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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:25 PM Nov 2020

Navarro: White House's operating 'assumption is a second Trump term'

Source: Politico

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday that the Trump administration is operating as if it will extend into a second term, attempting to stiff-arm the reality of last week's election and dismissing talk that the incoming Biden administration might unwind many of President Donald Trump's policies.

“We are moving forward here at the White House under the assumption there will be a second Trump term,” Navarro said on Fox Business, echoing a refrain from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the president’s most steadfast allies. Those remarks represent a sharp departure from the electoral reality that President-elect Joe Biden was the victor in last week's presidential election, claiming at least 290 electoral votes and winning the popular vote by more than 5 million votes.

The president has refused to concede to Biden and his administration has rejected any appearance of assisting with the transfer of power while Trump’s campaign pursues a portfolio of legal challenges in a last-ditch attempt to save the president’s reelection.

“Until we do that, our assumption is a second Trump term,” Navarro said. “Any speculation about what Joe Biden might do, I think, is moot at this point.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/13/peter-navarro-trump-second-term-436428



In the Georgia Senate race, Warnock and Ossoff should start hitting Loeffler and Perdue for supporting the Trump coup attempt to destroy American democracy.
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Navarro: White House's operating 'assumption is a second Trump term' (Original Post) TomCADem Nov 2020 OP
Freaking delusional. dhol82 Nov 2020 #1
Or they have something up their sleeve... Canoe52 Nov 2020 #27
Yeah, a fucking coup! dhol82 Nov 2020 #29
I'll tell ya what's MOOT Pete Navarro. Trump & the shitty corruption that surrounds him. Budi Nov 2020 #2
The WH Staff would make a whale of a band on the Titanic. Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #3
They can't bruise the presidents delicate feefees. As if ignoring a loud fart mahina Nov 2020 #4
Why pay attention to anything that Peter Navarro says? Botany Nov 2020 #5
No kidding LiberalLovinLug Nov 2020 #15
Me raising my hand .... call on me call on me Botany Nov 2020 #25
The political media Steelrolled Nov 2020 #6
We have the kind of leadership we deserve in Joe. Loser is losing all his court cases & Illumination Nov 2020 #7
Media is supposed to be a bunch of wordsmiths. The word "pathetic" is the only word that is BComplex Nov 2020 #8
Definitely. Disgraceful Russian assets. Useful fools.for Putin Walleye Nov 2020 #9
He is saying "we are incompetent. No one can trust anything we say from now till January" muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #10
Never assume... PoliticAverse Nov 2020 #11
Second term, my ass dalton99a Nov 2020 #12
Is that a "landslide" or a "mandate" ... I forget which is which. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #14
Yes. Both. Maeve Nov 2020 #16
Good! I'll have to repeat them both... often. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #17
bunker mentality aka dead ender. Javaman Nov 2020 #13
If someone is holed up, you just cut off their food, water, heat, lights, Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #18
Entomb the White House in concrete, Chernobyl-style. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #19
Can I operate under the delus..I mean assumption.... paleotn Nov 2020 #20
If they are thinking 2 term, they are also thinking 3rd, 4th etc terms LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #21
There is not one honorable person in the entire lot. Traitors to their core. olegramps Nov 2020 #22
These guys are still hoping to get a letter of recommendation. Marcuse Nov 2020 #23
I reckon Biden has already done more Presidenting than Trump did in four years. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #24
I have some bad news for you. Mr. Novarro. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #26
Speculation about what Biden might DO? Seriously? PatrickforO Nov 2020 #28
This is where the split happens Roy Rolling Nov 2020 #30
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
2. I'll tell ya what's MOOT Pete Navarro. Trump & the shitty corruption that surrounds him.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:31 PM
Nov 2020

May you all go down to the depths together in the end.

mahina

(17,506 posts)
4. They can't bruise the presidents delicate feefees. As if ignoring a loud fart
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:35 PM
Nov 2020

Just too well mannered to say anything about it. Unlike us

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214546475

Buck up old girl

Botany

(70,291 posts)
5. Why pay attention to anything that Peter Navarro says?
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:38 PM
Nov 2020

Peter Navarro once called Dr. Fauci his colleague.

Any speculation about what Joe Biden might do, I think, is moot at this point.”

It is not what Joe Biden might do but what Joe Bidden is now doing and will do when he is in
the White House.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
15. No kidding
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 04:15 PM
Nov 2020

"speculation about what Joe Biden might do"

Lets see, let me guess. He will come to Washington on January 20th to be sworn in as the 46th President.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
25. Me raising my hand .... call on me call on me
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 07:15 PM
Nov 2020

President elect Biden and in the future President Biden will:

Listen to experts
Expect the people around him to bring up counter arguments IN PRIVATE .... Just like he did to President Obama
Drop the hammer on Russia
Release the Muller Report
Rebuild the economy
Help people in need
Read Poetry
Visit our friends
love on his dogs
love on his family and friends
Not take crap from McConnell
Get a handle on C-19
and make us proud

Joe, Are you OK? We are going to be OK.


 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
7. We have the kind of leadership we deserve in Joe. Loser is losing all his court cases &
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:44 PM
Nov 2020

has lost his crown...

BComplex

(7,982 posts)
8. Media is supposed to be a bunch of wordsmiths. The word "pathetic" is the only word that is
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:47 PM
Nov 2020

a perfect fit for where trump is.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,154 posts)
10. He is saying "we are incompetent. No one can trust anything we say from now till January"
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:54 PM
Nov 2020

"It's not just Trump that's delusional. The whole White House has made a conscious decision to share the delusion. We have gone full QAnon."

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
13. bunker mentality aka dead ender.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 04:05 PM
Nov 2020

he's going to go full nutso when Biden takes office.

navarro must be hiding something to dig in like this.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
18. If someone is holed up, you just cut off their food, water, heat, lights,
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 04:39 PM
Nov 2020

internet (Twitter!) and shut off all supply lines so nothing can get in.

Then you arrest and imprison everyone who conspired to overthrow the government.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
19. Entomb the White House in concrete, Chernobyl-style.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 04:42 PM
Nov 2020

I assume that would make Trump's 2nd term last forever. Just like Khoufu.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
20. Can I operate under the delus..I mean assumption....
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 04:57 PM
Nov 2020

that all the currency at the bank in town is actually mine? Think I'll head over and try that out. I'll let you know how it goes.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
26. I have some bad news for you. Mr. Novarro.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 07:21 PM
Nov 2020

Preparedness for Joe Biden to take over is not what's moot here. It's you, your running buddies and all your squawking that is moot.

You can assume all you want. Assume the Washington Monument is made up of enough gold bricks to pay off the national debt. Doesn't make it so.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
28. Speculation about what Biden might DO? Seriously?
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 08:29 PM
Nov 2020

On January 20, 2021, Joseph Robinette Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, and the Secret Service will escort the Trumps out of the White House.

WHAT THE FUCK.

Roy Rolling

(6,853 posts)
30. This is where the split happens
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 09:03 PM
Nov 2020

Profitable businesspeople won’t put up with such bullshit. Serious money makers will recognize Navarro and Trump are dangerously ignorant on financial matters after remarks like that.

One of the defining lines between successful capitalists and failed capitalists is the ability to cut losses their short before they go bankrupt. Trump doesn’t know that.

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