US Election & Presidency

Are these the real roots of Trump's allegations? http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...bama-wire/

(06-03-2017 07:34 )Doddle Wrote:  He would say that, wouldn't he?

He is a Trumpeter so if there was some truth in it he wouldn't be saying what he said.

(06-03-2017 09:16 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Are these the real roots of Trump's allegations? http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...bama-wire/

Along with Breitbart this is where Trump got his ideas from. It is the work of Bannon again

^ The article pinpoints a HeatStreet piece (https://heatst.com/world/exclusive-fbi-g...to-russia/ ) and its two unnamed sources as the ultimate source of this story. Breitbart picked up the threads and added their own bits to it. I put the question mark in my original post as there is obviously much room for digging and further revelations to come.

But I agree Bannon is quiet evidently a stirrer of this sort of slant on the president's rhetoric.

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  I liked the way some slagged off where he could have got this info from, like a right wing radio show or something. If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head, b) he's much more likely to have been given it officially

Well it didn't take long for that theory to get knocked on the head.

The White House has stated that Trump wasn't given the information officially and has no official source that would back up his claim.

I thought this was funny - from Rich Hall in The Guardian.

One of Trump’s oft-repeated campaign promises was a “guaranteed” plan to wipe out Islamic State within 30 days of taking office. Understandably, he refused to tell anyone exactly what that plan was. “Everyone will take the idea, run with it, and the people will forget where it came from,” he explained. During the third presidential debate, he tipped his hand slightly: “Whatever happened to the element of surprise, OK?”

I, for one, am willing to believe my president is a man of action. Thus I can only assume that at some point, by 20 February this year, Trump exterminated Isis. Any subsequent media mention of their nefarious activity is “fake news”. Obviously, we don’t know exactly how this all went down because if Trump revealed that intel, someone would steal it, use it to wipe out other terrorist organisations and forget to give him due credit, which is downright rude.

“Wait a minute, Rich,” you’re probably thinking. “Given Trump’s unbridled narcissism, surely he would have tweeted this monumental event in ALL CAPS by now?” You’ve forgotten that Trump’s strategy is two-pronged. He not only promised to “bomb the shit” out of Isis, he also promised to “take all their oil”. Given the logistical constraints of getting all that oil to America, Trump is probably waiting until the last batch arrives before lording it up over all his detractors.

(06-03-2017 12:21 )Glenn Miller Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  I liked the way some slagged off where he could have got this info from, like a right wing radio show or something. If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head, b) he's much more likely to have been given it officially

Well it didn't take long for that theory to get knocked on the head.

The White House has stated that Trump wasn't given the information officially and has no official source that would back up his claim.

Well, OK. I'll apologise when he does

Trump is his own worst enemy he has done some good like arresting around 1,500 child abusers but he makes headlines with all his wild non fact allegations about Obama and others.

If he just sticks to the script he will be OK but mentally is he up to it?

So Trump throws out a completely unsubstantiated allegation against Obama, and while everyone is arguing about that, he is poised to sign a new version of his travel ban order.
I see what he did there


Interesting piece on the sudden death of a businessman with vague links to Trumpy :

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...12866.html

The links are a bit spurious, but read further down the article and see just how many russian diplomats have recently died of 'heart attacks'! Anyone got a tin-foil hat to spare?

Let's see if the latest immigration executive order gets through the courts.

They also announced the replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Basically it's no use to the old who will be the ones who need it most.

Well done America for voting to Make America Great Again