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[brau]

The ban was lifted last year

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/news/china-us-beef-imports/index.html

hahahahahahahahahahaha

oh wow. so then what is he referring to?

 

[Zackat]

Holy shit lol

What a maniac

 

[Temp_User]

Russian photographer: "Dont worry, tovarisch, we have the tape recordings of your meeting with that sooksin Comey."

 

[vypek]

There's actually an insider term for this move...I believe it's called a Xiaolin Showdown.

Lmao

 

[Linkstrikesback]

hahahahahahahahahahaha

oh wow. so then what is he referring to?

Nah, that lift was fake news. The real lift happened only at the exact moment he tweeted. He had to invent the prime the pump term first for it to happen, then agree to let China use the term, and they accepted American imports of beef again for that honour.

 

[hughesta]

The ban was lifted last year

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/news/china-us-beef-imports/index.html

oh my god it keeps getting better

 

[LegendofJoe]

Clearly not an authoritarian...

 

[NH Apache]

Trump moves the pawn and says king me.

Then flips the table.

 

[cakely]

Another one for the articles of impeachment.

Pretty sure this is obstruction of justice / witness intimidation.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

The ban was lifted last year

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/news/china-us-beef-imports/index.html

Obama selling our beef to China! Sad!

 

[PeskyToaster]

I thought Mad Cow was mainly a UK/Western Europe thing?

The ban was lifted last year

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/news/china-us-beef-imports/index.html

another easy win for Trump, just like the economic improvements.

 

[Oersted]

hahahahahahahahahahaha

oh wow. so then what is he referring to?

Maybe it came in the full effect today, but he had nothing to do with it.

As Trump said himself on Twitter after meeting Jinping in the White House Mar-Al-Lago, he got nothing out of him.

 

[brau]

Nah, that lift was fake news. The real lift happened only at the exact moment he tweeted. He had to invent the prime the pump term first for it to happen, then agree to let China use the term, and they accepted American imports of beef again for that honour.

i see, so he put something in to get something out.

Smart. Pretty sure it must be accurate since that is how pumps work.

 

[alt27]

hahahahahahahahahahaha

oh wow. so then what is he referring to?

When bans get lifted its not like flipping a switch to start again (especially for food). They would have to agree and discuss the implementing of new testing proceedures etc. Once the ban was lifted there was always going to be a extended time period for actual exports to resume again.

 

[Doc Holliday]

We need to stop talking about Trump' s base. I'm sure every shitty leader had a base of support till the bitter and.

Everyone has turned into a cable news pundit it seems.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

BREAKING REAL NEWS

Trump Steaks are making a comeback!

 

[abundant]

I'm honestly still trying to digest and wrap my head around this reality.

Things that would have a President stoned out of office are now completely normal.

What the fuck is going on, what the fuck happened to checks and balances?

The GOP gained almost all of the power, chose to do party over country, and their mindless sheep followers are told that everything is fine.

 

[Chittagong]

The ban was lifted last year

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/news/china-us-beef-imports/index.html

unreal, I can't get any work done I'm laughing so hard that I'll probably be fired, so this is what Trump meant when he promised to create jobs!

 

[moffattron9000]

...are...beef exports to China much of a thing?

If you are New Zealand, a country of 4 million, yes. If you are the United States of America, a country of over 300 million, no.

 

[Brashnir]

Please let there be tapes.

Please let there be tapes.

Please let there be "tapes."


Does this dope not know that the final nail in Nixon's coffin was that he had been recording himself and accidentally recorded incriminating evidence?

 

[dsp]

This is fucking amazing.

 

[Kaako]

All of this still feels like a shitty made up TV show. Just insane we are witnessing this in real life. Wonder what's on the next episode.

 

[VeryGooster]

What did Clapper specifically say and when was this said? Is this something he said during the Yates hearing?

Clapper and Sally Yates spoke before a Senate subcommittee about Russia earlier in the week. To my understanding Clapper said he hadn't seen evidence of collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russians at a certain time but he wasn't privy to the investigation anyway. Trump, hearing what he wants to hear, translated that to "No evidence exists."

 

[Abstrusity]

Gotta love a President who acts like a rabid dog.

It's time to bring Ol' Orange here out to the shed, tbph fam

 

[ForsakenLotus]

FBI agents putting Comey as their profile pic is very telling and makes me feel optimistic. Trump will not last through the end of the year I don't think.

 

[Mutanthands]

follow up

Jesus, it doesn't even matter anymore. Trump's behavior and actions during this whole fiasco prove how unfit for office he is. It's not going to stop, because he's a narcissistic liar. He can't help it.

The Comey firing should have him on the fast track to impeachment. The longer the Republicans let this stretch out to preserve their power, the more damage he does because of their inaction, the worst the pain is going to be for them at the end of it. History will not be kind.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Uhm. If that doesn't sound as guilty as it gets Idk what would.

 

[brau]

When bans get lifted its not like flipping a switch to start again (especially for food). They would have to agree and discuss the implementing of new testing proceedures etc. Once the ban was lifted there was always going to be a extended time period for actual exports to resume again.

So is this essentially something that started under the previous president?

 

[UberTag]

Yup. Trump keeps finding new ways to make a mockery of the role. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if he took a literal shit on the original constitution during a press conference sometime in the next few weeks.

Republicans would somehow find a way to applaud that action as well.

 

[so1337]

follow up

Oh oh oh oh oh! I know that one!

It ends with your impeachment, dipshit.

 

[SoundofSilence]

Remember when people objected to having a woman in the oval office because she'd be too emotional?

Remember when:

- She was the greater of two evils?
- Had a foundation engaged in pay to play politics?
- Was a puppet of special interests?
- Was too physically weak to do the job?
- Had a husband who was an abuser of women?

Yea.

 

[Brandon F]

"He will be nothing like he was on the campaign. He will act presidential in office!"

I am still reeling at people arguing this to my face during the campaign...

 

[FyreWulff]

 

[moffattron9000]

I'm pretty sure that messing with an agency founded by J. Edgar Hoover is a bad decision.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Hmm another president was famous for having tapes, I just can't think of the name, wonder what happened to him.

 

[Dude Abides]

It would be great if Trump actually was recording all his conversations since that's what brought Nixon down.

 

[stenbumling]

This is like a retelling of the latest Better Call Saul episode.

 

[Oersted]

Republicans would somehow find a way to applaud that action as well.

Free speech!

 

[CoolOff]

He's unraveling at an amazing place.

Mar-a-Lago?

 

[alt27]

So is this essentially something that started under the previous president?

For sure.

 

[BatDan]

Please let there be tapes.

Please let there be tapes.

Please let there be "tapes."


Does this dope not know that the final nail in Nixon's coffin was that he had been recording himself and accidentally recorded incriminating evidence?

"I know Nixon. Great man, tremendous man. I hope we can sit down and have a real nice conversation. I know Nixon does a lot of tremendous work, bigly."

 

[Version 3.0]

LOL. "Those 3 distinct conversations where you assured me I was not under investigation better not get out!"

 

[Tovarisc]

https://twitter.com/Evan_McMullin/status/863019301393117184

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

He must have said something pretty incriminating to Comey to be this worried about the possibility of they're being tapes.

 

[IaN_GAF]

Just every day with the constant stream of embarrassing bullshit, huh?

 

[Jams775]

I still think he was either naive or malicious sending that letter on 11/8 to Jason Chaffetz. Anybody who was paying even a little bit of attention would know that Chaffetz was gonna make that letter public immediately upon receipt.

He also probably should've been fired, but once he revealed the Trump Russia investigation he should've been untouchable.

Well we know (is this confirmed?) that he wanted to release to the public that they were investigating Trump's campaign to ties with Russia at the same time, but Obama told him not to. So I'm having a feeling there's a lot more going on with this than meets the eye. Maybe we won't know for 30+ years but I think it'd be safe to say that he wasn't quite partisan about it. It could very well be that he was pushed into a corner and either made the wrong move or made the only move he could.

 

[Theonik]

Maybe he can ask Putin for the tapes. I'm sure Moscow has bugs in every room a US president would be in.

 

[Kusagari]

Does this count as witness intimidation considering Comey is now a private citizen?

 

[VeryGooster]

lmao that China beef pivot

 

[Oersted]

Mar-a-Lago?

She/he said amazing