2794

Actually, it’s worse than that, from my understanding. He wanted to know if a strong or weak dollar was a good thing.

So he asked a General instead of the countless Goldman Sachs guys he has around.

2795

What was the source of this story?

2796

It’s here:

[quote]
Information about Trump’s personal interactions and the inner workings of his administration has come to HuffPost from individuals in executive agencies and in the White House itself. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of losing their jobs.[/quote]

Of course, it’s all “fake news” but the authors’ reputations seem solid enough.

2797

Conditions can’t be that bad if they still want to keep working there. Now when Trump starts hunting interns in the hallways…

2798

In our rush to memorialize the Bowling Green Massacre, lets’ not forget the heroes that died in the Atlanta Terrorist Attack.

[quote]
“What do we say to the family that loses somebody over a terroristic (sic), to whether it’s Atlanta or San Bernardino or the Boston bomber?”[/quote]

[quote]
“Too many of these cases that have happened, whether you’re talking about San Bernardino, Atlanta, they’ve happened, Boston,” Spicer said. “Jeremy, what—do you wait until you do? The answer is we act now to protect the future.”[/quote]

[quote]
“I don’t think you have to look any further than the families of the Boston Marathon, in Atlanta, in San Bernardino to ask if we can go further,” Spicer said. “There’s obviously steps that we can and should be taking, and I think the president is going to continue do to what he can to make sure that this country is as safe as possible.”[/quote]

The 1996 Olympic bomber maybe?

2799

They should know by now that Americans can’t remember events that far back unless their favorite news source commemorates it like Pearl Harbor.

2800

I don’t care how much time passes, I will never forgive the Chinese for that.

2801

More Americans have now died in terrorist attacks made up by the White House than in attacks from citizens of the countries on the ban list.

2802

Not to move away from all of the non-optimism in this thread… but, it is going to be easy to make life hard for the administration. Because, apparently, they cannot take a joke.

For Trump, the most problematic aspect of the SNL Spicer sketch was that
a woman played Spicer, according to Politico. As a top Trump donor told
the outlet, “Trump doesn’t like his people to look weak.” This speaks
volumes about Trump’s concept of weakness and strength —
particularly since the cross-gender casting isn’t what made the “Sean
Spicer Press Conference” go viral. It was because the sketch was
incredibly funny, thanks to McCarthy’s comedic mastery.

2803

Please use Rosie O’Donnell to portray Bannon from now on.

2804

Whee. Are we winning yet?

Trump spent much of a recent phone call with French President Francois Hollande veering off into rants about the U.S. getting shaken down by other countries, according to a senior official with knowledge of the call, creating an awkward interaction with a critical U.S. ally.

While the Hollande call on Jan. 28 did touch on pressing matters between the two countries — namely the fight against the Islamic State — Trump also used the exchange to vent about his personal fixations, including his belief that the United States is being taken advantage of by China and by international bodies like NATO, the official said.

At one point, Trump declared that the French can continue protecting NATO, but that the U.S. “wants our money back,” the official said, adding that Trump seemed to be “obsessing over money."

2805

He’s clearly talking about the Super Bowl.

2806

Do your remember when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

2807

So, I think I am realizing that the Trump we have seen wasn’t some sort of act, but he geniunely has some mental health issues. Alzheimers does run in his family, and… I am just saying, symptoms. I don’t like the guy, but his children really should urge him to get it checked out. That stuff is no joke, and there are treatments and therapy that can help in the short term.

2808

I thought they figured out that Obama did that one. When he was sneaking into Hawaii to forge the birth certificate.

2809

http://www.alz.org/dementia/wernicke-korsakoff-syndrome-symptoms.asp

Korsakoff syndrome causes problems learning new information, inability to remember recent events and long-term memory gaps. Memory problems may be strikingly severe while other thinking and social skills are relatively unaffected. For example, individuals may seem able to carry on a coherent conversation, but moments later be unable to recall that the conversation took place or to whom they spoke.

Those with Korsakoff syndrome may “confabulate,” or make up, information they can’t remember. They are not “lying” but may actually believe their invented explanations. Scientists don’t yet understand why Korsakoff syndrome may cause confabulation.

2810

[quote=“Telefrog, post:2803, topic:126890”]
Please use Rosie O’Donnell to portray Bannon from now on.[/quote]

2811

Trump may be terrible for America, but he’s great for SNL’s ratings. They’re the highest they’ve been for 22 years.

2812

The only reason I could think of for this is that he has somehow mentally transposed Atlanta and Orlando due to the identical middle syllable and similar vowel-consonant distribution.

Not a good look to repeat it more than once, though.

2813

Really happy for the SNL crew, it has been a rocky transition since Seth Meyers vacated as head writer (along with a lot of strong long-tenured talent) but the new crew has been rockin. Beck Bennet and Kyle Mooney are great, and Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and Aidy Bryant are killing it. It has taken a couple years, but the show has really started to pick up. I also love the new weekend update crew, Jost’s acerbic wit, and Michael Che’s flabbergasted realism mix very well.

I think that the political niche of the last show is where they need to lean into much more. As the president says “People are talking” and if they keep up the excellent lampooning of the administration, Ratings could jump even more. “What will they say about Trump next?”