How is President Trump doing in his first 100 days?

Wouldn't surprise me if he is a source for much of the leaked information that has come out in the last few weeks. He needs to go.

 

It doesn't. Because it's not. It merely exercises enough journalistic integrity to give all newsworthy sides a voice. Trump's was a newsworthy side, and it got covered, and given the airtime. So was Clinton's. It's not a theory, it's a fact. How hard is it to understand?

 

I won't be either surprised or sad to see him go. Additional bonus could be seeing Ryan's agenda, for which he lowered himself so, be neglected. But what it'll mean that there will be only 2 camps vying for Trump's attention span: Bannon (the alt-right) and Ivanka/Kushner (nepotism). Given the choice, I'd root for Ivanka/Kushner, but how nuts is this?

 

News

Russian insiders fear Washington establishment will assassinate Trump: click here

Trump may trade-in Air Force 1 for stealth bomber: click here

Big brother is watching you: the death of cash: click here

Democrats demand to know who else is a security risk in the White House: click here

 

I think if you try hard enough, you could find even less reputable sources. I believe in you.

Well yeah, President Agent Orange is a security risk.

Prediction (only slightly wishful): Trump will resign sometime before the end of his term, citing health issues. Pence will serve the rest of first term. It will be an interesting campaign in 2020; I wish for Hillary to try staging a comeback but likely she will not. Democratic field is wide open.

 

We've been through that. I'm a fan of the "girl who likes doing homework" type; acutely aware that most people are not. I believe that the public was massively unfair to Hillary ever since she graduated Welleseley.

It's a moot point anyway; she is highly unlikely to run again. BTW the Dems need to start heavily promoting top contenders now; there's really not much time. Unless they dare to run already-recognizable names, who are either Sanders or Warren (I'm OK with either BTW, with preference to #shepersisted Warren). Or Oprah.

 

Precisely. That's where I compared HRC to Hermione; I still stand by that. I would also love to see what kind of political career Dr. Chelsea Clinton might have had, if she could overcome her parents' giant shadow. Another homework-doer.

I'll make a guess that you don't really believe in either of the Dems' platforms, so I see where you're coming from preferring Sanders. I do support most of the things either supports, so as I said I'd be fine with both. Sanders bothers me though. I'm in agreement with his positions like Wall Street regulations, minimum wage, and free college. However, it seems like his theory of how to get there is that US is, already, a left-leaning nation that just needs to wake up to that; and then there will be Revolution. Hmmm. Plus, he did wound Clinton with some of his attacks during the primary, and by dragging it too long. I much prefer Warren's lawyerly dissecting of problems and proposals of tough regulatory approaches of addressing these. Of course, I'd prefer the wonky work-within-the-system gradualism of Albert Gore or Hillary Rodham; this, unfortunately, comes with experience which comes with baggage.

Personally, I think Sens. Warren and Sanders are great where they are; we need a new candidate. Warren would make great Attorney General.

 

I'm not going to quote all the times you mention CNN being friends with Trump, but no one ever said it or implied it. I simply pointed out that CNN gives plenty of airtime to Trump surrogates in order to make a little effort to be balanced. You're reading things that aren't there.

 

Here's an aggregator thread of Trump stories. I find it useful for keeping track.

Ethics Office Recommends Disciplinary Action For Kellyanne Conway, And Other Trump News From Today - Digg

 

If this is true, then I'll just chalk this up to a big lapse in memory just like when you claim CNN didn't cover Clinton's email scandal. This is similar to how Trump recently claimed that the Orlando Night Club shooting and other terrorist attacks received very little coverage when all the major networks did saturation coverage. Trump and Conway have even made up terrorist attacks that weren't covered. But, at least Conway admitted that Trump got his facts wrong when he claimed that the murder rate is the highest it's been in decades. Let's just completely forget about the 1990s.

 

You just won the net.:tongue: Two of the most active posters in this thread are not American, go figure.

 

The NYT story is full of false information and misstatements. It makes me sick to see a people so quick to want him to fail that they print false stories.

 

And you know this how?

Interesting fact: during his first month, Obama signed 3 major pieces of legislation (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization and Expansion, and the stimulus bill - that arguably ended the Great Recession). Trump, so far, TRIED and failed to ban some Muslims (seemingly for no reason) from the country, appointed and fired the National Security Advisor, and tweeted repeatedly on the topic of his inauguration crowd, and made a state visit of Japanese PM into an ad for Maro Largo. And, oh, apparently top staffers in his campaign had Russian intelligence agents on speed dial. Productive.

 

A colleague in Egypt said that during the election, every coffee bar in Egypt had their TVs tuned in to American politics. She said that the Egyptians were glued to the TV. They were also horrified by what they saw. To make a long story short, they publicly booed American leftist commentators and publicized leftist agendas on such channels as CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, et al. The vast majority of Egyptians think that American leftists have lost their minds.

As another example, there was public booing when American leftist commentators endorsed the Muslim Brotherhood. This perplexes the average Egyptian who has been fighting the rigid sharia-rules of the Muslim Brotherhood i.e. forced wearing of headscarves for women, taking away women's' rights, etc.

 

OK, so Egyptians commenting about your politics is OK. Terrific. What would it take for a poor Ukrainian-Canadian to make a cut?

The one thing Egyptians was especially alarmed by was Huma Abedin's ties to Muslim Brotherhood. Which was a lie invented by Michelle Bachmann. Alternative facts.

 

The mainstream media, to include the NYT, has lost its legitimacy, due to its pernicious and consistent publishing of ideologies -- instead of just reporting the facts and then allowing consumers to make up their own minds.

1. Published ideologies present forgone conclusions. That's bias and that's the leftist mainstream media. That is what happens now with regularity. Forgone conclusions are spoonfed to any fool who chooses to pay for it. That's why revenues are declining for the leftist mainstream media. They will continue to decline.

2. Publishing just the facts and then allowing consumers to make up their own minds is what used to be done in the United States. That was respected journalism. New non-traditional media outlets (mostly internet based) are taking revenue (and readers) away from the leftist mainstream media. That financial trend will continue, to the angst of leftists.

 

I agree, it is a bit nutty and I would rather go with what's behind Door Number 3. Perhaps Newt is on speed dial.

 

Hook me up with a few day passes to Otrada and we're good!