Maybe Trump should learn how a president should react.

 

 

https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change-9fa209806067

 

4 minutes ago, jimmyswale said:

America wants healing , unity and an end to senseless division to aggrandise one man and his family.

I see. So to achieve healing and unity you don't consent to having lost the last election, and are still calling for the winner to be overthrown just before the next election. Got it.

Just now, samran said:

Aww, thanks Meechai. Didn't even realise you were a fan! Thanks for showing the love.

 

Am I left wing now am I? What, just because you don't agree with me? Funny definitions you use.

It's ok, he is just confusing common sense with being left wing.

Some troll posts, off topic posts and the replies have been removed. 

 

 

2 hours ago, bendejo said:

So does this meaning he is resigning as POTUS and handing the country over to this guy?

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/01/george-floyd-protests-trump-puts-top-us-military-officer-in-charge.html

 

What the hell does this mean, the military is being deployed to protect the 2nd Amendment?

 

A true s__t show in a dumpster fire. 

 

 

 

Personally, I'd rather take it in one dose than have it drag out for years. I'm not a "let it burn" guy, but I don't want all of this to be for nothing either. People are absolutely correct about the broken police system, but everything else is broken too.

3 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

I see. So to achieve healing and unity you don't consent to having lost the last election, and are still calling for the winner to be overthrown just before the next election. Got it.

That is the President's job - but he has proved unfit to hold the office at a time of national peril. Since he chose to brandish the Bible in front of the church I would like to remind him of Matthew 7:15-20

 

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

 

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Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church

WASHINGTON — People who gathered outside the White House to protest police brutality spent Monday waving signs and screaming for justice. They watched as police officers and National Guard units flooded Lafayette Square, delivering on a threat made by President Trump. And just before the city’s 7 p.m. curfew went into effect, they were hit with flash-bang explosions and doused with tear gas.
 

It was because the president, who spent part of the weekend in a secure bunker as protests roiled, wanted to have his picture taken holding a Bible at a battered church just beyond the gates.

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/trump-st-johns-church-bible.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

 

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“He did not pray,” said Mariann E. Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington. “He did not mention George Floyd, he did not mention the agony of people who have been subjected to this kind of horrific expression of racism and white supremacy for hundreds of years.”

 

2 minutes ago, samran said:

The ones which rear their heads, swearing black and blue they don't see race, bring race right into it.

 

I see race. I was born in the projects and lived there during the first seven years of my life. I had a Black mammy who loved me as much as I loved her. Everybody sees race. For some it's a big deal, for others not.

From George Will of all people:

 

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Trump must be removed. So must his congressional enablers

 

This unraveling presidency began with the Crybaby-in-Chief banging his spoon on his highchair tray to protest a photograph — a photograph — showing that his inauguration crowd the day before had been smaller than the one four years previous. Since then, this weak person’s idea of a strong person, this chest-pounding advertisement of his own gnawing insecurities, this low-rent Lear raging on his Twitter-heath has proven that the phrase malignant buffoon is not an oxymoron.

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-one-should-want-four-more-years-of-this-taste-of-ashes/2020/06/01/1a80ecf4-a425-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

 

And other headlines of the day from the Washington Post:

 

Rep. Seth Moulton calls on military to ‘lay down your arms’ if ordered to face protesters

 

‘Who is the thug here?’: Anderson Cooper slams Trump’s threat to deploy military domestically

 

We saw it with our own eyes: Trump wants to go to war against America

 

This is the consequence of Trump’s reign of rage

 

 

 

2 hours ago, twocatsmac said:

82 shot, 19 fatally, over Chicago’s most violent weekend of 2020. 

Nothing to do with George Floyd, they just like shooting each other in this city.

Black on black crimes, not a white copper in sight.

The horrible truth is deemed racist by some people.

And that has exactly WHAT to do with anything?

6 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

From George Will of all people:

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-one-should-want-four-more-years-of-this-taste-of-ashes/2020/06/01/1a80ecf4-a425-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

 

And other headlines of the day from the Washington Post:

 

Rep. Seth Moulton calls on military to ‘lay down your arms’ if ordered to face protesters

 

‘Who is the thug here?’: Anderson Cooper slams Trump’s threat to deploy military domestically

 

We saw it with our own eyes: Trump wants to go to war against America

 

This is the consequence of Trump’s reign of rage

 

 

 

Civil War is the number one hashtag on Twitter and reports of heavily armed MAGA groups assembling in some cities. 

Off topic troll video post removed.

 

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

So another words the folks who are burning, looting, stealing and injuring the police share no responsibility to all this. it's all the POTUS's fault. That's what the libs instill.

Did you ACTUALLY watch Cooper's bit?

Ashley Parker is a Washington Post reporter:

 

 

@AshleyRParker

 

Trump was angry about the perception he’d been hiding in his bunker. He was upset about protests roiling D.C. And he was frustrated his phone call w George Floyd’s family was getting negative press coverage. So, he staged a photo opp.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-push-to-tear-gas-protesters-ahead-of-a-trump-photo-op/2020/06/01/4b0f7b50-a46c-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

 

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“We long ago lost sight of normal, but this was a singularly immoral act,” said Brendan Buck, a longtime former Hill aide who is now a Republican operative. “The president used force against American citizens, not to protect property, but to soothe his own insecurities. We will all move on to the next outrage, but this was a true abuse of power and should not be forgotten.”

 

8 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Ashley Parker is a Washington Post reporter:

 

 

@AshleyRParker

 

Trump was angry about the perception he’d been hiding in his bunker. He was upset about protests roiling D.C. And he was frustrated his phone call w George Floyd’s family was getting negative press coverage. So, he staged a photo opp.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-push-to-tear-gas-protesters-ahead-of-a-trump-photo-op/2020/06/01/4b0f7b50-a46c-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

 

Yes and no doubt the next outrage will be even worse. 

He always gets worse.

There is no bottom. 

30 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

From George Will of all people:

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-one-should-want-four-more-years-of-this-taste-of-ashes/2020/06/01/1a80ecf4-a425-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

 

And other headlines of the day from the Washington Post:

 

Rep. Seth Moulton calls on military to ‘lay down your arms’ if ordered to face protesters

 

‘Who is the thug here?’: Anderson Cooper slams Trump’s threat to deploy military domestically

 

We saw it with our own eyes: Trump wants to go to war against America

 

This is the consequence of Trump’s reign of rage

 

 

 

 

Great piece. I like George Will. Even when I disagree with him I know his thoughts are genuinally held and believed, by him, to be for the benefit of all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, jimmyswale said:

Civil War is the number one hashtag on Twitter and reports of heavily armed MAGA groups assembling in some cities. 

Wouldn't be shocking. 

How else could 45 stay in power? 

He certainly can't win a fair election. 

51 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

"Mr. President - your thoughts right now?" 

"Left foot...right foot...left foot...right foot..."

More troll posts have been removed. 

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Wouldn't be shocking. 

How else could 45 stay in power? 

He certainly can't win a fair election. 

 

Could Biden, if there were even one more entrant?

10 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes and no doubt the next outrage will be even worse. 

He always gets worse.

There is no bottom. 

 

Jing, you're channeling George Will's column that I quoted above:

 

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There is no such thing as rock bottom. So, assume that the worst is yet to come.

 

He's very biblical. 

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

No doubt his approval rating is going through the roof with his base.

You got that right! 

Can you say Landslide in November or what! ???? 

 

"MAGA 

Speaking of the worst being yet to come:
 

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Trump threatens military action to quell protests,

and the law would let him do it

...

A law called the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the domestic use of military for law enforcement purposes without specific congressional authorization, said Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School. But a different law, the Insurrection Act, provides the president authorization to do so under certain circumstances, he said.
...

if Trump were to invoke it now, state and local officials likely “would fight tooth and nail to keep federal troops out.”

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/can-trump-use-military-to-stop-protests-insurrection-act/2020/06/01/c3724380-a46b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

 

2 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Now there is the voice of rationality and reason. Also saw reports from Flint where the police chief/sheriff marched with the protestors.

 

trump should take a lesson from both men.

Lesson? He'll get both of them fired. Reality is that both of these gentlemen would be better presidents than the man hiding in the bunker. And his next election opponent. Presidents are there to show leadership, unite people, put the well-being of the citizens first. They don't send army on their own people. Despearate dictators trying to cling to power do that.

 

That said - I am absolutely not supporting the lawless gangs smashing, burning and robbing anything that they can get their hands on.

8 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

You got that right! 

Can you say Landslide in November or what! ???? 

 

"MAGA 

 

Well, with 100,000+ dead Americans from the coronavirus under his failing watch, he already ought to be a shoo-in!  That kind of success, you just can't argue with...

 

MADA - Make Americans Dead Again

What is the possibility that elements of the right wing, basically hijacked the protests, and turned them violent, which then encouraged the rampant looting and rioting. It would not take much with the powder keg environment, the anger towards law enforcement that already existed throughout the US, and the graphic Floyd murder caught on video. The more I consider the possibility, the more it makes sense. It feeds right into trumps agenda. Distract from a massive Covid failure, and a stagnant, do nothing presidency at this point, and make himself look strong and decisive. Could have been sponsored by elements from within the administration, to any of the national security agencies, even the CIA or NSA. Who knows? The protests sure started out peaceful, and quickly degenerated.

 

Makes one wonder. These days in America, I believe anything like this kind of thing is possible. It is then so easy to blame the black man, the people of color, the poor and the others. By casting blame, they do not attempt to fix anything, address the inherent issues, discuss the inherent issues, or make lives better. 

 

Is there anything more cynical, than Trump using force to disperse protestors in front of the White House, to walk across the street to a church, and hold up a bible? As if he was a man of God? Wonders never cease. 

1 hour ago, jimmyswale said:

That is the President's job - but he has proved unfit to hold the office at a time of national peril. Since he chose to brandish the Bible in front of the church I would like to remind him of Matthew 7:15-20

 

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

 

That's a good argument for burning it all down, because there are no clean actors in this mess. Still, I hope we stop short of that and choose a different path. Leaders are chosen by their parties. The primaries were a sham. Give us two better leaders to choose from.

24 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Jing, you're channeling George Will's column that I quoted above:

 

 

Yes. 

I had posted the very same article 

But before anyone accuses me of plagiarism I have posted the same thing many times in the past. 

It's painfully obvious to anyone that has been paying attention. 

So its not surprising that both George Will and I have arrived at the same conclusion. 

Though of course I don't claim to be an intellectual giant at his level.