I confess to back pedaling into Trump territory when I wanted to leave discussions about him in the garbage can. My thread on the read-only break room site has 9,600 replies so I thought I'd bring up a new one.
He's not going away.
Haberman's book is out based on interviews. I won't read it, but the excerpts are interesting. Especially what he says about McConnell, a description that's against the Terms of Service here, but I actually don't disagree with. LOL
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“At one point, Trump made a candid admission that was as jarring as it was ultimately unsurprising. ‘The question I get asked more than any other question: “If you had it to do again, would you have done it?”’Trump said of running for president. ‘The answer is, yeah, I think so. Because here’s the way I look at it. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are.’ … Reflecting on the meaning of having been president of the United States, his first impulse was not to mention public service, or what he felt he’d accomplished, only that it appeared to be a vehicle for fame, and that many experiences were only worth having if someone else envied them.”
"It's in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it because of bad management,” Trump told reporters Monday after he toured the Kennedy Center and met for the first time as chair of its board.
Trump, a former New York real estate developer, said he took issue with some of the structural components of the space, claiming the center "spent a fortune" on underground rooms "that nobody's going to use.”
While it's unclear what areas Trump was referring to, the Kennedy Center underwent an award-winning $250 million expansion project in 2019.
"I'm very disappointed when I look around. The bottom line: It has tremendous potential. And we'll work with Congress. ... It's a very public facility, and we'll do what has to be done,” Trump said.
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"We're going to fix it up, but it's really emblematic of our country,” he said.
It's the first time Trump stepped foot in the space since announcing in February that he would boot multiple members of the Kennedy Center's board and serve as its chair. He accused the prominent arts hub of being too "woke" and appointed Richard Grenell, his envoy for special missions, as its interim executive director.
"We took over the Kennedy Center. We didn't like what they were showing,” Trump said last month.
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Imagine Donald Trump getting to decide what is good or bad in the world of art. Hahaha
When filming for "The Apprentice" was started, the offices of the Trump organization were too shoddy to use for the show. Whole new board room was created on a different floor of Trump tower.
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nursej22 said:
When filming for "The Apprentice" was started, the offices of the Trump organization were too shoddy to use for the show. Whole new board room was created on a different floor of Trump tower.
We do. He's immune from prosecution while in office and now he's demonstrating in numerous ways that he is not restrained by convention, the courts, the laws, or the constitution.
I told you. Despots don't retire quietly to the seaside.
When filming for "The Apprentice" was started, the offices of the Trump organization were too shoddy to use for the show. Whole new board room was created on a different floor of Trump tower.
What a strange post out of nowhere.
Yes, I think anyone watching it could tell that the set built as the "boardroom" likely wasn't a real boardroom. Starting with the receptionist who seemingly had no other job but to tell the contestants they could go in.
Who knows if the actual Trump Company facilities were "shoddy," but if it makes you feel better, I won't dispute it.
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What a strange post out of nowhere.
Yes, I think anyone watching it could tell that the set built as the "boardroom" likely wasn't a real boardroom. Starting with the receptionist who seemingly had no other job but to tell the contestants they could go in.
Who knows if the actual Trump Company facilities were "shoddy," but if it makes you feel better, I won't dispute it.
It wasn't "out of no where". It was inspired by Trump's less than flattering description of the Kennedy Center.
The people involved in the production of The Apprentice would know about the Trump boardroom. At least one person has spoken or written about it.
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We were warned about the expected Trump effect on the economy in 2024. The experts actually didn't anticipate how quickly Trump could adversely affect the economy
Donald Trump has fired the two Democratic commissioners on the US Federal Trade ?e 5Commission on Tuesday, further blurring the lines of bipartisanship at regulatory agencies.
The fired commissioners are confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. Bedoya confirmed his firing in a post on social media.
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Donald Trump has fired the two Democratic commissioners on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, further blurring the lines of bipartisanship at regulatory agencies.
The fired commissioners are confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. Bedoya confirmed his firing in a post on social media.
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The erasing of science, health and history from GOVERNMENT websites is quite alarming to me. I'm hoping the Internet archiveWayback Machine will continue to exist with computer nerds support.
The military story of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball after serving as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army, no longer exists on the Defense Department's website as part of the Trump administration's wiping out of diversity, equity and inclusion within the federal government.
Several websites under Pentagon jurisdiction have removed thousands of pages documenting the history of people of color, LGBTQ people, women and others from marginalized backgrounds and their contributions to the American military. Multiple pages about Robinson were taken down, including a page about Negro League players talking about serving in the military. But as of Wednesday afternoon, at least one page about Robinson, in a series about athletes who served in the military, had been reinstated.
"As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department," Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot said Wednesday in a statement. "Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military. It Divides the force, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the services' core warfighting mission. We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms. In the rare cases that content is removed — either deliberately or by mistake — that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content accordingly.”..
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NRSKarenRN said:
The erasing of science, health and history from GOVERNMENT websites is quite alarming to me. I'm hoping the Internet archiveWayback Machine will continue to exist with computer nerds support.
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NRSKarenRN said:
The erasing of science, health and history from GOVERNMENT websites is quite alarming to me. I'm hoping the Internet archiveWayback Machine will continue to exist with computer nerds support.
Tuskegee Airmen DEI hires. Not sure if we're gonna survive this as a country. By the way, I have some choice words for those who are saying, "ya but they're named on this other website so what's the big deal?"
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nursel56 said:
Tuskegee Airmen DEI hires. Not sure if we're gonna survive this as a country. By the way, I have some choice words for those who are saying, "ya but they're named on this other website so what's the big deal?"
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5199242-trump-kennedy-center-tour/
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Imagine Donald Trump getting to decide what is good or bad in the world of art. Hahaha
Have you listened to his music Playlist?