#47 - Musk/trump/Vance
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shecky said:
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.Choccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?Do you really believe its easier to catch a fraud in a five minute procedure when someone could sneak into a polling place, vote, and then run into the wind never to be seen again with no paper trail?Or a state like California that encourages mail in votes, allows for mail delays, and has a rigorous verification process?California is the main state that takes weeks to tabulate votes. Their safeguards are below... They require postmarked ballots and signature validation. Any voter can request a recount.
..The State of California sends all active, registered voters a ballot by mail starting 29 days before an election. Processing a vote-by-mail ballot takes time, from comparing the voter's signature to the voter record, to ensuring that the voter voted only once in the same election, to removing ballots from envelopes, to preparing for tabulation. So while a vote cast in person can take as little 20 minutes from start to finish, one vote cast by mail can take several days to process.
As a matter of state policy, elections offices may start to process vote-by-mail ballots as soon as 29 days before an election. State law allows elections offices to accept mailed ballots up to seven days after Election Day (Nov. 12), as long as the ballot is postmarked on or before Election Day. California also permits voters to cure a missing or mismatched signature on their vote-by-mail ballots up to two days before certification. Elections officials have essentially 28 days to certify in presidential general elections. For this election, certification must take place on Dec. 3.
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Mail in voting, drop boxes, ballot harvestingeddiec said:
Why is voting early rife with fraud?Choccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
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.0 -
Choccoloccotide said:
Mail in voting, drop boxes, ballot harvestingeddiec said:
Why is voting early rife with fraud?Choccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
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.
I live overseas. Am I supposed to fly home for elections?
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Macron know’s who’s the f’kn boss.shecky said:
'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'
Published December 7, 2024 4:00am ESTPresident-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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A lot of down ballot races. Especially in California house races. 4 weeks to count? C’mon man! 🤣🤣josevolution said:
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waitingChoccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?0 -
Let’s not forget about Bob Casey and the dems trying to steal a Senate seat in Pennsylvania by trying to count illegal votes. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had to stop the steal b/c they had already issued a definitive ruling on the issue, for which the dems ignored and even stated their defiance of the law publicly on the record.josevolution said:
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waitingChoccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?0 -
Steal? It’s a litigated issue resolved by the courts the way our system was designed. Your lack of knowledge of our way of govt is disturbing.Choccoloccotide said:
Let’s not forget about Bob Casey and the dems trying to steal a Senate seat in Pennsylvania by trying to count illegal votes. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had to stop the steal b/c they had already issued a definitive ruling on the issue, for which the dems ignored and even stated their defiance of the law publicly on the record.josevolution said:
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waitingChoccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?0 -
Of course he’s the center of the world’s attention, and that’s not a good thing. The world leaders are terrified that he’s going fuck up everything that they’ve been doing to collectively address the global inflation issue. He’s a loose cannon with nothing to lose, revenge seems to be his top priority and that revenge won’t impact him and his inner circle, unfortunately it will impact everyone else though.shecky said:Halifax2TheMax said:
(rude comment removed. Note to everyone....We are still an all-ages forum. - admin)shecky said:'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'
Published December 7, 2024 4:00am ESTPresident-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.'
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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."
"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."
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the brain rot of everyone who has crawled out of the woodwork and started shit posting but only after feeling validated on election day is real.
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Choccoloccotide said:
A lot of down ballot races. Especially in California house races. 4 weeks to count? C’mon man! 🤣🤣josevolution said:
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waitingChoccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
That’s all you got 😂 nada zero zilch go back to the drawing board or try throwing spaghetti at the wallKChoccoloccotide said:
Let’s not forget about Bob Casey and the dems trying to steal a Senate seat in Pennsylvania by trying to count illegal votes. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had to stop the steal b/c they had already issued a definitive ruling on the issue, for which the dems ignored and even stated their defiance of the law publicly on the record.josevolution said:
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waitingChoccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?jesus greets me looks just like me ....0 -
At least in France he can smell like shit they are not to fond of soap only perfume he will fit right in with his soiled diaper, this is probably the only time he has set foot in a church in years total fake Christian but the idiots who voted for him believe he was sent by god himself 😈jesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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Just over five years ago, the world watched in anguish as Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most potent symbols of Christendom, was engulfed in flames. Not long after, Donald Trump would lose the 2020 election to Joe Biden, launching one of the most unpopular presidencies in modern history.
But, this weekend on the banks of the Seine, this glorious Medieval edifice and tribute to the Blessed Mother, stands in full repair, ready to guide the faithful for another thousand years.
And who is there to honor the occasion? None other than President-elect Donald Trump.
Though the 45th, and soon to be 47th occupant of the Oval Office won’t be sworn in for another five weeks, for all the world it appears not only that Trump has already taken over, but that the issues he was elected to address already seem to be improving.
After months of sturm und drang over Trump’s tariff policy, the threat of a 25 percent levy on foreign goods has already led to some positive signs of compromise from Mexico on the border, and to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing at Mar-a-Lago, if not quite to kiss the ring, at least to beg to avoid the tariffs.Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris this weekend.
In Ukraine, where Biden’s fecklessness and slow drip of weapons has helped to create a meat grinder of a status quo, President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is, for the first time, talking about a peace deal in which Russia keeps some territory and Ukraine reserves the right to join NATO.
This is light at the end of a dark and deadly tunnel.
In the halls of Congress, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s pied pipers of the Department of Government Efficiency, are on a charm offensive, wooing even some Democrats to their cost-cutting cause.
Even the soon-to-be President’s cabinet picks, after predictable freak-outs from the liberal media, are well on track, including Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, tapped for the Defense Department and FBI respectively, who have thus far survived a tsunami of smears.
As the second Trump presidency zips down the runway preparing for takeoff, somewhere off in a ditch lies the smoldering carcass of Joe Biden’s Hindenburg of a tenure in office.
On Friday, an abjectly humiliated White House Press Secretary Karinne Jean Pierre tried to explain away her and her boss’ blatant lie that he wouldn’t pardon his son Hunter. Apparently, we were told, it wasn’t a lie, he just changed his mind.
Ok, KJP…
Let’s be clear, any press secretary with an ounce of dignity would have resigned after being paraded before the American public to deceive them over and over and over, but there she was, at the podium, being paid by the American people, and still lying.
The Biden administration is reportedly exploring ways that it can use the weeks leading up to Trump’s inauguration to sabotage his incoming administration, including preemptive pardons for potential targets of legitimate investigation and pumping out tons of foreign aid.
These last minute efforts to thwart Trump will come to nothing because, for all intents and purposes, Joe Biden is barely still even the president. This week at the White House tree lighting ceremony he looked like the Crypt Keeper, and his flickering administration has all the energy of a morgue.
U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to depart the 102nd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse on December 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
It was in French Cathedrals during the late 11th Century that Peter the Hermit and Pope Urban II preached in favor of the First Crusade, uniting the West in a way that had never happened before, securing its permanence against foreign threats.
Saturday, before the soaring spires and flying buttresses, Donald Trump takes a place in that history, in that defense of the values that our ancestors brought from Europe to American shores.
Few people expected that Donald Trump would win the election so convincingly, far fewer predicted that such a victory would lead to optimism and unity, and yet, Trump is enjoying the highest favorability of his political career, and it simply feels like things are looking up.
In just five years, the people of France restored their beloved Notre Dame, not with modern twists, but just as it was, as it has always been. Trump only has four years to make his repairs to the cathedral we call the United States. But one thing is clear. He is off to a solid head start.
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It was already resolved by the court. That’s where the steal came in. The dem election board in Bucks county openly defied the ruling knowing Shapiro wouldn’t prosecute his fellow dems. Finally the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stepped in and reissued their original ruling while also condemning the openly lawless actions of the various county election boards who were in violation of the original ruling.mrussel1 said:
Steal? It’s a litigated issue resolved by the courts the way our system was designed. Your lack of knowledge of our way of govt is disturbing.Choccoloccotide said:
Let’s not forget about Bob Casey and the dems trying to steal a Senate seat in Pennsylvania by trying to count illegal votes. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had to stop the steal b/c they had already issued a definitive ruling on the issue, for which the dems ignored and even stated their defiance of the law publicly on the record.josevolution said:
Really ok post how much fraud occurred this past election I’ll be here waitingChoccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
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Nice to meet you.Tim Simmons said:the brain rot of everyone who has crawled out of the woodwork and started shit posting but only after feeling validated on election day is real.0 -
America is back !! 🇺🇸🇺🇸shecky said:Just over five years ago, the world watched in anguish as Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most potent symbols of Christendom, was engulfed in flames. Not long after, Donald Trump would lose the 2020 election to Joe Biden, launching one of the most unpopular presidencies in modern history.
But, this weekend on the banks of the Seine, this glorious Medieval edifice and tribute to the Blessed Mother, stands in full repair, ready to guide the faithful for another thousand years.
And who is there to honor the occasion? None other than President-elect Donald Trump.
Though the 45th, and soon to be 47th occupant of the Oval Office won’t be sworn in for another five weeks, for all the world it appears not only that Trump has already taken over, but that the issues he was elected to address already seem to be improving.
After months of sturm und drang over Trump’s tariff policy, the threat of a 25 percent levy on foreign goods has already led to some positive signs of compromise from Mexico on the border, and to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing at Mar-a-Lago, if not quite to kiss the ring, at least to beg to avoid the tariffs.Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris this weekend.
In Ukraine, where Biden’s fecklessness and slow drip of weapons has helped to create a meat grinder of a status quo, President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is, for the first time, talking about a peace deal in which Russia keeps some territory and Ukraine reserves the right to join NATO.
This is light at the end of a dark and deadly tunnel.
In the halls of Congress, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s pied pipers of the Department of Government Efficiency, are on a charm offensive, wooing even some Democrats to their cost-cutting cause.
Even the soon-to-be President’s cabinet picks, after predictable freak-outs from the liberal media, are well on track, including Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, tapped for the Defense Department and FBI respectively, who have thus far survived a tsunami of smears.
As the second Trump presidency zips down the runway preparing for takeoff, somewhere off in a ditch lies the smoldering carcass of Joe Biden’s Hindenburg of a tenure in office.
On Friday, an abjectly humiliated White House Press Secretary Karinne Jean Pierre tried to explain away her and her boss’ blatant lie that he wouldn’t pardon his son Hunter. Apparently, we were told, it wasn’t a lie, he just changed his mind.
Ok, KJP…
Let’s be clear, any press secretary with an ounce of dignity would have resigned after being paraded before the American public to deceive them over and over and over, but there she was, at the podium, being paid by the American people, and still lying.
The Biden administration is reportedly exploring ways that it can use the weeks leading up to Trump’s inauguration to sabotage his incoming administration, including preemptive pardons for potential targets of legitimate investigation and pumping out tons of foreign aid.
These last minute efforts to thwart Trump will come to nothing because, for all intents and purposes, Joe Biden is barely still even the president. This week at the White House tree lighting ceremony he looked like the Crypt Keeper, and his flickering administration has all the energy of a morgue.
U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to depart the 102nd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse on December 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
It was in French Cathedrals during the late 11th Century that Peter the Hermit and Pope Urban II preached in favor of the First Crusade, uniting the West in a way that had never happened before, securing its permanence against foreign threats.
Saturday, before the soaring spires and flying buttresses, Donald Trump takes a place in that history, in that defense of the values that our ancestors brought from Europe to American shores.
Few people expected that Donald Trump would win the election so convincingly, far fewer predicted that such a victory would lead to optimism and unity, and yet, Trump is enjoying the highest favorability of his political career, and it simply feels like things are looking up.
In just five years, the people of France restored their beloved Notre Dame, not with modern twists, but just as it was, as it has always been. Trump only has four years to make his repairs to the cathedral we call the United States. But one thing is clear. He is off to a solid head start.
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shecky said:
'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'
Published December 7, 2024 4:00am ESTPresident-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.'
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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."
The global stage will be littered with tomatoes. Figuratively speaking, of course.
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eddiec said:Choccoloccotide said:
Mail in voting, drop boxes, ballot harvestingeddiec said:
Why is voting early rife with fraud?Choccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
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.
I live overseas. Am I supposed to fly home for elections?
and the military. yes you serve the constitution but fuck you when it comes to exercising your right to vote.
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😂 Of course not. I’m talking about mail in voting (vote by mail) not absentee voting. Huge difference.eddiec said:Choccoloccotide said:
Mail in voting, drop boxes, ballot harvestingeddiec said:
Why is voting early rife with fraud?Choccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
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.
I live overseas. Am I supposed to fly home for elections?0 -
Step 3 of how to manipulate a narcissist.shecky said:Halifax2TheMax said:
(rude comment removed. Note to everyone....We are still an all-ages forum. - admin)shecky said:'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'
Published December 7, 2024 4:00am ESTPresident-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.'
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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."
"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."
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This isn’t fraud.Choccoloccotide said:
Mail in voting, drop boxes, ballot harvestingeddiec said:
Why is voting early rife with fraud?Choccoloccotide said:
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.josevolution said:https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517So before the election he was imploring his supporters to vote early and now must get rid of it ?
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.0
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