President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
Actually, this discussion is about "interviews". An interview is when a candidate like, Donald Trump, sits down with an interviewer, such as Joe Rogan, usually in their studio. Trump sat with Rogan for a 3 solid hour interview, without a break, and answered every question Rogan asked him. Rogan was not necessarily a Trump fan at that point, and certainly had not endorsed him. Trump earned Rogan's endorsement that day. It was Kamala that backed out of her Rogan interview.
President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
Actually, this discussion is about "interviews". An interview is when a candidate like, Donald Trump, sits down with an interviewer, such as Joe Rogan, usually in their studio. Trump sat with Rogan for a 3 solid hour interview, without a break, and answered every question Rogan asked him. Rogan was not necessarily a Trump fan at that point, and certainly had not endorsed him. Trump earned Rogan's endorsement that day. It was Kamala that backed out of her Rogan interview.
Is POOTWH going to wear a cape and knee high boots to said interview? Super hero status.
President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
WOW so amazing.
Still admire Vivek or did you not know anything about him? He made himself successful, not his company.
Yes, I definitely do admire Vivek Ramaswamy. And whether he is successful or his companies are successful is the same thing to me. But I do apologize for not responding to you in a prompt manner - I do have to produce some work now and then!
President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
Actually, this discussion is about "interviews". An interview is when a candidate like, Donald Trump, sits down with an interviewer, such as Joe Rogan, usually in their studio. Trump sat with Rogan for a 3 solid hour interview, without a break, and answered every question Rogan asked him. Rogan was not necessarily a Trump fan at that point, and certainly had not endorsed him. Trump earned Rogan's endorsement that day. It was Kamala that backed out of her Rogan interview.
Real heavy hitting stuff right here. 3 hours of this shit is admirable? Good lord. What a cock stroke.
President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
WOW so amazing.
Still admire Vivek or did you not know anything about him? He made himself successful, not his company.
Yes, I definitely do admire Vivek Ramaswamy. And whether he is successful or his companies are successful is the same thing to me. But I do apologize for not responding to you in a prompt manner - I do have to produce some work now and then!
They aren’t the same thing. He has no experience running a large organization so how would he know how to create efficiencies? It makes no sense. You need to think critically and expect more. Trump needs to hire qualified people and thus far, he has made some impulsive decisions that are blowing up.
President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
WOW so amazing.
Still admire Vivek or did you not know anything about him? He made himself successful, not his company.
Yes, I definitely do admire Vivek Ramaswamy. And whether he is successful or his companies are successful is the same thing to me. But I do apologize for not responding to you in a prompt manner - I do have to produce some work now and then!
They aren’t the same thing. He has no experience running a large organization so how would he know how to create efficiencies? It makes no sense. You need to think critically and expect more. Trump needs to hire qualified people and thus far, he has made some impulsive decisions that are blowing up.
Well, that's probably why President Trump hasn't hired me yet. But, I am still hopeful.
President Trump is always willing to be interviewed - even in hostile environments.
I look forward to the blenderized word salad of nothing burders. And then the post interview tweets that begin with, “that nasty, bleeding woman is so rude…..”
The guy refused to be interviewed by anyone who wouldn’t profess their loyalty for YEARS because he hated when a reporter would ask him a “rude” (AKA tough) question. FO with this “hostile environment” shit.
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The guy refused to be interviewed by anyone who wouldn’t profess their loyalty for YEARS because he hated when a reporter would ask him a “rude” (AKA tough) question. FO with this “hostile environment” shit.
Stays light longer. Standard time it gets dark earlier.
same amount of daylight.
Yup. Never said it was more light. Just is light later in the day. Sun goes down at 5:30 instead of 4:30 in the winter if we stayed on DST. Therefore, stays light longer. I hate getting home from work in January and it's already dark. Morning light isn't as useful to me. I don't care if the sun is up when I'm in the shower and then driving to work.
Stays light longer. Standard time it gets dark earlier.
same amount of daylight.
Yup. Never said it was more light. Just is light later in the day. Sun goes down at 5:30 instead of 4:30 in the winter if we stayed on DST. Therefore, stays light longer. I hate getting home from work in January and it's already dark. Morning light isn't as useful to me. I don't care if the sun is up when I'm in the shower and then driving to work.
Stays light longer. Standard time it gets dark earlier.
same amount of daylight.
Yup. Never said it was more light. Just is light later in the day. Sun goes down at 5:30 instead of 4:30 in the winter if we stayed on DST. Therefore, stays light longer. I hate getting home from work in January and it's already dark. Morning light isn't as useful to me. I don't care if the sun is up when I'm in the shower and then driving to work.
other hand kids wont have to make it to school or the bus stop in darkness.....
but we as a nation give fuck less about guns and school shootings so its a continuation of fuck those kids, amiright?
not for nothing, theres a pretty sizeable difference between longer and later....
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Elon
Musk has been dubbed Donald Trump’s “First Buddy” — a riff, I assume,
on the title First Lady. The moniker seems innocuous, almost cute. It is
anything but.
Musk
now has unchecked access to Donald Trump. He is a regular fixture at
Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. He has sat in on calls with world
leaders and has met with the Republican leadership in Congress. Trump
has tasked Musk with implementing “drastic” reforms in the federal
government as the head of the newly created Department of Government
Efficiency — a convenient job for a man with many multimillion-dollar
federal contracts.
Here’s
the price tag for all this access: $277 million. That’s how much Musk
spent to help elect Trump, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. No surprise, that’s more than any individual has ever spent on a single election.
And for all that money, you too could be co-president.
The
Trump campaign claimed it was all about lifting up average Americans.
Here’s the reality: So far Trump has packed his administration with at
least a dozen billionaires.
Musk,
the electric car maker, rocket builder, X owner, and richest person in
the world is a private citizen. He is also unelected. He has not been
vetted by the FBI, nor will he have to be confirmed by the Senate.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk has
used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, and ketamine, any of which would
keep him from passing a government background check. He will be
unconstrained by conflict of interest rules that normally govern civil
servants. The fox isn’t just guarding the proverbial hen house, he
bought it — chickens, coop, and all.
Musk
only became a U.S. citizen in 2002, after working here illegally on an
expired student visa, a hypocritical irony for someone who claims
undocumented immigrants are destroying America. In an interview with
Tucker Carlson he (kind of) joked, “I’m f***ed” if Trump loses the
election. He went on to wonder how long his prison sentence would be.
The
Trump-Musk bromance is a bit unexpected. Historically, the two men with
super-sized egos have had a frosty relationship. It thawed quickly in
July when Musk endorsed Trump after the assassination attempt in Butler,
Pennsylvania. Then the floodgates opened, and Musk’s money poured in.
Musk
is prohibited from running for president since he was born in South
Africa, so he has bought his way into power in a very big way. The more
than a quarter of a billion dollars he invested in Trump amounts to less
than 1% of Musk’s net worth. It’s paid off big time. Musk’s personal
bottom line has grown by more than $100 billion since Election Day, as
the value of stock in his various companies has skyrocketed. Musk
certainly can be credited with seizing a great financial opportunity.
Steve
Bannon, one of Trump’s closest advisers, credits Musk with Trump’s
election victory. “He [Musk] came in with the money and the
professionals. To be brutally frank, it’s the reason we won,” said
Bannon in an interview with Puck.
You
might wonder how it is possible for one person to give so much money to
a single candidate. You need to go back 14 years to the Supreme Court
ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,which
changed everything. It eliminated any restrictions on campaign
fundraising and spending. Individuals, corporations, and labor unions
could now give as much as they want — not to the candidates directly,
but to “super PACs.”
These
political action committees have allowed billionaires to dominate
politics and steer politicians. The American Bar Association, in a piece
about Citizens United, described super PACs as a
necessary evil of the political process. “In the arms race of political
fundraising, super PACs are nuclear weapons; candidates who lack them
are at a fundamental, and typically insurmountable, disadvantage.”
Citizens United
has unintentionally, or perhaps not so unintentionally, turned our
democracy into a plutocracy, a government ruled by the wealthy.
The
Supreme Court did apply a few guardrails, but many campaigns have
flouted those rules. The justices’ insistence on the disclosure of
donors’ names begat the advent of “dark money.” Dark money is spent to
influence elections without disclosing the funding’s source. The
uber-wealthy give to super PACs anonymously by funneling their donation
through third parties like nonprofits or corporations created expressly
for this purpose. Though the practice is illegal, the Federal Election
Commission has thus far not enforced the law.
The
Supreme Court also sought to require super PACs to act independently of
the campaigns they support. The PACs and the campaigns are not supposed
to have any contact or coordination.
According
to David Plouffe, senior adviser to the Harris campaign, the Democrats
play by this rule, while the other side does not. “We have to stop
playing a different game as it relates to super PACs than the
Republicans,” Plouffe told “POD Save America.” “We cannot be at a
disadvantage.”
The
only chance for any kind of campaign finance fix is the U.S. Congress.
You might expire holding your breath waiting for those who benefit from
the unfettered flow of dark money to do anything to stem it.
As
for Musk, he may outstay his welcome. He has promised that as the
“efficiency czar,” he will significantly tighten the federal budget
belt, warning that this will cause average Americans financial
“hardship.” That won’t go over well with an electorate who chose Donald
Trump specifically to improve their economic status.
"Don't give in to the lies. Don't give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth. And to hope."
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
Why is voting early rife with fraud? i could just as easily say, with all the ballots coming in on the same day, it's easy to manipulate the system. But neither of us would have any proof.
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
If I fill out a paper ballot and it is read and tabulated by a machine, should that be illegal?
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
If I fill out a paper ballot and it is read and tabulated by a machine, should that be illegal?
Unless it’s paper ballots being counted by Republicans in hidden rooms with broken smoke detectors and smoking permitted, it’s always going to be rife with fraud.
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So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waiting
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
President-elect Trump is in Europe this weekend for his first overseas trip since his convincing victory in last month's presidential election.
Trump will meet with Emmanuel Macron after the French president invited him to attend Saturday's star-studded VIP event for the official reopening of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire wrecked the centuries-old Paris landmark.
First Lady Jill Biden will also attend the ceremonies, but it's Trump who will be holding court with world leaders.
The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations.
"He is being feted quite literally in Paris with all the glitz and glamour," Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room, added.
And Bruen and other analysts give credit to Macron for inviting Trump to this weekend's festivities.
"This is a really smart move by Macron to get things rolling in the right direction when it comes to U.S.-French relations under Trump," he said. "But let's also not forget the fact that Macron is both badly weakened in his own country and on the European continent…[Macron] may see in Trump an opportunity to restore his lost luster as the European leader who can most effectively engage with the new American president."
Trump has taken a slew of calls in the weeks since the November election from international leaders congratulating him on his White House victory.
The trip to Paris comes a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hastily made an unannounced stop in Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump after the president-elect threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico.
Trump argued that Canada had failed to prevent large amounts of drugs and undocumented people from crossing the northern border into the U.S. and also pointed to America's massive trade deficit with Canada.
According to reporting from Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada could become the 51st state.
Trump has also weighed in recently on a number of international conflicts. In the volatile Middle East, the president-elect warned this week in a social media post that there would be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release all the hostages held in Gaza before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
News of Trump's invitation to Paris came earlier this week as President Biden was on a history-making trip to Angola, as he became the first American president to visit the sub-Saharan African nation.
But Biden, likely on his last overseas trip before Trump takes over in the White House next month, is already being overshadowed on the world stage by his predecessor and successor.
"While President-elect [Trump] is still weeks away from taking the oath of office, loyalties and the attention of world leaders has shifted to the incoming President and from Washington to Mar-a-lago with breathtaking speed," Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College, told Fox News.
Matt Mowers, a veteran GOP national public affairs strategist and former diplomat at the State Department during Trump's first administration, made the case that "Biden’s essentially been a lame duck" for months and that "world leaders have been shifting their gaze to the next administration.
While members of the Biden White House would likely disagree with such sentiments - especially after the current administration played a large role in hammering out the cease-fire that halted fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah - it is undeniable that world leaders have already started to engage directly with the incoming president and administration.
While the spotlight traditionally shifts from the outgoing to the incoming president, Mowers argued that "it is more pronounced this time because the difference in the Biden and Trump approach to foreign policy is so different."
Mowers emphasized that Trump is already aiming "to shape world events" by "being bold, not timid, in the statements he’s putting out, and the world is already reacting to that kind of American strength."
"World leaders that want to get something done… have to engage with Trump," he added.
Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist who served at the State Department during Trump's first term, told Fox News that "the world is demanding leadership" and that "the Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago."
Lesperance, pointing to Biden's swing through Africa, noted that lame duck presidents' final weeks are "usually filled with celebratory moments and efforts to cement one’s legacy. Often the focus is on their role on the world stage on behalf of America and its allies.'
However, he argued that "Biden’s pronouncements on Ukraine, Gaza and the importance of climate change go largely ignored by world leaders. Instead, they focus on Trump’s picks for his foreign policy team and pronouncements about changes in U.S. foreign policy position. It’s pretty evident that while Biden attempts a victory tour, the world has turned the page."
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
Yes, the most fraud by the Dems occurs when states are taking WEEKS to count ballots. They know how many ballots they need, and they come up with them. Ballots must be counted by end of voting day. Period.
President-elect Trump is in Europe this weekend for his first overseas trip since his convincing victory in last month's presidential election.
Trump will meet with Emmanuel Macron after the French president invited him to attend Saturday's star-studded VIP event for the official reopening of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire wrecked the centuries-old Paris landmark.
First Lady Jill Biden will also attend the ceremonies, but it's Trump who will be holding court with world leaders.
The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations.
"He is being feted quite literally in Paris with all the glitz and glamour," Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room, added.
And Bruen and other analysts give credit to Macron for inviting Trump to this weekend's festivities.
"This is a really smart move by Macron to get things rolling in the right direction when it comes to U.S.-French relations under Trump," he said. "But let's also not forget the fact that Macron is both badly weakened in his own country and on the European continent…[Macron] may see in Trump an opportunity to restore his lost luster as the European leader who can most effectively engage with the new American president."
Trump has taken a slew of calls in the weeks since the November election from international leaders congratulating him on his White House victory.
The trip to Paris comes a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hastily made an unannounced stop in Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump after the president-elect threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico.
Trump argued that Canada had failed to prevent large amounts of drugs and undocumented people from crossing the northern border into the U.S. and also pointed to America's massive trade deficit with Canada.
According to reporting from Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada could become the 51st state.
Trump has also weighed in recently on a number of international conflicts. In the volatile Middle East, the president-elect warned this week in a social media post that there would be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release all the hostages held in Gaza before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
News of Trump's invitation to Paris came earlier this week as President Biden was on a history-making trip to Angola, as he became the first American president to visit the sub-Saharan African nation.
But Biden, likely on his last overseas trip before Trump takes over in the White House next month, is already being overshadowed on the world stage by his predecessor and successor.
"While President-elect [Trump] is still weeks away from taking the oath of office, loyalties and the attention of world leaders has shifted to the incoming President and from Washington to Mar-a-lago with breathtaking speed," Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College, told Fox News.
Matt Mowers, a veteran GOP national public affairs strategist and former diplomat at the State Department during Trump's first administration, made the case that "Biden’s essentially been a lame duck" for months and that "world leaders have been shifting their gaze to the next administration.
While members of the Biden White House would likely disagree with such sentiments - especially after the current administration played a large role in hammering out the cease-fire that halted fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah - it is undeniable that world leaders have already started to engage directly with the incoming president and administration.
While the spotlight traditionally shifts from the outgoing to the incoming president, Mowers argued that "it is more pronounced this time because the difference in the Biden and Trump approach to foreign policy is so different."
Mowers emphasized that Trump is already aiming "to shape world events" by "being bold, not timid, in the statements he’s putting out, and the world is already reacting to that kind of American strength."
"World leaders that want to get something done… have to engage with Trump," he added.
Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist who served at the State Department during Trump's first term, told Fox News that "the world is demanding leadership" and that "the Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago."
Lesperance, pointing to Biden's swing through Africa, noted that lame duck presidents' final weeks are "usually filled with celebratory moments and efforts to cement one’s legacy. Often the focus is on their role on the world stage on behalf of America and its allies.'
However, he argued that "Biden’s pronouncements on Ukraine, Gaza and the importance of climate change go largely ignored by world leaders. Instead, they focus on Trump’s picks for his foreign policy team and pronouncements about changes in U.S. foreign policy position. It’s pretty evident that while Biden attempts a victory tour, the world has turned the page."
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President-elect Trump is in Europe this weekend for his first overseas trip since his convincing victory in last month's presidential election.
Trump will meet with Emmanuel Macron after the French president invited him to attend Saturday's star-studded VIP event for the official reopening of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire wrecked the centuries-old Paris landmark.
First Lady Jill Biden will also attend the ceremonies, but it's Trump who will be holding court with world leaders.
The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations.
"He is being feted quite literally in Paris with all the glitz and glamour," Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room, added.
And Bruen and other analysts give credit to Macron for inviting Trump to this weekend's festivities.
"This is a really smart move by Macron to get things rolling in the right direction when it comes to U.S.-French relations under Trump," he said. "But let's also not forget the fact that Macron is both badly weakened in his own country and on the European continent…[Macron] may see in Trump an opportunity to restore his lost luster as the European leader who can most effectively engage with the new American president."
Trump has taken a slew of calls in the weeks since the November election from international leaders congratulating him on his White House victory.
The trip to Paris comes a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hastily made an unannounced stop in Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump after the president-elect threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico.
Trump argued that Canada had failed to prevent large amounts of drugs and undocumented people from crossing the northern border into the U.S. and also pointed to America's massive trade deficit with Canada.
According to reporting from Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada could become the 51st state.
Trump has also weighed in recently on a number of international conflicts. In the volatile Middle East, the president-elect warned this week in a social media post that there would be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release all the hostages held in Gaza before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
News of Trump's invitation to Paris came earlier this week as President Biden was on a history-making trip to Angola, as he became the first American president to visit the sub-Saharan African nation.
But Biden, likely on his last overseas trip before Trump takes over in the White House next month, is already being overshadowed on the world stage by his predecessor and successor.
"While President-elect [Trump] is still weeks away from taking the oath of office, loyalties and the attention of world leaders has shifted to the incoming President and from Washington to Mar-a-lago with breathtaking speed," Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College, told Fox News.
Matt Mowers, a veteran GOP national public affairs strategist and former diplomat at the State Department during Trump's first administration, made the case that "Biden’s essentially been a lame duck" for months and that "world leaders have been shifting their gaze to the next administration.
While members of the Biden White House would likely disagree with such sentiments - especially after the current administration played a large role in hammering out the cease-fire that halted fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah - it is undeniable that world leaders have already started to engage directly with the incoming president and administration.
While the spotlight traditionally shifts from the outgoing to the incoming president, Mowers argued that "it is more pronounced this time because the difference in the Biden and Trump approach to foreign policy is so different."
Mowers emphasized that Trump is already aiming "to shape world events" by "being bold, not timid, in the statements he’s putting out, and the world is already reacting to that kind of American strength."
"World leaders that want to get something done… have to engage with Trump," he added.
Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist who served at the State Department during Trump's first term, told Fox News that "the world is demanding leadership" and that "the Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago."
Lesperance, pointing to Biden's swing through Africa, noted that lame duck presidents' final weeks are "usually filled with celebratory moments and efforts to cement one’s legacy. Often the focus is on their role on the world stage on behalf of America and its allies.'
However, he argued that "Biden’s pronouncements on Ukraine, Gaza and the importance of climate change go largely ignored by world leaders. Instead, they focus on Trump’s picks for his foreign policy team and pronouncements about changes in U.S. foreign policy position. It’s pretty evident that while Biden attempts a victory tour, the world has turned the page."
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"The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations."
So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
Yes we voted early b/c that’s how the current system is set up, but it’s still rife with fraud. If you’re still counting ballots 2, 3 or 4 weeks after an election. Odds are you’re cheating. We need to make Election Day a national holiday, require i,d. to vote, outlaw voting machines and go to paper ballots.
Why is voting early rife with fraud? i could just as easily say, with all the ballots coming in on the same day, it's easy to manipulate the system. But neither of us would have any proof.
It’s "rife with fraud" because that is just one of the many conspiracy theories and dogwhistles that asshats like fuQer Qarlson and aleQs jonezing want their sycophants to parrot.
President-elect Trump is in Europe this weekend for his first overseas trip since his convincing victory in last month's presidential election.
Trump will meet with Emmanuel Macron after the French president invited him to attend Saturday's star-studded VIP event for the official reopening of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire wrecked the centuries-old Paris landmark.
First Lady Jill Biden will also attend the ceremonies, but it's Trump who will be holding court with world leaders.
The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations.
"He is being feted quite literally in Paris with all the glitz and glamour," Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room, added.
And Bruen and other analysts give credit to Macron for inviting Trump to this weekend's festivities.
"This is a really smart move by Macron to get things rolling in the right direction when it comes to U.S.-French relations under Trump," he said. "But let's also not forget the fact that Macron is both badly weakened in his own country and on the European continent…[Macron] may see in Trump an opportunity to restore his lost luster as the European leader who can most effectively engage with the new American president."
Trump has taken a slew of calls in the weeks since the November election from international leaders congratulating him on his White House victory.
The trip to Paris comes a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hastily made an unannounced stop in Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump after the president-elect threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico.
Trump argued that Canada had failed to prevent large amounts of drugs and undocumented people from crossing the northern border into the U.S. and also pointed to America's massive trade deficit with Canada.
According to reporting from Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada could become the 51st state.
Trump has also weighed in recently on a number of international conflicts. In the volatile Middle East, the president-elect warned this week in a social media post that there would be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release all the hostages held in Gaza before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
News of Trump's invitation to Paris came earlier this week as President Biden was on a history-making trip to Angola, as he became the first American president to visit the sub-Saharan African nation.
But Biden, likely on his last overseas trip before Trump takes over in the White House next month, is already being overshadowed on the world stage by his predecessor and successor.
"While President-elect [Trump] is still weeks away from taking the oath of office, loyalties and the attention of world leaders has shifted to the incoming President and from Washington to Mar-a-lago with breathtaking speed," Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College, told Fox News.
Matt Mowers, a veteran GOP national public affairs strategist and former diplomat at the State Department during Trump's first administration, made the case that "Biden’s essentially been a lame duck" for months and that "world leaders have been shifting their gaze to the next administration.
While members of the Biden White House would likely disagree with such sentiments - especially after the current administration played a large role in hammering out the cease-fire that halted fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah - it is undeniable that world leaders have already started to engage directly with the incoming president and administration.
While the spotlight traditionally shifts from the outgoing to the incoming president, Mowers argued that "it is more pronounced this time because the difference in the Biden and Trump approach to foreign policy is so different."
Mowers emphasized that Trump is already aiming "to shape world events" by "being bold, not timid, in the statements he’s putting out, and the world is already reacting to that kind of American strength."
"World leaders that want to get something done… have to engage with Trump," he added.
Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist who served at the State Department during Trump's first term, told Fox News that "the world is demanding leadership" and that "the Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago."
Lesperance, pointing to Biden's swing through Africa, noted that lame duck presidents' final weeks are "usually filled with celebratory moments and efforts to cement one’s legacy. Often the focus is on their role on the world stage on behalf of America and its allies.'
However, he argued that "Biden’s pronouncements on Ukraine, Gaza and the importance of climate change go largely ignored by world leaders. Instead, they focus on Trump’s picks for his foreign policy team and pronouncements about changes in U.S. foreign policy position. It’s pretty evident that while Biden attempts a victory tour, the world has turned the page."
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"The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations."
You can’t articulate what that means if you’re sore wrists depended on it. Will POOTWH rip off his shirt, scale a down spout and carry Matt Getts Off and gross with off into the ………
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An interview is when a candidate like, Donald Trump, sits down with an interviewer, such as Joe Rogan, usually in their studio.
Trump sat with Rogan for a 3 solid hour interview, without a break, and answered every question Rogan asked him.
Rogan was not necessarily a Trump fan at that point, and certainly had not endorsed him. Trump earned Rogan's endorsement that day.
It was Kamala that backed out of her Rogan interview.
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But I do apologize for not responding to you in a prompt manner - I do have to produce some work now and then!
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I hate getting home from work in January and it's already dark.
Morning light isn't as useful to me. I don't care if the sun is up when I'm in the shower and then driving to work.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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Musk and the monied class are taking over
Elon Musk has been dubbed Donald Trump’s “First Buddy” — a riff, I assume, on the title First Lady. The moniker seems innocuous, almost cute. It is anything but.
Musk now has unchecked access to Donald Trump. He is a regular fixture at Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. He has sat in on calls with world leaders and has met with the Republican leadership in Congress. Trump has tasked Musk with implementing “drastic” reforms in the federal government as the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency — a convenient job for a man with many multimillion-dollar federal contracts.
Here’s the price tag for all this access: $277 million. That’s how much Musk spent to help elect Trump, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. No surprise, that’s more than any individual has ever spent on a single election.
And for all that money, you too could be co-president.
The Trump campaign claimed it was all about lifting up average Americans. Here’s the reality: So far Trump has packed his administration with at least a dozen billionaires.
Musk, the electric car maker, rocket builder, X owner, and richest person in the world is a private citizen. He is also unelected. He has not been vetted by the FBI, nor will he have to be confirmed by the Senate. According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, and ketamine, any of which would keep him from passing a government background check. He will be unconstrained by conflict of interest rules that normally govern civil servants. The fox isn’t just guarding the proverbial hen house, he bought it — chickens, coop, and all.
Musk only became a U.S. citizen in 2002, after working here illegally on an expired student visa, a hypocritical irony for someone who claims undocumented immigrants are destroying America. In an interview with Tucker Carlson he (kind of) joked, “I’m f***ed” if Trump loses the election. He went on to wonder how long his prison sentence would be.
The Trump-Musk bromance is a bit unexpected. Historically, the two men with super-sized egos have had a frosty relationship. It thawed quickly in July when Musk endorsed Trump after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Then the floodgates opened, and Musk’s money poured in.
Musk is prohibited from running for president since he was born in South Africa, so he has bought his way into power in a very big way. The more than a quarter of a billion dollars he invested in Trump amounts to less than 1% of Musk’s net worth. It’s paid off big time. Musk’s personal bottom line has grown by more than $100 billion since Election Day, as the value of stock in his various companies has skyrocketed. Musk certainly can be credited with seizing a great financial opportunity.
You might wonder how it is possible for one person to give so much money to a single candidate. You need to go back 14 years to the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which changed everything. It eliminated any restrictions on campaign fundraising and spending. Individuals, corporations, and labor unions could now give as much as they want — not to the candidates directly, but to “super PACs.”
These political action committees have allowed billionaires to dominate politics and steer politicians. The American Bar Association, in a piece about Citizens United, described super PACs as a necessary evil of the political process. “In the arms race of political fundraising, super PACs are nuclear weapons; candidates who lack them are at a fundamental, and typically insurmountable, disadvantage.”
Citizens United has unintentionally, or perhaps not so unintentionally, turned our democracy into a plutocracy, a government ruled by the wealthy.
The Supreme Court did apply a few guardrails, but many campaigns have flouted those rules. The justices’ insistence on the disclosure of donors’ names begat the advent of “dark money.” Dark money is spent to influence elections without disclosing the funding’s source. The uber-wealthy give to super PACs anonymously by funneling their donation through third parties like nonprofits or corporations created expressly for this purpose. Though the practice is illegal, the Federal Election Commission has thus far not enforced the law.
The Supreme Court also sought to require super PACs to act independently of the campaigns they support. The PACs and the campaigns are not supposed to have any contact or coordination.
According to David Plouffe, senior adviser to the Harris campaign, the Democrats play by this rule, while the other side does not. “We have to stop playing a different game as it relates to super PACs than the Republicans,” Plouffe told “POD Save America.” “We cannot be at a disadvantage.”
The only chance for any kind of campaign finance fix is the U.S. Congress. You might expire holding your breath waiting for those who benefit from the unfettered flow of dark money to do anything to stem it.
As for Musk, he may outstay his welcome. He has promised that as the “efficiency czar,” he will significantly tighten the federal budget belt, warning that this will cause average Americans financial “hardship.” That won’t go over well with an electorate who chose Donald Trump specifically to improve their economic status.
i could just as easily say, with all the ballots coming in on the same day, it's easy to manipulate the system.
But neither of us would have any proof.
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'Breathtaking speed': Trump's Paris trip marks return to global stage as leaders turn 'the page' on Biden
A former Trump State Department official says the 'Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago'
President-elect Trump is in Europe this weekend for his first overseas trip since his convincing victory in last month's presidential election.
Trump will meet with Emmanuel Macron after the French president invited him to attend Saturday's star-studded VIP event for the official reopening of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire wrecked the centuries-old Paris landmark.
First Lady Jill Biden will also attend the ceremonies, but it's Trump who will be holding court with world leaders.
The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations.
"He is being feted quite literally in Paris with all the glitz and glamour," Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room, added.
And Bruen and other analysts give credit to Macron for inviting Trump to this weekend's festivities.
"This is a really smart move by Macron to get things rolling in the right direction when it comes to U.S.-French relations under Trump," he said. "But let's also not forget the fact that Macron is both badly weakened in his own country and on the European continent…[Macron] may see in Trump an opportunity to restore his lost luster as the European leader who can most effectively engage with the new American president."
Trump has taken a slew of calls in the weeks since the November election from international leaders congratulating him on his White House victory.
The trip to Paris comes a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hastily made an unannounced stop in Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump after the president-elect threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico.
Trump argued that Canada had failed to prevent large amounts of drugs and undocumented people from crossing the northern border into the U.S. and also pointed to America's massive trade deficit with Canada.
According to reporting from Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada could become the 51st state.
Trump has also weighed in recently on a number of international conflicts. In the volatile Middle East, the president-elect warned this week in a social media post that there would be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release all the hostages held in Gaza before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
News of Trump's invitation to Paris came earlier this week as President Biden was on a history-making trip to Angola, as he became the first American president to visit the sub-Saharan African nation.
But Biden, likely on his last overseas trip before Trump takes over in the White House next month, is already being overshadowed on the world stage by his predecessor and successor.
"While President-elect [Trump] is still weeks away from taking the oath of office, loyalties and the attention of world leaders has shifted to the incoming President and from Washington to Mar-a-lago with breathtaking speed," Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College, told Fox News.
Matt Mowers, a veteran GOP national public affairs strategist and former diplomat at the State Department during Trump's first administration, made the case that "Biden’s essentially been a lame duck" for months and that "world leaders have been shifting their gaze to the next administration.
While members of the Biden White House would likely disagree with such sentiments - especially after the current administration played a large role in hammering out the cease-fire that halted fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah - it is undeniable that world leaders have already started to engage directly with the incoming president and administration.
While the spotlight traditionally shifts from the outgoing to the incoming president, Mowers argued that "it is more pronounced this time because the difference in the Biden and Trump approach to foreign policy is so different."
Mowers emphasized that Trump is already aiming "to shape world events" by "being bold, not timid, in the statements he’s putting out, and the world is already reacting to that kind of American strength."
"World leaders that want to get something done… have to engage with Trump," he added.
Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist who served at the State Department during Trump's first term, told Fox News that "the world is demanding leadership" and that "the Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago."
Lesperance, pointing to Biden's swing through Africa, noted that lame duck presidents' final weeks are "usually filled with celebratory moments and efforts to cement one’s legacy. Often the focus is on their role on the world stage on behalf of America and its allies.'
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However, he argued that "Biden’s pronouncements on Ukraine, Gaza and the importance of climate change go largely ignored by world leaders. Instead, they focus on Trump’s picks for his foreign policy team and pronouncements about changes in U.S. foreign policy position. It’s pretty evident that while Biden attempts a victory tour, the world has turned the page."
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"The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.
"This is without question a major moment in French history and the fact that Macron wanted to share it with Trump speaks to the significance of what Trump is achieving even before he gets to the Oval Office again, said Brett Bruen, a public affairs and strategic communications veteran, and former U.S. diplomat who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations."
we. Are. So. Fucked.
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