Paid Members JNLister Posted February 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 I know everyone hates her round here but Melissa McCarthy doing Sean Spicer is incredible work. http://www.mediaite.com/online/melissa-mccarthy-plays-sean-spicer-going-nuts-on-the-press-in-hilarious-snl-sketch-apologize-to-me/ Literally the first rule of being a spokesman/PR person is "don't become the story" so that's a pretty impressive fail after two weeks. Basically on the same level as Comical Ali. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted February 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 I should mention there's a theory -- and very much just a theory/conspiracy theory -- that the mainstream Republicans think the best solution is to get as much of their shit done early while Trump can take the heat, then when he gets too unpopular/toxic, they can almost guarantee to get him impeached and present Pence as a more mainstream replacement. There's also an argument that Trump has already committed an impeachable act by violating a clause in the Constitution that says the President can't get payments from a foreign government, which has already happened with dignitaries hiring rooms in Trump hotels. However, that's down to interpretation as to whether "normal" commercial payments like that count or if it has to be a full-on bribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 I thought he had to have demonstrably proved that he has no ties to any of his businesses and the claim that his sons are running everything for him isn't enough to satisfy them? Likewise with the shares he has (had) in that company that's building the pipeline he signed the executive order about being completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 I thought he had to have demonstrably proved that he has no ties to any of his businesses and the claim that his sons are running everything for him isn't enough to satisfy them? Likewise with the shares he has (had) in that company that's building the pipeline he signed the executive order about being completed. Nah, he's quite rightfully said that the President can't actually have any conflict of interest. It's not something that a lot of people feel comfortable with, but it isn't actually illegal. As Lister said, the Emoluments Clause is the one that could really trip him up — I think that his DC hotel is an issue in this, with foreign dignitaries feeling like using that hotel over others will be beneficial to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 The speaker from the house of commons has publicly stated that he wouldn't support or endorse Trump addressing Parliament during a visit to the UK and was applauded (which is actually against the rules, i'm pretty sure). How out of the ordinary is something like this happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 Trump should count himself lucky, Betty Boothroyd would have invited him and then chinned him on Cromwell Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 You don't normally have other world leaders address Parliament, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 Quite, but no one fucking cares anymore. People will protest, he'll do speech. Journalist will try and justify bits for click bait and just to be different, normals will tell him to fuck off, and he'll tweet it was amazing and the biggest speech for Parliament ever. Unless someone throws shit at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 The speaker from the house of commons has publicly stated that he wouldn't support or endorse Trump addressing Parliament during a visit to the UK and was applauded (which is actually against the rules, i'm pretty sure). How out of the ordinary is something like this happening? Leicester's City Mayor used his regular Twitter Q&A session. To declare,that Trump would not be invited to Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 He'll be fucking gutted about that I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 9, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Not normally one to post anything published or broadcast by FauxNews, but this article provides yet another perspective as to why Trump may find it difficult to keep up his aggressive stance on China. If even his biggest propaganda cheerleaders are saying this, it's probably significant. China's secret Trump card: Could Beijing deprive our military of critical defense components?By John Moody Published February 03, 2017 FoxNews.com Candidate Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to America, rebuild our military, and on trade get tough with China, which he said was “raping” our economy. President Trump may find his administration the victim of exactly the job-exporting policies he railed against and face the very real possibility that China could cut off U.S. access to 17 rare materials vital to our advanced aircraft and guided missile systems. Among major U.S. military projects imperiled by a potential China squeeze play is a $340 billion Navy program to create new, Columbia-class nuclear submarines, and a new electro-magnetic aircraft launch (EMAL) system, which the Navy hopes to use for catapults that launch planes from aircraft carriers. The 17 materials, known as rare earth elements (REE), are essential to the production of the high-performance permanent magnets used in both those systems, as well as in motors and missiles, GPS systems, satellite imaging, night vision goggles, and consumer products like smartphones and flat television screens. And for precisely the reasons Candidate Trump cited for the decline of American manufacturing and the loss of U.S. jobs, China is now in a position to cut off our supply of processed rare earth elements if it feels Trump is pushing too hard on trade and economic issues—or anything else. “Absolutely, China could cut off the supply,” said Jeff Green, a defense industry analyst in Washington, D.C. “Processing rare earths is the end of the hose. China controls the spigot the hose is attached to.” This dire situation came about largely as a result of a U.S. decision to rely on China, which is estimated to produce 90 percent of all processed rare earth elements sold to U.S. consumers, including the Pentagon. In 1995, the Clinton administration allowed two U.S. rare earth producers, in North Carolina and Indiana (the home state of Vice President Mike Pence) to go out of business. They transferred their production capacity to China, leaving it as the world’s only large-scale REE supplier. The supply chain worked smoothly until 2010, when the Japanese navy detained a Chinese fishing boat as part of a territorial dispute. China promptly choked off REE sales to Japan, and imposed worldwide supply quotas. Almost overnight, the price of REEs soared 4,000 per cent worldwide, demonstrating China’s ability to control the market at will. Sensing an opportunity, a Colorado-based company called Molycorp tried to ramp up American REE production, using a mine and plant in southeastern California known as Mountain Pass. When China lost a World Trade Organization challenge and revoked its production quotas, the price of REEs tumbled and Molycorp found itself refining a product that could be made much more cheaply, and of higher quality, in China. The Obama administration, determined to support renewable sources of energy, declined to bail out Molycorp, even while pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into a solar panel company known as Solyndra. Solar cells also use REEs. Solyndra ended up importing solar cells from China. The company went bankrupt, as did Molycorp in 2015. It is unclear what the Trump administration can do to eliminate U.S. reliance on China for REEs, at least in the short term. Later this month, a court in Delaware is expected to authorize an auction to bring Molycorp out of bankruptcy, and, potentially revive REE processing in California. The problem is that REE production technology was transferred to China during the Clinton administration, and the Chinese are now thought to have an insurmountable advantage. In 1992, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, said, “The Middle East has oil. China has rare earth.” The implications of that remark are now being felt. They may include profoundly challenging a U.S. president who came to power promising to bring China to heel. Edited February 9, 2017 by Carbomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 That last sentence is a job bigger than making Roman face, Can't see Trump as anything but a heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 9, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2017 Well, bear in mind that in Faux's kayfabe, Trump is a face, and people who see him as heel are Dem(Wans)ocrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 9, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2017 Dem(Wans)ocrats. Bet you did a right chuckle when you typed that, didn't you?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 9, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2017 No. I just cried a bit inside at my further descent down the spiral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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