Donald Trump

mickeyrat

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/27/barr-trump-2024/ 

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others By Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey February 27 at 11:53 AM EST Former attorney general William P. Barr says in a new book that the prospect of Donald Trump running for president again is “dismaying” and urges the Republican Party to “look forward” to other candidates, concluding after a searing, behind-the-scenes account of his time in the president’s Cabinet that Trump is not the right man to lead the country. In the book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” Barr takes shot after shot at Trump, especially over his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic and his false claims that the election was stolen from him. Barr, who had a famous falling-out with Trump late in his presidency, writes that Trump’s “constant bellicosity diminishes him and the office,” and that in the final months of the administration, he came to realize that “Trump cared only about one thing: himself. Country and principle took second place.” “We need leaders not only capable of fighting and ‘punching,’ but also persuading and attracting — leaders who can frame, and advocate for, an uplifting vision of what it means to share in American citizenship,” Barr writes. “Donald Trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed.” Barr styles the book, to be published March 8, as a memoir of his life. He recounts events as far back as his childhood on the Upper West Side of New York City. He launches blistering attacks on liberals and the news media — whom he views even more dimly than the former president — while outlining his conservative views on crime, religion, gender and sexuality. He also defends his handling of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, and details how the Justice Department navigated allegations that Trump had committed a crime in pressuring Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden.

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Halifax2TheMax

mickeyrat said:

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/27/barr-trump-2024/ 

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others By Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey February 27 at 11:53 AM EST Former attorney general William P. Barr says in a new book that the prospect of Donald Trump running for president again is “dismaying” and urges the Republican Party to “look forward” to other candidates, concluding after a searing, behind-the-scenes account of his time in the president’s Cabinet that Trump is not the right man to lead the country. In the book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” Barr takes shot after shot at Trump, especially over his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic and his false claims that the election was stolen from him. Barr, who had a famous falling-out with Trump late in his presidency, writes that Trump’s “constant bellicosity diminishes him and the office,” and that in the final months of the administration, he came to realize that “Trump cared only about one thing: himself. Country and principle took second place.” “We need leaders not only capable of fighting and ‘punching,’ but also persuading and attracting — leaders who can frame, and advocate for, an uplifting vision of what it means to share in American citizenship,” Barr writes. “Donald Trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed.” Barr styles the book, to be published March 8, as a memoir of his life. He recounts events as far back as his childhood on the Upper West Side of New York City. He launches blistering attacks on liberals and the news media — whom he views even more dimly than the former president — while outlining his conservative views on crime, religion, gender and sexuality. He also defends his handling of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, and details how the Justice Department navigated allegations that Trump had committed a crime in pressuring Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden.

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He can join Chris Christie on the book circuit and try to salvage his shit reputation. The two of them can GFT. POS.

HughFreakingDillon

barr is a POS. 

Go Beavers

Halifax2TheMax said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1497736324660568066

What a disgusting piece of shit

Now imagine the people who....

Believe him
Follow him
Listen to him
Support him
Will vote for him

And have voted for him. Twice.

It still blows my mind that more people voted for him the second time. And it also a horrible indicator of where a lot of people are at in the US.

brianlux

Go Beavers said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1497736324660568066

What a disgusting piece of shit

Now imagine the people who....

Believe him
Follow him
Listen to him
Support him
Will vote for him

And have voted for him. Twice.

It still blows my mind that more people voted for him the second time. And it also a horrible indicator of where a lot of people are at in the US.

Yeah, GB, plus one big time.  Crazy.

ikiT

Bill Barr is a douche.  Everybody knows it.

mickeyrat

Go Beavers said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1497736324660568066

What a disgusting piece of shit

Now imagine the people who....

Believe him
Follow him
Listen to him
Support him
Will vote for him

And have voted for him. Twice.

It still blows my mind that more people voted for him the second time. And it also a horrible indicator of where a lot of people are at in the US.

that election saw a huge increase in voters period.

its less a problem so many voted that way as voter apathy in general to begin with. still some 70-80 million that didnt vote who were eligible.

JeBurkhardt

mickeyrat said:

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/27/barr-trump-2024/ 

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others By Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey February 27 at 11:53 AM EST Former attorney general William P. Barr says in a new book that the prospect of Donald Trump running for president again is “dismaying” and urges the Republican Party to “look forward” to other candidates, concluding after a searing, behind-the-scenes account of his time in the president’s Cabinet that Trump is not the right man to lead the country. In the book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” Barr takes shot after shot at Trump, especially over his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic and his false claims that the election was stolen from him. Barr, who had a famous falling-out with Trump late in his presidency, writes that Trump’s “constant bellicosity diminishes him and the office,” and that in the final months of the administration, he came to realize that “Trump cared only about one thing: himself. Country and principle took second place.” “We need leaders not only capable of fighting and ‘punching,’ but also persuading and attracting — leaders who can frame, and advocate for, an uplifting vision of what it means to share in American citizenship,” Barr writes. “Donald Trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed.” Barr styles the book, to be published March 8, as a memoir of his life. He recounts events as far back as his childhood on the Upper West Side of New York City. He launches blistering attacks on liberals and the news media — whom he views even more dimly than the former president — while outlining his conservative views on crime, religion, gender and sexuality. He also defends his handling of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, and details how the Justice Department navigated allegations that Trump had committed a crime in pressuring Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden.

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It only occurred to him during the last few months that he was like that?  Anyone with any sense of awareness saw it before he was even elected.   

DewieCox

Barr was actually saying “I don’t think Trumpy Dumpy will help me retain the illusion of  power going forward”. What a delicious, yet sad miscalculation.

Gern Blansten

I'm glad he spoke out (still haven't heard much from Mattis, Tillerson, etc.) but yeah...the time to raise the alarm was while he was in office.

We all knew....now he wants to sell us a book

Spiritual_Chaos

https://youtu.be/vS99BxLOmQI

mickeyrat

https://youtu.be/-vcp9xgA_CA

Gern Blansten

https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1498668151827054596

mrussel1

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1498668151827054596

Trump asked if Finland was part of Russia!  Ha!

Bolton hits what I said earlier.  The military wasn't ready.

The Juggler

Holy shit that is fucking awesome. Please post that in response to anyone who questions why they "waited" for Joe Biden. lol

Halifax2TheMax

“There was no collusion.”

“I don’t know any Russians.”

“I have nothing to hide.”

“I’ll sit down and talk to anyone.”

“We do everything by the book.”

“Only the guilty plea the fifth.”

“Very legal, very cool.”

“Fully exonerated.”

“Essentially no obstruction.”

“Very friendly and totally appropriate.”

“No quid pro quo.”

“Imminent threat.”

“I thought he was Israeli.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/02/time-to-confront-trump-putin-network

mickeyrat

money well spent....

Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/02/trump-border-wall-breached/ 

 Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show
By Nick Miroff
March 02 at 2:32 PM EST
NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act.
The government spent $2.6 million to repair the breaches during the 2019 to 2021 fiscal years, the CBP records show. While the agency has acknowledged that smugglers are able to hack through the new barriers built by the Trump administration, the maintenance records show damage has been more widespread than previously known, pointing to the structure’s limitations as an impediment to illegal crossings.
Smuggling gangs typically cut the barrier with inexpensive power tools widely available at retail hardware stores, including angle grinders and demolition saws. Once the 18-to-30-foot-tall bollards are severed near the ground, their only remaining point of attachment is at the top of the structure, leaving the steel beam dangling in the air. It easily swings open with a push, creating a gap wide enough for people and narcotics to pass through.
A spokesman for CBP, Luis Miranda, said effective border security “requires a variety of resources and efforts, infrastructure, technology, and personnel.”
“No structure is impenetrable, so we will continue to work to focus resources on modern, effective border management measures to improve safety and security,” Miranda said in a statement.
Along one 25-mile segment of new border wall between Naco and Douglas, Ariz., The Post recently counted 71 bollards with visible repairs and welds. In most instances, crews repaired the breaches using a sleeve-like steel coupler, referred to as a “boot,” to patch over the hole.

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The Juggler

mickeyrat said:

money well spent....

Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/02/trump-border-wall-breached/ 

 Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show
By Nick Miroff
March 02 at 2:32 PM EST
NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act.
The government spent $2.6 million to repair the breaches during the 2019 to 2021 fiscal years, the CBP records show. While the agency has acknowledged that smugglers are able to hack through the new barriers built by the Trump administration, the maintenance records show damage has been more widespread than previously known, pointing to the structure’s limitations as an impediment to illegal crossings.
Smuggling gangs typically cut the barrier with inexpensive power tools widely available at retail hardware stores, including angle grinders and demolition saws. Once the 18-to-30-foot-tall bollards are severed near the ground, their only remaining point of attachment is at the top of the structure, leaving the steel beam dangling in the air. It easily swings open with a push, creating a gap wide enough for people and narcotics to pass through.
A spokesman for CBP, Luis Miranda, said effective border security “requires a variety of resources and efforts, infrastructure, technology, and personnel.”
“No structure is impenetrable, so we will continue to work to focus resources on modern, effective border management measures to improve safety and security,” Miranda said in a statement.
Along one 25-mile segment of new border wall between Naco and Douglas, Ariz., The Post recently counted 71 bollards with visible repairs and welds. In most instances, crews repaired the breaches using a sleeve-like steel coupler, referred to as a “boot,” to patch over the hole.

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Not surprising to reasonable people. 

Merkin Baller

mickeyrat said:

money well spent....

Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/02/trump-border-wall-breached/ 

 Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show
By Nick Miroff
March 02 at 2:32 PM EST
NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act.
The government spent $2.6 million to repair the breaches during the 2019 to 2021 fiscal years, the CBP records show. While the agency has acknowledged that smugglers are able to hack through the new barriers built by the Trump administration, the maintenance records show damage has been more widespread than previously known, pointing to the structure’s limitations as an impediment to illegal crossings.
Smuggling gangs typically cut the barrier with inexpensive power tools widely available at retail hardware stores, including angle grinders and demolition saws. Once the 18-to-30-foot-tall bollards are severed near the ground, their only remaining point of attachment is at the top of the structure, leaving the steel beam dangling in the air. It easily swings open with a push, creating a gap wide enough for people and narcotics to pass through.
A spokesman for CBP, Luis Miranda, said effective border security “requires a variety of resources and efforts, infrastructure, technology, and personnel.”
“No structure is impenetrable, so we will continue to work to focus resources on modern, effective border management measures to improve safety and security,” Miranda said in a statement.
Along one 25-mile segment of new border wall between Naco and Douglas, Ariz., The Post recently counted 71 bollards with visible repairs and welds. In most instances, crews repaired the breaches using a sleeve-like steel coupler, referred to as a “boot,” to patch over the hole.

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Meanwhile trashbag GOP reps in congress were screaming at Biden to "Build The Wall" during his SOTU because that's what resonates w/ their base. 

Grand Ol' Party indeed. 

The Juggler

Merkin Baller said:

mickeyrat said:

money well spent....

Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/02/trump-border-wall-breached/ 

 Trump’s border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show
By Nick Miroff
March 02 at 2:32 PM EST
NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act.
The government spent $2.6 million to repair the breaches during the 2019 to 2021 fiscal years, the CBP records show. While the agency has acknowledged that smugglers are able to hack through the new barriers built by the Trump administration, the maintenance records show damage has been more widespread than previously known, pointing to the structure’s limitations as an impediment to illegal crossings.
Smuggling gangs typically cut the barrier with inexpensive power tools widely available at retail hardware stores, including angle grinders and demolition saws. Once the 18-to-30-foot-tall bollards are severed near the ground, their only remaining point of attachment is at the top of the structure, leaving the steel beam dangling in the air. It easily swings open with a push, creating a gap wide enough for people and narcotics to pass through.
A spokesman for CBP, Luis Miranda, said effective border security “requires a variety of resources and efforts, infrastructure, technology, and personnel.”
“No structure is impenetrable, so we will continue to work to focus resources on modern, effective border management measures to improve safety and security,” Miranda said in a statement.
Along one 25-mile segment of new border wall between Naco and Douglas, Ariz., The Post recently counted 71 bollards with visible repairs and welds. In most instances, crews repaired the breaches using a sleeve-like steel coupler, referred to as a “boot,” to patch over the hole.

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Meanwhile trashbag GOP reps in congress were screaming at Biden to "Build The Wall" during his SOTU because that's what resonates w/ their base. 

Grand Ol' Party indeed. 

One might call that deplorable behavior...