[kj] (OT) The Trump Continues...

[Jim Harper]

The rallies are a perfect example of Trump's priorities. He doesn't have the inclination or the ability to do the job of president, he just wants to be president. So instead of tackling the problems and trying to get things done, he makes statements for his supporters that restate his beliefs. By doing that he can maintain to his followers that he's still doing the job. Every failure can be blamed on someone else. By staging battles with the press Trump can claim he's making a stand, neatly sidelining the fact that he has failed to tackle immigration or North Korea or whatever.

Can we have Bush back please?

On Tue, 7/3/17, Mike Cooper <mike at coopersurf.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Trump Continues...
 To: "'Alex Smith'" <vassifer at earthlink.net>, "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
 Date: Tuesday, 7 March, 2017, 22:33
  Still totally with you on this one
 Alex.  Still coming to terms with seeing him not only
 running your country but all over the news for the wrong
 reasons!!!  This taping issue is now just embarrassing and
 clearly to deflect his own issues.  I suspect something
 relating to Russia or similar is going to come out! 
   Intersting to see the footage of
 the republican rallies where voters are already turning
 against fellow senators!  Would love to see him try and
 take on ordinary people for a change.      From: Gathering
 [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of
 Alex Smith
 Sent: 07 March 2017
 22:09
 To: A list about all things
 Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>; Jim
 Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>; A list about all
 things Killing Joke (the band!)
 <gathering at misera.net>
 Subject:
 Re: [kj] (OT) The Trump
 Continues...  I volunteered my opinions about
 Trump some time ago, and get a right royal dressing-down
 from a couple of fellow Gatherers, so much so that I felt
 compelled to leave for a few days.   I'd be curious to hear what
 those individuals have to say about Trump only this many
 days in.  Breath not
 held.  Alex in
 NYC  -----Original Message----- 
 From: Paul 
 Sent: Mar 7, 2017
 4:47 PM 
 To: Jim Harper , "A list about
 all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
 Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Trump Continues...
 https://howlonguntiltrumpleaves.com/
 : )      On 7 March 2017 at 21:43, Jim
 Harper via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
 wrote:Good evening, everyone.
 
 So, here we are, well into the
 first Trump administration. What's happening?
 
 Well, in terms of
 at-this-point comparisons, he's already one of the least
 popular presidents ever. The impact of this is only
 underlined by the failure of his representatives to come up
 with some kind of explanation for this, relying instead on
 his usual bluff that such things are rigged, confirming that
 he still doesn't have a solid damage limitation or media
 management team in place yet. Even more importantly, why
 hasn't he?
 
 So far,
 Trump has done nothing that required the support or
 permission of someone else. Again, why not? Why is he
 suddenly so reluctant to press forward with his plans?
 
 Naturally, he has turned his
 back on half of his election promises. A professional
 politician would explain that such compromises are an
 essential part of politics. But having sold himself to the
 world as a non-politician, Trump cannot use that defense. Is
 it because he has encountered serious opposition (and
 occasionally been defeated)  in those areas he has tried to
 act? Given that his new immigration order suffers from
 exactly the same issues as his last one, this doesn't
 look likely to change. And on that note, did no-one tell
 Trump he would still have the same problems? As I said
 before, why is there no solid legal team in place yet?
 
 With the exception of
 responding to other's actions (North Korea etc),
 international politics has received no attention
 whatsoever.
 
 We do hear
 Trump manufacturing ridiculous accusations about Obama
 wiretapping him (again, solid media and legal teams should
 have counselled him against transparent lies of that
 nature), but in almost every other area, Trump is content to
 be seen to be doing the absolute minimum. Everyone has their
 own opinion about Trump, but I honestly did not expect him
 to be almost paralyzed into inaction like this. What on
 earth is he doing?
 
 Anyone
 have any thoughts?
 
 Jim.
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