trump
he is the absolute fucking worst.
In addition to the “turning a major disaster assessment conference into a commerical” thing… remember when Obama was “damaging the dignity of the office” by wearing a tan suit? Yet this fuck wears a fucking ballcap to what should be the single most solemn moment of his so-called Presidency thus far and nobody says a fucking thing?
He is old enough to remember the convention that a man didn’t wear a hat inside, either.
Things Trump condemned faster than murderous white supremacists:
- Nordstroms
- Rosie O’Donnell
- Mika Brzezinski
- the cast of Hamilton
- Ted Cruz’s wife
- Meryl Streep
- Mayor of London
- Theresa May
- Angela Merkel
- New York Times
- Gold Star Family
- John McCain
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The city of Chicago
- CEO of Merck
- Jeff Sessions
- the FBI
5 takeaways from Trump’s off-the-rails presser on Charlottesville violence
- The “real Donald Trump” showed up on Tuesday
- Trump finally named the hate groups responsible for Saturday’s violence on Monday — but he seemed to show his real feelings on the Charlottesville rally at the Tuesday presser.
- Trump echoed his “cherish our history” comment from Saturday — which many interpreted as a racist dogwhistle — by stating that “you’re changing history and you’re changing the culture” by removing Confederate monuments.
- Trump’s remarks spark outrage on “many sides”
- Trump’s flip-flop on Tuesday drew immediate outrage from politicians, commentators and Americans on “many sides” of the political spectrum.
- The comments were celebrated by white supremacists
- While the president’s latest remarks were met with outrage by both Republicans and Democrats, the comments were cheered by the white nationalists, including David Duke and Richard Spencer.
- The president goes rogue…again
- The press gathering was originally convened for Trump to announce an executive order aimed at speeding up the permitting process for infrastructure projects.
- Instead, Trump made more improvised comments on Charlottesville — apparently the second time now that he’s done so.
- Is this a defining moment in Trump’s presidency?
- That Trump essentially defended neo-Nazis and white supremacists will represent a defining moment in Trump’s presidency, said Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law at Harvard University. Read more (8/15/17 8 PM)
Joint Chiefs to troops: ‘No modifications’ to transgender policy
Joint Chiefs to troops: ‘No modifications’ to transgender policy
Well, this is a weird twist in the “trans military ban” story – Trump never actually discussed anything with the Department of Defense or issued any kind of formal order. He just impulse-tweeted that trans people were banned. So for the moment, there’s no actual policy change and trans people are still allowed, with trans healthcare still covered by military plans.
I don’t know if this situation will last for long, but it’s a reminder of just how incompetent and unprofessional our would-be dictator is. He declared a major and extremely unpopular military policy change on Twitter, with no planning or consultation with the DoD at all, lied about discussing it with generals, and then he never actually put in the order.
I’m just going to batch-respond to some of the responses on here:
1. “The military is an evil colonialist institution anyway! Trans people should be glad to not be part of it!” – Wow, congratulations on winning the Leftist Purity Olympics, at the low low cost of endorsing segregation.
2. “Okay, this was poorly implemented, but we need to put away political correctness and ask what the effects of allowing trans people in the military will be?” – Probably not much, since we’ve already been doing it. Trans people have been serving openly in the military for a year now, and with various degrees of secrecy for many decades. Neither the military medical system nor troop morale has collapsed as a result.
3. “As President, Trump can order anything he wants!” – Yes, he can order this. He also can order the military to rename itself Clownin’ Charlie’s Balloon Platoon and replace boot camp with juggling and pie-throwing instruction. Something doesn’t have to be illegal to be a terrible idea.
4. “Attack helicopter special Tumblerina snowflake did you just assume my gender!?!?!” – whoaa, 3edgy5me
5. “This is just a distraction!” – Yes, except that it’s also a real thing the President did, and that DoD unfortunately will probably have to follow up on. Someone setting your house on fire may be doing it to distract you while they steal your car, but even so, your house is on fire.