The Official "Damned Trump" Thread

[Foxaèr]

[Foxaèr]

Trump applauds Kanye West after panned SNL appearance, says rapper is 'leading the pack'

Kanye West delivered a speech supportive of President Donald Trump during the season premiere of Saturday Night Live — who returned the favor on Sunday by applauding his performance.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/30/trump-ap...rance.html

[Alan V]

I don't know about you, but reading this piece on the transition leaves me cold.

I just finished reading The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis.  The article you linked was a section from the book.

In the book, the author wrote a series of stories about the experiences of a variety of interesting people working for the government, but the message was still clear.  Americans vastly undervalue what their government agencies do for them on a daily basis, primarily because those agencies don't promote their many good works -- unlike businesses who advertise.

Because of this ignorance, politicians and especially Republicans have promoted the counter-factual message that the government wastes taxpayers' money.  The hostility this generates is a big reason Trump was elected, and he took his election as a mandate to appoint people who are actively hostile to the agencies they oversee.  Such people have a motivation to remain ignorant, which is why they neglected the transition of important information.  It's also why they appoint under-qualified or even unqualified people who are merely loyal to the president and his aims.  

And this is why Trump appointees may end up dropping the ball with the so-called fifth risk, which is project management for risk mitigation and R&D.  They are simply too uninformed to understand the future economic and quality-of-life importance of such programs.  The big casualties of this short-sightedness are science and especially climate change science.

The most important quote I read in the book is this one: "Here is where the Trump administration's willful ignorance plays a role.  If your ambition is to maximize short-term gain without regard to the long-term cost, you are better off not knowing the cost.  If you want to preserve your personal immunity to the hard problems, it's better never to really understand those problems.  There is an upside to ignorance, and a downside to knowledge.  Knowledge makes life messier.  It makes it a bit more difficult for a person who wishes to shrink the world to a worldview."

In this case, the worldview is pro-business and anti-government completely out of proportion to the real value of both.

[Foxaèr]

Trump stops granting visas to same-sex partners of U.N. officials

On Monday, Donald Trump’s administration began denying visas to same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats — a move one former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations labeled “needlessly cruel and bigoted.”

The policy change came into effect this week and will impact staff at organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. The administration originally flagged the new policy back in July.

“Same-sex spouses of U.S. diplomats now enjoy the same rights and benefits as opposite-sex spouses,” the U.S. mission wrote to U.N.-based delegations. “Consistent with [State] Department policy, partners accompanying members of permanent missions or seeking to join the same must generally be married in order to be eligible” for a diplomatic visa.

Foreign partners currently in the U.S., and who wish to remain in the country, have been given until the end of the year to submit proof of marriage to the State Department or face being forced to leave within 30 days.

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kz5g...wsfacebook

The fucking retarded orange bitch.

[Foxaèr]

Trump administration demands Facebook info on anti-Trump activists

The Trump administration reportedly has obtained search warrants that would allow them access to the Facebook pages of thousands of anti-Trump protesters.

The requested data — which targets all the information in three accounts — would include information on about 6,000 individuals who “liked” an anti-Donald Trump Facebook page, according to CNN.

The ACLU is fighting the warrant, claiming it seeks information that is not relevant to the federal probe.

https://nypost.com/2017/09/28/department...%20buttons

[downbeatplumb]

Trump administration demands Facebook info on anti-Trump activists

The Trump administration reportedly has obtained search warrants that would allow them access to the Facebook pages of thousands of anti-Trump protesters.

The requested data — which targets all the information in three accounts — would include information on about 6,000 individuals who “liked” an anti-Donald Trump Facebook page, according to CNN.

The ACLU is fighting the warrant, claiming it seeks information that is not relevant to the federal probe.

https://nypost.com/2017/09/28/department...%20buttons

Wait till someone refers this to the supreme court, they'll stop this sort of invasive behaviour.

[Fake Messiah]

Trump Administration Proposes Limiting Protests Near White House, Charging ‘First Amendment Fees’ for Marches

The Trump administration has proposed changes to limit demonstrations near the White House and National Mall, including closing 80 percent of the White House sidewalk, placing limits on spontaneous demonstrations, and imposing a “First Amendment fee” for protests. The public has until October 15 to comment on the plans here. 
https://www.countable.us/articles/12073-...arches.amp?

[Fake Messiah]

[Fake Messiah]

"I'm gonna run government like a business!" - Donald Trump

Damning report shows how the Trump family lies to investors — and then walks away with fistfuls of cash
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/damning...fuls-cash/

[Clueless Morgan]

"I'm gonna run government like a business!" - Donald Trump

Damning report shows how the Trump family lies to investors — and then walks away with fistfuls of cash
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/damning...fuls-cash/

Ironically his fans* would probably love this. Remember how they cheered and applauded when he said how smart he was for not paying taxes?

*And yes, they're fans not supporters.