Seems it only takes a few , thankfully.

I can only believe that the party will start to lose patience as time progresses. Given these early days are supposed to be the most effective time of a Presidency it doesn't bode well for any progress being made.

There's doesn't seem to have been any honeymoon period  that's for sure.

That boy scout speech. I know it has been said by many but the man simply isn't fit for the post.

Liveinadive wrote:

Who wants to work with poor people in the government? We need more rich people in there who know what they're doing. Who cares if they're a bit detached from reality due to living in comfort for generations?

It's funny how a big part of the formation of the U.S was breaking away from having a Royal family. Then they end up with a President(s) born into wealth, not to mention the Bush family and the Kennedys.

What's the difference between a billionaire family and the nobles of yore?
Same thing, different time, political system and society.
Wouldn't suprise me if Trump and his admin consider themselves modern nobility; oligarchs.
They do like to mingle with european oligarchs and royals.

WorKid wrote:

^ or he accurately represents a sizeable chunk of the country he leads.

But does he? I'm not actually sure.

I was quietly in the "give him a chance" school. I was always interested in him as a candidate as funding wise he wouldn't have been in anyone's pocket and would have been his "own man" as it where. I know people who have met him who found him well informed, intelligent and charming.

I'm no fan of the press either and find what is said about him by what I presume to be a liberal block to leave a bad taste in the mouth.

I'm always wary of anyone being ridiculed. I never liked how certain people were treated on Question Time for example no matter how much I disliked their politics.

So Trump might be "new way", but I expect a President to be Presidential. He has from time to time done so but there a lot of lapses.

There are too many distractions with this Presidency too. Maybe behind the scenes business is being done but the whole thing comes across as a caper. Saying anything on campaign and then the big "Oh Shit" when he actually won. He certainly tapped into something but I'm not sure he represents anything except himself.

It's too easy to dismiss him as a clown. I've done that a few times. I just find him hard to figure out and that's what scares a lot of people.

Big Business and Russian Oligarchs obviously invested in Trump's rise to the oval office, not to mention russian money laundering schemes.

Trump paying his campaign out of his own pocket?  Yeah right....
Do people really believe Trump to be honest about that?

Trump paid himself from campaign funds

Kow wrote:

Well that's was Trump's understanding of negotiation. He shouts, everybody jumps. Which is most likely how it has worked since he inherited daddy's billions.

He has had the luxury of surrounding himself with yes men for a lifetime. Almost everyone he associates with have jumped when he says, because if they don't they don't get near him. I imagine it's difficult for him to understand why that isn't happening with everyone outside of his selected sycophants no he's in office.

GooberTheHat wrote:

davyK wrote:

Seems it only takes a few , thankfully. I can only believe that the party will start to lose patience as time progresses. Given these early days are supposed to be the most effective time of a Presidency it doesn't bode well for any progress being made. There's doesn't seem to have been any honeymoon period  that's for sure. That boy scout speech. I know it has been said by many but the man simply isn't fit for the post.

Some voted against because the bill wasn't as harsh as they wanted, not because they support ACA.

That's rather disturbing.

While I think that's true for past votes I don't think it applies to last night.

davyK wrote:

I should point out that my ramblings in this therad are based entirely on scarcely resourced opinion.

You'll do just fine.

Priebus too. What a day.

Not The Onion:

http://nypost.com/2017/07/29/trump-once-ordered-priebus-to-rush-to-oval-office-to-kill-a-fly-report/

Seems that new guy is out already.

Ahahahaha

acemuzzy wrote:

Ahahahaha

According to a WaPo journo on Twitter, that was the response from the newsroom as well.

How did she manage that?

Yossarian wrote:

Apparently his wife filed for divorce after he took the job and promptly missed the birth of their child too.

This amazingly seems to be true. He texted her congratulations though.