Familienoberhauptvogel
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Christie got cut after bending over to trump 24/7? LMAO
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Key figures purged from Trump transition team
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My only hope is that he goes to war with the entire Republican Congress. Gridlock.
i remember when we all cheered when he mocked Little Marco robot repeat speech. Cause Marco had a real shot.
You know what, GAF IS TO BLAME yeah i said it, shit nobody remember that crap, even i was cheering. fact is everyone was duped in epic fashion and we all about to be fucked real hard.
It wouldn't surprise me. I have a bet going with family that the Republicans will become so disgusted with him and how little control they have that they'll find something to impeach him over. My bet is within a year, but I may be a bit too optimistic.
Of course, that means Pence is then in control, so not exactly better, that.
Democrats can always cut a deal with him on impeachment. We all know how much he hates traitors.
BronzeWolf
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Trump must be careful.
There will be a moment where he leaves enough GOP people out and he fucks up so badly that the GOP will lose nothing by impeaching him.
Look, Pence is horrible for the USA.
Trump is horrible for the world
There will be a moment where he leaves enough GOP people out and he fucks up so badly that the GOP will lose nothing by impeaching him.
Look, Pence is horrible for the USA.
Trump is horrible for the world
They won't be able to impeach without Dem support and they won't get it if the Dems play their cards right.
EatinOlives
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Preferably wearing the bullet necklace at all times
Haha true.
Been trying to tell my mother that. Pence, yeah not fun but at least I can't see him maybe setting off trade wars or what else Trump could.
Haha that'd be amusing to see, that's for sure.
ratcliffja
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Yeah but then they're complicit with aiding a man that the vast majority of the nation hates (which they would if the Republican machine told them to).
ClayKavalier
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Maybe Trump will be like the catastrophic event in Watchmen that pulls everyone together for the betterment of all humanity.
Yeah, that's it. People thought Trump was running as a joke to secure Hillary the win, but actually he's running to unite Democrats and Republicans with a common enemy. Of course!
Man, I was worried we were in trouble there for a second.
The Republican machine has little control over this, if they did Trump would not have gotten the nomination to begin with.
I was wrong about the outcome of the election. .soo he's never going to be impeached
The Technomancer
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I don't normally believe in accelerationism, but this isn't "man if only the republicans gained power and implemented their policies people would see how terrible they are and rebel" and more "man if a trump white house really is a complete rolling disaster of continuous and staggering catastrophe maybe people will realize elections have consequences"
The republican machine can't do shit without Trump as it is right now. They couldn't stop him from winning the primary when they were all against him.
Angelus Errare
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I really hate that I find her attractive. It's definitely one of my character flaws.
No, it would tear the GOP apart. All the dems would have to do is make it seem like they are doing it out of respect of some technicality or legality. If the GOP primaries him, you don't think he isn't going to run as an independent?
ratcliffja
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If the choices were Trump and any other Republican but Trump, most Republicans would have chosen the latter. The problem is that no single candidate stood out. If the Republicans had pulled up the sexual assault allegations early in the campaign, he wouldn't have made it far at all, as nobody would be defending him.
QuantumZebra
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RiccochetJ
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Well, at least this is different I suppose. I have no idea if it's good or bad yet.
I'm still annoyed that I believed Obama when he went on about change and then surrounded himself with the Washington regulars.
He did a good job regardless though.
I'm still annoyed that I believed Obama when he went on about change and then surrounded himself with the Washington regulars.
He did a good job regardless though.
Choppasmith
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No, they had other choices. That wasn't what this was about. This was a backlash against the establishment. So much so the he even won a general election because of it. Trump is easily swayed. If he thinks the Dems will save his presidency watch how fast his positions change. At that point they would be crazy to allow a Pence presidency.
ratcliffja
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Only if it's people who didn't lambast him. This is why making so much of the campaign as anti-Trump was a big misstep. Obama and Bernie might be able to get his ear, but Warren and any of the top DNC members are going to have a tough time.
Clearly, he forgot to ask for ketchup.
Nah, they will do a different kind of damage.
All damage done by the GOP except for the SC is recoverable.
Trump, who the fuck knows. Trade wars on a whim, military attacks, etc. Hopefully his entire presidency will be consumed by pettiness and he won't do any lasting damage.
Graham is a hawk and will give the thumbs to whichever hawk Trump puts in front of him.
It would be easy for the Democrats to make a case that Pence is worse (which he actually is) especially to the LGBTQ community. The case is also that much easier to make when the GOP controls both houses of Congress. Unfettered Pence agenda. Also, if Obama and Bernie could get his ear, would that not be a good thing?
You mean authoritarians. Fascism doesn't mean what you think it means.
Please, for fuck's sake GAF, stop using this word altogether. I've seen maybe 3 posters that have an understanding of what Fascism is.
Who's going to impeach him? Republicans have full control, including committee chairs, and they didn't even bother when GWB was actively torturing people, letting terrorists take out buildings, put a nitwit in charge of FEMA, or any of the other 10,000 things he botched.
Trump can negotiate the best trade deals, but congress still has to approve. I really doubt he could introduce tariffs through executive action. Obama really pushed the boundaries of executive actions and we may pay the price with trump.
Since 9/11 he can drone strike just about anyone though. Massive surveillance apparatus combined with flying death machines is pretty fucking scary. I really hope there is someone on the military side that can control him.
RustyNails
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Never forget
Dude Abides
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Fascists are a type of authoritarian so he's correct and there's no need to be pedantic.
What is this from?
LumpOfCole
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We'll probably get a new season of the Apprentice out of this.
My hope is the House and Senate are reasonable enough to blockade Trump and his ever-tightening group of crazy. Once the power struggles are over their attention will turn to the nation at large, and that spells bad times for anyone who is sane.
Of course, the House and Senate are Red as chili, and the Dems are currently doing what they are best at in congress, being shoved into a dumpster. We're fucked.
Of course, the House and Senate are Red as chili, and the Dems are currently doing what they are best at in congress, being shoved into a dumpster. We're fucked.
I wonder if the "unity" that all those Trump fools on CNN yell everyday will come in the form of bipartisanship. There have to be at least 3 not-loony Republicans. I mean defunding the EPA? Republicans fucking set that up.
DorkLord54
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Phineas and Ferb
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tearsintherain
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http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-transition-team-lobbyists-2016-11
Vice President-elect Mike Pence reportedly ordered the removal of all lobbyists from president-elect Donald Trump's transition team, The Wall Street Journal wrote on Tuesday night.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence reportedly ordered the removal of all lobbyists from president-elect Donald Trump's transition team, The Wall Street Journal wrote on Tuesday night.
ratcliffja
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It would be a great thing. I'm just saying that any thoughts of him going full or even half Democrat are pipe dreams. The ideal scenario would be him warring with Congress, making both completely ineffective and significantly damaging the Republican party.
foxuzamaki
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So, do they file out of the room after that? Do some stay in the hopes that he won't notice?
Choppasmith
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You got the right idea. Just replace "mayor" with president and 1805 with 2016 and the gif works great.
It is not in the least bit pedantic.
Fascism is kind of a combination of both capitalist and Socialist ideologies, but under the pretense of the nation state being an ultimately benevolent arbiter to sort out the differences between workers and capitalists. In some respects, it is the fusion of market capitalism into the state itself. The closest corollary to it in modern society is China.
Claiming that vast difference as pedantry is flat wrong. The only similarities between Fascism and what this thread is talking about are Nationalism and Totalitarianism.
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