The suzerain Trump

[JimC]

Trumpery?

• noun:
  1. attractive articles of little value or use.
  2. practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth.
  adjective
  1. showy but worthless.

I like this! Except there is nothing appealing about the guy but still, he got elected, after all. I hope all those who voted for him get pissed off with him now that he is unable to act on some of his promises.

Those who voted for him are dumb enough to be easily fooled into thinking that his hand-waving and buffoonery equal him keeping election promises...

[L'Emmerdeur]

Trudeau didn't let Trump get away with his "grip and yank" handshake. "Watch: Justin Trudeau Scores a Stunning Draw in Handshake Domination Battle With Donald Trump"

Here at Paste, we like to think we are connoisseurs of the bizarre genre we call “TrumpShakes.” Last week, we showed you how Japanese PM Shinzo Abe succumbed to the president’s classic grip-and-yank-to-show-domination finisher move, along with some damaging squeeze technique . . .

That was easily the most talked-about TrumpShake since he totally owned his own Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, with the same move . . .

Which brings us to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who visited the White House today. As he approached, Trump was ready with a wolfish grin and an outstretched hand, and Trudeau looked small and vulnerable—like prey.

Then, the Canadian shocked the world:

President Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House. https://t.co/n7TqA3VDnWpic.twitter.com/5TcpyDfZx5 — ABC News (@ABC) February 13, 2017

He started off brilliantly by closing the distance between himself and Trump, meaning that if the president tried to pull him forward, the two would collide—mutually assured destruction. Immediately, he took away his opponent’s greatest strength. Then he engaged Trump in a shoulder grab—a total power move that Trump countered with a shoulder/neck grab of his own. As the two men grimaced at each other, Trump created some distance and went back to old faithful: The grip-and-yank. If you look closely at the 4-5 second mark, Trump tries to tug Trudeau’s arm toward him, but for the first time since he took office, his opponent was ready: Trudeau held firm, resisted the yank, and held his ground beautifully. Finally, Trump tried to squeeze the hell out of his hand and go over the top for leverage, but Trudeau wouldn’t budge. The president gave it one more try, to no avail, and at the 7-second mark he ran out of gas.

[Brian Peacock]

[L'Emmerdeur]

Hmm. Interesting times. "The Spy Revolt Against Trump Begins: Intelligence Community pushes back against a White House it considers leaky, untruthful and penetrated by the Kremlin"

In a recent column, I explained how the still-forming Trump administration is already doing serious harm to America’s longstanding global intelligence partnerships. In particular, fears that the White House is too friendly to Moscow are causing close allies to curtail some of their espionage relationships with Washington—a development with grave implications for international security, particularly in the all-important realm of counterterrorism.

Now those concerns are causing problems much closer to home—in fact, inside the Beltway itself. Our Intelligence Community is so worried by the unprecedented problems of the Trump administration—not only do senior officials possess troubling ties to the Kremlin, there are nagging questions about basic competence regarding Team Trump—that it is beginning to withhold intelligence from a White House which our spies do not trust.

That the IC has ample grounds for concern is demonstrated by almost daily revelations of major problems inside the White House, a mere three weeks after the inauguration. The president has repeatedly gone out of his way to antagonize our spies, mocking them and demeaning their work, and Trump’s personal national security guru can’t seem to keep his story straight on vital issues.

Continues at link. Nothing to worry about, I'm sure.

[Brian Peacock]

Educating Donald.

[Tero]

trump·er·y
ˈtrəmp(ə)rē/
archaic
noun
1.
attractive articles of little value or use.
adjective
1.
showy but worthless.
"trumpery jewelry"

[Brian Peacock]

http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 5#p1697298

[JimC]

Keep up, Tero!

[Tyrannical]

251 weeks to go. Can you all keep it up? Lol

[Tero]

It will mostly be over Jan of 2019. One cranky oöd man in the WH refusing to sign laws but politics will go on.

[DRSB]

The handshake induction, it looks like Trump has learned it!

[Tero]

Now that we have Sarah Palin going to Canada, will they send her a plane to get home if she gets sick? Otherwise she will be at the mercy of Canadian death panels!
http://theweek.com/speedreads/678972/sa ... dor-canada

[Scot Dutchy]

Now that we have Sarah Palin going to Canada, will they send her a plane to get home if she gets sick? Otherwise she will be at the mercy of Canadian death panels!
http://theweek.com/speedreads/678972/sa ... dor-canada

Do you have death panels as well?

[Brian Peacock]

Trump security adviser Flynn quits after leaks suggest he tried to cover up Russia talks.

[Tero]

Now that we have Sarah Palin going to Canada, will they send her a plane to get home if she gets sick? Otherwise she will be at the mercy of Canadian death panels!
http://theweek.com/speedreads/678972/sa ... dor-canada

Do you have death panels as well?

It's a matter of terminology. Futile care is a better description.