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Originally posted by mbinky:

I am just so disgusted at the Congress people. Absolutly filthy people. They truly don't deserve to call themselves Americans. We bust our asses and they take us for granted. We pay taxes, try to raise families, and all they can think of is their carreer. Ugg. Depressing.

That may be what many Congressmen and women must think, too.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
Another superb Trump appointment, just superb.
I've said it before, but this is likely the most conservative cabinet and set of appointees since...I don't know, Coolidge?

Yep, underneath the smoke & fire by the establishment, libs and media, the appointments are the meat of the Trump Presidency right now. Truly outstanding Mr. President.

Smoke? Fire? Meat?

Did someone say "cookout"?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Did someone say "cookout"?

Some good pork ribs for everyone.

I'll take BBQ any day!

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:

Imagine that, the ruler of the epicenter of Islam treating our POTUS with respect and literally rolling out the red carpet, in spite of him not bowing and the First Lady not wearing a head scarf as the previous ones did.

Hey Iran:

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US-Saudi Arabia seal weapons deal worth nearly $110 billion immediately, $350 billion over 10 years

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/20...mp-begins-visit.html

Donald Trump is living the American Dream. The only place he's not looked up to and respected is America. Odd.

I could not possibly agree with this more

Ben Shapiro: An Open Letter to President Trump:

http://www.dailywire.com/news/...t-trump-ben-shapiro#
Dear President Trump,

I’m under no misimpression that you give a damn what I think. Obviously, you feel you’ve been well served by listening not to your critics but to your sycophants; you clearly believe that being reinforced in your behavior by those around you makes you a stronger leader, rather than a weaker one.

I get it, too. I understand that you’re under fire nearly all the time, and that it’s dangerous to take every critique seriously.

But you’re running out of chances to get this right.



If you won’t take it from me, take it from Ann Coulter. If you won’t take it from Ann Coulter, take it from Michael Savage. If you won’t take it from Michael Savage, take it from the Senators and Congressmen who are now stampeding away from you.

You came into office with a Republican House and a Republican Senate and a massive legacy of Obama failure. You came in promising to get things done quickly and efficiently, to win and never stop winning. And you had the opportunity to fulfill some of those promises. Instead, aside from the wonderful nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, nothing of note has gotten done.

And that’s because of you.

Yes, dealing with Congress is like trying to herd cats. But you can’t herd cats if you’re too busy shooting yourself in the foot. Yes, dealing with media is like attempting to feed a pack of hyenas. But you can’t deal with them if you’re too busy providing them red meat to dissect.

Here’s the sad truth: your problems right now are of your own making. Democrats were always going to try to pillory you. But you had a defense: they had no evidence. And you could say that freely, because it was true! You could go along with their investigations, just keep saying that you wanted everything out in the open more than they did, and everything would have been hunky dory. If you’re innocent, sunlight would show it.


Instead, you decided that you were so irritated by the necessity of investigation or the possibility that aides had deceived you that you ignored input and then attacked the investigators. In doing so, you looked guilty, you bred accusations of obstruction, and you seemed petty and vindictive. Why is there a special counsel now looking at Trump-Russia issues? Because you hired a National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, that everybody knew had connections to foreign governments, despite all outside advice; you then fired him when those connections became apparent; you reportedly asked the FBI director to let Flynn off the hook; you asked your deputy attorney general to involve himself in creating a justification for firing your FBI director; you fired your FBI director and then admitted on national television that you fired him thanks to frustration over the investigation — necessitating that the deputy attorney general put forth a special counsel.

This isn’t on Democrats. This isn’t on the media. This is on you, because you decided that the political universe would bow to you, and when it refused, you crapped the bed.

Now, here’s the good news: you can fix this.

You can fix this by removing your ego from the equation. Your detractors will always believe that you’re guilty of something nefarious; your fans will always love you. But how you treat the special counsel will say something about how everyone else thinks. The appointment of Robert Mueller has removed Democratic ability to claim bias in the investigation; if you appoint a bipartisan FBI director, you’ll be able to remove their empty claims of quashing the investigation. Then, for the love of God, sit back. Sign off Twitter. Let people jabber and complain. Just keep saying over and over again that the investigation is moving forward with full speed, and you can’t wait to be exonerated.

And then work.

Pass your agenda. Bring the growth you promised. Sign executive orders.

Govern.


Or don’t. Keep feeding your ego. Keep complaining. Keep castigating the investigation as a witch hunt and playing the martyr. Keep insisting that your aides defend every indefensibly stupid thing you do — even when four simple words, “I made a mistake,” will buy you loyalty and instill the image of honesty. Keep saying there’s nothing to see, then reacting in the most suspicious possible way every time negative information leaks.

Right now, Mr. President, it’s you. You’re the problem. You can solve it. But only if you get over yourself.

For the sake of country, I pray you do.

The man doesn't need lectures. He needs our support. Donald Trump stopped Hillary Clinton. End of story. Stop bitching and start helping.

Who is Ben Shapiro?

Trump has shown himself to be a PR wizard. Of course, now, he has to face the concentrated power of the media, one of the few areas of our Constitutional culture that is virtually unregulated, and unregulatable. Read the court decisions NYTimes v. Sullivan and later. "Congress shall make no law..."

Trump isn't his own worst enemy; it is the media, and the quest for the Pulitzer Prize, fame, fortune and more besides.

The only real power we have over the media is exposing their faults and missteps, and ignoring their antics as extreme ideology, part of the communist conspiracy to assimilate world wide.

Slight O/T

Does anybody know if there is a color code for the Saudi men?

Some wear black robes, gold trimmed, with white headdress, some were red and white headdress. Some wear brown, gold trimmed, with white, or with red and white headdress. Others are all white, with red and white, etc, all different combinations.

Any scheme to this or is it what ever the individual feels like?

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Who is Ben Shapiro?

I imagine your question is rhetorical, but Ben Shapiro is a very smart man who has a keen skill for arguing his position in real time. He has my respect and I am grateful for the fight he is waging, but he is also one of those conservatives who has despised Donald Trump from the moment they realized that the man might be POTUS.

I've watched countless online videos of Shapiro handing leftist imbeciles their stupid asses, but when it comes to the subject of Donald Trump, I pay Shapiro no heed.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Trump isn't his own worst enemy; it is the media, and the quest for the Pulitzer Prize, fame, fortune and more besides.

Trump is so obviously his own worst enemy. And, yes, the media is also his enemy. Trump and the media are simultaneously at war with each other and need each other, desperately.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Trump isn't his own worst enemy; it is the media

Bolded and repeated.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Who is Ben Shapiro?

I imagine your question is rhetorical,

Or a quote from Donald Trump?

I think part of the problem with Trump is he is not a purist or even ideologically driven.

I believe I pointed this out months ago, that purists, and near purists might see some rough sledding in the years ahead.

He figures out what he believes is the smartest way to try something, and gives little worry to whether it falls left, right, around the corner, etc.