CNBC just played the clip about JD’s comment. Trump said that there was no way he was going to let Iran get a nuke, so he had to act. He then went on to say that if he had not acted and Iran got a nuke, then he really would have been excoriated.
Trump was dammed either way.
Andrew Sorkin then asked Biden’s Secretary of State his reaction.
Blinken loudly scoffed. I have never seen that.
Blinken went on to say Trump tore up Obama’s deal and Trump should have kept Obama’s deal.
But wasn't that Trump's stated policy ("we're just focused on the killers")? Okay, so what went wrong? Who went too far and exceeded his brief?
"Say one thing, do another" is Trump's history. Trump has no guiding principle other than self-enrichment and self-preservation. In that sense this re-positioning makes a lot of sense. He's on the losing side of the issue. On the other hand, the only part of Trump's base that is happy with him right now are the people who are happy with the hardline immigration policy. Also, if the idea is to pivot on the policy, why select Stephen Miller to be the Chief of Staff?
Douthat' did a great job. He was able to ask Trump tough questions in a respectful way and often cut Trump off in a calm but firm way when he was trying to do divert.
I particualrly liked the way he reframed the question of the potential conflict of interest of being in a company that the UAE had interest in by asking how he would have viewed that if it were Biden. Trump's response was weak, bordering on feeble.
Trump’s MAGA agenda is running into the consequences of its own failures:
1. Immigration — an acknowledged political failure. 2. Foreign policy — a war he promised to avoid, now costing lives and political support. 3. Tariffs — economic damage and higher costs. 4. Cost of living — a persistent failure to deliver. 5. Fiscal responsibility — little evidence of spending discipline. 6. America’s standing in the world — diminished credibility and strained alliances.
The larger problem is Trump’s judgment. He seems incapable of anticipating consequences, assessing risks or learning from mistakes. His misplaced confidence in his own instincts leaves little room for accountability or course correction. That’s not just a policy problem; it’s a fundamental disqualification for presidential leadership.
I voted for Trump. I liked him more than Kamala. I also like Israel more than Hamas and Ukraine more than Russia. Some choices are binary..........I don't think Trump is the most honest man to sit in the Oval Office, but he's just about the least hypocritical. We could have done worse.
Trump is a disruptor, who uses the GOP to further his populist agenda and he’s doing a better job than I thought he would. I do enjoy seeing the leftists cry.
Did Trump say he was too tough on illegal immigration and is open to a deal with the Democrats? I wouldn't have voted for him if I knew it would end up this way.
Trump was a success on immigration. Results on tariffs are mixed. Unemployment is down. The economy is growing. Inflation wasn't a problem until he started the stupid war. Spending -- he did what he could and couldn't do more without more backing from Congress. The deficit -- nobody does anything about that. I'm still sick of the guy, but it's not like he failed in everything and had no achievements.
Trump was forced to choose between Wiles and Hegseth.
Now we have Steven Miller as chief of staff.
The Vance operation is running a smear campaign against many conservative influencers online and is going full court to blame everything on Hegseth and the war.
It looks like I was right about the Yale plant and his Disney DEI lawyer wife. Wiles is out and Vance lost. He tried to get Hegseth removed and backstabbed Rubio.
When you’ve spent your time as VP, you can’t plausibly distance yourself from Trump or disown his decisions. You’re tied to his record, whether you like it or not.
…I’m not a fan of re-enactig the economic failures and human atrocities of the 19th and early 20th centuries either but again that seems to be just me…
I tried to read the transcript - what an astounding bunch of interuptions by Ross Doughnut. It was unreadable. And the obsession with Israel and Iran! Or bringing up Paxson. Trump endorsed every R Senate candidate -10 of them lost but hey lets talk about Paxson.
And oh no, Trump wants to "Get a deal on Immigration". Fortunately, the D's don't want anything less than complete and total Amnesty and open borders. Why should they budge? Its some old story, the R's -even Trump - always want to "Reach accross the aisle" and give the Ds 50 percent of what they want. that's their starting position. The D's NEVER reach accross the aisle. And if they do their starting position is 100% for them.
Its quite amazing. THe D's impeached Trump twice over nothing. Stole the 2020 election. Tried to put him in Jail. Got him debanked. And cut back on his SS detail and almost got him killed. And stonewalled and delayed every appointment.
But he's willing to reach accross the aisle and cut a deal. Incredible.
I'm a fan of shutting down ALL immigration for 50 years. The mass deportations were never going to happen. The best we can do is cut off all assistance to illegal aliens, and hope it drives them back.
Of course, that will never happen.
So, I have to be satisfied with force deportation of violent offenders. Can we include aliens with mutiple DWIs, and thieves?
…he’s nit in any position to negotiate. Sign what’s in front of you or we cut off funding for Secret Service. They’re no longer trying to Watergate him they’re going to Hunger Games him…
rehajm: "Sign what’s in front of you or we cut off funding for Secret Service."
Trump could replace most USSS functionality with: (1) private security paid out of his own pocket; (2) military personally selected by Hegseth; (3) cops loaned by red states; (4) technical security and IT coordination from Q, I mean Musk; (5) volunteer veterans and former cops.
Now if you say "all of those are illegal!!!!," well, you just defunded the USSS. So who is going to keep all of the above people out of the White House? CC, JSM
Amazing! Probably inadvertently, IEE (9:46am) said something true: "Trump’s coherence on his Iran strategy after the midterms is proving roughly the same as before the midterms." He's been saying that Iran cannot be allowed to have nukes since 1987.
Amazing! Probably inadvertently, IEE (9:46am) said something true: "Trump’s coherence on his Iran strategy after the midterms is proving roughly the same as before the midterms." He's been saying that Iran cannot be allowed to have nukes since 1987.
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CNBC just played the clip about JD’s comment. Trump said that there was no way he was going to let Iran get a nuke, so he had to act. He then went on to say that if he had not acted and Iran got a nuke, then he really would have been excoriated.
Trump was dammed either way.
Andrew Sorkin then asked Biden’s Secretary of State his reaction.
Blinken loudly scoffed. I have never seen that.
Blinken went on to say Trump tore up Obama’s deal and Trump should have kept Obama’s deal.
How clueless! The Iranians can’t be trusted.
The ink wasn't even dry, Dave, and they were building centrifuges.
…whatever 60 minutes accepted as an explanation for losing the midterms it was incorrect…
…our system of government isn’t a la carte so unfortunately for all of us the cure will be far worse than the disease…
“𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 — 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10 𝘢𝘯𝘥 15 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.” ~ Donald Trump
“𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮… 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴” ~ Groucho Marx
But wasn't that Trump's stated policy ("we're just focused on the killers")? Okay, so what went wrong? Who went too far and exceeded his brief?
"Say one thing, do another" is Trump's history. Trump has no guiding principle other than self-enrichment and self-preservation. In that sense this re-positioning makes a lot of sense. He's on the losing side of the issue. On the other hand, the only part of Trump's base that is happy with him right now are the people who are happy with the hardline immigration policy. Also, if the idea is to pivot on the policy, why select Stephen Miller to be the Chief of Staff?
Douthat' did a great job. He was able to ask Trump tough questions in a respectful way and often cut Trump off in a calm but firm way when he was trying to do divert.
I particualrly liked the way he reframed the question of the potential conflict of interest of being in a company that the UAE had interest in by asking how he would have viewed that if it were Biden. Trump's response was weak, bordering on feeble.
We won't know the truth about Iran until decades have passed ... maybe not even then ...
Trump’s MAGA agenda is running into the consequences of its own failures:
1. Immigration — an acknowledged political failure.
2. Foreign policy — a war he promised to avoid, now costing lives and political support.
3. Tariffs — economic damage and higher costs.
4. Cost of living — a persistent failure to deliver.
5. Fiscal responsibility — little evidence of spending discipline.
6. America’s standing in the world — diminished credibility and strained alliances.
The larger problem is Trump’s judgment. He seems incapable of anticipating consequences, assessing risks or learning from mistakes. His misplaced confidence in his own instincts leaves little room for accountability or course correction. That’s not just a policy problem; it’s a fundamental disqualification for presidential leadership.
…it bothers me the feelings of the mullahs take precedent over the well being of US citizens but I see that’s just me…
…Santa we won a mandate so for Christmas he needs to be gone before we take control in January…or you better lawyer up…
He recognizes the political consequences without necessarily recognizing the policy failures that produced them.
I voted for Trump. I liked him more than Kamala. I also like Israel more than Hamas and Ukraine more than Russia. Some choices are binary..........I don't think Trump is the most honest man to sit in the Oval Office, but he's just about the least hypocritical. We could have done worse.
Trump is a disruptor, who uses the GOP to further his populist agenda and he’s doing a better job than I thought he would. I do enjoy seeing the leftists cry.
Did Trump say he was too tough on illegal immigration and is open to a deal with the Democrats? I wouldn't have voted for him if I knew it would end up this way.
𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘬𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵.
Trump’s coherence on his Iran strategy after the midterms is proving roughly the same as before the midterms.
Trump was a success on immigration. Results on tariffs are mixed. Unemployment is down. The economy is growing. Inflation wasn't a problem until he started the stupid war. Spending -- he did what he could and couldn't do more without more backing from Congress. The deficit -- nobody does anything about that. I'm still sick of the guy, but it's not like he failed in everything and had no achievements.
It looks like Vance is just Mike Pence 2.0.
Trump was forced to choose between Wiles and Hegseth.
Now we have Steven Miller as chief of staff.
The Vance operation is running a smear campaign against many conservative influencers online and is going full court to blame everything on Hegseth and the war.
It looks like I was right about the Yale plant and his Disney DEI lawyer wife. Wiles is out and Vance lost. He tried to get Hegseth removed and backstabbed Rubio.
Trump is just bad at picking people.
When you’ve spent your time as VP, you can’t plausibly distance yourself from Trump or disown his decisions. You’re tied to his record, whether you like it or not.
…I’m not a fan of re-enactig the economic failures and human atrocities of the 19th and early 20th centuries either but again that seems to be just me…
I tried to read the transcript - what an astounding bunch of interuptions by Ross Doughnut. It was unreadable. And the obsession with Israel and Iran! Or bringing up Paxson. Trump endorsed every R Senate candidate -10 of them lost but hey lets talk about Paxson.
And oh no, Trump wants to "Get a deal on Immigration". Fortunately, the D's don't want anything less than complete and total Amnesty and open borders. Why should they budge? Its some old story, the R's -even Trump - always want to "Reach accross the aisle" and give the Ds 50 percent of what they want. that's their starting position. The D's NEVER reach accross the aisle. And if they do their starting position is 100% for them.
It's not that Trump is bad at picking people, it's so few people who are integrity would work for him.
Its quite amazing. THe D's impeached Trump twice over nothing. Stole the 2020 election. Tried to put him in Jail. Got him debanked. And cut back on his SS detail and almost got him killed. And stonewalled and delayed every appointment.
But he's willing to reach accross the aisle and cut a deal. Incredible.
Doesn't he have to make some kind of deal with the republicans?
Trump was dammed either way.
In our modern legacy media, that is the default option, and always will be until the next Hitler/Republican POTUS.
I just noticed how you spelled "Dammed". Was that intentional, Dave?
I'm a fan of shutting down ALL immigration for 50 years. The mass deportations were never going to happen. The best we can do is cut off all assistance to illegal aliens, and hope it drives them back.
Of course, that will never happen.
So, I have to be satisfied with force deportation of violent offenders. Can we include aliens with mutiple DWIs, and thieves?
…he’s nit in any position to negotiate. Sign what’s in front of you or we cut off funding for Secret Service. They’re no longer trying to Watergate him they’re going to Hunger Games him…
“I do enjoy seeing the leftists cry.”
Leftists are crying tears of joy, where have you been since November 3rd?
"Leftists are crying tears of joy, where have you been since November 3rd?"
Will the tears of joy continue falling for two more years? If so, I'm happy for you. It's so much better than the previous tears of rage and hate.
rehajm: "Sign what’s in front of you or we cut off funding for Secret Service."
Trump could replace most USSS functionality with: (1) private security paid out of his own pocket; (2) military personally selected by Hegseth; (3) cops loaned by red states; (4) technical security and IT coordination from Q, I mean Musk; (5) volunteer veterans and former cops.
Now if you say "all of those are illegal!!!!," well, you just defunded the USSS. So who is going to keep all of the above people out of the White House? CC, JSM
…you’re making more assumptions about continuation of rule of law than I have. You must not have noticed Hawaiian judges have all the authority now…
…really just select something inappropriate for Trump to approve so they can then Watergate him because of his recalcitrance…
…I was thinking of going with incalcitrant to annoy the grammar police then I began to question it myself so played it safe. Mondays…
Amazing! Probably inadvertently, IEE (9:46am) said something true: "Trump’s coherence on his Iran strategy after the midterms is proving roughly the same as before the midterms." He's been saying that Iran cannot be allowed to have nukes since 1987.
Trump has a free hand to do what he wants. Presidents have called the shots since FDR.
So didn't Trump sue a network about this exact thing in someone else's case? Seems that famously he did that exact thing.
𝘊𝘉𝘚 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯 60 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦.
https://x.com/DecodingFoxNews/status/2119922461588303988?a=gZ2OQ99YqjqH4Nzfm_0&s=20
𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 6𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯 60 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘍𝘖𝘴.
https://x.com/DecodingFoxNews/status/2119932314319007948?a=A81RXgf3eqL7xfRjN2g&s=20
“It's not that Trump is bad at picking people, it's so few people who are integrity would work for him.”
The idiot’s shitfaced… AGAIN.
Amazing! Probably inadvertently, IEE (9:46am) said something true: "Trump’s coherence on his Iran strategy after the midterms is proving roughly the same as before the midterms." He's been saying that Iran cannot be allowed to have nukes since 1987.
Holy Spirit
Who cares what Trump says? Let's see what he does.
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