Trump Tantrum Open Thread
Posted: January 8, 2019 Filed under: open thread, U.S. Politics | Tags: Trump tantrum 47 Comments
Here’s a fresh thread in case anyone wants to discuss the televised Trump tantrum tonight. One good thing, Rachel Maddow is going to be on at 8PM with Chris Hayes and will follow the Trump tantrum with other guests on her show.
A few reads:
George Packer at The Atlantic: The Suicide of a Great Democracy.
Also at The Atlantic: Why Mike Pence Couldn’t End the Shutdown.
Reuters: A growing number of Americans blame Trump for shutdown: Reuters-Ipsos poll.
CBS News: Every congressperson along southern border opposes border wall funding.
This is a wide open thread.
peej
Carissa
dakinikat
ecocatwoman
grayslady
mablue2
JJ Lopez aka Minkoff Minx
peggysue22
quixote
skydancingguestblogger
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Sky Dancing 
I’m still not sure if I should watch Trump. I’m tempted to turn off the TV when he comes on and set a timer for 8 minutes.
But what if he just goes on and on like he often does? Will the networks shut him down?
Same lies …
Yup, it’s the SAME OLD SONG.
I am watching flea market flip! No point in watching an insane person slander other Americans and incessantly lie.
So far, no Rachel. I switched to CNN, but will keep checking.
Yup, he said that yesterday. i think.
They are illegals, they are criminals for just being alive. He repeatedly says this time and time again. When in fact they are migrant workers.
And he hires them for his golf courses.
I figured out the presidents who told him they should have built a wall were Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford Regan, and GHW Bush. Unfortunately, they are all dead and can’t confirm the story.
Exactly. Trump talks to dead presidents.
Well, if you have taking the same drugs he has taken, snort, snort, snort, you would have heard those same voices of the dead.
6:08 So far, if you are one of his flying minions, you are going to believe him. After all, wealthy people build walls around their compounds, why shouldn’t we. Don’t watch this if you have high blood pressure. It’s horrible.
It was very carefully scripted and he didn’t wander.
That’s unusual.
Really, I mean what the hell, rich politicians are building walls because they love those living inside and hate those living outside? What the fuck…………….my HOA says I will have a plastic fence, and wrought iron fence that faces the pond, then they can put a lien on the property.
Yeah, got that message very clear in 21st century in Trumpialand.
That would be the truth.
The five billion would build a little over two hundred miles of fence in Texas, hire 375 additional border agents plus canine teams. That part of the border in Texas has a great deal of illegal entry and drug traffic.
With 5 billion we could just buy up the drugs coming over the border and destroy them.
Not a bad idea. But is that five billion a year forever
Also have to do something about demand.
For pain after surgery and back injuries I have had to take some of those drugs. They can really cause problems fast. I know people who get addicted easily. Doctors prescribe them much to often, people get hooked and go to dealers than on to street drugs. Agree that demand is a real problem and needs to be addressed.
Did I ever tell you about the Russians living in Boise, Idaho. Started a church, purchased very very nice homes, and were selling drugs, and dealing in crime, and finally was busted 2018. Nothing said about them.
That’s interesting. Tell us more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-declares-a-growing-humanitarian-crisis-at-the-border-in-demand-for-wall-funding-to-end-shutdown/2019/01/08/bdd2767e-1368-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html?utm_term=.112232f03e25
Good news indeed! I hope JJ sees this!
Thank you for posting this…. the doctor gave me two shots of antibiotics and I had an X-ray to check my lungs for pneumonia.
Take care, JJ.
Seriously, friends, what is with all that sniffling? Does Hair Drumpf suffer from MS, Parkinson’s disease, post nasal drip, a brain tumor? It would be irresponsible of us not to indulge in conjecture.
He snorts Adderall.
https://skydancingblog.com/2018/12/13/thursday-reads-is-trump-abusing-amphetamines/
Thanks, BB. I thought Adderall made you thin.
I’m sure it does what it can, but when a 70 year old is downing Big Macs like a teenager, there’s limits to its abilities.
Trump needed a bump of coke to get through that speech.
He has no heart and it showed badly.
He did not believe what he was saying, he was sulking.
I guess we are lucky that we only have to defeat off-brand knock-off Hitler.
The real thing knew how to lie convincingly.
He embaraasss the people who flack for him every time.
Can you imagine doing advance hype for this shit sandwich and then have to do damage control after he sleepwalked through it?
The Great Slat-Fence of China was not built this way.
And . . . he told reporters beforehand that his speech was a waste of time.
Enablers.
I don’t think I like hearing this.
yes to all of that … it’s even called collusion business and it’s illegal