What stupid shit has Trump done today?

[agricola]

 

[teqniq]

 

[andysays]

Trump: I don't have a racist bone in my body

US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not a racist after his Twitter attacks on four US congresswomen were widely condemned as racist. Mr Trump had suggested the four women - all US citizens - "can leave" the US. Responding to the criticism, Mr Trump tweeted: "Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don't have a Racist bone in my body!"

That's OK, then

 

[spring-peeper]

Trump: I don't have a racist bone in my body

That's OK, then

"You're right, Mr. President - you don't have a racist bone in your body. You have a racist mind in your head, and a racist heart in your chest," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the targeted congresswomen wrote in part on Twitter.

 

[spring-peeper]

I love the title of this opinion piece.

This is what today's America looks like. The squad is us | Moustafa Bayoumi

On Monday, the best of the United States of America was on full display.

In a moving press conference in Washington, DC, the four progressive congresswomen now known the world over as “the squad” – Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashid Tlaib – proclaimed their profound support for each other after enduring blatantly racist abuse by Donald Trump. And they did more. They redoubled their commitments to improving the lives of all the people in this country.

 

[friedaweed]

I can't believe anyone can defend the cunt. Utter scum.

 

[teqniq]

A fair few people on Twitter have been saying this is a yet another distraction ploy because of the Epstein thing, wouldn't be in the least bit surprised. That's not to detract from the fact that it is utterly repellent.

 

[petee]

A fair few people on Twitter have been saying this is a yet another distraction ploy because of the Epstein thing, wouldn't be in the least bit surprised. That's not to detract from the fact that it is utterly repellent.

and now the jason miller thing

Former Trump Aide Admits to Buying Hand Job at Miami Massage Parlor

 

[Nine Bob Note]

 

[krtek a houby]

Deeply depressing to see the Trump cultists claim his comments weren't racist. How the hell do you counter that argument

 

[Raheem]

Deeply depressing to see the Trump cultists claim his comments weren't racist. How the hell do you counter that argument

You seriously can't. The beauty of contemporary racism is that it's not racist, because racism is basically a made-up nonsense word.

 

[krtek a houby]

You seriously can't. The beauty of contemporary racism is that it's not racist, because racism is basically a made-up nonsense word.

Oh yes, that's what they're saying. It's not racism, it's banter, it's not real racism, the real racists are the "squad" and so on.

Might as well shake my fist at the sky for all the good it does.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

A fair few people on Twitter have been saying this is a yet another distraction ploy because of the Epstein thing

This. Every time he comes out with something truly outrageous, it has distracted attention away from a damaging news story that's been about to break.

 

[JuanTwoThree]

I'm going to shoehorn this here because Trump has stupidly united the opposition against him. It's a nice little story
Onion becomes reality: '82-Year-Old New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell Quietly Asks Ilhan Omar If He Can Be Part Of The Squad'

However he has also united his support. Not so stupidly if that was the plan.

 

[chandlerp]

This. Every time he comes out with something truly outrageous, it has distracted attention away from a damaging news story that's been about to break.

Imagine being that fucking degenerate that you can use racism as a distraction to make you look better.

 

[Ming]

Scary.

 

[The Pale King]

Perceptive stuff as ever from Seymour here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/trump-wants-28423459

 

[stavros]

Trump: I don't have a racist bone in my body

Note the use of the singular indefinite article.

 

[spring-peeper]

Trump administration ‘plans to divert $40m in aid’ to Venezuela’s opposition

Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly planning to divert more than $40m in humanitarian aid for Central America to support the US-backed opposition in Venezuela.

Citing sources and an internal memorandum, the Los Angeles Times suggested the $41.9m had been destined for Guatemala and Honduras.

The countries are at the center of a migration crisis in which thousands of people have fled poverty, violence and corruption and attempted to cross the southern US border.

The money will instead be used for salaries, airfare, propaganda, technical assistance for elections and “good governance” training for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido and his faction, the memo reportedly said.

Spokespeople for the State Department, Mr Guaido and Venezuela’s Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

[a_chap]

Note the use of the singular indefinite article.

But, as AOC said, he might not have a racist bone in his body but he has a racist mind in your head, and a racist heart in his chest.

 

[existentialist]

Scary.

Before I knew who she was, what she stood for, or what she was going to say, I found that woman oppressive. Her posture, that look on her face, the "perfect" hair, etc. And then she makes that little gesture, and mutters, almost off-handedly, "what's your ethnicity?", and...I imagine it's probably a bit like it must have looked when some of those senior Fascists were doing their whole pre-extermination thing and seeming - superficially - quite reasonable. Chilling.

 

[agricola]

Perhaps this is an alternate reason why he put his racism out there:

 

[spring-peeper]

2,100 more troops headed to the U.S.-Mexico border, Pentagon says

Acting Defense Secretary Richard Spencer has authorized the additional deployment of 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000 Texas National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon announced today.

They will join some 2,500 active-duty and 2,000 National Guard troops already there, for a total force of 6,600 on the border mission.

The new active-duty troops will arrive “in the next several weeks” and will provide “aerial surveillance, operational, logistical, and administrative support” to Customs and Border Patrol, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Chris Mitchell said in a statement.

The increase in active-duty forces is required due to a “shortfall in volunteer National Guard personnel” conducting the same missions, Mitchell said.

The impending mobilization of the additional Texas National Guard troops was already announced late last month by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and the Department of Homeland Security sent a formal request for the extra Guard troops to the Pentagon earlier this month.

Some 250 of the new Guard troops will assist civilian law enforcement authorities at ports of entry and airports in Texas, Mitchell said, and the other 750 will help Customs and Border Protection staff at two “temporary adult migrant holding facilities” in Texas.

Civilian law enforcement will still supervise the migrants, Mitchell said, with the Guard troops providing “operational, logistical and administrative support” at the holding camps.

 

[spring-peeper]

Rand Paul nixes bid to fast-track extension to 9/11 victims compensation fund, citing national debt

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., derailed an attempt by Democrats on Wednesday to fast-track an extension to the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, citing the national debt.

Paul blocked a push, introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to sign off on the bill approved by the House in a 402-12 vote last week.

The bill would ensure the fund can pay benefits for 70 years.

While balking at the bill, Paul pointed to a need to get the $22 trillion national debt under control before adding any additional spending.

 

[Ming]

Rand Paul nixes bid to fast-track extension to 9/11 victims compensation fund, citing national debt

They create the debt with tax cuts for the rich then use it as an excuse to destroy social safety nets. Neat trick.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' after president attacks Ilhan Omar

 

[Poot]

Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' after president attacks Ilhan Omar

Jesus Christ it's like he's read the Bumper Book of Racism and is determined to tick every single box. Making fun of people's names? Yep. Telling people to go back to where they (didn't) came from? Yep. I mean, it was only a matter of time but people's ethnicity has suddenly become very important hasn't it? I suppose it's too early to tell what this has done to his approval rating. Scary.

 

[krtek a houby]

Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' after president attacks Ilhan Omar

I think it's fair to describe the base as "deplorables", at this stage.

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s quite something to have managed to type of viewpoint acceptable to so many.

 

[krtek a houby]

It’s quite something to have managed to type of viewpoint acceptable to so many.

Trump or Clinton?

The latter's comments came across as crude and elitist, for sure but the more I see from these rallies, the more I waste time arguing with Trumpists... well, they aren't nice people.