Dreadnought
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Trump could disband FEMA tomorrow and not even lose 1% of his base in Texas
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Trump:I pardoned Arpaio during hurricane because I thought TV ratings would be higher
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Lightning_Roller
Banned
I thought you needed a brain to have a brain disease.
ForsakenLotus
Member
I wonder if this is true. I know watching the coverage live the hosts kept saying he was trying to bury it under the hurricane coverage. In one of the very, very few times I will ever say this I think Trump has a point - I think it's stupid, and the act wrong on so many levels; but if he wanted a lot of coverage he got his wish.
rainking187
Member
Fucking what
Maybe I'm wrong, but I interpreted his statement as a defense. People said he was trying to hide his pardon of Arpaio, so he says no, actually I was trying to make it as visible as I could. It's still totally missing the point, like when he said he wasn't going to pardon him on a particular day because he didn't want controversy. Not to mention that either way, using a hurricane that is still an ongoing emergency to manipulate his own optics is horrible.
Recently got into an argument with a Trump voter. Essentially they believe that anything negative about Trump comes from "fake news", and don't really care about the investigations because Clinton would have been mired in investigations as well.
In short, they're a lost cause.
Sky Interloper
Member
Such a disgusting, vile excuse for a human being.
One of the states in your country - a Republican foothold, nonetheless - is in the middle of catastrophe brought by a hurricane, and your only responses are good look wishes and pathetic 'Great energy!' tweets pandering to your base. And then we get this wonderful nugget of him trying to frame himself as trying to get the attention of the media in the middle of a disaster while continuing with attacks towards NAFTA. The whole thing makes the current US administration as its own brand of a banana republic, megalomaniac fool at its helm inclusive.
When the upper echelons of the United States government recover their sanity and their backbone, I sincerely hope your country takes a deep look at the current state of your institutions.
One of the states in your country - a Republican foothold, nonetheless - is in the middle of catastrophe brought by a hurricane, and your only responses are good look wishes and pathetic 'Great energy!' tweets pandering to your base. And then we get this wonderful nugget of him trying to frame himself as trying to get the attention of the media in the middle of a disaster while continuing with attacks towards NAFTA. The whole thing makes the current US administration as its own brand of a banana republic, megalomaniac fool at its helm inclusive.
When the upper echelons of the United States government recover their sanity and their backbone, I sincerely hope your country takes a deep look at the current state of your institutions.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Is anyone really surprised though? This guy has a pathological lack of empathy, perspective, compassion or humanity. A soulless husk.
How About No
Member
Trump is an expert at avoiding controversy.
Sorry, I mean at not confronting controversy
He's potentially suffering from the early effects of dementia. It's entirely possible he doesn't know that.
yep. this is what he always does when faced with questions he doesn't like. he cannot handle criticism at all like a child, so he tries to prove them wrong with whatever he can think of at that moment. then he just makes it worse because it's always nonsense.
Definitely both. Though one terrorized people from one county and the other gets to do it with the whole country. Arpaio also no longer has the ability to do harm to people.
uncredited male
Member
I wonder if his team even bothered in trying to craft a better excuse for him or just said fuck it.
Fucking yikes.
He comes across as a coward by using the hurricane as a smokescreen, and he managed to make himself look like a complete douchebag by trying to compete ratings with a fucking historical hurricane + flooding.
This man's Stand must have the power to make every situation he's in even worse.
He comes across as a coward by using the hurricane as a smokescreen, and he managed to make himself look like a complete douchebag by trying to compete ratings with a fucking historical hurricane + flooding.
This man's Stand must have the power to make every situation he's in even worse.
Vincent Alexander
Member
The world needs Carlin now more than ever.
MagnaderAlpha
Member
He just might. He needs more money for lavish vacations!
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Trump is lying about why he did it, yeah.
but the lie isn't to hide his plan to bury the Arpaio news in the middle of a Hurricane. It's so that he doesn't have to acknowledge that Kelly stopped him from announcing the pardon during the rally, like he initially wanted.
This way, he gets to pretend he had full control of the situation and he wasn't manipulated into not announcing the pardon how he wanted, where he wanted. Now he gets to say that he did it exactly the way he wanted, and attempts to spin it as a reflection of his business/entertainment acumen.
What Trump wanted: To announce the pardon at the Rally
What Trump was made to do: Announce the pardon on Friday with the rest of the news dump from that day.
What Trump did to spin it: Lied and said it was an attempt at maximizing ratings.
That's just my read on it.
but the lie isn't to hide his plan to bury the Arpaio news in the middle of a Hurricane. It's so that he doesn't have to acknowledge that Kelly stopped him from announcing the pardon during the rally, like he initially wanted.
This way, he gets to pretend he had full control of the situation and he wasn't manipulated into not announcing the pardon how he wanted, where he wanted. Now he gets to say that he did it exactly the way he wanted, and attempts to spin it as a reflection of his business/entertainment acumen.
What Trump wanted: To announce the pardon at the Rally
What Trump was made to do: Announce the pardon on Friday with the rest of the news dump from that day.
What Trump did to spin it: Lied and said it was an attempt at maximizing ratings.
That's just my read on it.
Premium Quality
Member
WTF is wrong with this man? I don't think Ted Cruz would stoop this low.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Trump stans are basically a bunch of passive aggressive losers who feel emboldened by him, and think he tells it "like it is and doesn't care who gets offended" and they wish they were like that.
Too bad they're too brainwashed to see he only says whatever makes him look the bes, and doesn't care who or what he impacts to make himself look like roses.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
And that makes them sad, miserable and downright pathetic.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
And people would still vote for this miserable excuse of a sentient being.
Strider_Blaze
Member
As I stated in the thread regarding the pardon, just what the fuck?
He truly is a monster!
At a time when a hurricane occurs, which as of now claimed 5 lives and Trump couldn't keep ratings off his mind.
This can't get more embarrassing! And sadly things will get worse.
He truly is a monster!
At a time when a hurricane occurs, which as of now claimed 5 lives and Trump couldn't keep ratings off his mind.
This can't get more embarrassing! And sadly things will get worse.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Tomorrow will be the true litmus for that.
It doesn't matter to him, I think. Ratings mean popularity.
anotherVegan
Member
Can we get a time machine and do the 2016 election over again?
Maybe do the whole damn year over and undo all the celebrity deaths while we are at it?
When Trump is up for reelection, we can point at his numbers at a measure of how far the disease has spread.
gutter_trash
Banned
Trump obstruction of justice, for his besties
IamDodongo
Member
are you fucking kidding me?
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Just remember: WE ARE STILL IN YEAR ONE!!!!
I shudder to think how fast it'll spread.
Bigboss242
Banned
Might be legit dementia though.
Permanently A
Junior Member
I know people often exaggerate this kind of this, but this is the first time I actually feel sick in my stomach from a Trump article. Like legitimately I feel worse in health having read this.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Or he just might be an actual Sociopath....
Saint Gregory
Member
I said this in the other thread as a joke! A JOKE!!!
This is why South Park's hesitant to do satire on Trump.
Spectral Glider
Member
Somebody needs to inform Trump that him going to prison will garner the highest ratings in the history of forever...because it will.
"how dare you suggest i chose to pardon an unrepentant criminal who continually endangered lives during a severe hurricane to draw attention away from the pardon
actually, i pardoned him during the hurricane to draw MORE attention towards myself [and away from the natural disaster]"
those who know strategy are etc.
actually, i pardoned him during the hurricane to draw MORE attention towards myself [and away from the natural disaster]"
those who know strategy are etc.
sturgboski
Member
Can someone ensure he doesnt have his swimmies when he visits Texas?
Aaronrules380
Member
because he's a narcissistic sociopath
tiny baby penis
Snowybreak
Member
The most nutso series finale ever.