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Lisnaholic 12-19-2018 07:02 PM

^ That's true of course, windsock.

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2026214)
They write the headlines beforehand and just fill in the blanks on key nouns when it comes time to publish.

^ Perhaps I owe Anteater an apology. His method works better than I first thought:-

The Trump University is a scam to defraud gullible Americans.
The Trump Foundation is a scam to defraud gullible Americans.
The Trump Presidency is a scam to defraud gullible Americans.

Yes, I also have a feeling that Trump will escape prison. Will there be a new Gerald Ford who pardons all his misdeeds I wonder?

Does he care about headlines? Pretty often, I think. He was furious about the bad press when he couldn't be bothered to honour those soldiers in France and Arlington. Also, the meeting with Kim Jung Un was just a photo op, a headline and a news cycle. We're now back to the way things have been for decades, with NKorea advancing their nuclear program. Trump got his headline and has now lost interest.

Anteater 12-19-2018 08:15 PM

Trump went out his way to go to honor fallen veterans at Arlington National Cemetery with no announcement beforehand though. Yet you don't see every media outlet fighting it out to report on that.

Lisnaholic 12-19-2018 08:45 PM

^ It's a tradition for US presidents to go there on Veterans' Day, but Trump didn't bother. Instead he went days later because the press gave him such a roasting for not going. His visit was plenty reported in the media and I wouldn't describe it as "going out of his way" to comply under pressure to something that is expected from every Commander in Chief. Since when is doing the basics of your job called "going out of your way"?

Key 12-19-2018 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2026306)
^ It's a tradition for US presidents to go there on Veterans' Day, but Trump didn't bother. Instead he went days later because the press gave him such a roasting for not going. His visit was plenty reported in the media and I wouldn't describe it as "going out of his way" to comply under pressure to something that is expected from every Commander in Chief. Since when is doing the basics of your job called "going out of your way"?

Especially when you take into consideration the amount of awful things he's done as president. He barely scratches the surface of redeeming himself.

Anteater 12-19-2018 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2026306)
^ It's a tradition for US presidents to go there on Veterans' Day, but Trump didn't bother. Instead he went days later because the press gave him such a roasting for not going. His visit was plenty reported in the media and I wouldn't describe it as "going out of his way" to comply under pressure to something that is expected from every Commander in Chief. Since when is doing the basics of your job called "going out of your way"?

So if he had gone during Veterans Day and not during National Wreaths Across America Day it would have been okay?

OccultHawk 12-19-2018 09:18 PM

A piece of **** is going to get called a piece of ****. He can’t win because he’s a loser. I don’t care if he cures cancer, stops global warming, and negotiates world peace. **** him.

Key 12-19-2018 10:07 PM

Did we all just agree with each other?

windsock 12-19-2018 11:52 PM

You weren't agreeing before?

Key 12-19-2018 11:55 PM

What is agreeing?

The Batlord 12-20-2018 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2026297)
Trump went out his way to go to honor fallen veterans at Arlington National Cemetery with no announcement beforehand though. Yet you don't see every media outlet fighting it out to report on that.

Tell me when he pees on their graves.


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