"The butt of global jokes": who might this be? (Talk Trump)

[Animavore]

Too much to expect a bit of personal responsibility at this point.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Galavanting around soaking up the adulation of MAGA™ crowds has tuckered him out, I suppose. Looks like he's even less in touch with reality than normal.

Mr. Trump said he views tariffs, which have been a centerpiece of his “America First” economic and trade agenda in his first two years in office, as a negotiating tactic and vastly understated the size of the tariff regime put in place by his administration.

“We don’t even have tariffs. I’m using tariffs to negotiate,” the president said, describing the tariffs on steel and aluminum he imposed this year as “small.”

The U.S. this year imposed tariffs on steel, aluminum, washers and solar panels, as well as tariffs on an additional $250 billion of Chinese imports. Some businesses have supported the tariffs, but many have said they hurt their profits and could lead to higher prices for customers.

“Where do we have tariffs? We don’t have tariffs anywhere,” Mr. Trump said when asked about the risks tariffs pose to the economy. “You know what happens? A business that’s doing badly always likes to blame Trump and the tariffs, because it’s a good excuse for some incompetent guy that’s making $25 million a year.”

[Twitter link to WSJ article (avoids paywall).]

[Tero]

[JimC]

So, I am continually surprised that the US elected this cretin...

[Sean Hayden]

It's a test of the system. --deep state stuff man, shhhh

[Seabass]

So, I am continually surprised that the US elected this cretin...

He's no cretin, Jim. In fact, he has a natural instinct for science that he was lucky enough to inherit from his uncle.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/ ... ience.html

Asked by Lesley Stahl about the report, Trump accordingly dismissed it, “You’d have to show me the scientists because they have a very big political agenda.”

But you know who doesn’t have a big political agenda, according to Donald Trump? Donald Trump. The president of the United States styles himself as a man of science, willing to follow the facts wherever they go. In yet another of his current spate of lunatic ramblings he has decided to share with various media, this time the Associated Press, Trump was asked about the report again, and gave an even crazier response.

Trump asserted that, contrary to the scientific conclusion that pumping heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere has caused an upward ratcheting of temperatures, he sees it as random unexplainable variation: “I agree the climate changes, but it goes back and forth, back and forth.” When the interviewer noted that scientists have concluded otherwise, Trump asserted his own scientific credentials.

“My uncle was a great professor at MIT for many years. Dr. John Trump,” he said. “And I didn’t talk to him about this particular subject, but I have a natural instinct for science, and I will say that you have scientists on both sides of the picture.”

So Trump’s claim to scientific competence rests on his belief that science is a matter of instinct, and this instinct is passed on genetically, as evidenced by his uncle. Those lucky few possessed of this gift can look at two competing hypotheses and know which one is correct, without needing to study the evidence, or even having a clear understanding of what “evidence” means. Trump has luckily inherited this instinct, along with some $400 million in untaxed gifts from his father.

[JimC]

I'm obviously not in his league. I didn't have a natural instinct for science, I simply studied for 6 years at a university...

[Scot Dutchy]

These are the top ten happiest countries:

These are the top 10 happiest countries in the world

[JimC]

Fucking NZ, always beating us at rugby and happiness...

[Seabass]

The US will catch up now that we have our greatest president ever. We just need more deregulation, more tax cuts, more Jesus, more guns, fewer people with health care, and fewer abortions.

[Scot Dutchy]

The USA is actually more happier than the UK and that really says something.

[Svartalf]

So, I am continually surprised that the US elected this cretin...

Shows how terminally corrupt the GOP has become, that they should have chosen a former Dem friend whose main talking points is being able to get back from multiple bankruptcies and being a reality tv star is telling enough, heck, even reagan at least had governor credentials... though it tells how fucked up California is that it should have elected both him and Schwarzie as governors...

[Seabass]

So, I am continually surprised that the US elected this cretin...

Shows how terminally corrupt the GOP has become, that they should have chosen a former Dem friend whose main talking points is being able to get back from multiple bankruptcies and being a reality tv star is telling enough, heck, even reagan at least had governor credentials... though it tells how fucked up California is that it should have elected both him and Schwarzie as governors...

Actually, Ronnie Raygun had worked in politics for several years before he was elected to governor. Not that he wasn't a ridiculous choice for governor, but it's not like he went straight from the movie set to the capital.

But yeah, with Ahnold we had no excuse.

[Tero]

I'm obviously not in his league. I didn't have a natural instinct for science, I simply studied for 6 years at a university...

It took me 11 years. I had a break of 6 months at the end of the 4th year, though.

[Seabass]

Definitely no connection. And besides, Trump was super nice to everyone until that meanie Maxine Waters started telling the angry left-wing Democrat mob to heckle Republicans in restaurants.

* George Soros
* Clintons
* Obamas
* Eric Holder
* John Brennan
* Maxine Waters (D.C. area)
* Maxine Waters (L.A.)
* Robert De Niro
* Joe Biden (New Castle, DE)
* Joe Biden (Wilmington, DE)
* Cory Booker
* James Clapper