The thing that amazes me most about Trump's "base" (apart from the complete ignorance they show on many / most real issues) is that they actually think that Trump gives a fuck about them, beyond reasons of political convenience.

Well isn't this convenient.

House Republicans break with intelligence community on Russia

More: https://news.google.com/news/story/d...us&hl=en&gl=US

some people never learn

And that's Rex Tillerson gone now. Classic Trump. This quote "We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things," said the president.' is pretty telling. He should look to Lincoln's infamous team of rivals and realise you shouldn't be surrounding yourself with yes men who bow to every ridiculous idea you pull out of your ass.

he fired Tillerson because of Tillerson's agreement with our UK allies and his denouncement of Russian assassination attempt on British soil. Trump, and his lackey son, have a multi-million dollar real estate deal with Russia/Putin.

Pompeo? By all accounts he admires Trump; is for the most part on the same page. He’s been briefing the president daily. They have, as Trump said himself on Tuesday morning, “chemistry.” When I think about what kind of man it takes to develop “chemistry” with Donald Trump, and realize that that man is about to be the United States’ top diplomat, it somehow leaves me less than reassured.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-mi...erson?ref=home

and a torturer will replace him at the cia

fucks sakes...

LOL

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!

Wait. What? Daily briefings actually occur?

pop up books and comics version:mad:

I honestly wasn't making a joke. I am genuinely shocked he's briefed daily. Like, every day? I still find that hard to believe.

he is briefed for 30 minutes, using as many images and graphs and charts as possible. Trump is nearly aliterate, or maybe severely dyslexic.

Most Presidents before Trumpo had 3-4 hour briefings every morning.

neither was I, as Rob detailed out

Tillerson was too intelligent, careful, and thoughtful to be a Trumpman. I suppose nobody should be surprised by his firing, but we should all be worried.

How about Pennsylvania then?

I'm convinced that Pence takes on the lions share of the daily intel. Pence scares me even more than Trump. If Trump goes, it gets even worse, imho. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

One day, this will all be over.

yes. i don’t like “hoping” but regardless, we have to wait out the historical pendulum

but holy fuck, what a wait

It might even be 2 terms, the way things are going. How does Trump still have 35%? New headlines keep shouting "Trump in dumpster at 35%", but if he has even that level of support after all this, then my hopes for a quick turnaround are shattered. And I'm not seeing Dems effectively presenting themselves as The Answer as we approach the middle of 2018. This is such a dark period for America and The World.

Still...how are things in Pennsylvania today?

im agnostic as to the future. when hillary was ahead i always said it ain't over till it's over. suchfriends who had been an adamant denier had a reality shock on election day and stopped posting altogether on this board since then.

but yes he could conceivably get a 2nd term. his core won't abandon him no matter what so all he has to conquer is a small increase from there. and as you know it's all about the electoral college not absolute majority (it's a federal system).

so... yeah you're right the democrats are not offering any kind of answer right now, at least to the general public. the democrats are the arsene wenger of american politics.

anyway in pennsatucky it's too close to call and too early to tell as far as i know. polls close 8pm east, not sure where in canuckistan are you relative to that.