Essential Trump/Alt-Right Ridicule Thread

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I've just seen news that he is due to visit our shores early next year. No dates announced yet.

 

[chandlerp]

looks into investing in egg stocks and grassy knoll landscapers

 

[ignatious]

 

[Poi E]

Sounds like regulation to me

 

[Yossarian]

 

[spring-peeper]

There's a feud currently waging at the White House right now – and it doesn't have anything to do with Donald Trump (I know, I'm surprised too). Ivana Trump has been throwing some crazy shade while doing press for her book Raising Trump, and it's all directed at the first lady. Basically, Ivana told Melania that she's the real first lady, and this is all one big head scratcher.

The Ivana/Melania drama began during a Good Morning America interview on Oct. 9, when Ivana revealed that she and the first lady might have a bit of a rivalry. She explained,

I [don’t] really want to call [Trump’s White House] because Melania is there. And I don’t want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that because I’m basically first Trump wife. OK? I’m [the] first lady.
OK, so, yes, Ivana is definitely the president's first wife. She was married to her former husband for fifteen years, and the two share three children together. They also have eight grandchildren and, according to Ivana, still have weekly phone conversations, some of which involve discussing his Twitter presence (she's all for it).

But that makes her the first lady because... um...

Ivana Trump Tells Melania She's The Real First Lady & This Feud Just Keeps Getting Weirder

 

[a_chap]

"Elite Daily". There's a site for the working man.

 

[tim]

looks into investing in egg stocks and grassy knoll landscapers

Do you nor think getting Alan Titchmarsh to knock up a fake Grassy Knoll would demean the romance of the Kennedy myth? Particularly as we'd have to put the efficient but uncharismatic Cressida Dick in charge of the snippers.

 

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[spring-peeper]

Some of Trump's businesses are not doing too well....


Trump Is Pouring Millions Into Money-Losing Scottish Golf Course

Financial reports made public in the U.K. over the weekend show Trump last year faced mounting losses at Turnberry and his other Scottish golf resort, forcing him to inject more cash to cover shortfalls. Losses at Trump Turnberry, his biggest investment outside of the U.S., more than doubled to 17.6 million pounds ($23 million) in 2016, while revenue fell 21 percent to 9 million pounds. Trump’s other course north of Aberdeen also posted widening losses of 1.4 million pounds, an increase of 28 percent, while revenue fell 12 percent.

Beyond last year’s losses, however, the latest disclosures show Trump has now poured a combined 152 million pounds, or nearly $200 million, into the ventures without either one turning a profit under his ownership. The results, among the few made public anywhere in the world for Trump’s private businesses, may add to questions about whether his brand of divisive politics is starting to take some of the luster off of his businesses.

Report: At least 16 pro sports teams are no longer using Trump hotels on the road

The Washington Post reported Thursday that at least 17 teams across the four major professional sports leagues used to reserve stays at Trump-owned hotels but have not done so since the former businessman and television personality started campaigning for the U.S. presidency. And all but one of those teams indicated they are no longer booking stays at Trump hotels when they travel.

Another 18 teams across the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL declined to comment, while 71 told the Post they had not stayed at a Trump hotel in recent years. And a follow-up from the Raleigh News & Observer confirmed the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes are among those who "have made a change in team hotels," particularly for games in New York.

 

[spring-peeper]

Reading up on the NAFTA negotiations, it was interesting to find this piece. Maybe we aren't the only ones boycotting US products.

The frustration comes both from Trump’s harsh rhetoric on trade and from his pullout from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Japan still hopes can provide a bulwark against China’s growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Meanwhile, there is growing evidence that the failure of the TPP is taking a sharp toll on rural America. In August, U.S. sales of pork to Japan dropped by 9 percent, a serious blow to farmers who had been preparing for a big increase in sales because of lower tariffs in the TPP.

Instead, other countries that export meats, grains and fruits have seized on their advantage over American growers and producers in the wake of the U.S. pullout from the TPP. And a new Reuters poll shows Trump’s favorability in rural America — once a great stronghold — dropped from 55 percent last winter to 47 percent in September. The poll also showed a plunge in support for Trump’s trade agenda among rural voters.

http://www.politico.eu/article/japan-exasperated-by-trumps-trade-policies/

 

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[Yossarian]

 

[spring-peeper]

In bringing a trade case against Bombardier, Boeing seems to have forgotten the first law of all playground scuffles: if you pick a fight, always be sure to land the knock-out punch. Airbus just delivered it.

Opinion: Airbus sends a thank you card to Donald Trump and Boeing

*giggles*

 

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[spring-peeper]

Ah - this is why Trump is so keen on revamping the NAFTA to give the American manufacturing base the advantage.

On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported on a document (pictured above) that gives the world a peek at the hand the White House is holding. The internal two-page White House document laid out the “Socioeconomic Costs of A Weakened Manufacturing Base” in what appear to be talking points or data points bolstering the Trump administration's anti-NAFTA stance. The document, which was drafted and distributed by director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, Peter Navarro, claims that, essentially, everything bad can be attributed to NAFTA and its impact on manufacturing in the U.S. Higher abortion rate? Check. Increases in crime, drugs, divorce, homelessness? Check. Check. Check. Check.

White House Memo Casually Claims, Without Evidence, NAFTA Led to Increased Abortions, Spousal Abuse

And I thought the increase in crime and drugs were the Mexican's fault, and the increase in divorce and homelessness was Obama's fault.

 

[a_chap]

 

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[mojo pixy]

and if they haven't, it's Fake Newz

 

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[a_chap]

This BBC article is simply yet more lying by Donald Trump - something we've all got used to and, amazingly, everyone accepts with little more than a shrug.

Trump's Renoir painting not real - museum

However, the part that caught my attention was this:

"Mr Trump sued Mr O'Brien for $5bn because the author wrote in TrumpNation that rather than being a billionaire, his net worth was actually as low as $150m."

Five billion? He sued him for FUCKING FIVE BILLION DOLLARS?!?!?

Apparently "The defamation lawsuit was dismissed."

Jesus fucking wept. How is this liar still president of the usa?

 

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