Trump administration 2024-2028

[dimsum]

The Atlantic weighs in on Patel as FBI Director:

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Brad Sallows]

The Atlantic weighs in on Patel as FBI Director:

That horse already left the barn.

 

[brihard]

Another nepotism appointment: Trump has named his youngest daughter Tiffany Trump’s father in law as a senior advisor for the Middle East.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-massad-boulos-will-serve-adviser-arab-middle-eastern-affairs-2024-12-01/

 

[QV]

After the last 8 years, I'd only appoint my trusted inner circle too.

I'd spend the next 4 years taking these establishments apart and re-building them.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The Atlantic weighs in on Patel as FBI Director:

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.

www.theatlantic.com

Hoover laughs from his grave and says "amateurs"

 

[OldSolduer]

Hoover laughs from his grave and says "amateurs"

And yes he does. Hoover was a…well he took his job seriously and to excess.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Patel will never match Hoover ... he has no Irish blood!

 

[QV]

The Atlantic weighs in on Patel as FBI Director:

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.

www.theatlantic.com

"Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power."

David Frum is spreading disinformation here. If you want to hear what Kash Patel plans to do as FBI Director, you can hear him state it directly on the Shawn Ryan podcast and it is the opposite of turning it into a personal instrument of presidential power.

Sometimes I wonder who these people (like Frum) are really working for... outright lies like this are seditious.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Sometimes, QV, when it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... it is a duck.

We'll see which Patel we get: the one from all those past posts and statements, or the one from a single post-appointment podcast statement.

 

[QV]

It was pre-appointment podcast, but sure.

 

[daftandbarmy]

The Atlantic weighs in on Patel as FBI Director:

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.

www.theatlantic.com

And very few people in 'Flyover country' read the Atlantic, I would wager

 

[The Bread Guy]

Patel will never match Hoover ... he has no Irish blood!

Or, very likely, his fashion sense.

Meanwhile, a Chinese national "crypto entrepreneur" gives Trump & Co. $30M for the right to own tokens he can't do anything with but own ....

A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million

Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.

popular.info

https://twitter.com/x/status/1861121947372773545

... and in case the name sounds familiar, he's apparently into the arts, too.

Man Who Bought Duct-Taped Banana Artwork for $6.2M Eats It: ‘I Wanted to Become a Part of History’

Justin Sun — the crypto entrepreneur and Chinese billionaire who purchased the viral banana-taped-to-a-wall painting for more than $6 million — shared a video on social media of himself eating the art piece.

people.com

 

[dimsum]

It was pre-appointment podcast, but sure.

Still doesn’t change the gist of @Oldgateboatdriver ’s comment.

Does Patel saying one thing on the podcast negate the other things he has also said?

 

[QV]

What are the particularly controversial things he’s said?

 

[OldSolduer]

What are the particularly controversial things he’s said?

I’m tempted to derail this thread to:

He said toques without gloves is good to go.

 

[Lumber]

Well... I certainly didn't have veiled threats of annexing Canada on my "Trump Presidency Mayhem" bingo card.

Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources​

Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources

President-elect Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his country should become the 51st state if it can't fix trade and immigration issues without ripping off the U.S.

www.foxnews.com

 

[dapaterson]

Well... I certainly didn't have veiled threats of annexing Canada on my "Trump Presidency Mayhem" bingo card.

Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources​

Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources

President-elect Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his country should become the 51st state if it can't fix trade and immigration issues without ripping off the U.S.

www.foxnews.com

Not on your bingo card, or not on your bingo card until aver the inauguration?

 

[mariomike]

Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources​

With a population of 40 million, Canada would get the same number of senators ( 2 ) as Wyoming's half million.

Read another interesting stat, if there is a U.S. Civil War 2,

2.5 — Approximate percentage of the American population that died in the Civil War

That would be about 7 million killed today. Maybe more with modern weapons.

 

[FJAG]

With a population of 40 million, Canada would get the same number of senators ( 2 ) as Wyoming's half million.

Yes, but how many representatives and electoral college votes would we get?????

Just as an aside. If Trudeau's argument to Trump was that Trump's tariffs would kill Canada's economy then he's stupider then I thought. Why would Trump give a rat's ass about Canada's economy? Is he trying to appeal to Trump's better nature? or mercy? I doubt even Trudeau would frame his arguments like that and rather those were suggestions came from Trump or some of his sycophants at the table.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I hope they invade during BlackFly season.

I think Trump is scared. Notice there are no steak knives on the table.