Yea, back to the OP. What kind of show does he think this is? Why not just address the Senate in their secure place? They literally have to do some quick remodeling at the White House so that they can satisfy the security requirements of the meeting. Does he think this makes him look more presidential, or is he just that ignorant about how our government is organized that he thinks this is where this briefing has to take place. I'm voting for the latter.We're stuck on the election aftermath in the midst of nightmare ideas of Trump calling the Senate in to announce nuclear war.
America's future direction is an all encompassing political topic that is bleeding over into _everything_.
As such... we find posts delving into 2016... and then we respond... and it gets lost from there.
How can that possibly be a better idea than trucking Mattis/Rexxon to the Capitol like a normal function admin would do?
Normal... functioning... you have 3 years and 9 months before you can use that to describe the White House.
You might say they have instilled a lack of confidence. Hence this very topic.
My assumption when I read about this was that it's more isolation to sooth the paranoid President. He is the one who suggested the meeting be held at the WH. It's an attempt at control and secrecy imo. Logic and cost never matter with this putz.
Staging for dramatic effect? Of course. Trump is usurping the power of the Senate by summoning them to the White House.
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Staging it is!
The Senate really should just say no. If the Trump Admin wants to address the Senate then they should come to the Senate out of respect for the institution & tradition. That's what every President in History has done when seeking authorization for use of force. Not Donald. He's summons them as if they're merely lackeys.
Lol, true enough. I didn't say it would work but the buffoon is all about power moves. He is so desperately trying to create a reality that has every one hopping-and-a-stepping even if it has to be contrived to give the appearance of such. The lack of dictatorial control only adds to his insanity.Staging for dramatic effect? Of course. Trump is usurping the power of the Senate by summoning them to the White House.
The notion that you can say anything to 100 Senators & have it remain secret for more than five minutes is a complete oxymoron.
That's what gets me. His big brain thinking that this way the secrets will never come out. Why do you think they limit the amount of congressman that have direct access to this information. The man lived and lives in isolated ignorance.Staging for dramatic effect? Of course. Trump is usurping the power of the Senate by summoning them to the White House.
The notion that you can say anything to 100 Senators & have it remain secret for more than five minutes is a complete oxymoron.
It's a real shame the world now gets to witness his isolated (all-consuming) ignorance. I think this is one of the many reasons he loathes being president. It's one thing to be utterly ignorant and have money and power to buy "respect" and an entirely different thing to be utterly ignorant in front of people you can't buy or bully in to respecting you. It's a wake up call he never really wanted... usher in the tantrums.That's what gets me. His big brain thinking that this way the secrets will never come out. Why do you think they limit the amount of congressman that have direct access to this information. The man lived and lives in isolated ignorance.
Looks like Trump succeeded in wasting everyone's time with his childish power move. Nothing burger was served for lunch.
Linking a Vox article for some one's mind to savor all the fakery:
http://www.vox.com/world/2017/4/26/15442140/north-korea-white-house-senate-briefing
“There was very little, if anything new,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). “I remain mystified about why the entire Senate had to be taken over to the White House rather than conducting it here.”
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The Republican senator who requested anonymity said “the basic gist of it at the beginning was that we’re going to get more aggressive; we’ve waited and they’ve continued to be bad actors. We’ve reached a point where things are getting pretty dire and getting to the point where we’ve got to get more aggressive.”
“From then on, what we all wanted to know is: What does that mean?” the senator added. “What is it that we should be looking for as the trigger that something is about to happen and that we’d end up taking some kind of kinetic action? That’s where things got a little elliptical.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...3fc6ff7faee_story.html?utm_term=.8e433a6946a9
Trump and his Neocon generals only have until the next Korean election (may 11th i think) to start this war before the Koreans kick us out and make peace on their own. I just hope they start the war after may 3rd so I can reap those sweet earnings report gains before the war starts.
I think I heard that Sanders didn't go.Looks like Trump succeeded in wasting everyone's time with his childish power move. Nothing burger was served for lunch.
Linking a Vox article for some one's mind to savor all the fakery:
http://www.vox.com/world/2017/4/26/15442140/north-korea-white-house-senate-briefing
No war will happen, also SK won't be asking the US to leave after 5/11 either. They have to worry about the nutter to their North (who won't have rational peace talks) and China.
All a tempest in a tea pot that will return to a simmer eventually.
So if he tests another Nuke we turn our ships around and go home?
meh, "The most recent previous Minuteman 3 launch was in early February."
i'm also pretty sure these test launches were planned before Trump was even sworn in.