Trump fires Comey

[B00Mer]

Crazy and unstable.. Trump is losing it..

 

[Angstrom]

You're fired boomer :laughing3:

 

[TenPenny]

You can't fix stupid. I stopped trying a long time ago

So you gave up on the self improvement quest then.

 

[Twila]

"James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press," Trump tweeted


Oh dear.

 

[Corduroy]

I was disappointed in the way Trump sacked Comey. I accept that every Chief Executive brings his own people into key administrative roles, but, Trump's means and letter firing Comey seemed especially cruel. There's no point in twisting the blade once its been inserted in someone's back.

It's more professional to be cordial, couch things in generic terms of 'philosophical differences, new directions, fresh starts'. Meet with him personally, thank him for his service and wish him well, and let the press make of it what they will.

Use it as platform for a public rant and to make bitter personal aspersions and you'll cast yourself as defensive, angry and unstable. But the art of leaving things unsaid is never going to a strong point with Trump. But this particular event lacked Class.

Trump is defensive, angry and unstable. He's also petty, vindictive, ignorant and incurious. He's an incompetent administrator. He can't hire the right people, he can't work with congress, he can't work with the government, doesn't understand the law, he can't communicate effectively with staffers.

Oh yes and HE'S TAKEN UP THE MANTLE OF GOD.

 

[Twila]

Trump is defensive, angry and unstable. He's also petty, vindictive, ignorant and incurious. He's an incompetent administrator. He can't hire the right people, he can't work with congress, he can't work with the government, doesn't understand the law, he can't communicate effectively with staffers.

Oh yes and HE'S TAKEN UP THE MANTLE OF GOD.

so basically he doesn't play well with others. figures. Kindgergarten is now in session.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Trump is defensive, angry and unstable. He's also petty, vindictive, ignorant and incurious. He's an incompetent administrator. He can't hire the right people, he can't work with congress, he can't work with the government, doesn't understand the law, he can't communicate effectively with staffers.

Oh yes and HE'S TAKEN UP THE MANTLE OF GOD.

Well, to be fair, your description of Trump works pretty good for Gawd too.

 

[Corduroy]

Well, to be fair, your description of Trump works pretty good for Gawd too.

So maybe Trump realized how badly he's managed the government, and like God, decided to wipe the slate clean. Is James Comey the new Jesus? Sacrificed for our sins? And if Comey helped Trump win the election, then future generations will confuse the two. Maybe they're one and the same. Trump the father, Comey the son and __________ the Holy Spirit.

so basically he doesn't play well with others. figures. Kindgergarten is now in session.

It's amateur hour for sure. You know Trump feels vulnerable when he lashes out on Twitter. He knows how bad this looks for him and the fact he's been repeating over and over that Comey said he wasn't being investigated just proves he's worried.

 

[pgs]

Trump is defensive, angry and unstable. He's also petty, vindictive, ignorant and incurious. He's an incompetent administrator. He can't hire the right people, he can't work with congress, he can't work with the government, doesn't understand the law, he can't communicate effectively with staffers.

Oh yes and HE'S TAKEN UP THE MANTLE OF GOD.

And yes he is the democratically elected president of the United States of America .

 

[JLM]

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out! Most likely scenario is very little will change in the next year.

 

[Twila]

And yes he is the democratically elected president of the United States of America .

which means what in relation to this discussion?

or, which point are you attempting to make by stating that?

 

[pgs]

which means what in relation to this discussion?

or, which point are you attempting to make by stating that?

That all the arm chair doctors in the world cannot change that fact . So continue on making all the diagnostics you wish . It will not alter the fact that Trump won and Hillary lost . So much salt .

which means what in relation to this discussion?

or, which point are you attempting to make by stating that?

PS there is no discussion there are a bunch of trolls and whinny losers trying their hardest to denigrate Trump . It was the same 8 years ago with a different set of actors .Enjoy your salt .

 

[Twila]

So what do you all think this means

The FBI Just Rejected Trump And Forced Him To Cancel His Visit To Their Headquarters:
The FBI Just Rejected Trump And Forced Him To Cancel His Visit To Their Headquarters

That all the arm chair doctors in the world cannot change that fact . So continue on making all the diagnostics you wish . It will not alter the fact that Trump won and Hillary lost . So much salt .

I think you've missunderstood.

We're discussing what the president is doing. Not whom we thought should be president. I'm sure there's a thread about that somewhere here. But it ain't this one.

 

[pgs]

So what do you all think this means

The FBI Just Rejected Trump And Forced Him To Cancel His Visit To Their Headquarters:
The FBI Just Rejected Trump And Forced Him To Cancel His Visit To Their Headquarters






I think you've missunderstood.

We're discussing what the president is doing. Not whom we thought should be president. I'm sure there's a thread about that somewhere here. But it ain't this one.

No you are slagging him mercilessly , just like Eagle and others did about Obama . Funny how the show fits when it lands on the other foot .

 

[Cliffy]

The only salt I see is Trumpster groupies being upset that other people see him for the clown his truly is.

 

[Twila]

No you are slagging him mercilessly , just like Eagle and others did about Obama . Funny how the show fits when it lands on the other foot .

well if it bothers you, just avoid the threads titled Trump. Problem solved.

We're enjoying discussing trump. He's comic gold.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

well if it bothers you, just avoid the threads titled Trump. Problem solved.

We're enjoying discussing trump. He's comic gold.

I will give him unreserved credit for one thing. When Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey shut down, he stepped in and filled the gap in the circus industry!

 

[Corduroy]

Powerful people showed be criticized, especially in a democracy. Trying to dismiss criticism of an elected leader by saying he's an elected leader is to cowering authority. Do not accept that the definition of democracy is casting a ballot every 4 years.

 

[pgs]

well if it bothers you, just avoid the threads titled Trump. Problem solved.

We're enjoying discussing trump. He's comic gold.

If you were discussing Trump it might be enjoyable , but crying salty tears at every and all of Trump's actions is slagging . I am glad you enjoy it so much . Remember the shoe will eventually fit the other foot , and what goes around comes around .

 

[coldstream]

Trump is defensive, angry and unstable. He's also petty, vindictive, ignorant and incurious. He's an incompetent administrator. He can't hire the right people, he can't work with congress, he can't work with the government, doesn't understand the law, he can't communicate effectively with staffers.

Oh yes and HE'S TAKEN UP THE MANTLE OF GOD.

I've conceded that the handling of the Comey sacking was botched. Good grief, request and accept his 'resignation', give him a kind send off and leave it at that. No explanation is required. And find someone with whom you are temperamentally compatible as FBI Director. Making it personal, humiliating and accusatory has aggravated it into a political orbit where nothing is predictable or manageable.

I'd say Comey's firing was unnecessary in the first case. This Russia/Trump probe is going no where. It's a political witchhunt. It's Democrat brinksmanship driven by their own fragmentation as a party. There is no comparison to Nixon since Trump is NOT involved in a criminal conspiracy. This thing will exhaust itself of its own accord from a sheer lack of substance.

Trump does hire good people. He's working as well as can be expected with a Congress dominated by NeoCon and NeoLib ideologues (both of whom are ecomonic liberals and social libertarians); neither of which meshes with his economic nationalism and cultural populism.

I think he should take a week of hermetic solitude at Marilago. Take a deep breath, say a prayer and recommit himself to the ecomomic goals, infrastructure investment, cultural integrity that won him the White House. Ditch the sabre rattling with foreign and domestic adversaries and get back on message with his base.

Things will work out. The one thing for sure is that Hillary would have accelerated the economic and social disintegration of the U.S. spurred by the liberal, free market paradigm of the last 50 years. It's no surprise that Trump, in attempting to reverse it, has found himself in brawl the political and media establishment. He just has to dig in and double down.. his opposition is riddled with corruption and hypocrisy.