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Trump Walked Out of Policy Meeting to Watch TV (Original Post)
rsacamano
Jan 2019
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Turbineguy
(37,318 posts)1. There's really no need to discuss policy
when the object is to destroy the government anyway.
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)5. Exactly!
FM123
(10,053 posts)2. Such a great video, worth watching the entire 6 minutes.
This wandering out of a meeting to go watch tv and pence having to go retrieve him speaks volumes.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)3. Makes sense since he is a reality show "president."
tomhagen
(3,604 posts)4. We are a weak and pathetic Nation to allow this to occur.
Basement Beat
(659 posts)7. Pretty much.
We're just waiting around for someone else to do the work for us. Waiting for details of investigations that may or may not become public. Some of our counterparts around the world march in the streets NONSTOP until their political leaders are pressured into making a move.
A handful of marches a year that everyone knows will end in one day/weekend ain't gonna cut it.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)8. He did this for show,
And to use it as a PR event he could use to attack the Dems with. Pre-planned, and intentional.
sandensea
(21,624 posts)9. Sure. Cartoons.
Looney Tunes, no doubt.
czarjak
(11,266 posts)10. Putin appreciates the easy pickings I'm certain.