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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:19 PM May 2017

Trump hours late to meeting with Aussie prime minister, saying health bill "could change"

Honestly I think my level of disgust increases every day -- this arrogant jackass couldn't be more of an embarrassment to our country. He is a monster. Trump is HOURS late to this meeting b/c of the bill vote and also because Trump decided to "party" (CNN said "take a victory lap&quot with Paul Ryan et al. They just said that they've never seen a president spike a ball like this -- especially considering it hasn't even gone to the senate and no CBO score.

Trump behaves like an arrogant jackass -- acting like an arrogant "tough guy" and showing up HOURS LATE to the meeting with Prime Minister Turnbull (with whom Trump had the infamous nasty phone call -- Trump hung up on the prime minister after arguing about accepting refugees from Syria -- Trump didn't want them of course).

Trump just said that the health care bill "could change" as things go forward (no doubt he is trying to make it look like he is anticipating the changes the senate will make to this monster. Pretty much all of the commentators are saying it stands no chance in the senate -- and that the CBO score will have a major impact as well). Trump is making the most asinine comments imaginable to the prime minister, repeatedly saying that he had a "big day" like he is some sort of child -- and of course the usual bullshit about how Australia is "fantastic" and how they'll talk about the "big battle" (WWII -- about which Trump probably knows nothing except for what the speechwriter wrote for him). His childlike repetition of words drives me crazy. Fucking embarrassment.

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CrispyQ

(36,225 posts)
1. Hey asshole - you still missed your 100 day deadline, you fucking wipe.
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:27 PM
May 2017

~insert flip-the-bird smilie here

I'm about to tell the Trump supporters I know to fuck off. And die. Oh, & your billionaire leader, he'll help you with that last part.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
8. Seriously. They can plead their case to Trump and Paul Ryan b/c they care so much about ordinary
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:49 PM
May 2017

working Americans and whether or not they have decent healthcare. I remember idiots on FB who supported Trump because they believed his lies about "replacing Obamacare" with "coverage for everyone." Now they are acting shocked...

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
2. Did he get to sit in his giant toy truck and honk the horn?
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:29 PM
May 2017

Because that would really add to the picture in my head of this nonsense.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
6. Apparently Paul Ryan and co had KEGS OF BEER ROLLED INTO THE HOUSE. You know because cutting
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:42 PM
May 2017

health insurance to an estimated 24 million people just makes everybody want to party like a frat boy.

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
14. At some places of work, your wellness program would penalize you for that!
Thu May 4, 2017, 09:20 PM
May 2017

Not so much in Congress, apparently. (Note: I don't approve of invasive workplace wellness programs, just making a joke).

Wounded Bear

(58,437 posts)
3. Was listening to Chris Hayes just now...
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:34 PM
May 2017

apparently, Trump told the Aussie PM that "Australia has better medical care than we do."

Kind of belies that old "America has the best healthcare in the world" line.

Hey, Trump! Perhaps we could get some tips from Aussie-land. I hear they have universal health care.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
5. He did say that! Honestly you can't believe the crap that Trump says. Bernie was just saying
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:40 PM
May 2017

this on CNN (he is talking to Anderson Cooper) that Trump said the Australian system is better...and Bernie said he's right! We should have a system like Australia's or Canada's!

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
7. Don't mock Trump for talking about the "big battle"
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:42 PM
May 2017

After all, Trump's hero Andrew Jackson led the invasion of Normandy!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Wasn't President Trump just complaining about others taking a victory lap?
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:55 PM
May 2017

I don't know what he's thinking, though, with his statement that the shambling ogre of a health bill the House passed today "could change." This isn't like the plans for one of his motel monstrosities. You want to change the bill? You have to go through the whole process again. The man doesn't have the first clue about how things work.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
13. No, he doesn't. He is totally clueless, and the way he was talking to the Aussie PM was just
Thu May 4, 2017, 09:11 PM
May 2017

embarrassing-- he getting even worse with the constant repetition of words -- "I had a big day. Big day. Big day. Big day!"

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