The Trump presidency

[CrabbedOne]

On War On The Rocks PROFOUND UNCERTAINTY IN MUNICH: IS THE UNITED STATES COMMITTED TO EUROPEAN SECURITY?

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5. Parochialism is rising. A few years ago, the debates in Munich focused on how to make NATO more expeditionary, so that it could better conduct “out of area” operations, and how the allies could better engage the rest of the world, including the Middle East and Asia. No more. The combination of terrorist attacks across Europe, the influx of refugees, rising nationalism, fractures in the European Union and rising worries about Russia – to say nothing about the deep political divisions in the United States – have redirected attention to nearer challenges. The conference participants spoke more about the Trump executive order on immigration than about Afghanistan, and about French and German elections more than Raqqa.

The net result of this year’s Munich Security Conference was to highlight the great uncertainty swirling around the United States and its relationship with Europe. Few questioned the transatlantic allies’ strength to remain active in shaping global events; this was no seminar on relative decline. Instead the focus on was on the political will – especially in the United States, but also in Europe – required to enlist allied power in the service of enlightened self-interest and liberal values. Here we will no doubt have many answers before Munich 2018.

From being "the indispensable nation" to potentially a damned unreliable one in the space of a month under Trump.

Now that's finally Change We Can Believe In.

 

[camouflage]

Gen HR McMaster to be Trumps new National Security Advisor. Ok... anyone know the name? How bad is he... War on China faction or War on Russia faction? Or is it Iran he's after?

 

[NoXion]

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I see this a lot in Tweet-heavy threads, and I'm not about to disable my adblocker. For the love of Satan post bloody screenshots.

 

[Ranbay]

I see this a lot in Tweet-heavy threads, and I'm not about to disable my adblocker. For the love of Satan post bloody screenshots.

that is a screen shot.... of what I see all day everyday.

 

[bi0boy]

I see this a lot in Tweet-heavy threads, and I'm not about to disable my adblocker. For the love of Satan post bloody screenshots.

You want to block Twitter but have other people go to the trouble of extracting worthwhile Twitter content for you and publishing it in another form so you can read it?

 

[killer b]

No-one is going to start posting screenshots, sorry. I'd say you'd be best lobbying the mods to turn off the auto-embeds.

 

[NoXion]

that is a screen shot.... of what I see all day everyday.

I know. My imperative to post screenshots was directed at those who post Tweets frequently.

 

[bimble]

No-one is going to start posting screenshots, sorry. I'd say you'd be best lobbying the mods to turn off the auto-embeds.

I do.

 

[killer b]

I do.

it will remain a minority sport whatever.

Personally I find screenshotting irritating - I usually want to click through to twitter for context if it's interesting.

 

[NoXion]

You want to block Twitter but have other people go to the trouble of extracting worthwhile Twitter content for you and publishing it in another form so you can read it?

If the person posting stuff from Twitter really thinks it's worthwhile, then making sure that information doesn't disappear into the ether and is widely available would seem to be the done thing.

 

[killer b]

It mostly doesn't disappear into the ether though, so in the vast majority of cases it's pointless doing all the extra steps it takes to screenshot and upload an image, which is less useful for most people reading than just posting a link.

 

[chandlerp]

It is much quicker and easier to link to twitter than it is to take a screenshot, crop it, save it somewhere and then upload it because you don't want to see a live tweet though

 

[Crispy]

It is much quicker and easier to link to twitter than it is to take a screenshot, crop it, save it somewhere and then upload it because you don't want to see a live tweet though

If you're on windows 10, use the snipping tool (press Start key, type Snip, press enter) to capture a part of the screen then just Paste directly into the reply box

like this

 

[killer b]

ooh. that's quite useful ta.

 

[brogdale]

If you're on windows 10, use the snipping tool (press Start key, type Snip, press enter) to capture a part of the screen then just Paste directly into the reply box

like this

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Is there a Mac way of doing that?

 

[Crispy]

Is there a Mac way of doing that?

command-ctrl-shift-4
paste

 

[killer b]

it's still not going to catch on though.

 

[bimble]

command-ctrl-shift-4
paste

nothing happens . maybe i don't know what paste means

 

[ruffneck23]

right click and from the menu select paste or press CTRL-V

 

[bimble]

right click and from the menu select paste or press CTRL-V

nope, nothing. I'll just carry on the laborious way.
I do reckon that posting links - to tweets or articles or whatever, with no comment at all as to what you think of the content is not very interesting.
Unless its a Donald Trump Tweet, which are quite hard to add anything to, like gilding the lily.

 

[teqniq]

nothing happens . maybe i don't know what paste means

paste = command-v on a mac

 

[bimble]

thank you!

 

[classicdish]

Gen HR McMaster to be Trumps new National Security Advisor. Ok... anyone know the name? How bad is he... War on China faction or War on Russia faction? Or is it Iran he's after?

Here is a lecture he gave last year which covers all of the above. The whole thing is one hour long but he gives a good overview in the first 20 minutes before going on to focus on more detailed issues of technology and doctrine.

 

[teqniq]

 

[bimble]

Looks like the plan to start mass deportations is still being pushed on with, in memos at least. .

"The memos say DHS will hire 10,000 new immigration officers and reverse a number of Obama administration policies. Specifics on how the agency will hire so many officers remain scarce, with the administration saying they are working on a "hiring plan."

The memo also says that deportable offences will include driving without a license and any 'aliens' "who have "abused" public benefits, misrepresented themselves or "in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security."

Trump lays groundwork for mass deportations

 

[NoXion]

So they're gonna be recruiting a load of beginners, and also giving them significant leeway?

This will end well.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

So they're gonna be recruiting a load of beginners, and also giving them significant leeway?

This will end well.

 

[coley]

Here is a lecture he gave last year which covers all of the above. The whole thing is one hour long but he gives a good overview in the first 20 minutes before going on to focus on more detailed issues of technology and doctrine.

Given he sounds a decent, straightforward kind of bloke, why has he accepted the job given, A, he was obviously 'second choice' B, the preferred candidate described the job as a "shit sandwich"
And C, many pundits see the dept as being sidelined by Bannon and his coterie of crazies?

 

[coley]

So they're gonna be recruiting a load of beginners, and also giving them significant leeway?

This will end well.

First question on the application form.
'Did you vote for president Trump'
2nd
If appointed, are you prepared to unconditionally enforce the orders of the president, regardless of orders to the contrary of the federal judicial system.
ETA, 3rd, how do you feel about your uniform consisting of a brown shirt and Sam Browne harness?

 

[classicdish]

Given he sounds a decent, straightforward kind of bloke, why has he accepted the job given, A, he was obviously 'second choice' B, the preferred candidate described the job as a "shit sandwich"
And C, many pundits see the dept as being sidelined by Bannon and his coterie of crazies?

McMaster May Not Be What Trump Expects

"...McMaster's selection by Trump has been accompanied by some speculation that he only accepted this position because, as a uniformed military officer, he could not refuse a request from the commander in chief. The president can order any member of the armed forces to serve in a military position, and if an officer were to offer his or her resignation, the president would not need to accept it. Army officials and multiple experts who spoke with U.S. News, however, say McMaster accepted the position voluntarily.

"I know of nothing that would require Lt. Gen. McMaster, as an active-duty officer, to accept a position outside the armed forces," says Eugene Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale Law School. "So he could have turned it down.

"Of course, it's probably a career-enhancing assignment," Fidell says.

"I don't see anything that suggests he's taking the position for any reason other than he sees it as another opportunity to serve his country, and to make a positive contribution to its security," says Charles J. Dunlap, a retired Air Force major general who now serves as a law professor and executive director of Duke University's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security. "It's just unthinkable that Trump or any president would have someone as national security adviser who was forced to be there, or who had irreconcilable philosophical differences with the commander in chief.""