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January 16, 2018

Trump, I dont know what the word permanent means.

Mr. Trump erupted in anger after the excerpts were published, calling Mr. Bannon “Sloppy Steve” on Twitter and saying he had “cried when he got fired and begged for his job.”

“Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Too bad!”

Days after the excerpts were published, a statement was issued in Mr. Bannon’s name in which he tried to back away from his assertions in the book. He said that his reference to treason was aimed at Mr. Manafort, not the president’s son. Mr. Bannon did not apologize, however, and though he had approved the statement, an associate sent it to reporters without his knowledge.

The president appeared to ease his anger toward Mr. Bannon at the end of last week. When asked in an interview with The Wall Street Journal whether his break with Mr. Bannon was “permanent,” the president replied, “I don’t know what the word ‘permanent’ means.”

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Either he is a dumb ass and/or he is a bad liar.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/us/politics/steve-bannon-mueller-russia-subpoena.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

January 15, 2018

Trump was reportedly surprised black lawmakers didnt personally know fellow black person Ben Carson

https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/1/12/16885842/trump-racism-congressional-black-caucus


He had asked members of the Congressional Black Caucus in a March meeting, Vivian Salama reported for NBC News on Friday, if they personally knew Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who is black. He was surprised when none of the attendees did, two meeting attendees told Salama.

That wasn’t the end of it. In the same meeting, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus told Trump that welfare cuts would hurt her constituents, “not all of whom are black.” Trump then reportedly responded, “Really? Then what are they?”

Trump has pulled this kind of stunt in public before. Last year, when April Ryan, a black reporter, asked Trump if he planned to meet and work with the Congressional Black Caucus, he repeatedly asked her to set up the meeting — even as she insisted that she’s “just a reporter” and therefore not at all affiliated with the congressional group.

The NBC News report comes a day after reports of Trump’s racist remarks about Haiti and African countries. According to the Washington Post, Trump asked during a bipartisan immigration meeting, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Then he suggested that the US should let in people from countries like Norway instead. The implication: People from predominantly black countries are bad, while people from predominantly white countries are good.
January 13, 2018

Stormy Daniels has got me thinking about what my porn name could be ....

.... I am going for Buddy McHung-Well.

BTW if nothing happened between Trump and Stormy Daniels then
why did Trump's lawyer, Cohen, pay her $150,000.00? Team Trump denies
that anything happened but they do not deny that Cohen paid her the
money.

January 12, 2018

"I am the least racist person that you have ever met," Trump 9/15/'16

repost


"I am the least racist person that you have ever met," Trump told the pastor in the interview taped earlier this month and aired on the Impact Network.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/donald-trump-election-2016-racism/index.html

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Sadly to Trump's base his use of the phrase "shit hole countries" will sound right and Trump
was just keeping it real and not being p.c..

January 11, 2018

"I am the least racist person that you have ever met," Trump 9/15/'16


"I am the least racist person that you have ever met," Trump told the pastor in the interview taped earlier this month and aired on the Impact Network.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/donald-trump-election-2016-racism/index.html


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What kind of shithole produced this mentally ill man child con man?
January 10, 2018

Daily Kos: Dossier author cut off all contact with FBI once they appeared to be protecting Trump

I suppose we knew already that much of the FBI New York office, what with their close ties to Rudy Giuliani, was in the tank for Trump.

But now we know that Steele and Simpson alerted the FBI about likely Russian blackmail of Trump (and yes, their concern was the pee-pee tape) as far back as JULY of 2016. So for three effing months, until the dubious New York Times article came out about a week before the election, which said the FBI found no Trump connection to Russia, Steele and Simpson were trying to sound the alarm to U.S. Law Enforcement, and they got crickets.

The FBI has a lot of explaining to do. (and so does the NY Times too)


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/9/1731244/-Dossier-Author-Steele-Cut-Off-all-Contact-with-FBI-once-they-Appeared-to-be-Protecting-Trump?detail=emaildkre

January 10, 2018

Barack and Michelle Obama's gift to Chicago and America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=183&v=mt22NvsTRG0

Here's the most important thing: Michelle and I want this Center to be more than a building or a museum.
We want to create an economic engine for Chicago and the South Side, and a cultural destination that
showcases the South Side to the rest of the world. We want it to be a gathering place -- somewhere for all
kinds of people to come together and learn, not just from history or current events, but from each other.
More than a museum with stories from the past, we want this to be a place that helps and inspires all of us
to build our collective future. This Center is for young people on the South Side and for young people all
around the world -- the leaders of tomorrow who are ready to step up and build the world as it should be.
And Michelle and I are grateful to all of you for being a part of it.


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The man is class and grace. BTW he remembered my name too.
Hello Tom,

https://www.obama.org/the-center/?source=20180110_OPCplans_10&utm_medium=email&utm_source=obamafound&utm_campaign=20180110_OPCplans_10&utm_content=2+-+Today+were+taking+a+big+step+towards+the

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