they are released," the media outlet highlighted, citing five US defense officials including one US Central Command official.
 
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You do know that every charity in the whole of the US id geared to giving 90% of the donations to the rich right? Why is this being pumped up as if it was the only incident that gets any attention. I could post lots of links but check on the Red Cross because you know damn well that if they are doing it then they all are. Top of the scumbag heap, by far, is the Clinton Foundation.

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-ceo-has-been-misleading-about-donations
The American Red Cross regularly touts how responsible it is with donors' money. "We're very proud of the fact that 91 cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services," Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern said in a speech in Baltimore last year. "That's world class, obviously."
McGovern has often repeated that figure, which has also appeared on the charity's website. "I'm really proud" that overhead expenses are so low, she told a Cleveland audience in June.
The problem with that number: It isn't true.
After inquiries by ProPublica and NPR, the Red Cross removed the statement from its website. The Red Cross said the claim was not "as clear as it could have been, and we are clarifying the language."
The Red Cross declined repeated requests to say the actual percentage of donor dollars going to humanitarian services.
But the charity's own financial statements show that overhead expenses are significantly more than what McGovern and other Red Cross officials have claimed.
In recent years, the Red Cross' fundraising expenses alone have been as high as 26 cents of every donated dollar, nearly three times the nine cents in overhead claimed by McGovern. In the past five years, fundraising expenses have averaged 17 cents per donated dollar.
But even that understates matters. Once donated dollars are in Red Cross hands, the charity spends additional money on "management and general" expenses, which includes things like back office accounting. That means the portion of donated dollars going to overhead is even higher.
Just how high is impossible to know because the Red Cross doesn't break down its spending on overhead and declined ProPublica and NPR's request to do so.
The difference between the real number and the one the Red Cross has been repeating "would be very stark," says Daniel Borochoff of the watchdog group CharityWatch. "They don't want to be embarrassed."
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And what has this to do with my post? It certainly does not make the Trump family any more honest.
 
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I didn't say it did make them honest, I pointed out that most all of the US Charities are nothing but scam artists. I don't give a sit if you can't put all the blame on Trumps kid. The Donald isn't doing too shit-hot now he is playing with the big-boys. (assholes is more fitting)
 
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Trumps ok with fake news as long as its' favourable to him. lol. oh my...

Donald Trump's Golf Courses Displayed Fake Time Magazine Cover

Photoshopped image has been featured in four of his 17 clubs, though it's unclear if the President knew it wasn't real

A framed, fake cover of Time Magazine featuring President Donald Trump has been prominently hung and displayed in at least four of Trump's golf clubs. The former reality TV host has claimed in the past that he had appeared on the cover of Time twice before launching his political career, though he had only appeared once prior to his presidential run.

The Washington Post uncovered the photoshopped image, which claims to be from the March 1st, 2009 issue of Time. The cover appears to celebrate his NBC reality competition show The Apprentice with the headline "Trump Is Hitting On All Fronts…Even TV!" A reporter who viewed the image in one of the clubs noted that the red border was skinnier than a typical Time cover and the placement of the secondary headlines is incorrect – not to mention the presence of exclamation points in cover lines, which the historic magazine does not do.

Two of the secondary headlines were featured on an actual cover, the March 2nd, 2009 issue that featured Kate Winslet's image. Kerri Chyka, a spokeswoman for Time Inc. confirmed to Washington Post that Trump's image is not a real cover that the magazine ran. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined to comment to the Post on whether or not the President Trump knew the cover was a fake.

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The Trump Organization, and various employees of the golf clubs that feature a framed copy of the image, did not explain who created the fake cover or why. One employee at a Scotland club did confirm, however, that the image was taken down from the spot in the club's bar where it had been featured just a few weeks prior to her interview. The anonymous employee suggested it was part of a "general reduction in photos of Trump."

"We certainly have been hearing more grumbling about all the stuff like that up on the walls since his election," she explained. "From Americans, mostly, funny enough. That's why we all assumed they started taking some of his photos off the walls."

The only time Trump appeared on the cover of Time in his pre-political career was in January 1989.


Trump's Golf Courses Displayed Fake Time Magazine Cover - Rolling Stone
 
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Cause this one is just soo funny.


Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america...
 
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Guess Time magazine doesn't like having it's iconic front covers made up and displayed...at least they're being cordial about it.


Time magazine asks Trump's clubs to take down fake magazine cover with his face on it
Trump has a fake Time Magazine cover hanging in several of his clubs - Business Insider
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Astounding that he calls every traditional news media the source of "fake news" while posting a a FAKE news cover (Time ) around his golf courses etc.

The guy is a loon........ and cannot handle feedback that does not flatter him. He is a delusional self centered mental case.

Six months and what exactly has he achieved??

Well he is closing access to the press and having weird press conferences....... He can't even hire an articulate spokesman to deal with the press effectively. Every other prez found a way to deal with the press effectively.........as iti s part of the job.... He is terrified of the press as they ask tough questions that would hold him accountable and that he could not wiggle out of easily. America is becoming less of a democracy every day he is in office. Trump wants absolute powere like PUTIN........... and perhaps that is why he admires / envies Putin so much. He does not want to follow the proper process t o achieve legislation , he wants it to be a simple order from him and get it executed immediately. This smacks of a n entirely different system..........of gov't BUT there are enough supporters of his style that the changing nation will continue to move in a totally different direction.......based on Trumps execution of power. He is already campaigning for the next election..He has barely unpacked his boxes for the firs term........let alone done anything substantial. And why on earth does he talk in terms of big surprises asif the population were dimwittered kids?? Not a detail of the health care plan to be seen or heard.
 
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Ocean Breeze said:
Astounding that he calls every traditional news media the source of "fake news" while posting a a FAKE news cover (Time ) around his golf courses etc.

The guy is a loon........ and cannot handle feedback that does not flatter him. He is a delusional self centered mental case.

Six months and what exactly has he achieved??

Well he is closing access to the press and having weird press conferences....... He can't even hire an articulate spokesman to deal with the press effectively. Every other prez found a way to deal with the press effectively.........as iti s part of the job.... He is terrified of the press as they ask tough questions that would hold him accountable and that he could not wiggle out of easily. America is becoming less of a democracy every day he is in office. Trump wants absolute powere like PUTIN........... and perhaps that is why he admires / envies Putin so much. He does not want to follow the proper process t o achieve legislation , he wants it to be a simple order from him and get it executed immediately. This smacks of a n entirely different system..........of gov't BUT there are enough supporters of his style that the changing nation will continue to move in a totally different direction.......based on Trumps execution of power. He is already campaigning for the next election..He has barely unpacked his boxes for the firs term........let alone done anything substantial. And why on earth does he talk in terms of big surprises asif the population were dimwittered kids?? Not a detail of the health care plan to be seen or heard.
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Wait for this Fourth of July missile parade!
 
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